CardinalBacker

My understanding is that he’s being charged with falsifying business records regarding the payment of money to Stormy Daniels. Something along the line of Pecker paying her the hush money, then Trump reimbursed Pecker claiming that it was business deductible payments to Cohen… I think at some point it was questioned as to whether Trump illegally used campaign funds to buy her silence. Or something along those lines. I honestly don’t care to learn the specifics because I think that this particular prosecution is bogus, unless it led to tax fraud of some sort. A bigger question is why Trump bothered to try and kill the story when his good “Christian” followers don’t care how immoral he is. Y’all need to repent for supporting that godless man.

I think you’re missing my point- I also believe the prosecution is a mistake, but that’s not the point. I’m confused that Conservative Christian Right-wing Republican straight white American male family first Trump voters are ignoring the fact that Trump did, in fact, do that awful thing…. But are instead focused on the fact that he’s being accused of covering it up. There’s obviously no decency or morality in MAGA. But they still believe themselves to be exactly that… the side of decency and morality. It would be funny if the stakes weren’t so high.

Here’s the thing. I keep dropping facts on you, and you keep on knee-jerk saying “all lies!” I’ve asked you multiple times to point out whatever I’ve said that is factually wrong…but you can’t. You might not like the facts, and they might make your eyes sweat a little… but it doesn’t change the fact that they are as true. Heck, deep down inside you might even know that Ol’ CB is right, but you believe Trump isn’t to blame. That, sir, does not turn the truth into a lie. What you should have said was is “that may be true, but I’m giving Trump a pass because…” Not “that’s a lie” when the numbers don’t lie. But for you and everyone that believes Trump was good for the economy, I’ll give another of my beloved and informative analogies that might help you finally understand. A man handles his Family’s finances. He makes a decision that life could be better, so he’s like “this is our year!” He stops all contributions to retirement accounts (cuts taxes) then proceeds to book a trip to Disney, buys nice things for the family and maxes out all possible lines of credit…. Now they’re facing bankruptcy. The kids (y’all) are now arguing “things were so much better when Dad (Trump, also your Daddy) was in charge! We had nice things!” The man set us on a course for ruin with deficit spending, then it accelerated with COVID, then he was such a pig that Biden got elected, and now we’re facing another “anybody but Trump” loss in the November, guaranteeing four more years of nonsense from which we’ll probably never recover. The debt is just insurmountable. We shouldn’t be surprised, either. Trump has always been a “borrow as much as we can and pray (errrr, hope….not pray. I’m pretty sure he doesn’t do a lot of that) that it all works out” as evidenced by his businesses which have repeatedly bankrupted.

Do you understand what you read? Or did you even try to read it? Trump added almost as much debt in four years as Obama added in eight, and you’re proud of that fact? Before you can say “COVID,” I’ll say “housing crisis of 2008.”

Wrong again. [Hidden Content] The day that Trump took office, our nation debt stood at 19.9 Trillion dollars (End of Q4, 2016). After his tax cuts (without corresponding cuts in spending), the national debt stood at 23.2 Trillion dollars at the end of Q1 of 2020 that was the Start of COVID, FYI... Or a total increase in debt of almost 17% during Trump's first three years (and one quarter) in office. At the end of his reign (with COVID spending for which Trump himself signed off on) was at 27.7 Trillion Dollars. That's a 39% increase in the National Debt while Trump was in office. For further reference, Biden inherited a 27.7 Trillion dollar debt to start. At the end of Q4 2023, the debt stands at 34 Trillion. That's an increase of 19% over the first three years. I know that math and facts hurt your feelings, but Trump was horrible for the country before he allowed "them Dirty Democrats to shut down the economy." Anybody that says "Trump was good for the country" doesn't know the first thing about micro/macro economics or the effects of deficit spending. Trump hurt us like no other president, period. Anybody that says "Trump was good for the economy" is actually stating for the rest of us with some sense "I don't know what I'm talking about."

I disagree. I agree that the left is sorry... I just believe that at this point, the right is sorrier. Biden wins bigly again. Mark it down.

Here's more garbage from Biden... this will be catastrophic for businesses and investors. This should not happen. [Hidden Content] And to head it off, the Rs nominated someone who's already proven that he can't beat Biden in the general election. You tell me who's dumber... the people that keep electing Biden, or the people who won't nominate someone who can beat Biden? Combine that with the fact that MAGAs in the House are preparing to oust another speaker (which proves that the Rs have no business leading in the House), and it's all but certain that the Dems will hold the Presidency and both houses of Congress after 2024. But the people who keep nominating and electing R candidates who can't win complain that the other side is dumb.

Back up..... where's the lie? Please point out which of the facts that I stated are untrue? There are three facts that I stated. Which of them is untrue? Fact: The debt and spending exploded under Trump, even prior to COVID. Fact: unemployment was higher at the end of Trump’s term was higher than when he started. Fact: The stock market was down substantially on the day Trump left office than when he took office. Just because the facts contradict your beliefs doesn't make them lies.

He’s the thing in a nutshell: I can’t even watch Pornhub in Texas anymore because republicans are so opposed to pornography. But they’re trying to elect a guy who’s on trial for trying to cover up the fact that he was banging a porn star on the side while his wife was carrying their child. Oh, and the wife’s nudes are also available online. But the Dems are immoral? Gimme a break.

Everybody has heard the question: “Do you know the definition of insanity? It’s repeating the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Yall: “That doesn’t apply to Trump! Biden is an idiot!” Wokay. “It doesn’t matter how many times you read the same book… the ending isn’t going to change.” Yall: “OH, YES IT IS!!! Trump’s got this!!!”

Yall literally just nominated the same guy who got beat four years ago to run against the guy who handed out the whuppin’ four years ago. That’s textbook “running it back,” bro.

Your on your own with this one, sister… MJ did that, lol.

Clinton didn’t get in trouble for doing it… he got in trouble for lying about it during the federal investigation. Trump’s not on trial for having an affair with a porn star…. He’s on trial for falsifying financial documents to hide the fact that he paid her off. My point is “why are y’all still supporting a man of obvious poor ethics and bad character to lead us” and your response is “because things like that don’t matter.” Actually, it’s more like “they do it, too!” We used to be the party of values, but not anymore.

I don’t disagree that Biden is a really, really weak president… he was a terrible candidate, too. But he still thumped Trump. And y’all want to run it back. It’s insane.

When I was kid, they taught us right and wrong. Your message is “wrong isn’t really wrong if everybody else is doing it, too.” That’s not Christian, plain and simple.