Steve Videtich said:
Packchem91 said:
Steve Videtich said:
Packchem91 said:
Steve Videtich said:
hokiewolf said:
Steve Videtich said:
cowboypack02 said:
hokiewolf said:
packgrad said:
Biden says the left's entire political identity the last 2 years keeps Americans from seeing things have gotten so much better for them.
if only you could see all the good! It's really dumb of him to say this, makes his administration look completely out of touch.
In all fairness they are completely out of touch for the most part
And the bigger problem is the number of Americans who don't see that.
Do we know that for sure though? I think this election cycle will be the 2nd litmus test, especially is the Republicans out perform the historic gains that the party not in the White House has gotten in the mid-term elections.
We'll see! I think there's a big awakening going on right now in our country. But I still think there's a lot of people out there that think the democrats are all about the little guy.
I'm don't know man, I think there is still a great divide going on. Both "sides" pushing further to the edge and justifying not cooperating with anyone who differs from them.
I just think Biden has been such a dolt, that one side is getting louder than it was before, amd those who were turned off by his predecessor are wishing they had a better option than either.
As for the quote above…what is out of touch about the comment is, he wouldn't be president without Covid and the political battle that occurred over it leading up to the election
I agree that 70 to 80% of the people are in the middle and not that far apart. The problem lies in the fact that the outliers are the ones getting all the focus right now.
There are far right people just as there are far left people. Just my opinion, but I don't think the far right is as crazy as the far left.. I think the far right is just somewhat old school. Again just my opinion.
Where I used to term the great awakening, refers to the people that have been complacent or non interested in politics over the last 20-30 years. Most of those people fall within your 70 to 80% group. They are waking up to to the outliers that are getting all the attention and saying what the h*** is going on!
As far as having a quality presidential candidate to vote for, think about it, who would want this d*** job! The way you are treated by people in the media especially if you're on the right. That leaves us with 1 of 2 candidates. Either you're an egomaniac or you're corrupt and you're using the position to gain millions for your family.
We have so many issues with in our own country that need to be addressed. So from where I stand, Give me the candidate that puts our country 1st and not the one that is selling it out from underneath our feet.
Oh I fully agree -- its the outliers who get all the hype -- but I think the advent of social media gives them so much more of a platform, that makes them seem much larger than the relatively small % I think they comprise.
And with that explanation, I get what you mean by awakening....but from this view, it sure doesn't look like its getting better. The Squad are like superheroes to many; likewise, Trump is like the kingmaker of the GOP now....I know a lot of folks here support that, but I think thats pretty scary.
And no doubt, you have to be weird to run for POTUS. Its certainly not the job for an 80 YO. Maybe 200 yrs ago an old POTUS could hide out with his advisers and no one knew...but in this instant access era, maybe we should reconsider the toll the job takes and the age we really want to impart those decisions upon.
Let me ask you a question. What is it about Trump that you don't like?
Besides being a horrible human being who is divisive by nature? **Clearly, i don't know the guy....but when you see a guy on TV for 4+ years, and get to read his own words on the tweeter, you can begin to gauge.
I mean, better than HRC as a human, but that is a low bar.
Second to that, complete lack of presidential being? I mean, Biden chokes on his words, but he's 80. Trump said caustic, mean-spirited, stupid things (the post-Charlottesville comments) because it is what he is. You can't be president and say the things he said on Jan 6 when you know you are speaking in front of an angry, fired up crowd.
Here's the thing....you, me, Cary, Hokie, the average American out there ---- we should all be angry with him because he couldn't be decent enough to win. He had every economic reason to have black people support him, but he pushed them away with dumb words multiple times.
With Covid, all he had to do was come across as somewhat empathetic and caring, and most people (who didn't work for media) would have given him somewhat of a pass, or at least, would not have held it against him.
He should still be President based on the total weight of the policies that got enacted.
And I know people now want to mock the "mean tweets"....well, yeah. If you have the most important job in the world, but want to spend time being a rambling a'hole who can't control his emotions on the game called twitter...you're going to turn off people...and I'm not sure why that is difficult for people to appreciate. **And to me, should again, anger folks who would prefer he be in the office now instead of the guy we have.
