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[quote quote=8660]First, the non-interesting item. Black women are rallying to support Harris: ‘We were built for this moment’: Black women rally around Kamala Harris (msn.com) Now the interesting item: Black men aren’t nearly as supportive of Harris. Metro Detroit — of all places, a place I lived for four years — show a slight, persistent polling edge for Trump. Heard this from a Dem commentator yesterday. https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/21/michigan-poll-trump-biden-polling/74468127007/ Trump has a 7 point lead in the state, including a 46% to 44% lead in Metro Detroit. Four years ago, Biden beat Trump 56% to 40%.[/quote]
I don’t see anything here that is surprising. Rallying to support Harris – really? Biden got over 90% of the Black Female vote, how much more rallying can one get?
The only record she can run on is Joe’s. IMO, Trump needs to push the idea that she is essentially Joe Part 2 with less experience in foreign and domestic policy.
It will be interesting to see how she will disconnect from this administration, or if she will. I think she stands a decent chance if she moves the middle NOW with policy statements on Foreign Policy, Education, Energy and Health Care. At the risk of losing the lunatic fringe, (a small risk, IMO), I think a moderate position will win more votes than it will cost. Like I said, it’s a small risk, where else is the LGBQTxyz crowd going with their support?
I didn’t bother watching the RNC Convention . This may be a different story.
Drinking game challenge.
Take a shot of your favorite bourbon, Tequila whatever every time the phrase “convicted felon” is used.
🙂 Just for fun. Besides, it will dull the pain of seeing these two azz hats trying to convince voters one of them deserves to be president again.
Short of a revolution, only a viable 3rd party option will save the Republic. It will have to appeal to moderates and pragmatists to stand a chance over the ideologues who keep getting re-elected.
Millenials are hanging around waiting for their inheritance. If you think they acted like entitled little shits up to now, just wait.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/01/economy/millennials-richest-generation-in-history/index.html
Listened to her press conference. This woman should be in Hollywood, because the performance was Oscar worthy.
Not surprising to this dog, she laid her problems on racism and the good old boy network.
Good read, I share many of the same views.
“The inability of progressives, particularly in the Portland metro area, to deal with the nitty-gritty of governing and to get something done is just staggering,” Representative Earl Blumenauer, a Democrat who has been representing and championing Portland for more than half a century, told me. “People are much more interested in ideology than in actual results.”
Couple of thoughts – I can’t believe I agree with Blumenauer on anything, but he is 100% on the mark. After 40 years of Dems control, locals still want to blame every conservative for the current problems. Mental health issues – Reagan’s fault. Border crisis- Donald Trump. Somehow, local problems are caused by conservatives on the national stage.
Portland could be wonderful, world class city, except it is cursed with a never ending stream of ineffective leaders. A local company was paid almost $30M to clean up homeless encampments, while at the same time Multnomah County handed out 6500 tents and over 25k blue tarps. Local activists claim there have been over 12,000 homeless that have been moved off the street. Never mind the highest estimate of homeless was 8000 and at most there are only 1000 housing units available for them.
Some of the locals are starting to get the idea. Voting for ideologues with a vision is not a road map to utopia.
First job drawing a real paycheck was at Sandy’s (now Carl’s Junior, I believe.)Baled hay and other custom farm contract work for four years. Worked for UPS loading delivery trucks. Paid over $8/hour in 1973. Great job, other than a 5:00 AM start time. Worked in a print shop, doing a variety of tasks.
Sounds like the tenant has a legit shot with this case. Maybe this will open the door for other similar lawsuits.
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Two of the big issues contributing to the collapse of our culture are the decimation of our education system and the erosion of our society’s connection to a spiritual identity. You ask how a community could vote the way Portland residents have, and ultimately the value systems have eroded because we have failed to model them and younger generations have not embraced them.
My mom has a very definite take on precisely when the decimation of the education occurred. It was when “Welcome Back Kotter” aired . It made it acceptable to both backtalk teachers and not treat school seriously.[/quote]
Respectfully disagree with your mom. My take is the decline in our education system started with the Dept of Education, formed in 1980.
Just one man’s opinion….
Schmidt got smoked in yesterdays primary election by 12 points. A big chunk of his funding came from Working Families Party, headquartered in New York. Another large contributor is the Drug Policy Alliance.
“The Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) is a New York City–based nonprofit organization that seeks to advance policies that “reduce the harms of both drug use and drug prohibition, and to promote the sovereignty of individuals over their minds and bodies”. The organization prioritizes reducing the role of criminalization in drug policy, advocating for the legal regulation of marijuana, and promoting health-centered drug policies”- Willamette Weekly.
George Soros is a contributor to both PACs.
Local media could no longer cover for Schmidt. The results of his progressive policies are out there for all to see. Record levels homicides, robberies, auto thefts, vandalism and assault didn’t leave much to run on as incumbent.
It will take years for Portland to recover.
Portland citizens are beyond weary with the nonsense presented as progessivism. Four years ago, Mike Schmidt was all about not prosecuting property crimes. Well, car thefts suddenly spiked to over 1000 cars per month. Break ins, flash mob theft and petty theft left business owners no option – move or close your doors. Often times there was no choice- businesses could not get insurance, or it was so expensive it became unaffordable.
Today, DA Schmidt is all about law and order, getting behind new police initiatives to curb auto theft, reduce drug use and prosecuting flash mob gang robberies as organized crime. Liberals are slowly starting to realize that soft on crime does not reduce r
Gotta wonder what metric the WH uses in determining how well the economy is doing.
Unemployment Numbers are more fraudulent than meaningful.
Consumer prices are insanely volatile. Energy prices are out of control, thanks mainly to increased Green Initiatives. (Energy Taxes)
Most of the GDP increase from Q1 2020 is wiped out by inflation.
Consumer Spending is financed by credit card debt.
Budgeted deficit spending at all time high.Aside from denial or delusion, how could any one look at our current economic policy and not see a train wreck of epic proportion. 🙂
