I get your frustration, but the reality is that Biden's administration has done more than any other administration in decades. It doesn't always seem like it, but they have been working for ALL Americans.
The delight they feel about the Crazy Caucus isn't as much about us versus them, it's about being able to retake the House, keep the…
I get your frustration, but the reality is that Biden's administration has done more than any other administration in decades. It doesn't always seem like it, but they have been working for ALL Americans.
The delight they feel about the Crazy Caucus isn't as much about us versus them, it's about being able to retake the House, keep the Senate and the WH, and hopefully put a stake through the heart of trumpism once and for all.
Yes, the games the Republicans are going to play with the debt ceiling can cause disaster, but so can facism if it comes to power in greater numbers and across branches of government. We're dealing with a lot of issues. If they see optimism in the Crazy Caucus convincing voters that we need better, why not?
You are more optimistic than I am, beaten down by the reality of results. People on the right already have seen who the Crazy Caucus is, and they have voted to empower them anyway. If they wanted better, it would have happened already. I agree with you about Biden overall, but as long as the agenda on the right is grounded fully in "Own the Libs," instead of actually governing, there will never be a better result there, because they will only ever blame the Democrats for anything that goes wrong. I can't find the upside in any mindset that having MAGAists in key positions will turn out well for the rest of us later on. Didn't Democratic leadership also think it was great that Trump cleared the field in 2016 and paved the pathway for Hillary to win? They should have learned their lesson then about being careful what to wish for.
Amen. I don't know where these stories come from. Anonymous sources say anonymous aides say anonymous staffers are happy. That isn't news. That's barely rumor. But of course now the right-wing media has something to run with, and that's all that matters for Politico, whose job is manufacturing political rumors that keep people reading them.
A wise old uncle (he was 4 when I was born) once passed on this piece of wisdom (so he was about 14 at the time): "They say that 'they say' is a liar."
We can't win over the MAGAts - we can only defeat them, perhaps a little more with every election cycle. But the left of MAGA Republican and Independent voters are the ones we have to persuade, so I do think some of them are still persuadable, especially more so when they see nothing getting done and the dangers of economic catastrophe being played with. Those are the ones who hold their noses and vote GOP anyway, thinking of their stock portfolios and the like.
They won’t be pleased with what happens to their stock portfolios if the government defaults and the stock market reacts as predicted but I’m guessing they would still blame it all on Biden.
I get your frustration, but the reality is that Biden's administration has done more than any other administration in decades. It doesn't always seem like it, but they have been working for ALL Americans.
The delight they feel about the Crazy Caucus isn't as much about us versus them, it's about being able to retake the House, keep the Senate and the WH, and hopefully put a stake through the heart of trumpism once and for all.
Yes, the games the Republicans are going to play with the debt ceiling can cause disaster, but so can facism if it comes to power in greater numbers and across branches of government. We're dealing with a lot of issues. If they see optimism in the Crazy Caucus convincing voters that we need better, why not?
You are more optimistic than I am, beaten down by the reality of results. People on the right already have seen who the Crazy Caucus is, and they have voted to empower them anyway. If they wanted better, it would have happened already. I agree with you about Biden overall, but as long as the agenda on the right is grounded fully in "Own the Libs," instead of actually governing, there will never be a better result there, because they will only ever blame the Democrats for anything that goes wrong. I can't find the upside in any mindset that having MAGAists in key positions will turn out well for the rest of us later on. Didn't Democratic leadership also think it was great that Trump cleared the field in 2016 and paved the pathway for Hillary to win? They should have learned their lesson then about being careful what to wish for.
Amen. I don't know where these stories come from. Anonymous sources say anonymous aides say anonymous staffers are happy. That isn't news. That's barely rumor. But of course now the right-wing media has something to run with, and that's all that matters for Politico, whose job is manufacturing political rumors that keep people reading them.
A wise old uncle (he was 4 when I was born) once passed on this piece of wisdom (so he was about 14 at the time): "They say that 'they say' is a liar."
That was over 60 years ago, and he has been proven right many times more than the opposite.
We can't win over the MAGAts - we can only defeat them, perhaps a little more with every election cycle. But the left of MAGA Republican and Independent voters are the ones we have to persuade, so I do think some of them are still persuadable, especially more so when they see nothing getting done and the dangers of economic catastrophe being played with. Those are the ones who hold their noses and vote GOP anyway, thinking of their stock portfolios and the like.
They won’t be pleased with what happens to their stock portfolios if the government defaults and the stock market reacts as predicted but I’m guessing they would still blame it all on Biden.