Wednesday, 2 December 2020

The Shocker 2024 Scenario

 This came up in the last couple of days....where President Trump said if he doesn't resolve this election issue, and Biden takes over in January....Trump intends to run in 2024.

Where this goes?  I would suggest five observations:

1.  Biden would have someone on his tail....24 hours a day, and don't worry about Twitter censoring Trump....he'll vacate and get to a platform that has zero censorship capability.  So you can figure 70-odd million folks are going to log in, and latch onto Trump-the-candidate-for-2024.

Biden having to defend himself daily?  Absolutely.  

2.  The odds of a dozen-odd Republican Senators being removed in 2022 and 2024....who are anti-Trump?  More than likely.  

3.  The power of CNN or any of the pro-Biden platforms carrying the weight of this?  No.  They would not be financially capable if Trump-supporters don't view their news or their 'gimmick'.  Can CNN keep up a anti-Trump lecture for four more years, while trying to be pro-Biden every single day?

4.  A signal to the international community that Trump will return?  This is the harsh part of the scenario....whatever Biden 'gives' this community....will be taken away.

5.  Finally, to the pro-Bush crowd, who hoped to retake the Republican community and go back to the old way of business?  Well....they are basically screwed.

Trump's health?  That's really the question-mark.  Can he still be in great shape in four years?

Kindness Story

 UCLA (the California university) has decided to offer up a unique college class....called: “Discourses of Kindness as Resistance to Trump’s Rhetoric of Division.” 

Basically, some professor is going to tell you how to be 'kind'....while in the presence of Trump enthusiasts.

I sat and pondered over this yesterday, for a good bit.  I eventually came to three observations:

1.  It just seems odd that you'd go out and pay some college $1,500 for a course, and the key element is 'kindness'.  

Growing up on a farm in rural Alabama.....you got daily doses of kindness and it was basically free.  To me, it's hard to imagine that you'd need to pay someone to get you into a kindness mode.

2.  The gimmick seems to be here that you'd instruct some dumbass to flip a switch and suddenly act kind....when they weren't really genuinely kind.  

Fake kindness?  Yeah....more or less.  

So you'd walk around for 23 hours a day, and then suddenly at the airport....find yourself next to some 'loser-Trump-enthusiast' and you'd flip the switch to use fake kindness upon them?  

3.  Finally,  it's possible that while you were in this weakened state of mind....doing fake-kindness...that the 'loser-Trump-enthusiast' might return the kindness, and then two hours into this....you were locked-on, full-up, KIND.  It's bad enough....that you couldn't turn the kindness off, and suddenly....yep, you were a Trump-enthusiast for the rest of your life. 

I have no idea what the college is charging for this, or how much this professor is making....but if you laid out two or three Whiskey Sours....I'd give you the one-hour lecture on kindness for free.  But I would imagine my kindness instruction would soften your attitude a good bit.