As an independent, I wasn't happy about the upcoming presidential election before this past Thursday's debate, but things have only gotten worse. Trump demonstrated that he hasn't at all matured in his world view, and Biden is obviously too impacted by health issues.
While the above is a summary of Friday's post, today I'm concerned about the reaction of my Democratic acquaintances...Too many are in denial. They refer to Thursday as a bad night. One even credited him for showing up for work sick. Others cite the next day's teleprompter speech as an indication that he's still fit. How partisanship, from both sides, can so warp thinking is incomprehensible to me.
Perhaps Biden will voluntarily drop out and the D party can still be competitive in November. If he doesn't, they're probably forfeiting the next eight years.
If Biden is replaced, I'm personally hoping for someone right enough of center, that I might vote for.
President Biden and his family are solidly behind his canidicy. He has won all of the primary elections he entered, and won all the delagates to the conventions he fairly competed for.
ReplyDeleteParty manipulations to deny him the nominations because he had a poor night is an affront to all of the voters who supported him, and would be a fraud to all Americas. Remember he won 80 million votes in 2020, the most in American history for President.
“If Biden is replaced, I'm personally hoping for someone right enough of center, that I might vote for.”
ReplyDeletePlease give me the name of ANY right-of-center democrat politician. They’ve all been purged from the democrat party.
Some try to talk like a moderate when needed (usually at election time, depending on their voting district), but always seem to toe the line and be reliable votes to get the radical democrat agenda passed.
The problems our country is now facing isn’t just because of democrat politicians, it’s because they are in lockstep with failed democrat POLICIES.
Sadly, things seem to be so far gone in the U.S. that there will be very little accomplished through the election process. It is more likely that the U.S. is going to be changed by the developments in the rest of the world.
ReplyDeleteWe have squandered our prosperity and our self sufficiency, and it make take decades of suffering and austerity to remedy the decades of irresponsibility, corruption and mismanagement.
We can only hope that we can survive as a nation of freedom and opportunity.
I'm a Democrat who will likely vote for neither candidate since I'm uncomfortable with Kamala Harris getting into office this way. I wish Trump would have used the opportunity to act respectful, polite and gracious for once. Trump missed a huge chance to take the high road and calmly present his policy platform.
ReplyDeleteAfter being called an "alley cat" (by a man who stole another man's wife, by the way), Trump should have been more gracious? Gimme a break. He was as reserved as I've seen him...ever!
DeleteMike, The Democrat Party is no longer a party remotely close to the center. That is the problem, they have a better chance to hold their base with a clearly senile Biden than with a moderate candidate. As well, you are correct about the reaction of many rank and file Democrats. The debate should have made them finally come to terms with what the world and non Democrats have noticed for several years now, this Biden is not the Biden he was, he is clearly diminished and struggling. Those who refuse to see the truth have imposed an ignorance upon themselves and pose a danger to the country and world peace. Our worst enemies saw this debate, they know the score.
ReplyDeleteHow much would actually change by selecting another Democrat to be President? The regime behind this one would remain in control.
ReplyDeletePlease note that very different reasons people are voting for or against presidential candidates. Republicans and an increasing number of independents and yes, even some Democrats are supporting Trump because they see and fear a radicalized Democratic Party that no longer seems to stand for true liberal values. Democrats conversely use the word "Hate" as their motivation and reasoning for voting against Trump. They simply truly Hate the man, to their core they hate the man, it's that simple. Unlike the ruling Democrats, Trump is not an ideologue, he holds no view on any subject that is outside the mainstream of American political thought. Hate precludes one's ability to think and act rationally or critically. This is the frightening state of mind of too many otherwise intelligent Democrat voters.
ReplyDeleteThe Democrats will run whoever will get them the most votes. To them winning is everything, bad consequences for the country and the world are merely collateral damage. Radical Democrat policies gave birth to Donald Trump, that is to say that far left creates the need for far right. The divide was built intentionally by Obama during his insidious "leadership". There is far too much at stake in Washington with our huge central government that has metastasized into an overbearing, extravagant, near-dictatorial power center that now attracts and represents the wrong people. The stakes for both parties are so large that our politics are causing trouble for the people rather than solving our problems. The center must re-emerge, somehow?
ReplyDeleteThe current divide in our nation goes back as far as 1992, with Hillary Clinton lamenting about what she called the "politics of personal destruction". It just got worse from then.
DeleteYou nailed it, Scott. One side wants to criticize America, weaken it/bring it down, then remake it into something completely different. The other side is happy with the America they always knew and doesn’t believe it requires any radical change.
ReplyDeleteCurrent Democrats are pushing too much change and pushing too fast. Who and what could slow that?
anon@9:22: On Friday's post I replied to a comment in regard to Israel and Ukraine. Trump could not restrain Putin's ambitions or threaten Iran to control Hamas.
ReplyDeleteanon@9:26:This blog never asks readers what their opinion is. I host comments to clarify the post's topic. The topic of this post is denial by Democrats concerning Biden. I don't host general discussions of party platforms, or host dialogue between commenters.
“Trump could not restrain Putin's ambitions or threaten Iran to control Hamas.”
DeleteI don’t understand this sentence.
Putin took Crimea in 2014 under Obama/Biden and invaded the Ukraine in 2022 under Biden/Harris. So I would say Trump DID restrain Putin’s ambitions there when Trump was in office.
Under Trump we also had our country’s boot on the neck of Iran, strangling them financially and killing their military leader. Under Biden, the USA released BILLIONS to Iran, which has been used to fund terrorist groups around the world including Hamas, which surely grew stronger under Biden.
Are you disputing those facts?
It seems that once again Trump was right on policy, knew who our friends and enemies were, and acted accordingly.
This is no time to curl up into a fetal position.
ReplyDeleteanon@5:32: Trump said at the debate in his half sentence style that if he was president October 7th and Ukraine would have never happened. As I commented on Friday's post, he would have not stopped Putin from attacking Ukraine, or convinced Zelensky to concede territory. The Hamas attack was very low tech, involving bulldozers and hang gliders. It was a tremendous defensive failure on Israel's part.
ReplyDeleteRecently Trump also claimed that if he were president he would stop the hostilities in Ukraine and Gaza immediately. Israel has resisted all such attempts by the us to withdraw.
Trump's chances for the White House were excellent last Wednesday. They are almost assured since last Thursday.
I hope that you're at least half right about Trump's ability to influence international conflicts. I don't believe that NATO shares your confidence about Trump. Your POV is now included in this thread. Further reiterations will not appear.