Huh. I think exactly the opposite. I think a president trump would wake up every morning and look at a few key easy-to-compare economic numbers like stock markets and unemployment rates. If they were going well, he would think to himself “I’m a genius”, and spend the day tweeting about what a great job he was doing, and if they weren’t, he would spend the day trying to solve the symptoms. Above all else, he wants to win, and to have everyone see him winning; and there is no room in that for the more subtle long-term issues facing our nation.
(Actually I guess the number he might look at above all others is his popularity. But my point is, much as I hate Trump, I fairly strongly disagree with the initial statement of “He would sell this country for a penny if he could.” I think Trump loves the USA, albeit not as much as he loves himself, and is at some level genuinely patriotic. And if elected, I think he would definitely want the USA to do well. And by “well” I mean “great! so much quality! the must fantastic country ever! hyuuuge!”.
Of course, if he were elected and his presidency was a four year catastrophe, I’m sure he’d leave office still CLAIMING that it was an enormous success, and that he did everything right, and that anything that went wrong was other people’s fault, yada yada yada. But he’d much much rather leave office to universal accolades.
Perhaps also because he’s obsolete - nobody cares about gay marriage any more, having it around as an issue is likely to hurt the Republicans in November. Controlling transgenders is where it’s at, now.
Yes, that HUGE problem of transgenders invading bathrooms for sexual reasons. Much like the Republicans have fought that HUGE problem of voter fraud.
Meanwhile middle-aged, lower class and lower middle class white males are dying young … and nobody else is … and the Republicans, for whom this is a major demographic … don’t give a shit.
Indigent voters may obtain a waiver of bond, but extended voting hours would only apply to the individual voter(s) asking for the extension (no one else would be allowed to vote after hours but those specific petitioners).
His cost would include the wages of the poll workers “up to $22.50/hr”. Not quite sure what “up to” means, but $22.50/hr for poll workers? That just sounds improbable in republican-run Ohio.
Jan Brewer was the third consecutive female governor of Arizona, having succeeded Janet Napolitano when she resigned to join Obama’s cabinet. I guess she thinks that her tenure was so unsuccessful because, woman?
It varies among the counties, but in my county poll workers get $105 for the ~14 hour day. There don’t seem to be provisions for overtime. Workers also get $25 for the training session, and one who is chosen as the manager (in charge of preparing records and returns at the end of voting and of returning supplies and materials) gets an extra $15.
The suit is going to be epic. This is such a weird issue because the fundamental thing they’re all arguing about is a system of segregation. We have segregated restrooms and locker rooms for the different genders. Fitting a civil rights issue on top of that is torturous for both sides. It’s a bit like arguing over whether biracial people can have their choice of whites-only or blacks-only restrooms. It’s bizarre, no matter which side you’re on.
The 'Pub-controlled Alabama House of Representatives doesn’t want any of its five remaining family planning clinics to be less than 2,000 feet away from public schools, because the protestors outside bear signs that scare the kiddos.
Or maybe because these clinics, you know, go around stalking kids or infiltrating their bathrooms. Or something.
We can have the best banknotes ever! The best! All we need to do is put a wind-blown big hair guy with an angled guitar on top of this pile of rocks to have the METALEST BANKNOTES EVER!
No shit. I can’t wait to get the governor of North Carolina on the stand, line up ten cis and trans men with beards and biceps, and make him determine which bathroom each must use.
While it’s been nicknamed the Bathroom Bill, the bill did more than regulate bathrooms. It also makes it illegal for NC cities to have anti-discrimination regulations, other than for employment by the city government.
