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Agree with GR. A Trump loss will float thousands of conspiracy theories, but I believe (or hope might be a better word) the Republican party will develop a bull pen of pragmatic conservatives that moderates and independents will find appealing.
First, it is bewildering why Republicans can’t mount a cohesive strategic attack on Biden/Harris and stop with the name calling. Make libs actually discuss policy while reminding voters that all the bad things they predicted in 2016 failed to materialize, and 2024 is no different.
The left’s fixation on Project 2025 is telling. If MSM were tracking lies and misstatements like they do with Trump, Project 2025 would barely draw a peep. No mention that it is the work of a think tank in existence for 40 years. Puzzling is the Right’s silence with regards to liberal policy think tanks like the Center for American Progress. In my opinion, that alone would move the needle for a few moderates and independents.
Friendly interview? That’s an understatement. You don’t have to dig deep into Harris’s proposals before you go WTF.
Business Startups –
9 out of 10 startups fail, a misleading startup statistics in the context of startups because these figures focus on all new businesses, both startups and traditional businesses (like a hair salon).
69% of all successful startups start from home, 59% choose to operate even when they have enough cash
Only 40% of startups become profitable, only 9% of startups survive ten years.
30% of future unicorns operate in enterprise/big data tools
A startup founder who is 40 years old is 2.1x more likely to start a successful venture than a 25-year-old.
Less than 1% of startups get venture capital investment.
Harris is willing to handout $50K/startup so people can pursue their dream of starting a company, even though 90% of them will fail. Is the $50k a loan or a grant? If it is a loan, will it be forgiven if the business fails? I can see becoming a startup specialist. Can I startup 6 or 7 businesses every year? Might be a nice gig for my retirement.
First time home buyers accounted for nearly 1/3 of home purchases last year, up 6% from 2022. With all of the government programs for first time buyers, do we really need additional incentives? Of course, the mantra is again “helping people pursue their dream of owning a home.”
Last but not least, an additional break for each child. This is again, helping people pursue their dream, only this one is the dream of starting a family.
I see an economic policy based on pursuit of dreams. More like the pursuit of clouds and taxing the rich. Of course, taxing the rich doesn’t cover the additional cost of these 3 programs.
I’ve come to the conclusion Blue States don’t want to end homelessness. How does any rational person look the spending to address homelessness and think it is money well spent?
$24B for 186,000 people? Good gawd…..
Agree on Nikki Haley as a great choice, but would she have accepted? I see her as a front runner to clean up the smoldering mess of a Republican party in 4 years.
I watched for an hour. My impression was the same as Legend’s. Neither one answered a question. Kamala looked more poised and polished than expected. Trump – well, what can one say.
Kamala was all about talking points. She’s going to fix the economy by giving away more money. Great.
[quote quote=8943]BTW, in an NYT article, Carville laid out a three-point plan for Harris to defeat Trump:
- Make sure Trump hurts himself in the debate.
- Break from Biden’s policies.
- Show clear growth mind-set compared to her 2020 presidential run.
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1. Easy enough. Let Trump be Trump.
2. Tough to do. No policies of her own, she has to explain her support for Biden’s policies over the last 3 1/2 years. I’ll pay to watch.
3. No chance of this happening. She has no aptitude for anything beyond blaming Trump for our current problems.She changed her position on immigration and fracking because of what she learned in the last 4 years.
Good heavens, Charlie Brown!
[quote quote=8836]There wasn’t a single mention on this forum about how Comer’s star witness in the impeachment inquiry turned out to be a Russian spy who was passing along Kremlin disinformation. But we should give James Comer some credit — he will not be deterred. After his impeachment investigation fizzled out, he has predictably launched a new investigation into Kamala’s running mate, Tim Walz, for traveling to China and teaching English there (very scandalous indeed): https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gops-comer-launches-investigation-walzs-engagement-china/story?id=112896060 If the CCP is smart, they will put Comer in touch with a Chinese spy — or someone connected to Chinese spies — and dish him all kinds of disinformation. I look forward to Tweets about it from Tucker Carlson, who will “just be asking questions”.[/quote]
GOP is so lacking fresh and original ideas it is stealing from the Dems playbook. Looks like a Steele dossier redux in this case.
“They’re blaming the “birth-death” model of new businesses opening versus new businesses closing — it’s basically just an estimate, and they’re claiming they’re still learning how to estimate the numbers post-COVID.”
Code for “We are still trying to figure out how to gaslight the public.”
“Governor Walz bent over backwards to appease a population that is 1.5% of his state. Interesting.” (fixed that for you)
Well, the fact checkers are all over this pointing out differences between Minnesota’s new flag and Somalia’s. Walz pointed out the old flag was problematic, possibly offending the native American residents. Native Americans are 1.0% of Minnesota’s population, so the narrative remains Walz was appeasing an extremely small minority.
Appeasement is sold as leadership. We are becoming a nation of pussies lead by wussies.
