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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. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    Trump has announced he wants to eliminate taxes on Social Security. Pandering to the olds.
     
    Inky_Wretch, Jul 31, 2024
    #91441
  2. goalmouth

    goalmouth Well-Known Member

    Give people hope or they'll turn to fascism.
     
    goalmouth, Jul 31, 2024
    #91442
  3. Shelbyville Manhattan

    Shelbyville Manhattan Well-Known Member

    And then he’ll eliminate Social Security altogether.

     
    Shelbyville Manhattan, Jul 31, 2024
    #91443
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  4. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Less about geography (which is always overrated) and more about emphasizing youth and generational change. Harris herself turns 60 in October which might slightly weaken her image on that front. But Beshear is so young (46) that his dad was governor a decade ago. And yet he has five years experience as governor and before that was state attorney general.

    At least that’s my guess from the peanut gallery.
     
    dixiehack, Jul 31, 2024
    #91444
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  5. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

     
    BitterYoungMatador2, Jul 31, 2024
    #91445
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  6. TigerVols

    TigerVols Well-Known Member

    Hopefully this is The Last Waltz pun.
     
    TigerVols, Jul 31, 2024
    #91446
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  7. Kato

    Kato Well-Known Member

    Catching up on several pages after some time away …

    I think the reason “weird” works and is not the new “deplorables” is because Hillary used deplorable to describe the voters and that was offensive. Harris and her surrogates are using weird to describe the candidates and their views. It’s finally calling out the wack-a-doodle policies and over-the-top statements for what they are — “weird” — instead of trying to respond with reasonable, yet wonky, political arguments.
     
    Kato, Jul 31, 2024
    #91447
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  8. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Ask Trump what GOP hero taxed SS in the first place, and in the same legislation increased the age for bull benefits to 67?
     
    BTExpress, Jul 31, 2024
    #91448
  9. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    It could fit on a bumper sticker, even if those aren’t used much any more. If you need a comma to describe what the other side is doing it won’t land with the public.

    That says some deeply unsettling things about us as a nation, but if it is dumb and it works it isn’t dumb.
     
    dixiehack, Jul 31, 2024
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  10. garrow

    garrow Well-Known Member

    Why? They haven't been Band yet.....
     
    garrow, Jul 31, 2024
    #91450
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  11. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    I think you are right about this. The basket of deplorables thing kind of hit on the disdain Hillary Clinton seemed to have for the people she was asking to vote for her. This is nothing like that. But I think they shold move on from it soon."Weird" is also a corny meme thing that is already close to getting eye rolls. Not from the Republicans or the Elon Musk types, but from regular people who aren't part of the cult that is so proud of how clever it is.
     
    The Big Ragu, Jul 31, 2024
    #91451
  12. Songbird

    Songbird Well-Known Member

    Elliott checking in from the great beyond.

     
    Songbird, Jul 31, 2024
    #91452
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