And he thinks QAnon is a real thing. Just keep inventing things, man.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulxu
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And he thinks QAnon is a real thing. Just keep inventing things, man.Quote:
Originally Posted by paulxu
Check with your boy Mike Flynn. He seems to have run afoul of that group.
Who and who? What are you talking about and what the hell are you reading? (No, I don’t care)Quote:
Originally Posted by paulxu
Stop deflecting from the existing Biden dumpster fire Paul.
The Russian Collusion narrative has been totally debunked. Move on
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Originally Posted by xubrew
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Originally Posted by xubrew
I feel like Biden and the Democrats are not taking my advice. They are fucking it up. They made promises in exchange for people's votes. When you say there is going to be police reform and there isn't, or that you're going to get the lead out of the pipes and instead pretend to take a drink at a press conference and declare that the water is delicious (O'Bama did that and not Biden, but still...), or say that you're going to fix the infrastructure and do not, or make schools better and safer and do not, and basically say "you won't have to eat any more shit sandwiches," but yet you continue to shove shit sandwiches down the throats of the people who you made that promise to....they aren't going to like you anymore. The Dems control all three branches of government, and it's almost blatantly obvious now that they aren't going to do what they said they were going to, and a lot of the people that gave them their votes to get that power aren't going to give them their votes again.
For the last decade or so, Democrats seem to have been pretty good at getting first time voters and/or neutral party voters on their side and into their tint. They've been absolutely terrible at not taking a big gigantic dump on them once they've gotten them into the tint and gotten what they wanted out of them. And sometimes they don't even wait until they get what they want out of them!
I believe all of the following are extremely likely...
-The Dems will get absolutely blasted into the sun at the mid-terms, and most likely lose both the house and the senate
-Donald Trump will run again
-Donald Trump will probably win the nomination again because while many Republicans do not like him, the party wants/needs the votes of the people who do like him, and they won't get a lot of those votes unless it is him
-Regardless of what happens, Trump will claim he won on Election Night. And...chances are...he won't be lying this time!!
GOOD JOB DEMS!!!!
The Democrats are (to an extent) running on a doomed platform. They got a gift in 2020 because they were running against Trump, and COVID happened, so they were able to get a lot of moderate votes just because they were an alternative to Trump. I think they are going to get smoked in the midterms, and probably in 2024 as well unless a lot of things change.
The Democrats core problem, as I see it, is twofold:
1. They have an ambitious legislative agenda to drive sweeping systemic change, but despite their majority they just don't have the votes. This is (to an extent) by design as massive legislative change is supposed to be difficult to enact. While I think it's unfortunate that the Republicans are as obstructionist as they are, I also think it's unfortunate that the Democrats are trying to link their more Moderate legislature (infrastructure) to their more liberal spending bill. I think that they are going to end up with nothing. They are acting like they have a mandate from the people to remake America, but in reality they are clinging to a narrow margin in the Senate and they have mediocre President who's popularity is pretty low.
The Republican agenda, on the other hand, is much simpler to enact: Cut taxes, cut regulations. That's about it. I think it's a short-term focused agenda to some extent, but Americans love that. Tax cuts are always popular, even when they are deficit funded.
2. They don't all agree on the Agenda, even remotely. Virtually every 'core' Democratic issues outside of a few (Pro-Choice, for example) sees the party deeply divided on the extent to which they should pursue it. They have a whole bunch of competing 'free stuff' programs that different people prioritize differently, and they can't afford them all. Also - leadership should have known that Joe Manchin wasn't going to vote for their massive spending bill before they made it a key priority. Now they just look disorganized and inept (probably because they are).
I don't like Mitch McConnell, but he does a much better job at keeping the Republicans unified on almost every key issue than the Democrats do. Look at the Republicans. Even when they have people within the party that don't agree with some of their core ideologic tenants, they almost always fall in line. Trump's election claims proved that - those people were willing to say completely ridiculous shit to toe the party line.
I agree with Brew - the Democrats are completely screwed in 2022 and 2024. I just hope that someone primaries Trump. There are lots of candidates that have adopted some of Trump's more successful policy points without being batshit crazy. Pick one of them instead.
The Dems would be better served to pass the 1.5T bill and call it a win.Quote:
Originally Posted by boozehound
Also, no funding is needed for tax cuts. They are NOT an expenditure.
Ding ding ding...Quote:
Originally Posted by boozehound
I'd probably vote for that person!Quote:
Originally Posted by Smails
Biden’s America:
“Errantly killed” equals “Unexpected” .
Sure is a lot of that going on now. Errrrr, Paul.
From the LA Times:
“ As an aid worker for a California-based charity, the 40-year-old Zemari was also the family’s breadwinner. When he was errantly killed along with nine other family members in a U.S. drone strike in August, Emal took some solace in comments by American officials that they were considering paying compensation.
But six weeks after he lost his brother, Emal said he has yet to be contacted by the U.S. government to apologize or to offer help. A jobless father in a battered land — his 3-year-old daughter Malika was killed in the blast — Emal is struggling to provide for an extended family of 15.”
I know you mentioned Manchin later but Sinema is a big a problem for them. Republican obstructionism is not a factor here. The Dems control everything and could pass whatever they want….EXCEPT that a couple of their Senators actually have a conscience and want to represent their constituents. The Republicans actually bailed out the Dems by giving them a debt ceiling extension. Schumer & Pelosi are idiotsQuote:
Originally Posted by boozehound