The irony is that it is actually America that has become the shithole. Sad.
The irony is that it is actually America that has become the shithole. Sad.
Was Sara Hall as offended when Trump called California a sh1thole? I never was a tweeter about that!
Hall of Shame wrote:
Today Sara made an Anti-Trump post in response to the shithole controversy. In my opinion this isn't bravery as she knows she's going to get mostly praise from the liberal echo chamber. What would impress me would be if one time an athlete called out Obama for weaponizing the IRS against US citizens who disagreed with him or criticizing the Clinton's for defrauding Haiti from much needed charity donations after the earthquake. Now that would be brave!
Um, Obama & Clinton didn't directly insult Sara's children like Trump just did.
I see this whole SNAFU as a Trump move to get the Ingebretsen's to move here with expedited citizenship to counterbalance or maybe eliminate the WCAP program established under Obama. Don is known to be a huge fan of middle distance running.
Well at least this time we can't call him a liar.
I've never followed Sara in the past, but in light of her insightful and much needed commentary about the sh*thole place America has became, consider me a fan. Unbelievable brave of her to take this stand and risk violence from Trump's core nazi audience.
I'd like to see more of this from her and other elite athletes. They're citizens entitled to free speech just like the rest of us and should fully use their platform to try to better society.
Hall of Shame wrote:
In my opinion this isn't bravery as she knows she's going to get mostly praise from the liberal echo chamber.
This is hilarious.
An anonymous nobody telling a well-known athlete she's just another coward, while knowing he himself will get support from his anonymous fellow lackwits in the Letsrun conservative echo chamber.
The fact that she unquestionably knew that her comments would provoke this very thread gives the lie to your "She's just preaching to the choir" nonsense.
The fact that you morons immediately started in with the Hannity-esque "But Hillary!" "But Obama" crap shows just how eager you are to miss the point. Whether Trump's comments were offensive is completely unrelated too Trump's words. They could be the two worst humans in the history of civilization, and that would not determine whether Sara was wrong in criticizing the things Trump said that are obviously hurtful to someone like her, a person who actually adopted four children from one of the sh*tholes.
As always, it's hard to separate the cluelessness from the willful nastiness. But who cares? People like you are the armpit of U.S. society.
Inbred Angery Rascist wrote:
Whether Trump's comments were offensive is completely unrelated too Trump's words.
Sorry for the Trumpism. I meant "...completely unrelated to Hillary or Obama's actions."
And I'll add that no one here has any way of knowing what Sara thinks about those two anyway. It doesn't matter, but she could in fact be upset at them for things they've done.
Never prevent a conservative from sounding like a conservative.
That is the new first rule of American politics.
This thread is comedic gold, at least from the top. I stopped sampling after so many simpletons reported early.
Here's the bottom line: Republican presidents have now gone four and a half consecutive years with approval rating between low 30s and low 40s. That is almost impossible to do. But Bush 43 post-Katrina and now Trump throughout his term have accomplished it.
Absolutely remarkable.
It leads to an avalanche among new registers. The figures in 2017 were the most lopsided in modern American history, in terms of one party favored over another among new registers. No kidding. That's what happens when the president's approval rating is 17% among Americans younger than age 35.
Trump is still desperately running against Obama and against Hillary. That's because he has no substance, and he knows his base is gullible and stupid and scared enough to believe anything against Obama or Hillary. If you told them tomorrow if was time to jump shift and start attacking Obama's emails and Hillary's birth certificate, they would go along with it.
Actually Donald Trump does have substance. He has been a liar all his life. You can't take that away from him.
Finally we have a leader that states the facts. You may not like his choice of words but if any of you disagree with this fact, then I suggest you high tail it down to Haiti or over to the western coast of Africa. Then come back (if you are lucky) and report to all whether Trump's words are indeed accurate.
Sara is the nicest person on Earth
Talk to her sometimes when you see her at a race
I'm sure she is, as am I.
However I'm in the camp that Trump is correct and Sara has proven to be a hypocrite with her one-sided attack, as astutely pointed out by others on this thread.
Maybe she should ask her adopted kids if where they had the misfortune of being born is or is not a sheethole. Then she can comment.
DougC wrote:
Sara needs to shut up. Only Dick Durbin has claimed that Trump used the word "shithole" and Durbin has a history of lying. Several Senators in the meeting claim Trump never used that word.
Haiti is not a great place, with lots of problems... let's not pretend otherwise.
Trump denied it also. You will never hear the truth from the fake media.
Obama did have the FBI spy on the Trump campaign. Truth but the fake media laughed at Trump.
Did Sarah do her research? No. Trump did not say that.
Why do the fearful, frothing at the mouth, angry right wing wack-a-doos keep calling attention to past grievances about Obama and Clinton ? I agree they both have done questionable things in the past but moving forward do you really think Trump is a good leader? Have you ever worked in an effective organization? Would you want Donald Trump as the head of your company or school? Do you know anything about what makes a good leader? The sad thing is all of the people who dont seem to know the difference. My thesis is Trump will be a 4 year president to lose dramatically because even your middle of the road republican with any sense of decency is inwardly embarrassed and offended by his continued moronic behavior.
I agree you can attack Clinton because of the snakes nest of conflict of interest re the Clinton Foundation, and you should attack Obama for general ineffectiveness regarding a lot of the issues Trump is dealing poorly with today. Obama had the opportunity to fix immigration, conduct business tax reform, and other things but really the guy spend 8 years as a 9-5 president who spent every night in the white house watching basketball on TV.
But the right wing wackos needs to stop trying to make two wrongs a right. Trump is a total abberation in History who I hope will be impeached or something before he can complete his one and done term.
haven't we had enough of those self-centered L.A. runners?
John Utah wrote:
Can anyone deny that certain countries are shitholes? It’s just a factual statement. Denying truth is not good for anyone.
Also, he said this in a closed door meeting. I don’t see a problem.
I'm not sure you understand what the phrase "factual statement" means.
Moral preening from the left.....They're far worse than the Christian right....
Oh for pete sake. You came here for your right wing echo chamber. All you young twits who’ve never experienced life outside your sheltered high school or college.
You just parrot fake talking points about Obama. No one Weaponized the IRS.
Of course the Brojos allow this cra@p.
David Bowie wrote:
I'm sure she is, as am I.
However I'm in the camp that Trump is correct and Sara has proven to be a hypocrite with her one-sided attack, as astutely pointed out by others on this thread.
Maybe she should ask her adopted kids if where they had the misfortune of being born is or is not a sheethole. Then she can comment.
No you are another trump racist. You aren’t nice.