Where Biden is in the polls in May 2023 is irrelevant. What matters is where he is in the polls in May 2024...if he is leading, then the odds are good he wins. Re-elects are won in May of election years. Ask Nixon. Ask Reagan. Ask Clinton. Ask Bush. Ask Obama...if you are leading the polls going into Memorial Day Weekend, then the race is yours to lose.
Sinema polls poorly in Arizona for reasons that have little to do with her “bipartisan appeal.” She rarely if ever meets with constituents and community leaders but seems to have no end of time for hedge fund managers. She has pretty much betrayed the party activists who got her elected and doesn’t seem to care one whit about the people of Arizona. For all her vaunted intelligence, Sinema’s rare interviews expose her as an intellectual lightweight. (I *knew* there was a reason she hangs out with a lump of tapioca like John Cornyn. Birds of a feather…)
Bipartisan appeal? Sinema has no appeal whatsoever. She wears the political chains she forged herself; she made them link by link, yard by yard.
If Trump wins back the Presidency, the world will cease to exist, as their will be NO social contract honored any more . It WILL be the biblical apocalypse. Start praying now!
I get Politicususa's daily newsletter (free to get it if you sign up to get it - no fee). From the article: "Here is how the poll is conducted. The call center calls 1,000ish random Americans. The call center employee, who isn’t a pollster, but someone who may have been doing random calling for Xfinity or some other company or product an hour earlier, reads the questions. The respondent self-identifies as a Democrat, Republican, or Independent. Since this isn’t a registered voter poll, the person asking the questions has no idea if the respondent is telling the truth. Democrats can pretend to be Republicans, Republicans can pretend to be Democrats, and both can pretend to be Independents." And it goes on from there. In other words, the poll is completely worthless and ABC is a dunce for even talking about it.
If it all boils down to mental health, as Abbott claims, why did he cut $211 from the budget for mental health? Why does Texas rank last--literally 50th-- in mental health care?
I guess "thoughts and prayers" are considered health care. He obviously never heard of another saying, "God helps those who help themselves", except of course for the poor, the elderly, the sick, the dying, the immigrants, the homeless, that is, everyone who clearly needs his help. I wonder how many helped him when he needed a great deal of help, and how many he treated like dirt when they did.
Regarding mass killings: I listened to Asa H on Sunday saying we have to treat the mentally ill. True enough. I'm pretty sure I've heard that reasoning from others who don't want to address the control of AR-15s. Nonetheless, we aren't the only country to have mental health issues. We are, however, the only country to have mass killings on such a grand scale.
Manchin are Sinema are "moderating voices" in the Senate?
No, they are self-serving hypocrites who are hoping they can have their cake (i.e., be viewed as "sensible" Democrats) and eat it (be viewed as "sensible" obsrtructionist), too.
It's so frustrating that people are talking about discussing sexuality and gender identity in early elementary school as if that's a thing that happens. It's NOT, hasn't been, and won't be.
Of course it doesn't happen. But it fires up Fox Nation and the naive. It's in the same category as introducing a bill forbidding elementary school teachers from instructing 6-year-old boys on how to put on condoms.
With the current iteration by the New GOP of the "Southern Strategy" that was promulgated back in the late 1950s and early '60s by the Repubs, the prominence of politics by fear and grievance has grown rapidly (and across more than just the South). The two recent mass killings in Texas are obvious signs of this. While intentionally running down a bus stop full of people in front of an immigration center is xenophobic on its face, the fear of migrants instilled by TX government over the years will just allow more of this bovine scat to expand.
The other mass killing, by gun, is actually of more concern to me. Like everyone else, I'm becoming inured to the repetitive news of these shootings. OTOH, I am also getting more and more peeved by the reactions of our elected officials. In TX, it has gone beyond thoughts and prayers to a complete abdication of responsibilities of those same politicians. What kind of pseudo-religious madman would state, for the record, that the shooting in Allen was the will of G-d? A Representative, like Keith Self (R Idiotsville), that shows as little empathy for his constituents as he has is a distinct warning of the cancer spreading within the PseudoRepubs, PseudoCons and RINOs that is eating our country. Further, I am disgusted by the continuing blame being placed by Gov Abbott, and a predominant number of other Governors in Red states, primarily on mental illness. IMO, the mental illness is the overly permissive interpretations of 2A combined with a fear that they will lose power if they don't kowtow to their hardcore base.
There are many historians who believe that the 2nd Amendment was put in place to gain the votes of Southern states in order to ratify the Constitution. They propose that the real purpose was to allow the suppression of slave revolts:
"George Mason expressed a similar fear: “The [slave patrol] militia may be here destroyed by that method which has been practiced in other parts of the world before; that is, by rendering them useless, by disarming them. Under various pretenses, Congress may neglect to provide for arming and disciplining the militia; and the state governments cannot do it, for Congress has an exclusive right to arm them [under this proposed Constitution].”" http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/slave-patrols-and-the-second-amendment-how-fears-of-abolition-empowered-an-armed-militia/ [All items within [] in the original]
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Of course other historians say this is false. Either way, assault weapons and magazines that will hold up to one hundred rounds have *nothing* to do with self-protection. Those who own these weapons of war, especially those who own multiple weapons, are basically just exercising a peculiar fetish.
It's well past time to enact legislation that will limit access to these types of long guns, allow clips but not magazines, enact red flag laws and other common sense measures. Guns will always be a part of the American psyche, but that doesn't mean we should allow unfettered access to any and all guns just because someone claims it is their right to own weapons of war.
Where Biden is in the polls in May 2023 is irrelevant. What matters is where he is in the polls in May 2024...if he is leading, then the odds are good he wins. Re-elects are won in May of election years. Ask Nixon. Ask Reagan. Ask Clinton. Ask Bush. Ask Obama...if you are leading the polls going into Memorial Day Weekend, then the race is yours to lose.
Sinema polls poorly in Arizona for reasons that have little to do with her “bipartisan appeal.” She rarely if ever meets with constituents and community leaders but seems to have no end of time for hedge fund managers. She has pretty much betrayed the party activists who got her elected and doesn’t seem to care one whit about the people of Arizona. For all her vaunted intelligence, Sinema’s rare interviews expose her as an intellectual lightweight. (I *knew* there was a reason she hangs out with a lump of tapioca like John Cornyn. Birds of a feather…)
Bipartisan appeal? Sinema has no appeal whatsoever. She wears the political chains she forged herself; she made them link by link, yard by yard.
If Trump wins back the Presidency, the world will cease to exist, as their will be NO social contract honored any more . It WILL be the biblical apocalypse. Start praying now!
What is the playbook for amending the 2nd amendment? What change would it be, evidence (reduced homicides) needs to support the change?
I get Politicususa's daily newsletter (free to get it if you sign up to get it - no fee). From the article: "Here is how the poll is conducted. The call center calls 1,000ish random Americans. The call center employee, who isn’t a pollster, but someone who may have been doing random calling for Xfinity or some other company or product an hour earlier, reads the questions. The respondent self-identifies as a Democrat, Republican, or Independent. Since this isn’t a registered voter poll, the person asking the questions has no idea if the respondent is telling the truth. Democrats can pretend to be Republicans, Republicans can pretend to be Democrats, and both can pretend to be Independents." And it goes on from there. In other words, the poll is completely worthless and ABC is a dunce for even talking about it.
2 Things can be true. This Poll is brutal, but Biden can/will probably also beat Trump.
I am no fan of Biden. I do not and will not support him.
I'm furious at his arrogance thinking HE is the only (D) who can lead our country
I too would tell a pollster I do not support him
but when it comes down to Biden vs Trump, I will angerly cast my ballot for Biden because I would NEVER EVER EVER vote for Trump.
FWIW, the WaPo/ABC poll had an over-sampling of Republicans according to people better at reviewing the Crosstabs than me.
Totally agree. We are stuck in the South - so the needle might now move forward much :(
I am tempted to label this Brigitte Gabriel of the Harriet Tubman tweet an airhead. But there is no air in a vacuum.
If it all boils down to mental health, as Abbott claims, why did he cut $211 from the budget for mental health? Why does Texas rank last--literally 50th-- in mental health care?
I guess "thoughts and prayers" are considered health care. He obviously never heard of another saying, "God helps those who help themselves", except of course for the poor, the elderly, the sick, the dying, the immigrants, the homeless, that is, everyone who clearly needs his help. I wonder how many helped him when he needed a great deal of help, and how many he treated like dirt when they did.
Regarding mass killings: I listened to Asa H on Sunday saying we have to treat the mentally ill. True enough. I'm pretty sure I've heard that reasoning from others who don't want to address the control of AR-15s. Nonetheless, we aren't the only country to have mental health issues. We are, however, the only country to have mass killings on such a grand scale.
Manchin are Sinema are "moderating voices" in the Senate?
No, they are self-serving hypocrites who are hoping they can have their cake (i.e., be viewed as "sensible" Democrats) and eat it (be viewed as "sensible" obsrtructionist), too.
The problem is GUNS, GUNS, GUNS, GUNS, GUNS.
It's so frustrating that people are talking about discussing sexuality and gender identity in early elementary school as if that's a thing that happens. It's NOT, hasn't been, and won't be.
Of course it doesn't happen. But it fires up Fox Nation and the naive. It's in the same category as introducing a bill forbidding elementary school teachers from instructing 6-year-old boys on how to put on condoms.
Anyone interested in reading more about that poll should check out Parker Malloy's substack post about it. https://open.substack.com/pub/presentage/p/a-wapo-poll-found-that-significant?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android
With the current iteration by the New GOP of the "Southern Strategy" that was promulgated back in the late 1950s and early '60s by the Repubs, the prominence of politics by fear and grievance has grown rapidly (and across more than just the South). The two recent mass killings in Texas are obvious signs of this. While intentionally running down a bus stop full of people in front of an immigration center is xenophobic on its face, the fear of migrants instilled by TX government over the years will just allow more of this bovine scat to expand.
The other mass killing, by gun, is actually of more concern to me. Like everyone else, I'm becoming inured to the repetitive news of these shootings. OTOH, I am also getting more and more peeved by the reactions of our elected officials. In TX, it has gone beyond thoughts and prayers to a complete abdication of responsibilities of those same politicians. What kind of pseudo-religious madman would state, for the record, that the shooting in Allen was the will of G-d? A Representative, like Keith Self (R Idiotsville), that shows as little empathy for his constituents as he has is a distinct warning of the cancer spreading within the PseudoRepubs, PseudoCons and RINOs that is eating our country. Further, I am disgusted by the continuing blame being placed by Gov Abbott, and a predominant number of other Governors in Red states, primarily on mental illness. IMO, the mental illness is the overly permissive interpretations of 2A combined with a fear that they will lose power if they don't kowtow to their hardcore base.
There are many historians who believe that the 2nd Amendment was put in place to gain the votes of Southern states in order to ratify the Constitution. They propose that the real purpose was to allow the suppression of slave revolts:
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"The truth is that the Second Amendment was largely a response to Southern interests who feared slave revolts. Slaveholders wanted the firepower through militias to repress slave uprisings. https://www.concordmonitor.com/My-Turn-Dark-history-of-the-Second-Amendment-46897422"
and
"George Mason expressed a similar fear: “The [slave patrol] militia may be here destroyed by that method which has been practiced in other parts of the world before; that is, by rendering them useless, by disarming them. Under various pretenses, Congress may neglect to provide for arming and disciplining the militia; and the state governments cannot do it, for Congress has an exclusive right to arm them [under this proposed Constitution].”" http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/slave-patrols-and-the-second-amendment-how-fears-of-abolition-empowered-an-armed-militia/ [All items within [] in the original]
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Of course other historians say this is false. Either way, assault weapons and magazines that will hold up to one hundred rounds have *nothing* to do with self-protection. Those who own these weapons of war, especially those who own multiple weapons, are basically just exercising a peculiar fetish.
It's well past time to enact legislation that will limit access to these types of long guns, allow clips but not magazines, enact red flag laws and other common sense measures. Guns will always be a part of the American psyche, but that doesn't mean we should allow unfettered access to any and all guns just because someone claims it is their right to own weapons of war.
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