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President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Moderator1, Jan 20, 2021.

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  1. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member


    If the American "left" had moved as far left as the American right has moved right, I'd agree.

    That has not been the case.

    The GOP now centers what used to be its John Birch fringe. Trump is part of that, certainly, but not the entirety of it.

    If both parties were engaging in that sort of extremism there'd be a lot more Communists in the statehouses and in Congress.
     
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    Azrael, Apr 5, 2023
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  2. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    A few years? We’re trying to invite runners-up now!
     
    dixiehack, Apr 5, 2023
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  3. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    The Wisconsin vote was big - however it plays out. Clearly the GOP isn't of the mind that they need to dial back their policies or start focusing on "kitchen table" issues - which doesn't bode well for them next fall. They'll simply use whatever levers of government they control to exert their will on things.
     
    DanOregon, Apr 5, 2023
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  4. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

     
    garrow, Apr 5, 2023
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  5. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I'm not talking about ideologies. I am talking about institutions and processes. and what people did to those processes to take shortcuts, in order to get the things they wanted over time. ... and the damage that did to the norms that kept things in check. I believe that the extremism you are talking about grew out of a lot of things over decades that people who now complain about the extremism were justifying along the way. But the extremism didn't just pop up out of nowhere and become OK. It was a slow erosion, pushing limits little by little. ... and no, it was not a good versus evil story. It was people of a lot of stripes doing that slow damage that is culminating in more extremism.

    Even if I was talking about ideologies. ... the whole conservative, liberal, right, left thing has become utterly meaningless the way people use the terms. I see a lot of opportunism cloaked in populist nonsense. I see very few actual ideologues able to get elected anymore.
     
    The Big Ragu, Apr 5, 2023
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  6. Liut

    Liut Well-Known Member

    None of that surprises me at all. Not trying to be a jerk toward you, Jake, but that coverage just seems to follow the same old pattern I remember from three or four years ago.
     
    Liut, Apr 5, 2023
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  7. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Are you saying every Democrat ISN'T a commie!?! Because I've been told they all are. Or socialists. One or the other.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Apr 5, 2023
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  8. bumpy mcgee

    bumpy mcgee Well-Known Member

    Don't forget pedophiles and groomers. But that's not dangerous at all.
     
    bumpy mcgee, Apr 5, 2023
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  9. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    "Why an ex-President indicted in New York, and wins by Democrats for Chicago Mayor and Wisconsin Supreme Court -- all in one day -- are bad for Biden."
     
    goalmouth, Apr 5, 2023
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  10. Regan MacNeil

    Regan MacNeil Well-Known Member

    Chicago was Democrat vs. Democrat.
     
    Regan MacNeil, Apr 5, 2023
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  11. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    Definitely

     
    garrow, Apr 5, 2023
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  12. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    thread

     
    Azrael, Apr 5, 2023
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