45th Pres; 2017; Republican; Real Estate businessman; Idiot

[jaF0]

Q: 45th Pres; 2017; Republican; Real Estate businessman; Idiot

A:

• Donald Trump
• Richard Nixon
• Jimmy Carter
• Ronald Reagan

"PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — A Florida middle school teacher is being investigated after a parent complained a quiz she gave students referred to President Donald Trump as an “idiot.”

The principal at the Palm Beach Gardens school sent a letter to parents apologizing and saying the teacher has been reassigned as administrators investigate the incident. The Palm Beach County school district shared with The Associated Press the content of the letter sent by Watson B. Middle School Principal Phillip D’Amico"

https://www.klfy.com/news/national/...ling-president-trump-an-idiot-sparks-outrage/

 

[KeithD]

Well, no, I don't think teachers should be bringing this into the schools--on either side. I'd fire the teacher.

 

[sharingfantasies]

Teachers are supposed to be neutral, although Trump certainly makes it hard. But they are just people and make dumb mistakes at times. I don't think firing is necessary, unless this is a frequent action by the teacher.

 

[JKendallDane]

Teachers have a difficult job. Often a very hard, demanding job. Sometimes even "near-impossible job" comes closest to being the correct term.

But can you imagine being a history teacher at St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac, MD, walking into your "Current Events" classroom a couple of weeks ago on the first day of classes, and finding Barron Trump sitting in the front row?

What would YOU do?

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[SEVERUSMAX]

You spelled real estate "con man" wrong.

 

[KeithD]

Teachers have a difficult job. Often a very hard, demanding job. Sometimes even "near-impossible job" comes closest to being the correct term.

But can you imagine being a history teacher at St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Potomac, MD, walking into your "Current Events" classroom a couple of weeks ago on the first day of classes, and finding Barron Trump sitting in the front row?

What would YOU do?

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I don't think I'd have to do anything. St. Andrew's is much too smart of a school to put Barron in such a class to begin with. (And I don't think there's such a class. It would be some sort of government class and any St. Andrew's teacher/administrator would think ahead and avoid current events examples in a class they put Barron in).

 

[JKendallDane]

I don't think I'd have to do anything. St. Andrew's is much too smart of a school to put Barron in such a class to begin with. (And I don't think there's such a class. It would be some sort of government class and any St. Andrew's teacher/administrator would think ahead and avoid current events examples in a class they put Barron in).

Sheesh, Keith. Why the buzzkill on my Andy Borowitz impersonation?

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[JackLuis]

Sheesh, Keith. Why the buzzkill on my Andy Borowitz impersonation?

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Forgive him, he's just old and cranky. He won't laugh again until Trumpski is in the Dumpski!

 

[KeithD]

I'm laughing now.

You're just upset because Bernie is showing why he isn't going to be elected president. (Which has nothing to do with why I'm laughing. I'm sorry he's having heart trouble. As opposed to the Republicans, he at least has a heart--and a brain.)

 

[JackLuis]

I'm laughing now.

You're just upset because Bernie is showing why he isn't going to be elected president. (Which has nothing to do with why I'm laughing. I'm sorry he's having heart trouble. As opposed to the Republicans, he at least has a heart--and a brain.)

I don't worry about Bernie, he has a lot of backup now. In '16 he showed the DNC that they were not in control of the Grass Roots of the party.

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

I don't worry about Bernie, he has a lot of backup now. In '16 he showed the DNC that they were not in control of the Grass Roots of the party.

The long term solution is to have party-wide elections for the DNC. If the DNC is directly elected by all registered Democrats, Tom Perez will probably be out on his ass.

 

[KeithD]

Bernie might actually become a Democrat if he wants to run with the DNC support network. Until then he's a parasite and will be viewed as such by real Democrats. What he showed in 2018 is that those Bernie backers are here just for him, not for any other Democrats. There's no reason why the DNC shouldn't take that into account.

Beyond that, he's too old to run for president and has just brought that back to the front of voters' minds. (And, yes, Biden is really too old to run for president too).

 

[jaF0]

A school district investigation determined the "offensive question regarding President Donald Trump was not created by the teacher."

According to a district spokesperson, the teacher said she downloaded the quiz from a study application called Quizlet, and did not carefully review the questions before giving students the quiz.

A spokesperson released this statement to Scripps station WPTV in West Palm Beach:

"Despite the fact that the teacher didn't write, or intentionally select the question, the District views this error as a display of unprofessional behavior. The School District of Palm Beach County holds our educators to the highest standards. The teacher has been disciplined."

https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/...ion-about-president-trump-investigation-finds

 

[magicalmoments]

If sanders and Biden are regarded as being too old to run then trump needs to be added to the list.
Not to mention his mental state.
I guess when they framed the constitution the founding fathers never really considered an upper age limit for standing for president. The average age at death was likely under 50 back in those days.

 

[phrodeau]

If sanders and Biden are regarded as being too old to run then trump needs to be added to the list.
Not to mention his mental state.
I guess when they framed the constitution the founding fathers never really considered an upper age limit for standing for president. The average age at death was likely under 50 back in those days.

Life expectancy was about 38, and a person who passed 60 could expect to see 75. http://www.westonps.org/uploaded/faculty/amandaquaintance/In_The_America_Of_1787.docx

Benjamin Franklin lived to 84.

 

[KeithD]

If sanders and Biden are regarded as being too old to run then trump needs to be added to the list.
Not to mention his mental state.
I guess when they framed the constitution the founding fathers never really considered an upper age limit for standing for president. The average age at death was likely under 50 back in those days.

But of course he's too old. He's older than I am. Anyone that old is too old, although the difference is that, despite what he thinks he can have, he's going for a second term of a two-term limit. Sanders and Biden are looking at the first of a desired eight years--Sanders would be 79 and Biden 77 before day one of that.

 

[phrodeau]

But of course he's too old. He's older than I am. Anyone that old is too old, although the difference is that, despite what he thinks he can have, he's going for a second term of a two-term limit. Sanders and Biden are looking at the first of a desired eight years--Sanders would be 79 and Biden 77 before day one of that.

Pete Buttigieg for Veep.

 

[KeithD]

Pete Buttigieg for Veep.

He' have to be wearing a skirt. I'd be flabbergasted if there wasn't a woman on the ticket.

 

[phrodeau]

He' have to be wearing a skirt. I'd be flabbergasted if there wasn't a woman on the ticket.

Amy Klobuchar for Veep.

 

[KeithD]

Amy Klobuchar for Veep.

She's been the most attractive for me all along. Her straightforward, common sense approach and a centrist "let's just try to recover our composure this time before going off half cocked with pie-in-the-sky promises" message.

I was leery of Biden from the beginning just on the basis of age and being able to see that he's slipped over the past four years. But, now that the Republicans are trying to do a hatchet job on him like they did on Hillary Clinton (and got away with), I'm all for going with him for president and matching him with a good "step up" VP. For balance, it would need to be a woman and a progressive, though, which has Warren written all over it.

 

[JackLuis]

How about Tulsi for Veep? Young-ish, a Vet, and no bullshitter. A nice balance for Liz.

 

[jaF0]

Joe's got too much baggage. He'd never stand a fair chance, so unless we want more dysfunction, he should drop out.

All I want from Warren is for the CFPB to be beefed back up to be a force to be reckoned with. It should almost be stronger than the FTC. It was Warren's baby and the 'Pukes despised it from the onset.

 

[SEVERUSMAX]

How about Tulsi for Veep? Young-ish, a Vet, and no bullshitter. A nice balance for Liz.

I'm backing Tulsi for President myself. She'd be able to step into the job and handle the Presidency better than any of the others, including Mayor Pete, since she also sat on at least House Committees that deal with foreign policy and national security. Since those issues are the ones most directly tied with the Presidency of all, the ones where the President has the most direct and immediate power, that's a big deal. She's also vetted, so these RSS/Hindutva smears and Assadist/Putinist smears are unfounded. They started with the discredited source New Knowledge and others like them and if they were true, the multiple vetting processes would have caught them by now.

Most of all, she wants to end our hawkish foreign policy that wrecks nations and has to spend decades rebuilding them, rather expensively, in vain. We can't afford to do empire and social democracy, anyway, not without resorting to MMT practices that the public isn't ready for yet, and imperialism is immoral, anyway.

I'm not keen on Amy, who's too moderate by half for the major structural reforms that we need as a country, not to mention to tackle the environmental apocalypse that we face. But I'll give her this much, she doesn't waste anyone's time by being a phony progressive like Kamala Harris, who is really an authoritarian at heart. Amy's a centrist, nearly a conservative, and she owns it.

Tulsi is enough of a maverick that many centrists and independents can swallow her progressive public policies due to her independence, unifying message, and willingness to speak to anyone, on any forum. Too many Democrats reject conservative talk shows on Faux News and other places and thus miss the chance to change people's minds. Give Tulsi and Bernie credit for being willing to go on Joe Rogan, Dave Rubin, Tucker, etc. They understand that conservative media and we simply need to confront them on their own turf.

Plus, Tulsi's trying to bring back the Fairness Doctrine and if she succeeds, the propaganda machine is gonna have some problems.

If I were Tulsi and got the nod, I'd pick either Yang, Castro, or Mayor Pete as a running mate. Beto is politically dead in the water after his mandatory buyback rant and is owned by Big Oil, anyway.

 

[magicalmoments]

I like mayor Pete. I see him as a real contender in 2024/2028. He needs to get himself into the senate.