Politics Thread

[paulxu]

Will they need a platform in '24?
Or can they just do like they did in '20, and say our platform is whatever Trump says today on Twitter.
Why govern when you can just ask the autocrat I guess.

[XU_Lou]

And yeah no shit XU_LOU, their suppression of fossil fuels is on purpose, they’ve only been campaigning on it for 20 years… Their argument is America is already destroyed for their base and will only get worse with climate change. Show me a politician who mentions the drawbacks of their plans and I’ll vote for them.

I'm not just referring to suppression of fossil fuels/energy policy, I'm referring to everything that's going on: rampant crime as a result of Democrat DAs refusing to prosecute, rampant spending resulting in inflation, looming food shortages, supply chain destruction, inciting a totally avoidable war with Russia, Covid lockdowns and mitigation efforts that haven't worked, transgender mania and the sexual grooming of kids, a two-tiered justice system, a wide open border and illegal alien invasion....

----- the list goes on and on - that's at the top of my head, I'm sure there are many others.

What is the purpose of all this? Why is this happening?

[xubrew]

Will they need a platform in '24?
Or can they just do like they did in '20, and say our platform is whatever Trump says today on Twitter.
Why govern when you can just ask the autocrat I guess.

If the autocrat is indicted and convicted, then yes they'll have to come to realize that the person who hijacked their party is now gone and go back to the old tradition of actually having a platform. I bet that privately this is what most of them are hoping for anyway.

[Masterofreality]

And on a related note, we don't have to bark anymore next year during a kill counter do we? Hoping the Tin Man also took that act north up to Oxford.

Gawd I hope not. That was just one more useless statistical measure that Steele was obsessed with. Practice points, kills, blah blah blah. Sean cares about basketball performance and acumen, not empty numbers.
Statistics are for losers.

[Masterofreality]

Fuck the humor...we are in dire straits here folks. The Progressive Left is DESTROYING this country. WE CANNOT run this countries MASSIVE energy needs on fantasy "renewables"....period...end of story...no debate! The amount of fossil fuels neccesary to build the infrastructure for ANY cogent plan is completely against their "Green" obsession and this insane doctrine is NOT POSSIBLE. WIND/SOLAR is a fucking joke. WTF kind of mind game is being played here

Why do you think I started the Global Warming thread on here 9 years ago? You could see what those aholes were trying to do, and it would destroy the American way of life while China keeps building coal plants. It’s happening just as you could see it would.
Where are all of our progressive leftists now?

[Xuperman]

Just because it's humorous doesn't mean it's wrong. The Republicans will blow through the midterms. They will also easily win in 2024 IF Trump is not the nominee. As silly as the notion of running a magic 8 ball is, the magic 8 ball actually would almost assuredly win. That's how poorly the Dems have performed. The GOP can literally nominate ANYONE. The only person that isn't guaranteed to win, and although he still might win I'm betting that he wouldn't, is Trump. Lots of people who voted for Biden were really voting AGAINST Trump. If he's not running, then they won't be voting against him. Most in that category would not vote against Biden next time so long as someone else is running against him.

You are 100% correct. Trump is toxic. He has proved to be someone that will never be able to be an effective POLITICIAN, because frankly he's an asshole. If this country doesn't find someone that can unite us, like a Reagan or a Bill Clinton, this constant political infighting will continue to drag us down.

Your right. The Dems have a snowballs chance in Hell of winning the White House in 2024, unless Trump is the nominee OR my biggest fear is that the Republican party fractures and a legitimate 3rd party candidate emerges. I think the political climate is perfect for conservatives like me to back someone not Trump.....I'm thinking 25-30% is possible. If our vote gets split, a moderate Democrat could pull it off.

[Masterofreality]

Will they need a platform in '24?
Or can they just do like they did in '20, and say our platform is whatever Trump says today on Twitter.
Why govern when you can just ask the autocrat I guess.

Your parties damn platform is destroying the country. You’re an idiot. Trump is not in power. Your party has screwed this country over in A YEAR AND A HALF!!!
All the Repubs have to do is just say, we’re against everything that is in the Dems platform.
And even the Dems running are rejecting their own platform!!! Tim Ryan up here in Ohio is running an entire campaign vs JD Vance by running away from every Democratic platform piece, saying on commercials that “My party got it wrong” on this or that.
Helluva way to convince hearts and minds. “My party sucks so let’s elect more people from my party.
Incredible.

[Xuperman]

I'm not just referring to suppression of fossil fuels/energy policy, I'm referring to everything that's going on: rampant crime as a result of Democrat DAs refusing to prosecute, rampant spending resulting in inflation, looming food shortages, supply chain destruction, inciting a totally avoidable war with Russia, Covid lockdowns and mitigation efforts that haven't worked, transgender mania and the sexual grooming of kids, a two-tiered justice system, a wide open border and illegal alien invasion....

----- the list goes on and on - that's at the top of my head, I'm sure there are many others.

What is the purpose of all this? Why is this happening?

It's happening because the Obama Doctrine continues to consume the current Democrat Party. It is literally an anti-American agenda, designed to punish our Capitalist system for the perceived sins of our past.

[Caf]

I'm not just referring to suppression of fossil fuels/energy policy, I'm referring to everything that's going on: rampant crime as a result of Democrat DAs refusing to prosecute, rampant spending resulting in inflation, looming food shortages, supply chain destruction, inciting a totally avoidable war with Russia, Covid lockdowns and mitigation efforts that haven't worked, transgender mania and the sexual grooming of kids, a two-tiered justice system, a wide open border and illegal alien invasion....

----- the list goes on and on - that's at the top of my head, I'm sure there are many others.

What is the purpose of all this? Why is this happening?

It's happening because of people like you who are susceptible to the appeals of the polarizing political and media complex. Find people with views opposite to yours and talk to them. If anyone thinks that one side versus the other is more to blame for any issue in the country, they are part of the problem.

[paulxu]

All the Repubs have to do is just say, we’re against everything

That's been their approach to governing for a long time now.