Kansas Crimson

DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 1:39 pm

zsn wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 9:18 am It’s inaccurate to call Social Security and Medicare as “entitlements”.

OK. Take it up with Uncle Sam. That's what he calls them.

japhy wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 6:16 pm

DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 1:39 pm

zsn wrote: ↑Wed May 10, 2023 9:18 am It’s inaccurate to call Social Security and Medicare as “entitlements”.

OK. Take it up with Uncle Sam. That's what he calls them.

Wow! That guy knows a lot!

japhy wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 9:49 am While we are on the topic of brave muthafuckers who will say what others dare not.....

“I wasn’t one of the jurors and I’m not privy to all of the facts that they have, but I’ll say what everyone else is privately thinking,” Ramaswamy said in a statement to POLITICO. “If the defendant weren’t named Donald Trump, would there even be a lawsuit?”

Nuthin braver than having an opinion and about something you don't know much about but know the rubes will support your brave opinion because it agrees with their rubeworld view. Ramasmarmy really does understand the grift, he is like a shorter thinner chutney tucker.

japhy wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 9:49 am While we are on the topic of brave muthafuckers who will say what others dare not.....

“I wasn’t one of the jurors and I’m not privy to all of the facts that they have, but I’ll say what everyone else is privately thinking,” Ramaswamy said in a statement to POLITICO. “If the defendant weren’t named Donald Trump, would there even be a lawsuit?”

Nuthin braver than having an opinion and about something you don't know much about but know the rubes will support your brave opinion because it agrees with their rubeworld view. Ramasmarmy really does understand the grift, he is like a shorter thinner chutney tucker.

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 11:58 am If the election were to be held tomorrow and there were multiple candidates on the ballot - I figure based on who has announced their candidacy so far, the results would be something like this.

Trump 37%
Biden 33%
Haley 9%
Ramaswamy 4%
Elder 1%
Hutchinson 6%
Williamson 3%
RFK Jr. 7%

I'm probably way off but I believe (once again) who ever wins will have less than 40% of the voters who wanted them to be the President.

DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 12:06 pm Biden will not be on the ticket.

DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 12:06 pm Biden will not be on the ticket.

KUTradition wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 12:42 pm Obviously, we'll know more in a couple of months, but I anticipate a field that includes Harris, Polis, Newsom, and maybe a couple of others.

blech

DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 12:31 pm The difference between being an establishment candidate (as Biden is) and being an anti-establishment candidate (as Trump is) is that the establishment has considerably greater control over the fate of the former than the latter (by definition). I think if you pay close attention, particularly to the mainstream media portrayals of Biden, you'll see that they are slowly but surely building the case against nominating him a second time. I think the increasing coverage of his age, his poor poll numbers, the growing impatience with the Ukraine war, the reality of Hunter's legal issues, etc. all point to a coordinated effort to ease him out the door in time to put together a small group of candidates to run in next year's primaries.

Obviously, we'll know more in a couple of months, but I anticipate a field that includes Harris, Polis, Newsom, and maybe a couple of others.

Trump, by contrast, holds his fate in his own hands. The more the establishment (especially the GOP establishment) rages against him, the more power he draws from it.

japhy wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 12:44 pm

KUTradition wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 12:42 pm Obviously, we'll know more in a couple of months, but I anticipate a field that includes Harris, Polis, Newsom, and maybe a couple of others.

blech

Your wanted Hillary? Polis could be a good candidate.

Feral wrote: ↑Thu May 11, 2023 12:47 pm I underestimated Biden in the run-up to 2020's democratic nomination, not that the competition was all that great, so I tend to doubt he won't be the nominee.

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's name comes up as a potential candidate in '26, I'm not sure if he figures prominently if it isn't Biden in '24, although I don't know much about him. Gutter?

If Biden isn't the nominee, I have difficulty envisioning any ticket in the next 2-6 years that doesn't have Harris' name at the top that doesn't result in decreased participation by democrat's most reliable demographic, Black women...