I"m not looking at this from a tribe perspective and I'm looking at it from a different practical point of view than being shackled to tradition just for the sake of tradition.
That's an opinion that I completely reject. I see that as apathy, since no long term strategy has actually been offered up. It's another instance of telling people specifically what they shouldn't do, without offering any relevant specifics on what they should do. I find that approach questionable and unconvincing. It's easy to tell people what they shouldn't do, but actionable solutions come from telling people what they could do.
I think an even better analogy might be Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement policy.
I read he hasn’t given up on sending money cards to senior citizens to help them buy their prescriptions. The figures I saw said he wants to take $7 billion (? - not sure) out of the Treasury to pay for it and says the money will come from future savings of his medical programs.
Said to be $200 each person, so not sure what the rest of that money is for. hella overhead. Oh, and the cards will be distributed before the election, lol.
My friend, who is very much a democrat, got an e-mail asking if she wanted to make $25/hr to go stand around campaign spots, or events. I guess to drum up a crowd. I think they all do it, just kinda funny.Not surprised
Actually, I am a little surprised
I’m sure they’d have no problem finding supporters to say that Trump is the greatest human being to ever live including George Washington and Jesus
Why do this at all?
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President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is currently running Facebook ads with “real people” who support the president. And while it’s accurate to say these people are “real” in the sense that they’re human beings and not robots from the TV show Westworld, they’re not just average people off the street. Many are political operatives.
Take this ad that’s currently running on Facebook. It shows Kim Sherk, who’s not identified by name in the ad, and yet is the president of the Georgia Federation of Republican Women.
A Georgia newspaper, the Marietta Daily Journal recognized Sherk, which might be why these ads are running in states like California, Illinois, and Mississippi, according to the Facebook ad library, rather than her home state of Georgia.........
Another ad currently being run by the Trump campaign on Facebook shows viewers a group of people sitting in a circle and talking about the dangers of a potential Biden presidency. While it might look like a typical focus group, featuring average people off the street, the video is anything but.
Some of the people in the video are former and aspiring politicians, including one woman who’s currently running for the U.S. House in Minnesota and a man who was a delegate at the Republican National Convention in both 2016 and 2020.......
Trump Facebook Ads With 'Real People' Actually Feature GOP Political Operatives
President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign is currently running Facebook ads with “real people” who support the president. And while it’s accurate to say these people are “real” in the sense that they’re human beings and not robots from the TV show Westworld, they’re not just average people...gizmodo.com
It has the possibility to add four Democrat seats to the Senate. And that's relatively immediate action. In 2022, there are a decent amount of GOP Senate seats that could be vulnerable: Marco Rubio in Florida, an open seat in North Carolina, Pat Toomey in Pennslyvania, Rob Portman in Ohio, and Ron Johnson in Wisconsin. Most, if not all, of the Democrat seats coming up in 2022 are fairly secure. Then demographics (shifting Texas) are helping in the long-term. Control the Senate and you control the federal courts.
It also has the possibility of adding Republicans to the Senate. It doesn't undo the damage that has already been done. Supreme Court appointments are lifetime appointments. McConnell made sure to pack the court with justices that will serve for decades. Adding Puerto Rico and DC's as states seems to be more of a pacifier at best, than an actual undoing of the corrupt packing of the Supreme Court that has occured.
You damn skippy just living with it is over. So is turning the other cheek with respect to Republicans and what they will do to retain power. Look no further than the what they are doing with this supreme court nomination. Republicans are the strongest of the strong believers in "do as I say, not as I do". Republican voters have more than demonstrated that they are willing to accept blatant hypocrisy from Republicans as long as they keep power. The religious right have more than demonstrated no fear of a judgment from the God they claimed to believe in an love so much as long as they keep power. Democrats are finally coming around to understanding that "fool me once shame on you, fool me twice........you can't get fooled again."
Covid-19 says hello.
Not at all. I went a little overboard on the EE. I'm glad you were able to save it and post it here.
