US PoliEra 2019 |OT6| Have You Hurd About These GOP Retirements?
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I think there are things that can be easily used against a candidate. Elizabeth Warren wants to take away your healthcare seems like an easy mark.
But I expect she would pivot anyway. And that's why she hasn't really committed to a firm healthcare plan as yet.
I don't know how anyone can be sure about how any of that shit will play out, I sure can't, certainly not after 2016. Narratives get built over the dumbest things.
And like, I'm not saying don't consider it, and for sure, lie to the voters and then pass a better plan if you can, I don't give a fuck, I really don't. Actually, I like that plan, unironically. But I feel a lot of times Dems get scared of their own shadow so before anyone even think about cutting an attack ad on them they go "wait, but what if we make this policy shittier and more right wing?".
And you know, I'm not 100% certain that making policies shittier and more right wing is a winning strategy.
But this is a broader point, as I said, I don't think differences like that matter all that much, at least not in a predictable way, and I also think there is very little chance either get signed into law, so like, whatever.
He actually made me more active. I was getting mad sitting at home reading whatever he spewed out every day, so I made myself leave the house. Now I'm usually gone most days and I'm actually handling my disability better. So... I guess that's one positive thing I can say about him. He is so awful, I got off the internet.
Yeah I more or less quit Twitter due to Don, only Twitter stuff I get now is via this thread. I also got more active as well for similar reasons.
I really can't take this kind of take from Susan seriously when she trots support for Tulsi Gabbard of all people.
I would genuinely be interested in making a poll with the question "Did Obama cause 9/11". How many republicans would fall for that?
Gotcha. Elkhart is kind of in a unique position; it has a history of trailer production from the 1930s and automotive manufacturing for almost as long (Studebaker was in nearby South Bend, AM General built humvees and H2s there from 1981 until 2006, now they make Mercedes R-Class), the local Amish population produces a lot of cabinetry and such, and it's also a major rail hub (think it's the third largest classifcation yard in the US, and the largest east of the Mississippi). That last one alone is a big reason, here's what it looked like every day after Katrina;
Weird perfect storm to make one specific thing. They used to be known for musical instrument production too.
There has to be a complete rethink of the entire mindset of corporations soon. This boom-bust cycle, entitled controlling interest investors, the threat of moving jobs unless tax cuts or incintives are given (and as we've seen with Carrier, they'll do it anyways) and wide open tax loopholes are getting the entire concept of Corporatism unaccountable to no one.
MYSTERIOUSLY HIGHER NUMBERS SOMEHOW. MYSTERIOUSLY.
"Uhh, let me be clear, if you like your conspiracy you can keep it"
If he wins in 2020, I might drink a whole bottle of vodka with pills. I'm fucking serious.
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I don't get how this isn't a way to depress voter turnout. Like pretty much Biden's entire approach so far.
I thought the Dem party is trying to become more of a party that makes good things happen, not the Delaney "Good things can't happen" Special. That's my big problem about the whole "election loser" rhetoric.
I get not believing Bernie or Warren's plans are plausible, I get Bernie not putting out a good case for his m4a, but it's very clear that Biden and Harris for that matter aren't inspiring anyone with their healthcare plans. Either by policy or by how they are presenting it.
If there's one thing the left gets it's that an uninspiring candidate hasn't won an election for a while on the Dem side. Biden isn't inspiring.
Glad she's getting her talking points out so certain voters can justify their 3rd party vote in 2020 because only Sanders will do.
I mean I also don't think Sanders' plan is plausible and therefore think Kopmala's is better.
Ultimately I think a regulated multipayer system is a better fit for the US.
Ultimately I think a regulated multipayer system is a better fit for the US.
Agreed.
Politics run on feeling before they ever run on actual policy. Not that the latter doesn't matter at all, but...when was the last time an uninspiring nerd was elected President?
It's important to have some policy backbone to make it through the (Dem) primary, but you shouldn't let an inspiring message or your brand get bogged down in policy minutia. I'm looking at you, Kamala.
Ultimately Medicare 4 All and the green dream or whatever are good slogans for rah rah rallying and suitably nebulous. They're things people can get behind in general.
I just don't think the specific implementation needs to be exactly this messaging bill that Sanders wrote with no hope of ever passing.
I just don't think the specific implementation needs to be exactly this messaging bill that Sanders wrote with no hope of ever passing.
Then he needs to actively court them, like he does with these clown ones. Been asking for that since 2015.
I bet the green dream or whatever is even less understood.
If the assertion is that Medicare for All is the inspirational, aspirational catch cry that will drive the base to the polls... It's maybe worth considering that mostly no one knows what it is and/or what they actually think it is?
If the assertion is that Medicare for All is the inspirational, aspirational catch cry that will drive the base to the polls... It's maybe worth considering that mostly no one knows what it is and/or what they actually think it is?
Shit Warren should be able to use that she was once a republican to court republicans and independents. That isn't a negative.
She wants to do the timewarp again, to a year when she was relevant.
I'm honestly okay if Captain Cockstain wants to buy Greenland, that's two more senate seats guaranteed for eternity.
Bingo.
I'm actually convinced this is part of his strategy. I mean, we saw this. Have his surrogates go out there and say the really nasty things. Bernie half-assedly disavows their comments, if he disavows at all, but mostly he keeps his hands clean.
The Bernie camp desperately want to have a go at Warren at this point. And the thing is, I can't even hate. They kind of have to. This is a competition. Bernie's going to have to start drawing contrasts between him and Warren at some point, because this unspoken unity between them is really only benefiting her.
And I LIVE.
This douche-canoe and Boris in the UK must have surely been foretold at some point in history.
Someone break out some Nostradamus or Mayan calendars, or time-traveling Simpsons writers. I'm ready to believe it all
Someone break out some Nostradamus or Mayan calendars, or time-traveling Simpsons writers. I'm ready to believe it all
And the best part, it's soooooooo fucking obvious how that's going to play out. I'm feeling a preemptive cackle.
Yes, the PM has said Greenland is not for sale and wants people to stop talking about it.
The trump obsession is bonkers.
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