Again, 63 million voted for him in 2016. That's a lot of people to castigate. Doubt if that many would do it again, but still, except for both Coasts, he has a lot of supporters.
arsenal4ever posted:Again, 63 million voted for him in 2016. That's a lot of people to castigate. Doubt if that many would do it again, but still, except for both Coasts, he has a lot of supporters.
When there are two horrendously shitty candidates running against each other, the votes are going somewhere. I was hoping he would be less of a petulant jerkoff once in office, but it wasn’t meant to be.
Agreed
We deserve better from both parties
arsenal4ever posted:Again, 63 million voted for him in 2016. That's a lot of people to castigate. Doubt if that many would do it again, but still, except for both Coasts, he has a lot of supporters.
25% of the total electorate, 17.5% of the total population.
using a measure of IQ going by the average of 100 as the baseline and going +/- 10 pts on either side, gives you 50% of the population sitting around average. Using the standard bell curve, means 25% are below.
i certainly wouldn't castigate anybody, but i will say that the us electorate is rather uninformed about policies a nd instead treating the vote more like a sporting event.
arsenal4ever posted:Agreed
We deserve better from both parties
Understatement! 🙃
An interesting election for sure. Clinton had the most votes ever for her in American history not named Obama. Trump had nearly 63M votes yet had nearly 73M votes against him.
While Trump still has his cult, he clearly is losing many republican that voted for him only because he was the republican nominee. White college educated women are moving against Trump and we saw that in the midterms. Democrats received over 9M more votes in the 2018 midterms. That margin has never happened before.
All this said, if the Dems are taking the WH back, they must beat Trump in key states that will not support the far left, period. I look at every dem candidate and think how will their message play in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa and Florida?
Not so sure Wineart2, recent Rasmussen poll has Trump at a 52% approval rating. It seemed to jump after the State of the Union address. The Democrats are looking like they are going to implode with many Prez hopefuls endorsing the Green New Deal and each candidate seeming to push the others further left. Identity politics seems to be turning on the Dems with the problems in Virginia. If the Dem party went more centrist, then they would likely be able to take over the White House in 2020, but that doesn't seem to be the case.
I think we are looking at another crazy election year, with all bets off
The level of identity-grievance politics on the left is, indeed, troubling. (So is the White Christian identity-grievance politics of the right / Fox News.) Illiberalism from the most vocal Left Twitter scribes has made some inroads into more mainstream left discussions; and public Librals, as a whole, need to do a much better job of defending liberal ideals when attacked by anyone, irrespective of “side”. (Meanwhile, the right has fully embraced voter purges, conspiracy theories, subservience to Russia, xenophobia, racism, sexism, “alternative facts” and authoritarianism.) The most vocal people on the left are suggesting giving a middle finger to Obama/Trump voters as well as #NeverTrump Republicans. Which is stooopid for a litany of reasons; one of which — even if you could win that way, which I don’t think you can, there is value in governing from between the 20 yard lines. (I could get into all the reasons this is the case, but I’m sure you fine folks can provide your own analysis.)
I have some policy disagreements with him, as I would with anyone, and I want a younger President, and I think he’s too old, but. Right now. After Trump. “Make America Normal Again” is the most important slogan, and Biden is probably the best person for that specific job. He could, immediately, start righting the ship — especially internationally — in a way probably no one else could. *That having been said*... Amy Klobacher, Beto, Sherrod Brown, and Cory Booker all have my eye and I want to hear them all out. Who knows, maybe someone else will come along, too.
Beto, for a guy who couldnt even beat Cruz, is not going to go far
Booker is an interesting case, he's like a walking fundraising machine on steroids. I only worry that he gets swayed more by special interests once he gets to the national level and doesnt have the same "checklist" of issues when dealing at the local level. I'd be interested in hearing his vision of things he wishes to achieve and see if it's something can be solved with money and influence.
Another Biden fan here, for many reasons but largely those given by w + a above: he would likely take back the Midwest swing states Trump barely won and hold the states Hillary won. And his rhetoric would fire up the Dem base the way Trump's fires up his base. Yes he is old and has some political baggage, but no older than Trump and holds a change purse of baggage compared to Trump's container load! If he picked one of the moderate young'uns as VP: Amy, Kamala or Corey, he could very well keep voters turned off by his age and style.
All of the above said, someone like Sherrod Brown could end up being a better choice - I know nothing of him now. And Howard Schultz could blow the whole thing up and get Trump re-elected whoever is the Dem nominee.
I hope Omar and Tlaib aren't the face of the new progressive Democratic party, as both appear to be anti-Semitic, and they've only been in office since January.
arsenal4ever posted:I hope Omar and Tlaib aren't the face of the new progressive Democratic party, as both appear to be anti-Semitic, and they've only been in office since January.
They apologized in what seemed like a sincere manner. And yes, they are new.
Remind me again how many time Steve King has apologized for the dozens of racist comments and tweets he's made over the course of his 22 year career?
I'm just tired of politicians and celebrities shooting their mouth off and then apologizing in a "sincere manner." Anti-Semitism and racism go hand-in-hand. Apologizing does nothing.
arsenal4ever posted:I'm just tired of politicians and celebrities shooting their mouth off and then apologizing in a "sincere manner." Anti-Semitism and racism go hand-in-hand. Apologizing does nothing.
If that's true, can we presume you are no longer a fan/supporter of Trump, who has made more racist dog-whistle comments than all other federal politicians combined? Have you had a political epiphany?
And BTW, I and most others I think, value sincere remorse for mistakes. Again, something Trump has never shown despite the thousands of provable lies and misrepresentations, never mind all those racist and hurtful comments.
Never been a fan/ supporter of any politician. Why do you jump to such a misguided conclusion?
arsenal4ever posted:Never been a fan/ supporter of any politician. Why do you jump to such a misguided conclusion?
My bad. I jumped to that conclusion based on some of your previous posts. Or maybe thought you were someone else. Either way, I apologize
bman posted:arsenal4ever posted:Never been a fan/ supporter of any politician. Why do you jump to such a misguided conclusion?
My bad. I jumped to that conclusion based on some of your previous posts. Or maybe thought you were someone else. Either way, I apologize
I'm tired of bman shooting his mouth off and then apologizing in a sincere manner. 
Sorry bman, I couldn't resist.
thelostverse posted:bman posted:arsenal4ever posted:Never been a fan/ supporter of any politician. Why do you jump to such a misguided conclusion?
My bad. I jumped to that conclusion based on some of your previous posts. Or maybe thought you were someone else. Either way, I apologize
I'm tired of bman shooting his mouth off and then apologizing in a sincere manner.
Sometimes I forget that i'm Canadian....... ;-)
Just got back from skiing at cold cold Lake Louise with a bunch of Canadians. I like all of you
arsenal4ever posted:Just got back from skiing at cold cold Lake Louise with a bunch of Canadians. I like all of you
Aw shucks..... But many of those visiting and working in the Rockies tourist sites are not actually Canadian. Many are foreign guest workers.
Twitter must be destroyed.
Really.