I see the Biden-Harris ticket as a strong win for actual republicans. Not the tea party fascist nutters which seem to have taken over most of the party, but the old-school, been republican for 30 years folks. The still sane republicans in my family all love that ticket. It's got deep roots in anti-abortion, war on drugs, crime and punishment, etc., but still wants to keep Medicare and Social Security, and doesn't seem too interested in socialism or socialized medicine.
The longer Trump is in the deeper that hole they will have to climb out of after he is gone gets. If people within the Republican Party can help get rid of him and reform the party it gives them a much better chance of getting back in for 2028.
That would only be true if demographics weren't rapidly shifting in the US. And they are not only shifting, but shifting in the absolute wrong direction for the Republicans.
California is a really illustrative case for how the Republicans permanently lose power in the US. In the 70s and 80s it was strongly Republican. But a wave of immigration from Mexico and Central America rapidly changed the demographics. Proposition 187, which would seriously punish immigrants by withholding almost all aid of all types w
I find it interesting that places with high levels of immigration and diversity are also often the richest, e.g. California is the richest state by far, London is the richest part of the UK. But also those places tend to have some extreme problems with wealth disparity. Not because of the immigration or diversity of course, if anything because of a reaction to those things.
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Fact is, Trump has to go. The constant lies, the poor handling of COVID, the bullying, the basic bullshit.
It's too bad, I agree with most of what he's doing. But he is completely unsuited to be prez.
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Well, better a strong conservative like Kamela, than a con-man like Trump.
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I see the Biden-Harris ticket as a strong win for actual republicans. Not the tea party fascist nutters which seem to have taken over most of the party, but the old-school, been republican for 30 years folks. The still sane republicans in my family all love that ticket. It's got deep roots in anti-abortion, war on drugs, crime and punishment, etc., but still wants to keep Medicare and Social Security, and doesn't seem too interested in socialism or socialized medicine.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is how
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The longer Trump is in the deeper that hole they will have to climb out of after he is gone gets. If people within the Republican Party can help get rid of him and reform the party it gives them a much better chance of getting back in for 2028.
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That would only be true if demographics weren't rapidly shifting in the US. And they are not only shifting, but shifting in the absolute wrong direction for the Republicans.
California is a really illustrative case for how the Republicans permanently lose power in the US. In the 70s and 80s it was strongly Republican. But a wave of immigration from Mexico and Central America rapidly changed the demographics. Proposition 187, which would seriously punish immigrants by withholding almost all aid of all types w
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I find it interesting that places with high levels of immigration and diversity are also often the richest, e.g. California is the richest state by far, London is the richest part of the UK. But also those places tend to have some extreme problems with wealth disparity. Not because of the immigration or diversity of course, if anything because of a reaction to those things.
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I hear the Loony Toons melody.