Thought Experiment

GrundleStiltzkin

The President—make it Trump, Hillary, Obama, a Bush, whoever makes it more interesting—on January 1 was given an exclusive premonition of the COVID future. Only the President has seen or can see this dire prediction. The President goes before the country and proclaims:

• All International air travel closed to non-US citizens
  
• Borders closed
  
• Cargo ship crews quarantined
  
• US citizens abroad may return but will be quarantined for a month at a secured military base
  

Do you get on bored with that?

LebamDawg

no.

expand that to be Dec 1, 2019 after he listened to his intelligence memos warning him in November. That is kind of like a premonition to the press

still no.

PurpleThrobber

LebamDawg said:

no.

expand that to be Dec 1, 2019 after he listened to his intelligence memos warning him in November. That is kind of like a premonition to the press

still no.

Knowing what a colossal clusterfuck this is now...NO.

At the time, these two:

All International air travel closed to non-US citizens
Borders closed

We? are US citizens. Fuck those on the outside. We? can get turned away at international borders with impunity. So fuck it if that hurts some ChiCom feelers and changes their vacay/infection plans.

GreenRiverGatorz

Absolutely. Tourism and trade take a hit, an overdue stock market correction takes place, but life stays relatively normal. We get to laugh at all the other countries coming apart at the seams. We then get to focus all of our energy at the damage Jimmy Lake continues to do this program and bitch all summer long. Sweet, blissful normalcy.

PostGameOrangeSlices

LebamDawg said:

no.

expand that to be Dec 1, 2019 after he listened to his intelligence memos warning him in November. That is kind of like a premonition to the press

still no.

So we knew about the rona on November before the Chinese whistleblower doctors? Makes sense, DEM sense!

whatshouldicareabout

GrundleStiltzkin said:

The President—make it Trump, Hillary, Obama, a Bush, whoever makes it more interesting—on January 1 was given an exclusive premonition of the COVID future. Only the President has seen or can see this dire prediction. The President goes before the country and proclaims:

• All International air travel closed to non-US citizens
  
• Borders closed
  
• Cargo ship crews quarantined
  
• US citizens abroad may return but will be quarantined for a month at a secured military base
  

Do you get on bored with that?

No, but thank you for taking the time to format your post with a bulleted list. Your efforts won't go unnoticed.

GrundleStiltzkin

https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2020/04/13/least-politically-no-good-response-pandemic/

Watching all of the medical news relating to the novel coronavirus as well as the analysis of it in the media, it’s rapidly becoming clear that this was going to wind up being a no-win situation for the White House.

We can start with the MSM coverage that Donald Trump has received in terms of his response. The common theme we’re seeing this month is that Trump failed to act soon enough, leading to more deaths and illnesses than we might have otherwise experienced. Of course, most of this criticism is coming from the same media talking heads and Democrats who initially called Trump’s travel ban on China and other potential sources of infection a racist, xenophobic exercise. There are hilarious supercuts out there of people at CNN, MSNBC and op-ed writers all talking about how the flu was worse than the Coronavirus. You get the idea.

So no matter when the President began taking action, it was either going to be too soon and for the wrong reasons or too late, demonstrating a short-sighted lack of leadership. And most in the press have now demonstrated that they are perfectly capable of coming down with amnesia and forgetting how they downplayed the danger of the virus themselves well into February.

GrundleStiltzkin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVDPVBZF2Xg

HustlinOwl

GrundleStiltzkin said:

https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2020/04/13/least-politically-no-good-response-pandemic/

Watching all of the medical news relating to the novel coronavirus as well as the analysis of it in the media, it’s rapidly becoming clear that this was going to wind up being a no-win situation for the White House.

We can start with the MSM coverage that Donald Trump has received in terms of his response. The common theme we’re seeing this month is that Trump failed to act soon enough, leading to more deaths and illnesses than we might have otherwise experienced. Of course, most of this criticism is coming from the same media talking heads and Democrats who initially called Trump’s travel ban on China and other potential sources of infection a racist, xenophobic exercise. There are hilarious supercuts out there of people at CNN, MSNBC and op-ed writers all talking about how the flu was worse than the Coronavirus. You get the idea.

So no matter when the President began taking action, it was either going to be too soon and for the wrong reasons or too late, demonstrating a short-sighted lack of leadership. And most in the press have now demonstrated that they are perfectly capable of coming down with amnesia and forgetting how they downplayed the danger of the virus themselves well into February.

The President is a bumbling idiot, so no matter what he does he will look like an idiot.

GrundleStiltzkin

HustlinOwl said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2020/04/13/least-politically-no-good-response-pandemic/

Watching all of the medical news relating to the novel coronavirus as well as the analysis of it in the media, it’s rapidly becoming clear that this was going to wind up being a no-win situation for the White House.

We can start with the MSM coverage that Donald Trump has received in terms of his response. The common theme we’re seeing this month is that Trump failed to act soon enough, leading to more deaths and illnesses than we might have otherwise experienced. Of course, most of this criticism is coming from the same media talking heads and Democrats who initially called Trump’s travel ban on China and other potential sources of infection a racist, xenophobic exercise. There are hilarious supercuts out there of people at CNN, MSNBC and op-ed writers all talking about how the flu was worse than the Coronavirus. You get the idea.

So no matter when the President began taking action, it was either going to be too soon and for the wrong reasons or too late, demonstrating a short-sighted lack of leadership. And most in the press have now demonstrated that they are perfectly capable of coming down with amnesia and forgetting how they downplayed the danger of the virus themselves well into February.

The President is a bumbling idiot, so no matter what he does he will look like an idiot.

You miss the point

Bendintheriver

GrundleStiltzkin said:

HustlinOwl said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2020/04/13/least-politically-no-good-response-pandemic/

Watching all of the medical news relating to the novel coronavirus as well as the analysis of it in the media, it’s rapidly becoming clear that this was going to wind up being a no-win situation for the White House.

We can start with the MSM coverage that Donald Trump has received in terms of his response. The common theme we’re seeing this month is that Trump failed to act soon enough, leading to more deaths and illnesses than we might have otherwise experienced. Of course, most of this criticism is coming from the same media talking heads and Democrats who initially called Trump’s travel ban on China and other potential sources of infection a racist, xenophobic exercise. There are hilarious supercuts out there of people at CNN, MSNBC and op-ed writers all talking about how the flu was worse than the Coronavirus. You get the idea.

So no matter when the President began taking action, it was either going to be too soon and for the wrong reasons or too late, demonstrating a short-sighted lack of leadership. And most in the press have now demonstrated that they are perfectly capable of coming down with amnesia and forgetting how they downplayed the danger of the virus themselves well into February.

The President is a bumbling idiot, so no matter what he does he will look like an idiot.

You miss the point

So the bumbling idiot who calls other much smarter people bumbling idiots, missed the point. Wonders never cease to exist.

Swaye

GreenRiverGatorz said:

Absolutely. Tourism and trade take a hit, an overdue stock market correction takes place, but life stays relatively normal. We get to laugh at all the other countries coming apart at the seams. We then get to focus all of our energy at the damage Jimmy Lake continues to do this program and bitch all summer long. Sweet, blissful normalcy.

And in this scenario I get to wipe my ass with something other than leaves and McDonalds napkins.

UW_Doog_Bot

I seem to remember that the attack on Iran was just to distract from impeachment. I wonder what shutting down the country during impeachment would have been met with?

MontlakeBridgeTroll

UW_Doog_Bot said:

I seem to remember that the attack on Iran was just to distract from impeachment. I wonder what shutting down the country during impeachment would have been met with?

Maybe he shouldn't have engaged in activity that got him impeached.

SECDAWG

HustlinOwl said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2020/04/13/least-politically-no-good-response-pandemic/

Watching all of the medical news relating to the novel coronavirus as well as the analysis of it in the media, it’s rapidly becoming clear that this was going to wind up being a no-win situation for the White House.

We can start with the MSM coverage that Donald Trump has received in terms of his response. The common theme we’re seeing this month is that Trump failed to act soon enough, leading to more deaths and illnesses than we might have otherwise experienced. Of course, most of this criticism is coming from the same media talking heads and Democrats who initially called Trump’s travel ban on China and other potential sources of infection a racist, xenophobic exercise. There are hilarious supercuts out there of people at CNN, MSNBC and op-ed writers all talking about how the flu was worse than the Coronavirus. You get the idea.

So no matter when the President began taking action, it was either going to be too soon and for the wrong reasons or too late, demonstrating a short-sighted lack of leadership. And most in the press have now demonstrated that they are perfectly capable of coming down with amnesia and forgetting how they downplayed the danger of the virus themselves well into February.

The President is a bumbling idiot, so no matter what he does he will look like an idiot.

That a yes or no???

Answer is yes.

And fuck the MSM idjits.

Kaepsknee

MontlakeBridgeTroll said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

I seem to remember that the attack on Iran was just to distract from impeachment. I wonder what shutting down the country during impeachment would have been met with?

Maybe he shouldn't have engaged in activity that got him impeached.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm really enjoying the whimsical quips of @cirhossisdawg lite.

SFGbob

MontlakeBridgeTroll said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

I seem to remember that the attack on Iran was just to distract from impeachment. I wonder what shutting down the country during impeachment would have been met with?

Maybe he shouldn't have engaged in activity that got him impeached.

Getting elected President is the activity that got him impeached. It was a 100% certainty when the Rats took back the House.

PurpleThrobber

MontlakeBridgeTroll said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

I seem to remember that the attack on Iran was just to distract from impeachment. I wonder what shutting down the country during impeachment would have been met with?

Maybe he shouldn't have engaged in activity that got him impeached.

Which activity is that? The ones the Senate said GTFO of here with that bullshit on?

PurpleThrobber

salemcoog said:

MontlakeBridgeTroll said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

I seem to remember that the attack on Iran was just to distract from impeachment. I wonder what shutting down the country during impeachment would have been met with?

Maybe he shouldn't have engaged in activity that got him impeached.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm really enjoying the whimsical quips of @cirhossisdawg lite.

They're so cute when they first pick up the typhus.

GreenRiverGatorz

Swaye said:

GreenRiverGatorz said:

Absolutely. Tourism and trade take a hit, an overdue stock market correction takes place, but life stays relatively normal. We get to laugh at all the other countries coming apart at the seams. We then get to focus all of our energy at the damage Jimmy Lake continues to do this program and bitch all summer long. Sweet, blissful normalcy.

And in this scenario I get to wipe my ass with something other than leaves and McDonalds napkins.

We can also wipe our asses with our 2020 season tickets

Fire_Marshall_Bill

salemcoog said:

MontlakeBridgeTroll said:

UW_Doog_Bot said:

I seem to remember that the attack on Iran was just to distract from impeachment. I wonder what shutting down the country during impeachment would have been met with?

Maybe he shouldn't have engaged in activity that got him impeached.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm really enjoying the whimsical quips of @cirhossisdawg lite.

Can't beat the real thing though

"Trumptards!"

"Trumpanzees"

"You white trash losers got left behind by globalization!!"

Now talking to himself in the Riverside Asylum