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japhy wrote: ↑Wed Oct 18, 2023 9:37 am Lil Bobby, picking off some of the crazy vote.

https://maristpoll.marist.edu/polls/the ... l-contest/

The fact that the Rs didn't see this coming when they started promoting Crazy Lil Bobby as a candidate shows how desperate they are in their effort to prop up trumplethinskin. The R "brain trust" is down to just the bat shit crazy now.

Sparko wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 11:11 am An uninformed electorate

jfish26 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 12:50 pm Can you identify what you would call material lies of the Biden administration? Because it sure feels to me like perception and reality are way out of alignment.

Shirley wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 3:05 pm Yeah, I'll never forgive Biden for not vetoing the SCOTUS decision on Roe.

DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 3:18 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 3:05 pm Yeah, I'll never forgive Biden for not vetoing the SCOTUS decision on Roe.

Oh yeah? Well, I'll never forgive Americans who are pissed at "the establishment" and have decided that the solution to their problems is a Kennedy.

ousdahl wrote: ↑Sat Nov 04, 2023 1:11 pm His border policy is so literally Trump 2.0 that it manages to shit all over both immigrants AND the environment

His climate agenda has largely been a massive handout to big oil

He threw more money at policing mostly without actually addressing policing reform

His foreign policy is only getting more and more and more (like W/Dick levels of!) hawkish

He gave lip service to raising the minimum wage but it still hasn’t budged

He signed a bill to make rail strikes illegal (but at least staged a pep rally for auto strikes!)

He sat idly in the big chair while Roe was gutted

IMHO his ace in the hole might very well be weed reform, but so far his initiatives toward that have been mostly just performative

Among other concerns…

Sparko wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 4:35 pm Republicans govern trying to prevent Biden from being successful while pointing to their success at making failure as Biden's fault. Divided government follies.

Sparko wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 4:35 pm Republicans govern trying to prevent Biden from being successful while pointing to their success at making failure as Biden's fault. Divided government follies.

JKLivin wrote: ↑Sun Nov 12, 2023 10:17 am https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/43 ... n-a-panic/

“The truth is that Kennedy is connecting on the issues. With an exploding debt and a faltering economy, the U.S. is now being dragged into enormous, open-ended military commitments in two major world conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, while our own borders and our citizens experience unprecedented levels of insecurity.

In this tumultuous environment, RFK Jr. has effectively positioned himself as the peace candidate, even over Trump, since Kennedy’s critique of the military-industrial complex driving U.S. forever wars is much more cogent and comprehensive. In this tumultuous environment, RFK Jr. Alone among the candidates, he has outlined policies to address the cost-of-living and affordable housing crises that are wrecking opportunity for Gen Z and younger Millennials. In fact, this probably helps explain his significant lead among that crucial demographic.“

This summarizes why RFK is popular:

He is listening rather than talking over voters.

He is offering solutions rather than telling voters that their concerns are a figment of their imagination or a symptom of entitlement.

He is effectively setting himself up as OTHER in a world where the status quo is screwing over everyone who put their faith in the system.