This one will be the last, and I'm not sure if I'm prepared to scroll through the entire year or not at the moment I'm typing these words. To go over the reason for this series once again, and with no concern for the absolute accuracy of how it went down (because I'm now kinda confused about it), I've been concerned about anti-Trump sentiment from Craig (and Stan, too, for that matter) and my position on Trump is simple and direct: his record as president in the aggregate is such that he was entitled as any president has been of a second consecutive term, and now a second term in '24 since he was cheated out of it in '20. Those concerns most of us had prior to his first election were, for me, proven to have been unrealized, save for his unique style which is not what has been common from presidents throughout the ages. So to speed ahead, I was concerned that I never heard any positive comments about Trump from Craig who insists he gives credit when credit is deserved and I stated that I recalled no such posts to that effect with regard Trump. Having stated I was willing to go through all four years of Trump's presidency and Craig's blog posts during that time to find these posts of Trump praise and he encouraged me to "feel free".
Since that time, and in more recent discussions, a few curious things have taken place.
1. After posting the first few "chapters" of this series, I've been criticized for believing that Craig's post is the only place where he may have made these professions of support and praise. My response was simply that I had no reason to suspect that any praise would not be posted somewhere among his many offerings, but that I probably would do the same with his Twitter archives and I know of no other such places where he might post such laudatory expressions. That would have been nice info to have when I first proposed my search.
2. I had clearly recalled Craig stating on more than one occasion...and I admit at my more advanced age that perhaps I could be wrong in my recollections...that Craig doesn't support Trump and never voted for him. Within the last month, however, he has stated he voted for Trump twice. I was stunned. Is my memory really that bad to be 180 degrees off on this point? But then, not sure of where I had left off, I came upon this post:
"Thursday, September 12, 2019
“Your President”
I find this obsession with labeling Trump as “your president” laughably pathetic. I have precisely the same relationship with Trump that I had with P-BO. I didn’t support or vote for either of them during the election cycles, but once they were sworn in, I supported actions or policies I agreed with, and criticized the actions I didn’t."
Note that last sentence. Now I'm confused again.
3. Also very recently, Craig stated that he finds the notion of posting on a president doing good things he expects a president to do is boring to him. But this contradicts the claim that he applauds the good things done. OK. Which is it? And were I to move on to Craig's Twitter archives, this statement suggests I'd be wasting even more time than I already have. Was this the point? To knowingly allow me to spend time in this fruitless search when a simple statement like this at that time could have prevented wasting the limited time I have left in my life?
I have a personal response to all of this which I'll save for later. For now, I will proceed to the last year of Trump's presidency...or at least some of it, because I don't like knowing I'm wasting my time and wasting it anyway:
Sunday, January 12, 2020
"Random Tweets"
Not a support for Trump, but support for young blacks who support Trump.
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Friday, January 24, 2020
"Impeachment"
Here Craig isn't supporting Trump necessarily (he's good with any means of getting rid of Trump so long as it's legit), but defending him against the scurrilous lies of the Dems trying to impeach him. But this should have been the attitude of all honorable Americans whether they supported Trump or not, so I'm not calling for a pat on Craig's back here. Meanwhile, clearly, Dan proved what we already knew about him at the time, and further demonstrates it constantly. He's dishonorable.
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020
"Remember when..."
An acknowledgement of something good Trump did which wasn't acknowledged by the opposing party or their media sycophants. Not praise for Trump's aid to Puerto Rico so much as criticism of his political opponents.
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Sunday, February 23, 2020
"Hypothetically"
"Is there anyone in the history of the US who is so horrible and needs to be convicted of a crime so badly that they should be deprived of their right to be tried in front of a fair and impartial jury?
While we're on legal theory, is there ever a point where we can balance the current/recent actions of a person with the past actions/allegations and base judgement more on the recent?"
The above is the entire post for this date. I'm most concerned with the second part, though the first isn't irrelevant to the point I want to make. When I speak with Craig and/or Stan about casting their votes for Trump in the general, as they should have in 2020, this second paragraph is a question I've basically been presenting in support of the notion. Apparently Craig, and ostensibly Stan, would answer "no" to this question, as they aren't truly basing their decision exclusively on the recent with regard to Trump...by which I mean his first term and how good it was. This question, then, <i>demands</i> support for Trump in November, unless one wishes to pretend the insignificant overwhelms the significant.
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Sunday, February 23, 2020
"Saw this this morning"
Craig said,
"I’m noticing a trend among my friends. We’d rather see bad things happen to our country, than see Trump win."
The irony here is that this is unintentional praise for Trump's record. But it's also the position both he and Stan are taking in fact. I can say this because so many bad things have happened to our country since they rejected Trump the last time, and if Trump is unable to get around or over all the many more hurdles put before him now, more bad things will absolutely happen to our country because of it.
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Thursday, March 26, 2020
"EASTER MASSACRE"
This one is supportive of Trump against the unChristian petition by less than Christian clergy. Trump expressed optimistic hope and the clergypeeps referenced it as an actual date to open up churches. So I appreciate the support for Trump expressing optimism. One would think few shared that optimisism.
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Tuesday, April 14, 2020
"Another damn racist"
This is just a quote of Georgia State Rep. Vernon Jones—A Democrat--endorsing Trump for president and why. I add it because the posting of it suggests praise for something Trump's done through the words of this black guy. I'll count it.
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OK. I got through at least the latter half of July and I'm done. I'm bored with this, especially given what I posted at the outset of this chapter. Unless Craig has something in his mind which stands out as absolute support and praise for a specific Trump policy between July 2020 and Inauguration Day of January 2021, I think it's safe to say that there is no such thing, aside from that which I've posted in each chapter.
As to my personal response, there's a lot more I intend to say in subsequent posts regarding the upcoming election. How Craig may or may not have voted in the previous presidential elections matters not at this point, as my focus is on November 2024 and the denial of any Democrat from being sworn in in January of '25.
Recently, it seems I've run afoul somewhat of both Craig and Stan, particularly as regards Trump as president, though with Craig on one or two other things as well. Shit happens, but for me, I still look to both of these guys as allies and far better men than the sorry lefties with whom any of us contend. Sure, that's not saying much, but that wasn't my meaning. They're both great guys, I support them both and continue to follow their blogs. They're allowed to be wrong now and then, and I'm told I can be as well, though I can't for the life of me think of a time...
Anyway, like the GOP, those of us on the right have no problem smacking each other around and when that happens it means very little to us to go through it, and more importantly, it means we give a flying fuck. Unlike the lefties, we're not sheep. We think for ourselves and are willing to defend ourselves as much against each other as we in defending ourselves against the likes of the demented, evil left. It won't stop, at least not for me, for I seek to persuade or be persuaded.