Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
Or, conversely, most Americans in touch with politics.I wonder if either party is really in touch with most Americans.
Or, conversely, most Americans in touch with politics.I wonder if either party is really in touch with most Americans.
Tell me you have no idea what politics is.Or, conversely, most Americans in touch with politics.
What??Tell me you have no idea what politics is.
I think some means little in one sense, but more than he'd like in another.Trump says this and that. None of it means much anything.
you have to surround yourself with those people, though. Fully embrace the ecosystem.Which is why there's no excuse for us to be broke. Just look at all the suckers we could part from their money!
#SociopathEconomics
When Trump opens his mouth, his face needs a diaper.Trump says this and that. None of it means much anything.
I know what you mean. Most people don't follow politics. Certainly nowhere near like the regular posters in this subforum do. So many people I know don't even watch/check the news once a day.Or, conversely, most Americans in touch with politics.
I have this book, where the main topic is to support things like ballot initiatives for change.I know what you mean. Most people don't follow politics. Certainly nowhere near like the regular posters in this subforum do. So many people I know don't even watch/check the news once a day.
It was published in 1998 and it sounds like what I was saying, but I'd love to see a revised edition.I have this book, where the main topic is to support things like ballot initiatives for change.
But in every chapter the authors outline and claim with data (references) that Americans are totally disgusted with politics.
2.0 out of 5 stars Not Ready for Prime Time
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2020
Dr. Hibbing has done some interesting and useful research. Unfortunately, the presentation is a study in long-winded braggadocio, and in serious need of editing. Data presentation is difficult to decipher. I suggest the reader start with Chapter 5, then decide if they want more. A short journal paper would be more appropriate without the need for the grandiose title.
I've heard of that one before. Adding it to my Audible wish list.
At least "owning the libs" in this context consists of actually trying to think of reasons why the Democrats may have failed to get the votes they needed to win.The ones "owning the libs" and so on keep saying the democrats lost because of this and that. It's trans gender, it's Trump talking sharks and shower heads, it's anti-vaxxers. But none of this has any real meaning. The voters simply don't care about politics and politicians. They vote for someone on gut feel and the ones that get in somehow try to guess. Do they hate taxes? Let's get rid of taxes.
Well, it is more that the voters do not know the policies or the politicians other than Trump and Harris this time. Little bits feed into their entertainment clicks (social media). They then have some vague feelings. I would say a good 2/3 of people registered to vote would know their governor by name and party. They could not quote them on any issue. They have no idea what the governor sounds like.
What I'm trying to say is that the large masses (outside MAGA hat folks) just do not care, and are too impatient to follow any actual issue. Price of eggs can be the issue, if it is on social media. But WHERE the voter comes in every four years is just "I'm sick of so and so." They do not want the candidate or party anymore. They vote for the other party.
Let's get used to four year presidents and congress going back and forth every two years. The Senate is set up to favor the GOP, so that will occasionally swing on presidential election years.
“One of the things that has been frustrating about the narrative ‘The Democrats are losing the working class’ is that people are noticing it half a century after it happened,” said Michael Podhorzer, the former political director of the A.F.L.-C.I.O. “The resentment and movement away from the Democrats began long before they were for nongendered bathrooms. It was because their lives were becoming more precarious, their kids were leaving town, the pensions they expected were evaporating, and that took a toll.”
What was less appreciated beforehand was the psychological damage that would be done by factory closures, large and small, in communities where prestige, stability and identity centered on those plants — as well as the political impacts of those closures on key industrial states like Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Tero's done far more than that:At least "owning the libs" in this context consists of actually trying to think of reasons why the Democrats may have failed to get the votes they needed to win.
But look here: You've described an average American, explained how the Democrats failed to reach them, and how it ended up in a loss at the polls. I think this adequately demonstrates the premise of the thread: The Democrats are indeed out of touch with the average American.
I would say a good 2/3 of people registered to vote would know their governor by name and party. They could not quote them on any issue. They have no idea what the governor sounds like.
What I'm trying to say is that the large masses (outside MAGA hat folks) just do not care, and are too impatient to follow any actual issue. Price of eggs can be the issue, if it is on social media. But WHERE the voter comes in every four years is just "I'm sick of so and so." They do not want the candidate or party anymore. They vote for the other party.
Let's get used to four year presidents and congress going back and forth every two years.
Yeah, that hindsight sure is 20/20.Tero's done far more than that:
Or a rerun of what everyone was claiming would happen 4 years ago. Instead People looked at Trump's first term and decided 'yeah let's do that again only worse because now he's actually going senile'. If you expect any honest self reflection or realism from Trump voters come 2028 you will be disappointed.We may need to wait.
The economic issues will not be solved. Trump promised nothing directly and the tariffs will not bring income of jobs to MAGA voters. With that, two years may not be enough. In four years MAGA voters will have apathy. Some foreigners were deported. A lot of things were deregulated. "What did Trump do for me?" Nothing.
The democrats also will not be able to help wages etc. Because corporations run all that. But healthcare and maybe child credits on taxes will help.
More Green surely improves the economy?Does the Average American think seizing Greenland is going to lower the price of eggs?
It wouldn't surprise me in the least if it turns out Trump wants Greenland because he thinks it has penguins and that people eat penguin eggs.More Green surely improves the economy?
Remember when such a proposal would be self evidently absurd? This kind of ◊◊◊◊ is trending on the daily now.It wouldn't surprise me in the least if it turns out Trump wants Greenland because he thinks it has penguins and that people eat penguin eggs.
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