All the Republicans had to do was put up a decent candidate and none of this would matter. As it is, we have two idiots running for the top spot, both of who are objectionable to the majority of the country.
The country is f#cked. @BradStevens wants to take all of our wealth and give to the government. I love Brad. He’s one of my favorite internet people in the entire galaxy. He’s intelligent and smart and very loveable (I guess that’s not a word), but he still thinks the government can save us. Too many people believe that. It doesn’t matter how many times socialism doesn’t work, people still believe it will work this time. The day Brad comes on here and says f#ck the government, I’m an Austrian Economist, is the day the world has a chance of turning around. Until then, we’re f#cked. #buybitcoin#imdrunk#onlybradcansaveus
So why not just say that instead of this "coup" nonsense? If the scary part is her policy, attack her policy.
Really, why would people assume Biden would be the opponent? How fcking stupid is that after hearing Biden, Harris and the whole Administration tell us over and over how sharp he was behind the scenes and his statements he was running?
He was the best candidate the world has ever seen, the defender of democracy and the victor over fascism, authoritarian rogues and bad ice cream . . . . . until he wasn’t.
Perhaps. They are in the honeymoon phase where they are scrubbing her record to make her look good. The problem for her is that she is going to have plenty of moments to be herself over the next few months. When that happens, people don't tend to like her all that much.
Dems went way left so it’s immaterial to me but I think it does matter in the bigger picture. This should have happened months ago and legitimate primaries occurred. I doubt very seriously Harris would have been the choice of Dem voters yet here she is as a result of this debacle
Speaking of which Sam Altman just published his findings on the largest ever study of UBI, the results were…. mixed to put it kindly.
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I said Biden should announce he wasn’t running before the primaries. Most people voted for him and against Trump thinking he would be a one termer. He was too old to do two terms and many hoped we’d have two new candidates to choose from. I sure did. I was looking forward to having a good sane Republican, one of the many popular Republican Governors would have been a great choice. However, we got what we got, two old lousy choices again. At least now one is a young choice and Dems and Republicans will argue about whether she’s lousy or not. If trump wasn’t the candidate she’d likely lose big.
The new Democrat primary rules are you are the winner until the polls show you are going to lose. THEN the party ELITES will throw your ass out and replace you.
The difference is that it’s a squad Dem. The most liberal of Dems with radical policies and ideology. I’m not sure all Dems support that. Unfortunately that’ll never be the focus of our media. Most voters won’t get into the details and will just base their decision on superficial stuff
It doesn’t matter in a general but it matters intra. To the Dems. At least it should. They’ve been deprived a say and the benefit of hearing alternative candidates. Remember Harris on her own wasn’t first or second
Almost all Democrats support it, is why they’ll vote for her. Think of all the spending and woke shit that has went on the past 4 years. Now think of the liberals responses to it. Have any of them said they’re not voting for liberals? No. It’s because they’re for it (or fine with it).
One can read those remarks and reasonably assume she’s talking about equality of opportunity - which is the correct equality to pursue. Equality of outcome is a non-starter.
I don’t think that interpretation is congruent with everyone ends up in the same place. Equality of opportunity doesn’t result in everyone ending up in the same place. Only equality of outcome does
Agreed - but the part about where people start different places is why I interpret it as she’s pushing opportunity.
Yeah maybe she just did a piss poor job of articulating her message. Maybe she meant with those measures everyone ends up at the same place - at the starting line, not the finish line
No, she is clearly talking about equity. Equal opportunity would mean that we all have a chance to make something of ourselves and excel given the laws and opportunity provided in the US. As you said, this is good. She goes further than that though. The second paragraph appears to be describing that. Her first and final paragraphs is where she signals she is talking of something different.
No, I think you are closer. She explicitly states everyone should end up at the same place. End. Not begin. She says in order for everyone to end up in the same place, we have to equitably distribute at the beginning so that can occur. There is a reason she was the most left senator before becoming VP.
Aloha Hoosier while you’re obsessing over labels the above is the reality.
You could be right and if you are she’s as dangerous and as dumb as I fear. Perhaps I naively want to believe I’m right and her wording is ass and she’s talking about how we all need to end up at the same starting point.
I think Trump's ceiling is around 45 to 46 percent. I agree the winner will be very unlikely to have 50 percent of the vote.
I'm good with equality of opportunity and equitable outcome is an abominable position for anyone to take.
I'm more than good with my actions. Besides it's only one issue and I don't think the President is as all powerful as many do. Congress matters much more.
Lol from the unfit in every other thread? Her positions are based on what has come from her own mouth and what the administration has already done. You don’t need publications. You read it right in this thread. From her mouth.
I agree. It’s classic Marxism couched in a word salad. The government gets to decide how much we have.
Unreal! Crickets around here buddy! That right there is a definition of the left. They never liked her, she had the worst approval rating, she failed miserably at the border, cost of everything went up.
I’m good. There’s a reason I plan to vote for Republicans for Congress as usual. I wish we had nominated a fit candidate for President but we didn’t.
We don’t have up to date positions from Harris, 2020 campaign is the best we got. Presumably they mirror Biden’s but I would love to hear them out of her own mouth so she can be held to account. Not holding my breath…
