You are a social failure. A person’s beliefs don’t make them likable or unlikable. It’s their personality and how they relay their thoughts.
There was nothing to refute in your accusations around Bernie. Those have nothing to do with his likability.
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Yeah, if you read some things as shallow as you do.
You just prove my point
If you only knew, but you don’t.
He’s openly gay, and white.
Most people, especially those with his policy positions, will disappoint you if you expect any better.
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So it had little or nothing to do with his actions as the South Bend mayor?
I do expect better. I’m not a fan of cucks and sellouts.
Who is your ideal candidate in 2024? Someone out there who you’d like to vote for from any party who most closely aligns with your political views?
I get “the system is rigged, it doesn’t matter. You’re all sheeple.” I get all that and I know there’s no such thing as a perfect candidate, but humor us. Who’s your guy/girl?
For me, Rand Paul.
At this point I’m not sure who is actually running but it won’t be one of the corporate clowns from the duopoly.
There are some things to like about Rand Paul, namely his stance on foreign policy, but his domestic economic policy is absolute garbage and harmful to the public. He is a follower of Austrian economics. Professor Murphy(Austrian economic professor) got his clocked cleaned in a debate with Warren Mosler(father of MMT). Posted this debate before.
You’ve mentioned this before. I don’t recall seeing any scoring of the debate. Could you post the scoring, or explain your view on that debate?
What do you actually mean by scoring the debate? Did you actually watch the debate?
Edit: I would think that a guy who believes debate should determine public policy would at least understand that they are scored.
Yes.
Forget who may or may not be running, you avoided the question here. Name a human being, or maybe even 2, who you’d like to see as our next president.
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I can’t begin to express how embarrassed I am that it took me so long to get it. I really dropped the ball on that one.
Meh. It doesn’t seem like that matters anymore. Maybe we do eventually return to ‘politics as usual’, but Trump certainly showed that a candidate with zero political experience in any capacity can win the presidency. Although it would be fair to point out that it hasn’t happened on the Democrat side.
So you brought up policy. I doubt there are any democrats out there who you’d generally agree with when it comes to policy, but are there any who you think are less objectionable than others? I guess that would likely come down to a democrat who’s very close to center, perhaps Manchin-like. Thoughts?
I personally don’t believe Pete is as far left as you’re making him out to be on most issues, but I get how off-putting the trans stuff can be at this point. It’s something I think the party needs to abandon, it’s not working out.
So there’s two ways I would look at the question. First, what makes him appealing, meaning electable. That would essentially mean, what qualities does he have that I think will get him votes. And then there would be the question of what I, personally, like about him. I’m mostly addressing the former question.
He’s smart and well spoken. I think he comes off as very reasonable, and wanting to find middle ground on issues. Whether that’s actually the case is a different story, but that’s what I think the voting public will see when they hear him speak. It’s SUCH a departure from our last two presidents, that it could be refreshing. A debate between Desantis and Pete would be sooooo much better than anything we’ve seen since Obama. Trump, Hillary and Biden were all insufferable on the debate stage. Personality seems to mean so much more than actual political nuance today, particularly in elections for the highest office, when we’re talking about swing voters. Hardline democrats and republicans aren’t moving, so that’s not really worth addressing. He’s not bringing in any of those republican votes, and he’s not losing any democrat votes.
We’ve seen, over and over again, that when voter turnout is high, democrats fare better. So the question is, who can get people engaged and interested in voting. That’s the thing I think he could do better than most. There are SO many candidates who I can’t see doing that. Biden only won because of the anti-Trump vote, we all know that. And I think the anti-Trump vote won’t be there if Desantis gets the nomination, so that can’t be relied on anymore.
I’d like to go on, but I’ve got to do some work for a few hours. I’ll circle back.
He’s a phony.
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And do a pretty good job.
It actually has happened plenty in the past, just most not involved in politics were military men. Grant, Eisenhower etc.
Namely because they all go right into politics. Someone like Bernie Sanders has 50 years of political experience and 0 years private sector experience.
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for sure. it would have made more sense if I had said something more along the lines of working in/for government previously… or something like that, lol. But very fair to point this out.
I mean, I could name plenty of Democrats off the top of my head who had full careers in, say, law, prior to their political careers. So I don’t think this is a particularly accurate statement, but I could be wrong. I’d have to see some actual data that showed Democrats enter politics at a younger age than Republicans. I’m actually kind of curious about this since you brought it up, haha. I’ll try to look it up.
EDIT: first data set I found. Not decisive proof of anything, but it generally points to the idea that members of both parties are active politically at similar ages.
average age of Republican congressman: 57
average number of years in congress: 8
average age of Democrat congressman: 61
average number of years in congress: 10
the average of staffers, in both parties is 32.
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The difference might lie in the careers that preceded politics. Those from business know the constraints that government can place as impediments to business success. They might lean more conservative.
I will show my bias, but government seems to look after attorneys. Tort reform is way overdue.
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I 100% agree.
I have shouted and ranted about needing tort reform for a decade.
Attorneys write and craft all the laws. Those thousand-page bills not one senator reads? All written by staff attorneys. Each senator has an army of them. Many of them come from the legal profession too or at least holding a law degree.
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Thanks for the link. I came across this, and I did think it was pretty interesting. I appreciate that it has a full breakdown of the career backgrounds of every congressman. Unfortunately, it doesn’t match party affiliation with careers, that would have been nice.