At the presidential debate. Question for Joe Biden about the long-term impact of deferring corporate payments into social security… Then, it’s Trump’s turn:
“Mr President, what is the one in the middle, with the horn?”
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There’s nothing for those two to debate. Maybe some combination of a swimsuit competition, a spelling bee, an obstacle course, and in the lightning round a hotdog eating contest. The Nielsen ratings would be through the roof.
cr @1: I’m sure it wouldn’t occur to Wolf Blitzer or whichever other carefully coiffed android will be the moderator, but there are the small matters of the COVID-19 mortality rate, the withdrawal from WHO, the alienation of allies, the implicit (sometimes explicit) encouragement of fascist groups, the politicization of the CDC and other agencies, the stupid arbitrary impositions of tariffs, and so on. You know, boring stuff.
With the horn? Oh, that is definitely a Lincoln Continental. Many people say they are the finest car made. Some people tell me that . . .
If you or I were on the stage talking about that stuff, it probably wouldn’t be a complete waste of time. But with Biden, I’m not so sure.
OT, but thinking of Blitzer brought to mind this song by Flash and the Pan; Media Man. Ah, the good old days.
I imagine Hannity and Cooper doing the questions.
Uh, manticore, rhinoceroceros and the bushy-tailed humpback whale, famously the largest flying mammal.
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“If you or I were on the stage talking about that stuff, it probably wouldn’t be a complete waste of time. But with Biden, I’m not so sure.”
Aren’t campaign promises from a poliician generally a waste of time? Especially in the US (and democrats in particular) it seems to be about 50:50 lip-service to blocked-by-republicans.
I think one question to ask both candidates, always, should be, “would you lie to us to get elected?” Whatever the answer, it’ll make a nice quote and news headline when impeached.
@ 7 komarov
Re promises.
I cannot remember all of them but Trump tried to carry through on the WALL, bringing troops home and succeeded in the tax cuts.
In his own inimitable way he seemed to be trying to fulfill major campaign promises.
I believe Hitler also carried through on a lot of promises from Mein Kampf.
Mr President, what is the one in the middle, with the horn?
…Susan?
This looks like something right down Marcus’ line:
The (Literally) Unbelievable Story of the Original Fake News Network. Sub-head: Once upon a time in Guatemala, the CIA hired a cocky American actor and two radio DJs to launch a revolution and oust a president. Their playbook is being used against the U.S. right now.
It’s the story of the Guatemalan coup of 1954. It was mainly the efforts of John Foster Dulles and brother Allen Dulles, protecting their interests in the United Fruit Company.
It also has a very Trumpian feel: The Company had been undervaluing all of their properties to minimize taxes. So, under a progressive reform, the Guatemalan government was buying those properties at what the Fruit Company said they were worth. Which ruined the whole scam.
Oops. Sorry about the link fail. We’ll see if the propertly ends it.
# 10 ahcuah
IIRC Cuba, post-revolution, offered to pay landlords at the assessed rates too.
Re: jrkrideau (#8):
Okay, that’s a fair point, but can we really believe Trump fulfilled those promises for his voters and not just for himself? The tax cut doesn’t require commenting. The rest is basically PR stuff and self-promotion – Trump in a nusthell, whereas “normal” presidents like a good photo-op but don’t see it as the be-all and end-all.
Particularly the wall: Trump is the wall and vice versa. I bet he’s not at all sorry it took so much back and forth to get the thing started, which let him milk “wall” as a talking point for far longer than if the democrats had just said, “fine”, early on and moved on to the next point on the agenda. Especiallly since he’s about conflict and division. He’d be harping on about progress on the wall either way, but railing against evil democrats blocking him at every turn just suits him better.