Covid is not the flu? Whoa! Hey, that’s just like saying water is wet!
It wasn’t too long ago when the media was saying this:
You know those stalwarts of excellent journalism. “Democracy dies in darkness” they say. We should absolutely trust the media, they only have our best interest in mind.
If it wasn’t for a strawmen, they wouldn’t have any men at all…
Here’s my prediction:
D.C. and other major metropolitan areas are preparing for a long night of far-left riots and unrest. Isn’t that nice?
I predict violence.
Insightful post (as ever) and certainly helps the rest of us understand the mentality of the ‘unwavering Trump supporter’
Speaking of which, they’re obviously mobilized (and riled up in ways that only demagogues can muster)
BUT, HERE’S THE THING: any reasonable forecast should also consider the flipside of this ‘unwavering-to-the-point-of-defiance’ support; namely, all of those voters who have in fact wavered and can no longer support this Admin in good conscience. In other words, that portion of the electorate that is actually capable of changing their minds from a prior stance/narrative.
Some evidence/examples of this:
So yeah.
Gonna be interesting to finally ascertain what his net support truly looks like, here in late 2020…
Plus, Biden has this on his side!
We’re talking about the guy that ran on another Party’s ticket in 2016, right? Distinguished GOP figure?
Love it. Every word. Sadly, it does not sound like a parody… at all.
That article was from the time before they realized they needed to destroy people’s livelihoods in order to beat Trump. Just imagine the tantrum they will throw if it was all for naught.
Well, that’s proof that the policy of ‘truinashabadabadpreasure’ is really resonating with pollsters. And '‘Badacath Care’ is something the nation wants and needs.
The only reason that applies to me (and many others) is the awfulness of the alternative.
How do you think I managed to stop supporting Democrats?
You got over your distaste for racism and wearing white robes and pointy hats?
“A bigger threat, for now…”- on an article dated February 1, 2020. Tell me, have you ever read a single article you’ve posted here on PWI?
And of course, even as this author was right (at the time), he couldn’t have predicted the criminally stupid mishandling of the virus once the threat became larger than that of the flu.
You’re going to have to explain this demagoguery to me.
Bunch of people having truck rallies, floatillas, etc. = Demagoguery
Leftist burning buildings and trashing entire cities= crickets.
People on the right rally for what ever= Dogwhistling to racist scum.
Leftist mostly peaceful protest where police are shot at= Crickets.
Come on Man! That’s not dema, geggga ah, you know, the thing! 
Really though, how does one rectify these differences.
What would you do?
Don’t stand there with your hands in your pockets.
Pick up the phone. Call the CDC. Get the word out on your solution to this.
I would’ve exercised powers I in no way have, so that Democrats could attack me for doing so before the election and could then justify doing lots of things because of the precedent I set.
He’ll wax sanctimonious and offer pablum and the luxury of hind sight
Since everybody’s minds are already made up, might as well laugh.
I would not whine and cry about us testing, wouldn’t withhold or downplay information about the seriousness, wouldn’t attack doctors and scientists frequently, wouldn’t blame blue states for high cases, I would work more while we were in crisis and golf and tweet less…
Perhaps it would just be easier to say I would do the opposite of what the President has done with few exceptions that I believe he handled correctly.
I reject the idea that all of this is Trumps fault btw just think he’s spectacularly mishandled this at almost every turn. It’s been months upon months and we have the most cases and deaths and the President is STILL attacking doctors. That sounds like a Monty Python or SNL setup.
Never declared it was under control when it was never under control.
Shut down travel from China (Trump’s shutdown was even a true shutdown) and Europe (once we learned of cases in Europe).
Expedited testing.
Set up federal-state partnership for contact tracing on a national scale. (This is the one thing that would let us have the best of both worlds - isolating the sick so they don’t sprewd the disease and keeping the economy open.)
Expedited purchase of PPE.
Let the scientists drive the evidence-based decision-making and speak at press conferences.
Do national addresses painting a realistic picture of the issues and the federal response ro it.
Do a wage subsidy program instead of PPP loans to businesses - had we done 4. above, we’d be in better shape to have businesses open but would need to supplement demand and help workers who lost their jobs.
Establish financial incentives to reward states that implemented mask mandates (to help pay for masks). The federal government has no authority to impose a national mandate - but it can incentivize it at the state level.
Expedite treatments and vaccines through FDA.
Just off the top of my head. The contact tracing and masks are the two biggest weapons we have. When virus transmission is high, we’re losing. When it’s low, we beat it. So, implement policies to slow/stop transmission. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
