Mr.TaterSalad

Speaking of enthusiasm and momentum . . .

I don't see quite the same pizzazz or energy that I saw in 2020 this year either. It doesn't mean he can't or won't drive up turn out again this year for Republicans. I just don't get the sense that enthusiasm is quite as high this time around. Hopefully it isn't and people stay home that voted for him in 2020.

I'm a big Simpsons fan and love relating things to the show, especially the early seasons of The Simpsons when it had smart, sophisticated humor. Trump is the Presidential version of Lionel Hutz Attorney at Law. There's an episode where Bart gets hit by a car and ends up in the hospital. Lionel Hutz shows up and promises the Simpson family the world in a lawsuit and delivers nothing in the end. During the episode Lisa asks Lionel Hutz if he is a shyster and Huts responds back, "How does a little girl like you know a big word like that."

There has been a lot of empty seats at his rallies I have been noticing as of late. Now, that might not mean anything. But having empty seats in large arenas isn't usually a sign of the campaign with all the energy and momentum. That said, he increased his turnout from 2016 to 2020 and brought new people into the fold. So maybe rally attendance and enthusiasm matters not.

Would you waive Emmanuel Mosley with an injury designation at this point or do you keep hanging onto him to see what you might have in the event he ever sees the field again?

Pride of Detroit: Dan Campbell Admits Keeping James Houston a Tough Decision I don't understand this at all and I don't understand the aversion this coaching staff seems to have for pure, situational pass rushers. Why the hell wouldn't you want a guy on your team that specializes in getting after the QB and disrupting plays in the backfield with his explosiveness. Why the obsession with him having to be a SAM or an every down guy? What's wrong with a rotational pass rusher? I think keeping Houston adds far more value to this team that keeping another DB or LB or some special teams only defensive player. I just don't get how we are sitting here two years in a row now still doing the bubble watch for a guy like Houston. I mean, the dude's no Von Miller or Reggie White out there, but as a situational, get after the QB specialist, I would want that guy on my team when you need someone to just disrupt a pass and put a little heat on the QB.

If we're adding a WR #3 or #4 via free agency there is one name I'd be interested in. We all know we're not adding a slot/inside guy. We need another big-bodied, outside presence to work along with Jamo. I saw that former Titans first round pick Corey Davis applied to be reinstated into the league after taking a year off and was granted that. As well, he was granted a his release from the Jets and hit free agency. Davis has the traits and skillset I'd like to think Holmes and Campbell are looking for. I don't know what kind of culture fit and locker room he is and that obviously matters as much as the talent he brings to the team. Davis is still only 29 years old though and had a decent enough season two years ago playing with a rotational cast of QBs with the Jets organization. I'd love for Davis to at least get a workout.

You just know this new kickoff rule is going to screw the Lions in a significant way at some point during this season.

I care about 400,000+ dead Iraqi human beings and 4,000+ dead American human beings. I would imagine there would be a sizable backlash on the left for Bush being given a primetime speaking spot.

I'm torn on that one because there is a difference between Bush acting as a private citizen and Bush being invited by a political part to speak in a primetime slot at their convention. While I don't believe George W. Bush should be a free, private citizen, he is and does get afforded the right to endorse who he pleases and announce it publicly if he pleases. So I wouldn't say she has an obligation to say "no thanks" to his endorsement, but she herself or her VP candidate Tim Walz shouldn't be leaning into his support. I would prefer if she did rebuke it. I'd prefer that she make a public commitment to turn Bush over to an international court to be tried for war crimes, the use of torture, and the use of chemical weapons, but we both know that's never happening. Two questions back. One, do you believe George W. Bush is responsible for war crimes due to actions taken in the Iraqi War? If yes, is it morally acceptable for someone to accept the support of a person you believed to have committed war crimes against human beings?

It's not a purity test to take a moral stand against a man who is personally responsible for the death of over 400,000 Iraqi Civilians and 4,000 American servicemembers. It's not a purity test to want a man who authorized torture of human beings to be held accountable for war crimes committed at his direction.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden didn't fabricate or doctor intelligence reports to gin up support for the Iraq War. They didn't make up connections between Saddam and Al-Qaeda. They didn't say that Saddam was looking to buy yellow cake uranium from Niger to enrich uranium and build a nuclear weapon. They didn't say that aluminum rods and tubes were used for WMDs and chemical weapons. They didn't send Colin Powell to the UN to read out an intelligence report that was largely baseless and built on lies. They didn't condone the use of human torture like waterboarding, sicking dogs on people, and on. Abu Garib didn't happen under their watches as Commanders in Chief. They didn't authorize the use of use chemical weapons and drop white phosphorous bombs on human beings in Fallujah. DubyaMD did all of that.

Hundreds-of-thousands of Iraqi civilians died during the unlawful and immoral invasion of Iraq by George W. Bush. A war that was based on false pretenses, fabricated or doctored intelligence reports, and outright lies. Not to mention the 4,431 brave servicemembers of the US Military who lost their life in combat in Iraq. It is a moral failing to allow this man to speak at the convention.

I hope it's one of Beyonce or Taylor Swift in that mystery block of time. That would do more to excite our base than having a war criminal speak on stage.

Duplicate post. George DubyaMD Bush is a war criminal.

If they had someone waiting and ready to arrest him for war crimes on live TV at a convention that would be awesome. If they allow a war criminal like DubyaMD to speak at their convention that will be both a moral failing and a political mistake. The only place George W. Bush belongs is in a prison in the Hauge for committing war crimes and using chemical weapons against human beings during war.

I ****ing love this guy. What a genuine, relatable, regular ****ing human being.

Is anyone at all surprised that January 6th or Trump's criminality hasn't been brought up more by Obama?

Sleepy Joe is fiery as hell tonight!

He likely suffers from some type of brain health issue. I certainly hope he gets the mental healthcare he needs in this situation.

I think the Lions are going to do special things this season and be a really good team once again. I think they want to get back and accomplish what they were so closed to doing last year. They are a team on a mission this year. Now they have the upgraded talent at positions they were weak at last year (CB, DT) to not only sustain the success of last year but push them forward and be even better. The only downside for us is I worry Green Bay and Jordan Love take another step forward too. I still prefer our roster to theirs, but Green Bay is the team I worry about most in our division. I'd say I worry more about Green Bay than any possibly other NFC team besides the 49'ers. I think Green Bay will be better than Dallas and possibly Philly as well. Here are my predictions below for the Lions and the league. Lions Schedule: 12-5 vs. LA Rams Win vs. Tampa Bay Win @ Arizona Win vs. Seattle Loss @ Dallas Win @ Minnesota Win vs. Tennessee Win @ Green Bay Loss @ Houston Loss vs. Jacksonville Win @ Indianapolis Win vs. Chicago Win vs. Green Bay Win vs. Buffalo Win @ Chicago Loss @ San Francisco Loss vs. Minnesota Win NFC North Detroit 12-5 Green Bay 11-6 Chicago 7-10 Minnesota 4-13 NFC South Atlanta 10-7 Tampa Bay 7-10 New Orleans 6-11 Carolina 4-13 NFC East Philly 11-6 Dallas 10-7 Washington 5-12 New York Giants 5-12 NFC West San Francisco 13-4 LA Rams 9-8 Arizona 7-10 Seattle 6-11 AFC North Baltimore 12-5 Cincinnati 10-7 Cleveland 10-7 Pittsburgh 7-10 AFC South Houston 11-6 Jacksonville 10-7 Indianapolis 8-9 Tennessee 5-12 AFC East Miami 11-6 New York Jets 10-7 Buffalo 9-8 New England 3-14 AFC West Kansas City 12-5 LA Chargers 9-8 Las Vegas 4-13 Denver 3-14

Metro Atlanta is growing so rapidly and faster than the metro Charlotte area. So given the size of suburban Atlanta and the greater Atlanta area, it helped Georgia catch up and surpass North Carolina in-terms of being a purple state that will flip. I am surprised at just how rapidly it happened though.

Clearly resigning Goff was a mistake. Should have just turned the reigns over to Hooker. Seriously, he looked solid today and it does give me a small amount of hope that we have our backup QB position locked down this year.

So God allowed there to be dozens and dozens of women Prime Ministers and Presidents in other countries, just not the USA?

Really excited for the new economic agenda Vice President Harris rolled out today. It sounds like some level of price fixing or price capping might be involved in her agenda and this is a big step in the right direction. Corporations have gouged consumers for decades and much of the inflation bout we went through was greed-related price increases. So to see her economic agenda addressing this with at least some level of price fixing would be great.