Sorry I missed your LTE yesterday. You must be meeting Bill Maher for coffee. Earlier this week, Bill said the influence of "super crazy" woke culture has influenced the Democratic Party to push an agenda for things most Americans don't want. To be fair, he doesn't like the alternative either. Voters can hold politicians accountable. If the Democratic Party is swept aside next Tuesday, their replacements had better address the real issues that worry most Americans. If they don't, they will see their influence swept aside in 2024.
I have mentioned it before and will again. If the right wing deniers and Trumper's get elected across the country as it looks like they might, it will be the beginning of the end of the America you and I grew up with.
Taffy - only the end of your America as marshaled by nitwit Biden. We will resume a normal America assuming the leftist are thrown out and sanity is restored.
I was at the Stanford game and missed the round-table between you and Dirk. Here's something we can all agree on... Stanford football is in horrible shape this year.
The America we grew up with is already gone. Yes, it was challenging back then... JFK, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King... and while there's talk of the country coming apart today, I feel we were a lot closer in 1968. Yet, America also started to deliver on the promises of the 13th, 14th, and 15 Amendments. We put a man on the moon... and don't forget Woodstock!
Blue readers who exclaim in these pages à la Chicken Little, "The redcoats are coming! The redcoats are coming!" are waaay out of bounds. While the Chicken Little story has different endings, Chicken Little eventually sees the reality of the situation around him. The sky is not falling and democracy is not ending.
So, according to Joe, an element of semi-fascist, racist MAGA Republicans are going to throw aside our democracy next Tuesday, and the only way to save America is to vote blue. IMO it is intellectually dishonest for the current administration to resort to scare tactics while largely ignoring inflation, crime, and the border crisis. That makes it difficult for a lot of Americans to vote for Democratic Party candidates. On the other side of the coin, some conservatives are champing at the bit to halt the expansion of government programs, increase the prison population, and return emigrants to their home countries. Those positions make it difficult for some Americans to vote for Republican Party candidates.
I think we can right the ship. We need representatives, red and blue, to work on the issues that are making it tough on a lot of Americans. No matter what the tallies are in the House and Senate on Jan. 1... let's get moving.
Ray - I agree, the Republicans are better in the Opposition than in a leadership role. I don't trust either current minority leader. Gingrich was probably the last effective Republican Speaker.
Taffy, Let's set the record straight. Republicans oppose open borders, inflation, energy dependence and escalating crime. Of course, Taffy, in your bubble, you don't see that and live your merry way pretending that Biden is our savior. And, don't put words in my mouth, thank you!
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Hey, Dirk
Sorry I missed your LTE yesterday. You must be meeting Bill Maher for coffee. Earlier this week, Bill said the influence of "super crazy" woke culture has influenced the Democratic Party to push an agenda for things most Americans don't want. To be fair, he doesn't like the alternative either. Voters can hold politicians accountable. If the Democratic Party is swept aside next Tuesday, their replacements had better address the real issues that worry most Americans. If they don't, they will see their influence swept aside in 2024.
Ray,
I have mentioned it before and will again. If the right wing deniers and Trumper's get elected across the country as it looks like they might, it will be the beginning of the end of the America you and I grew up with.
Taffy - only the end of your America as marshaled by nitwit Biden. We will resume a normal America assuming the leftist are thrown out and sanity is restored.
Dirk,
If the left is thrown out it will hardly be sanity restored with things being lead by the newly installed insane.
Hey, Tafhdydicus!
I was at the Stanford game and missed the round-table between you and Dirk. Here's something we can all agree on... Stanford football is in horrible shape this year.
The America we grew up with is already gone. Yes, it was challenging back then... JFK, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King... and while there's talk of the country coming apart today, I feel we were a lot closer in 1968. Yet, America also started to deliver on the promises of the 13th, 14th, and 15 Amendments. We put a man on the moon... and don't forget Woodstock!
Blue readers who exclaim in these pages à la Chicken Little, "The redcoats are coming! The redcoats are coming!" are waaay out of bounds. While the Chicken Little story has different endings, Chicken Little eventually sees the reality of the situation around him. The sky is not falling and democracy is not ending.
So, according to Joe, an element of semi-fascist, racist MAGA Republicans are going to throw aside our democracy next Tuesday, and the only way to save America is to vote blue. IMO it is intellectually dishonest for the current administration to resort to scare tactics while largely ignoring inflation, crime, and the border crisis. That makes it difficult for a lot of Americans to vote for Democratic Party candidates. On the other side of the coin, some conservatives are champing at the bit to halt the expansion of government programs, increase the prison population, and return emigrants to their home countries. Those positions make it difficult for some Americans to vote for Republican Party candidates.
I think we can right the ship. We need representatives, red and blue, to work on the issues that are making it tough on a lot of Americans. No matter what the tallies are in the House and Senate on Jan. 1... let's get moving.
Washington State 52 - Stanford 14
Ray - I agree, the Republicans are better in the Opposition than in a leadership role. I don't trust either current minority leader. Gingrich was probably the last effective Republican Speaker.
Dirk,
We sort of almost agree on one thing. The Republicans are definitely the party of opposition, they oppose everything and offer nothing.
Taffy, Let's set the record straight. Republicans oppose open borders, inflation, energy dependence and escalating crime. Of course, Taffy, in your bubble, you don't see that and live your merry way pretending that Biden is our savior. And, don't put words in my mouth, thank you!
The man who attacked Pelosi was a illegal immigrant and an obvious mental case.
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