Con man is deflecting his trouble by calling it a witch hunt. He has no clue on what he is doing and survives on lies after lies. Actually, the hunt is after truth. Con man was able to win the Presidency by fake news, Buddy Vladimir's help and putting one against other. The liar king is a genius in making stuff and he will go to low of the lowest to attack anyone. A child bully with attention deficit disorder is destroying our great nation!
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When there are witches (and warlocks), you need the hunt.
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She writes: My mother recalls her elementary-school textbooks in the 1960s having illustrations of Communists with horns. The devil this time was godless, opaque, cold, cloistered Moscow, whose agents, Americans were assured, lurked invisible in schools, universities, trade unions and film studios.
Is this an urban legend? Where and when did this happen? What books were they? I'd like to see the proof that this is true.
Is this an urban legend? Where and when did this happen? What books were they? I'd like to see the proof that this is true.
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Wonderful analysis, Ms. Quinn. Fear can be a horrible weapon and its first victim is always the truth. It was fear and lies that launched lynchings in the South in the 20's. It was fear and lies that led the incarceration of the American Japanese in the 40's. It was fear and lies hat drove the HUAC in the 50's. Now, it is fear and lies that empowers the right. As George Orwell said as fascism gained traction in Europe in the 30's, "The very concept of objective truth is fading out of the world. Lies pass into history.
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Trump's presidency is a curse and pox on us all. To lift the curse, Americans' "witch hunt" is a search for the appropriate antidote, perhaps an impeachment, to stop him from destroying our democracy. Let's do it!
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Important to impede the Trump Agenda so corruption can continue. Swamp triumphant!
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It's been my experience that those that ascend to leadership positions are often highly skilled in deflecting blame for poor outcomes (either onto subordinates or "the board"), or hogging credit for good outcomes.
Trump's claim on every success (such as expansion plans by corporations put into motion years ago) or demonization of his perceived enemies aren't unique.
Ask anyone who has a boss. It's just that he's not very subtle about it.
Probably the most pathetic aspect of his personality is his relentless view that he is a "victim."
Trump's claim on every success (such as expansion plans by corporations put into motion years ago) or demonization of his perceived enemies aren't unique.
Ask anyone who has a boss. It's just that he's not very subtle about it.
Probably the most pathetic aspect of his personality is his relentless view that he is a "victim."
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If this is a witch hunt, at least we do not have to ask if he is a good witch or a bad witch.
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The title of Arthur Miller's play "The Crucible" reads, in its translation into German, "Hexenjagd" which retranslates to "witch hunt."
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If he wishes to elude all the witch and warlock hunters, why doesn't Trump proclaim "I am not a witch"? That clear statement has proven helpful to another GOP erstwhile notable.
Trump should just publicly admit that he is a narcissist and a sociopathic liar, but no caster of spells--except for the one that beclouds the minds of his lower-middle class and working class supporters. He could also claim that, due to his personality disorder, he is not responsible for his decisions, actions and speech. He could then appeal to our better angels and ask us to stop hunting him, and instead to have pity for him and his lamentable psychological condition.
Then he could admit he is unfit for office and honorably resign from the presidency.
Trump should just publicly admit that he is a narcissist and a sociopathic liar, but no caster of spells--except for the one that beclouds the minds of his lower-middle class and working class supporters. He could also claim that, due to his personality disorder, he is not responsible for his decisions, actions and speech. He could then appeal to our better angels and ask us to stop hunting him, and instead to have pity for him and his lamentable psychological condition.
Then he could admit he is unfit for office and honorably resign from the presidency.
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AndrewG: Good idea, but ...
Husterbee-Sanders has already proclaimed: The president is not a liar.
That's Nixonian enough to satisfy the realists among us.
Husterbee-Sanders has already proclaimed: The president is not a liar.
That's Nixonian enough to satisfy the realists among us.
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The term "witch hunt" is an appropriate label as it applies to the investigation of Donald Trump, members of his campaign, members of his transition team and his associates. The FBI and congressional committees are not investigating a crime; they are searching for a crime to investigate. The heads of U.S. intelligencers agencies have all testified there no evidence of collusion between the Trump team and Russia. Yet the search for collusion goes on, even though no one has yet venture to say what the Trump team might have done that would constitute collusion, which is only illegal is it is done to facilitate an illegal activity. For example, no one has accused Trump of writing the computer code that enable Russian operatives to hack Democratic National Committee email. The investigation goes on in hopes a crime will turn up. That's a witch hunt.
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" The Crucible" , a play. Written in 1953 by Arthur Miller. Story ostensibly about " witch hunts ", but was during the national/ political furor over alleged Communists. A grand example of the playwrights art. Fascinating and timeless.
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the faint reference to arthur miller at the end of this piece passes over his significant contribution to our grasp of the term during its colonial heyday and its employment in the mid-century usa, the hysteria that fueled the "naming" of citizens as witches, so vividly depicted in his play, "the crucible."
the play premiered in the early 50s, the edge of the mccarthy era, inspired by the HUAC pursuit of screen writers, actors and directors...anyone who doubts that it was a "hunt" ought to read its documents, the letters of threat and sanction from the industry itself, and, of course, the press pile on, with the hollywood reporter, still a prominent trade paper, born and nursed to that prominence by its drumbeat of innuendo and accusation loosed upon its community, and, like so much of the media today, a guilty-until-we-stomp-you-into-oblivion, "mendacity" of the first order, to borrow from another great american playwright, tennessee williams,
over time phrases adopted by the press become all-purpose tools and lose their force..."naming" witches was a point blank shot at destroying them, removing them from any path of influence (hollywood) or inheritance...in salem, and elsewhere in the colonies, a woman who inherited land, for example, would forfeit ownership if the were found to be a witch...the very thought struck truly mortal fear in anyone who might be, or even know someone, called out.
djt and h(r)c use the term like salt on their fries.
the play premiered in the early 50s, the edge of the mccarthy era, inspired by the HUAC pursuit of screen writers, actors and directors...anyone who doubts that it was a "hunt" ought to read its documents, the letters of threat and sanction from the industry itself, and, of course, the press pile on, with the hollywood reporter, still a prominent trade paper, born and nursed to that prominence by its drumbeat of innuendo and accusation loosed upon its community, and, like so much of the media today, a guilty-until-we-stomp-you-into-oblivion, "mendacity" of the first order, to borrow from another great american playwright, tennessee williams,
over time phrases adopted by the press become all-purpose tools and lose their force..."naming" witches was a point blank shot at destroying them, removing them from any path of influence (hollywood) or inheritance...in salem, and elsewhere in the colonies, a woman who inherited land, for example, would forfeit ownership if the were found to be a witch...the very thought struck truly mortal fear in anyone who might be, or even know someone, called out.
djt and h(r)c use the term like salt on their fries.
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Ms. Quinn, your various descriptions of Donald Trump in action match a very old and truthful adage - slightly altered here: "You can lead a Trump to knowledge, but you cannot make him think......" Anyone who rules the greatest nation on Earth by using a Twitter machine certainly proves my point. A Twit using Twitter, to put it another way...........
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Dorothy Parker when asked to use the word horticulture in a sentence, "You can lead a whore to culture, but you cannot make her think."
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It is obvious from this interesting article that the epithet, Witch Hunt, has been largely emptied of any real meaning and visceral impact over the years, a hackneyed, throw-away term used to describe any manner of perceived injury or injustice. It is fitting that Trump, who yearns for the return to a time of white, male power and dominance would resurrect it in lashing out at his critics, but indeed ironic that his former commie-hunting buddy Cohn, were he alive today, might well have his sights set on the Russian/Trump World election connections. Then Trump could defiantly proclaim "I'll match my witch hunt to your witch hunt, Roy"!
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Given President Trump's "mastery" of the English language, he probably does not know the correct term, with reference to himself, is "warlock hunt."
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Usually, of course, they did do something--but for some odd reason they think these fake protestations will work.