Trump hired multiple women lawyers, multiple press secretaries and spokespersons, he appointed Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court - too many to name. If Trump were covered by press like any other president, the public would know all this - but instead, many news outlets cover Trump by playing video of Trump (but no audio) while partisan …
Trump hired multiple women lawyers, multiple press secretaries and spokespersons, he appointed Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court - too many to name. If Trump were covered by press like any other president, the public would know all this - but instead, many news outlets cover Trump by playing video of Trump (but no audio) while partisan pundits put words in his mouth - or they chop up video to make it sound like he said the opposite of what he said.
If you are so upset about Trump groping women, then I am sure you are also upset about Tara Reade's claims about Joe Biden - or the alleged entry in Ashley Biden's diary (Joe Biden's daughter) where she talks about waiting until late at night to take showers, so Joe Biden couldn't shower with her again. In case you doubt the veracity of that diary, the Biden's sued the person who allegedly stole (or found, depending upon whom you believe) said diary. Imagine the press coverage about that, were it Trump instead of Joe Biden.
Amy Comey Barrett is aggressively antifeminist because her ONLY conviction is that SHE IS SPECIAL and all other women need to be chained to a stove at home. Trump and all his supporters want women kept out of higher education and public life entirely. As for Tara Reade, she’s a proven liar, and even if what she said is true. that makes Biden equal to Trump and no worse. If I have to pick between the asshole who takes away my autonomy and the asshole who doesn’t, I’m staying with the one who doesn’t.
Re : "Amy Comey Barrett is aggressively antifeminist because her ONLY conviction is that SHE IS SPECIAL and all other women need to be chained to a stove at home. Trump and all his supporters want women kept out of higher education and public life entirely."
I have never seen any facts or evidence to support either of these accusations / claims. It is hard for me to believe they weren't just the product of someone's imagination. In the absence of links or quotes or *any* facts supporting these assertions, I really can't take them seriously. Sure, there are some odd Andrew Tate fans out there... And in the realm of politics, there is some political advantage to defining all your opponents as some characterization defined by the most extreme segment of their coalition. But for objective analysis, this is really poor practice - for either side.
I understand that you may have strong opinions on issues, and of course can support candidates you feel best advance issues you care about.
But contentious issues such as abortion will not be decided by the extremists on both sides of that issue - whose votes are basically already decided - but by the 20% to 50% of independent swing voters (like me) who decide which candidates win key swing state elections.
Many voters in the center have a more nuanced view on abortion, so rhetoric demonizing anyone who doesn't agree 100% with the most extreme left position on this issue - or other contentious issues - might be counterproductive in the long run.
As someone who formerly leaned left, having voted for Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Obama twice, donated to Bernie and Tammy Baldwin....
I have really been "red-pilled" by the authoritarian tendencies recently shown by Democrats, mainstream press, corporate HR departments, etc - and the incompetence and corruption.
If you think that Trump is about even with Biden in polls because he has a large following of "Nazi" voters, you are believing a delusional fantasy.
Lots of us cringe at much of what Trump says and does, but see the other side (left, in union with establishment right, corporations, and the federal agencies) as the much bigger danger in terms of weaponizing the legal system, censoring, etc.
Once Trump is gone (either defeated, jailed, passed away, or having completed his second term) I suspect a populist Republican presidential candidate without his flaws, will easily *crush* the now discredited union of Democrats, tech oligarchs, and corrupt government agencies - unless they are ultimately successful at suppressing free speech and democracy (which I doubt they will be).
The Democrats have shown themselves to be corrupt, anti-American, Authoritarian, and incompetent to a most shocking degree. Real wages are falling due to inflation, which will continue to worsen as November 2024 arrives. High energy prices lead to inflation, and higher interest rates can't fix that, without making the working class poorer through lower wages. The Democratic policies of making traditional energy sources expensive, while alternatives are not yet available and cheap, means lower standard of living for everyone - most of all the working poor. This is the problem with depending on academics with no real world experience solving real world problems - they assert that their policies will result in utopia, and dismiss and ignore sincere critiques and suggestions which contradict their sacred ideologies. This is their particular form of incompetence, which is clear to any objective observer - and adds to the dysfunction resulting from ever-present corruption, which is always there regardless of party.
Any Republican credibly promising a return to policies that actually work to restore a high standard of living - without the dysfunction of Trump - will win easily.
If the pro choice crowd hitches their wagon to the losing side, while staking out the most extreme policies possible, they may be left without a seat at the table.
Abortion restrictions have only ONE purpose — to punish women and keep us subordinate to males. That’s why we see all the ‘oh horros men are SUFFERING’ and ‘women should forego college and marry the first loser she can find’ bullshit. It’s why so many men are defending Russell Brand having sex with a high school girl when he was twice her age. Taibbi is a misogynist so his fans here are all misogynists.
Trump hired multiple women lawyers, multiple press secretaries and spokespersons, he appointed Amy Coney Barrett to Supreme Court - too many to name. If Trump were covered by press like any other president, the public would know all this - but instead, many news outlets cover Trump by playing video of Trump (but no audio) while partisan pundits put words in his mouth - or they chop up video to make it sound like he said the opposite of what he said.
If you are so upset about Trump groping women, then I am sure you are also upset about Tara Reade's claims about Joe Biden - or the alleged entry in Ashley Biden's diary (Joe Biden's daughter) where she talks about waiting until late at night to take showers, so Joe Biden couldn't shower with her again. In case you doubt the veracity of that diary, the Biden's sued the person who allegedly stole (or found, depending upon whom you believe) said diary. Imagine the press coverage about that, were it Trump instead of Joe Biden.
Amy Comey Barrett is aggressively antifeminist because her ONLY conviction is that SHE IS SPECIAL and all other women need to be chained to a stove at home. Trump and all his supporters want women kept out of higher education and public life entirely. As for Tara Reade, she’s a proven liar, and even if what she said is true. that makes Biden equal to Trump and no worse. If I have to pick between the asshole who takes away my autonomy and the asshole who doesn’t, I’m staying with the one who doesn’t.
Re : "Amy Comey Barrett is aggressively antifeminist because her ONLY conviction is that SHE IS SPECIAL and all other women need to be chained to a stove at home. Trump and all his supporters want women kept out of higher education and public life entirely."
I have never seen any facts or evidence to support either of these accusations / claims. It is hard for me to believe they weren't just the product of someone's imagination. In the absence of links or quotes or *any* facts supporting these assertions, I really can't take them seriously. Sure, there are some odd Andrew Tate fans out there... And in the realm of politics, there is some political advantage to defining all your opponents as some characterization defined by the most extreme segment of their coalition. But for objective analysis, this is really poor practice - for either side.
I understand that you may have strong opinions on issues, and of course can support candidates you feel best advance issues you care about.
But contentious issues such as abortion will not be decided by the extremists on both sides of that issue - whose votes are basically already decided - but by the 20% to 50% of independent swing voters (like me) who decide which candidates win key swing state elections.
Many voters in the center have a more nuanced view on abortion, so rhetoric demonizing anyone who doesn't agree 100% with the most extreme left position on this issue - or other contentious issues - might be counterproductive in the long run.
As someone who formerly leaned left, having voted for Bill Clinton, John Kerry, Obama twice, donated to Bernie and Tammy Baldwin....
I have really been "red-pilled" by the authoritarian tendencies recently shown by Democrats, mainstream press, corporate HR departments, etc - and the incompetence and corruption.
If you think that Trump is about even with Biden in polls because he has a large following of "Nazi" voters, you are believing a delusional fantasy.
Lots of us cringe at much of what Trump says and does, but see the other side (left, in union with establishment right, corporations, and the federal agencies) as the much bigger danger in terms of weaponizing the legal system, censoring, etc.
Once Trump is gone (either defeated, jailed, passed away, or having completed his second term) I suspect a populist Republican presidential candidate without his flaws, will easily *crush* the now discredited union of Democrats, tech oligarchs, and corrupt government agencies - unless they are ultimately successful at suppressing free speech and democracy (which I doubt they will be).
The Democrats have shown themselves to be corrupt, anti-American, Authoritarian, and incompetent to a most shocking degree. Real wages are falling due to inflation, which will continue to worsen as November 2024 arrives. High energy prices lead to inflation, and higher interest rates can't fix that, without making the working class poorer through lower wages. The Democratic policies of making traditional energy sources expensive, while alternatives are not yet available and cheap, means lower standard of living for everyone - most of all the working poor. This is the problem with depending on academics with no real world experience solving real world problems - they assert that their policies will result in utopia, and dismiss and ignore sincere critiques and suggestions which contradict their sacred ideologies. This is their particular form of incompetence, which is clear to any objective observer - and adds to the dysfunction resulting from ever-present corruption, which is always there regardless of party.
Any Republican credibly promising a return to policies that actually work to restore a high standard of living - without the dysfunction of Trump - will win easily.
If the pro choice crowd hitches their wagon to the losing side, while staking out the most extreme policies possible, they may be left without a seat at the table.
Abortion restrictions have only ONE purpose — to punish women and keep us subordinate to males. That’s why we see all the ‘oh horros men are SUFFERING’ and ‘women should forego college and marry the first loser she can find’ bullshit. It’s why so many men are defending Russell Brand having sex with a high school girl when he was twice her age. Taibbi is a misogynist so his fans here are all misogynists.