I think Desantis is a moderate Republican. I think he went hard maga to try and steal votes from Trump and it mostly backfired. Don't **** with The Mouse. Classic blunder. Like a land war in Asia.
I’m old enough to remember when she was the conservative tea party candidate running against the GOP establishment
They will not learn a lesson from the loss, which is likely to be a rout with a conviction. They’d rather go down with Trump and elect a Democrat President than back a Republican that can win.
I like Vivek. He’s extremely intelligent and successful. Foreign concepts for Democrats.
i'm all for backing haley and getting biden out of office above all things. after his far left posture when he entered office i want him, pete, harris - all of them out. that said aloha i think that desantis/trump/viv is actually the majority of hte party going forward.
They may be and it won’t be my party. It’ll be time to replace it because it’ll be a perennial loser.
i'll add aloha that i think our country has real problems going forward. i was reading a few of the posts under brad's post for what dem's would like and in keeping with biden and the progressives i couldn't get on board with any of htat. they couldn't get on board with anything the viv would support. we have a very philosophically divided country i fear. not sure why or how we got here but we do.
Learn? To whittle?
Beautiful looking town. What am I doing in a city? Makes me want to liquidate everything I own move there and learn how to whittle.
Yeah I think you’ll need a new party. I have numerous Dem friends in the same boat. They hate Biden and the progrsssive bs. These are cops and laborers and blue collar guys who were once a given for the Dem vote. Hell my family. They can’t stand Biden. Voted Dem all their lives
We'll get through it. Just like the hippies died off for a bit, so will these little bastages that we parents created.
and again the dems are going through the same thing. i think the system needs to be reconfigured so that third parties etc have a viable opportunity. for a true mod party. a new republican party. progressive party. whatever
I’m all ears? I haven’t seen or read anything I’d consider tea party conservative. She did in one debate mention cutting benefits for SS, but it was only for younger people. I’d be fine with it, but it’s a dick move if you don’t make cuts across the board in my opinion. Boomers have bankrupted the country and should have their benefits cut as well.
Whew. You want to cut SS benefits for those who are barely getting by on their meager benefits while they’re getting killed by inflation and rising real estate taxes?
Why are they so reliant on SS for their retirement? They have failed to save adequately and should bare the consequences.
A riot of over 65ers? I want to see it.
You really don’t want them to bare anything.
It was 2010 when she was running for SC Governor. She received several endorsements from the tea party.
No, they’re going to drive their Caddys and Continentals and Buicks up the steps and over everyone in their paths. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Gray Power!
We're not talking about completely removing their SS. Stop catastrophizing. That's progressive crap and you're better than that. But escalated cuts and a gradual raising of eligibility age as you move down age brackets? That's just good policy.
Yes, but don’t you worry they won’t cut it and future generations will be the ones who suffer.
Of course he is intelligent and successful. Maybe he wasn't always a fraud either. He is now though.
There definitely have to be adjustments - raising retirement ages, taxing more and raising the income amount taxed. I’ve seen projections that, with no changes, the system will fail in the 2030s unless benefits are cut approximately 23%. I can’t even begin to imagine that a person getting $1,500 monthly could live on just a little more than $1,000 per month.
I don’t think you can back this up with very much. That comes from pundits, not from what she has said or done.
Might be too late for that … the big donor establishment perception looks likey to stick.
I wouldn’t cut any current amounts. It would be future adjustments, but everyone would share in the pain some. For example current SS recipients would get smaller increases each year and younger people wouldn’t be able to retire until 70.
What did she accomplish as Governor? Did she pass school choice? Did she lower taxes? Grow the economy? Shrink the government? Please change my mind and point to some of her conservative victories. Also, I don’t consider spending endlessly on the military/wars a conservative position.
Do you even know how old the youngest Boomers are?
I think people say "Boomers" and think that is anyone over 50. I am young Gen X and I am 45. Boomers are my parents and a whole bunch of them are already retired.
If I was dictator I would touch their retirement, but I realize that would be politically untenable.
He’s out there on some stuff & not sure how effective he would be as President, but I have a real appreciation for how he handles hecklers & opposition. Much like our own CoH, he doesn’t try to demean & belittle people attacking & berating him with opposing views, but listens & seeks to understand, always making it about issues, not people, & always coming out on top.
