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In order for Biden to control gas prices, the United States would have to adopt Marxism and nationalize the petroleum industry like Venezuela, where gas is currently ten cents a gallon. Bad tradeoff. Gas prices are tied what the futures traders think the price of a barrel of crude oil will be. No president controls prices at the pump, whether they go up or down, and you are certainly smart enough to know that.
No drug dealer is going to lace Halloween candy with drugs, which cost money. That old wives' tale has been around for at least fifty years that I personally know of. Before drugs it was razor blades and needles.
Putin is the one making nuclear weapon threats, not Biden. If, god forbid, it should happen, I will be overjoyed to have Biden in charge of the response rather than the Orange Messiah. He would handle it like he did healthcare and infrastructure, which is lie about it and hope everyone forgets, or possibly send his bosom buddy Putin a few new weapons to play with. We still don't know if he sold our secrets to hostile countries.
Lastly, there has always been a lot of saber rattling that comes to nothing, except when a brainless fool like a George W. Bush or a Vladimir Putin starts an unnecessary war. Don't sweat the small stuff.
And even more people than that voted for Biden. So I guess a lot of people didn't like Trump's record.
Biden came in 2020 Nov election with a clean (almost) slate compare to Trump.
In 2024 Biden & democrats are going to have a lot of esplaining to do (inflation, Afghanistan withdrawl fiasco, gas, crimes surge, border crisis, dementia, etc.) to the voters.
Biden's nuthuggers need to stop using 2020 election as a baseline for 2022 midterm & 2024 elections.
Biden came in 2020 Nov election with a clean (almost) slate compare to Trump.
In 2024 Biden & democrats are going to have a lot of esplaining to do (inflation, Afghanistan withdrawl fiasco, gas, crimes surge, border crisis, dementia, etc.) to the voters.
Biden's nuthuggers need to stop using 2020 election as a baseline for 2022 midterm & 2024 elections.
Don't worry, I'm not. It wasn't me that brought up the voter totals in the 2020 election.
I'm pretty sure that the losers in both 2022 and 2024 will have larger vote totals than the losers in 2020. Why that makes any difference to anyone is beyond me, but you do you.
I live in Seattle which is one of the most liberal nirvanas on the planet. Most of my friends are liberal. Trust me, not one of them will admit that Biden was a mistake. They may think it, but they will never verbalize or admit it out loud. Liberals very much engage in the "hive mentality." Admitting defeat or weaknesses does not bode well for the hive.
Everybody body knows Biden is a horrible President, liberals included, but getting them to admit it is an exercise in futility.
Never blame the President, blame his top advisors who run the show!
I have friends who voted for Biden just to get Trump out oppose to really supporting Biden.
No doubt there are more than a few who voted for Trump because he wasn't Hillary Clinton.
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Given the choice, no it wasn't a mistake. Next time give us a better candidate, GOP.
Exactly.
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Originally Posted by Du Ma
Would have saved way more money from grocery/gas/inflation to put in your kids college fund if you voted for Trump
How would Trump have stopped inflation, higher gas prices, etc? Please be specific.
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Originally Posted by jacqueg
I am old enough to remember when there were Rs I would vote for. But that hasn't been true since around 1986 or so. It sucks, but it isn't my fault.
Same; I've even changed my registration a time or two to vote in a Republican primary. I haven't bothered with that in about 20 years because the Republicans haven't come up with any candidates I'd be willing to vote for.
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Originally Posted by BeerGeek40
Then your vote should be taken away.
Aww, honey .... Someone didn't vote the way you did and you want to invalidate their vote? That's so cute ...
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Are you referring to New York and California?
Because a country that follows that lead will be a country no more.
End the electoral college, end what remains of the United States. Period.
Interesting that the person you're responding to is complaining about the influence of two heavily populated states **and** about the Electoral College - the very thing the Electoral College was created to prevent.
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No one ever told me that one of the most startling consequences of getting older is that your body fat moves around without your permission.
I know it's off topic, but thanks for the sorely needed chuckle this morning.
It's a binary choice. Two people on the ballot with a chance to win so the alternative actually matters. I'm guessing a huge majority were voting against the incumbent.
See: Duverger's Law.
Ranked choice voting significantly changes the calculus. If we had it, it would really increase the chances of multiple parties being competitive.
Imagine if we had 6 parties instead of the current, effective, 2:
Trump-MAGA
Republican (traditional)
Libertarian
Fiscal conservative, social liberal
Democrat (traditional)
Green-Social Justice
I bet the results and final vote count would look almost like a normal distribution.
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