Diametrically OpPOTUS

[QMany]

Admittedly, I've only lived during six presidencies. But I was thinking the other day...

 

I honestly can't think of two men, so diametrically opposed, to hold the same position.

 

	Barack Obama	Donald Trump
Upbringing	Ann Dunham (KS) Hawaii BA, Masters, PhD.   Barack Sr. (Kenya) Hawaii BA, Harvard MA.   Divorced and remarried	Mary MacLeod (Scotland) housewife     Frederick Trump (NY) real estate developer   NY socialites
Education	Occidental College, transferred to Columbia University BA   Harvard University JD magna cum laude   Harvard Law Review (Editor and President)   RA for constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe	Fordham, transferred to Penn BS without honors
Post-Education Career	Director of the Developing Communities Project   University of Chicago Law (Fellow then Constitutional Law Professor)   Director of Project Vote   Private firm, civil rights   Illinois State Senator   US Senator	Dad’s real estate co.
Family (incl. values)	Michelle Robinson (Chicago) Princeton BA cum laude, Harvard JD, civil rights firm, Assistant to the Mayor, Assistant Commissioner of Planning and Development. Executive Director of Public Allies (non-profit organization encouraging young people to work on social issues in nonprofit groups and government agencies), Assoc. Dean University of Chicago, University of Chicago Hospitals VP for Community   Married since 1992 (Malia, Sasha)	Ivana Zelníčková (Czechoslovakia) model.   Married 1977-92 (Donald Jr., Ivanka, Eric) Accused Trump of rape and pulling her hair out in sworn deposition. Bound by NDA. He cheated on her with Marla Maples.   Marla Maples (GA) beauty queen and actress   Married 1993-1999 (Tiffany)   Melania Knauss (Slovenia) model, jewelry, Be Best campaign   Married since 2005 (Barron) He cheated on her with Stormy Daniels and more
Morality	Nobel Peace Prize for extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples	Infidelity (repeated)   Racism (housing discrimination, Native Americans repeated, Muslim Ban, Wall & Mexican rapists, etc.)   “Both sides” White Supremacy   Rhetoric and name-calling (repeated)   “Grab her by the pu$$y…”   Longtime attorney/fixer called him "A racist, a con man, a cheat."   "Russia, if you're listening..."
Policy	M. Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act   Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell   Briefed SCOTUS supporting Gay Marriage   Climate Change   ACA prohibiting denial for pre-existing conditions   Gun control measures	Muslim Ban   The Wall   Tax Cuts (predominantly for wealthy)   Abandoning ACA and pre-existing cond.   Rejects climate change scientific consensus
Appointments (ex.)	Ernest Moniz (Dept. of Energy) Boston College physics BS cum laude, Stanford University theoretical physics PhD, Head of Physics at MIT     Tom Perez (Labor Secretary) federal civil rights prosecutor for DOJ, Director of the Office for Civil Rights   Gina McCarthy (EPA) environmental health and air quality expert, previously Romney environmental adviser and Senior Leadership Fellow at Harvard School of Public Health.	Rick Perry (Dept. of Energy) during POTUS bid wanted to get rid of Dept. of Energy, mistakenly thought he’d be ambassador for the American oil and gas industry   Andy Puzder (Labor Secretary, protecting workers) Hardee’s fast-food CEO   Scott Pruitt (EPA) Self-prescribed “leading advocate against the EPA’s activist agenda,” resigned amid countless investigations
Criminality	Zero indictments   AG Eric Holder held in Contempt of Congress after refusing to release all documents which the House demanded re: Fast and Furious   CIA Director Petraeus pled guilty to a misdemeanor mishandling classified materials.	Manafort (8 convictions, more pleas) campaign manager   Flynn (pled guilty) national security adviser   Cohen (pled guilty) personal attorney/fixer   Stone (indicted) adviser   Rick Gates (pled guilty) campaign aide   Papadopoulos (pled guilty) campaign foreign policy adviser   More pleas…   15+ sexual assault allegations and lawsuits   Identified as Individual 1 in campaign finance violations guilty pleas   Sued by DOJ for housing discrimination   Trump University fraud   Under investigation: Stone trial, hush-money payments, inauguration, tax fraud, insurance fraud, emoluments, Trump Foundation, etc.

I think what strikes me the most, and can't really be conveyed here, is their understanding and articulation of policy, or lack thereof.

[Ulty]

I think you have Rick Perry and Ernest Moniz in the wrong columns (edit: looks like he fixed it: QMany is diligent and wise)

 

But yeah, the difference between the two men is shockingly striking. Yin and yang.

[QMany]

4 minutes ago, Ulty said:

I think you have Rick Perry and Ernest Moniz in the wrong columns.

Thank you! I was copy-pasting from Word and missed that.

 

 

 

 

[commando]

you missed that 1 is the spawn of satan and the other was the product of a virgin birth

[jsneb83]

2 hours ago, commando said:

you missed that 1 is the spawn of satan and the other was the product of a virgin birth

One's a devout Christian and the other is a Muslism

[funhusker]

17 minutes ago, jsneb83 said:

One's a devout Christian and the other is a Mushmouth

Fixed it for ya....

[TGHusker]

@QMany   but he said he'd protect us by building the wall, and placing huge tariffs on the Chinese goods, and bring back all of our manufacturing, and we'd have the bestest of everything and their will be no more pain or suffering and that 'only he was qualified to fix DC'.    

[commando]

4 minutes ago, funhusker said:

Fixed it for ya....

he even has the red hat

 

[QMany]

On 4/1/2019 at 10:14 AM, QMany said:

I think what strikes me the most, and can't really be conveyed here, is their understanding and articulation of policy, or lack thereof.

 

I implore anyone to seriously watch/listen to Trump for 10 minutes; it is startling, his lack of comprehension for economics, vocabulary, policy, empathy, etc. 

[QMany]

Relevant to Upbringing (above) and competence:

 

 

[knapplc]

Today was a good day to remember that the 25th Amendment is a thing.

 

 

[commando]

55 minutes ago, QMany said:

Relevant to Upbringing (above) and competence:

 

 

how long till he claims that he said "grand" before father.   it was said very fast and very quiet but the MSM has got it all wrong again.   

[commando]

2 hours ago, QMany said:

Relevant to Upbringing (above) and competence:

 

 

wait...is this another birther issue?  maybe trump is from kenya?

[QMany]

Upbringing and Family (incl. values):

 

 

[knapplc]