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Post by ellie on Jul 22, 2024 16:20:45 GMT
I think the problem was his frailty makes him unreliable and you really can’t run a Presidential campaign under the constant worry that your candidate is going screw up. Biden is a decent and very impressive man who has done his country great service. But there comes a point for everyone when you have to accept the march of time and realise that you’re not as physically and mentally sharp as you once were and pass the torch on. Personally I would have liked to have seen Michelle Obama enter the race but I don’t blame her for not wanting to
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Post by roverpup on Jul 22, 2024 17:07:02 GMT
Well I didn't even mention Michelle Obama because I already knew she had put the kibosh on the suggestion.
And I fully agree that KH isn't without her drawbacks.
Personally I just can't understand why people seemed to not even give her a chance. She had a very brief period of a "honeymoon" after she was chosen by Biden in 2020. But then she just plummeted. Misogyny and racist attitudes seems the only real reasons.
Whenever I've seen her speak she seems to be bright, personable, articulate, passionate and media savvy.
But the state of American politics is such that having all those qualities doesn't mean shit in the face of 24/7 propaganda against you by people who think nothing of lying and spreading malicious rumours with seemingly unlimited funds.
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Post by jbc12 on Jul 27, 2024 5:14:53 GMT
Am I understanding this correctly? Trump just said if he's voted in now, people won't have to vote again in the future. So, he's going to be a dictator, yes? Cool, cool. ![:-S](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wavey.png)
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Post by onebluestocking on Jul 29, 2024 5:16:35 GMT
He has already said he would be a dictator "only on day one," if anyone had any doubts of his intentions after Jan. 6. People need to listen and believe that he is who he says he is!
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Post by sgev1977 on Jul 29, 2024 13:54:50 GMT
TBF I don’t think he was trying to said that. Not that he didn’t have the intention but I don’t think he is so stupid to say it aloud! But because he is still stupid, he accidentally suggested it while trying to say something else! lol
The thing is he is very incoherent and bizarre and I think that was what it was happening there. Apparently the context is that the audience is some Christian group that supposedly rarely vote so he is begging for their vote and kinda promising them that he will be so good that they wouldn’t need to vote for anyone else again! Extremely bizarre and dumb but not suicidal enough to tell people he plans to end democracy in the USA.
But yeah, people should put attention to his bizarreness and stupidity. He clearly isn’t a good choice in any way.
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Post by ellie on Jul 29, 2024 14:18:46 GMT
I’m really hoping that Kamala Harris will be able to highlight the utter incoherent, mendacious rubbish that Trump speaks. While the focus was on Biden’s physical and mental frailty Trump got away with saying whatever he liked without facing too much push back. Hopefully that will now change.
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Post by onebluestocking on Jul 30, 2024 4:51:08 GMT
He already tried multiple times to end democracy in the USA, with his fake electors scheme, and pressuring the Georgia AG to "find" more votes for him, and trying to badger Mike Pence into not certifying the vote count, and finally sending his rioting stooges to break into the Capitol. So I have no trouble believing he will try it again. For some reason, people keep thinking he doesn't really mean the awful things he says but, like he said last time, he could shoot somebody in the street and not loose any votes.
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Post by queenzod on Jul 30, 2024 6:07:11 GMT
I think it’s because he’s a fool so people don’t take him seriously. People don’t understand the depths of his psychopathy and the media refuses to discuss it to educate people. So he gets up there in front of his rallies and spouts tons of nonsense and people laugh it off. And then he’s got this army of spin doctors behind him who obfuscate and lie, muddying the waters. They’re all super dangerous.
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Post by jbc12 on Jul 30, 2024 6:47:34 GMT
For some reason, people keep thinking he doesn't really mean the awful things he says I, for one, believe every word he says, no matter how unhinged it sounds. He has always been a vile specimen and a dangerous one, and we saw how much he abused his position of power last time. I think every reasonable person knows he has no limit to what he'll do if given more power. I also think many believe there are still checks and balances behind the scenes to keep him in his lane, but with all the decisions the SC has made, I don't think anyone is even trying to keep him in his lane. They want what he's selling. It's up to the people to vote in the right direction and stop the madness. They’re all super dangerous. This is the bigger problem, from my limited point of view. Not just his spin team but his Justices and other carefully-positioned appointees and backers who are, by virtue of being in strategically important positions in the courts and government, even more dangerous than he is. Edit to add: that's just my point of view as an outsider with a limited understanding of how the US system works, so please feel free to correct me if I'm in the wrong. Always happy to learn more.
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Post by ellie on Jul 30, 2024 10:33:55 GMT
Excellent post Jbc. It perfectly sums up the feeling towards and fear of Trump in this part of the world. Because his Presidency is a scary prospect not just for the US but globally and he seems to have a whole mechanism in place to rubber stamp whatever he wants to do. I’m hoping against hope he doesn’t win.
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