Trump Wants To Do COVID Stimulus Again! Until He Doesn’t.

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The COVID-19 stimulus talk ship, steered by a mercurial and influenceable President Donald Trump, has careened from progress to near wreckage over and over again this week.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1337598
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GOP Senators aren’t going out on a limb crafting a stimulus bill just to see Trump eff it up at the finish line. Not happening. I’d wager deep down a great many of them want his ass out of office.

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Quelle surprise to no one that the doddering dotard can’t make up his shit for brains mind.

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All they have to do is vote in numbers to big to ignore, or in other words-veto proof.

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There are too many of them up for reelection to be that brave. They want HIM gone, but not at their own expense.

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STABLE genius

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It makes you appreciate how much having an entire White House of handlers created the impression that Trump sometimes wasn’t just randomly taking positions based on things like his blood sugar, the phases of the moon, and whether he thought someone was looking at him funny. Now, without that protective layer smoothing out the “short-attention span theater,” he just arbitrarily takes new policy positions every ten minutes. He’s the Quantum President!

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Then they aren’t thinking of the country… which is what I expect.
(((Sigh)))

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Hey Fat NIxon, did you bring enough steroids for everyone to share?

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“Stable genius”…
No he isn’t
Yes he is
No he isn’t
Yes he is…
And so it goes

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This is great, Trump and the Senate Repukes are going to take most of the blame if they don’t get one passed. Their use of most of their remaining time to ram Barrett through the approval process will make for some great political ads. My guess is that The Lincoln Project will be all over it. It will probably cost Graham his seat, for starters.

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Barack Obama (on TV):
[on TV delivering his election victory speech]… to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth that out of many, we are one.
Driver:
You hear that line? Line’s for you.
Jackie Cogan:
Don’t make me laugh. We’re one people. It’s a myth created by Thomas Jefferson.
Driver:
Oh, now you’re gonna have a go at Jefferson, huh?
Jackie Cogan:
My friend, Jefferson’s an American saint because he wrote the words, “All men are created equal.” Words he clearly didn’t believe, since he allowed his own children to live in slavery. He was a rich wine snob who was sick of paying taxes to the Brits. So yeah, he wrote some lovely words and aroused the rabble, and they went out and died for those words, while he sat back and drank his wine and fucked his slave girl. This guy wants to tell me we’re living in a community. Don’t make me laugh. I’m living in America, and in America, you’re on your own. America’s not a country. It’s just a business. Now fucking pay me.

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Trump Wants To Do COVID Stimulus Again! No He Doesn’t. Yes He Does!

Changing Your Mind! Every 24 Hours! Over and Over Again! Great Way to Hijack Multiple News Cycles and Make Sure Voters Aren’t Thinking About Real Issues! Or Joe Biden! Just Donald! Over and Over Again, Donald, Donald, and More Donald! Plus It Gaslights and Disorients Everyone–PERFECT!

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“I shut down talks two days ago because they weren’t working out. Now they are starting to work out,” he said.

He’s never funnier than when he invents an idiotic excuse for climbing down from some huge screwup. Meanwhile McConnell knows Trump’s a write-off at this point. He’s blowing off a further stimulus to screw Biden.

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“What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.”
— Dan Quayle, presciently describing Toadglans, Sep. 14, 2004

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Assuming a clean sweep in November. The Dems must eliminate the filibuster. I hope they learned from 2009 that they won’t get any Republican votes for anything. Can this burn us down the road? Yes but we won’t have a country left if they need 60 votes for any bill next year.

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Even if Biden is elected President McConnell will still somehow be running the country.

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Not if he isn’t reelected

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Tried and true GOP formula: Burn the place to the ground on the way out – then blame the firefirghters.

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