Politics Thread

[X-band '01]

This certainly looks like a "hold your nose" year for a lot of voters. Trump is such a f***ing disaster that I fully agree with the Indian Hill yard sign that says simply "Any functioning adult" in 2020.

Unfortunately, we also saw that movie in 2016.

There is a twist this year in that there is a good chance we'll see a Democratic trifecta (WH/House/Senate) for the first time since 2008.

[boozehound]

Unfortunately, we also saw that movie in 2016.

There is a twist this year in that there is a good chance we'll see a Democratic trifecta (WH/House/Senate) for the first time since 2008.

I'm not too sure about that, nor do I think that would be a good thing necessarily, other than to serve as a rebuke of sorts to what the Republican Party let Trump turn them in to, which could be a good thing over the long haul.

On a positive note: My initial reaction to the Kamala Harris pick is pretty favorable given the options we were hearing about for a while. I think Biden needed a solid VP pick and I don't think that Stacy Abrams or Susan Rice would have been that pick. Gretchen Whitmer might have been a good choice as well, and I like that she has executive experience. I'm glad that Biden resisted the urge to pander to the fringe with his pick, though.

[Xville]

I'm not too sure about that, nor do I think that would be a good thing necessarily, other than to serve as a rebuke of sorts to what the Republican Party let Trump turn them in to, which could be a good thing over the long haul.

On a positive note: My initial reaction to the Kamala Harris pick is pretty favorable given the options we were hearing about for a while. I think Biden needed a solid VP pick and I don't think that Stacy Abrams or Susan Rice would have been that pick. Gretchen Whitmer might have been a good choice as well, and I like that she has executive experience. I'm glad that Biden resisted the urge to pander to the fringe with his pick, though.

I'd call picking a black woman as a vp juat because she is a black woman pandering enough but what else is new for the democrats.

I really wish that side had come up with a decent candidate, instead it's a senile old career politician with no real accomplishments in what 40 years of office? Although I guess to keep getting elected is an accomplishment. As his running mate, he picks a woman who cant stand him nor he her but it was a hold your nose pick. I mean of the crazies the dems made him choose from I guess she was the pick but that again just shows the state of affairs.

[X Factor]

I'm glad that Biden resisted the urge to pander to the fringe with his pick, though.

What fringe are you talking about, because Harris is about as far left as they come.

[X-man]

What fringe are you talking about, because Harris is about as far left as they come.

Please explain. This statement makes no sense to me.

[Lloyd Braun]

Please explain. This statement makes no sense to me.

Hope you’re ready to reply to an op-Ed from a far right/alt right website (of which there are seemingly thousands).

[STL_XUfan]

Please explain. This statement makes no sense to me.

Well you see, Harris is a Rorschach test. Show her to one person and they see the leader of Anti-fa while another may see her beating down anti-fa members with a billy club. It is all really in the eye of the beholder.

[Xville]

I would like it explained to me how she keeps being portrayed in the media as being more of center because everything I have read screams pretty far left. Medicare for all at one point now kamalacare, endorsing the green new deal, student loan forgiveness. I guess at this point If you arent a full on socialist, you are center. Crazy effing times we live in.

[boozehound]

Well you see, Harris is a Rorschach test. Show her to one person and they see the leader of Anti-fa while another may see her beating down anti-fa members with a billy club. It is all really in the eye of the beholder.

LOL. It seems to be mostly the far-left that doesn't like Harris, essentially because she was a prosecutor and 'law and order' isn't playing well with the far left right now. The right is obviously going all-in on painting Biden / Harris as an extremely left wing ticket. Which is laughable, but probably their best strategy to try to hold the White House.

I would like it explained to me how she keeps being portrayed in the media as being more of center because everything I have read screams pretty far left. Medicare for all at one point now kamalacare, endorsing the green new deal, student loan forgiveness. I guess at this point If you arent a full on socialist, you are center. Crazy effing times we live in.

I never place too much stock in what people who are trying to get through the primaries say. The primaries always pull people toward the extremes of their parties' ideology. Medicare for all has essentially become a core platform of the Democratic party. I don't really think Medicare for is all that 'far left' of a concept, unless you mandate it, which Harris has voiced different proposals on.

Things are definitely becoming significantly more polarized overall, but I think the Trump-Pence ticket is probably further to the right than Biden-Harris to the left. Particularly if you really dig into Pence's core beliefs. Trump is harder to pin down because I don't really think he has a system of beliefs, he just does what he thinks will play to his base.

[bobbiemcgee]

I recently sent a priority mail package to my grandson for his birthday. Thanks to the "no joy" postmaster it took 11 days and arrived 3 days late. Sat 10 miles away in Kennesaw, Ga. for 5 days. The card came in 12 days. Can't believe we are allowing this crap to happen in the US.