Subj : Re: Upstate brainwashees
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Mike Powell
Date : Fri Sep 27 2024 08:30:00

> If you go to a bank with a friend and your friend decides to rob the bank
> while you're there, how guilty are you?

Did I drive him there, and did I drive him away afterwards?  Was I coerced?
Did I have any prior knowledge of his plans or reasons to suspect what he
was up to?

This is really apples and oranges, though, unless I invited him to go,
giving him a speech on the way suggesting that maybe the bank stole something
from him that he needed to go and "peacefully" take back.

That is a more apples to apples comparison and, yes, if I did it that way then
I share at least some of the guilt for whatever happens next.

> I realize that we have a long to-do list for a great leader, but the media has
> a lot of people stirred up about the border. Trump has been somewhat clear
> about how he wants to handle that. He hasn't been clear about how he will "cut
> your utility bills in half." I believe what he's saying, but I can't expect
> certain moderates to just take his word for it the same way I do.

He has been clear about the border.  Most other issues, as you have
noticed, he has not been so.  I don't think you can take a politician's
word when it comes to promises like cutting a utility bill in half.  They
need to give us an idea about how they plan to do it.

>  MP> Going back to "capable," Harris hit me as the incapable type until very
>  MP> recently.  I am not sure how they've done it, but they coached her well
>  MP> to keep a straight face and not resort to cackling during the debate.  I
>  MP> was actually surprised at how different she seemed, but the past 4 years
>  MP> still leave me with plenty of questions regarding her capability.

> These are good observations, and I see it this way also. She can act smart
> suddenly, but what's smart about the past 4 years?

I agree about the past four years.  I also am very much aware that she has
served up plenty of word salad over those four years.  However, some news
outlets (FOX News in particular) continue to "point out" more recent alleged
salads where, for the most part, she is making sense *despite* the horrible
video editing done by whoever it is trying to prove she makes no sense.

Now I don't agree with what she is saying but, just as we might tell a
"never-Trumper," just because I don't agree with what is said doesn't make it
"word salad" or "crazy talk."


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