Kansas Crimson

twocoach wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:27 pm

ousdahl wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:50 pm I suppose this is another good time to once again bring up that whole “Dems fund far-right candidates” sort of issue?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... primaries/

And?

When one of your opponent has insane ideas, the best thing you can do is shine a light on them to make sure everyone knows how crazy they are. The more of a spotlight there is on just how ridiculous some of the people and ideas being put forth by the looniest end of the GOP spectrum, the better.

Shirley wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 6:00 pm

twocoach wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 2:27 pm

ousdahl wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:50 pm I suppose this is another good time to once again bring up that whole “Dems fund far-right candidates” sort of issue?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... primaries/

And?

When one of your opponent has insane ideas, the best thing you can do is shine a light on them to make sure everyone knows how crazy they are. The more of a spotlight there is on just how ridiculous some of the people and ideas being put forth by the looniest end of the GOP spectrum, the better.

Cry me a river.

Republicans pick their voters by gerrymandering districts into oblivion in order to disenfranchise people they know won't vote for them, like Blacks and Brown people. They also constantly change the location and reduce the number and availability of polling places and drop boxes to suppress votes and make people who aren't likely to vote for them wait in line for hours in order to keep people from exercising their constitutional right to vote.

Democrats trying to pick their opponents doesn't rob anyone of their vote.

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:35 pm

twocoach wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:39 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:35 pm

No kidding. Few politicians would go through this level of in-depth investigation and come out as cleanly. Add in the most thoroughly researched and analyzed election in US history and Biden is about as vetted as it gets.

jhawks99 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:48 pm

twocoach wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:39 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 2:35 pm

No kidding. Few politicians would go through this level of in-depth investigation and come out as cleanly. Add in the most thoroughly researched and analyzed election in US history and Biden is about as vetted as it gets.

Killery says hi

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:06 am

This morning, President Joe Biden signed into law the $95 billion national security supplemental bill providing military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and the Indo-Pacific, as well as humanitarian aid to Gaza and other peoples suffering humanitarian crises. The Pentagon immediately sent about a billion dollars worth of ammunition, air defense munitions, and artillery rounds, as well as weapons and armored vehicles to Ukraine. The U.S. Department of Defense had moved supplies into Poland and Germany in hopes that the measure would pass; they should move into Ukraine soon.

[...]

Counselor to the president Steve Ricchetti, a key negotiator, told Saenz: “He just kept saying, ‘Keep talking. Keep working.’ You know, keep finding ways to resolve differences. And that was his direction.”

Biden’s focus on the slow, steady work of governance is a change from the actions of Republican leaders since 1981 whose goal was not to build up successful programs that helped Americans in general, but rather to slash the government. Killing programs requires only saying no to other people’s ideas and riling up voters to endorse that anti-government program by flame-throwing on right-wing media.

Over the years, it seems we have become accustomed to the idea that flame-throwing defines politics, but in fact, Biden’s reliance on slow, careful negotiation harks back to the eras when leaders sought to build coalitions and find common ground in order to pass legislation.

North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) acknowledged the power of Biden’s approach today when it endorsed Biden for president in 2024. The union’s president, Sean McGarvey, noted that Trump had promised to protect pensions and to pass infrastructure laws that would help employment in the building trades, but did neither. In contrast, Biden worked to pass the American Rescue Plan, which protected pensions, and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Chips and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act, which McGarvey said “have brought life-changing, opportunity-creating, generational change focused on the working men and women of this great country who have for far too long been clamoring for a leader to finally keep their word.”

Shirley wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:37 pm Thanks for linking that. Heather sees things in ways I often don't appreciate.

I think this confirms he's a socialist:

"...Biden’s reliance on slow, careful negotiation harks back to the eras when leaders sought to build coalitions and find common ground in order to pass legislation...

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 6:43 am Someone please help me to understand how this is a good thing for ME if I were to retire in the next couple of years and how it's a good thing for HIM if he is trying to get re-elected.
Thanks in advance.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/22/how-the ... althy.html