Hey Robert ....

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

Hey Robert ....

I "talk" with my brother, Robert, on the telephone about politics .... well.... he talks .... and I listen.

My brother, who lives about 250 miles away, hates Donald Trump with a salivating and spittle, foaming at the mouth passion, and nearly goes into stroke-mode lambasting him, at which time I cannot get a word in edgewise.  After about 45 minutes he slows down, and I can hear his wife in the background telling him to calm down, Robert, calm down, calm down.

Today he called, and I casually mentioned he seems to have a dilemma .....as currently it seems Bernie Sanders, avowed true believer Socialist and Communist, who got married in Moscow, seems to be the front-runner for the Democrat Primaries going on, and may be the Democrat Party Candidate for President of the United States!

I told him ... "Hey Robert ... it looks like you have a choice between Bernie Sanders, and voting for Donald Trump, to keep the USA from going Socialist !"

Even though he was on the phone, I thought I heard the "AAAAAAGGGGGHHHH!," outside my house.

[TrueTomHarley]

They have a weak field of candidates, imo. I can’t imagine how they would expect a Sanders or Warren to take the country, as hostile to business as they are, and given the fact that in a capitalist country outright hostility to business will only go so far. 

Biden looks like he is not doing so hot, and is famous for shooting himself in the foot, anyway. A favorite cartoon of mine—published just after he made some gaffe at the very onset of another Presidential campaign, pictured all the contestants revving their engines at the starting gate, and his car alone was already flaming out. After a brief and maybe longer than usual honeymoon, the press would soon start ridiculing his faux paus almost as much as they do with Trump.

Pete—I just don’t think a man with a husband is going to win the approval of the majority—I could be wrong on that, but it seems too much baggage to carry. Plus, can a guy who has only served as a small-city mayor really have the experience to run the country?

Bloomberg may charge and win acceptance, but then there is the very opposite of what the Democrats try to portray as their capital strength—diversity. The guy is richer than Trump and every bit as white.

My guess, based on early results and admittedly too little background into, is that it will be Klobuchar. 

And I must admit, I find it almost impossible to picture you with a brother who hates Trump. If I had to recalculate when @JW Insider described himself as a nerd, I think I may have to purchase a brand new calculator in your case.

[TrueTomHarley]

8 hours ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

My brother, who lives about 250 miles away, hates Donald Trump with a salivating and spittle, foaming at the mouth passion, and nearly goes into stroke-mode lambasting him

Is he a JW too? I mean, if you are, what of him?

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

My brother, Robert is a Methodist, as was nominally my Father.

5 hours ago, TrueTomHarley said:

And I must admit, I find it almost impossible to picture you with a brother who hates Trump. If I had to recalculate when @JW Insider described himself as a nerd, I think I may have to purchase a brand new calculator in your case.

If you need a new calculator, may I recommend a Hewlett Packard HP41-CX, which in 1981 sold For $295.

To give you an idea of how good a calculator it is .... If  you want to buy one, this 40 year old calculator, used, sells for about the same thing on EBAY it sold for new, 40 years ago.

I have four, left over from before I retired, and plan to keep them.

 

[TrueTomHarley]

What happens when you use it to divide by zero? Most would return an ERR message, but I had one that would simply start running through all the numbers, as though trying them all.

[TrueTomHarley]

6 hours ago, TrueTomHarley said:

I can’t imagine how

or why CC would downvote this. Is he running himself for office and I have overlooked him?

I mean, I can imagine 4Jah saying, “oh dear, it looks like TTH knows something besides jw.org bible,” but why CC would have anything to say......

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

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[Patiently waiting for Truth]

I mean, I can imagine 4Jah saying, “oh dear, it looks like TTH knows something besides jw.org bible,” but why CC would have anything to say......

Ah @TrueTomHarley Even when you are not talking about your GB and it's Org, you still miss me  Thank you for thinking of me. It warms my heart. 

I know nothing about our politicians 'this side of the pond' and have no interest in it at all, but I can understand that you guys talking politics gives you a break from discussing the rights and wrongs of how to serve God properly. We all need a break from being too serious all the time. Have fun