Has trump ushered in a new paradigm in politics?

[Nostra]

Remember this?

MRS. OBAMA: Thank you all. (Applause.) Thank you so much. You know, it’s hard to believe that it has been eight years since I first came to this convention to talk with you about why I thought my husband should be President. (Applause.) Remember how I told you about his character and conviction, his decency and his grace -– the traits that we’ve seen every day that he’s served our country in the White House.

I also told you about our daughters –- how they are the heart of our hearts, the center of our world. And during our time in the White House, we’ve had the joy of watching them grow from bubbly little girls into poised young women -– a journey that started soon after we arrived in Washington, when they set off for their first day at their new school.

I will never forget that winter morning as I watched our girls, just seven and ten years old, pile into those black SUVs with all those big men with guns. (Laughter.) And I saw their little faces pressed up against the window, and the only thing I could think was, “What have we done?” (Laughter.) See, because at that moment, I realized that our time in the White House would form the foundation for who they would become, and how well we managed this experience could truly make or break them.

That is what Barack and I think about every day as we try to guide and protect our girls through the challenges of this unusual life in the spotlight -- how we urge them to ignore those who question their father’s citizenship or faith. (Applause.) How we insist that the hateful language they hear from public figures on TV does not represent the true spirit of this country. (Applause.) How we explain that when someone is cruel, or acts like a bully, you don’t stoop to their level -– no, our motto is, when they go low, we go high.

Remarks by the First Lady at the Democratic National Convention

Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10:05 P.M. EDT

obamawhitehouse.archives.gov

Under the circumstances, those being trump's gutter politics, Michelle has reconsidered.

Michelle Obama abandons her own plea to ‘go high’​

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/21/michelle-obama-dnc-speech-chicago-2024-00175324

Staying high was a noble but perhaps naive aspiration. But now Dem's need to meet the moment. It appears that is what's happening. A number of governors around the country plan to counter trump's attempt to gerrymander his way to keeping the House in Repub's hands.

Democratic governors advise strong counteroffensive on redistricting​

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/01/democratic-governors-advise-strong-counteroffensive-on-redistricting-00490344

It is disheartening to see matters come to this. To have to cheat in response to a cheater. (Yes, I know both parties have gerrymandered. But never as trump has directed in TX.) I hope this is the only time taking such actions is necessary. I hope American politics can climb out of the gutter where trump put it. I hope he hasn't permanently changed the paradigm. I hope the GOP can find its way back to decency once trump has been relegated to the bloviating, barstool crank he is. And I hope it happens soon.

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Folks, this is how desperate these clowns have become.

Idiot OP has to dig up old comments from a nobody to find new ways to whine and cry ORANGE MAN BAD.







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[Nostra]

Redistricting is the process of redrawing state legislative and congressional district boundaries every 10 years following the decennial U.S. Census.

Redistricting and Census

Texas can redistrict at any time, Stupid. All it takes is approval by the legislature.

 

[Moonglow]

The exact same thing was said about Bush II. The liberals on the political board I haunted were thoroughly convinced he was gonna declare martial law and retain the presidency.

You folks are nuts.

Just like the story of Jade-Helm 15?
Or the Oblama FEMA camps?

You folks are fucked in the head.

 

[Votto]

Yes Trump has destroyed the democrat parties credibility

No, they did that to themselves.

And it does not help being bat shit crazy either.

 

[80zephyr]

Just like the story of Jade-Helm 15?
Or the Oblama FEMA camps?

You folks are fucked in the head.

Conspiracy theories are one thing. Telling us that a US president will become a dictator is another level crazy.

 

[Votto]

Before Escalator Day, I would have said that We the People would not demand, but ASSUME a basic level of honor, decency, decorum, dignity and a basic civility from the White House. But among many other things this ugly time has taught me about America, those are just not high priorities for a pretty large swath of this country.

They know that Trump behaves like a nasty, petulant child. If they don't know, or if they try to equate his behavior with that of anyone else, then they probably behave like nasty, petulant children themselves and therefore don't notice it. So if this is us, then it's probably permanent. I admit, I didn't know.

Do you remember the old term, "the Ugly American"? Turns out those foreigners knew about us before we learned it ourselves.

Democrats walked around for years calling Trump Hitler until some lunatic with a Bonhoeffer complex predictably tried to assassinate him............twice.

Until then they just called all of their political opponents racist, homophobic, misogynistic, Taliban fascists from hell, so you won't see me get too teary eyed about how the GOP made politics somehow less civil.

 

[Mac1958]

... you won't see me get too teary eyed about how the GOP made politics somehow less civil.

I know.

 

[80zephyr]

Democrats walked around for years calling Trump Hitler until some lunatic with a Bonhoeffer complex predictably tried to assassinate him............twice.

Until then they just called all of their political opponents racist, homophobic, misogynistic, Taliban fascists from hell, so you won't see me get too teary eyed about how the GOP made politics somehow less civil.

Correct. The left hit us in the mouth, and when we finally started hitting back, they cried about how
terrible we are.

 

[Rawley]

Remember this?

MRS. OBAMA: Thank you all. (Applause.) Thank you so much. You know, it’s hard to believe that it has been eight years since I first came to this convention to talk with you about why I thought my husband should be President. (Applause.) Remember how I told you about his character and conviction, his decency and his grace -– the traits that we’ve seen every day that he’s served our country in the White House.

I also told you about our daughters –- how they are the heart of our hearts, the center of our world. And during our time in the White House, we’ve had the joy of watching them grow from bubbly little girls into poised young women -– a journey that started soon after we arrived in Washington, when they set off for their first day at their new school.

I will never forget that winter morning as I watched our girls, just seven and ten years old, pile into those black SUVs with all those big men with guns. (Laughter.) And I saw their little faces pressed up against the window, and the only thing I could think was, “What have we done?” (Laughter.) See, because at that moment, I realized that our time in the White House would form the foundation for who they would become, and how well we managed this experience could truly make or break them.

That is what Barack and I think about every day as we try to guide and protect our girls through the challenges of this unusual life in the spotlight -- how we urge them to ignore those who question their father’s citizenship or faith. (Applause.) How we insist that the hateful language they hear from public figures on TV does not represent the true spirit of this country. (Applause.) How we explain that when someone is cruel, or acts like a bully, you don’t stoop to their level -– no, our motto is, when they go low, we go high.

Remarks by the First Lady at the Democratic National Convention

Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 10:05 P.M. EDT

obamawhitehouse.archives.gov

Under the circumstances, those being trump's gutter politics, Michelle has reconsidered.

Michelle Obama abandons her own plea to ‘go high’​

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/21/michelle-obama-dnc-speech-chicago-2024-00175324

Staying high was a noble but perhaps naive aspiration. But now Dem's need to meet the moment. It appears that is what's happening. A number of governors around the country plan to counter trump's attempt to gerrymander his way to keeping the House in Repub's hands.

Democratic governors advise strong counteroffensive on redistricting​

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/01/democratic-governors-advise-strong-counteroffensive-on-redistricting-00490344

It is disheartening to see matters come to this. To have to cheat in response to a cheater. (Yes, I know both parties have gerrymandered. But never as trump has directed in TX.) I hope this is the only time taking such actions is necessary. I hope American politics can climb out of the gutter where trump put it. I hope he hasn't permanently changed the paradigm. I hope the GOP can find its way back to decency once trump has been relegated to the bloviating, barstool crank he is. And I hope it happens soon.

Safe bet that your cult rifling through Melania's panty drawer and attempting to put her husband in prison for the rest of his life was the turning point for the paradigm

 

[Votto]

Correct. The left hit us in the mouth, and when we finally started hitting back, they cried about how
terrible we are.

They have accused every GOP Presidential nominee of being a racist since Eike.

Disgraceful, but people are done with them now I think.

 

[Votto]

I know.

(Eyes roll)

And you don't care cuz it's just an assassination is all cuz Orange man bad!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meanwhile, Trump is the fascist, even though the Dims tried to assassinate the entire GOP Congress as well.

Oh, and a Supreme Court Justice.

That would have made Hitler at least blush a bit but not the DNC.

You better get out there and vote for more democracy, assassination style, by voting for the DNC.

 

[IM2]

Yes Trump has destroyed the democrat parties credibility

Wrong. He destroyed the Republican party completely and is working on erasing our democracy.

 

[Rawley]

What they are doing now is MID CENSUS redrawing of seats which has NEVER BEEN DONE IN OUR COUNTRY'S HISTORY.

USed to be very common

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13082

Done using A/I for the sole purpose of securing 5 more seats in the House for Republicans because the cheating President asked them to.

This is not the once every ten year census redistricting and gerrymandering based on new population figures....that was done already.

This is in your face, cheating for a party win....mid season,
and population changes not considered, it's done solely to cheat and gain more power.

Not "cheating" 100% legal.

 

[IM2]

They have accused every GOP Presidential nominee of being a racist since Eike.

Disgraceful, but people are done with them now I think.

That's because they have been racist. You really need to stp believing the propaganda.

 

[jknowgood]

Yes Trump has destroyed the democrat parties credibility

He has destroyed the party itself.

 

[IM2]

USed to be very common

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF13082

Not "cheating" 100% legal.

A president calling a governor asking that governor to redistrict is cheating.

 

[Rawley]

What does that have to do with actually having any real credibility?

Had he not been able to get a sufficient number of voters to ignore the crimes for which he was both convicted and only indicted, ignore credible allegations of 26 sexual assaults, the theft of money from a charity, the multiple infidelities......one with a star of adult films, the fraud for which he paid $25M, the illegal hush money payment designed to influence a presidential election, the overt bigotry, the rape, he would have faced a jury of his peers for trying to steal the 2020 election.

And your guy was banging his own daughter in the shower. So you can drop the holier than thou act.

 

[Rawley]

Biden was and probably still is more qualified to leading the country than trump has been, is, or ever will be. Because Biden in his heart is a decent man who surrounded himself with decent people.

He was/is a lying grifting racist partisan scumbag

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

The democrats are unrecognizable and i cannot vote for a republican. Currently there is no party i can support. Its crazy when a citizen has no candidate they can go for.

Let me guess. You can’t vote for a republican because corporations!

 

[IM2]

And your guy was banging his own daughter in the shower. So you can drop the holier than thou act.

That didn't happen. But your guy said he'd be dating his daughter.