1st DRAFT of this RESPONSE DELETED. I was getting, ahem, fussy. I will likely pull my initial response, too. Will has made some fine points and I need to chew the cud.
1st DRAFT of this RESPONSE DELETED. I was getting, ahem, fussy. I will likely pull my initial response, too. Will has made some fine points and I need to chew the cud.
I liked your comment because of your suggestion that the "key is to get families talking about politics, arguing out what they think American democracy is and means; that is, to re-engage in republican citizenship." That is what's missing right now and badly needed. Nobody wants to talk about it. It's considered rude to even mention politics in certain circles. I have neighbors that ignore me. lol.
Fortunately, my neighbors are still talking to me even after we put up our Biden/Harris sign. The ONLY one ЁЯШФhere in my neighborhood peninsula of nearly 800 people in Magaville, Florida .Come on HCR peeps, join us! ЁЯкз And while youтАЩre at it ,sport a Biden/Harris t-shirt. IтАЩve been wearing one since Feb. and only ++ comments/discussions.ЁЯСХЁЯЫТ
As the weather heats up here in the land of тАЬno climate changeтАЭ, IтАЩve been encouraging my younger family members,with their frequent pool partiesЁЯШОЁЯН╗, to have those conversations with friends.A GOP Admin that would restrict access to condoms and prioritize the rhythm method of birth control seems to get their attention. Fortunately theyтАЩre still talking to me too !
IтАЩve been using talking points from Andra Watkins, who has read and dissected Project 2025.тмЗя╕П
It was former Representative Kinzinger (R-IL) who called for this in his closing remarks in one of the 06jan21 Committee hearings. тЬМя╕ПEDIT: but, hey, I worked in government long enough to learn how to take credit when and where it is not due. ЁЯдл
Ned, if you need another resource to review here on Substack that undergirds WillтАЩs points, read Simon RosenbergтАЩs Hopium Chronicles. Rosenberg is admittedly a Democrat but his analysis of current polls includes a much broader scope of statistics and methodology than most - and he correctly predicted that there would be no тАЬRed WaveтАЭ in 2022 - something nearly every mainstream media outlet was leading with (IтАЩm looking at you, NYT!).
Polling is a social science. It is nigh on impossible to do it without skewing the results to match the politics of those doing the work. And Republican pollsters are constantly flooding the zone with polls that are more propaganda than science - which then leads to red wavy bs being pushed around as gospel truth.
The Economist has a perspective. That perspective is definitively Capitalist- with a capital C. They are less concerned with my wellbeing as an American than with the wellbeing of the stock and financial markets. My point is to read any poll with an eye towards the politics of the polling agency. Polls are a snapshot in time and a skewed one. Better to spend time helping get out the vote, something that actually can change the outcome of this election!
Funny thing is, I usually do not pay attention to polls. I decide how I am going to vote and say so, if provoked, asked, or giving in to my curmudgeonly ways.
1st DRAFT of this RESPONSE DELETED. I was getting, ahem, fussy. I will likely pull my initial response, too. Will has made some fine points and I need to chew the cud.
I liked your comment because of your suggestion that the "key is to get families talking about politics, arguing out what they think American democracy is and means; that is, to re-engage in republican citizenship." That is what's missing right now and badly needed. Nobody wants to talk about it. It's considered rude to even mention politics in certain circles. I have neighbors that ignore me. lol.
Fortunately, my neighbors are still talking to me even after we put up our Biden/Harris sign. The ONLY one ЁЯШФhere in my neighborhood peninsula of nearly 800 people in Magaville, Florida .Come on HCR peeps, join us! ЁЯкз And while youтАЩre at it ,sport a Biden/Harris t-shirt. IтАЩve been wearing one since Feb. and only ++ comments/discussions.ЁЯСХЁЯЫТ
As the weather heats up here in the land of тАЬno climate changeтАЭ, IтАЩve been encouraging my younger family members,with their frequent pool partiesЁЯШОЁЯН╗, to have those conversations with friends.A GOP Admin that would restrict access to condoms and prioritize the rhythm method of birth control seems to get their attention. Fortunately theyтАЩre still talking to me too !
IтАЩve been using talking points from Andra Watkins, who has read and dissected Project 2025.тмЗя╕П
https://open.substack.com/pub/project2025istheocracy/p/reader-question-what-does-project?r=fqsxl&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Just imagine the fun we could drum up if we were neighbors!! I appreciate your passion so much. Thank you for sticking your neck out there.
I have shirts like тАЬMake Racism Wrong Again.тАЭ Nothing political as yet, but one coming up.
Your enthusiasm is infectious, Kathy.
People wonтАЩt talk in Texas, unless you are a cult nut.
It was former Representative Kinzinger (R-IL) who called for this in his closing remarks in one of the 06jan21 Committee hearings. тЬМя╕ПEDIT: but, hey, I worked in government long enough to learn how to take credit when and where it is not due. ЁЯдл
Ned, if you need another resource to review here on Substack that undergirds WillтАЩs points, read Simon RosenbergтАЩs Hopium Chronicles. Rosenberg is admittedly a Democrat but his analysis of current polls includes a much broader scope of statistics and methodology than most - and he correctly predicted that there would be no тАЬRed WaveтАЭ in 2022 - something nearly every mainstream media outlet was leading with (IтАЩm looking at you, NYT!).
Polling is a social science. It is nigh on impossible to do it without skewing the results to match the politics of those doing the work. And Republican pollsters are constantly flooding the zone with polls that are more propaganda than science - which then leads to red wavy bs being pushed around as gospel truth.
The Economist has a perspective. That perspective is definitively Capitalist- with a capital C. They are less concerned with my wellbeing as an American than with the wellbeing of the stock and financial markets. My point is to read any poll with an eye towards the politics of the polling agency. Polls are a snapshot in time and a skewed one. Better to spend time helping get out the vote, something that actually can change the outcome of this election!
Thank you for the suggestion of Mr Rosenberg.
Funny thing is, I usually do not pay attention to polls. I decide how I am going to vote and say so, if provoked, asked, or giving in to my curmudgeonly ways.
Cud can be useful sometimes
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P.S. as a moderate conservative, long gone from the G.O.P., consider me not part of the 'new' right but the 'moo' right. ЁЯднЁЯдлЁЯШК