03-06-2020, 06:55 PM
(03-06-2020, 06:38 PM)hollodero Wrote: I mean, the house passed a bill now that by far exceeds the WH demands. With a resounding majority. Only 2 against it.
It was held up last week over disagreements on funding and price controls and some other things. Over concerns that were raised by Republicans, that is. The parties disagreed on technicalities. That's all there is to it.
Enter someone with a far-fetched conspiracy that it's about some regional commercials, a theory that makes little to no sense on its face. Dems want to delay the vote to blame republicans for not voting in the delayed vote in political ads through the weekend, and then these republicans get to vote a few days later, making said ads obsolete anyways? What kind of idiotic, pointless plot would that be? But you just eat it up without further question. Just because you like the tone of it. Hey, that makes Dems look awful! Is it somewhat plausible or does it look like a cheap, fudged smear? Ah, who cares.
In the meantime, your president lies through his teeth about the virus, lies about the number of cases, about the outlook for the virus, about a possible vaccine. Called it a hoax. Called it a democrat ploy to hurt him through the stock market. Contradicts his experts that have to correct him. Blames Obama for problems with testing. Comes out with "hunches" on its lethality and talks nonsense about going to work with the virus and the virus dieing in spring and whatnot. And the sole lucky thing for your country is that no one believes him anyway. Or God forbid bases an important decision on your president's words. If you look for gross irresponsibility, that's the obvious place you might want to start.
Oh and his son goes on TV and blames Democrats to root for millions of deaths. Unsavory as it gets. You look for using the virus for cheap political shots, there you go.
If our lousy chancellor had so blatantly and carelessly lied like Trump about this virus, we all, as people, including his fans and voters, would feel deeply insulted by all that deliberate misinformation. It would be a scandal. As would come natural. The extent of disrespectful BS you're willing to swallow from your leader is astonishing. I mean, root for the guy, vote for the guy, I'd have no issue with that. But maybe just stop digesting every little BS partisan piece you get offered from him and his propaganda channels. Because that is indeed laughable.
How did he lie about the virus? He declared a National Health Emergency before there were ever even any diagnosed cases in the US. He immediately went to work and appointed his second in command to oversee the efforts, asked Congress for money shortly thereafter. It's not his fault that Nancy decided to play partisan with American lives, and withhold the bill from reaching the House floor until after the primaries.
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