An icicle has a better chance in hell than me voting for a republican in November. There is nothing that would ever let me trust a republican ever again, not while Trump is the ringmaster of this circus sideshow.
With all the war profiteering while the rest of us pay rising prices for necessities, I don't know what to make of his approval rating being as high as it is. The list of GOP-enabling anti-American actions grows each day. The entrenched Democrats never seem to want to go on offense, and "punch 'em in the mouth twice as hard" as The Donald likes to say, and do. Let's turn up the heat. Make just one call, one email. Tell your representatives point-blank that if they don't take serious action now, then they're part of the scumbaggery who will lose their cushy seats. Don't deny yourself this simple pleasure of democratic citizenry. Make their day--it makes mine when I do it.
I'd prefer a world where people didn't care so much about their own financial circumstances as they do about the fact that this president is throwing people in concentration camps, murdering people in boats, killing civilians in Iran, doing everything he can to ravage the environment for profit, making billions for himself and other wealthy scum through corrupt deals and stock-market manipulation, pardoning convicted criminals for pay, gutting health care and the social safety net, destroying once robust science programs, doing nothing to regulate AI, supporting white Christian nationalism, siding with violent authoritarians throughout the world and just generally promoting racism, misogyny, transphobia and cruelty.
Maybe ALL THESE HORRIFIC THINGS (and many I haven't listed) should be why people turn against Trump rather than paying a little more for gas or him insulting the pope. Honestly, some of the people in this country need to grow up.
Heidi, I agree! You have stated my thoughts so aptly. I wanted the folks in my state who opposed the building of a "concentration camp" to have a higher purpose than any property values, nimby concerns 😟 😨
There are loads of people who do vote out of empathy for others and for the planet, but not near enough. It makes me very sad that we rarely read voter analyses based on how people feel about all this violence and cruelty.
The first question of any voter should be, “Am I better off today than before?” Now the other question is how honest each voter is answering the question. Tax refund amounts are not a good barometer. Immigration numbers are not indicators of an improved personal life. Prices, costs, and even travel problems are always the measure people use. If a voter pays attention, and more are, there’s nothing better about life today than before (fill in the blank). Meh! Yuck! Eww! Sheesh! These are the words we need to pay attention to.
Our local dems raised the issue of the importance of asking for a Democrat ballot in our upcoming primary here in our red-ass state. Folks, what Paul Waldman wrote in this piece says it well.
What I read suggests a lot closer election than this headline forecasts. Brown is behind in Ohio, Minnesota Senate is close, the BWCA vote pretty much ensures my rep, Pete Stauber, will win reelection, etc, etc. Dems probably will win House, but not Senate.
An icicle has a better chance in hell than me voting for a republican in November. There is nothing that would ever let me trust a republican ever again, not while Trump is the ringmaster of this circus sideshow.
Excellent analysis. Trump, along with every elected Republican enabling his corruption, are cementing a simple phrase in voters' minds this November:
OMG
GOP
WTF!
Republicans in congress let tRump redefine their party, so they deserve to be annihilated at the voting booth.
With all the war profiteering while the rest of us pay rising prices for necessities, I don't know what to make of his approval rating being as high as it is. The list of GOP-enabling anti-American actions grows each day. The entrenched Democrats never seem to want to go on offense, and "punch 'em in the mouth twice as hard" as The Donald likes to say, and do. Let's turn up the heat. Make just one call, one email. Tell your representatives point-blank that if they don't take serious action now, then they're part of the scumbaggery who will lose their cushy seats. Don't deny yourself this simple pleasure of democratic citizenry. Make their day--it makes mine when I do it.
Re: the approval rating—the cult will always have his back.
I'd prefer a world where people didn't care so much about their own financial circumstances as they do about the fact that this president is throwing people in concentration camps, murdering people in boats, killing civilians in Iran, doing everything he can to ravage the environment for profit, making billions for himself and other wealthy scum through corrupt deals and stock-market manipulation, pardoning convicted criminals for pay, gutting health care and the social safety net, destroying once robust science programs, doing nothing to regulate AI, supporting white Christian nationalism, siding with violent authoritarians throughout the world and just generally promoting racism, misogyny, transphobia and cruelty.
Maybe ALL THESE HORRIFIC THINGS (and many I haven't listed) should be why people turn against Trump rather than paying a little more for gas or him insulting the pope. Honestly, some of the people in this country need to grow up.
Heidi, I agree! You have stated my thoughts so aptly. I wanted the folks in my state who opposed the building of a "concentration camp" to have a higher purpose than any property values, nimby concerns 😟 😨
There are loads of people who do vote out of empathy for others and for the planet, but not near enough. It makes me very sad that we rarely read voter analyses based on how people feel about all this violence and cruelty.
The first question of any voter should be, “Am I better off today than before?” Now the other question is how honest each voter is answering the question. Tax refund amounts are not a good barometer. Immigration numbers are not indicators of an improved personal life. Prices, costs, and even travel problems are always the measure people use. If a voter pays attention, and more are, there’s nothing better about life today than before (fill in the blank). Meh! Yuck! Eww! Sheesh! These are the words we need to pay attention to.
Our local dems raised the issue of the importance of asking for a Democrat ballot in our upcoming primary here in our red-ass state. Folks, what Paul Waldman wrote in this piece says it well.
Rather amazing, the Republican Party now serves only one person … who gives FA for the nation.
What I read suggests a lot closer election than this headline forecasts. Brown is behind in Ohio, Minnesota Senate is close, the BWCA vote pretty much ensures my rep, Pete Stauber, will win reelection, etc, etc. Dems probably will win House, but not Senate.