Politics Thread

[Strange Brew]

I think the real reason she lost is ~10-15M people who voted for Biden in ‘20 apparently didn’t come out for Harris this time.

[paulxu]

Dems lied for 4 years. Paul, not just about Trump (I don't care about that) but about our country. And, you continue to parrot the nonsense today.

Biden's Chief of Staff said inflation wasn't real. They said crime was down. They said the border wasn't an issue.

Heading into next year’s presidential election, Republicans have been readying a three-pronged attack: crime soaring in cities, chaos raging at the southern border and prices spiralling out of control everywhere. But each of these narratives is being disrupted by facts on the ground: crime is falling in most parts of the country, there is relative calm at the border and inflation is at a two-year low.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-2024-election

It's the same headline in yesterday's NYT.

When Trump went around the country saying crime was up, and it wasn't, that's just an unreality that's hard to crack.
When he said our country was broken and in decline, we were leading every other developed nation in recovery from the pandemic.

You see the challenge in your "reasons." They often are incorrect, but whomever provides your news has convinced you they are real.

[XU_Lou]

And this actually proves my point. The reasons are simple enough for a 3rd grader to understand. sometimes the reasons are actually very simplistic.

I mean, lets take you as an example. All you've wanted to do today is beat up on Paul and the other Libs. You've offered up nothing else other than that.

Not going to waste my time on people who deny facts....

[Xville]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-2024-election

It's the same headline in yesterday's NYT.

When Trump went around the country saying crime was up, and it wasn't, that's just an unreality that's hard to crack.
When he said our country was broken and in decline, we were leading every other developed nation in recovery from the pandemic.

You see the challenge in your "reasons." They often are incorrect, but whomever provides your news has convinced you they are real.

My “news”? No it’s my reality Paul and so is it everyone else’s.

My grocery bill for my family of four has easily doubled. It’s not gone down at all.

Crime is up all over my city including the upper middle class suburb of where I live.

Public schools in my state as well as the state of my family ( mo, pa) are trying very hard to indoctrinate children, it’s why my children will never step foot in a public school.

I could go on and on and on. Our situation is much worse

[XU 23]

Really surprised at this result. Everyone in my sociology class seemed to be voting for Harris. Weird.

[xubrew]

Not going to waste my time on people who deny facts....

Great!! He's gone!!!

[murray87]

All political postings shall go here until further notice. When the aftermath cools down, perhaps we will go back to the old way.

This thread is almost 8 years old! I guess it won't be retired anytime soon...........

[xubrew]

This thread is almost 8 years old! I guess it won't be retired anytime soon...........

Things are certainly less heated than they were both eight years ago and four years ago. Granted, we just elected a guy that seems to have a compulsion for turning up the thermostat as high as it will go, but last night and tonight were relatively calm compared to the last two elections.

[Masterofreality]

I think the real reason she lost is ~10-15M people who voted for Biden in ‘20 apparently didn’t come out for Harris this time.

I guess they all died and their gravestones didn’t have a “ride” to the polls.

[Masterofreality]

Things are certainly less heated than they were both eight years ago and four years ago. Granted, we just elected a guy that seems to have a compulsion for turning up the thermostat as high as it will go, but last night and tonight were relatively calm compared to the last two elections.

Seems as if prosecuting a former President over created lawfare charges and running sham impeachments are kind of turning up the thermostat.