as he's busy with important things.



Been wondering about his appeal to We the People as Potus.

But apparently found time to do this? Makes no sense.

It's 1 day, it's a Presidential Inauguration, and knowing Jimmy Carter, I don't think he would care in the slightest.

Just not something worth fighting over.

But the good news is President Carter doesn't care.

Wtf would even think of the flags being at half-staff?

Imagine the screaming & pearl clutching if a repuke were to die & a Dem Pres. Elect were to insist on this...

"Imagine the screaming & pearl clutching if a repuke were to die & a Dem Pres. Elect were to insist on this..."

the felon dies (which he will) the flag stays up.

"“A long, long time ago, I can still remember, How that music used to make me smile, And I knew if I had my chance, That I could make those people dance, And maybe they’d be happy for a while.”"

I just can't deal with it anymore.
Love you.

Sweet dreams.

But she just smiled and turned away.

I'm sure he's making plans for such a pilgrimage to kiss the King's ass.

…I’m certain that’s what Carter would have preferred.

He was selfless.

I’m positive he would recognize the distinction between the rock and a hard place and the giant FU that other Republicans are creating here.

This is not Newsom's first rodeo. He's playing Trump to get California fire relief money. It's the same reason Zelensky met with Trump. It's the same reason Putin compliments Trump. If you need something from Trump, playing him is pretty easy and doesn't cost much, except maybe your dignity.

I'm nothing without my dignity & respect.

I would be curious to know what people thought of this when it was only republicans doing it.

It's the horror show we are living in until we get a Dem in the White House again.

Likely offer little comfort to those thousands of families who do not know how they will feed and house their children in the coming months.

When you are truly working to serve the people, it’s not really about you.

With the new administration Likely offer little comfort to those millions of families who do not know how they will feed and house their children in the coming months.

The virtuous preservation of my dignity is knowing that it's also the preservation of their dignity.

The new administration is going to do what they have already promised to do & capitulating isn't going to change a damn thing.

Why assume the motivation is "assimilation" -- what evidence is there of that?

Are other Blue State Governors doing it?

I hope nobody gets to our governor. The new guy is kind of a bro, I think not sure

I fear Newsom is as beholden to them as many other California and national pols are. It makes my stomach sink, just as Schiff’s June abandonment of Biden did, just as my Senator Heinrich’s did. If the wealthy tech bros want something, they get it. I wonder if they aren’t pulling strings. No matter, I now consider Newsom untrustworthy.

America’s bought and sold.

After thinking about this for the past couple of hours I have gone from bewilderment to being pissed off!

How many times are we going to be asked to grin & bare it before we say enough!
Having principle's used to mean something.

Is there one? Are these things being done simply to shut up the Buffoon-Who-Won’t-Go-Away?

If I could see some strategy for it I might not mind. However, if the Governor of the State of California is waving the white flag, what little I can do to resist seems insignificant and futile. Self-destructive in a word.

This is close to being the straw for this camel.

I'm just tired that some of our elected officials of not having a spine.

Don't get me wrong, I have loved this guy since he was Mayor of San Francisco (a City BTW that has stood for something since Harvey Milk without backing down). I believe he just fell down that slippery slope head first.

If California falls, so does the nation. Is that hyperbole? Only time will tell.

Is yet another effect of the huge gap in understanding the stakes between the top few and the rest of us.

To them two years or even four years, is no big deal. They are going all-in on Trump being gone in that span. They individually have the resources to weather the chaos or at least they believe they do. They can last until whatever appears next.

I and millions like me, simply don’t. Depending on the breaks, I probably won’t last a year. So, will I be there having their backs in ‘26 or ‘28? As the magic eight ball says, it’s not looking promising.

Some spit and fire on their part would go a long way toward making it worth staying engaged. Otherwise, the message is YOYO. (You’re On Your Own) Once that switch is thrown, there’s no going back.

That is all

We have to survive for at least 2 years, and win an election to survive 2 more years and then win that election.
This is a one day thing that will cost Cali nothing. I would bet that Newsom has calculated his personal cost against the benefits his state needs, and concluded it's worth taking a hit from the purists who want him to be a kneejerking opposition leader. He still has a state to run.

You will be assimilated

personally, me and Nathan Hale feel "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country", and since I just dodged the agent orange bullet with early detection, I ain't being assimilated. I'll go out the airlock first, after causing some good trouble

Bend the Knee to Putin.

99% of Americans have no idea where the flag is supposed to be or that it is being moved for the inauguration. and where the flag is has absolutely 0 influence or the horrors to come.

and he knows that he'll get more and less strings attached federal aid (probably) by doing this. This is where we're at people - a purely transactional political landscape. OTH, Trump may stiff him anyway. In that case, I guess he was punked.

That's it in a nutshell. Those spots will not change.

Looks like he's not the only one punked.

As much as I loathe the man-baby getting his way:
Newsom has some big fish to fry, can't afford conflict, and as much as I liked Carter, the half-staff thing is, IMO, mere symbolism.
They can just lower the flag the next day.

Symbolism is all we have right now and into the foreseeable future.

In a thread you started about assimilation, you are claiming all that is left is symbolism.
That seems a lot like the assimilation you're accusing others of succumbing to.
Curious.

I’m not sure why anyone would be at a loss, or blame him, which is a DU tradition.

Democrats don't even have balls to stand up for little things.