American politics

[Kandi1977]

What a glorious day!

 

[Ace Face]

Ossoff categorically said he wouldn't run in '28 and would serve his full term from this election. We shall see if he holds to that.

Josh Shapiro, a self-titled “Get S*** Done” Democrat? From a rust-belt state which could appeal to the mid-western and east coast voting blocs…

 

[Kandi1977]

Haha....Vance is already trying to distance himself from Trump. It didn't take long, but Trump's stink won't wash off that easily.

Vance in charge would be even worse than Trump, and much more dangerous. Trump is just a narcissist, and everything he does is just done to enrich himself.
Vance on the other hand, is not only a narcissist, but also an idealist, and those are much more dangerous!

I don't think people comprehend how much of a dangerous disaster it would be if Vance was to become president!

 

[Lost Mango]

But Vance isn't an idealist. He has no Ideals or political conviction. His political beliefs change more often than he changes his name.

I agree he would be an absolute nightmare but not because he has any set it stone beliefs. he is a total political animal who will try and say what he thinks sells best and cosy up to whoever can get his fat arse furthest up the greasy pole.

 

[robp135]

This is going to be a huge factor in 2028.

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[Baleforce]

I don't see Vance having the level of support of Trump, he doesn't have the 12 years of being a tv boss that made so many think he could run things.

 

[robp135]

I don't see Vance having the level of support of Trump, he doesn't have the 12 years of being a tv boss that made so many think he could run things.

You could literally say that about every traditional politician.

 

[Kandi1977]

But Vance isn't an idealist. He has no Ideals or political conviction. His political beliefs change more often than he changes his name.

I agree he would be an absolute nightmare but not because he has any set it stone beliefs. he is a total political animal who will try and say what he thinks sells best and cosy up to whoever can get his fat arse furthest up the greasy pole.

He is an idealist. He's acted like a weathervane in order to get to where he is, and can be pragmatic if it benefits him, but deep down he has clear ideas and agendas if he gets the chance to implement them.

 

[thfcsteff]

Agree about Newsom but think that AOC is a different story (not for 2028 though) - her tour with Bernie after the '24 debacle was very positively received beyond the safe confines of NY.

I would like to see Schumer and Jeffries shifted for the reason given above about the bipartisan compromise rubbish. They either need to come out and say we are driving this forward whatever or they need to step aside.

I think you need a Jeffries in this immediate future. It's a long-game with this possibility IMO. Driving forward is massively important of course, but there is still an orange man to deal with.

 

[thfcsteff]

El Sayed comes across as an arrogant prick to me. His behaviour towards James Matthews from Sky News was as bad as I’ve seen in any interaction between Trump and a journalist. He needs to apologise.

There's a lot more context to this exchange.
That reporter has essentially been 'posted' to 'doorstep' him with the sort of stupid wind-up questions Skuy asks. In this exchange, he doorstepped him coming out of a car, asked him about Trump's comment that he (Sayed) was 'a gift to Republicans' and then upped that ante by asking him what he thought of Trump's comment that he (Sayed) was 'full of brick'...
El-Sayed has allowed himself to get sucked into the heat of the whip, and bitten back. Cue heavily edited clips of just his response to this 'poor journalist' and bingo, fuel for republicans, etc. In fact, I'd go as far as to say there's a major agenda against him because his name is El-Sayed and he's muslim.

What he needs to be is smarter.

I agree, he should apologize, not because the door-stepper deserves it (IMO that isn't journalism it's content creation and I lament how it's become conflated with real journalism) but because he needs to control this developing narrative that he's got a bad attitude.
He's very confident, and I agree, his manner is not for everyone, however this is others trying to weaponise and cultivate a movement against him with a false rep IMO.

 

[thfcsteff]

I don't see Vance having the level of support of Trump, he doesn't have the 12 years of being a tv boss that made so many think he could run things.

What he does have is evil Thiel behind him, and those f uckers don't throw their millions into cucks to lose. I think there has to be a very sustained reminder to the public of just flip-floppy and invertebrate Vance is.