A Ku Klux Rally In The Rose Garden

I saw an interesting piece in the Washington Post the other day, “Trump’s attempts to smear Obama could backfire spectacularly,” by Eugene Robinson. In it, Mr. Robinson argues that Trump’s current (and slightly unhinged) personal attacks on Barack Obama may not be the wisest course he would follow. He says that 45’s smear campaign might actually so infuriate Africa-Americans that they’ll be more likely to vote in November, and to vote for Democratic candidates.

I sure hope he’s right. The Democratic Party could really use the support.

But, part of me worries a bit. Trump has already done so much to alienate African-American voters. I mean, let’s face it, he’s done everything short of wearing a full Ku Klux outfit at the State of the Union address. So, like, what else can he do to piss them off even more?

Still, maybe I’m just underestimating him.

After all, he’s already proved that if any man can turn a fiasco into a debacle into an outright disaster...

Tis he...

 

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Some other places I'm posting...

Just fyi, in addition to XCargo, I'm currently posting to a couple of other places. Much of what you see here (at least the political material) will be subsequently posted as well to the DailyKos site, specifically here:

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I'll also be posting to caucus99percent.com:

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My particular handle there is mjat1957.

Lastly, there will be some other material, not included here, that I'll be posting to Liberal Resistance. You can see the main page here:

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I'm experimenting with videos

I'm experimenting a bit more with videos at the moment. I'm not quite sure why. I'd never intended this to be a "Vlog." And, certainly, I'm nobody's idea of a photogenic superstar.

Still...it's interesting to play with cameras and special effects, no matter how crude they may be. And, besides, I've not been posting here much. Just haven't had the time mostly, but also the motivation's been a bit lacking. Maybe this refocus me. Re-establish my interest in this, my most personal form of personal expression.

What got me into Vlogging (this time, I've done it before) was doing some mildly promotional videos for Belfort & Bastion, my micro-publishing company. In the the next entries, I'll put links to the places where you can see some of the more interesting of those videos.

Anyway, that's what I'm up to.

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mjt