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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Rose believes Tara Read and understandably won't get behind a man she believes to be evil, no matter the cost. Given her own past history, I don't blame her in the slightest.
It was a long hard road for me to believing in Joe's innocence. But I do.
I might have a certain amount of sympathy, though still disagreeing, if it was just that. My issue is that arguing that Democrats have never done anything good is pretty offensive to the people they've benefited.
For example, me. I had a serious medical condition that required multiple surgeries, without Obama's ACA my situation would be far worse. Obviously I don't begrudge people the right to criticize either Obama or the ACA, but going as far as to say they did nothing good pretty much says that the people helped such as myself don't matter. And that's hardly something I'm fond of to say the least
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Aug 21st 2020 at 10:44:31 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangThe veto gives Presidents very real influence on the legislative process, coupled with their role as party leader they have significant defacto power. That's why during the primaries candidates talk about the platforms they support even though it logically includes things that is technically within the responsibilities of Congress.
The good a Biden administration could do if it follows debt-hawk orthodoxy is infinitely less then what an actual sane Biden administration could do.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangOnce again, a significant advisor that Biden chose to craft policies and recommend decisions. And let me remind you that Biden has a long history of advocating for debt-hawkery.
With all due respect, I think you're being far too flippant about this.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangBiden's rapid response director basically said disregard what Kaufman said.
That they're not going to limit spending and any deficit worries will be sorted out by reversing Trump's tax giveaways.
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The problem here is like with most politicians, we have no real clue what they'll do as president, since they'll say one thing and do another. There's no point in doomsaying at this particular moment because he's not president yet.
Edited by ScubaWolf on Aug 21st 2020 at 2:05:45 PM
"In a move surprising absolutely no one"![]()
That's not what doomsaying means, "their advisor said this and it's super troubling" is just paying attention to what a campaign is saying.
When a person has a history of doing something, his advisors are saying that he'll do it then it's perfectly reasonable to take the possibility that he'll do it seriously.
Edited by Fourthspartan56 on Aug 21st 2020 at 11:10:50 AM
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangExcept that’s not true. Politicians lie about a lot of things, but they do genuinely try and keep their campaign promises (the actual specific ones that is).
The “all politicians are liars” bit of ‘common knowledge’ is a major factor is why we have Trump.
Edited by Silasw on Aug 21st 2020 at 6:12:22 PM
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranThe link ![]()
is a tweet that reads
Edited by sgamer82 on Aug 21st 2020 at 11:28:05 AM
The “all politicians are liars” bit of ‘common knowledge’ is a major factor is why we have Trump.
Edited by ScubaWolf on Aug 21st 2020 at 2:35:47 PM
"In a move surprising absolutely no one"Sure and the point I’m making is that by and large they don’t. This isn’t something we have to trust our gut on, people have actually run the numbers on the best way to guess in advance what an elected officials will do when they win, their campaign promises are a good metric for that, a much better one than looking at what they’ve done/supported in the past.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranI'd have more sympathy for Mc Gowan's views on Biden if she wasn't an ardent Trump supporter.
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) From same, What Went Down On The Final Night Of The DNC
Sure and the point I’m making is that by and large they don’t. This isn’t something we have to trust our gut on, people have actually run the numbers on the best way to guess in advance what an elected officials will do when they win, their campaign promises are a good metric for that, a much better one than looking at what they’ve done/supported in the past.
Indeed, but when people say things that mirror the politician's past then that becomes a cause for concern.
I'd have more sympathy for Mc Gowan's views on Biden if she wasn't an ardent Trump supporter.
Wow.
Fuck her then.
"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji YangI looked at https://currentstatus.io/
but didn't see anything that seemed directly related to DeJoy's hearing.

Rose believes Tara Read and understandably won't get behind a man she believes to be evil, no matter the cost. Given her own past history, I don't blame her in the slightest.
It was a long hard road for me to believing in Joe's innocence. But I do.
Edited by CharlesPhipps on Aug 21st 2020 at 10:42:38 AM
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