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I am 83, and from my perspective both Biden and Sanders are too old for the presidency. The Democratic choice for vice president is far more important. Biden may win the top job, but the VP will gradually take over behind the scene. So who might that be? :chin: — jgill
That sounds like Trump.A big hot steaming cup of, corruption, of all the power abusers and dis-info agents personalities in society, I believe he is the one. He is who you goto to bully your way up socially.
His ignorant face in power is a disgusting thought. — ztaziz
And you elected Trump, so what's the problem? — ssu
The basic problem is that far too many people are simply totally partisan, total hypocrites and have absolutely no interest whatsoever to hear what are the points of the other side. Hence every criticism made of Trump is made just by those with Trump derangement syndrome. The other side is portrayed in the worst way. Just pick the most craziest most eccentric view and treat it as being what they all are saying. End result, discussion is meaningless. The Republicans outperform the Democrats in this way, but the democrats aren't so far away, really.The problem is that the right has all sorts of dogmas that excuse Trump's corruption, even make it a good thing. — boethius
This is the long term problem with the Democrats and the institutional problem with the US with the two party system. Why on Earth did they choose Hillary? Many people hated the Clintons. Hillary lost to Obama already. So in 2016 it was now "her turn"? Now in a similar fashion the young candidates were brushed aside and the enthusiasm of the Bernie supporters was put aside also. The DNC leadership is old and simply hasn't got the feel to the pulse of the nation. It genuinely lacks vision and understanding of it's voters and the situation. (Neither did the GOP either actually: Trump was just a train wreck that suddenly caught the party by total surprise with even a bigger surprise that he won.) It lacks ability to get people excited.So, why did the establishment choose Joe? Why can't the DNC find a candidate that is centrist but not easily accused of corruption, perhaps legal corruption, but still corruption? — boethius
The DNC leadership is old and simply hasn't got the feel to the pulse of the nation. It genuinely lacks vision and understanding of it's voters and the situation. (Neither did the GOP either actually: Trump was just a train wreck that suddenly caught the party by total surprise with even a bigger surprise that he won.) It lacks ability to get people excited. — ssu
I guess the only way for Joe Biden to win is to pick a progressive vice-president nominee, perhaps Elizabeth Warren or even another geriatric, Bernie. Otherwise they really can loose. — ssu
Hence every criticism made of Trump is made just by those with Trump derangement syndrome. The other side is portrayed in the worst way. Just pick the most craziest most eccentric view and treat it as being what they all are saying. End result, discussion is meaningless. The Republicans outperform the Democrats in this way, but the democrats aren't so far away, really.
It is personal, it is emotional and it won't go away. It's the post-truth world where everything is thought to be just propaganda. — ssu
You make sense (most of the time, and even when I do not agree, you've provided something meaty to disagree with - but I wish most of your posts were shorter). — tim wood
My own view is that Joe Biden might just be the second worst possible candidate, but he's running against the worst, and between them there's no comparison. — tim wood
hat is striking, i.e., worthy of notice, is how the attacks coincide with events. Biden a viable candidate for president of the USA? Time to run ads accusing him of being venal, corrupt, a serial rapist/sexual harasser/abuser/pedophile. The irony is that's almost Trump's exact curriculum vitae. — tim wood
My own view is that Joe Biden might just be the second worst possible candidate, but he's running against the worst, and between them there's no comparison. — tim wood
If I had my wish, America would turn its entire healthcare system totally socialistic within 2 - 3 decades. I would love to see all medical training, for doctors, dentists, nurses, aides, and all other healthcare workers to be 100% paid for by the government...with a healthy stipend for people entering the field. he price of the free education would be a commitment to work for government hospitals and clinics for a period of 10 -15 years...at a very decent pay.
We ain't gonna get that...but that would be my wish. — Frank Apisa
I use eye-drops for glaucoma. Two-and-a-half milliliters, .005%(!) solution. Retail USD$70. Assuming the medicine is where the cost is, and packaging and delivery non-material, the medicine itself - the active ingredient - per liter (slightly more than a quart), works out to 400 x 20,000 x $70 = $560,000,000 / liter! Or about 2.25 billion dollars per gallon. Do the math yourself. And that's just eye-drops. When I asked my doctor about this, he gave me the same look a pet dog would give - interest without comprehension. And nothing at all unusual here.
And doctors? Next time you go, determine the cost of the visit against time spent with the man (or woman). Rates near two thousand dollars per hour are not unusual and go up from there. All of which reassures me that you very likely will get exactly your wish, although at your professed age it will be your children and grandchildren who get the benefit. — tim wood
I would love to see all medical training, for doctors, dentists, nurses, aides, and all other healthcare workers to be 100% paid for by the government...with a healthy stipend for people entering the field. — Frank Apisa
As a young USAF officer, I was sent to the U of Chicago to qualify me as a meteorologist. All expenses paid plus a decent salary at the time. I knew of MDs and one lawyer who had been entirely supported as I had been. The lawyer remained in the Air Force and retired a Colonel - he's now the district attorney where I live. The others put in a few years and left the service, as I did.
That was in the 1950s. I assume such programs still exist. Actually, I'm in favor of free education all the way, provided the recipient is serious and studious and not simply sponging off the US government. As a former professor I have unfortunately seen that happen. — jgill
I'm not sure I'd trust this guy to watch my cat when I'm away, much less run the country. — Hanover
"That guy" (Joe Biden) will "run the country" 1000 times more effectively than the classless incompetent now attempting to do so. — Frank Apisa
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"That guy" (Joe Biden) will "run the country" 1000 times more effectively than the classless incompetent now attempting to do so.
— Frank Apisa
Biden had no idea where he was. Isn't that cause for some concern, even if Trump is classless and incompetent? Why should either get a pass? — Hanover
Next time you go, determine the cost of the visit against time spent with the man (or woman). — tim wood
That's charitable, and I'll accept it. Maybe ssu will confirm. — tim wood
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