Stella - my best girl ever.
11/04/1994 - 12/23/2010
Don't wanna get shot by the police?
"Stop Resisting Arrest!"
I worked that case. I went to school with the youngest hostage, Corporal Kirtley. I knew his sister in Little Rock. I'm 65 and retired. In the future you will find me relaxing on a warm beach. I will save a spot for you.
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I agree bigly. Not a Trump fan and never have been.
But having said that, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't enjoying the gnashing-of-teeth and rending-of-clothes meltdown going on in liberal circles now. Because you know damn well that if the election had gone the other way these people would be crowing about how smart they were and how dumb the MAGAs are.
What's more interesting to me is whether or not the Democratic party is ever going to re-think their brilliant strategy of basically writing off working-class white men. Because it used to be that working class, often union employed, men were the backbone of the Democratic party. And they didn't leave the Democrats - the Democrats left THEM to pursue minorities, illegal immigrants and the LGBTQPRSTUVWXYZ vote.
As Dr. Phil might say "How's that workin' out for ya?"
Martin
If you love your freedom, thank a veteran. If you love to party, thank the Beastie Boys. They fought for that right.
I think their condescending approach to politicking reducing it to titles "vote for stepmomala" and trying to drag the celebrity performance also backfires.
Back in the 70's, that would've worked well. In today's information age, even the idiots consume a lot more information. While a lot of it are clips, if one parties 10 second clips are policy, and the other is just "Celebrity likes me!" and "Women gooood", the latter feels somewhat condescending even to total idiots.
Then all the menopausal Karen ads of e.g. "Vote for Kamala because abortion" Bitch, your old white ass can't even have a child, much less an abortion. That is the type of ad that is a two-sided blade - they get as many turned against them as for them. Sometimes, it's even advertising for your opposition more than you. While a lot of people have concerns on the issue, it's not the #1 issue for the most people.
There are already calls from liberals the reign in the the far left.
It was just proven to them that continuing to drift farther left is not the way to win elections. Kamala campaigned as a centrist this time but the hangover from 2020 doomed her. Americans don't want to defund the police, convert immediately to 100% renewables or worry about offending someone because of their pronouns.
Leftist are evil, not stupid. They will continue their goal of "fundamentally changing America" but will do it less overtly so as not to scare off the masses.
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Shouldn't this thread be under Politics?
In a right wing gun forum, this is mainstream news. And now I'm gonna STFU
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