OT Fear & Loathing in the post Trump times

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What is your opinion of these parties?

  1. Generally, Republicans are confused

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    16.0%
  2. Republicans are loyal to Trump and No one Else

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    24.0%
  3. Republicans at the local level are OK

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  4. Democrats waste time and bicker amongst themselves

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  5. Democrats spend too much money

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  6. Democrats at the local level are OK

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    16.0%
  7. Generally, both parties suck

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    52.0%
  8. Republicans can no longer be trusted to represent the Constitution or democracy

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    40.0%
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  1. riverman

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    There are several conservative parties....The Constituional Party, Libertarian Party, etc.....there are moderate independents as well. The best conservatives have left the GOP already. Until it cleans obstructionists from it's ranks...the GOP in my view is damaged beyond repair. Honesty doesn't get to lawyer up and hide behind the 5th amendment...it speaks the truth.
     
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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Who's your guy/gal in 2024?
     
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    We don't know who will run but it won't be anyone who's buried their head in the sand and watched Trump grift the nation. I also won't vote for anyone who I feel is too old or underqualified to represent democracy. I will vote for democracy, bottom line. That leaves out most republican candidates currently. I don't want Joe or Kamala to be the president unless the alternative is a Trumper and not to be trusted...last election I would like to have voted for John Yang but he has zero chance at winning given the targeting oif asians in hate crimes the last few years....unfortunate because that's the type of leadership I'd prefer...someone who doesn't flaunt their ego and rolls up their sleeves and goes to work. I'm voting for equal and civil rights promoting leadership and against propping up white privilege and religious fundamentalism.
     
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    Pinwheel1 Well-Known Member

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    What do you mean "caused"? Because it seems obvious it was the Mafia behind the kill.
     
  5. ABM

    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    What if Michelle Obama were to run?
     
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    She won't in my view. She doesn't need that around her life at all. She hasn't once expressed a desire for a political career. That's just people loving her and propping her up. Great woman in my view. She'd get George Bush's vote. Being likeable and articulate doesn't qualify you to be president....although it's an added bonus if you are.
     
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    ABM Happily Married In Music City, USA!

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    Yeah, Biden could take some notes there.
     
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    Biden overcame a serious speech impairment to even be as articulate as he is....he has lived with that handicap his whole life..I give anyone credit for fighting through issues like that.
     
  9. stampedehero

    stampedehero Make Your Day, a Doobies Day Staff Member Moderator

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    O Jeez (Fargo)....Thats Cruel. Do want graphic expression? IMG_2483.JPG AIGF (I'll start my own phone text language} All in good fun.
     
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    Check Out the Libertarians. That's where I'm going, so far. Perhaps, I'll run for Libertarian president. Johnson failed. I bet I could get 100 votes over him and storm the Libertarian party into 5th place. All that's needed is monetary funding! If I got a vote of confidence from every single member in S2, I would take on this daunting responsibility.

    ~ Hope you and your wife are doin AOK. Today, my wife and I went on a fantasy together.:smack: (We bought a new washer and dryer~LG) Wish it was a Philco.......
     
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    Not who you think.
    It's the introduction to The Winter's Tale, although in Shakespeare the character eventually accepts the truth and repudiates his conspiracy theories. After doing a great deal of harm.
     
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  12. stampedehero

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    Yea Man. He is so level, that the affliction was overcome by his desire to be a decent politician, senator, then #46. {It's so cruel, I can't drive over and share a Pale Ale or other substitute with you.} 13b8dfb3e801d05f309ee00a6cd13efb.jpg
     
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    He's POTUS, nonetheless. I think, at this point, his issues go beyond a speech impairment. That said, I don't want to debate Biden's
    Wow, nice! Just finished watching the Titans game. :(
     
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  14. Lanny

    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    I'm sorry but it's already established and not by me. Remember when Clinton got criticized for saluting his guard when he stepped off Air Force 1?
     
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    Lanny Original Season Ticket Holder "Mr. Big Shot"

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    No, I am the imposter. I can not only impersonate Riverman's voice but also throw it so it sounds like it's coming from elsewhere. And now, my latest dastardly deed? I've discovered his password and now make more than half his purported posts. Note the argument I'm having with myself over whether the President is a member of the military or not? Oh, clever boy.
     
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    I'm a guy that enjoys history, especially US history, and had always heard how bad a president LBJ was and then we went to his library in Austin. It really opened my eyes to how much good he did during his time. Now granted I understand the libraries of the presidents are meant to only highlight the good, but when combined with my previous views, I left there having a much greater understanding of the man and president. He might have been a sleezeball in life but he accomplished quite a bit of good during his time as well.
     
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    LBJ was destroyed by his own pride. He did do a lot of positive things, but he knew the US could not "win" the Vietnam war. But he said he would not be the first American president to lose a war. Robert McNamara and others revealed that while in public they talked about light at the end of the tunnel in private they knew US getting ass kicked. Kept prolonging and escalating at horrible cost.
     
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    Truman (served in WWI, was president at the end of WWII), Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush Sr, Bush Jr

    But, if you mean actually served as in fought overseas, W. and Reagan never left the states.
     
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