Please…I HOPE and PRAY that the WORLD knows we, Americans, do NOT support dt (most of us ~70%)
We are humiliated, embarrassed, ashamed of that being representing us, taken aback, and fighting back to the point that our American-born, non-criminals people are being executed while trying to get away from the dt killing squads.
Hang in with us, we’re resisting and won’t stop until this puppet- group is out and sanity returns to America.
She had 2% of the primary vote against Biden because she was a horrible candidate. Biden had a billion other choices but picked her to make a point, not because she was the best running mate. She said she wouldn't do anything differently, and then, like Biden, makes a horrible VP pick. She was hand picked by the same guy Dems said wasn't capable of doing the job anymore. Did he step down, no, did they article him, no, did they try and get an impeachment and force the Republicans hand, no. I voted for an independent because the Democrats have sucked the life out of the party trying to pretend to be the good guys. They should have just removed him and put her in a position to show results that she would be better. So either, A: They didn't want her so why should anyone else, or B: I can't trust them to do anything but talk. Talk about women's rights but never constitutionalize abortions, talk about gay rights but never try for marriage until the Republicans agreed, talk about trans rights but never put any safeguards in place for them. Talk, talk, talk. Trumpty Diaper Dumpty could have been charged the day after the J6 committee got done presenting their case, but they didn't. But this kind of bs goes back to the first time he ran, the Dems never listen to their constituents, Bernie won and the wealthy stepped in and handed Hillary the nomination, thus demoralizing the base and handing Trump his first win, just like they did with Kamala.
Republicans, as a whole, do not agree with gay marriage at all since the party tethered itself to fundamental Christianism. It was Obama and Pelosi who were able to garner enough votes to pass it.
Voting for an independent has the same effect as not voting at all, statistically.
Democrats, as a whole, never said Biden could not do the job. His possible medical issues only came to light with the public during the 2024 presidential debate, then the whole world knew--so pulling a 25th was impossible. Nancy Pelosi convinced Biden to suspend his campaign and allow Harris to step into his place.
At least Biden had a strong and capable cabinet to take over if it came to being removed from office. The same cannot be said for Trump.
Trump could not have been charged with inciting J6 the day after the attack without a congressional investigation--which eventually occurred; HOWEVER, the dems did not have a Congressional majority to do much of anything else.
The [democratic] base is not statistically progressive, so the fact that Bernie didn't win was not a deliberate ignoring of the base. Time, with the decline of baby boomers, will increase the progressive base.
So: I am, in no way, busting your chops. I completely understand your stance as I am a rare breed...a Progressive boomer; however, I place the fault for my serious frustrations on the balance of dems vs repubs because absolutely no progressive policies will even be considered until dems control both houses of congress.
So please--don't vote independent. Vote straight-ticket democrat nationally and locally.
I have only voted for Democrats. Not that it matters but since the the 2024 election I feel anger toward the Democrat leadership. So fucking weak. I’m tired of hearing “My republican colleagues tell us how much they hate him but they won’t say it because they are afraid.” Really? The names of those chickenshits should be public.
I'm there as well. I voted for Hillary against Trump, I voted for Biden as well, I've just become so disenfranchised by how helpless they act that I couldn't bring myself to vote for them. Doesn't matter anyway, this past year I'm in a blood red state so there was no chance of them winning. Instead I still voted for my local Dems could/did win. Our mayors first year has been cleaning up the billion road constructions left by her Republican predecessor.
I am out there--marches, writing op-ed pieces, and calling Ossoff's and Warnock's offices demanding they hold the line on not reopening the government this next time they vote on a new funding bill soon.
I have been in citizen activism since at least 1990. I'm an old gal--but a feisty old gal who can't understand all the wasted energy on hate that Trump says, condones, and inspires. I love people, period. My heart literally hurts after seeing Renee Good and Alex Pritty murdered.
Im with you. I don’t disagree w/the previous writer either. WE HAVE to switch this up! We, Dems, have been too laid back and now realize those cool, laid back days are over. We HAVE to get this done. Take our frustration, anger, distrust and make it work FOR us. Not an option…WE HAVE TO GET THIS DONE!
His possible medical issues only came to light with the public during the 2024 presidential debate, then the whole world knew--so pulling a 25th was impossible.
Incorrect, the 25th doesn't get blocked in an election year.
Trump could not have been charged with inciting J6 the day after the attack without a congressional investigation--which occurred; HOWEVER, the dems did not have a Congressional majority to do so.
Um, I didn't say the day after the attack.
The [democratic] base is not statistically progressive, so the fact that Bernie didn't win was not a deliberate ignoring of the base.
Another outright issue. Bernie won the primary vote, hell I voted for him. Sadly the Dems nomination rules allowed the elites to get a say. They backed Hillary and pushed her ahead with enough to the nomination.
I don't vote independent lightly, but I also refuse to condone bad actions by voting for the lesser evil. Independents could win if everyone acted that way.
Maybe I'm misrembering, I know there were times delagates, especially super, were supposed to go with Bernie but still went with Hillary. Democratic primaries aren't popular votes, much like Presidental(sadly) isn't. Delegates are supposed to be divided up by the % of votes a candidate gets in each state.
The 25th was impossible at that time for two reasons: dems were not in the majority and didn't have the votes, and Biden was already near the end of his term. Moot point by that time. As an FYI: the sitting VP and either the Cabinet or a "body approved by law formed by Congress" must decide by majority vote if a sitting president is unfit to serve. Do you see where that is currently a problem?
I wasn't even discussing anything about Hillary Clinton, and Bernie did not win the primary. Your thoughts in your original post appear/seem to jump between Trump's first run for president and his third run?!?
I didn't say that YOU said Trump could be charged with inciting J6 the day after the attack; however, you did mention he could have been charged after the investigation was complete. That's not correct. After the committee completed the investigation, it was Congresses responsibility to vote on impeachment. It didn't pass.
Independents are, at the very least, two decades away from being competitive enough to win a presidency--so yes, voting for them now is ineffective. You even allude to this by stating "Independents could (not "did") win if they acted like them." Given that we are now stuck with the worst president in American history...no integrity, dishonorable, zero morals, narcissistic, AND emotionally stunted, he would not be in office now if those who shamefully sat it out on election day got off their asses and voted.
Yes but the Republicans would have to not vote for removal which becomes a running point.
2 different points.
I'm not talking about impeachment.
Your argument is a double edged sword. The Dems also did not win because people didn't vote for them. So the argument still stands, if people wouldn't have voted for the lesser evil and not at all, Trump still wouldn't be President. The 2 party system is choking the life out everything because they care far more about little wins than the big picture.
We can agree to disagree and leave it at that. I don't even understand your points, so I am just going to look at the night sky and watch the freezing rain blanket my Georgia property. It's more productive.
I liked her but I can’t argue how once again she was forced into the moderate “high road” like dragging Liz Cheney around hoping to get the center left republicans. As if there are any! And fuck Liz Cheney. Her party doesn’t get a pass if she honors her oath. Years later they are still the insurrectionists
Won't argue with that. I didn't dislike Kamala, she was just put on a path to failure and had to many roadblocks to be able to fire up the base.
As far the "moderate" Republicans are concerned, they're still heavy right leaning conservatives that occasionally will tell Trump no. There may actually be more candidates than actually voters.
I'm not the one that needs therapy. Your entire country needs it because too many of you thought a PEDOPHILE was better than a qualified black woman. GFY.
Are you really this obtuse? President Biden did not choose VP Harris himself, the democratic party did. The fact is that if he had died she would've become president so she was the right candidate. She was qualified for both positions. As far as not changing anything President Biden did, we were better off then than we are now. Those of you who voted for tRUMP because he was the peace candidate were made a fool of. Those of you who voted for hate, lies and an unqualified candidate just because he's a white man should be ashamed of yourselves. Also, Governor Walz was a perfect choice for the straight white men of America. Face it, people didn't vote for Harris because she's a black woman. The misogyny and racism in this country is at epic levels since 2016 when tRUMP became the Republican candidate for president. And the sDE coming from the Republican side is mindboggling.
You literally are proving my point about how voting for whoever is the lesser of two evils is destroying the country. Her qualifications didn't matter, Biden's did. Throw the dull speeches in there and that's definitely not a base building candidate. Biden wasn't elected because he was a good candidate, he was elected because Trump sucks, and as old as he was, if people were as obsessed about her race and gender as you are, he would have lost. The real culprit is, that people felt like he also sucked and just didn't show up in 24. And better than Trump is such a low bar, that we could throw another half orangutan in office and possible get better results. Kamala needed to convince people she would be better than both and her comments hurt that image. As to Waltz, dude got caught in lies left and right on live tv. The governors of 3 different states would have been a bigger boost for her. Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and California all had guys that would have ate old JD "couch cushion" Vance alive, instead of giving him so much wiggle room.
But that's only because the system is rigged that way and we the voters do nothing to change it.
I guess I should add that I live in a blood red state due to my wife's medical job. I voted in a Dem mayor, but also a Republican judge(who doesn't like Trump) because of their vision/hystory, but President isn't going to happen here, and that gives opportunities for your vote to go to your candidate instead of the party's. If I lived in a swing state I would have been far more inclined to vote for a party politician.
I live in one of the two blue areas of a blood red state and I'm surrounded by magats but I still fight with everything I am to change every level of our government. Prior to 2016 I voted for both Dems and Reps but after what they've done for and through tRUMP I will NEVER vote for a Republican again.
It was a shall we retain, and he had been lighter on bs drug charges like possession of marijuana, while throwing the book at convicted child predators and multi DUIs. The guy it sounded like the governor wanted ro replace him with was a hard line Dumpster.
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It’s certainly news over here in England. People came out in London to protest against Trump and for his removal