Politics Thread

[Xville]

Watching some of this inauguration - Joe Biden is pretty boring.

Lots of unicorn fluff and boring. However, I'll take that right now over the extremism we have seen in the last year. Hopefully it is 4 years of boredom.

[GoMuskies]

If I could travel back in time to November 2016, I still wouldn't vote for Hillary Clinton.

[drudy23]

I can't imagine how stressful the job is - every single day pretty much every minute planned out. I'd be exhausted in a week.

I can't imagine what it will do to an old guy.

I'd be tapping out every Thursday saying it's time to go to the bar.

[noteggs]

Is it too early to talk about impeachment? Wait we have an impeachment in process that we’re talking about. Now that I know you can impeach a President twice in his first term, can you impeach two different presidents at the same time? Talk about political theater.

If this sounds absurd, my goal was achieved.

[Xville]

I can't imagine how stressful the job is - every single day pretty much every minute planned out. I'd be exhausted in a week.

I can't imagine what it will do to an old guy.

I'd be tapping out every Thursday saying it's time to go to the bar.

no kidding...can you imagine what Biden is going to look like in 24? I think Obama aged 10 years during his first term.

[Xavier]

no kidding...can you imagine what Biden is going to look like in 24? I think Obama aged 10 years during his first term.

I'm honestly not sure he will make it. But I certainly agree with you, we could use 4 years of boredom.

[Smails]

no kidding...can you imagine what Biden is going to look like in 24? I think Obama aged 10 years during his first term.

He's going to look like the crypt keeper


And yes, sign me up for 4 years of blah politics. I'm soooo looking forward to lectures on civility and discourse by a group of people who have been throwing a spastic temper tantrum for the last 4 years. It will be glorious

[boozehound]

This is probably true.

I've said this before, and people think I'm crazy, but with the way the younger generation views our country, we may have seen our last Republican President.

I think Trump definitely did them some damage, much of it in the last 2 months after he had already lost, but I don't think they are done yet. Obama basically thought that way when they were pushing the ACA and changing the Senate rules to do it. "It doesn't matter, the Republican wave is cresting anyways." They kept thinking that right through Trump beating Hillary.

I do think that the Republicans may have medium to long term problem with their brand, that will require some changes. I have probably voted more Republican than Democrat in my life, but I don't identify with much of the Republican party's branding right now. It's not important to me that my fellow citizens and I can arm ourselves to the teeth. I don't have any problems with Gays marrying. I don't care what transgender people do, or what they want me to call them. I believe science and medical experts unless / until proven otherwise. I support healthcare reform, if not necessarily universal healthcare. I'm not super pissed off about illegal immigrants. I'm not obsessed with the Liberal Media and their 'unfair' coverage of Republicans (note: I'm not saying it doesn't happen, just that I don't care).

I generally voted for Republicans because I thought that they did a slightly better job of managing the economy. That's it. That's really all I care about. I still think they are probably slightly better for the economy, but if you stack up enough crap in the 'things I don't like' column, it can outweigh that.

Lots of unicorn fluff and boring. However, I'll take that right now over the extremism we have seen in the last year. Hopefully it is 4 years of boredom.

+1. I can't wait to not care what the President does on a daily basis.

[boozehound]

I can't imagine how stressful the job is - every single day pretty much every minute planned out. I'd be exhausted in a week.

I can't imagine what it will do to an old guy.

I'd be tapping out every Thursday saying it's time to go to the bar.

This does freak me out a little. I really don't want a President Kamala Harris. I'm happy to have Trump out of there, and hoping that the Republicans can field a decent candidate in 2024. I think there are quite a few people that share my opinion.

[GoMuskies]

ACB was trending on Twitter today, and the hate flowing through the people tweeting about her gave me joy. I enjoy their misery, because they richly deserve it. Sorry Mom! (because she's probably one of them)