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Going strong as always.
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-amer...l-pack-despite
Going strong as always.
" If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.." - Abraham Lincoln
“ The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to - prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms..” - Samuel Adams
" If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.." - Abraham Lincoln
“ The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to - prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms..” - Samuel Adams
Given the people the vote in and the policies they usually seem to support, you coulda fooled me.
And they do change. But not necessarily for the better. My grandfather being a perfect example. He benefited immensely from his work for the government and his union membership, but later on in life was vigorously anti-union and not remotely a fan of government work. Why? Not because of his personal experiences with either, he would routinely speak fondly of both periods of his life.
He just only watched Fox News, who informed his "matured" opinions. And interestingly, he'd almost always give way and admit that unions aren't perfect, but were largely a force for good for workers and that he benefitted greatly as a result of his membership. Similarly, he'd always give way when it came to government employment when reminded of how much he enjoyed the work and how much of a positive impact it had in his life.
This is why I don't put much stock in the whole, "Oh you youngin's, you'll 'mature' over time!" nonsense. Because it's largely just rationalizing selfish, hypocritical views. The, "I got mine, fuck everyone else." mantra.
There is a happy medium. I am over 50, but I strongly support better health care than we have now in this country. I am just not convinced it can be solved with Medicare for all. But what we have it not working well enough and all should be able to afford good health care. I do not think Obamacare was the answer, as it would punish people for not having insurance. And yeah, I know the reasoning behind it.
Unions can be bad and they can be good. I been on both sides down thru my working years. I certainly am against forced unions. Closed shops so to speak. I don't think we should have invaded Iraq, or should be in Afghanistan now. But I do support a strong military as a deterrent to aggression against us. The peace thru strength sort of thing.
I believe that gays and trans should have the same protections and benefits every citizen experiences under our Constitution. While at the same time, not personally supporting such. If that makes sense.
I think you may be surprised at some of the 50+ thoughts on some topics. And sometimes, we vote not for what we want, but for what we do not want when it is the only realistic choices we have.
" If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.." - Abraham Lincoln
“ The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to - prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms..” - Samuel Adams
Here's another black mark on his record, as detailed by the commie rag....wait...hold on...no...it's from Politico: How Joe Biden’s Drug Policies Supercharged the Opioid Crisis
The upshot? Due to a number of bills that Biden has written and/or championed as the Democratic Party's tough face of the War on Drugs, the Opioid Crisis is more deadly than it otherwise might have been. Thanks in part to Biden, not only are Overdose Prevention Centers illegal federally, but people are less likely to call 911 when people close to them overdose for fear that they may also be prosecuted.
General Thread Update: Biden has entered the race, and is the leader in basically every poll. But my question still stands- why? Other than name recognition, and a usually unelaborated insistence in the media-sphere that he's "electable." What exactly is the positive case for Biden above other candidates?
"We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
-Louis Brandeis
I feel like a lot of Democrats (and also the donor class, except for the tax cuts) really do just want to forget that the last three years happened, and while I get the desire to have a “back to normal” politics, it unfortunately does nothing to address the circumstances that led to Trump in the first place.
"We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
-Louis Brandeis
Not a huge fan of him or his voting record. Would prefer a younger candidate.
I don't get some people. If Clinton was an establishment career politician as a 2 term Senator and took flak for it then what is Biden?
I would have only wanted him in 2016 as a Obama proxy, and didn't even want that.
Resident Cosplay Progressive
"Everyone just all thinks the same about one candidate rather than that candidate having any "real" popularity."
And Trump is just liked by a racist religious group of nutjobs and Bernie is part of a cult following of deluded nitwits who can't admit that he lost fair and square.
See, we can all make statements about how the a person has no real popularity.
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I do like how Hillary got 10 years of mud slinging from the right wing, causing most people, even the far left, to believe she was utterly totally and wholly corrupt and a bad person, she ran a good election game, won the popular vote by 3 million, just barely lost the EC by a few thousand votes in some key swing states, and it's become the norm for everyone to claim that the dems "totally screwed up".
People need to get over their deluded ideas. Donald Trump tapped into a portion of the voting block that hadn't been courted in years. Many of them still voted R just because there was nothing better, but the fascist nationalist racists had been underground for awhile.
2014 Gamergate: "If you want games without hyper sexualized female characters and representation, then learn to code!"
2023: "What's with all these massively successful games with ugly (realistic) women? How could this have happened?!"
If losing to someone as awful and obviously unqualified as Trump doesn't qualify as "totally screwed up" then what exactly does? Losing by a sliver of a margin in three states to Jeb Bush or John Kasich would've been one thing...but it was Donald Trump.
"Hillary almost won" also isn't any sort of defense of Biden's viability as a candidate.
"We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."
-Louis Brandeis
He's popular with the old, conservative, establishment Democrats, because he's an old, conservative, establishment Democrat.
Because he's palatable. Believe it or not, most people not dedicated to one side or the other actually like them some Joe Biden. He's normal. People like normal.
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I think he is. Republicans would do well to fear him. A far left (for America) candidate? Much less to be afraid of.