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.
The US has been doing pretty damn great on average since JFK. Yes, some bad wars we should not have gotten into, not everything was great. But - economy has grown a lot on average with some hiccups; civil rights have increased on average with some hiccups; personal liberties have increased on average with some hiccups; etc. I don't understand MAGA because it impllies America was not great in 2016, when it was amazingly better by far than 1960.
So what's worse? Well, not as many coal mines and coal burnin
If doing well means that blue collar jobs have collapsed. That and the steady collapse of the middle class. Trade training has also collapsed.
Families used to able to survive on a single income, now they cannot. More and more children (married or not) are living with their parents and grandparents as they cannot survive otherwise.
Less and less people over all age groups are in work.
This is the result of a vote for Biden. Although I rather think the Democrats care less about the presidency, but rather buildi
Trump has had 4 years and hasn't improved it. He boasts about doing great things, like bringing jobs back to the US while not noticing that the same company is still outsourcing even more. He's a terrible deal maker and people are taking advantage of him. He seemingly fights against undocumented workers while also hiring them. The decline in the middle class is a serious issue for both parties, and it's naive to think one party is in favor of it or is causing it. You're saying fewer people are in work,
1. Net Neutrality (though his stance on Section 230 is worrying).
2. Tuition free college.
3. Decriminalizing Weed.
4. Peace with Iran.
5. Large parts of the "Green New Deal", especially the ones that create jobs (necessary for weaning us off the Military Industrial Complex).
6. The Public Option, which if allowed to flourish will turn into single payer healthcare (e.g. "Medicare for All") since it's low cost will cause businesses to abandon for pr
I'm not sure if I trust "I don't care if it's victimless, throw away the key" Biden and "I don't care if he's innocent, keep him him prison" Harris for that particular job.
4. Peace with Iran.
... and what did Trump do when he had an excuse to bomb them? Oh, right. Thank goodness Hillary wasn't making that call.
1. Net Neutrality (though his stance on Section 230 is worrying).
5. Large parts of the "Green New Deal", especially the ones that create jobs (necessary for weaning us off th
and any politician is going to have problems. Sure, you can trust Bernie to decriminalize weed but can you trust him to get it done? Will he have the political capital?
As for the rioters, you can look the numbers up yourself, 93% of the protests are peaceful and of the remaining 7% that aren't 5% of the violence was traced back to out of townies. e.g. agitators that came in to start trouble. About 2% of actual BLM protesters resorted to violence. The media makes it seem like 20 times that because it's g
Which is irrelevant. If a chunk of downtown becomes a police-free zone for a night (or several), leading to several shootings and multiple businesses being destroyed, followed by DAs very selectively letting people out without bail, then I don't give a whit that a dozen other towns had completely peaceful protests. None of that should have been allowed to happen, period, and if the only means to fix that is having the feds
I want universal health care and to reform our academic system, but I'm absolutely against getting rid of private healthcare options and chucking even more money into an already bloated education boondoggle.
You should have watched the Democratic debates - Joe Biden is very much against abolishing private insurance too. That was his signature statement in most debates to attack Medicare for All advocates.
6. The Public Option, which if allowed to flourish will turn into single payer healthcare (e.g. "Medicare for All") since it's low cost will cause businesses to abandon for profit insurance companies in favor of it.
I want universal health care and to reform our academic system, but I'm absolutely against getting rid of private healthcare options and chucking even more money into an already bloated education boondoggle.
You should have watched the Democratic debates - Joe Biden is very much against abolis
Like the War on Drugs? Oh wait that was a Republican. Economic instability? Hmm seems to be worse under Republicans. Decent access to healthcare? I guess Biden might do that, if you consider it "screwing" Americans.
Unfortunately he's too far gone to hold the line, and he's made promises to leftists. He'll appoint whatever name gets handed to him to AG and DoEd and say goodbye to federal charges for antifa and hello to more kangaroo courts in the universities. No thanks. Trump 2020.
Biden is closest thing we have right now to a centrist candidate. Bad thing is that he's boring. But, right now, I want boring.
He's not boring at all. His gaffs are downright hilarious.
Really nothing compared to Trump's weird verbal ramblings. And the parts where he says he loves dictators and wishes he could be president for life, like in North Korea.
"If you look at Saddam Hussein, he killed terrorists. I'm not saying he was an angel, but this guy killed terrorists." --Donald Trump, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, 2006
"I just received a beautiful letter from Kim Jong Un. I can't show you the letter, obviously, but it was a very personal, very warm, very nice letter." Donald Trump,
The Washington Post has told more lies in the same period.
First, their count of "lies" even includes jokes he has told; which tells you one hell of a lot about how partisan, freaked out, and dishonest they are over there at the Bezos rag. That same mag NEVER kept any tally of lies by Obama as he went around claiming people could keep their docs and plans and save money under Obamacare, claiming Benghazi was caused by a YouTube video, claiming he had not swapped hostages, claiming he had not armed Mexican dr
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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.
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Why?
Biden offers one thing. Policies that have been screwing Americans since JFK was prez.
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The US has been doing pretty damn great on average since JFK. Yes, some bad wars we should not have gotten into, not everything was great. But - economy has grown a lot on average with some hiccups; civil rights have increased on average with some hiccups; personal liberties have increased on average with some hiccups; etc. I don't understand MAGA because it impllies America was not great in 2016, when it was amazingly better by far than 1960.
So what's worse? Well, not as many coal mines and coal burnin
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If doing well means that blue collar jobs have collapsed. That and the steady collapse of the middle class. Trade training has also collapsed.
Families used to able to survive on a single income, now they cannot. More and more children (married or not) are living with their parents and grandparents as they cannot survive otherwise.
Less and less people over all age groups are in work.
This is the result of a vote for Biden. Although I rather think the Democrats care less about the presidency, but rather buildi
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Trump has had 4 years and hasn't improved it. He boasts about doing great things, like bringing jobs back to the US while not noticing that the same company is still outsourcing even more. He's a terrible deal maker and people are taking advantage of him. He seemingly fights against undocumented workers while also hiring them. The decline in the middle class is a serious issue for both parties, and it's naive to think one party is in favor of it or is causing it. You're saying fewer people are in work,
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1. Net Neutrality (though his stance on Section 230 is worrying).
2. Tuition free college.
3. Decriminalizing Weed.
4. Peace with Iran.
5. Large parts of the "Green New Deal", especially the ones that create jobs (necessary for weaning us off the Military Industrial Complex).
6. The Public Option, which if allowed to flourish will turn into single payer healthcare (e.g. "Medicare for All") since it's low cost will cause businesses to abandon for pr
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I'm not sure if I trust "I don't care if it's victimless, throw away the key" Biden and "I don't care if he's innocent, keep him him prison" Harris for that particular job.
It's up to you to keep Biden honest (Score:2)
As for the rioters, you can look the numbers up yourself, 93% of the protests are peaceful and of the remaining 7% that aren't 5% of the violence was traced back to out of townies. e.g. agitators that came in to start trouble. About 2% of actual BLM protesters resorted to violence. The media makes it seem like 20 times that because it's g
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Amen, brother!
Which is irrelevant. If a chunk of downtown becomes a police-free zone for a night (or several), leading to several shootings and multiple businesses being destroyed, followed by DAs very selectively letting people out without bail, then I don't give a whit that a dozen other towns had completely peaceful protests. None of that should have been allowed to happen, period, and if the only means to fix that is having the feds
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I want universal health care and to reform our academic system, but I'm absolutely against getting rid of private healthcare options and chucking even more money into an already bloated education boondoggle.
You should have watched the Democratic debates - Joe Biden is very much against abolishing private insurance too. That was his signature statement in most debates to attack Medicare for All advocates.
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Like the War on Drugs? Oh wait that was a Republican. Economic instability? Hmm seems to be worse under Republicans. Decent access to healthcare? I guess Biden might do that, if you consider it "screwing" Americans.
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Biden is closest thing we have right now to a centrist candidate. Bad thing is that he's boring. But, right now, I want boring.
He's not boring at all. His gaffs are downright hilarious.
Trump's weird verbal rambling Re:Matches my think] (Score:2)
Biden is closest thing we have right now to a centrist candidate. Bad thing is that he's boring. But, right now, I want boring.
He's not boring at all. His gaffs are downright hilarious.
Really nothing compared to Trump's weird verbal ramblings. And the parts where he says he loves dictators and wishes he could be president for life, like in North Korea.
"If you look at Saddam Hussein, he killed terrorists. I'm not saying he was an angel, but this guy killed terrorists."
--Donald Trump, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, 2006
"I just received a beautiful letter from Kim Jong Un. I can't show you the letter, obviously, but it was a very personal, very warm, very nice letter."
Donald Trump,
Both Trump and Biden supporters need to know: (Score:1)
President Trump has made more than 20,000 false or misleading claims. [washingtonpost.com]
That article is from July 13, 2020. More than 20,000 now.
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The Washington Post has told more lies in the same period.
First, their count of "lies" even includes jokes he has told; which tells you one hell of a lot about how partisan, freaked out, and dishonest they are over there at the Bezos rag. That same mag NEVER kept any tally of lies by Obama as he went around claiming people could keep their docs and plans and save money under Obamacare, claiming Benghazi was caused by a YouTube video, claiming he had not swapped hostages, claiming he had not armed Mexican dr
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