US Politics Thread

It started with abortion but, as predicted, the rest will follow post 2024.

The House advanced legislation this week, ensuring access to contraception by a vote of 228-195. Only 8 Republicans voted YES. All 195 NO votes were Republicans.
Theres also one mad woman saying that adoptive parents are ’fake’ and the biggest threat to our children today! “Children are made by god and should be brought up with a ‘biological mom and dad”. That would be bad enough if it was an anonymous twitter post but it’s actually an interview given by a sitting congresswoman……..

There’s actually only the width of a cigarette paper between the GOP and the Taliban!
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
It started with abortion but, as predicted, the rest will follow post 2024.

The House advanced legislation this week, ensuring access to contraception by a vote of 228-195. Only 8 Republicans voted YES. All 195 NO votes were Republicans.
Theres also one mad woman saying that adoptive parents are ’fake’ and the biggest threat to our children today! “Children are made by god and should be brought up with a ‘biological mom and dad”. That would be bad enough if it was an anonymous twitter post but it’s actually an interview given by a sitting congresswoman……..

There’s actually only the width of a cigarette paper between the GOP and the Taliban!
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This idiocy is a result of out-of-control gerrymandering and closed primaries (where each party's selection of candidates for office occur but where the other party cannot vote to influence the outcome - primaries have low turnout and hyper partisan candidates, either far right or far left, frequently win out).
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
It started with abortion but, as predicted, the rest will follow post 2024.

The House advanced legislation this week, ensuring access to contraception by a vote of 228-195. Only 8 Republicans voted YES. All 195 NO votes were Republicans.
Theres also one mad woman saying that adoptive parents are ’fake’ and the biggest threat to our children today! “Children are made by god and should be brought up with a ‘biological mom and dad”. That would be bad enough if it was an anonymous twitter post but it’s actually an interview given by a sitting congresswoman……..

There’s actually only the width of a cigarette paper between the GOP and the Taliban!
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A transparent attack on gays and lesbians surely?
 
SWP's back said:
The full blooper reel is great fun, especially when he’s the first to suggest Biden’s gaff prone.
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Trump isn't particularly gaff prone - Trump by-in-large articulates precisely what he means. And he's the master of double-speak - both saying and not saying, leaving supporters free to embrace his remarks while leaving room to deny those who oppose him. Proud Boys - stand back and stand by. And so on.

This so-called "blooper real" (it's not a set of bloopers -it's Trump rejecting speaking points that he disagrees with) isn't powerful in that it suggests that Trump is prone to missteps in communication - far from it. It's powerful because it illustrates that Trump knows precisely what he wants to say - and he's having none of the "Biden won the election" talking points.

In contrast, Biden is extremely gaff prone - either misrepresenting himself, or caught out in a truthful utterance that nonetheless would have much better been left unsaid.

That said, Trump is the worst President America has ever had by a long ways. And for what it's worth, I think that Biden is performing quite well but has been delt an insuperable set of challenges. Perhaps a more articulate President would be doing much better in the polls - but I doubt it. Double digit inflation and the steady, unified drum of right wing disparagement as embodied by Fox News are going to make Biden a one term president.
 
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BlueMoonAcrossThePond said:
Trump isn't particularly gaff prone - Trump by-in-large articulates precisely what he means. And he's the master of double-speak - both saying and not saying, leaving supporters free to embrace his remarks while leaving room to deny those who oppose him. Proud Boys - stand back and stand by. And so on.

This so-called "blooper real" (it's not a set of bloopers -it's Trump rejecting speaking points that he disagrees with) isn't powerful in that it suggests that Trump is prone to missteps in communication - far from it. It's powerful because it illustrates that Trump knows precisely what he wants to say - and he's having none of the "Biden won the election" talking points.

In contrast, Biden is extremely gaff prone - either misrepresenting himself, or caught out in a truthful utterance that nonetheless would have much better been left unsaid.

That said, Trump is the worst President America has ever had by a long ways. And for what it's worth, I think that Biden is performing quite well but has been delt an insuperable set of challenges. Perhaps a more articulate President would be doing much better in the polls - but I doubt it. Double digit inflation and the steady, unified drum of right wing disparagement as embodied by Fox News are going to make Biden a one term president.
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Biden has a stutter, which he often finds difficult to control. This often results in his brain misfiring when he speaks.

Trump is just an ill educated buffoon with a limited vocabulary that he has a mastery of. He's used mob tactics all his life. A playground bully with influence and money.
 
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