Subj : Re: Chelsea
To   : Aaron Thomas
From : Jeff Thiele
Date : Sat Sep 03 2022 17:20:01

On 03 Sep 2022, Aaron Thomas said the following...
 AT>  JT>  AT> Look at what resulted. That was no accident.
 AT>  JT> I agree with you there, but was it wrong? Do they not have the right 
 AT>  JT> endorse a candidate?
 AT> That's fine I guess but why so many celebrities all of a sudden? Why's
 AT> it so important for them to win this election?

In a word, Trump.

 AT> They didn't care if
 AT> Mccain or Romney were going to beat Obama; there was no mass-messaging
 AT> like this for those elections.

So what changed? What's your guess?

 AT> Celebrities weren't willing to lose fans
 AT> for getting political back then, but in 2016 they all marched together
 AT> to trash Trump.

They felt more strongly about Trump than previous candidates.

 AT> to trash Trump. Hmmm, maybe they KNEW somehow that Trump would later be
 AT> colluding with Russia, talking trash about veterans, doing a coup
 AT> attempt, and stealing documents. They KNEW that ahead of time somehow
 AT> that he would do all these terrible things. (Yea right)

Trump is Trump. It's impossible to know the specifics in advance, but not the
tone.

 AT>  JT> clout (and I suspect lots of money, too). And yet I don't see you
 AT>  JT> questioning the political acumen of conservative billionaire donors. 
 AT>  JT> is that? Could it be that they tend to be conservative while celebrit
 AT>  JT> tend to be liberal?
 AT> (What I said answers all this I hope.)

No, it doesn't. Why are you opposed to celebrities using their clout to
endorse political candidates?

 AT>  JT> A realist who isn't out to tell people only what they want to hear.
 AT>  JT> During WWII there were food rations, and sacrifices had to be made. W
 AT>  JT> that president telling people to "expect more!" or was he explaining 
 AT>  JT> need to "expect less."
 AT> If Democrats weren't wasting so much money, then they could tell us to
 AT> "expect more." More is what Democrats are getting, and less is what the
 AT> American people are getting. At least he was honest about something.

Democrats are not "wasting so much money." They are investing in our country,
something Republicans seem to be unwilling to do.

Jeff.

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