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I'm centrist enough to consider voting Red over voting Blue this year due to The Shrike Send a noteboard - 08/07/2024 10:51:46 AM

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Most people who are voting have already made up their minds. And I have to believe that the ones who haven't are going to be swayed more by Project 2025 finally getting some traction in the media than by an old man looking old and tired on a debate stage.

my concerns about the US on the world stage in our new multipolar world. The post WWII order is fraying - Yes, Biden 2020 and Trump 2024. But I also care more about ending illegal immigration and deporting illegal economic migrants who used the southern porous border.

But are you not at all concerned about how much the media, leaders, and our elected officials have apparently been covering for Biden this past year(s)?

Of course none of this matters as a Massachusetts voter. This state will go to Biden.

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When the NYT Editorial Board calls for the incumbent President to step down... damookster - 29/06/2024 02:51:38 PM 598 Views
Yeah, pretty crazy stuff... Legolas - 30/06/2024 12:53:46 AM 252 Views
Not competent to run for president aerocontrols - 30/06/2024 03:46:13 AM 225 Views
Was Biden ever really competent, though? Tom - 30/06/2024 01:33:00 PM 270 Views
Re: Was Biden ever really competent, though? damookster - 01/07/2024 04:48:04 PM 241 Views
the slip Roland00 - 30/06/2024 11:06:40 PM 241 Views
Now the Biden campaign is calling the people who are sounding these alarms 'bedwetters' aerocontrols - 01/07/2024 05:16:12 PM 221 Views
Re: Now the Biden campaign is calling the people who are sounding these alarms 'bedwetters' damookster - 01/07/2024 05:56:14 PM 250 Views
Re: Now the Biden campaign is calling the people who are sounding these alarms 'bedwetters' aerocontrols - 01/07/2024 06:03:52 PM 220 Views
That term has been used for months if not years, they didn't just make it up... Legolas - 01/07/2024 11:52:54 PM 223 Views
Right, but since Joe (and Donald) probably both wear adult diapers... aerocontrols - 02/07/2024 03:29:23 PM 246 Views
Re: Right, but since Joe (and Donald) probably both wear adult diapers... damookster - 02/07/2024 03:50:08 PM 226 Views
Honestly, the word's been used so much it's an established term by now. Don't think they invented it Legolas - 02/07/2024 08:54:50 PM 234 Views
How can you say this with a straight face? Tom - 04/07/2024 03:24:48 PM 297 Views
Very easily, I assure you - though there's a difference between 'did' (past) and 'would' (future) Legolas - 04/07/2024 07:23:44 PM 246 Views
Re: Very easily, I assure you Tom - 08/07/2024 05:35:19 PM 239 Views
I'm not fool enough to think I can go toe to toe with you on the Russian-American relationship. Legolas - 08/07/2024 09:33:57 PM 198 Views
Security doesn't exist in a vacuum Tom - 09/07/2024 02:42:36 AM 236 Views
Sure, but Russia is a threat to others far more than others threaten it. Legolas - 10/07/2024 09:45:58 PM 241 Views
That's actually empirically not true Tom - 11/07/2024 02:35:23 PM 228 Views
You're right that I was thinking of Eastern Europe re: NATO, not Central Asia or the Caucasus. Legolas - 12/07/2024 04:07:43 PM 234 Views
Let's not fool ourselves about Montenegro and Macedonia Tom - 15/07/2024 03:41:14 PM 225 Views
A smarter NATO The Shrike - 16/07/2024 11:35:46 AM 224 Views
I agree with most of this. Legolas - 16/07/2024 06:14:07 PM 227 Views
I don't think there's any issue to Ukraine joining the EU Tom - 16/07/2024 06:42:27 PM 215 Views
I agree with this 100% Tom - 16/07/2024 06:41:20 PM 226 Views
Sure, for those two it was clearly more the political factors. For others not, it varied. Legolas - 16/07/2024 06:02:47 PM 306 Views
You sound so naive there Tom - 16/07/2024 06:57:38 PM 228 Views
I would pay quite a bit of money for us to switch to even only six months of campaigning. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/07/2024 01:58:18 AM 106 Views
It was a bad debate, but I can't imagine a lot of people are actually swayed by it. Ghavrel - 07/07/2024 01:56:44 AM 222 Views
I'm centrist enough to consider voting Red over voting Blue this year due to The Shrike - 08/07/2024 10:51:46 AM 219 Views
I've voted Libertarian for President the last two times aerocontrols - 08/07/2024 02:55:35 PM 217 Views
You make a good point about the popular vote. The Shrike - 08/07/2024 03:01:42 PM 221 Views
Re: You make a good point about the popular vote. damookster - 08/07/2024 03:26:20 PM 275 Views
This is the part that bothers me as well. The Shrike - 08/07/2024 03:46:15 PM 236 Views
Re: This is the part that bothers me as well. damookster - 08/07/2024 04:00:14 PM 218 Views
I agree he's putting his ego ahead of the Republic. Legolas - 08/07/2024 04:44:15 PM 226 Views
I will vote for who I think will do best at standing up to Xi and Putin. The Shrike - 08/07/2024 05:21:43 PM 231 Views
Sensible enough as as criterium for your vote - but unsurprisingly I don't agree with the reasoning. Legolas - 10/07/2024 10:21:24 PM 214 Views
Re: I've voted Libertarian for President the last two times damookster - 08/07/2024 03:23:12 PM 205 Views
Your analogy is pretty poor honestly. Legolas - 08/07/2024 04:54:45 PM 225 Views
You also are trying to redefine how the score is kept aerocontrols - 08/07/2024 05:44:02 PM 231 Views
Sure, that's how it has always been - doesn't mean it's fair or that the popular vote is irrelevant. Legolas - 08/07/2024 08:06:01 PM 221 Views
If popular votes were paramount then Rassemblement National The Shrike - 08/07/2024 08:29:13 PM 215 Views
FPTP sucks in general, yes, whether in the US, in France, or elsewhere. Legolas - 08/07/2024 09:53:57 PM 222 Views
Re: FPTP sucks in general, yes, whether in the US, in France, or elsewhere. damookster - 08/07/2024 10:34:12 PM 221 Views
To be clear I didn't say it should be eliminated entirely, but as for what would happen if it was... Legolas - 08/07/2024 10:50:57 PM 262 Views
You're wrong. damookster - 09/07/2024 01:19:30 AM 223 Views
You're still looking at it from the current two-party system framework. Legolas - 09/07/2024 07:17:39 AM 217 Views
Re: You're still looking at it from the current two-party system framework. damookster - 09/07/2024 01:45:33 PM 218 Views
It doesn't necessarily require amending the constitution. Ghavrel - 10/07/2024 03:03:19 AM 223 Views
Re: It doesn't necessarily require amending the constitution. damookster - 10/07/2024 04:13:02 PM 214 Views
I meant California aerocontrols - 08/07/2024 08:43:35 PM 226 Views
The popular vote is the popular vote - one citizen, one vote, wherever they may live. Legolas - 08/07/2024 10:37:56 PM 235 Views
I'm concerned about a lot of things. Ghavrel - 09/07/2024 04:41:03 AM 210 Views
From a left of center/liberalish substack author about the Republican national platform The Shrike - 09/07/2024 11:15:00 AM 269 Views
It's an interesting read. Ghavrel - 09/07/2024 09:46:47 PM 249 Views
Trump is a Trumpist. Republicans are Republicans. The Shrike - 10/07/2024 11:09:05 AM 223 Views
I think a significant wing of the party has become Trumpist. Ghavrel - 10/07/2024 02:23:45 PM 234 Views
It would be an interesting read, if it actually meant anything, but does it? Legolas - 12/07/2024 04:42:21 PM 217 Views
The most interesting thing to me, so far, about this debate The Shrike - 08/07/2024 10:54:50 AM 207 Views
Re: The most interesting thing to me, so far, about this debate aerocontrols - 08/07/2024 02:58:44 PM 226 Views
Re: The most interesting thing to me, so far, about this debate damookster - 08/07/2024 03:20:14 PM 220 Views
James Carville has a pretty interesting suggestion in today's NYT damookster - 08/07/2024 06:32:51 PM 245 Views
I think Biden and his Inner Circle are playing the clock The Shrike - 10/07/2024 12:41:20 PM 216 Views
I don't care for Biden, but I think that time has long since come and gone. *NM* Ghavrel - 10/07/2024 02:25:13 PM 115 Views
Re: I think Biden and his Inner Circle are playing the clock damookster - 10/07/2024 04:14:17 PM 213 Views
Agreed that it wouldn't be a good idea for Obama and Clinton to take a leading role. Legolas - 10/07/2024 09:49:28 PM 221 Views
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