He is Really NOT Popular

Trump has never won an election.

This is not a lie nor misinformation. He lost both presidential elections by a lot of votes. By over three million to Clinton, by over seven million to Biden.  He did win the electoral college vote. However, the electoral college is not an election.

The electoral college was a compromise by the Founding Fathers to placate the slave holders so that they’d agree to the Constitution. It would give states electors based on population and states could count slaves as 3/5 of a person. Okay, it was also for taxation and legislative representation policies, but you get the drift.

He lost those elections because he is not popular. He has never been popular and so The Thurber Brigade thought now would be a good time to remind people about how unpopular he is. This was inspired because there recently was an article stating that Biden is unpopular, but that article seemed to avoid mentioning how much Trump is despised.

I don’t know of any presidents who have had protests against them in other countries except Trump. 

He was hated in France.

Germany despised him.

In England, they really despised him, with some of the largest protests the country has seen in decades. 

They so disliked him they created floats and a gigantic Trump balloon to deride him.

Even little Belgium was not a fan.

However, those were nothing compared to the protests here in the U.S.

Millions came out to participate in the Women’s March across the country.  “Welcome to your first day, we will not go away!” they chanted in Washington.

There were marches against his refusal to release his taxes.

Of course, there were marches against him for all sorts of other reasons.

There was a George Floyd protest outside the White House that so scared Trump, that he ran and hid in the bunker. The only president to ever seek refuge there.

So don't fret when you see the polls that show The Orange One in the lead or tied with Biden. As we near the election, people will begin to remember how bad he was, how incoherent he was and especially, how unpopular he IS. It's our job to make sure they do remember.

 

Women Say the Darndest Things, Part II

The previous blog about the same subject garnered so much interest and comments/arguments that of course The Thurber Brigade had to have a further discussion.  A perfect example of one of those darndest things happens when women begin to talk about sex.  Often, they act like they may really like...

WE INTERRUPT THIS BLOG FOR SPORTS!

This is Coach Jay, breaking in once again on what I’m sure is a fascinating topic that will surely inflame feminists and perhaps result in countless verbal and physical assaults on the author, but I need to ask:

Why aren't you watching the World Cup?

Right now the Women's World Cup is going on in France. There have been plenty of exciting and explosive games, but most importantly, the US team is kicking ass and taking names. During the first three games not a single goal was scored by the opponents! In the game versus Thailand the U.S. scored a record setting 13 goals!

Coach Jay is impressed.

In their first match of the Knockout Stage they squeaked by against an aggressive Spanish team with a score of 2-1.  This will set up a mind-numbingly exciting game against the host team, France, on Friday, June 28. 

As during the last World Cup (playing on artificial turf) there is a brewing controversy this year.  The U.S. women have sued the U.S. Soccer Federation for unequal pay. The men’s team makes far more money than the women, even though the WNT is much more successful.  While the WNT has won several World Cups, the men’s team often has difficulty even qualifying. The reasons the U.S. federation has presented for this disparity are pretty lame, but we’ll see how this plays out in court.

On the field though the women’s team should continue to dominate.  Although the offense seemed lackluster during the Spanish victory, they will be able to correct that and continue on to the finals.  Yes, even though playing in front of a hostile home crowd, the U.S. will crush the Frenchies.  Coach Jay is quite sure about this.

So don't miss out on these exciting games. Tell your boss that Coach Jay has said it's the Patriotic thing to do to take time off to go watch the USA team at a nearby sports bar.

Now, back to the regularly scheduled blog already in progress. 

Surely radical feminists will be hounding me once again, but how can there be any doubt about it?  I think it is very obvious.  Now, aren’t you glad The Thurber Brigade fostered an intriguing discussion on this rather than taking some strange sidestep into politics or other issue? 

(Yes, I admit, I love soccer. I've played, coached, reffed and even wrote a book about coaching. Next time, I promise to get back to the usual blog stuff. Really)