(1) What is Ivanka Trump's role in this administration?
She's the US Ambassador to Congressional Democrats (and the ever-decreasing Congressional Never Trump caucus.)
Because these groups are out of touch with the USA in 2018.
She's the US Ambassador to Congressional Democrats (and the ever-decreasing Congressional Never Trump caucus.)
Because these groups are out of touch with the USA in 2018.
(2) The caption to the above photo of Ivanka's family with the WH Thanksgiving Turkey could be read as just a cutesy statement, and nothing more.
But it got me thinking about the differences between the sterotypical red state and blue state "mind."
But it got me thinking about the differences between the sterotypical red state and blue state "mind."
(3) "After watching their Grandpa pardon “Peas” and “Carrots” at the White House on Tuesday, Joseph and Arabella have sworn off turkey and are insisting on a vegetarian Thanksgiving!"
My red state mind didn't read this in the way the blue state mind would.
My red state mind didn't read this in the way the blue state mind would.
(4) Vegetarianism is a lifestyle choice made for a range of reasons, not just feeling icky about finding out where our food comes from. If you want to go down that path, veganism is better... and if you want your young kids to be vegan, you better learn a lot about nutrition.
(5) Nothing wrong with a vegetarian thanksgiving, either. In my experience it's pretty common these days for a kid to want to be vegetarian. It might be a phase, or it might be lifelong.
Mocking veganism, esp where it's hypocritical, is a fun pastime for many on the right wing.
Mocking veganism, esp where it's hypocritical, is a fun pastime for many on the right wing.
(6) As an ex-liberal myself, I now see a lot of hypocrisy among liberals, and much less of it among conservatives.
One of the best examples is Michelle Obama interfering in the nation's school lunch decisions, which must be made at a local level. She then gained weight herself.
One of the best examples is Michelle Obama interfering in the nation's school lunch decisions, which must be made at a local level. She then gained weight herself.
(7) It's just common sense that people in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones. I don't give a flying harmonica what weight Mrs Obama is. I'm j/s, her school lunch moralizing revealed some of that liberal hypocrisy we so often see on every political issue of importance to America.
(8) Children's food decisions must be allowed to be made by their parents, not the school, let alone the unelected spouse of the head of the federal government.
That the Obamas failed to appreciate the effect this small decision would have on voters, tells you a lot about them.
That the Obamas failed to appreciate the effect this small decision would have on voters, tells you a lot about them.
(9) Childhood obesity can only be tackled by changing the hearts and minds of parents, who often take the easy way out instead of spending time with their children, pushing them outside to play, and benevolently manipulating their little minds to prefer healthy food.
(10) So, back to Ivanka. I bet her kids did say words to the effect of "I don't want to see the siblings of Peas and Carrots sliced up on my Thanksgiving dinner plate."
If she were a strong conservative like Don Jr & Eric, she wouldn't have advertised this domestic vignette.
If she were a strong conservative like Don Jr & Eric, she wouldn't have advertised this domestic vignette.
(11) Whether she promoted a liberal food trope wittingly or not, I guarantee you that conservatives reading it eyerolled & blurted out something about liberal families' poor chance of survival without urban utilities, while (some of us) are happy to hunt & gut things.😉
(12) So I think Ivanka is not just the Trump administration's Ambassador to liberals, she's the US Ambassador to liberals.
They've become so out of touch with what @KurtSchlichter rightly deemed #MilitantNormals, (buy the book) they might as well be a foreign country. #caring
They've become so out of touch with what @KurtSchlichter rightly deemed #MilitantNormals, (buy the book) they might as well be a foreign country. #caring
(13) Trump, the GOP, & indeed America itself need someone like Ivanka to boldly go where most others fear to tread, into the meeting rooms and offices of the US Capitol complex, to sweetly & smartly tell the haters & losers what's best for them. 
(14) And as such, I can't hate Ivanka for siding for a day with those who pretend their food doesn't involve killing cute animals. We all know kids are usually fickle in their views. (Protip: Don't ever let them vote!)
She's one of Trump's secret weapons. I like that.
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She's one of Trump's secret weapons. I like that.
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