Trump promises to pardon Pete Rose

[Dondilion]

Certain pardons and commuting of sentences add to his mix of being a very unconventional politician. I remembered he touched the hip hop crowd with Kodak Black and Lil Wayne.

[bobabode]

Rose was a crooked baseball player. The lowest of the low, feck him.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Certain pardons and commuting of sentences add to his mix of being a very unconventional politician. I remembered he touched the hip hop crowd with Kodak Black and Lil Wayne.

Yep, a president who insults our enemies and sucks up to our enemies is indeed quite unconventional. You really are a tool, Donny.

[RickeyM]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Certain pardons and commuting of sentences add to his mix of being a very unconventional politician. I remembered he touched the hip hop crowd with Kodak Black and Lil Wayne.

I'm sure the Central Park Five appreciated that.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by finnbow

Yep, a president who insults our enemies and sucks up to our enemies is indeed quite unconventional. You really are a tool, Donny.

I am an interpreter. I try to be objective. Trump is indeed quite unconventional. That is undeniable

[donquixote99]

We are in a culture war with the haters. The haters are winning. Objectivizing or both-siding or sanewashing the haters helps them.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

I am an interpreter. I try to be objective. Trump is indeed quite unconventional. That is undeniable

To me, you sound like someone favorably interpreting Putin’s geopolitical aims.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by finnbow

To me, you sound like someone favorably interpreting Putin’s geopolitical aims.

Recently if one follows the the line from the main news media one gets the impression that half of Trump's selection would not be confirmed.

It means that the media are making news; they are trying to lead the public in a certain direction.

To analyze in the time of Donald Trump one needs objectivity which clearly many lack. That is the reason Donald Trump has so often confounded the cosmopolitans.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

Recently if one follows the the line from the main news media one gets the impression that half of Trump's selection would not be confirmed.

It means that the media are making news; they are trying to lead the public in a certain direction.

To analyze in the time of Donald Trump one needs objectivity which clearly many lack. That is the reason Donald Trump has so often confounded the cosmopolitans.

Reporting on his constant lies, lawbreaking, and assaults on our democracy is a tough task. True objectivity would result in things looking much worse than they currently do in the press.

Trump outrages of all stripes have been normalized. By design, he has overwhelmed the system with his barrage of bullshit. And much of the press has played along, equivocating on his awfulness and the danger he poses to our country.

[Noogies]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Rose was a crooked baseball player. The lowest of the low, feck him.

I can think of somebody lower ...

Regardless, please allow me to quote something I stole from Bill James for a similar thread elsewhere:

"He was not blessed with great strength or quickness or agility, but he was perhaps the most competitive player who ever lived. He hustled from April 1st right to the end of the season, like nobody else we ever saw; he was called Charlie Hustle. He loved the game of baseball, he loved playing baseball for a living and he made sure it showed every day."

I will add that Pete Rose was also a cheater, a degenerate gambler, a liar, a thief, a misogynist, a grifter and a convicted criminal. He could be all those things and still have the attributes James listed. Human beings are complex creatures.