Jerry Dunk
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In what universe is John Kasich, Meg Whitman, or Susan Molinari convincing even one voter to cast a vote for Joe Biden?
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In what universe is John Kasich, Meg Whitman, or Susan Molinari convincing even one voter to cast a vote for Joe Biden?
I'm sure the Obama and Sanders speeches were fine and went over well. But I really don't understand the need to load up the lineup with Republicans. I mean, I do, because the Democratic Party finds more kinship with centrist Republicans than they do with leftists. But it's still fucking offensive. Anti-choice, anti-union, climate change deniers, etc. I don't give a flying fuck about John Kasich's opinion. The guy is a misogynistic, classist piece of shit. Having him on was as embarrassing as Michael Bloomberg in 2016.
Golly gee might as well go and cancel the conventions and debates and just have the election now then.
You would certainly hope that everyone has chosen a side by now and that there's no one left to sway, but I'll let you in on a secret - this is a nation that elected Donald Trump president. We're not smart!
In what universe is John Kasich, Meg Whitman, or Susan Molinari convincing even one voter to cast a vote for Joe Biden?
I don't believe almost any of this. And I think anything they claim to have moved left on is just posturing. Let's see what's been uncovered just today on the climate change front:I wanted to write a reflexive response here, but as I said before, I do like to see your posts because you do make me pause and think a bit.
So I will try to make this as productive as possible.
First, I'm not sure from you post if you watched Michelle or Bernie's speeches, but if you didn't I think you should.
Second, the theme of last night was unity. So it makes sense that there were Reps in the mix. But to be clear, they did not load up the lineup with them. By my count, they gave 4 Republican women 10 seconds a piece, and Kasich about 1.5 or 2 minutes. So 2 and a half minutes out of 2 and a half hours.
Now it's important to remember why. What we have is a floating group of people that are moderate Repubs that have seen the destruction that Trump has brought. Unlike 2016 where many of these people voted for Trump, didn't vote, or did a write in or something. They now want to actively vote for Biden to remove Trump.
Having Kasich, and other Rep politicians, and I think more so, regular people that voted for Trump but now are voting for Biden given some time in the convention, helps to give hesitant voters "permission" to cross over.
The best part is that many of these people will remain. And when they do, they will also shed a lot of their shitty views when they see success of a more progressive agenda.
And isn't it what we want to bring people into the fold, not just blanket repudiate them because of their history?
Now granted many of those voters would probably return if there was a Romney or something at the top of the Rep ticket. But at this point, half of Republicans think that Romney is a communist traitor. So most likely we see a Cotton or Pompeo on the ticket which will keep these people right where they are.
I think we can agree that we don't just want the Democratic Party to continue to move to the left, but to bring as many people with us as we can. More people brings more progress.
That said, I don't think we can really say that Dems have more of a kinship with moderate Reps than the left.
Let's go down the list of just what Biden has in his platform (much of it improved by working with Sanders)
Pro-choice
Newly, greatly improved climate change plan and green jobs plan
Free public college
Free pre-k
15 dollar minimum wage
Capped child care cost
Prescription drug cost reduction plan
Gun control
Police reform with community program funding
Criminal justice and racial justice plans
Ending private prisons and cash bail
Raising taxes on the wealthy
Universal healthcare (yes, I know not M4A, but i think a definite move toward the Transition to the inevitable M4A) just lowering the age of Medicare to 60 alone, will add 20 million more people to medicare.
Regime change off the table in the Dem platform
The list goes on, but its what i can think of off the top of my head.
I see no crossover with Trump/solid Repubs. There is some limited crossover now with moderate Reps, but very little. What I do see is a candidate labeled a moderate, that has a platform that looks a bit like Sanders in 2016, except for Medicare for all, and the addition of police reform.
In the end, it's better to have the party grow larger, and then have progressive representatives and hopefully presidential candidates pull that larger group to a more progressive place. I know the process is too slow for some, but as long as it keeps moving in that direction, I'm happy. As Michael Moore said yesterday. Progressives have finally realized that it's much better to play offense along side someone like Biden, than to try and play defense against someone like Trump.
While I disagree that his presidency was "unquestionably successful," I do agree with the rest of this post.I will say, however, that at this point I don’t see Bill Clinton as much of a help.
He had an unquestionably successful presidency. He is a prodigiously gifted public speaker. We also live in a much different world. He should go away.
I have to read your article snip, but I DID hear about it on NPR news.this continues to be a very, very important issue that still isn't getting enough attention:
On Brian Lerher's (WNYC) show this morning he had undecided voters call in. Yup, there were a bunch of them.Maybe, and hear me out here, but maybe it's because they want to chase independents and moderate Republicans who are sick of trump so that they can win the election in November.
I know - it's a crazy thought. But golly it might be worth a shot .
I don't believe almost any of this. And I think anything they claim to have moved left on is just posturing. Let's see what's been uncovered just today on the climate change front:
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That is a major red flag! His climate change plan is going to be dogshit!
It certainly will be if he follows the playbook he and Obama ran between the 2008 campaign and taking power in 2009. They dropped plenty of critical issues, including ones that they made parts of their platform.
Sanders' power comes from being able to throw his weight behind candidates like Bush and Bowman. He cannot move a centrist presidential candidate to the left. Biden is beholden to his donors, and they don't want it. So it won't happen.
Colin Powell said he supports Biden. No surprise there. Wonder if Trump has already attacked him on Twitter.
We were on the cusp of victory until the birds formed an alliance with the drop bears.
It’s a shame we also got dragged into America’s failed wars overseas the past few decades, if we could have got the birds past basic training it might have turned the tide in Vietnam.
On the plus side, any coronavirus vaccine will be administered free to every Australian by our conservative government wonder how much it will cost in the US!
We were on the cusp of victory until the birds formed an alliance with the drop bears.
It’s a shame we also got dragged into America’s failed wars overseas the past few decades, if we could have got the birds past basic training it might have turned the tide in Vietnam.
This silly little Aussie-American interférence war aside, I genuinely think it’s bullshit when any country party to a “coalition” says they were “dragged into” war.
Like please, the right thing to do is to oppose American aggression. You’re not a fucking victim. You’re party to it.
Unquestioning deference to American foreign policy is a basic feature in Australian politics unfortunately. It's just something that's never seriously questioned.
Will it come with a 48 ounce can of Fosters?On the plus side, any coronavirus vaccine will be administered free to every Australian by our conservative government wonder how much it will cost in the US!