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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
So, Biden won Connecticut. Does that mean Tulsi Gabbard will finally concede the nomination?
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"At this stage, it'd probably take an actual literal civil war for Trump's approval rating to take a big dive, particularly with his key demographics. I doubt there's official statistics on this (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong), but I'd be surprised if the hardcore militia types weren't a minority even among his base - most of his well-off supporters strike me as NIMBYs who want Trump to wield the power of the state to sweep the unpleasant issues and populations away from their sight - having an actual war break out in their backyard would utterly shatter that sense of security.
Obviously I don't think this will actually happen, nor do I want it to - I'm just trying to highlight how difficult it would be to get the needle to move at this stage. After four years, I've realized that Trump's approval is pretty much set in stone now, barring some extraordinary crisis that can somehow top COVID. I'm just grateful that it's been consistently in the negative for his run in total, which I believe is a first for a president. :V
Edited by PresidentStalkeyes on Aug 11th 2020 at 2:53:20 PM
Those sell-by-dates won't stop me because I can't read!It absolutely matters who becomes next POTUS. If Trump wins again he gets to nominate another SC Justice (bringing the conservative majority to 7) and possibly one more (bringing it to 8), which will have an impact for generations. He can start more trade wars with allies, dismantle more of the US government and cause even worse harm that might be impossible to fix.
Being charitable and assuming they meant who's gonna be the POTUS besides Trump: yes, because not every candidate is equipped to deal with the mess Trump left behind.
For all some folks on Twitter scream that Biden is a segregionist rapist, the plain truth is that he is showing himself to be far more ambitious than most, if not everyone, gave him credit for, and thus far seems like he might make a lot of those visions real.
I don't think he would get as much done as Warren would, but certainly more than Bernie, who the more time passes the more I see as basically being little more than a lot of hot air.
They were going to say that about whoever got picked.
Actual quote: "I'm very excited about that now there's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take this global cabal of Satan worshipping pedophiles out and I think we have the president to do it."
It is hard to imagine any of the crop of Democratic candidates during the primary campaign not being orders of magnitude better than Trump. That said, it's such a low bar to be "better than Trump" that it's entirely reasonable to want more. Biden is far from the worst pick and his advantages — a laid-back, folksy image; riding the coattails of a very popular President (Obama); being largely inoffensive; being willing to compromise and listen to advice — make him pretty darn good.
I'd obviously have liked a woman, a minority, or both, but Biden's a safe pick for people who don't want to go that far back in the opposite direction. His VP pick, Kamala Harris, nails those demographics and puts it on the record that Biden is going to listen to women and minorities. This has all the makings of a glorious ticket.
When it comes to the criticisms of both Biden and Harris, remember as noted previously that the attack dogs of the right and the center-right have been writing up hit pieces on every possible Democratic candidate. It wouldn't have mattered if it was a Bloomberg/Yang ticket; they'd have found something to attack. You should not measure people by their haters, but by their supporters.
Edited by Fighteer on Aug 11th 2020 at 10:09:56 AM
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"It's his evil twin, Boe Jiden!!!
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"@asiacatdogblue I mean, if Joe succeeds, then...for one we'll have a president who won't have a church tear-gassed so that he can have a photo-op with it, and who isn't a pawn of Russia.
Now, I don't agree with Biden on everything (I'm generally to the right of the Democratic party), but he's exactly what we need right now: A level-headed guy who sees the threat of radical trouble-makers like Trump and who has the will to give 'em the boot.
Leviticus 19:34She's just an awful, awful person.
What amazes me is how little Republican leadership cared whether she won or not.
Ted Howze lost the support of the local and national GOP after his racist videos came out. Randy Feenstra beat Steve King after King lost institutional support for his "white nationalism" comments. And yet the GOP response to 'Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene' was a collective shrug.

I mean, who did you think his supporters were, minorities?