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Many Americans Say the Democratic Party Does Not Share Their Priorities

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Carolina Fever said:
So, would they rather share the MAGA priorities of greed, racism, and bigotry, and the Pubs that are complicit with it? No matter what they think the priorities of Dems are they still aren't ones founded in greed and hate.
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Seems so

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Ramrouser said:
Trump is complicated but give him credit for putting together the most formidable Republican coalition since Reagan: The Coalition of the Common Sense.
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Trump definitely has a coalition. The problem is, it's not a coalition built on being a great leader or being inspirational or being wise. It's largely built on fear and lies. Fear of the maga mob who can cost you your job in the primaries and now Elon musk who has the money to take you out in the primaries.

Lies being any number of things but especially the lie of a stolen election in 2020 which very few congressional Republicans were willing to call him out on, again, because of the maga mob.

Trump is right on some things, but his lies have done more damage to our country than any person I can think of.
 
ZenMode said:
Fear of the maga mob who can cost you your job in the primaries and now Elon musk who has the money to take you out in the primaries.

Lies being any number of things but especially the lie of a stolen election in 2020 which very few congressional Republicans were willing to call him out on, again, because of the maga mob.
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Facts!
 
superrific said:
1. Suppose that's true. Then why did we go through all of this?

3. If it was all kabuki theater, why did he do it?
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1 and 3 are easy to answer. Because tariffs, like EOs, are something he can do with a stroke of a pen (ignoring for a second the improper delegation by Congress of the constitutional power to regulate trade).

If you give Trump a power, he will use it. Trump has the tariff hammer and he is out looking for nails. He wants to swing that hammer because he likes to exercise power for the mere sake of exercising power. Trump enacts tariffs for the same reason people like to climb mountains -- because they are there.

Also, Trump has had a long-standing belief since the 1980s (when Japan was buying up Manhattan real estate) that the US is getting the short-end of the stick in the new international world order. No matter how much logic or economic analysis is presented to him, his default belief is that other countries are taking advantage of us. So, swinging the tariff hammer makes him feel like he is doing something to combat unfairness.

These two points -- his inclination to exercise power that does not require congressional approval and his distrust of the current world order -- explains why he enacted the tariffs.
 
Calheel said:
1 and 3 are easy to answer. Because tariffs, like EOs, are something he can do with a stroke of a pen (ignoring for a second the improper delegation by Congress of the constitutional power to regulate trade).

If you give Trump a power, he will use it. Trump has the tariff hammer and he is out looking for nails. He wants to swing that hammer because he likes to exercise power for the mere sake of exercising power. Trump enacts tariffs for the same reason people like to climb mountains -- because they are there.

Also, Trump has had a long-standing belief since the 1980s (when Japan was buying up Manhattan real estate) that the US is getting the short-end of the stick in the new international world order. No matter how much logic or economic analysis is presented to him, his default belief is that other countries are taking advantage of us. So, swinging the tariff hammer makes him feel like he is doing something to combat unfairness.

These two points -- his inclination to exercise power that does not require congressional approval and his distrust of the current world order -- explains why he enacted the tariffs.
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Yes. The questions were largely rhetorical. The point is that nothing he is doing makes any sense from a perspective other than Trump doing Trump things.
 
UNCatTech said:
You know you've said this three million times in every thread no matter the topic. We get it you're transphobic and bad at math. Can you just stop fucking up other discussions?

Maybe we can give this opinion a number, so you don't have to type it out in the future you can just post the number and well all know that you hate trans athletes.
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No, I'm not a transphobe, nor am I bad at math. I've just continued to recognize what the entirety of the country recognized, prior to the recent progressive movement. Males and females are different and they should not compete against each other.

Democrats have always been big on following the science. Well, why would you stop now?
 
Lando said:
Next time you are in church look around and see how many pews are empty. Think about how many liberal friends actually talk to you. Pay attention to the people in your family that stop making eye contact and get quiet when you just "joke" about politics are spout your common sense. See how many people get busy around the holidays or decide to celebrate with the other side of the family this year.

Enjoy Trump's coalition. It's all you have and it's all you'll ever have.
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Glad you’re so “concerned” about my personal life. Since you’re curious, my immediate and extended family are close and regularly celebrate together at Christmas and at the beach over the 4th. I have plenty of liberal friends and we get along great. My Episcopal Cathedral has enjoyed steady growth in attendance the past 3 years.

Not sure where you’re going other than to try and paint Republicans as angry, bitter folks. Project much? I would ask who on this board is bitter and angry? Not my team. Enjoy your evening.
 
ZenMode said:
No, I'm not a transphobe, nor am I bad at math. I've just continued to recognize what the entirety of the country recognized, prior to the recent progressive movement. Males and females are different and they should not compete against each other.

Democrats have always been big on following the science. Well, why would you stop now?
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The science? The science that states clearly that gender is not binary?

Maybe you want to look through history at all of the things that the country recognized that turned out to be wrong.

Remember the Catholic church believed left-handed people were sinners.
 
UNCatTech said:
The science? The science that states clearly that gender is not binary?

Maybe you want to look through history at all of the things that the country recognized that turned out to be wrong.

Remember the Catholic church believed left-handed people were sinners.
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That sounds sinister.
 
UNCatTech said:
The science? The science that states clearly that gender is not binary?

Maybe you want to look through history at all of the things that the country recognized that turned out to be wrong.

Remember the Catholic church believed left-handed people were sinners.
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Only those with a hairy left palm.
 
UNCatTech said:
The science? The science that states clearly that gender is not binary?

Maybe you want to look through history at all of the things that the country recognized that turned out to be wrong.

Remember the Catholic church believed left-handed people were sinners.
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The science conclusively defines the clear differences between males and females. Not just humans, either.
 
So let me guess - Zen is still arguing that if only Democrats abandoned transgender people that they would win more elections? Even if they did that social conservatives wouldn't vote Democratic - they'd just say that Democrats also needed to abandon and publicly renounce all LGBTQ people and "femnazis" and any social liberalism before they "might" consider voting Democratic (and they still wouldn't). It's a dead-end argument and excuse that Republicans use to justify voting against Democrats in pretty much every election cycle. If only Democrats turned into Republicans they might actually vote for them, even though they still wouldn't.
 
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ZenMode said:
The science conclusively defines the clear differences between males and females. Not just humans, either.
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Really, explain the fish that are all born female and transition to males later or the other animals that will transition if their population becomes out of balance. Or the humans that are intersexed or born with both sex organs?

Dude we know your homophobic and transphobic. You be you, but don't expect anyone to have any respect for your opinion.
 
Mulberry Heel said:
So let me guess - Zen is still arguing that if only Democrats abandoned transgender people that they would win more elections? Even if they did that social conservatives wouldn't vote Democratic - they'd just say that Democrats also needed to abandon and publicly renounce all LGBTQ people and "femnazis" and any social liberalism before the "might" consider voting Democratic (and they still wouldn't). It's a dead-end argument and excuse that Republicans use to justify voting against Democrats in pretty much every election cycle. If only Democrats turned into Republicans they might actually vote for them, even though they still wouldn't.
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Doesn't matter about zen, he was one of 234 that voted for his cousin. He really showed both parties.
 
Inflation skyrocketing
GDP crashing
Tariffs rising
Stock Market tanking
Pandemics spreading
Air traffic controller shortage
FBI, CIA, USAID shrinking, increasing external threats, terrorism
Russia and Putin advancing
Trading partners waving goodbye
losing science, technology, research jobs to China, Canada, Europe...


...and the "Dems/libs are being owned" because some fake Republicans don't have a handle on biology (fish, jellyfish, mammals, humans) or scientific evidence.
 
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