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I watch less news these days because I have faith in the current administration's willingness to step up and do a good job. It's very relaxing not to have to worry about inhumanity at the southern border or the danger of the nuclear football in the hands of a madman, or whether or not we are shopping state secrets to Moscow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
Jane, I watch the news less also now that we have a competent leader instead of a crazy guy as do my friends. Having our first nut job for president was stressful.
Heard today trump is planning another rally. Would be very happy if it (and he) was not in the news at all!
If it was so stressful before, why did you watch it more then? I actually watch the news MORE now that we no longer have a one-trick pony in all the media outlets. I stopped watching CNN sometime in 2019. It makes me angry that so much air time was consumed on one issue. I'd rather watch our local news outlet reporting that there's a fish fry Saturday night, or so-and-so from somewhere caught a prize walleye and gave it to his housebound neighbor. Or that it's going to be sunny tomorrow. So much better than a portal into a partisan slingfest which is today's network news.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
I felt I had to be vigilant and aware of the constant threats to democracy, personally.
I rarely watch local news; I keep up, sporadically, on-line.
Does it bother you that they were selling you carefully crafted and marketed outrage? They still do but their material is much thinner now. I'll bet it's been hard for some to lose the focus of their daily fix after 5 years or so of constant hits. Cold turkey cleansing is tough.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
I don't know how anyone could "package" the daily Trump-spew in a way that it wouldn't be appalling. And his "policies!" As has often been said, cruelty was the point in his administration.
Or are you trying to say he was just a misunderstood statesman? One who is still, six months after the fact, trying to whip up insurrection with his transparent lie that an election was stolen from him. Good for Liz Cheney for refusing to go along with it.
I hope he and his misguided sycophants will someday be considered just an ugly footnote to history, an aberration.
I’m not sure one needs to package the fact that 40ish% of Republican voters still don’t think the election was legitimate and that the Republican politicians are going along with that. I may be 4 or 8 years early with my concern but I have no confidence that if republicans control the house and the presidential election results aren’t in their favor that they will do the right thing and accept defeat.
No, I thought he was an ass, one that gave the media a 4 year run of exaggeration and chest pounding. It was almost like satire, minus the wit and playfulness.Quote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
Agreed!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alan
The vigilance and constant threat I “feel” from the gubmnt is more about loss of freedoms than anything else although I am made uncomfortable by the Ruskies’ happiness seeing Americans at each others’ throats about politics these days. But this latter issue is small, the freedom thing is The Big Deal.
The federal government encroachment on our freedoms started strongly after 911 and subsequent big gubmnt actions regardless of administrations have not dialed that down. Trump, Obama, Bush, Biden—-they all like being our saviour.
And they are all wrong about that.