2024 Elections: One Last Chance for Democracy

[Handyman]

Still, nowhere near as uncivil as when Sarah Colonel Huckleberry Sanders was asked to leave a restaurant.

Or when Michelle Wolfe made a joke about her!

[Handyman]

Trump said he is going to deport the legal Haitian Immigrants in Springfield...back to Venezuela?

Sicatoka approves of this. Chuckles is gonna choke and stroke thinking about. Drew doesn't understand why that statement is weird.

But hey guys...let's be nice to the people who support this!

[Jimjamesak]

There are people on social media who do those types of spreadsheets and such...I will see if I can find them. Plenty of stats people like Tom Bonier and Simon Rosenberg follow those trends as well. Rosenberg was the one shouting from the rooftops a month or so before the Midterms saying there is no Red Wave based on the actual polling. (beyond the headlines)

A good video with both.

[Handyman]

Kristi Noem is in PA stumping for Trump...that should help the "cats and dogs" narrative go away

[French Rage]

This is stuff we need to look past...its full on distraction bait to get the cycle off his terrible performance and his low rally numbers. (they want stories like this to circulate, in fact one of them likely leaked it) I don't care if he is screwing every woman in the House GOP Caucus and neither does any voter. Eyes on the prize.

Exactly. Focus on things like him claiming other countries pay tariffs and pretending it doesn't make prices and inflation worse.

[psych]

A good video with both.

Beautiful. Love that video. Gives me hope that Tester can still pull it off in Montana.

[rufus]

Trump said he is going to deport the legal Haitian Immigrants in Springfield...back to Venezuela?

Sicatoka approves of this. Chuckles is gonna choke and stroke thinking about. Drew doesn't understand why that statement is weird.

But hey guys...let's be nice to the people who support this!

Related to this, before he left office, Donnie granted immigrants from Venezuela temporary legal status, meaning any deportments of them would be delayed for 18 months, and they could get work permits

[Handyman]

Exactly. Focus on things like him claiming other countries pay tariffs and pretending it doesn't make prices and inflation worse.

The New York Times says otherwise...

[RaceBoarder]

To be fair though, these are the same people that think the President has a dial on his desk that he turns to get the desired gas price that he wants.

Most people can't quite grasp the high level economic factors in play, let alone judge a policy involving them.

[Handyman]

Trump says he came up with "migrant caravsns". Ranks up there with him being the first to call it the "Resolute Desk".

The PC in California is a train wreck if you gave a desire to watch him slowly die on tv it is a must watch.

[MichVandal]

Sorry that you are missing my point. I'm not trying to compromise between dumpy and the right and Democrats. Not what so ever, and it's kind of insulting that you think that I'm trying to find middle ground between the two.

I'm just looking for someone to come up with some ideas for the dying towns.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

This is stuff we need to look past...its full on distraction bait to get the cycle off his terrible performance and his low rally numbers. (they want stories like this to circulate, in fact one of them likely leaked it) I don't care if he is screwing every woman in the House GOP Caucus and neither does any voter. Eyes on the prize.

Oh I truly don't care and it's definitely a mere footnote. I just think it's hilarious.

[rufus]

Sorry that you are missing my point. I'm not trying to compromise between dumpy and the right and Democrats. Not what so ever, and it's kind of insulting that you think that I'm trying to find middle ground between the two.

I'm just looking for someone to come up with some ideas for the dying towns.

Here's an idea. Fund your schools. Upgrade your infrastructure. Then maybe some corporations might be interested in your high quality facilities and educated work force to move there.

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Here's an idea. Fund your schools. Upgrade your infrastructure. Then maybe some corporations might be interested in your high quality facilities and educated work force to move there.

Fund the schools? Can't do that. Teachers nowadays be transing kids in secret and teaching cultural Marxism!

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

Sorry that you are missing my point. I'm not trying to compromise between dumpy and the right and Democrats. Not what so ever, and it's kind of insulting that you think that I'm trying to find middle ground between the two.

I'm just looking for someone to come up with some ideas for the dying towns.

Your heart is in the right place, I get it. Telling someone they can't make it where they are, and they'll have to pull up stakes and move to improve their lives is never easy. But you know what? Many of our ancestors were forced to do just that back in the 19th century. The difference today is that our entire culture and way of life has changed, and it makes those life-altering decisions even harder.

The economy now favors the educated. Unfortunately, the cost of higher education is truly out of control, and in many ways it is merely a form of class gatekeeping. Can't come up with $60,000 to obtain at least a business degree? Tough sh*t, in many cases you're still not even getting an interview for that entry-level white collar role. Despite the fact that the things you learn in most B schools, you could just as easily learn on the d@mn job. But sometimes you can sub the degree requirement for 6-8 years of relevant experience - which you got where, exactly?

In another positive development, women are no longer automatically resigned to a life of caring for a (pick any or all) drunken/abusive/philandering spouse and his kids. But they now also compete for jobs that used to automatically go to men, and are still paid substantially less for the same job and hours worked, even when they're top performers.

Ultimately though, the people that fall for the cultural warfare that Republicans peddle are just not all that bright, and they are all too happy to remain in the dark rather than admit any need for self-improvement.