Former President Obama’s senior adviser David Axelrod said it is unhelpful to dismiss concerns about President Biden’s poor marks in major polls, defending his recent criticism of the president’s r…
There’s a significant Muslim population in swing states like Michigan. You think they’ll really come out in droves to support someone who wouldn’t do the slightest push back against a genocide? That the other guy is worse doesn’t matter, they’ll sit it out, leave the President line blank or vote third party.
Yes, that’s the problem. People who otherwise would vote for a Democratic admin are being turned off and we will end up with something worse in a dozen respects because people can’t really think strategically. Trump and DeSantis have called for genocide IN THE US, so maybe that’s not great criteria.
That would be nice. His admin should obviously be way more firm against Israel. Americans are obviously not being properly represented by either party. The proper thing to do would to pressure Democrats in Congress and the Biden admin without giving up and tossing the election to the fascists, which seems to be where it’s headed.
The proper thing to do would to pressure Democrats in Congress and the Biden admin without giving up and tossing the election to the fascists, which seems to be where it’s headed.
I find it interesting that of all the issues that centrist Democrats could have finally chosen to actually stand firm on, it would be support for genocide. And they don’t care if it costs them the election. Centrist Democrats would rather have genocide and lose than no genocide and win.
If Biden wants the votes of people for whom genocide is a dealbreaker, he can’t continue supporting genocide. It’s as simple as that.
It’s basically that our electoral system is about fully decayed, as far as the influence of money, and the Israel lobby has been very strong for quite some time. I don’t think they’re picking to support Israel because they truly care one way or the other, rather that they do believe it’s politically expedient.
Centrist Democrats are basically the Republicans of the 80s. We don’t really have much representation on the left at all.
Trump couldn’t pull of a genocied, he couldn’t even build a damn wall. The president is not a dictator he can’t singlehandedly do that, and no one’s gonna vote for someone actively killing their family instead of someone who might be able to kill their family. Especially when that other person was president for four years and didn’t kill their family. Be mad at it if you want but that’s the votes you necessarily lose.
It’s not Trump who actually does anything. It’s the long line of cruel ideologues and grifters he puts in his administration like Steven Miller, and the police-military complex they’ve built up like ICE. And of course the Trump admin can and would give Israel weapons and money as easily as Biden.
None of that is gonna make those people vote for Biden though. No ones going to choose certain death over the unknown. Trump couldn’t build a wall and failed setting up a South American coup. South American coups are like what the US does best. You lose those voters when you stand with Israel like Biden has. You can’t ‘but Trump’ those people back to the polls.
Trump isn’t in any way an unknown and he’s made his ‘policy’ opinions extremely clear, to the extent anything he says is clear. He also had 4 years of a presidency with a pretty shitty record on just about everything except getting abortion banned, packing courts with religious ideologues, and tax cuts for rich people. This next election is just as much ‘oh please anyone but fucking trump’ as the last one, and Biden did have tons of people voting against Trump as much as voting for Biden. But sure, Americans love this stupid “Let’s give the other party a chance” thing and have short memories and poor sources of information.
Should Biden be running only on “I’m not Trump”? No, of course not. It is still a factor though and he might actually have a harder time against a different opponent. I would love for someone younger and sharper like Gavin Newsom to step up, but both national parties are in shambles right now - the RNC with their near-total ownership by Trump, and the Democrats doing the same stupid shit they did when Bernie was running and not giving other candidates a fair chance.
The wall was a very unrealistic idea all along, so of course it wasn’t built. Trump didn’t care. It was a campaign device and a grift. The border is huge, and it would take a very long time to build a permanent wall, plus the funding - anyone with an IQ over room temp knew “Mexico will pay for it” was absurd.
But sure, I can’t imagine Muslims wanting to vote for Biden either. But considering Trump is an out-and-out racist asshole, well, great. As for most of the rest of the country there are no good choices here.
Hey, if Biden cared about the country enough to not let christofascists win, maybe he should do popular stuff that people like. People would probably prefer their genocide money to go towards healthcare instead.
There’s a significant Muslim population in swing states like Michigan. You think they’ll really come out in droves to support someone who wouldn’t do the slightest push back against a genocide? That the other guy is worse doesn’t matter, they’ll sit it out, leave the President line blank or vote third party.
Yes, that’s the problem. People who otherwise would vote for a Democratic admin are being turned off and we will end up with something worse in a dozen respects because people can’t really think strategically. Trump and DeSantis have called for genocide IN THE US, so maybe that’s not great criteria.
The options are “genocide” and “more genocide.”
Biden shouldn’t be supporting genocide at all.
That would be nice. His admin should obviously be way more firm against Israel. Americans are obviously not being properly represented by either party. The proper thing to do would to pressure Democrats in Congress and the Biden admin without giving up and tossing the election to the fascists, which seems to be where it’s headed.
I find it interesting that of all the issues that centrist Democrats could have finally chosen to actually stand firm on, it would be support for genocide. And they don’t care if it costs them the election. Centrist Democrats would rather have genocide and lose than no genocide and win.
If Biden wants the votes of people for whom genocide is a dealbreaker, he can’t continue supporting genocide. It’s as simple as that.
It’s basically that our electoral system is about fully decayed, as far as the influence of money, and the Israel lobby has been very strong for quite some time. I don’t think they’re picking to support Israel because they truly care one way or the other, rather that they do believe it’s politically expedient.
Centrist Democrats are basically the Republicans of the 80s. We don’t really have much representation on the left at all.
i expect to have at least 4 options on my ballot.
I expect “not genocide” to be at least one option on mine.
Trump couldn’t pull of a genocied, he couldn’t even build a damn wall. The president is not a dictator he can’t singlehandedly do that, and no one’s gonna vote for someone actively killing their family instead of someone who might be able to kill their family. Especially when that other person was president for four years and didn’t kill their family. Be mad at it if you want but that’s the votes you necessarily lose.
It’s not Trump who actually does anything. It’s the long line of cruel ideologues and grifters he puts in his administration like Steven Miller, and the police-military complex they’ve built up like ICE. And of course the Trump admin can and would give Israel weapons and money as easily as Biden.
None of that is gonna make those people vote for Biden though. No ones going to choose certain death over the unknown. Trump couldn’t build a wall and failed setting up a South American coup. South American coups are like what the US does best. You lose those voters when you stand with Israel like Biden has. You can’t ‘but Trump’ those people back to the polls.
Trump isn’t in any way an unknown and he’s made his ‘policy’ opinions extremely clear, to the extent anything he says is clear. He also had 4 years of a presidency with a pretty shitty record on just about everything except getting abortion banned, packing courts with religious ideologues, and tax cuts for rich people. This next election is just as much ‘oh please anyone but fucking trump’ as the last one, and Biden did have tons of people voting against Trump as much as voting for Biden. But sure, Americans love this stupid “Let’s give the other party a chance” thing and have short memories and poor sources of information.
Should Biden be running only on “I’m not Trump”? No, of course not. It is still a factor though and he might actually have a harder time against a different opponent. I would love for someone younger and sharper like Gavin Newsom to step up, but both national parties are in shambles right now - the RNC with their near-total ownership by Trump, and the Democrats doing the same stupid shit they did when Bernie was running and not giving other candidates a fair chance.
The wall was a very unrealistic idea all along, so of course it wasn’t built. Trump didn’t care. It was a campaign device and a grift. The border is huge, and it would take a very long time to build a permanent wall, plus the funding - anyone with an IQ over room temp knew “Mexico will pay for it” was absurd.
But sure, I can’t imagine Muslims wanting to vote for Biden either. But considering Trump is an out-and-out racist asshole, well, great. As for most of the rest of the country there are no good choices here.
Quickly followed by Trump’s fascist regime stripping their citizenship, birthright or otherwise & exiling them from the USA.
Legally, thanks to the christofascists on SCotUS.
Don’t say it can’t happen here. It will.
So we need to do what we can to get the anti-genocide people back on our side.
Biden may have to accept that genocide isn’t as popular with voters as it is with centrist Democrats.
Yes, notice how we are now making noises about stopping aide to Israel.
You want stuff to happen immediately. That’s not how geopolitics & treaties has ever worked.
Selling them arms was optional. No one was clamoring for it.
Hey, if Biden cared about the country enough to not let christofascists win, maybe he should do popular stuff that people like. People would probably prefer their genocide money to go towards healthcare instead.