The Democratic debates are in Detroit this week.  This brings up the question:  Will Trump win again in Michigan in 2020?  I read that during this coming week, a GM plant in Warren will close.  This will be one of 5 GM plants scheduled to close in 2019.  There is also one in Detroit-Hamtramck on the list.  Given that Trump campaigned in 2016 of bringing auto work back to the U.S., shouldn't the voters in Michigan vote against him in 2020?

Besides hammering at each other this week, the Democratic candidates should point this out in Michigan:  Obama and the Democrats saved GM and now GM is closing factories under Trump's watch.  I always say the president have limited ability to control the economy.  But the idea that Trump and the GOP are on the side of the auto workers is absurd.  I ask the people in Macomb county:  Would the GOP have bailed out GM for sure?  Has Trump done anything for the auto industry since he took office?   You may not care about the Mueller probe or Trump's racist comments.  But what about you pocketbook?

"Love it or leave it", that is what Trump is telling people whom he says are criticizing America.  Never mind that Trump criticized everything about America when he was running.  He even called the FBI acting like Nazis.  But of course, this type of rhetoric occurred during the anti-communists era.  Conservatives also used this phrase against antiwar protesters in the 60s.  But isn't the ability to criticize the country fundamental to democracy?  So it is Trump and his supporters who are against what this country stands for.  That maybe why Trump likes Putin so much!

After watching all 8 hours of the Mueller testimony in Congress.  Just kidding, I only watched small parts of it.  Who would sit through all that?  I did watch the analyzes afterward on CNN.  So I know that not very many minds were changed.  See, nobody on either side or the middle would sit through the hearings.  If they follow it at all, it would be to watch the news channels afterwards.  I watch CNN, the leftists would watch MSNBC and the rightists would watch Fox News.  So everybody would have listened to the same preacher as before.  So the opinions of the nation will change little.

Mueller pretty much did not deviate from what he said in the report.  I think there are some points from the testimony that the Democrats can use if they seek impeachment.  But impeachment is a bad idea anyway as I mentioned before.  Basically, Mueller punted to Congress and the people.  The Congress will not do anything as the GOP controls the Senate.  So it is up to the people to do something.  The people can return the punt for a TD if they resoundingly vote out Trump in 2020.

Mueller did give the opinion that after Trump leaves office, he can be prosecuted.  So if we get a Democratic president in office in 2021, will we hear the chant of "Lock him up"?

So the Trump is telling four Congresswomen to go back to their own country.  And incredibly, most GOP politicians are backing him or are silent on the matter.  What happened to you, Lindsey Graham?  John McCain, your great late friend, is turning over in his grave.  There are some conservatives who are speaking out.  George Will said that Trump is worse for the country than Nixon.  No kidding, Watergate was stupid but Russian interference is extreme danger for our democracy.  Nixon never kissed up to dictators like Trump is doing.

Comedian Joe Wong joked that he was told that America is a country of immigrants.  So he wants Americans to get out of his country!  Since Trump is telling the Congresswomen, who are all American citizens, to get out of the country, Trump is basically copying Joe Wong!  Except Trump himself is not an immigrant, at least not that we know of.  So we should tell him to leave the country!

Many in the Republican party are mad at Paul Ryan because he had unflattering things to say about Trump.  He was just saying the things all Republicans were thinking about but were afraid to say in public.  I am thinking, why is the GOP following Trump but pushing Ryan away?  After Ryan took over the Speaker position, the GOP won big in 2016.  His only sin was to not flatter Trump.  The big loss in 2018 was the fault of Trump, not of Ryan.  Shouldn't they be wanting Ryan to come back and getting rid of Trump?  It seems to me, the Republicans are like a bunch of school children who are afraid of the bully and are not interested in following the smart kid in the class.

Been having computer problems lately so have not been writing.  The two Democratic debates looked more like shouting matches.  There were just too many people yelling at the same time.  Joe Biden was attacked as expected, being the front runner.  Kamala Harris landed the best blows against Biden.   And Biden's lead decreased significantly after the debate while Harris moved up.  The question is:  Will the trend continue.

Biden is known for gaffes.  That is partially why he had failed to win the nomination in the past when he ran.  I expected trouble water for Biden.  He has been in politics for a long time so there were a lots of votes and speeches that people can pick out to use against him.  But civil rights should not be one the areas that people can attack him on.  If his record on civil rights was less than excellent, Obama would not have pick him to be vp.  The whole busing debate is nonsense.  I always felt that busing was a poor way to achieve desegregation.  Even a large majority of blacks believe that also.  So I think to paint Biden as against busing should not serve anyone well in the long run.  People care about healthcare, the economy and climate change way more than the old busing story.

But Biden was shooting himself in the foot by talking about his working with racists when he was in the Senate.  It may well be that he needed to do so to advance important agenda.  But talking about that now is hurting him with today's electorate.  At least he has apologized.  But it is amazing to me that someone who has been around so long still makes unforced errors like that.