The Frankish Reich

How much more of these disastrous numbers - low inflation, job growth - can Americans take!

Here's the thing with Vance: Ambition. Boundless ambition. He wants desperately to be President. That meant sucking up to Trump to get his endorsement and to become a Senator. Notice how clever our young hillbilly is. He got the VP nomination. He goes on the debate stage and says none of the outrageous things that endeared him to Trump to begin with. If Trump wins, he's term-limited, and JD is the presumptive 2028 nominee. If Trump loses, JD is the presumed front runner because he's a smarter, less emotional, more focused version of Trump. And if JD becomes President either sooner (Trump is, umm, almost 80) or later (2028), what makes the Trumpies think he won't switch back to that Hillbilly Elegy guy running toward the center? As I said, he's smart. I think Democrats fear JD for that reason: he'll do whatever he needs to do to win, even if it means running the old Bush 41 "kinder and gentler" campaign at the expense of his mentor.

What a revelation! What's next? Fox News wants to help Trump win? Bill Simmons doing his level best to ensure that Brady is considered the GOAT? I thought you guys liked the fact that we don't have a Fairness Doctrine anymore. We can all live in our own little echo chambers. Life is so much better now that we can hear you piss and moan about how life in America now sucks.

I liked you better when you focused on old-timey mediocrities like JD Hill.

You are truly a one-note act. Go back and read that thread. Our most paranoid conspiratorial (banned) poster ever was rational, smart, on-point. And then .... ... I would chalk it up to mental illness, but the same thing happened with a lot of others. They swallowed the orange pill. Maybe you did too.

Why revive this thread? Well, it's just an accident. I wanted to say something about the conviction of the Memphis cops. I searched for "Memphis." I found this. It has nothing to do with Memphis, but it shows a rational/misnamed "Deranged" Rhino. It shows where we were in the BT (Before Trump) era. It reveals a former, non-crazy world in which there could be rational discussions. That world actually existed not so long ago. Will we ever get back there? Trump is the most damaging politician in the last 50 years.

That's largely because seniors like Blitzy refuse to let their kids put them in a home, freeing up that family home for the next generation.

Cherub no like Trump.

What am I gonna do now with all that toilet paper? I just barely finished off my Y2K stockpile.

There would be nothing for them to do all day if it weren't for fake news.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/getting-in-the-subjunctive-mood Never too late to learn.

Doug looks like such a boring corporate lawyer type. I wouldn't have predicted much of a backstory there. Sneaky little ***** ...

Which reminds me. Time for our monthly check-in on Lee Da Vinci, the Superstar Rapper Who Walked Away: 8 Twitter followers! At least he doesn't need many friends.

This Evan Barker is a pretty compelling advocate for the importance of government in health care! So sorry that saving her life is outweighed by Kamala focusing on "joy"

He seems to be doddering along just fine.

Never change your screen name after more than 4 drinks.

Here's some common sense for our disrespected trucker. I can get an Indian Sikh who just crossed the border to do your job for half the cost. Learn to code.

Would you please change that profile pic? It's like those Peter Pan .jpgs from days of old.

Hey, that was a good one. Credit where it's due! He did say (or his grandson said for him) that he was hoping to live long enough to vote for Kamala.

Harvest his ballot!

Now if he'd said confederate flag ...

Funny, I just saw it as a guy with a cherubic chubby face trying to look older and more distinguished. Yes, it worked!

That's typically what happens when the LGBTQ+ people move in.

⬆️ Sucked at English; mediocre at biology.

I'll admit it - thirty years ago.