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[quote quote=8744]https://x.com/OwenGregorian/status/1819715706323190110 Gavin Newsom doesn’t see you as a citizen of his state. He sees you as a potential revenue stream.[/quote]
This would be funny it weren’t so sad. California has done such a bang up job managing resources and supplying basic services that it will own and operate refineries?
Who will it sue when there is spill? Who will it sue over contributing to climate change?
Good heavens…..
Democratic governors have more baggage than a cruise ship. Jay Inslee is a perfect example when you have nothing but ideology to float your boat. (Pun intended.)
In his haste to save the planet, he is costing Washington residents a “boatload” of misery, not mention hitting their pocketbook with fees, taxes and assessments to reduce our collective carbon footprint.
meh
I wonder if the poll reflects the feelings about a woman president vs this woman as president. IMO, the poll reflects the latter rather than the former.
[quote quote=8679]It doesn’t make any difference. If Trump loses he will fire up the conspiracy theories and lawsuits regardless of any validity. If he loses a by a little, his people will assume it was “rigged”. If he loses by a lot his people will definitely think it was rigged. He will never admit defeat. And he (and many of his supporters) will believe any dumb conspiracy, as we saw in 2020. It doesn’t matter who he was running against, what the polls said, what the evidence is. As you may recall, in 2016, during the Republican primary, he claimed the outcome in some states and the process and was rigged. Everything in his life, if it doesn’t favor him, is rigged. Heads he wins; tails it was rigged.[/quote]
You post as if Dems have never claimed an election was rigged. HRC still claims the 2016 was manipulated.
[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.
