Pete is gay. Far left. Stayed home during a crisis virtue signaling. And his job is to spend money. A candidate with an IQ north of 70 could shred Pete. If Dems run a far left candidate Repubs have a great chance. DeSantis would make short work of Pete. If Dems find a moderate they will be in good shape. The country isn't going to suddenly forget their referendum on woke culture
Leak of Roe Wade Ruling
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I didn’t read the whole opinion but I don’t see Alito explaining why it isn’t covered by the 14th amendment in terms of privacy. So you tell me, why doesn’t the 14th amendment cover the woman’s privacy in the first and maybe second trimester?
He asked for and took a benefit available to no one else in America on a salary of a quarter of a million per year during a crisis that falls under the authority of his agency. Sect of virtue signaling
Good question. i would say initial off after midterms with updates after every debate. As long as I don't have to do shit.
I like Pete. He's got a great opportunity in his current position to grease all kinds of palms over the next year or so. Including the king makers.
Also, I'm not sure Clyburn is sold on Harris. I'd be more worried about Booker if I were Pete. I know he didn't do well during the 2020 cycle and I'm not really a fan either but he could move the needle in a Dem primary.
Bc the con says nothing about abortion and no right is implicitly protected by any con provision. That's all I can write for now. Champions....
My guess is Pete's long term plan involves another bid for the WH in like 12 years at the soonest.
Paternity leave? My last employer provided six weeks paid paternity leave.
I understand the second part of what you’re saying is the “bulk” of your argument. Made that pretty clear.
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He wouldn't be the first person to take advantage of a benefit that isn't available to everyone. I'm willing to bet that benefit existed for that position prior to Pete taking the job.
Has Pete ever took a stance against everyone having paid paternity leave?
I would wager that it is the GOP that is standing in the way of that.
But don't let that get in the way of a good rant, even one that only looks at a small part of the facts.Paid paternity. Earlier than fed ees. Had to specifically ask as a cab member. If you get it it's a perk. Only 5 states mandate. Fed GS ees get it after a certain period. A year I believe but it might be sliding. I don't remember
He wouldn't be the first person to take advantage of a benefit that isn't available to everyone. I'm willing to bet that benefit existed for that position prior to Pete taking the job.
Has Pete ever took a stance against everyone having paid paternity leave?
I would wager that it is the GOP that is standing in the way of that.
Good. Why should an employer pay for you to go have a baby
Breeders are actively producing the next generation of corporate drones. Of course employers should foot the bill.
They can apply for a refund for every kid that grows up to be a union organizer.
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Ha ha I think your inner Brian Kilmeade is clouding your vision (wait for it at the end).
Pete has the democratic nuclear code...he's an extremely gifted communicator...Obama level communicator, he's calm and non-temperamental, highly empathetic (he got a huge support from the disabled community, simply because his policies prominently included them). He sees the game (and can communicate it) at a very high level. He won Iowa because he knew exactly where to put his resources and time.
So yeah...young, wicked smart, kind, multilingual, Afghanistan veteran, gay who's main right wing stink is he took leave to take care of his two newborns particularly one that had complications and....yeah I can work with that.
Especially when paid family leave is a huge recruiting carrot for business right now.
Per Lars, Cory Booker checks a lot of those boxes also. I think the only reason why he's not stronger is he came across as a little goofy...but he checks a lot of Dem boxes.
Shorter. Pete's politics, real and perceived, comport with the Squad. Far left. Does the country want a far left president?
Looking forward to a Presidential debate between Trump and Pete. Pete wearing his military uniform. Can’t wait to see the look on Trump’s face after he attacks Pete with some lying idiotic bullshit and Pete simply says, “Bite me.“
Actually no and they hate him for it. Call him many names from a rat to a Manchurian candidate to a wall Street puppet.
Mainly because he believes in having both a private and public healthcare system (his dreaded Medicare for all who want it) which basically eliminates the Medicare age requirement while still allowing for people to keep their current healthcare set up. This was much more cost friendly, it still allows for universal healthcare like the rest of the major world countries have and it keeps a competitive nature between the public and private.... challenging both to keep improving and letting the market play out.
A sensible, common sense solution to a complicated issue that is decades behind in need.
Bernie Bros can't stand him because he basically ruined Warren's momentum (when she couldn't explain her numbers even though her campaign is 'I have a plan for that') and he came up with a harder healthcare solution to fight (as Obamacare was pretty easily argued against which was what Biden was pushing).
Anyway, the squad calls him Wall Street Pete.
Pete answers that by emphasizing what they agree on.
You have to explain how it’s not included in the right to privacy which is explicitly enumerated. There are many rights that are not explicitly enumerated as such in the constitution.
Well that's your opinion and its been noted... several times. And that's ok! Not everyone has to like everyone.
However Pete is well liked still to a degree. His popularity ratings are pretty much the same as Trumps( I know, I know).
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I think he would say something like 'if we were of the same age, we both wouldn't have served in Vietnam. I wouldn't because I simply would not be allowed back then. You didn't because you had a Dr on your father's payroll and you let someone else serve in your place.
I'm just glad that your bonespurs aren't acting up tonight'.
Lol
Even when the states go low and implement any and all means to limit access? I think there are instances where states need protection from their worst impulses. Especially in the current climate.
What you call far left is just the left. Yes, Bernie and the Squad are far left. Because of mainly of economic ideologies(if they even have a serious one). Most social issues are pretty standard left wing ideologies and have been for 40-50 years. Free education, healthcare, ETC. Those aren't far left if literally everyone on the left is in tune with them.
Economically speaking Pete and the squad are about as similar as the game of basketball and the game of Shoots and Ladders.
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It's so hard when you're so dumb. Pete's politics, "REAL AND PERCEIVED," not as a gay guy staying home on paternity leave and talking about racist infrastructure how do you think he'll be PERCEIVED
You wrote, "The one institution in this land I thought we could depend on not to play politics was SCOTUS." You must not read much history.
We don't even need to look far to rebut this point. Know who this is?
Also, dude, "breeders" is not the preferred nomenclature. "Birthing People", please.
Right? It would be like me saying George Bush is extreme right wing. Or more apropos would be to say DeSantis is an extreme right winger.
Pete is in the Clinton, Obama, Biden camp. Pretty firmly. Its why the squad doesn't like him.
Justice Taney.You wrote, "The one institution in this land I thought we could depend on not to play politics was SCOTUS." You must not read much history.
We don't even need to look far to rebut this point. Know who this is?
Wrote Dred Scott.
Horrible but accurate statement of the pre-Civil War Constitution’s protections of slaves. As in “nada.” Solitified the Abolitionist and near-Abolitionist understanding that war and Constitutional amendment was the only way to rid the Union of slavery, because it meant there was no “Constitutional” way to keep slavery out of new territories or states.
But the Dred Scott decision was not a “political” decision in the way you posit.
Unethical? Really?
I couldn't count all the trials and Supreme Court arguments I've read about in which a trial judge or Supreme Court justice makes gratuitous statements out loud that clearly tell the world which way he/she is leaning. I'll bet Alito himself already signaled his thoughts last year during arguments on this same case. What purpose do such statements serve other than to influence public opinion behind the immunity given to a judge? Judges already breach their secrecy when it suits them. They shouldn't be the only ones.
I agree with the other posters who object to the blatant lying about their biases that Supreme Court nominees spout in order to get confirmed. I would add more openness, not less.
Stoll thanks you for answering his question. Now we'll never know his answer.
And the Dred Scott decision was as political as a ruling could get.
