US Politics Hamsterwheel V4.0
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US Politics Hamsterwheel V4.0
What a difference in message the Biden inauguration brought. Messages of unity and hope instead of the nasty, defensive, injured and insular message that Trump championed.
Good luck cousins. Hope these next years see you back on page with your friends and partners.
Good luck cousins. Hope these next years see you back on page with your friends and partners.
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Originally Posted by lomapaseo
I do agree that grandpapa Biden is a breath of fresh air
but talk is cheap, show me the beef in my bun and not just the lettuce
but talk is cheap, show me the beef in my bun and not just the lettuce
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Unity comes from what he does not what he says.
I note that, in the same way Trump set out to overturn everything that Obama had done, Biden and the Democrats are now equally determined to undo everything that Trump has done - signing 12 presidential executive orders on his first day in office to that effect.
Governing through executive orders was one of the trends introduced by Obama and carried to extremes by Trump and condemned by constitutional experts.
It would seem that, in the worst ways, Washington politics has been changed forever. I am reminded of the latter days of the Roman republic.
http://law.syr.edu/uploads/docs/dean...f_Law_2019.pdf
I note that, in the same way Trump set out to overturn everything that Obama had done, Biden and the Democrats are now equally determined to undo everything that Trump has done - signing 12 presidential executive orders on his first day in office to that effect.
Governing through executive orders was one of the trends introduced by Obama and carried to extremes by Trump and condemned by constitutional experts.
It would seem that, in the worst ways, Washington politics has been changed forever. I am reminded of the latter days of the Roman republic.
http://law.syr.edu/uploads/docs/dean...f_Law_2019.pdf
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Heard from a friend in Spain that they found a website saying Biden had allegations of a rather sensitive nature levelled against him a few years back but no charges were actually made and it was all hushed up.
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Originally Posted by chevvron
Heard from a friend in Spain that they found a website saying Biden had allegations of a rather sensitive nature levelled against him a few years back but no charges were actually made and it was all hushed up.
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Originally Posted by West Coast
Soaring rhetoric is free I believe.
Trump’s statements of intent were bitter, mean and nasty: The politics of division and hate. And he also failed to achieve MAGA, or properly represent the interests of the many disaffected fools who voted for him. He nevertheless still managed to blame everyone but himself for a failed presidency and get the more extreme elements of his base to invade the Capital. As one of his pathetic legacies, millions of US citizens now doubt that a democratic election was properly and fairly won. The man and his cronies were and still are poison.
Messages of decency, unity, moderation and dialogue are not just rhetoric; they are the right tone from the President.
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Originally Posted by Torquetalk
It is also a statement of intent. And it comes at political cost when expectations are mismatched. For everyone who isn’t blinded by Trump’s lies, that is.
Trump’s statements of intent were bitter, mean and nasty: The politics of division and hate. And he also failed to achieve MAGA, or properly represent the interests of the many disaffected fools who voted for him. He nevertheless still managed to blame everyone but himself for a failed presidency and get the more extreme elements of his base to invade the Capital. As one of his pathetic legacies, millions of US citizens now doubt that a democratic election was properly and fairly won. The man and his cronies were and still are poison.
Messages of decency, unity, moderation and dialogue are not just rhetoric; they are the right tone from the President.
Trump’s statements of intent were bitter, mean and nasty: The politics of division and hate. And he also failed to achieve MAGA, or properly represent the interests of the many disaffected fools who voted for him. He nevertheless still managed to blame everyone but himself for a failed presidency and get the more extreme elements of his base to invade the Capital. As one of his pathetic legacies, millions of US citizens now doubt that a democratic election was properly and fairly won. The man and his cronies were and still are poison.
Messages of decency, unity, moderation and dialogue are not just rhetoric; they are the right tone from the President.
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Originally Posted by West Coast
Trump is gone now, it’s time to stop carrying him on your back. It’s Biden’s show now.
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Originally Posted by PDR1
Ah yes, that would be why you were still "But Hillary-ing" as recently as 27th Aug 2020. Hard for you to claim the intellectual high ground when you've spent the last four years at the bottom of the intellectual cesspit.
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Biden's call for unity is probably the most hypocritical thing I have ever heard. The Democrats tried to tear Trump down from even before he was in office and didn't stop for the whole four years. Now they ask for unity?
Someone on another forum likened removing Trump to the Caine Mutiny. Apparently they had no idea that the whole point of the film was in the last line.
Someone on another forum likened removing Trump to the Caine Mutiny. Apparently they had no idea that the whole point of the film was in the last line.
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Originally Posted by ChrisVJ
Biden's call for unity is probably the most hypocritical thing I have ever heard. The Democrats tried to tear Trump down from even before he was in office and didn't stop for the whole four years. Now they ask for unity?
Someone on another forum likened removing Trump to the Caine Mutiny. Apparently they had no idea that the whole point of the film was in the last line.
Someone on another forum likened removing Trump to the Caine Mutiny. Apparently they had no idea that the whole point of the film was in the last line.
And if you are looking for the modern drivers of extreme rhetoric and division in US politics, look no further than.... the GOP; who didn’t tell Gingrich to put a sock in it when he drove a wedge between the parties with his extreme, disingenuous and ridiculous rhetoric. They decided playing with defensive, white, threatened sentiment was a vote winner and went along.
Of course, they continued the same dangerous miscalculation with Trump and realized too late that the beast can be hard to contain.
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