Donald Trump
I don't like the way Donald Trump talks about people he doesn't like. I don't like the way he taps into the negative emotional energy of his supporters at rallies by denigrating and making fun of other people. I don't like that he uses mob energy to instill fear in people who might otherwise stand up against Donald Trump's tactics.
I'm not convinced he has a political ideology for himself. He is a cynical person who wants attention and people to adore him and will say and do anything to get that for himself. I can imagine he's a fiscal conservative and I think he prefers to be in the dominant population (white, male, heterosexual) and will do what he can to maintain that dominant position. Is that an ideology? Maybe.
I don't think he should be the President of the United States.
Joe Biden
In 2020, Joe Biden told us he would be a 'bridge' president. He would help the country recover from the policies of the Trump administration and COVID and usher in a MAGA-NO era (naively people thought Trump would slink away after losing). Now he wants another term as President. If he weren't 81 years old already, I would be fine with it. He had a bad 'performance' in the debate. The one thing everyone has been afraid of about Biden was laid out for all to see. It made everyone sad because he's a good person and has done a lot for the country. He should never have run for a second term. And now that he is, and he's clearly not up for it (yes, I understand he had a cold and jet lag from two recent trips to Europe), he should recognize it and step down. Instead, he's convinced he'll win against Trump. He barely won last time. Listen - this is fine for people like me and most of the people I know who will not vote for Trump. We'll vote for Biden because we worry about what a second Trump presidency (directed by the Project 2025 folks) means for the country. This election doesn't depend on us. It depends on the unengaged voters in 5 battleground states who say they could go either way (which I don't believe). Those are the people who might have been turned off by Donald Trump's hateful rhetoric, but they were likely also turned off by Joe Biden sounding like a person who is his age (fyi - there's nothing inherently wrong with slowing down in older age and most of us will experience it). They will either not vote or vote for none of the above. That's who Biden should be talking to. Not Democratic governors (he met with them yesterday) who of course will vote for him if he stays in. That's not where the problem is!!!
The polls are already showing Biden is behind Trump. Things could certainly change, but it's been uphill for Biden the whole time. I'm not sure he's ever been ahead of Trump. If he was it wasn't by much. I suspect there are a lot of people who think they will be vilified for saying they want to vote for Trump and will take any excuse they can to vote for him. Biden gave it to them. Now they don't have to feel awkward about it at all.
Yes, I think Biden should withdraw.
The conservative members of the Supreme Court
During this 2023/2024 term we saw precedent thrown to the side, originalism hypocrisy, money for opinions, a weakening of the agency system for governing, and a new American motto - 'nobody is above the law except the President who can do any damn thing he wants as long as he's the President and doing his official duties - which includes everything he does 24 hours a day because as President he is always 'on call''
Plus, certain members are working for a dawning of the Christian Renaissance in the USA.
I don't think these conservative justices and I have the same idea of what a democracy is and what it means to be the UNITED STATES of America.
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