Wheeeee! What perfect piece for a sunny Sunday morning. Perspective and précis. Perfect timing with ☕️☕️ 🟰 🤗. Thank you Greg 🎵. (I like alliteration and looked up a word).
“Trump is the most obvious embodiment of GQP’s ‘celebrate losers’ phenomenon — a man who lost both the electoral and popular vote to President Biden in 2020 and refused to accept the results of the election, yet has maintained a powerful, if waning, hold over his party.” MAGA’fied 🤠
Jun 11, 2023·edited Jun 11, 2023Liked by Greg Olear
Thank you, Greg, as always for a thoughtful essay. And "The Third Man" is truly a masterpiece, especially the music. And Harry Lime was charming, educated, and congenial - the complete opposite of #Trump. Of course, his base has none of those admirable qualities, so....
But we must realise, NOTHING will change with the GOP politicians until they, en masse, start telling their base the truth, over and over, for months and months. As long as the base worships #MangoWanker as a demi-god, their VOTES will control the behaviour of the now-wrecked GOP.
Donald Trump, "Every time I fly over a blue state, I get a subpoena: we want him before the grand jury." Yet he was just indicted by a FLORIDA grand jury. I used to think his stupidity was calculated but now it's blatantly obvious he's a narcissistic criminal akin to any other 'Florida man' offender. Great piece Greg!
Great example Greg. So much alike - cold, calculating, transactional psychopath. The difference between Lime and tfg is the tfg’s boastfulness. Let’s hope there’s no technicalities that set him free from his impending jail time.
Maybe a bit OT, but I watched the documentary about the Duggars and the movement they are part of (Shiny Happy People on Amazon Prime) and I was struck by 2 things. First, this powerful right wing Christo Fascist movement that fuels them holds core operating principal that a man is entitled to any female he wants any time regardless of age. Second, they have a plan to infiltrate every institution in America, including Presidency, Congress and Supreme Court. Third, a major cable network idealized and promoted the Duggars and by extension the principles of the cult they belong to. I think this is terrifying. Trump did not create these people. He harnessed and unleashed them. They're still out here. And I know the media will not provide context or dot connecting.
Greg, you hit the bullseye and I'd say you split the arrow with this one -- only that, as some here have noted, Harry Lime was a nihilist with capacity for reflection. I've long since given up the search for any redeeming features in Trump, but capacity for reflection, the slightest understanding of his own behavior, would not be among them. A pure, unadulterated monster.
Unfortunately, his slime trail will long survive him. Success will not be achieved with his surcease. Sad.
Trump as you well know, keep those Nuclear info for a reason. No accident. To sell them. That makes him a traitor and put our lives at risk. That alone should imprison him. As to how do Republicans have very little or no conscious? Look at where they all come from. Who raised them. They all have creepy fathers. It runs in the family. What you learn and experience from the age of 0-5 conditions the rest of your life!
Wheeeee! What perfect piece for a sunny Sunday morning. Perspective and précis. Perfect timing with ☕️☕️ 🟰 🤗. Thank you Greg 🎵. (I like alliteration and looked up a word).
What an amazing and moving piece today! The MAGA crowd just doesn't care about human beings, indeed they seem to relish causing pain and suffering!
“Trump is the most obvious embodiment of GQP’s ‘celebrate losers’ phenomenon — a man who lost both the electoral and popular vote to President Biden in 2020 and refused to accept the results of the election, yet has maintained a powerful, if waning, hold over his party.” MAGA’fied 🤠
Just a scribbler with too much drink in him.
Thank you, Greg, as always for a thoughtful essay. And "The Third Man" is truly a masterpiece, especially the music. And Harry Lime was charming, educated, and congenial - the complete opposite of #Trump. Of course, his base has none of those admirable qualities, so....
But we must realise, NOTHING will change with the GOP politicians until they, en masse, start telling their base the truth, over and over, for months and months. As long as the base worships #MangoWanker as a demi-god, their VOTES will control the behaviour of the now-wrecked GOP.
Just as Putin intended.
#GOPtraitors
I don't think Donald Trump figures out how many dots he can spare, he counts all of them as potential income.
Donald Trump, "Every time I fly over a blue state, I get a subpoena: we want him before the grand jury." Yet he was just indicted by a FLORIDA grand jury. I used to think his stupidity was calculated but now it's blatantly obvious he's a narcissistic criminal akin to any other 'Florida man' offender. Great piece Greg!
Great example Greg. So much alike - cold, calculating, transactional psychopath. The difference between Lime and tfg is the tfg’s boastfulness. Let’s hope there’s no technicalities that set him free from his impending jail time.
Bone chilling.
"Why are their moral compasses so defective?"
Indeed. I do hope morality finds it's way back into society. For the first time in a long time I finally feel it might.
I really enjoyed the movie dialogue, watching the clip, and reading some of your previous, excellent substacks. Really great.
Maybe a bit OT, but I watched the documentary about the Duggars and the movement they are part of (Shiny Happy People on Amazon Prime) and I was struck by 2 things. First, this powerful right wing Christo Fascist movement that fuels them holds core operating principal that a man is entitled to any female he wants any time regardless of age. Second, they have a plan to infiltrate every institution in America, including Presidency, Congress and Supreme Court. Third, a major cable network idealized and promoted the Duggars and by extension the principles of the cult they belong to. I think this is terrifying. Trump did not create these people. He harnessed and unleashed them. They're still out here. And I know the media will not provide context or dot connecting.
Excellent.
And one of the all-time great film endings!
Greg, you hit the bullseye and I'd say you split the arrow with this one -- only that, as some here have noted, Harry Lime was a nihilist with capacity for reflection. I've long since given up the search for any redeeming features in Trump, but capacity for reflection, the slightest understanding of his own behavior, would not be among them. A pure, unadulterated monster.
Unfortunately, his slime trail will long survive him. Success will not be achieved with his surcease. Sad.
I have not!
Trump as you well know, keep those Nuclear info for a reason. No accident. To sell them. That makes him a traitor and put our lives at risk. That alone should imprison him. As to how do Republicans have very little or no conscious? Look at where they all come from. Who raised them. They all have creepy fathers. It runs in the family. What you learn and experience from the age of 0-5 conditions the rest of your life!