No because his argument, tho correct, is not clear enough to mobilize voters. He brings erudition to a knife feat. Plus the media and the legal system seem incapable of pushing back against evil but powerful forces.
No because his argument, tho correct, is not clear enough to mobilize voters. He brings erudition to a knife feat. Plus the media and the legal system seem incapable of pushing back against evil but powerful forces.
Alas, too many in America’s oligarchy do not want a powerful federal system that facilitates equitable economic growth and distribution. They want concentrated economic and political power that is rigged to favor them.
The Republican coalition is reactionary. It is a big tent that promises those that join that they will be taken care of and the “others” will be stripped of power, economically disadvantaged, shunned and (at the extremes) rounded up and deported.
Why did Biden have to give this speech?
Why are these self-evident truths not headlined above the fold of every newspaper, the topic of conversation on every television, radio and social media discussion?
Why is the success not preached from every alter?
Why is a literal con man the nominee of one of our major parties and allowed to lie, cheat and steal?
The general population lacks general literacy in basic economics and civics and this gap gets filled with paranoia, fake news, and the inability to think critically on one's own. Self-evident truths no longer seem self-evident and unfortunately what gets preached from so many alters is scarry stuff. People are not taught to search for and evaluate evidence which makes a lot of room in people's minds for conspiracy theories and fantasies. It is great feeding ground for the grifters.
Very well put, pm. Few people actually study the news these days. Instead, the listen to cuckoo commentary packed full of misinformation. I remember my parents explaining to us kids that they vote for people, not policies. They voted against Nixon because they did not trust him. They did, however, vote for Reagan, who swiftly erased Jimmy Carter's "Malaise" and pumped up the spirit of America. Unfortunately, his economic policies created an enormous wealth gap among classes. His own director of the Office of Management and Budget called them, "voodoo economics." Biden was lauding his own administration's success in the face of a teetering economy when he entered office. Trump would reinstate the voodoo. It's funny because most Republicans feel he is the much better steward of the economy while it's clear he is not. My parents are turning in their graves as voters support the person who lacks character, integrity and the ability to tell the truth. For this I blame US.
I agree that the MAGA folks are not at all interested in the value of one’s character. Look at the critters in the GOP Congress…weak, spineless, mostly men (forgive me good guys!) without integrity themselves. So many of them are an embarrassment to humanity and don’t deserve, never mind earn, their paychecks! I am slapped by disgust every single day!!
Christine, I have an ex-classmate in Indiana who votes R no matter what. She is one of those Christians who are obsessed with abortion, so it's OK if death star is all the horrible things he is. Only the end matters. Her daughter is the person who told me to "dig deeper" while quoting Judicial Watch. That resulted in my blocking her daughter, but I did explain that I thought assessment of sources was critical before I did.
One poll released this week found Harris within TWO POINTS of TFG on the question of who is better qualified to run the economy! I’d say Democrats are making some solid headway on this issue.
Agree PM, "literacy" is where it's at (>poor english). You have simply nailed it: Basic economics and civics? Missing in action! I just deleted a rant I was hammering out regarding 'home-schooling' for fear that I would be bigly misunderstood. My basic push was to make our public school system second to none. That would entail our Dept of Ed to set some clear standards which every State in these United States must adhere to.., all religion(s) aside. No, not a simple task when considering disabilities, but we are a compassionate people and that's all part of the picture. Literacy is a broad enough term to start with.
Good question. Since I don't know -- and didn't ask -- the one student I talked with, I'm assuming everyone has a different back story. I do know that my granddaughter had a supportive family in the area (not all homeless people do). So, after she left her abusive partner with their five children, she was able to live with her Mom and Dad.
The student I talked with may not have had such an option.
Mad Russian, It is OK to rant against home schooling which also often includes religious indoctrination. Then there are the wealthy parents who can afford to get together and hire music and art teachers, for example. They are also the same people who take their children to museums, etc. which is good, but not always possible when the parents are scratching to make ends meet. I have known best two families who home schooled. The first have admitted their mistake, but their three daughter have struggled mightily in different ways. In the other instance, one of the sons and his girlfriend brutally murdered the parents.
Scruffy immigrants came into NYC and got teachers who couldn’t get jobs elsewhere: women and Jews. They had a chance for the best literacy, among other things.. Now, who are the teachers?
Judith, thank you for trying to make some sense out of my comment. When you say "Now, who are the teachers", if you would elaborate a little more on that. Certainl, we do have some very competent teachers who probably take great offense to my rather broad criticism, but they would do better to take issue with some of their less competent associates and superintendents and "home-schoolers. Our "literacy rate" in this country is lacking and I'm not so sure salaries are the answer. But, back to your question?
I think it's one aspect of literacy and journalists seem to lack it also: connecting the dots. A factoid, even if understood literally, sits in isolation from its context and, therefore, its meaning and effect.
pm, so many people believe what they see on the internet and they do not understand that they need to evaluate sites. Heck, it's in print, so to speak, so it must be true. I had a student years ago when the internet was just beginning and he heaped scorn on me when I pointed out that he needed to assess what he had found which often did not make any sense.
"People are not taught to search for and evaluate evidence"
In my experience it is not a lack of teaching, but a lack of understanding or application. So much of what we were "taught" fell into the "I don't see any use for this" or "application of this is too political" in the classroom.
It's so unbelievable to me that, given all these positive facts about the Biden/Harris administration, MAGAs ONLY focus on the border, denying health care to women with pregnancy complications, and pets being cooked and eaten..
I have tried many times to remind Trump supporters about all these accomplishments. They refuse to accept anything as truth unless it comes from Donald Trump's lying mouth..
Yes, Pam, keep reminding those Trump voters about the accomplishments of the past four years. I would also emphasize that those accomplishments were ACCOMPLISHED solely (pretty much) without Republican effort. Plus, Democrats are working on the Border Issue and a few Republicans are willing to help, but not enough of them.
We have had a One-Sided Recovery NOT BECAUSE the other side hasn’t been asked to join in, but because they have REFUSED to join in as True Americans. Please, Republicans! Please! Join our effort to Keep America Mighty And Lastingly Amazing - or KAMALA, for short!
Eisenhower I presume... I loved how under his admin they took down McCarthyism during the communist scares emanating from communist successes in Russian/Eastern Europe, and Asia.
Not a partisan hack anyway. He recognized Nazis. And the current ones. From Twitter years ago. “Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ike made sure that he had the proof. I saw a video that Hitchcock made that was horrendous. It’s not one that makes the rounds very often. I think Capra made one as well. And sure enough, those bastards are indeed making that claim.
Pretty simple to me Pam. They.., "they" consider you and me just as stupid as you and I view them. Trouble is, the "they", prior to MAGA-mania were just others on-the-street soda-speak, to you and me. Today though, "they" have found camaraderie (support) amongst their easily identifiable nutbrains (MAGA hats). So "they" feel even more empowered to publicly insult you and me grouping all of us together as libtards/democrats/whale-shidt. And the press trolls the heck out of us. So, that's who "they" are and that's why they're all collectively out to the moon - ignorance being the bliss they are living within. Actually, it's a sepsis condition headed for septic. Whewwww.. flush hard, it's still a ways to go to get to mar-a-lahgo.
They cannot accept the truth, true. It's because their commitment to their racist, misogynistic, homophobic and xenophobic feelings trump everything else. Nothing else matters. (The Anger Games: Who Voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 Election, and Why?" Google it.
That's just "dirty politics" Pam. Their savvy economists, including the ones that work for Maga supporting corporations, know better, as with most other things, eg Climate Change, which is a creeping catastrophe
Why? Ignorance!! "What we have is what you want" , a man told me once in a bike shop during the pandemic, when parts availability was a fact of life. Turns out, he was absolutely right. Comprehension of information we are exposed to is vastly important. Separating fact from fiction is a vastly important job for our brains to conduct. Drawing on our own experiential learning, we possess a capacity for logic, for reason. MAGA inclined folks, not so much, if any at all. I'm reading Timothy Snyder's newest book, On Freedom, wow, and more wows! I've been helped along enormously throughout life by mentors, and by "womentors" as I call them, as well. Dr. Snyder is an engaging, page turner natural in his approach to his very live description of how he sees freedom. It is the same style Joe Biden, and soon to be President Kamala Harris have built for all Americans, including those who just don't get it. It is far easier to be spoon fed from their bloviating, lying , weak and deflating wind bag weirdo Tromp! PS, why does he always wear that long red flag around his neck? Paging Dr. Freud!
So true, but how many MAGAts read Snyder. Having spent years around rabid repubs, they are too busy buying Bill O’Riley, and other idiots and giving such tripe as gifts so he and others can be on best seller lists. Check it out. Repubs write books with the “message” equal to or more than the truth tellers like Snyder, Maddow, Woodward, etc. it was sickening to watch DeSousa being lauded by people who had a higher IQ than I did. Well, probably.
The biological units , or our bodies that we inhabit thru our lifespan,have survived and thrived on this planet have developed a brain that is capable of contrary thought. Choice. This ability has enabled us to survive, at least half of us anyway. This idea is reflected in the political decisions the people of this country make. 50/50. Half choose one way, the other half contrary. If one half makes the wrong choice and gets devoured buy a pack of lions or another tribe ,the other half can survive and continue to breed. Communism and Socialism arrests this situation by the "you will" action. We still have freedom of choice. People of Maga are as committed as progressives and moderates ,they were just born and raised that way. I believe people all want the same thing, they just can't agree on the way to achieve it. The real problem that has not been addressed enough is what is making people so anxious, and how to quell the global enease. Sorry for the preaching . I recently had some relationships sour over these issues and have to keep reminding myself that most people are just different. It does not keep me from relaying my opinion and trying to get people to vote . I just have to always put differences of thought in perspective.
Scott, good to see another Substack Author. Please work through your observations on human brain function & neurological abilities.
As a trial attorney. I always watched the faces of jurors as the Court read the jury instruction on "deductive reasoning". I was watching the faces of those jurors that already knew ... "why a person can think 40 steps ahead. All I have to do is 'weigh the evidence' & make vital decision on credibility".
Many understood: 'Oh, that's why there are 12 of us'.
Thanks Jim, if you want to get a good look at Ukraine/Russia, just take in his online Yale? lectures of several years ago, and if you want a grim reaper taste of history out of eastern Europe / Russian in the 20s and 30s, try Bloodlands, not for the faint of heart. Notice how much he's showing up on MSNBC? likely elsewhere too i trust.
he may be a movement in his own right. I've also been reading Ann Applebaum, The Iron Curtain, and it also provides a valuable look at history in that part of the world. She's written a number of books on this part of the world, and I think she and Snyder are familiar with each other.
Thanks for the reminder about Timothy Snyder's book. It was in my list of wanna-reads and then I spaced it. Between Drs Richardson and Snyder, I am managing to remain sane when all about me is chaos.
Paul Corrigan, I feel like a broken record, but there is no logic to tffg's hardcore supporters thinking. They hate Democrats and will never support any. Democrats for over a 100 years have been successfully, almost unconsciously at this point, linked to the evils of "socialism, communism, fascism," that the definition of those terms is irrelevant. Democrats will ruin our country. I'm hoping younger generations are less indoctrinated and will not fall for this propaganda. 32 million new voters since 2016!
let us hope indeed on "32 million new voters" at least a good majority, will make a real difference in November. You are so right about the anti-communist fear-mongering in USA. We got it in spades from the likes of Billy Graham in Canada during his hell bent on wheels crusades of the 50s and later. It wasn't just the "right", it was broadly cased, since communist states (esp Russian/China) were in out and out attack/revolutionary overthrow mode against the evils of capitalism, with some justice, but won't get into that. I just remember "godless Communism" from the church pews, and that too was with more than some justice. Long history tale there.
The answer is MONEY! Until Citizen's United is overturned, the Electoral College is eliminated, the Fairness doctrine to be updated and passed is brought back and consequences enforced for people in leadership that lie, we will see no changes. Another tRump will be installed shortly.
MSM likes click bait and bad news, so often we do not hear about the good things that the Biden administration does. Locally, the ads for the incumbent R in Oregon's 5th district make it sound like she hasn't supported death star and the R agenda. There is a group putting on ads against her which is not her opponent's campaign. Then there is raging Joe Kent in Washington's 3rd and his ads just tell us that he was in the military while the opposing ads show how dangerous he is. Our garden helper likes Harris, but still disses Biden. So I would say that Harris running has helped with voters like her who would vote third party and do not understand how that undermines what they stand for.
No because his argument, tho correct, is not clear enough to mobilize voters. He brings erudition to a knife feat. Plus the media and the legal system seem incapable of pushing back against evil but powerful forces.
Alas, too many in America’s oligarchy do not want a powerful federal system that facilitates equitable economic growth and distribution. They want concentrated economic and political power that is rigged to favor them.
The Republican coalition is reactionary. It is a big tent that promises those that join that they will be taken care of and the “others” will be stripped of power, economically disadvantaged, shunned and (at the extremes) rounded up and deported.
Why did Biden have to give this speech?
Why are these self-evident truths not headlined above the fold of every newspaper, the topic of conversation on every television, radio and social media discussion?
Why is the success not preached from every alter?
Why is a literal con man the nominee of one of our major parties and allowed to lie, cheat and steal?
The general population lacks general literacy in basic economics and civics and this gap gets filled with paranoia, fake news, and the inability to think critically on one's own. Self-evident truths no longer seem self-evident and unfortunately what gets preached from so many alters is scarry stuff. People are not taught to search for and evaluate evidence which makes a lot of room in people's minds for conspiracy theories and fantasies. It is great feeding ground for the grifters.
Very well put, pm. Few people actually study the news these days. Instead, the listen to cuckoo commentary packed full of misinformation. I remember my parents explaining to us kids that they vote for people, not policies. They voted against Nixon because they did not trust him. They did, however, vote for Reagan, who swiftly erased Jimmy Carter's "Malaise" and pumped up the spirit of America. Unfortunately, his economic policies created an enormous wealth gap among classes. His own director of the Office of Management and Budget called them, "voodoo economics." Biden was lauding his own administration's success in the face of a teetering economy when he entered office. Trump would reinstate the voodoo. It's funny because most Republicans feel he is the much better steward of the economy while it's clear he is not. My parents are turning in their graves as voters support the person who lacks character, integrity and the ability to tell the truth. For this I blame US.
I agree that the MAGA folks are not at all interested in the value of one’s character. Look at the critters in the GOP Congress…weak, spineless, mostly men (forgive me good guys!) without integrity themselves. So many of them are an embarrassment to humanity and don’t deserve, never mind earn, their paychecks! I am slapped by disgust every single day!!
Christine, I have an ex-classmate in Indiana who votes R no matter what. She is one of those Christians who are obsessed with abortion, so it's OK if death star is all the horrible things he is. Only the end matters. Her daughter is the person who told me to "dig deeper" while quoting Judicial Watch. That resulted in my blocking her daughter, but I did explain that I thought assessment of sources was critical before I did.
One poll released this week found Harris within TWO POINTS of TFG on the question of who is better qualified to run the economy! I’d say Democrats are making some solid headway on this issue.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-norc-poll-shows-voters-are-split-on-whether-harris-or-trump-would-do-a-better-job-on-the-economy
Agree PM, "literacy" is where it's at (>poor english). You have simply nailed it: Basic economics and civics? Missing in action! I just deleted a rant I was hammering out regarding 'home-schooling' for fear that I would be bigly misunderstood. My basic push was to make our public school system second to none. That would entail our Dept of Ed to set some clear standards which every State in these United States must adhere to.., all religion(s) aside. No, not a simple task when considering disabilities, but we are a compassionate people and that's all part of the picture. Literacy is a broad enough term to start with.
It's difficult to stay in school when you don't have a permanent home.
OK Ellen. No home. Why?
Good question. Since I don't know -- and didn't ask -- the one student I talked with, I'm assuming everyone has a different back story. I do know that my granddaughter had a supportive family in the area (not all homeless people do). So, after she left her abusive partner with their five children, she was able to live with her Mom and Dad.
The student I talked with may not have had such an option.
Mad Russian, It is OK to rant against home schooling which also often includes religious indoctrination. Then there are the wealthy parents who can afford to get together and hire music and art teachers, for example. They are also the same people who take their children to museums, etc. which is good, but not always possible when the parents are scratching to make ends meet. I have known best two families who home schooled. The first have admitted their mistake, but their three daughter have struggled mightily in different ways. In the other instance, one of the sons and his girlfriend brutally murdered the parents.
Michele, I see it in much the same light. Probably ought to include the reproduction of Noahs Ark, in that list of museums for a good portion.
LOL. I put that one out of my mind. The wealthy people I am referencing live near D.C., so I was thinking of the large array there.
Scruffy immigrants came into NYC and got teachers who couldn’t get jobs elsewhere: women and Jews. They had a chance for the best literacy, among other things.. Now, who are the teachers?
Judith, thank you for trying to make some sense out of my comment. When you say "Now, who are the teachers", if you would elaborate a little more on that. Certainl, we do have some very competent teachers who probably take great offense to my rather broad criticism, but they would do better to take issue with some of their less competent associates and superintendents and "home-schoolers. Our "literacy rate" in this country is lacking and I'm not so sure salaries are the answer. But, back to your question?
I think it's one aspect of literacy and journalists seem to lack it also: connecting the dots. A factoid, even if understood literally, sits in isolation from its context and, therefore, its meaning and effect.
pm, so many people believe what they see on the internet and they do not understand that they need to evaluate sites. Heck, it's in print, so to speak, so it must be true. I had a student years ago when the internet was just beginning and he heaped scorn on me when I pointed out that he needed to assess what he had found which often did not make any sense.
We’ll said, pm.
"People are not taught to search for and evaluate evidence"
In my experience it is not a lack of teaching, but a lack of understanding or application. So much of what we were "taught" fell into the "I don't see any use for this" or "application of this is too political" in the classroom.
It's so unbelievable to me that, given all these positive facts about the Biden/Harris administration, MAGAs ONLY focus on the border, denying health care to women with pregnancy complications, and pets being cooked and eaten..
I have tried many times to remind Trump supporters about all these accomplishments. They refuse to accept anything as truth unless it comes from Donald Trump's lying mouth..
Yes, Pam, keep reminding those Trump voters about the accomplishments of the past four years. I would also emphasize that those accomplishments were ACCOMPLISHED solely (pretty much) without Republican effort. Plus, Democrats are working on the Border Issue and a few Republicans are willing to help, but not enough of them.
We have had a One-Sided Recovery NOT BECAUSE the other side hasn’t been asked to join in, but because they have REFUSED to join in as True Americans. Please, Republicans! Please! Join our effort to Keep America Mighty And Lastingly Amazing - or KAMALA, for short!
Cults are in a prison of their own making. Only they or their idol have the key. Unless Ike is in the neighborhood.
"Cults are in a prison of the own making".
Excellent!!! This is a perfect description of the Make America White Again crowd.
That’s what cults are and they are devoted to their “know-it-alls.”
Eisenhower I presume... I loved how under his admin they took down McCarthyism during the communist scares emanating from communist successes in Russian/Eastern Europe, and Asia.
General Ike would come in handy now.
More likely would be working for the Dems, he was courted by both sides i think.
Not a partisan hack anyway. He recognized Nazis. And the current ones. From Twitter years ago. “Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses - because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
throw a little more light on that, JD.
Ike made sure that he had the proof. I saw a video that Hitchcock made that was horrendous. It’s not one that makes the rounds very often. I think Capra made one as well. And sure enough, those bastards are indeed making that claim.
Im missi ng the basic claim, likely earlier in the thread. Thanks
It's crazy, Pam, and speaks to the deteriorating soul of our country.
“…deteriorating soul of our country…” how perfectly described!
Wait....wait....wait. That is how Trump describes this country.
Trump said "deteriorating soul"? Who's his writer now?
And he has made it so to the extent that he could. With help from the MAGAt and the money
Pretty simple to me Pam. They.., "they" consider you and me just as stupid as you and I view them. Trouble is, the "they", prior to MAGA-mania were just others on-the-street soda-speak, to you and me. Today though, "they" have found camaraderie (support) amongst their easily identifiable nutbrains (MAGA hats). So "they" feel even more empowered to publicly insult you and me grouping all of us together as libtards/democrats/whale-shidt. And the press trolls the heck out of us. So, that's who "they" are and that's why they're all collectively out to the moon - ignorance being the bliss they are living within. Actually, it's a sepsis condition headed for septic. Whewwww.. flush hard, it's still a ways to go to get to mar-a-lahgo.
They cannot accept the truth, true. It's because their commitment to their racist, misogynistic, homophobic and xenophobic feelings trump everything else. Nothing else matters. (The Anger Games: Who Voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 Election, and Why?" Google it.
That's just "dirty politics" Pam. Their savvy economists, including the ones that work for Maga supporting corporations, know better, as with most other things, eg Climate Change, which is a creeping catastrophe
Why? Ignorance!! "What we have is what you want" , a man told me once in a bike shop during the pandemic, when parts availability was a fact of life. Turns out, he was absolutely right. Comprehension of information we are exposed to is vastly important. Separating fact from fiction is a vastly important job for our brains to conduct. Drawing on our own experiential learning, we possess a capacity for logic, for reason. MAGA inclined folks, not so much, if any at all. I'm reading Timothy Snyder's newest book, On Freedom, wow, and more wows! I've been helped along enormously throughout life by mentors, and by "womentors" as I call them, as well. Dr. Snyder is an engaging, page turner natural in his approach to his very live description of how he sees freedom. It is the same style Joe Biden, and soon to be President Kamala Harris have built for all Americans, including those who just don't get it. It is far easier to be spoon fed from their bloviating, lying , weak and deflating wind bag weirdo Tromp! PS, why does he always wear that long red flag around his neck? Paging Dr. Freud!
So true, but how many MAGAts read Snyder. Having spent years around rabid repubs, they are too busy buying Bill O’Riley, and other idiots and giving such tripe as gifts so he and others can be on best seller lists. Check it out. Repubs write books with the “message” equal to or more than the truth tellers like Snyder, Maddow, Woodward, etc. it was sickening to watch DeSousa being lauded by people who had a higher IQ than I did. Well, probably.
The biological units , or our bodies that we inhabit thru our lifespan,have survived and thrived on this planet have developed a brain that is capable of contrary thought. Choice. This ability has enabled us to survive, at least half of us anyway. This idea is reflected in the political decisions the people of this country make. 50/50. Half choose one way, the other half contrary. If one half makes the wrong choice and gets devoured buy a pack of lions or another tribe ,the other half can survive and continue to breed. Communism and Socialism arrests this situation by the "you will" action. We still have freedom of choice. People of Maga are as committed as progressives and moderates ,they were just born and raised that way. I believe people all want the same thing, they just can't agree on the way to achieve it. The real problem that has not been addressed enough is what is making people so anxious, and how to quell the global enease. Sorry for the preaching . I recently had some relationships sour over these issues and have to keep reminding myself that most people are just different. It does not keep me from relaying my opinion and trying to get people to vote . I just have to always put differences of thought in perspective.
Scott, good to see another Substack Author. Please work through your observations on human brain function & neurological abilities.
As a trial attorney. I always watched the faces of jurors as the Court read the jury instruction on "deductive reasoning". I was watching the faces of those jurors that already knew ... "why a person can think 40 steps ahead. All I have to do is 'weigh the evidence' & make vital decision on credibility".
Many understood: 'Oh, that's why there are 12 of us'.
I must say it IS refreshing when a MAGA white walker admits they were wrong.
Thanks Jim, if you want to get a good look at Ukraine/Russia, just take in his online Yale? lectures of several years ago, and if you want a grim reaper taste of history out of eastern Europe / Russian in the 20s and 30s, try Bloodlands, not for the faint of heart. Notice how much he's showing up on MSNBC? likely elsewhere too i trust.
Thank you Frank. Dr Snyder is a one off, yes!
he may be a movement in his own right. I've also been reading Ann Applebaum, The Iron Curtain, and it also provides a valuable look at history in that part of the world. She's written a number of books on this part of the world, and I think she and Snyder are familiar with each other.
Add Rebecca Solnit to the mix Frank.
Thanks Jim
Jim,
Thanks for the reminder about Timothy Snyder's book. It was in my list of wanna-reads and then I spaced it. Between Drs Richardson and Snyder, I am managing to remain sane when all about me is chaos.
Reading now!
Paul Corrigan, I feel like a broken record, but there is no logic to tffg's hardcore supporters thinking. They hate Democrats and will never support any. Democrats for over a 100 years have been successfully, almost unconsciously at this point, linked to the evils of "socialism, communism, fascism," that the definition of those terms is irrelevant. Democrats will ruin our country. I'm hoping younger generations are less indoctrinated and will not fall for this propaganda. 32 million new voters since 2016!
let us hope indeed on "32 million new voters" at least a good majority, will make a real difference in November. You are so right about the anti-communist fear-mongering in USA. We got it in spades from the likes of Billy Graham in Canada during his hell bent on wheels crusades of the 50s and later. It wasn't just the "right", it was broadly cased, since communist states (esp Russian/China) were in out and out attack/revolutionary overthrow mode against the evils of capitalism, with some justice, but won't get into that. I just remember "godless Communism" from the church pews, and that too was with more than some justice. Long history tale there.
The answer is MONEY! Until Citizen's United is overturned, the Electoral College is eliminated, the Fairness doctrine to be updated and passed is brought back and consequences enforced for people in leadership that lie, we will see no changes. Another tRump will be installed shortly.
Eadie- Shouldn't elimination of lobbyists be on your list as well.
1000 of us complaining here about X can be over ridden over lunch with a Senator or Congresscritter meeting with one lobbyist.
YES!
MSM likes click bait and bad news, so often we do not hear about the good things that the Biden administration does. Locally, the ads for the incumbent R in Oregon's 5th district make it sound like she hasn't supported death star and the R agenda. There is a group putting on ads against her which is not her opponent's campaign. Then there is raging Joe Kent in Washington's 3rd and his ads just tell us that he was in the military while the opposing ads show how dangerous he is. Our garden helper likes Harris, but still disses Biden. So I would say that Harris running has helped with voters like her who would vote third party and do not understand how that undermines what they stand for.
Absolutely agree, Paul.
@JBR They understand WE'RE NUMBER !!
USA.