Politics Thread

[XU_Lou]

More breaking news (and yes Brew, the Babylon Bee has far more credibility than the crap you're reading....)



In New 'Ocean's 14', George Clooney Pulls Off $30 Million Heist By Tricking People Into Giving Money To Politician Before Revealing He's Demented:

https://babylonbee.com/news/in-new-o...g-hes-demented

[XU_Lou]

Ezra Klein: “ And I think it is clear, like people are like weighing the set of things. Like it would be quite unpleasant for me personally to come out against the president as a elected official in a Democratic Party and weighing what will happen if Donald Trump wins and saying in a revealed preference way, I can live with Donald Trump winning. And I've had people say that to me off the record, to be fair”

Tim Miller: “Really?”

Ezra Klein: “I've had top Democrats say to me, basically something like, I don't know why all these Democrats who think Donald Trump is an existential threat to democracy are acting the way they are. But the reason I'm acting the way I am is because I don't think that.

Tim Miller: “Who the **** is this? Out of your sources, Ezra. I'm about to be in leaking text mode over here myself. Like that is crazy. That's great, what? I guess it's consistent, but it's maddening, no?

Ezra Klein: I find it maddening, but I do find it consistent. Look, you can say this is true in a lot of things, right? It's a charge Republicans always throw at liberals, which is that if they really believe climate change is such a problem, they wouldn't fly on planes.


https://x.com/Timodc/status/1811136469911711877

[GoMuskies]

What's the over/under on the date Biden drops out? The pressure is mounting. Even Pelosi is talking publicly about the possibility.

[Masterofreality]

What's the over/under on the date Biden drops out? The pressure is mounting. Even Pelosi is talking publicly about the possibility.

The plan was never for Biden to serve a full second term. All the Washington swamp Dems knew it. They wanted Biden to beat Trump, then after inauguration at some quick point, they’d force a resignation and install Cackling Kamala as the first woman of color President without having to go through the nuisance of “Democracy” by having her duly elected- which, by her disapproval ratings, ain’t happening.
Unfortunately for them, now they’ll have to put her up on the ballot, and will get destroyed by her ridiculous word salads.

By the way. Here’s a nice tidy list of Joe Biden’s failures:

https://thespectator.com/politics/jo...th-leadership/

[X-man]

The plan was never for Biden to serve a full second term. All the Washington swamp Dems knew it. They wanted Biden to beat Trump, then after inauguration at some quick point, they’d force a resignation and install Cackling Kamala as the first woman of color President without having to go through the nuisance of “Democracy” by having her duly elected- which, by her disapproval ratings, ain’t happening.
Unfortunately for them, now they’ll have to put her up on the ballot, and will get destroyed by her ridiculous word salads.

By the way. Here’s a nice tidy list of Joe Biden’s failures:

https://thespectator.com/politics/jo...th-leadership/

Source?

[MADXSTER]

What's the over/under on the date Biden drops out? The pressure is mounting. Even Pelosi is talking publicly about the possibility.

At work, after Biden was elected, about ten people put down how many months Biden would be in office before bowing out due to mental issues. The shortest amount of time was 12 months. Only one person is left who said he would last the entire term.

Posting this because this isn't something that came out of nowhere. Everyone knew there were issues from the beginning.

[paulxu]

I think it's always the right of the voters to question the competency of their candidate, especially mental competency.
So, I think it's up to Biden to address the concerns, allay them or step aside.

Similarly, I'm struck by the total abdication of this duty by the Republicans.
While leading Democrats are questioning Biden's situation and it dominates the news, I never hear of Republicans questioning:
- why they have a convicted felon on the ticket
- why he has no policy proposals and spends his time at rallies fear mongering
- questioning his mental competency as he wonders all over making no sense about sharks, and electric boats, and other nonsense

Just imagine if Biden had spewed that nonsense about the sharks and boats. You can't imagine that.

[GoMuskies]

The Republican Party had an open and competitive primary. The voters (for better or for...no, just for worse) spoke, and the facts haven't really changed since that primary. It's a very different situation from what's happened on the Democrat side.

[paulxu]

Good points. Dems did what Repubs did in 2020. No competitive primaries.

Not sure that answers why there is no one questioning the points I raised on the Republican side. He wasn't a convicted felon before the primaries.
But, you're probably thinking he had all the indictments then...and you'd be correct.

I've voted Republican in the past, but the party I knew would have never supported a felon or someone who urged followers to stop the people's business by violence. And I haven't voted for a national candidate of the party for a long time, since I think the economics of supply side , massive tax cuts and unfunded wars they gave the country, put us in a fiscal hole that will burden my grandchildren maybe forever.

[Strange Brew]

Good points. Dems did what Repubs did in 2020. No competitive primaries.

Not sure that answers why there is no one questioning the points I raised on the Republican side. He wasn't a convicted felon before the primaries.
But, you're probably thinking he had all the indictments then...and you'd be correct.

I've voted Republican in the past, but the party I knew would have never supported a felon or someone who urged followers to stop the people's business by violence. And I haven't voted for a national candidate of the party for a long time, since I think the economics of supply side , massive tax cuts and unfunded wars they gave the country, put us in a fiscal hole that will burden my grandchildren maybe forever.

Yes, at present he is a convicted felon
No, he did not advocate for violence.

Just facts, not an endorsement.

Dems have added nothing to the National Debt?