I’m loving Trump’s efforts contesting the results of the election and his refusal to concede, not only because it puts a spotlight on America’s shoddy election process, but also because it renders his opponents silly. — NOS4A2
Eisenhower was a Republican, so what is your contradiction?the idea of an "Eisenhower from the right" being a contradiction in terms. — tim wood
American political parties are quite malleable as their basic objective is simply to stay in power. There can be a lot of turnarounds.What do you disagree with and why? — tim wood
I'm not so sure that many just how static the whole political landscape is in the US.I believe there are a lot of good, decent, sensible Republicans - but they've all migrated to the Democrat Party as refugees. — tim wood
I think the idea that 73 million people are too stupid to know what's good for them is precisely the kind of elitism why about 70 million people refuse to vote for the Democratic Party. So you're part of the problem Tim. — Benkei
No, I'm suggesting comments like "basket of deplorables" are common. The fact Democrats play tunes for "woke intellectuals" and "salon socialists" does not resonate with blue collar workers at all. Combined with the "you're too stupid to vote what's good for you", which I've been hearing for at least 12 years now, doesn't make the Democratic Party attractive at all for regular Joe.
EDIT: Even during this election what Democrats tried was shaming people into voting against Trump. I mean, Jesus, how weak and snobby can it get? — Benkei
This is the structural problem in the US political system of having just two options. Yet the two-party system is quite aware of this huge problem.That swing isn't even possible in the US because they don't offer such a wide variety of political options. Let alone that they perceive the gap between Democrats and Republicans as huge when in fact it's a tiny crack in the political pavement. — Benkei
I’m loving Trump’s efforts contesting the results of the election and his refusal to concede, not only because it puts a spotlight on America’s shoddy election process, but also because it renders his opponents silly. — NOS4A2
I think the idea that 73 million people are too stupid to know what's good for them is precisely the kind of elitism why about 70 million people refuse to vote for the Democratic Party. So you're part of the problem Tim. — Benkei
You're claiming those Trump voters were thinking? What were they thinking?
I believe there are a lot of good, decent, sensible Republicans - but they've all migrated to the Democrat Party as refugees. — tim wood
I think the idea that 73 million people are too stupid to know what's good for them is precisely the kind of elitism why about 70 million people refuse to vote for the Democratic Party. — Benkei
It's hard to believe you do not know how an election works, even an American election, but so it appears. I will explain it to you. The voter gets a choice between option A and option B, no other option. Or if you think there is, what is it? Some people believe that not voting is a third option, and of course in one sense it is. But in terms of the election itself, it is not.
And I've heard and read exactly nothing of substance against the Democrat party. Are there some bad people in the Democrat party? No doubt, but "some bad people" goes with the territory. So now educate or complete the demonstration of your ignorance. What is wrong with the Democrat Party, with some evidence. And, before answering, please read the question until you understand it. — tim wood
Quite frankly I find the only indecent thing here your assumption that 70 million of your countrymen (you know, the people you're trying to have a society with!) don't think and that none of them are good or decent because otherwise they would've migrated to the Democratic Party. Talk about a too broad brush. Jeez. — Benkei
Except there's no evidence that America has a shoddy election process. There's been no actual evidence presented and every meaningful claim he's filed in court has failed, even before some of his own appointees. I'm just not following how he's making anyone look silly by making unsubstantiated allegations.
And I have a map to a cache of ten thousand gold coins that I can sell to you, and of course you know I have it and it is what I say it is, because I claim it.Sworn affidavits, of which Rudy claims to have hundreds — NOS4A2
Sworn affidavits, of which Rudy claims to have hundreds, is considered evidence the last time I checked. — NOS4A2
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