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Why… not?Serving one's country was never meant to be a lifelong career.
Poor Renee. I'm not sure why this poster didn't understand my point.
Darn right!
Thanks for all the work you have done here.
Longer term professional politicians have so many opportunities for graft and corruption.. Biden was in 50 years - not to single him out -all of DC is rife with corruption . Hunter built worldwide corrupt relationships that took care of his family under the radar for 50 years.You missed the context of my post. I'm not sure how you even could, but here we are. I was speaking about early politicians, like my ggrandfather who didn't make a career out of being a lifer politician, but served for two years has a House Rep. in his state. We need more people like him to give service to the country. Serving one's country was never meant to be a lifelong career.
But then 2020 was a rigged election. 2024 was not.Oh, but it did happen in 2020. did you get over it? Trump sure didn’t.
LOL your insane rant just proved me right.I guess you don’t realize the humor here. A cultist is somebody who believes a man who has lied and misled over 30,000 times (verified) my favorite is when he said it did not rain at his inauguration, and there are videos of people opening their umbrellas and putting on rain hats
who is an elitist propagandist ?educated?professional? Well it is obvious that you are not an elitist
And similar rants to the one pictured have occurred in the aftermath of this election.
ShoeOnHead is a progressive/socialist Youtuber who actually gets it.
She's precisely the kind of smart and inciteful progressive who the Democrats inevitably drive away.
I really got a lot out of this video. T/Y for posting it. Truth!
I read tonight that 60% of people under the age of thirty like Trump.She's great. It's only a matter of time before her youthful idealism runs out and she comes to our side.
I read tonight that 60% of people under the age of thirty like Trump.
It must be true because it’s on the Internet (sarcasm )I read tonight that 60% of people under the age of thirty like Trump.
Here's another excellent explanation, from a British liberal (NSFW):Warning: Mayer uses the F-word in his commentary.
"It's amazing how an election loss, even as big as this one, still doesn't put a dent in the thinking that lost it."
Bill Mayer, with a very sarcastic tone and lots of hyperbole, nailed why the Democrats lost the election. If they don't change, they keep losing. Isn't this what some of us have been saying to those who continue to double down in the defense of their team? He does not defend Trump or his supporters, just to be clear. He's telling the Democrats to stop digging their holes and learn from their mistakes. The entire party has become nothing but a Portlandia sketch. Take one week to ask what you did wrong.
You made no reference to Kamala's statement.
I thought you were criticizing bulleye's comment.
Here's another excellent explanation, from a British liberal (NSFW):
Here's an angrier excellent explanation from the same British liberal of Trump's 2016 win, (even more NSFW):
Watching both it's amazing how much of his complaint is glaringly apparent here.
From all the way across the pond, and he nails it! He's pretty damn objective and oh, what a way with words. I'm going to have to follow him now over on YouTube. He's comical, and brilliant. A great combination. Thank you for sharing.
I've posted this recently I think, but it amazing how well this nearly 50 year old speech from the movie NETWORK holds up. The screenplay written by Paddy Chayefsky just goes to prove there is nothing new.
(Also, NETWORK is the most amazing Political/Media satire ever put on film)
If you haven't already, check out Hospital for another dose of Paddy Chayefsky's brilliant satire.I've posted this recently I think, but it amazing how well this nearly 50 year old speech from the movie NETWORK holds up. The screenplay written by Paddy Chayefsky just goes to prove there is nothing new.
(Also, NETWORK is the most amazing Political/Media satire ever put on film)
It is amazing how a snarky Brit 3000 miles away has such insight into why Kamala lost. The Harris campaign should be ashamed about the results. And the millions of people who voted for her still have no clue. And the despondent Liberals/Progressive are still serving up their petulant and totally irrelevant Trump barbs as if by putting them on this website is going to make the slightest difference in the world.From all the way across the pond, and he nails it! He's pretty damn objective and oh, what a way with words. I'm going to have to follow him now over on YouTube. He's comical, and brilliant. A great combination. Thank you for sharing.
He had a better message and that's all there is to it.It is amazing how a snarky Brit 3000 miles away has such insight into why Kamala lost. The Harris campaign should be ashamed about the results. And the millions of people who voted for her still have no clue. And the despondent Liberals/Progressive are still serving up their petulant and totally irrelevant Trump barbs as if by putting them on this website is going to make the slightest difference in the world.
Given that she ran a losing campaign I am surprised she got 74.3 million popular votes.
People want to see Trump 'drain the swamp'; get rid of DEI in schools, corporations, the military, and the government; deport illegal aliens from this country (is the Denver mayor really that friggin' stupid?); use our energy resources to make us totally independent of foreign oil imports; and use Musk/Vivek to identify and get Trump to do away with unnecessary discretionary funding.
Absolutely, but there's also a certain group of haughty denialists that think they KNOW what's best.The majority of voters want all of the above to happen.
Arrogance is preventing some of the diehard anti-Trumps from admitting that they were wrong. Not all of the left is still in disbelief though, but on this forum, for the most part it's arrogance, pretending they're the smartest people in the room. They need to come down from their high horses.And the Left is still in disbelief those are the things the voting public want Trump to do!!
Why was that so hard for the Dems to see?
You do know that it was Hillary Clinton's 2008 campaign that invented the entire birther scandal. Trump was just the onlyHard to understand anything from a bunch of people who can't even explain their blind loyalty to somebody like Trump. Especially, when they simply default to "leftist, communist, Marxist, terrorist sympathizer, pedophiles" and other such mindless denigrations when they can't legitimize their following. But...OK. Let's be friends for a change. Let's just pretend that every other conservatives population throughout the world is just as crazy as what we see in America anymore. Help me understand the rhetorical:
- Why, in 2016, did most Republicans still think that Obama had no birth certificate?
- Why, in 2011, did Republicans look at childhood obesity rates and argue that tomato paste on pizza is vegetable?
- Why, in 2020, did Republicans choose Trump's clearly bad guidance over that of health officials when it came to a global pandemic?
- Why, despite Trump proving to be a godless, immoral fiend of a man, do Republicans celebrate him as a "Christian?
- Why, do Republican men see Trump, a draft-dodging coward who has a history of adultery and sex scandals, as a masculine role model?
- Why, do so many Republicans on ACA, insist that Trump destroy "ObamaCare?"
- Why, despite no evidence whatsoever, do Republicans believe that "millions of illegals voted for Hillary?"
- Why, despite all watching January 6, and while ignoring the over 120 cops bludgeoned, do Republicans pretend that it was just a "disorganized tour?"
- Why, despite Hannity, Carlson, and Ingraham getting caught texting about how easy it is to lie their viewers, do Republicans still cling to FOX News for truth?
- Why, after Reagan handed off economic disaster, after Bush handed off economic disaster, after Trump handed off economic disaster, do Republicans still think that Republicans are good for the economy?
- Why, are Republicans fond of creating imaginary wars, like "war on Christmas" or wars on your appliances?" For that matter...
- How have Republicans started every American war since 1991, celebrating two with NeoCon mismanagement, and still push the notion that Democrats are the war hawks?
- How can Republicans produce the most useless House since before the Great Depression, and still get away with pretending that they govern?
I don't need an answer to any of this. It's all rhetorical. It's just a small pile of what makes my point. But this, and so, so, so, so, so much more is what defines "the other" to me. Republicans present no real policy, because they exist only to play ideological games so that they can create a loyal base. Trickle-Down? A proven con game. NeoCon? A bust. What's left? Border security and immigration reform? They have refused and rejected all legislation since 2007. They certainly don't care about debt or job creation. It has long become the anti-Party, which is why all you heard for years from them on Capitol Hill was "WOKE!!!!" America used to be more than the dumbest retard in the country. But this is New America. It runs on irrational emotion and vast contradiction.
You mean maher?Warning: Mayer uses the F-word in his commentary.
"It's amazing how an election loss, even as big as this one, still doesn't put a dent in the thinking that lost it."
Bill Mayer, with a very sarcastic tone and lots of hyperbole, nailed why the Democrats lost the election. If they don't change, they keep losing. Isn't this what some of us have been saying to those who continue to double down in the defense of their team? He does not defend Trump or his supporters, just to be clear. He's telling the Democrats to stop digging their holes and learn from their mistakes. The entire party has become nothing but a Portlandia sketch. Take one week to ask what you did wrong.
The poster has a pointNice try, however the real split in the GOP was during the 2016 campaign. RINOs vs populist conservatives tired of the good ole boy establishment. The republicans were not united and gave Trump minimal support. Fast forward to the 2024 race and the republicans are more united then I have seen since the Ronald Reagan era. The RINOs have been mostly dispersed and the few remaining have been minimalized.
I read tonight that 60% of people under the age of thirty like Trump.
Race | 2012 | 2024 | NET SHIFT |
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Black | D +91 95 - 4 | D +72 85 - 13 | R +19 |
Hispanic | D +39 69 - 30 | D +10 54 - 44 | R +29 |
Asian | D +35 67 - 32 | D +18 58 - 40 | R +17 |
Other | D +18 58 - 40 | D +1 49 - 48 | R +17 |
Race and Education | |||
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White, no degree | R +24 37 - 61 | R +36 31 - 67 | R +13 |
Nonwhite, BA+ | D +58 78 - 20 | D +37 67 - 30 | R +21 |
Nonwhite, no degree | D +64 82 - 17 | D +27 63 - 35 | R +37 |
Age | |||
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18 to 29 | D +25 61 - 36 | D +11 54 - 43 | R +14 |
30 to 44 | D +9 53 - 44 | D +2 49 - 48 | R +8 |
45 to 64 | R +1 49 - 50 | R +9 45 - 54 | R +8 |
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