Kut's Trump Approval Thread #1 (Starts Out at 100%)

[Fargo]

Onward christian soldiers?

battle hymn of the republic?

Battle Hymn of the Republic, yes. Onward Christian Soldiers, for whatever reason, gets virtually no play in Catholic churches. Not really sure why.

 

[Alpo]

OCS apparently is not utilized presently by Presbyterians either. Rationale: Militaristic.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Exodus 15:3 “The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name.”

 

[Alpo]

Sinatra: "Doo Bee DooBee Do".

 

[Spear Dane]

Watching the National Prayer Service... I gotta say, I'm a little uneasy about singing "God Bless America" and "The Star-Spangled Banner," in the House of the Lord. Just seems weird, has it always been like that (which I suspect)? Anyways not a reflection on Trump - score unchanged.

Grew up Methodist. Remember pretty well there were certain 'Patriotic' songs in our hymnals. I can't recall if we ever sang any of them though.

 

[JTScribe]

Seems perfectly appropriate to me, Kut.

O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation!
Blest with vict'ry and peace may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto - "In God is our trust,"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.

 

[SheepDog4Life]

Gee, if Trump's speech at the CIA merited a robust standing ovation by the 400 agents/analysts present, you'd think it'd merit at least a point or two!

 

[Woobie]

Watching the National Prayer Service... I gotta say, I'm a little uneasy about singing "God Bless America" and "The Star-Spangled Banner," in the House of the Lord. Just seems weird, has it always been like that (which I suspect)? Anyways not a reflection on Trump - score unchanged.

Our hymnal has several. And we do sing some a couple of times a year. Been going on for a long time, and at every church I've ever attended.

The phrase "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord" predates Donald Trump.

 

[307SD]

Do we have a similar Obama thread started in 2008?

This thread is invalid without a comparison to the immediate past.

Obummer all but handed this country over to the Mideast terrorist, whatever acronym they are using today, and the Chinese. Some think that Obummer and HRC can do/did no wrong and Trump will never do right.

Yes, Trump has done some awkward things media wise, but his heart is truly 100% American.

 

[Kutnupe14]

This thread is invalid without a comparison to the immediate past.

Obummer all but handed this country over to the Mideast terrorist, whatever acronym they are using today, and the Chinese. Some think that Obummer and HRC can do/did no wrong and Trump will never do right.

Yes, Trump has done some awkward things media wise, but his heart is truly 100% American.

This thread is valid, and about Trump and the good or bad decisions he makes that affects my view (and others) concerning his presidency. If you'd like to make an Obama/Trump presidency comparison thread, knock yourself out. The purpose of this thread was clearly stated in the OP.

 

[307SD]

I'm not knocking myself out on anything.

State what you will. My opinion is your underlying tone is to discredit Trump.

I don't need to phone a friend, no second guesses. This is my final answer.

 

[Kutnupe14]

I'm not knocking myself out on anything.

State what you will. My opinion is your underlying tone is to discredit Trump.

I don't need to phone a friend, no second guesses. This is my final answer.

Go troll someone else's thread.

 

[jamil]

To judge a presidency against values, which is what the OP stated, doesn't require a comparison of other presidencies. It only requires values to judge against. Values are subjective. So they may not be the same as yours.

/denny

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

So, I guess Trump's SPOX went on a tirade this afternoon. Apparently, the WH is upset with all the reports and memes about how lightly attended his inauguration was yesterday. During his tirade, Spicer stated Trump's inauguration was the most heavily attended ever according to what I've read.

I've seen subsequent pictures that clearly show the first side-by-side comparisons as obvious hack jobs. As to whether it was more attended than Obama's 09 inauguration....who knows. I kind of like Trump going after the press, calling them out, and holding them accountable. Bush's namby-pamby, "thankyou sir, may I have another", sort of pacifism certainly didn't work. Trump's surely ruffled some press' feathers.

So the question is: Is that a +1 or -1 for Trump?

 

[Sylvain]

This thread is invalid without a comparison to the immediate past.

Obummer all but handed this country over to the Mideast terrorist, whatever acronym they are using today, and the Chinese. Some think that Obummer and HRC can do/did no wrong and Trump will never do right.

Yes, Trump has done some awkward things media wise, but his heart is truly 100% American.

I'm not knocking myself out on anything.

State what you will. My opinion is your underlying tone is to discredit Trump.

I don't need to phone a friend, no second guesses. This is my final answer.

My opinion is that your underlying tone is to discredit former President Obama.

 

[Kutnupe14]

So, I guess Trump's SPOX went on a tirade this afternoon. Apparently, the WH is upset with all the reports and memes about how lightly attended his inauguration was yesterday. During his tirade, Spicer stated Trump's inauguration was the most heavily attended ever according to what I've read.

I've seen subsequent pictures that clearly show the first side-by-side comparisons as obvious hack jobs. As to whether it was more attended than Obama's 09 inauguration....who knows. I kind of like Trump going after the press, calling them out, and holding them accountable. Bush's namby-pamby, "thankyou sir, may I have another", sort of pacifism certainly didn't work. Trump's surely ruffled some press' feathers.

I want some of what Spicer is smoking. Honestly who really cares?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

So, I guess Trump's SPOX went on a tirade this afternoon. Apparently, the WH is upset with all the reports and memes about how lightly attended his inauguration was yesterday. During his tirade, Spicer stated Trump's inauguration was the most heavily attended ever according to what I've read.

I've seen subsequent pictures that clearly show the first side-by-side comparisons as obvious hack jobs. As to whether it was more attended than Obama's 09 inauguration....who knows. I kind of like Trump going after the press, calling them out, and holding them accountable. Bush's namby-pamby, "thankyou sir, may I have another", sort of pacifism certainly didn't work. Trump's surely ruffled some press' feathers.

So the question is: Is that a +1 or -1 for Trump?

Again, it's completely irrelevant to anything at all... just a cheap argument for the Left to try and make, but I'm willing to guess Obama's inauguration was absolutely larger.

However, the photo everyone is talking about was before the prime-time. I've seen another, much-fuller photo from Trump's.

But, talking about it is what they want. Spicer was probably wrong to say it was "the largest", but he's doing what he's told. He's saying what the media wants to hear, and now they're going to be talking about that instead of anything important. I'm very interested to see how far the media is willing to be guided and led from the real news into talking about inconsequential stuff like this.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I want some of what Spicer is smoking. Honestly who really cares?

Trump does. . But I think the main point of contention is the side-by-side photos that were clearly misrepresentative of the actual attendance. I could understand an argument that that was only done to diminish Trump's new administration and/or feed the narrative of Trump being unpopular. The other part about being the highest attendance is typical Trump hyperbole. (IMO)

 

[LPMan59]

My opinion is that your underlying tone is to discredit former President Obama.

That won't be too hard

 

[jamil]

So, I guess Trump's SPOX went on a tirade this afternoon. Apparently, the WH is upset with all the reports and memes about how lightly attended his inauguration was yesterday. During his tirade, Spicer stated Trump's inauguration was the most heavily attended ever according to what I've read.

I've seen subsequent pictures that clearly show the first side-by-side comparisons as obvious hack jobs. As to whether it was more attended than Obama's 09 inauguration....who knows. I kind of like Trump going after the press, calling them out, and holding them accountable. Bush's namby-pamby, "thankyou sir, may I have another", sort of pacifism certainly didn't work. Trump's surely ruffled some press' feathers.

So the question is: Is that a +1 or -1 for Trump?

As of now I'd say it's a wash. Would have been a +1 if Spicer hadn't stated Trump's inauguration was the most heavily attended without actually having the official attendance estimates. Fake rebuttals isn't any better than fake news.

Now, if we find out that Spicer was correct, I'll bump that to a +1.