“I wasn’t the supplier, I was just the guy who made up the market for supplying it” is a curious moral defense.
Can I get in on this action?
adaher used “we” there to mean, the American people, collectively, exemplified by their officials. It’s a common, cromulent usage, and I agree with the gist of the post.
I don’t know, I read that Trump’s office in NH is quite legitimate, and eclipsing many other candidate’s campaign staffs in size. I can look for the link if you’d like but Google produce the info for you.
Point is, I think Trump is all-in.
Trump’s building up in Iowa, too. From the Washington Post:
Other sources say he’s refusing to spend money or build infrastructure:
He’s not even trying to get on the ballot, which could actually leave him off some state primary ballots depending on the rules.
I would assume that, with ten paid staffers, that ballot access is something they’re going to start working on.
The other things it says he refuses to spend money on are things like television ads and in-person events. So far he’s done well without them so refusing to spend money on them right now doesn’t mean that he’s not serious.
He’s done about what you’d expect having universal name recognition and saying crazy things. He can’t get any further without a real campaign.
Any further than being the leading candidate for the Republican nomination?
Carson’s defense of his own use of fetal tissue is not going well.
Is there any reason you would use the word supposedly?
Is there any indication that he was not a good or honest man (or at least as honest as a politician can get)?
And BTW, is there any anything to rebutt the evidence that Nixon was not good or honest?
The great thing about science is that there is almost always room for doubt. Perhaps even enough room for faith.
religious ideologues do not have to be global warming deniers (unless you think the pope is not a religious ideologue).
what is 2+2 economics?
There is room for faith in science. Although faith is in itself stupid, it doesn’t need to color science.
That said, it’s not reasonable to dismiss evolution after exposure to it. It’s akin to believing that the sky is in fact a stone dome that has water outside it. It’s just goofy fucking nonsense and arrogant petulance that elevates the stupidity of the ancients over what you can see with your own eyes.
I’d vote for a religious man. I wouldn’t vote for a creationist, because that level of stupid vapidity means they can literally do anything. What if Carson believed for biblical reasons that he had to nuke Iran? If his professors couldn’t show him with actual evidence that evolution was real, what are you going to say to convince him that God doesn’t want him to cleanse the holy-land with fire?
Like, you know, the one I just linked to a story about him building?
This is an odd turn on history.
No one thought Ford was evil or dishonest. Many were angry that he had pardoned the first sitting president who was actually discovered to have been involved in criminal activities while in office, denying the republic the ability to bring him to justice. (Many others still thought that Nixon was unjustifiably hounded from office.) However, many of those who had no problem with the pardon were more than upset with Ford’s debate broadcast claim that “There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe.” Having lost both the Left (Nixon issue) and the Right (Soviet issue), Ford’s candidacy was doomed. But it had little to do with Carter being a “good and honest man.” Similarly, while a little known governor of a Southern state could hardly run on his accomplishments, nothing Ford had done really grabbed anyone’s attention in terms of his accomplishments.
Now, there is no reason to equate him to G W Bush.
For decades, the Republican Party — my party — was widely viewed as a party of wise and thoughtful national-security leadership. That brand was severely damaged by the Bush administration. It now appears that the field of Republican presidential candidates is looking to make that damage permanent. – Lawrence Wilkerson
No, there probably is good reason to.