They’re whispering about you

[jon-nyc]

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[Jolly]

RINO-gasms.

[jon-nyc]

It’s pretty much true though. It didn’t even try to elide over their sometimes poor motivations.

[Loki]

He might have survived if not for the black swan event but his lack of loyalty to anyone is likely the final straw.

If his model is in fact autocrats or strongmen he didn’t study their methods to consolidate power very well.

[Horace]

thank goodness it's Biden and not Sanders or Warren.

[jon-nyc]

Oh yes.

If I were a betting man I’d say there’s a good chance this will be the last Democratic lever I’m able to pull for president.

[Mik]

Why would that be, Jon?

[jon-nyc]

I suspect the woke ideology will complete its takeover. It’s possible it burns itself out in my lifetime but very possibly not also.

[George K]

Remember the good old days, when the joke was that Jack Kennedy couldn't be a member of the Democratic Party today?

We've reached a point, where Joe Biden can barely be a member of that party.

[Catseye3]

Positive thoughts, Jon. Like I said, I can't believe it can sustain itself. As more of the non-woke grok what is happening, the ideology will begin tailing back. I don't think you can make a real strong argument for its sustaining itself indefinitely.

Unless it grows the numbers.

[Axtremus]

@George-K said in They’re whispering about you:

Remember the good old days, when the joke was that Jack Kennedy couldn't be a member of the Democratic Party today?

We've reached a point, where Joe Biden can barely be a member of that party.

Well, there was a time when the Democratic Party accepted Donald Trump as a member, and there was a time when neither the Republican Party nor the Democratic Party would have nominated Trump for the Oval Office.

[Catseye3]

@Axtremus: Yeah, thanks, Hillary.

The pattern of how the people influence trends politically shifts around like a lava lamp. Something happens and some portion of the population reacts, and things change, and then change back again when something else happens.

I'm speculating that this will have a more noticeable effect post-Trump. I don't know how to say this, I don't know enough, bring me a demographer, somebody, but if Biden gets in, there will be an effect of, "thank God we fixed that mistake," and the lava will flow more forcefully, at least for awhile -- more so than ever before possibly. That's why it is hard to predict what will happen. We never had a Trump, and so we will never have had a Trump after-effect.

Then it will be interesting to see how the lava flows in light of that adjustment.

[Horace]

@Catseye3 said in They’re whispering about you:

@Axtremus: Yeah, thanks, Hillary.

The pattern of how the people influence trends politically shifts around like a lava lamp. Something happens and some portion of the population reacts, and things change, and then change back again when something else happens.

Yeah but not always. Sometimes a different thing happens and then other people react in a different way and the shift is different than what it would have been if the reaction changed the shift and then people reacted to the shifting changes.

[Larry]

@Axtremus said in They’re whispering about you:

@George-K said in They’re whispering about you:

Remember the good old days, when the joke was that Jack Kennedy couldn't be a member of the Democratic Party today?

We've reached a point, where Joe Biden can barely be a member of that party.

Well, there was a time when the Democratic Party accepted Donald Trump as a member, and there was a time when neither the Republican Party nor the Democratic Party would have nominated Trump for the Oval Office.

There was a time when the democrat party was a pro-american party. What stands in its place now rejects every single thing the democrat party stood for 50 years ago. It is now the party of village idiots.

[Doctor Phibes]

I wonder if a new center-left or just center-center party could be successful. Recently, it seems like the only alternatives to the big two have been no-hopers like the libertarians and greens.

[Catseye3]

@Horace said in They’re whispering about you:

Yeah but not always. Sometimes a different thing happens and then other people react in a different way and the shift is different than what it would have been if the reaction changed the shift and then people reacted to the shifting changes.

Now you're getting it!

[taiwan_girl]

@Doctor-Phibes said in They’re whispering about you:

I wonder if a new center-left or just center-center party could be successful. Recently, it seems like the only alternatives to the big two have been no-hopers like the libertarians and greens.

Good point. It seems like the 20% on the edges of each side have a greater influence than their numbers should say.

The middle 60% seems like that is a potential third party. But it seem like there are so many barrier to doing one, that I am not so optimistic.

[taiwan_girl]

I thought this was a pretty powerful ad. Yes, of course you can say some words were take out of context, but still effective.

The last part for me I thought was good - "Has your party left you?"

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