The Future President, Donald Trump

Trump bailing out - wouldn't that be dee-licious?

Hey, Bernie (Bernie of a2k), did you do uni (none of my business, no need to answer) and if you did, did you major in Poli Sci?

In my days of switching majors I was interested in all that.. but picked another one.. maybe twice, as I was a multiple major changer, but I remember my interest. That was early sixties.

Next question - are there now poli sci majors? are there famous ones? If there are poli sci majors, do they squabble all day long?

Whether he does or does not will be a function of how he senses ego-damage in either direction. No other factor will be relevant.

The arguments against him bailing or against a coup are well laid out by Steve Benen, Jonathan Bernstein and Ed Kilgore here http://on.msnbc.com/1TWx31n

No. I actually did a triple minor - education, english and humanities. Did only one poli sci course in there but it was a very good one. The humanities inclusion allowed me to do lots of courses in anthropology, sociology, archaeology, religious studies, philosophy, classical studies - pretty much anything I found interesting, including the poli sci course. I was in my mid-30s and seriously eager to learn. US politics has been a major interest since the civil rights movement in the sixties. Most of the library I maintained since my last move is in this subject area.

Yes, people still major in poli sci. Famous poli sci majors - Obama, Hillary, Dick Cheney, Rachel Maddow, Anderson Cooper, Larry Craig, Bernie Madoff, Condi Rice, Cory Booker etc

Thanks for the reminder! I haven't thought about this for a while. One aspect of the thing that I found tantalizingly interesting was how Bush and Obama talk to others (in an interview or to a gaggle of press). Very obviously, both of them begin from the premise that their audience has something like the intelligence/knowledge level that they themselves possess.

Mind you, Obama, being so much smarter, has a far better grasp of how that original presumption might be somewhat false.

Thank you so much for that list. Very occasionally I miss school as I was too busy to absorb what I absorb anyway, but sometimes enjoyed it.

I had a few key teachers. One had a class called, I think, something like "social history of the United States". This was either '60 or '61. Last name maybe Meyer. I was both a dimwit and engaged and also sneezed a lot. That was the start of my allergy life - old building, lots of us smoking. I'm sure with some minutes I can remember the teacher's name, will chase it. I've written about him before here on a2k.

I have, in times past, looked him up re UCLA profs, but no luck. Ironic to me, as he was major lightbulb person for me. Oh, and I got one of my relatively few C's. (I wonder what I said in that essay).

Almost all of my profs were wonderful (probably a function of my mature years allowing a better perspective). I became good friends with a couple of them, one who went on to become the Dean of Educ. Smart and very funny bugger out of Oxford. I really considered doing post grad and staying in the university community but financial necessity weighted the scale differently.

That sounds like it should be part of a poem, or a song. (Or even a recipe.)

You forgot about the plot to use flouride to affect the public's ability to remember details.

Mwhahahahahaha!

I know I related this story before on another forum, but it's interesting for the fact that this world is really small.
On a tour of Africa, a professor from Arizona State University took a nice picture of a sunset, so I asked him to send me a copy. He never did.
About six to eight months later, I was on a cruise, and I was explaining to a couple on the Horizon room about this promise that was never kept. A lady not far from where I was came over and asked if I knew the professor's name. I said yes, and mentioned the name. She said her husband socializes with them all the time, and she will mention it when she gets home. A about one week later after returning home, we received the picture of the sunset.

USA TODAY exclusive: Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills

It's disgusting! Trump doesn't pay his bills, and he'd rather get sued because he can wait it out, and he has attorneys ready to fight.
This guy wants to be our president? GIVE ME A BREAK.

Paying bills is for you 'little people'.

I did. And thank you for giving me an out there.

Great story, ci!

Trump for President, Yeah! Sure beats having Hillary there. The country is in dire economic condition and it is not going to be fixed in the next four years, or even eight if the incumbent gets in again. I'd rather have Trump warm the seat in the White House instead of the frigid cold bitch. It would be very entertaining having our great leader assessing foreign delegates by their net worth and offending every one of them. Yes, maybe the US of A will no longer have the burden of leading the fight in the Middle East. Let them fight their own wars. We have our own borders to protect. Yes sir, Trump will be right there manning a 50 cal. Browning, sending the illegal hordes back to where they belong. The national debt? Forget about it, the next 50 Presidents will have to reckon with it.

Did you see Elizabeth Warrens address in D.C. Thursday? Holy crap, she took off the gloves and excoriated Donald Trump. And the cherry on the sundae, she defined Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan as stooges who will defend Trump even though they fear Trump will decimate the Republican Party. Later Warren announced her endorsement of Sec. Clinton. The President, the Vice President and Warren plus Al Franken have backed Clinton. You will see a huge shift in temperature as Warren and Clinton and Obama define the ill-prepared Trump as an empty man only interested in the glorification of himself. Im not sure why his nonsense flummoxed his male opponents, I don't think any of them (except Fiorino) realized they would be dealing with a man with a 10 year olds ego. But Warren and Clinton know how to respond to that thin skinned blowhard. It will become interesting finally. Too many months of crybaby Dopey Don.

Nope; do you have a link to it?



This term is being bandied about lately. Did she really flay him verbally? Or just point out his faults?

Of course you understand that word in the context she meant it, and you're just making a bad attempt at wit. Or do you also think "roasting" someone means putting them on a spit and turning them over a bonfire?

"My friend" = "A friend of mine"

"My African-American" = "An African-American of mine"


Warning: I use the "n word" below. Thumb me down now to avoid seeing it.











































At best, it's offensively tone-deaf. At worst, it's horribly, horribly offensive riff on "my nigger."