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I think you make good points. I don’t love Trumps picks for SCOTUS, but I hate Obamas. They are the same folks that turned Star Wars into the hollow husk it is today. The world is only seen through a lens of “white man bad” and the thinking follows. So yes, there are lefties that are wacko. But I also am nervous for more extreme conservatives on the Court, because too much power concentrated on one side is never a good thing.
I honestly don't disagree with as much of this as I was thinking I would when I started.First, I appreciate the comments. It's refreshing to have an actual query rather than just make a dick sucking jab, or similar. So I'll take some time and try and explain as best I can:
The state of things affects us all equally. I have a salary commensurate with my title and station, but I'm not wealthy. If I doubled or tripled my salary I would simply be somewhat better off, but still not wealthy. My grocery prices sting for me, I don't have a fleet of new cars because they're insanely priced, etc. I live in a 1400 square foot home. To some of you that's a shoe closet. People don't cast votes on singular issues, as it can be many things. My views on what I think a country should implement are quite varied, and nothing I have aligns well with a single party. So I am not undecided, I consider myself a moderate and vote for whoever is proposing the policy positions I agree with the most.
There are many, many, many things in the democrat party platform I don't agree with. Crime and punishment is an easy example, but there are many more. I HATE the squad. Hate them. I hate the anti-Israel crowd. I can go on and on. But peeking behind the GOP door, they elect people like MTG, Trump, DeSantis, George Santos, and others that I find reprehensible. Then there's the issues: Vaccines don't cause autism. Climate change is real. The Covid vaccine doesn't kill people. I hate Russia and I support Ukraine. I can go on. But for the GOP, openly rejecting established science, especially with an open embrace of religion, is an anti-intellectual line I can't cross.
The modern GOP is a safe harbor for things that simply aren't true, and it's become a core tenet of the current party.
Trump doesn't have support of college educated people. Why? It isn't because college educated people all graduate as democrats. It's because Trump, MTG, etc say stupid things. That's all there is to it. If you watch the last debate, Biden train wrecks. But Trump can't answer any question coherently, and lies about pretty much everything.
That's why I like Haley. Despite her flaws, she at least would act the part of a president. I would like to see her navigate the country forward. I would've also liked to see Mitt Romney have a go of it. RINOs, as you said. But we simply differ on what a republican should be. The GOP now seems to be MAGA or nothing. There is no room for anything else but Trump. I don't find him intelligent, or presidential. He isn't a fiscal conservative, certainly. I understand his appeal to many folks, but he has 0 appeal to me.
Based on the rubric I explained above, her positions are most similar to mine, and I like her temperament and demeanor. So I chose her. There is a reason she appealed to so many Democrats, which is important. I could be wrong and Trump will win, time will tell. But it certain seems that a more inclusive party would've been ideal, and Haley would've offered that to some degree.
Just my .02.
Well said.
Kali lawyer gonna do what Kali lawyers do.
Maybe I'm out of touch on the vaccine plank but I don't recall anyone in the GOP claiming vaccines in general are causing widespread problems EXCEPT the covid vaccine. I believe Trump's policies as witnessed during his first term are better for MY well being and also the country's. I like that he is against the deep state by doubt he will have much success draining it. I would be very happy to see more constitutionalists on th Supreme Court. I am very troubled by the latina woman on the court who said during her testimony before the Senate that she would bring her Latina heritage into her decisions on the Court. Justices should have a blind eye to the ethnicity of litigants and only consider facts and law including the constitution when considering cases.
Fine, I'll bite and address these point by point. Dick jokes aside, you're a neocon at best and why I always say there's no such thing as a California conservative. You might think you're conservative, but you're so out of touch with the rest of the country it's not even funny and worse, have no idea about it.First, I appreciate the comments. It's refreshing to have an actual query rather than just make a dick sucking jab, or similar. So I'll take some time and try and explain as best I can:
The state of things affects us all equally. I have a salary commensurate with my title and station, but I'm not wealthy. If I doubled or tripled my salary I would simply be somewhat better off, but still not wealthy. My grocery prices sting for me, I don't have a fleet of new cars because they're insanely priced, etc. I live in a 1400 square foot home. To some of you that's a shoe closet. People don't cast votes on singular issues, as it can be many things. My views on what I think a country should implement are quite varied, and nothing I have aligns well with a single party. So I am not undecided, I consider myself a moderate and vote for whoever is proposing the policy positions I agree with the most.
There are many, many, many things in the democrat party platform I don't agree with. Crime and punishment is an easy example, but there are many more. I HATE the squad. Hate them. I hate the anti-Israel crowd. I can go on and on. But peeking behind the GOP door, they elect people like MTG, Trump, DeSantis, George Santos, and others that I find reprehensible. Then there's the issues: Vaccines don't cause autism. Climate change is real. The Covid vaccine doesn't kill people. I hate Russia and I support Ukraine. I can go on. But for the GOP, openly rejecting established science, especially with an open embrace of religion, is an anti-intellectual line I can't cross.
The modern GOP is a safe harbor for things that simply aren't true, and it's become a core tenet of the current party.
Trump doesn't have support of college educated people. Why? It isn't because college educated people all graduate as democrats. It's because Trump, MTG, etc say stupid things. That's all there is to it. If you watch the last debate, Biden train wrecks. But Trump can't answer any question coherently, and lies about pretty much everything.
That's why I like Haley. Despite her flaws, she at least would act the part of a president. I would like to see her navigate the country forward. I would've also liked to see Mitt Romney have a go of it. RINOs, as you said. But we simply differ on what a republican should be. The GOP now seems to be MAGA or nothing. There is no room for anything else but Trump. I don't find him intelligent, or presidential. He isn't a fiscal conservative, certainly. I understand his appeal to many folks, but he has 0 appeal to me.
Based on the rubric I explained above, her positions are most similar to mine, and I like her temperament and demeanor. So I chose her. There is a reason she appealed to so many Democrats, which is important. I could be wrong and Trump will win, time will tell. But it certain seems that a more inclusive party would've been ideal, and Haley would've offered that to some degree.
Just my .02.
I agree with some of your points, and respectfully disagree with others. I appreciate the thought put in. Allow me to focus on 2 items so the conversation will narrow from our essays.
Simple answer is yes, but I don't think the question is as simple as that. The entire COVID ordeal was unprecedented. I will freely admit that he fucked up listening to his people on how to handle it and that the spending was out of control. He certainly shares blame on that. That said, facing re-election and the country being shut down across the board I think not working with Dems and passing those bills would have absolutely killed his chances of being re-elected which may have been the entire point. Dems loaded those bills with all kinds of unrelated pork and I don't think he realistically had the option to stall and fight them on it. I can't completely condone it, but I can't blame him entirely for the spending either, nor do I think that would have been the case if COVID hadn't come along for whatever reason it did. I also think his Presidency was a net positive by a wide margin, especially compared to previous administrations and certainly every one of them in my lifetime and that's while having to fight his own party, the other party, every major media outlet on the planet, and having to deal with numerous completely bullshit impeachments and investigations.
terrible policy, should've let the states hang themselves. Even then, Georgia was getting absolutely drug through the swamp for "opening too soon" and the Georgia experiment. All the while, some states didn't mandate shit and came out better for it. Other states, ca and ny, cut their own necks for political gain and made massive money for the establishment, and lost tax base for it, without measurable "politcal" loss
Ok; understood. I appreciate the response. Fair.
Yeah, exactly. There was also stark contrast after Biden took office as Dems immediately stalled the covid bills and put a long pause on the extra unemployment and what not the second it suited them politically. Context makes a big difference here. I also think realistically fixing a lot of major issues without just cutting out huge parts of the government isn't going to happen without major spending. I'd much rather that spending go towards righting the ship vs maintaining the status quo of constantly bailing out Wall St and Corporate America, more wars, etc.Remember the fallout every time anybodybtried to stall or review or target any of the covid bills? Trillions was the compromise
I don't think he's cozy with Putin, he's been diplomatic and been the only person to be diplomatic with Russia since the fall of the USSR. Everyone else has gone out of their way to keep modern Russia the classic boogeyman and excuse to grow NATO which has no business continuing to exist. Russia stays an enemy because we continue to treat them as one. Same thing with North Korea, Trump seemed cozy but the reality is he's the only one who's improved diplomacy with them since the Korean War.
I ride my Ebike on single track where it's not allowed.
Yes, kind of. There are also a slew of policies I don't like. Do I like the tax cut he gave me? Yes. But at the same time he punished blue states and prevented the write off of state taxes-- causing my taxes to rise. I prefer local government to federal, and diverting my money to the feds so that it can be spent on trans protection programs in Pakistan irks me.
Feds incoming.I ride my Ebike on single track where it's not allowed.
First although I am not going to qoute that post here too you are way more a classical liberal than conservative. Secondly Russia isn't a threat to the world and never really was. Not even during the cold war when it was arguable. They have always been an inferior nation of chest puffers with bigger mouths than anything else. Russia has spent all of human hustory relying on poorly equipped, fed, and motivated conscripts to project its "power". Now they don't even have that. Just some inceredibly poorly mantained missiles rusted shut in their silos. (Seriously look up historical accounts of russian military maintenance on anything, ever, it is hilarious.) Iran is also at best a laughing stock. The closest they have ever been to world relevance is selling poor copies of poor russian design weapons. They could literally be stamped out like blowing a fucking candle and considering them a world power just proves you are hopelessly buying into msm spoon fed horseshit. Like Motorcharge said you are horrifically out of touch with the average american.
Trump tax policy had it's positives and negatives. I think getting rid of the write offs for things like mileage on a personal vehicle used for work was fucking stupid. The trans protection shit I can't really blame him for. It takes time to rid of the bureaucracies of stupidity and blaming tax policy for how the bureaucrats spend the money allotted to them is a logical fallacy.
I didn’t say they were world powers. I said they were threats. China is both a threat and a world power. Both Russia and China are expanding their influence globally, especially Africa, which causes me great concern. Like I said, conflicts are rarely isolated in their ramifications. Certainly, foreign policy isn’t the top of my concern list, but it is important. It alone doesn’t guide my vote.
Thanks, I was trying to quickly paraphrase what I remembered from his Rogan episode, but that was 3 hours of content months or a year so ago so I was foggy on the recall. Generally though I knew his arguments were more than just "vaccines bad" which is what people like to pigeonhole him into.
Him taking a proverbial bullet like that is awfully fitting.
This is where I have found myself just laughing at Trump people who parrot shit like this. The man is a walking, orange Messiah to so many.
A fucking 12 year old can figure out that if we throw 3 times the money into the a Monopoly game, that money isn't as valuable. Better known in the grown up world, as Trump have lived his whole life, as inflation. You seriously think he doesn't know that or didn't? That is what you just said essentially.You didn't read your own post once you typed it out obviously.
He absolutely did sign the spending bullshit. No changing that. Do I think he did it understanding exactly what kind of fucking it was going to put on the population? Probably not but he signed it anyway and that is on him for not reading all 1000+ pages of stupidity that they needed to sign so they'd know what was in it as madam piglosi so infamously stated.
Cheetojesus is not my messiah, I know he's a dick and as far from a politician as we have available these days and that's why I like him. He's fucked up and he's done a lot of good, if we could get the dumb fuck gop to back him and put forth bills worth passing instead of siding with the swamp creatures in trying to impeach him for another 4 years I do think we can get the country back on track. Unless someone else comes along that's better or at least as good as I think he could be he's got my backing.
Just look at the executive orders he signed while in office and you'll see who he really is and what he was trying to to do while getting lambasted for every single squirrel fart in the county.
