Lisa, Your first 5 paragraphs are on point regarding DT finding "god". I agree!
In addition, I am sure, after the attempted assassination on DT, many journalist, politicians, etc., are playing the "safe" comment card (like Shadi Hamid). They want to keep their jobs. Many others who are also in a position to speak, like Pence, remain mute.…
Lisa, Your first 5 paragraphs are on point regarding DT finding "god". I agree!
In addition, I am sure, after the attempted assassination on DT, many journalist, politicians, etc., are playing the "safe" comment card (like Shadi Hamid). They want to keep their jobs. Many others who are also in a position to speak, like Pence, remain mute. Why? Protecting themselves and their families? Fear. No backbone? Hoping the people who see the truth will come out in November, or not, and step up to keep DT out of a 2nd term? IDK.
Moreover, truth be told, I ask, "Who is "better" to lead the Democrats at this late date?? I honestly believe the fear is if Biden runs, and wins, but cannot finish the 2nd term Kamala Harris would become President. Either way, if Biden steps down, or wins and cannot finish the 2nd term, many in this country are not ready for a female, black/brown President. Men (white/black) probably will not vote for her as President like they didn't for Hillary Clinton. Pretty sad. Democrats are stuck.
Finally, the money the billionaires pump into these Super PACs, are placing the power hungry pawns in place for their advantages. (For example, Peter Thiel, took JD Vance to meet Trump at Mar-a-Largo. He also poured money into JDV's senate race. Now Vance is VP with so little time in the senate? Umm.
Are the folks in their right minds going to just throw their hands up and not vote? Hello Project 2025! And yes, the "nobodies" are the ones who will suffer the consequences. USA is in a real pickle.
I’m not a fan of Kamala (mainly due to her willingness to aid & abet Joe Biden).
There was a point where I nearly forgave the fact that she's basically a cop — when I saw that one spectacular moment, where she confronted one example of Joe Biden's lifelong, career-guiding, racism — but then she immediately turned right around and sold her soul to be "that little girl" who propped up a racist old man (and his genocide).
Despite that fact, Kamala is inarguably a better candidate than Joe is: She knows how to form an argument against a criminal, and she’s capable of maintaining her train of thought.
The (usually white-moderate/liberal) compulsion to feign a superior understanding of racism — and the (usually white-moderate/liberal) compulsion to preemptively capitulate to racists — is not a valid excuse to block a non-white candidate from the presidential ballot. Nor is it a legitimate predictor of whether Kamala can win a presidential race against a rapey racist.
Yes, racism is real & sexism is real. However, Hillary didn't lose because she's a woman, and Barack didn't lose AT ALL.
I hear you again, Lisa, and agree that race and sex shouldn't be an issue in a Presidential race. But it is the elephant in some Republican, and some Democratic, rooms. Yes, Kamala is a formidable opponent, intelligent and articulate and should not be overlooked should Biden step down.
The problem is the polls. I am not one who follows statistics, but our politicians do, and, especially those elite donors! Many of the polls break down constituent statistics according to race, sex, education, income, location, blah, blah, blah. And that's what has many people and Dems running scared.
Yet, the electoral college will determines the next president. Yes, there is the popular vote (which Hillary won); but Trump won the presidency by 304 (minimum needed is 270) electoral votes, and Clinton 227 in 2016. (Dollars to donuts white males said, "Hell no!" to Clinton.) Obama had won ECV that traditionally went to Republicans in 2008 and 2012. People wanted a change. But Trump kept playing the race card and still is.
My whole point is the Democrats just need to rally and show unity because no one REALLY knows who will win the ECV.
In 2020, Biden won 306 ECV, as well as the popular vote; Trump had 232 ECV. Being a sore loser, he wanted Pence to disqualify the results. Which, Pence, Constitutionally, did not capitulate.
Yes, Biden is aged, and to some, appears weak, and he's called Genocide Joe for 9 months of Gaza abomination. Yet, it won't change that he won the primary, and is the Democratic people candidate of choice, and Kamala the running mate. All this jawing about him stepping down is disheartening. He is who we democratically selected. If he steps down, so be it. If he decides not... it is what it is. Let it be.
The focus needs to be on Project 2025 and Trump/JD Vance. Naïveté is no excuse to think our Democracy is infallible.
Lisa, Your first 5 paragraphs are on point regarding DT finding "god". I agree!
In addition, I am sure, after the attempted assassination on DT, many journalist, politicians, etc., are playing the "safe" comment card (like Shadi Hamid). They want to keep their jobs. Many others who are also in a position to speak, like Pence, remain mute. Why? Protecting themselves and their families? Fear. No backbone? Hoping the people who see the truth will come out in November, or not, and step up to keep DT out of a 2nd term? IDK.
Moreover, truth be told, I ask, "Who is "better" to lead the Democrats at this late date?? I honestly believe the fear is if Biden runs, and wins, but cannot finish the 2nd term Kamala Harris would become President. Either way, if Biden steps down, or wins and cannot finish the 2nd term, many in this country are not ready for a female, black/brown President. Men (white/black) probably will not vote for her as President like they didn't for Hillary Clinton. Pretty sad. Democrats are stuck.
Finally, the money the billionaires pump into these Super PACs, are placing the power hungry pawns in place for their advantages. (For example, Peter Thiel, took JD Vance to meet Trump at Mar-a-Largo. He also poured money into JDV's senate race. Now Vance is VP with so little time in the senate? Umm.
Are the folks in their right minds going to just throw their hands up and not vote? Hello Project 2025! And yes, the "nobodies" are the ones who will suffer the consequences. USA is in a real pickle.
I’ll tell you what I told Wajahat:
I’m not a fan of Kamala (mainly due to her willingness to aid & abet Joe Biden).
There was a point where I nearly forgave the fact that she's basically a cop — when I saw that one spectacular moment, where she confronted one example of Joe Biden's lifelong, career-guiding, racism — but then she immediately turned right around and sold her soul to be "that little girl" who propped up a racist old man (and his genocide).
Despite that fact, Kamala is inarguably a better candidate than Joe is: She knows how to form an argument against a criminal, and she’s capable of maintaining her train of thought.
The (usually white-moderate/liberal) compulsion to feign a superior understanding of racism — and the (usually white-moderate/liberal) compulsion to preemptively capitulate to racists — is not a valid excuse to block a non-white candidate from the presidential ballot. Nor is it a legitimate predictor of whether Kamala can win a presidential race against a rapey racist.
Yes, racism is real & sexism is real. However, Hillary didn't lose because she's a woman, and Barack didn't lose AT ALL.
I hear you again, Lisa, and agree that race and sex shouldn't be an issue in a Presidential race. But it is the elephant in some Republican, and some Democratic, rooms. Yes, Kamala is a formidable opponent, intelligent and articulate and should not be overlooked should Biden step down.
The problem is the polls. I am not one who follows statistics, but our politicians do, and, especially those elite donors! Many of the polls break down constituent statistics according to race, sex, education, income, location, blah, blah, blah. And that's what has many people and Dems running scared.
Yet, the electoral college will determines the next president. Yes, there is the popular vote (which Hillary won); but Trump won the presidency by 304 (minimum needed is 270) electoral votes, and Clinton 227 in 2016. (Dollars to donuts white males said, "Hell no!" to Clinton.) Obama had won ECV that traditionally went to Republicans in 2008 and 2012. People wanted a change. But Trump kept playing the race card and still is.
My whole point is the Democrats just need to rally and show unity because no one REALLY knows who will win the ECV.
In 2020, Biden won 306 ECV, as well as the popular vote; Trump had 232 ECV. Being a sore loser, he wanted Pence to disqualify the results. Which, Pence, Constitutionally, did not capitulate.
Yes, Biden is aged, and to some, appears weak, and he's called Genocide Joe for 9 months of Gaza abomination. Yet, it won't change that he won the primary, and is the Democratic people candidate of choice, and Kamala the running mate. All this jawing about him stepping down is disheartening. He is who we democratically selected. If he steps down, so be it. If he decides not... it is what it is. Let it be.
The focus needs to be on Project 2025 and Trump/JD Vance. Naïveté is no excuse to think our Democracy is infallible.