Certainly, Biden — but more often his staff — condemns Trump’s egregious racism, misogyny and xenophobia.
However, unlike Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the Biden campaign is not designed to show what an awful human Trump is. That’s a given.
What they want to say rather is simple: He failed. You’re hurting. We’re the grown-ups to clean up the mess.
✁
First, every time Trump opens his mouth, he confirms that he is an incompetent narcissist who has no idea about the concerns of ordinary Americans.
He wants to reopen states really, really fast and force in-person schooling. The public is concerned we are opening too fast, and is frightened to send their kids back to classrooms with the virus still raging.
Trump says testing is fine; we know it is not, as Americans are forced to wait a week or more for results.
Trump says the anarchists are taking over cities. Americans do not see it.
Mostly, the cities look forlorn, littered with empty shop fronts.
Trump makes Biden’s argument better than any opponent could: He is entirely clueless and incapable of handling the crises he is largely responsible for creating.
Second, ✁ Americans know they are out of work. They know their lives have been disrupted.
They know their kids are losing months and months of education.
They don’t even get college football. Trump even managed to screw up the post office.
No matter how many times Trump says he regrets nothing and nothing is his fault, it does not work that way. He is president. He is in charge. The results are awful.
Third, both Biden and Harris have deprived Trump of the “socialist” target Republicans yearned to confront.
Yes, the Democrats have a robust and progressive agenda, but they are not outlawing private health-care insurance.
They are not condemning capitalism.
The charge that they are crazy leftists simply falls flat.
Conservatives craved reassurance that they were defenders of “morality”, despite supporting an indefensible invasion of Iraq that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands.
These claims to moral superiority over liberals mainly came in the form of policing hymen status, harassing women at abortion clinics and claiming a right to Christian forgiveness (for yourself) when caught with prostitutes or soliciting gay sex in public bathrooms.
White evangelicals still hold considerable political power, which is why Donald Trump occasionally tries to get photographed fondling a Bible in ways he vainly hopes are convincing. Abortion and LGBTQ rights are still under serious threat, as the Christian right has made major inroads into the federal judiciary.
Perversely, however, the cultural power of white evangelicals is clearly fading, both in terms of numbers and relevance, and that process started long before Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr.’s name was ever associated with a “pool boy.”
Bibles have been largely replaced with Pepe the Frog memes. Public prayer has given way, among right-wingers, to chants of “Lock her up.”
You hardly hear anyone on Fox News these days talking up premarital abstinence anymore.
They’re too busy arguing that it’s no big deal that Trump has routinely cheated on his wives, or that it’s “pearl-clutching” to be angry that he has bragged about committing sexual assault.
White evangelicalism is in decline, but another movement is rising to take its place, a movement that scratches that same right-wing itch towards false piety and elaborate tribalist mythologies that are incomprehensible to outsiders: QAnon.
QAnon has grown rapidly since it first emerged in 2017, morphing from an online conspiracy theory to an explosive political and cultural phenomenon, one that can probably be considered a cult —
I have never agreed with John Kasich on much of anything but he moved me deeply last night, talking about putting country before party. We do agree that Joe Biden is a good man who can clean up the mess Trump has made. Dems got me a few times with purely corny stuff. It’s embarrassing to tear up over “We the people”…
Crazy lives everywhere. That’s why you go to a library instead of a bus station when you need facts. Go to moderated websites with strong fact-verification policies. Avoid click-bait. Wash your hands frequently and don’t forget to vote.
whahoppened about 4 years ago
Carmen is blaming the messenger.
Pharmakeus Ubik about 4 years ago
Carmen needs to realize, they’ve been building this monster since 1968, if not 1933.
KenseidenXL about 4 years ago
NO, that’s where it feeds….
Silly Season about 4 years ago
Certainly, Biden — but more often his staff — condemns Trump’s egregious racism, misogyny and xenophobia.
However, unlike Hillary Clinton’s campaign, the Biden campaign is not designed to show what an awful human Trump is. That’s a given.
What they want to say rather is simple: He failed. You’re hurting. We’re the grown-ups to clean up the mess.
✁
First, every time Trump opens his mouth, he confirms that he is an incompetent narcissist who has no idea about the concerns of ordinary Americans.
He wants to reopen states really, really fast and force in-person schooling. The public is concerned we are opening too fast, and is frightened to send their kids back to classrooms with the virus still raging.
Trump says testing is fine; we know it is not, as Americans are forced to wait a week or more for results.
Trump says the anarchists are taking over cities. Americans do not see it.
Mostly, the cities look forlorn, littered with empty shop fronts.
Trump makes Biden’s argument better than any opponent could: He is entirely clueless and incapable of handling the crises he is largely responsible for creating.
Second, ✁ Americans know they are out of work. They know their lives have been disrupted.
They know their kids are losing months and months of education.
They don’t even get college football. Trump even managed to screw up the post office.
No matter how many times Trump says he regrets nothing and nothing is his fault, it does not work that way. He is president. He is in charge. The results are awful.
Third, both Biden and Harris have deprived Trump of the “socialist” target Republicans yearned to confront.
Yes, the Democrats have a robust and progressive agenda, but they are not outlawing private health-care insurance.
They are not condemning capitalism.
The charge that they are crazy leftists simply falls flat.
~
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/16/democrats-know-exactly-what-campaign-is-about/
Silly Season about 4 years ago
Conservatives craved reassurance that they were defenders of “morality”, despite supporting an indefensible invasion of Iraq that led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands.
These claims to moral superiority over liberals mainly came in the form of policing hymen status, harassing women at abortion clinics and claiming a right to Christian forgiveness (for yourself) when caught with prostitutes or soliciting gay sex in public bathrooms.
White evangelicals still hold considerable political power, which is why Donald Trump occasionally tries to get photographed fondling a Bible in ways he vainly hopes are convincing. Abortion and LGBTQ rights are still under serious threat, as the Christian right has made major inroads into the federal judiciary.
Perversely, however, the cultural power of white evangelicals is clearly fading, both in terms of numbers and relevance, and that process started long before Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr.’s name was ever associated with a “pool boy.”
Bibles have been largely replaced with Pepe the Frog memes. Public prayer has given way, among right-wingers, to chants of “Lock her up.”
You hardly hear anyone on Fox News these days talking up premarital abstinence anymore.
They’re too busy arguing that it’s no big deal that Trump has routinely cheated on his wives, or that it’s “pearl-clutching” to be angry that he has bragged about committing sexual assault.
White evangelicalism is in decline, but another movement is rising to take its place, a movement that scratches that same right-wing itch towards false piety and elaborate tribalist mythologies that are incomprehensible to outsiders: QAnon.
QAnon has grown rapidly since it first emerged in 2017, morphing from an online conspiracy theory to an explosive political and cultural phenomenon, one that can probably be considered a cult —
~
https://www.salon.com/2020/08/13/is-qanon-the-new-christian-right-with-evangelicals-fading-a-new-insanity-rises/
William Robbins Premium Member about 4 years ago
I have never agreed with John Kasich on much of anything but he moved me deeply last night, talking about putting country before party. We do agree that Joe Biden is a good man who can clean up the mess Trump has made. Dems got me a few times with purely corny stuff. It’s embarrassing to tear up over “We the people”…
rossevrymn about 4 years ago
Carmen, dumb people, ie, right-wing populists, make the internet dumb. Leave the dumb people. Leave Stantis. He is holding you back.
Curiosity Premium Member about 4 years ago
“The Crazy” lives in peoples heads. Always has. The Internet just makes it easier for others to be infected.
Flatlander, purveyor of fine covfefe about 4 years ago
Would not want to be around when HE throws a tantrum the day after. Boy y’all have come a long way from Ask not what your ….
mistercatworks about 4 years ago
Crazy lives everywhere. That’s why you go to a library instead of a bus station when you need facts. Go to moderated websites with strong fact-verification policies. Avoid click-bait. Wash your hands frequently and don’t forget to vote.
braindead Premium Member about 4 years ago
Trump finally located a “doctor” who would endorse the Trump response to the virus:
LET ’ER RIP!
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Nothing crazy about that, right?
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#TraitorTrump
MartinPerry1 about 4 years ago
I still think by solution is the only viable one: limit access to the internet to 300 baud. I lived with those speeds way back when.
braindead Premium Member about 4 years ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/18/us/politics/senate-intelligence-russian-interference-report.html?smid=fb-share