Kamala Harris going after the youth vote
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“What do we know about 18 to 24 year olds? They are really stupid... they make really bad decisions.” - Kamala Harris
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“What do we know about 18 to 24 year olds? They are really stupid... they make really bad decisions.” - Kamala Harris
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The fact that so many 18-24 year olds vote Democrat no matter who the candidate is goes to prove her point.
Is that even possible?
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-gov…
As far as Kamala identifying as being black, I think it's ironic that her first name is Indian (it means "she of the "lotus"). She has to downplay her Indian-ness even though south Asians are the most successful ethnic group in the US. Kamala's Indian mom and Jamaican dad met at UC Berkeley (probably the best public university in the US). Her mom was a medical researcher and the dad became an economics prof at Stanford. She has an interesting family background and it belies the Trumpian, repulsive, nonsense that immigrants are rapists and murderers.
Yes, she's liberal but I think she's willing to bend in pragmatic ways. For example, I wouldn't worry about the US having socialized medicine in the same way as those shithole countries like the UK and Canada. The Democrats in Congress don't want single-payer healthcare and the president doesn't get to craft legislation. Biden's interested in incremental changes to the ACA and I think that's going to work out just fine.
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Story about high-education couties support Democrats:
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail…
"Over time, the partisan gap between college-educated voters and less-educated ones widened. In 2016 it exploded. The Pew Research Centre, a think-tank, found that overall, college graduates favoured Hillary Clinton by 21 percentage points, while those without a degree backed Donald Trump by a seven-point margin. Among whites, the difference is greater: those without a college degree backed Mr Trump over Mrs Clinton by a margin of more than two to one."
Demented old man Biden painted himself into a corner by promising that his running mate would be a woman, then he allowed the special interest groups to hijack his decison and force him into a black woman. He couldn't even do that right. Her father is of african heritage, but she herself cannot identify as african-american; which met the letter of their demand but not the spirit. They have already begun attacking her and each other because of it!
Get ready for another close race, with all the polls favoring Biden. It will most likely again be won by the Electoral College, following the consitution, and saving the Republic from the ignorant low-info democrat voters in the urban metros. God bless our Founding Fathers for their wisdom and foresight.
I'm simply presenting facts. College-educated voters have left the Republican party in droves. You either accept reality or you don't.
Also a constitutional knowledge test.
If there were, Regan (and likely many others) would have never made it to a second term.
For someone who subscribes to the "all-inclusive" liberal ideology, you sure seem to look down your nose at anyone without a college degree.
RandomMember also believes ophthalmologists are the end-all-be-all of class, money, and refinement. 😂
"Low information voter" simply means someone who is not well-informed about political matters. It has NOTHING to do with having a college degree. Rush Limbaugh coined the phrase, and he himself didn't go to college.
And I know your type, so let me revise what I said. Rush didn't actually "coin" the phrase, he popularized it.
And as far as low information voters are concerned you fella's have a lot to learn, many of us true conservative's, not you fools that think Trump is god, are going to lose this election then we will take back our Republican Party and use true fiscal conservative principles, not this crazy shit where we spend our children's future and steal the Social Security and Medicare, from our seniors that have paid for this.
It's everything misterorange said, plus a willingness to be led around by the nose when being told what they want to hear, and unwillingness to even allow a contradictory argument to be made. It is the ultimate in willful ignorance. That is the type of regressive troglodyte that keeps voting for the democrat party year, after year, after year. They can call themselves liberal, progressive, socialist; which are the type of identity politics which the democrat party excels at, but the fact is that they are too stupid and too lazy to perform an honest assessment of the candidates, issues, and predictable outcomes. So, they vote without being fully informed of the situation. Low-info voter.
If there was any truth behind that lie, you would be voting for Jo Jorgensen instead of Joe Biden.
But like all liberals, you live to lie.
And like I said you folks don’t represent the Republican Party even a little bit, my Republican Party had gentlemen and statesmen involved not these crude vulgarians your president can’t be compared in the same sentence to either Bush, John McCain, Reagan, people that respected other points of view,
Second, unfortunately search really sucks here, but I think it was in the Arizona Update thread that I mentioned that going back to the 2016 primaries, my first choice was Scott Walker. (Me choosing a candidate early in a primary is like a kiss of death to a candidate)
After Scott Walker dropped out (after the first debate), I switched to Ted Cruz. I continued to support Cruz until the end. (At least he had more staying power than Walker)
I did vote for Trump in 2016. While I acknowledged and even admired the viewpoint of "Never Trump" people like George Will, just the thought of Hillary in office was enough to make me vote for Trump.
The thought of Biden in office is even more terrifying. Even before his mental decline, he was never the sharpest tool in the toolshed.
So tell me "Mr Fiscal Conservative", what is your opinion of Obamacare?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7oeIYMy…
Could be true. If it is, it only means that Trump's learned to play the Democrats' game at least as well as they do. The left has been using trickery and misdirection since LBJ bragged, "I'll have those n*****s voting Democratic for 200 years," while at the same time championing the Civil Rights Act. He said, "We’ve got to give them a little something, just enough to quiet them down, not enough to make a difference."
In my opinion. "freedom" and "following the Constitution" are both far better than an unconstitutional program that accelerates this countries descent into bankruptcy. (I agree with the dissenting opinion that John Roberts wrote on Obamacare and disagree with the majority opinion he wrote on the same case)
And the subject of scrapping Obamacare was brought before the House and Senate - sadly, a single vote made the difference. Even sadder, that vote came from John McCain.
Which really brings us to the true problem with Trump that keeps me from being a strong supporter. He isn't very presidential, and has a hard time getting buy-in for the things he advocates.
And that is truly sad, because de-regulation has made a difference for the economy. The tax cuts were badly needed. And mostly importantly, he has done an excellent job (for the most part) in choosing judges to fill vacancies in federal courts.
Yeah, I know, it's never the right time for you because you support it.
Personally, I love it when Trump does stuff like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrO53qzM…
The thing that stood out the most was when he was demonstrating why he earned the nickname "The Great Communicator". Reagan wasn't blessed with control of the House and Senate. But it didn't matter. He had the ability to apply pressure on members of the House and Senate by speaking directly to the people.
Though I like the policies that President Trump has been able to enact, I also recognize that he could have accomplished so much more.
You mentioned Obama - well, aside from his first 2 years in office when he had a filibuster proof majority in the Senate and strong control of the House, he wasn't able to accomplish a single thing without the use of "his phone and his pen".
The Constitution of the United States is a very unique constitution. Unlike the rest of the world, our Constitution gives very specific, and very limited powers to the Federal government. Any power that is not specifically enumerated, is supposed to be off limits.
We really need to start respecting the 9th and 10th amendments.
So what is my ideal healthcare system? It can be summed up in 5 words. "Leave me the fuck alone."
Margret Thatcher put it best - the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other peoples money to spend.
SMH
Pre-ACA, people would get sick and go bankrupt.
I opposed the ACA tooth and nail when it came out. Obama was not an effective legislator. With 60 senators and a commanding majority in the senate, it should have breezed through. It was a poorly crafted law, as evidenced by Trump's ability to rip the guts out of it.
But I would work to fix rather than get rid of it now. People have a way of adapting to the systems in place and hasty change introduces problems.
Medicare for All is insanity. The Sanders and Warren plans amounted to massive pay cuts for already overworked HCPs. You'd see a mass exodus from an already strained field. Single payer sounds great until you look at the costs, hence why it tanked on the ballot in three bluish to deep blue states.
And don't talk about Canada, Europe, etc. Temperamentally, we aren't them. Same reason we like our guns, it's bred into our national mythology.
Incremental changes to the ACA is the best choice. Upper-middle-class people who did not qualify for subsidies are getting screwed, and that needs to change. Yes, pushing HCPs (especially MDs) into the middle-class is not a good solution.
"It was a poorly crafted law, as evidenced by Trump's ability to rip the guts out of it."
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Repeal failed in the Senate. The individual mandate was killed and hidden in the tax legislation. A bunch of GOP governors launched an idiotic lawsuit to kill the ACA outright and it will be back in front of the Supreme Court after the election. There were many bugs in the ACA at first -- but if GOP wants to sabotage the law, I don't see how that's evidence of a poorly crafted law?
It was a poorly crafted law because it had so many moving parts. Is that the best Obama could get? Congressional opposition isn't a new thing. Lyndon Johnson was a master of working Congress. So were Reagan and Clinton. Obama was not, despite the most commanding majorities in my lifetime. That's playing the game on Easy Mode.
The law needed the individual mandate to be simultaneously a tax and not a tax to survive that lawsuit. It relied on the Medicaid expansion with GOP governors are still resisting tooth and nail. I'm no historian but I don't think the original Medicare or Medicaid ever suffered from that.
Nonetheless it's what we have. Trump will roll out his healthcare plan three days after Armageddon, so he's a non-factor. I'm a pragmatist and anti-revolutionary at heart.
Commercial insurance on the exchange is too expensive for most middle class households. If you bought individual or family insurance on your own pre-ACA, you have most likely dropped it due to premium increases (I have, as has my PCP - another solo practitioner).
Likewise, most providers no longer accept the least expensive HMOs, including many BCBS and UHC plans. So now you are paying hundreds of dollars per family member per month for insurance, but cannot find a physician who will accept it.
Medicare for all will be partially funded by payment cuts, meaning that many providers will limit or refuse medicare, as they do medicaid. Others will quit clinical practice altogether, and pursue academic, research, or adminiatrative appointments. There is already a national shortage of specialists, and months long waits for PCPs.
The fact is Obamacare was the first step on the road tor ruining healthcare in America. It has only made it less accessible, less affordable, and less attractive as a career.
When ACA went into effect it drove up the cost of my employer sponsored (non-ACA) plan so high that I had insurance I couldn't afford to use anymore. It's more like "catastrophic coverage," which is fine when you're in your 20's or 30's and in perfect health. Now at 53 this shit isn't working for me. Huge premium cost, huge deductible, co-pays, "co-insurance" cost, crazy high out-of-pocket maximum.
Here's the ACA in a nutshell: It's irrelevant to the wealthy because they can afford the costs or can even self-insure. Congress has exempted themselves from it, and they still have their Cadillac plans for free. The poor have Medicaid or ACA plans for as little as $1.00 per month and with artificially low deductibles and cost sharing forced on the insurance companies. As with everything the Democrats celebrate as some wonderful patriotic accomplishment, it's the middle-class getting fucked.
Just ask Willie Brown about her pragmatic bending.
That’s because 99% of politicians and bureaucrats are corrupt as fuck. Republicans and Democrats. Trump is an existential threat to their corrupt livelihood.
“In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey, one of the first since Biden chose Harris, a third of likely voters who were black said they are “less likely” to vote for the Democratic ticket, a third said they were “more likely” to back it, and about a third said it will either have no impact on their choice or weren’t sure.“
This year, less than three months out, I have yet to see one piece of Biden promotional stuff. Not even a single bumper sticker or lawn sign. Zero. If that lack of enthusiasm is happening in swing states, old Sleepy Joe is already finished.
https://www.westernjournal.com/obama-rep…
"Trump draws support from 53% of those with a high school diploma or less, including 38% who say they strongly support him for reelection. In contrast, 68% of voters with a postgraduate degree say they support Biden for president, including 38% who say they strongly support him."
The pertinent emergency is do your yoga pants make you look fat vs your skirt and pantyhose, dipshit!
How about the demographic FACT that Kamala Harris is even less of an African American than Liz Warren is American Indian, and can trace her direct lineage to the largest slave owner in Jamaica?
Trump is not only running against Biden and the Dems, he's also running against 90% of the media and a good chunk of the establishment (social media corps, giant corps like Amazon, etc) - and unfortunately, Trump is also running against Trump - I agree w/ a good # of his policy-positions but he can often not get out of his own way with the way he states/goes-about things.
The biggest Trump opponent seems to be Trump, i.e. the hatred many have for him - the few polls I've seen w.r.t. Biden, the #1 reason listed in the polls as to why people are voting for Biden is not b/c of anything special about Biden himself, but the #1 reason is that he's not Trump - if a potted-plant was running against Trump it'd likely get close to 50% of the vote.
"Pro Trump Florida boat parade":
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=flo…
@RandomMember - if you aren't ignoring me, I think that it's time for you to go. I hear your mother calling you - it's time for breast feeding.
I think that a lot of ills in our medical system are related to the overabundance of lawyers in this country. Their impact on medicine/healthcare is driving up the costs.
Frivolous lawsuits create the need for doctors to get incredibly expensive malpractice insurance policies.
I don't know how accurate the numbers in this article are ( https://www.leveragerx.com/blog/medical-… ), but ob/gyns having to pay $214,999 a year in New York is shocking. Those costs get passed on to the consumers.
In addition to the high cost of malpractice insurance, fear of lawsuits has led to excessive use of unnecessary procedures - further driving up the cost of medical care.
Putting medicine and healthcare in the hands of bureaucrats - most of whom come from the legal field - is not the way to control costs. They do look out for their own kind.
Beyond tort reform, introducing more competition in the insurance market is a good idea. Under Obamacare, a lot of areas in the country only have a single provider available. That is not a good way to control costs.
Allow insurance companies to sell insurance across state borders easily. People in rural areas will benefit by being included in larger risk pools. Insurance companies will benefit by being able to spread the same administrative overhead (largely) across a larger pool of customers, plus they will have more diversity in their risk pools.
Like most things in life, healthcare is NOT improved by adding more government.
The problem is, "defensive medicine" isn't a line item one can just strike. No one knows what procedure or drug will prevent a lawsuit, so they cover all of them. Agree that tort reform is a good thing, but where it's been tried, it's had a limited impact.
Allowing insurers to sell across state lines would be a good thing. I've heard liberal economists say it's a race to the bottom, i.e. least regulated states, but that's a positive. That said, it'll take a long time to build provider networks across states. Years, rather than months.
One could take the extreme of "larger risk pool" and say nothing would be larger than everyone. While literally true, single payer gets voted down once people see the costs.
Of course lawyers and bureaucrats make the drug discovery process and medical equipment development and certification process more expensive too. And those expenses are passed on to consumers.
Hopefully some of the lessons learned from a Operation Warpspeed can be applied outside of the pandemic. But there is only one party that is in favor of deregulation.
Price transparency is yet another issue. People need to be informed of the costs and incentivized through lower insurance costs to be smart consumers.
In higher education, something like one third of tuition goes toward administrators and their staff who add nothing to the education experience. Another third pays professors who do very little teaching but are vaguely doing research that benefits no one. Then, there’s the massive physical infrastructure which helps sell the university experience to high school seniors but has little to do with education.
The only thing that has permitted the cost of college to exceed inflation for 40 years is the plethora of government loans that allow paying the price of an education to be deferred.
Now, it’s unthinkable to go without insurance. People commonly assume that uninsured people are completely shut off from medical care. This is actually a recent concept.
"Iowa Professor’s Syllabus: You’ll Be Dismissed If You Oppose Pro-Choice Or Black Lives Matter Positions"
https://www.dailywire.com/news/iowa-prof…