Red Shield
Global Domination
that's real hopeful
2022 Midterm Elections: NO RED WAVE! - GOP Takes U.S. House; Dems Keep U.S. Senate
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that's real hopeful
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Superstar
what GOP policies have benefited you and your family?
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
I’m not defending the GOP. I am critical of the current incarnation of the Democratic Party. They have done a poor job of governing.
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Superstar
mainly bc the GOP has 2 centrist Dems in their back pocket
a climate bill alone would pump billions into the hood & improve our lifespans
Biden wants to give families an extra $300 per month for each child
they want to lower the cost of prescriptions
Universal pre-k
free community college
they can't do any of it bc of Manchin & Sinema
What's your take? I believe Biden genuinely wants to pass his agenda. He's just too weak and naive to get it done.
On a long enough time line progressives always win. We just may have to go through a period of far right autocracy to get there.
Red Shield
Global Domination
Ahhhhhh.... no not at all
and how much time do you think the usa really even has left. Hell maybe 3 more decades.. but that ain't enough time for the stuff you're talking about to come about
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Manchin and Sinema are Democrats. I remember when this Democrat working for the GOP argument happened with people like Bill Nelson during the ACA mess.
Our political leadership has failed us.
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Superstar
DINO, word to Radja
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Keep defending that party. Good luck.
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Superstar
The GOP don't care about you breh
As I've stated, Dems are introducing policies that will help everyday ppl in the hood...but 2 ppl are obstructing a progressive agenda
Most narrow-minded ppl won't care about that, and the messaging from the GOP will be similar to your sentiments
But at least we know an ambitious agenda exists that would benefit the lives of blk ppl
Piff Perkins
Veteran
I understand the argument - which is completely logical and factual - that priorities are literally being held up by two senators. It's true. But to me the bigger problem is a complete void of leadership that comes from the top. You've got a president who seems unable or unwilling to make his case to the American people. And a VP who seems completely lost in the sauce of talking points, to the point she can barely construct a coherent sentence. The BBB social bill should have passed months ago, yet there was no urgency and they allowed Manchin to run out the clock instead of smoking him out his hole. Even if they didn't get all their priorities...they should have gotten something and passed that shyt ages ago.
Now with the voting rights bill they cast the issue as good vs evil, an existential crisis...yet they showed no urgency or even attempted to reform anything. It's like going into a battle knowing you're going to lose and being fine with it because the singers will make poems about you and inspire the people. That's not how real life works. Nobody is watching this dumpster fire and getting fired up to vote. They should have started out seeking 60 votes and got whatever they could done. Advance the ball and live to fight another day. But instead, they got nothing done. It's just weird. They don't use their leverage when they have it (BBB), and then they over play their hand when they have no leverage (voting rights).
End of the day you can tell they didn't want to win those Georgia seats, man. They didn't want this power. When it became clear that the Nov 2020 congressional/senate wins weren't what they expected, they seemed reserved for Biden to be the bipartisan king of divided government. Working with his republican buddies to Get Things Done. Instead, they ended up winning the senate and raising expectations.
Nov 22 gonna be a disaster folks. And given that inflation isn't going away, 2024 will be even worse unless Trump is the nominee.
Now with the voting rights bill they cast the issue as good vs evil, an existential crisis...yet they showed no urgency or even attempted to reform anything. It's like going into a battle knowing you're going to lose and being fine with it because the singers will make poems about you and inspire the people. That's not how real life works. Nobody is watching this dumpster fire and getting fired up to vote. They should have started out seeking 60 votes and got whatever they could done. Advance the ball and live to fight another day. But instead, they got nothing done. It's just weird. They don't use their leverage when they have it (BBB), and then they over play their hand when they have no leverage (voting rights).
End of the day you can tell they didn't want to win those Georgia seats, man. They didn't want this power. When it became clear that the Nov 2020 congressional/senate wins weren't what they expected, they seemed reserved for Biden to be the bipartisan king of divided government. Working with his republican buddies to Get Things Done. Instead, they ended up winning the senate and raising expectations.
Nov 22 gonna be a disaster folks. And given that inflation isn't going away, 2024 will be even worse unless Trump is the nominee.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Awesome. You keep mentioning this even though I’ve said I don’t care about the GOP and said our political leadership have failed us.
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Superstar
Historically I think thats the case. A 100 years ago children were working in factories, people were working 7 days per week, black people and women couldn't vote etc etc. Society seems to get more progressive and conscious over time with prolonged setbacks in between.
You raise a good point about the stability of America though. With climate change, increasing political divisions, growing wealth inequality etc something is going to have to give. With all of these issues arise opportunities for us to rethink how we want to organize society. The right doesn't have a monopoly on that. They only seem so powerful and pervasive because they are backed by billionaires and there is truly no organized left. That will change as the material conditions change.