On the bright side...we live in WA state...which in general, seems to be doing pretty well for itself in safeguarding and isolation from Federal bullshit?
I think Bernie lost because he had no will to fight. Biden was just able to hide in the cover of the establishment media and party machinery and Bernie wasn’t willing to flush him out if his hole and expose him. That being said I think trump will have no problem running campaign ads stating that he was fighting covid while Biden was hiding from everyone. It’s going to be a very effective message imo
I absolutely agree with you on that. My plea to you and OftenBen (who will almost definitely respond with snark) and others is to think of the Supreme Court. Screw Biden, screw the DNC, this is about the Supreme Court. Trump winning later this year has all sorts of issues written on it, but giving him another Justice is maybe the biggest.
Unfortunately, the Dems and the GOP and their propaganda arms parading as 'news' have convinced us that politics is a war of ideals, not a question of good governance. Bernie wins the ideological battle every time. He's a great candidate if you want to win ideological warfare. However, I predict that Bernie would have been a poor President because good legislation cannot pass ideological purity because it is by nature a product of compromise. I'm tired of this leadership stuff. The president is a public servant that commands our troops, appoints justices, and signs legislation.
I don't think this is true. He was able to get stuff done in the Senate, and despite his strong ideological standing I haven't seen any evidence he couldn't work with members of both parties. The other thing is that he wasn't as blindly idealistic as he was painted to be: I remember him saying in an interview once that, since you'll always get less than you ask for, you're better off asking for the moon.However, I predict that Bernie would have been a poor President because good legislation cannot pass ideological purity because it is by nature a product of compromise.
I hate that argument, it’s how we got Gore, Hillary and now Biden. Every time the Democratic establishment tells me I have to vote of their candidates because think about the Supreme Court and abortion. They tell the black man next door that he has no choice he can either vote for a party that does nothing for him or he can vote for Jim Crow. I’m tired of voting against a candidate, and frankly I don’t have to because wa will vote blue And eat that shit up just fine without me.
It’s an argument I wouldn’t have made a week ago, but now we have what we have and quite frankly I like that WA state has options for contraceptives, abortion, and alllll sorts of other things that could be in jeopardy with further erosion of the Supreme Court. Does Hubski support emojis because here’s one: 🤷🏻♂️ If y’all want to spite yourselves, help yourself to it!
I'm putting my money into local efforts, and by local, I mean "local to assholes that need to get voted out." Folx like Amy McGrath.
Oh my god. just looking at her scream "KAREN"
That was coming from a place of amusement, not disdain, which is a really hard distinction to make over a comment. L o l at oftenben badging a comment about purity dials, that’s the most hypocritical thing I’ve seen here in a while. Maybe it’s just me but Hubski doesn’t seem as nice and friendly lately and I’m part of that problem. I’ll see you all in the future. Stay safe until then.
I think it all depends on how the fight against covid turns out. If the economy flounders and covid takes out a lot of people that may give Biden more of a chance. I mean will people really want a guy that led the economy down the crapper and had a poor response to be a pandemic? Things could have been somewhat better here. How big of chance though will Biden have? Time will tell. Who knows what the covid situation next week will be like?
It isn't really about the states that always go blue or the states that always go red. Those states are going their color regardless of the candidates. It's the swing states where Trump beat Clinton only by about 100,000 people where everything will play out. Who knows though what will happen though?