Re: Pearls Before Swine: TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome)

On Wed, 09 Jul 2025 15:49:17 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> writes:

Paul S Person wrote:

On Mon, 7 Jul 2025 19:48:32 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
 

Pearls Before Swine: TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome)
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/07/06

 
Taking "TDS" at its word, I would point out:
1. Tippecanoe (Harrison) is better than Trump (and arguably a few
others) /precisely because/ he didn't do anything.

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Somewhere, somewhen I read that in the 1800s the day for the
inauguration fell on a Sunday, and so for 24 hours the speaker was
effectively president.

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Then there was "I am in control here" Alexander Haig....
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I've always interpreted that as a mis-placed military instinct: when
the person-in-charge is removed, the next senior individual takes
over. A military unit is /never/ without a leader.

Sadly, civilian life doesn't quite work that way. For one thing, you
can't tell if you outrank everybody else by checking their uniforms.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"