You try to appease the MAGA contingent on here far too much. Liz Chaney voted with Trump on everything when he was president.
She is a RINO to them because she decided to tell the truth about all the stuff that happened at the end of his term......instead of giving up her self respect to go along with all the bullshit. She wouldn't bend the knee, so she was banished.
As an FYI, I don't try to appease anyone. Russell has called me a RINO and other "descriptive" adjectives at points.
I have a core set of beliefs and a general desire to pursue the truth and separate the laws of physics from those of politics and control.
If Kamala were to:
1. Shut down the border
2.
At most allow illegals to work, but never vote become citizens. If they cannot gain legitimate employment, then they are returned.
3. Adopt a sane fiscal policy (read: no immediate healthcare for illegals)
4. Increase taxes above incomes of $5M and decrease the debt
5. Push and verbalize for more police presence and funding
6. Continued robust anti-trust enforcement under Lina Khan (she is a shining star of the Biden administration in the view of a diverse group including Bernie, Matt Gaetz, AOC and...JD Vance
7. Intelligent America first policies on trade, infrastructure and even the chips act (we need to de-risk Taiwan)
8. Balanced view on Unions where if there is oligopoly or monopsony power (yes, I used "monopsony" specifically), then the Union may have a place. Focus more on raising wages for working class while being mindful of inflation through increases in wages versus appeasing union control structures. Unions also need to be incented and paid on outcomes including safety, efficiency and quality. They should earn bonuses for that. They should get shared issued through stock buybacks. What happened with the Teacher's Union in 2021 disproportionately hurt the black and brown communities.
9. Celebrate multi-lateral diversity and inclusion. Stay focused on effort applied and meritocracy.
10. Celebrate American Exceptionalism; drive choice and freedom (which to me yes, applies to Abortion policy). Yes, this is an anti-Marxist world-view.
Finally, #11, as someone of partial Jewish heritage, stout defense of the Jewish homeland.
I would support.
Do I trust Kamala to do that based on her record as: a) VP, b) Senator and c) AG ?
No.
I see no evidence that she would do the above outside of #6, some of #7 and a part of #10. We will see on the #11. She might to a part of $4, but certainly not at that high of a threshold. At best, she scores a 30-35% against that rubric.
But if she did the above, I would support her and could care less about how she identifies or celebrates her cultures on her parent's side. She is savvy and intelligent. (her "word salad" problems is that she tries to balance, in real time, every political calculation and put together sentences and phrases which try to achieve this "balance"). I care about her
policies.
I happen to enjoy the dialogue on this board and find it interestingly correlated to the discussions at the national level where I read and view a broad set of inputs including CNBC, WSJ, The Hill, All-In-Podcast, NBC (Lester Holt only), Face the Nation, NYT and NYT Deal Book (Andrew Ross Sorkin) and at times, the Atlantic. (it's always beautifully written, even when it's opinions come to very different points and conclusions than my own)
One of the most insightful "takes" on me was by Ghost when he said that I reminded him of Jack Kemp. I read Jack when I was 8 or 9. If you want to know why I try my best to maintain a respectful and empathetic dialogue with Kalim, look to that formative experience.
Am I trying to appease anyone? No. And certainly not intentionally. I will likely never meet any of you in person in my lifetime.
If those “independents” just seemed to care about stolen valor, illegal lockdowns, crippling inflation, billions of dollars of military equipment left in Afghanistan in the most embarrassing military withdrawal in American history, proposed free Medicare for everyone including illegal aliens that will be paid for by REAL Americans, open borders, interest rates that keep young people from being able to buy a home, using the courts to do their political bidding! Damn those mean tweets. You my friend are blind in many cases to what SHOULD matter. You are trying to stay “independent” if you really believe this stuff. People like you describe need to ask themselves how this Country will survive a MSM (93% of all news) that tries to control the elections, instead of reporting the real news. Mean things he says? Where does that really fall in to the picture compared to what I mentioned above? Listen, ANYONE that cannot distinguish the difference in what I mention above to ME has serious issues with reality. They are a danger to Americans keeping their freedoms.
Captain - I agree with what you said above. In
your list, how often did race or name calling come in? Zero.
Again, zero.
Compare it also with my list above. The only pieces I missed was the weaponization of the courts and the feebleness of our government institutions such as in Afghanistan. I agree with both of the items you said. I would also add in the potential assassination.
Also note my comments. Have
I ever said that i was going to vote for Biden or Kamala? No. Never. Due to those things and most especially (for the 5,800x time) when you allow 11M people to come over the border to pursue discrete demographic and electoral change, you have lost my vote.
What
I have is that when Trump becomes undisciplined, note that it is on topics that are NOT on the list you have. You list 8 items. There are probably another 8.
You hammer those again, and again, and again. Anything else is a distraction and a way to LOSE a vote.
My note on discipline goes back years. If literally Trump would cut his speech by 30 minutes whether at the RNC or on the stump, he would be far better off. He doesn't need to do anything per se, just don't do stuff and play more golf with Bryan (forget dude's last name).
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