Comments by wld4tatas (page 2)

I agree with both sides actually lol I have stayed away from bitcoin both because I don't fully understand it, and because I've sensed and seen "scam" all over it, as evidenced by the many stories of people being defrauded and losing their money. However, there is a good argument that bitcoin might do well in the near term, as Trump is pro-crypto and his family has a personal stake in it. Just watch how the wealthy and connected are going to make out like bandits in the years ahead. Trump family gets 75% of crypto coin revenue, has no liability, new document reveals https://www.cnbc.com/2024/10/17/trump-crypto-project-allows-ex-president-family-to-make-75percent-of-revenue.html

>And they would have to change their policy of FORCING the participation of male competitors in women's sports to FORBIDDING it. Hey orange, honest question. When/where did Democrats ever say this was party policy?

^ Gammanu so upset he's one of the top 5 most ignored posters on TUSCL, he created a new username "ricktheredmeat" to force his garbage back on people who didn't want to listen to him.

skibum once again demonstrating his main skill in life, which is to insult and smear other Americans. Probably why so many people have him on ignore.

^ LOL. So much effort to scour the internet to find a handful of remarks from fringe sources. I could post a hundred articles and quotes where Dems are pointing the finger at themselves. But right now I have to reply to a dancer texting me for OTC tomorrow. Need to move her out later in the week.

^^ Speaking of respect, I'm not the one calling people names. And I've been reading dozens of articles post-election and don't recall a single one where Dems were blaming the results on stupid Americans. They are largely faulting themselves on various points. It's fascinating Puddy Tat can't seem to sit back and enjoy the win, but instead is still spending most of his waking hours posting lies and propaganda online.

Hey rick the election is over. Recycling your post won't make it any truer. Dem media and politicos are not in denial and are talking about everything you said, but they differ in how much weight they think each factor had. You're not reading widely enough if you've come to this conclusion.

^ Something triggered you to join other right wingers here in stooping to immature name calling. Arrogance perhaps? The latest count has 74M votes for Trump, but 70M voted for Harris. The country is still very divided. The narrative that Dems don't understand or respect Americans is exaggerated nonsense and more evidence of your endless addiction to spin.

I've been called some fun new names today, "sugar tits" and "trans fuck". If anything I am sensing more anger and bitterness from the right wingers on TUSCL than the lefties, despite their election win. I guess it's hard to shake off after being programmed to be angry for four years.

rick and Puddy are either lost or being deliberately deceptive. Follow the "liberal" news media and you'll see several factors getting mentioned as the cause of the Dem loss, in addition to messaging. As did I above.

^^^^ Golden age lol. Trump will ride the economic coattails of his Democratic predecessor once again, and claim credit for any marginal improvement he is able to eek out. Fox News will stop running daily stories about the so-called woke monster, and people will think it was vanquished.

I am center left, I've said this before. I don't need more time to digest because I'm confused or surprised, as some might infer. I had a crazy busy week and caught about 2 hours of news since Tuesday and I'm listening to all the opinions and perspectives and deciding what merit each has. I'm fairly analytical on many things. What I would distill it down to, and this was apparent long before election day, would be: 1. External factors. We had one of the worst 4-year periods in a long time, with the pandemic and the regional conflicts. An unprecedented economic environment created huge inflation. Yes, Dems did a few things that made it worse, but it was going to be bad no matter what. We've seen incumbent parties worldwide getting defeated by voter anger over inflation. Any incumbent would have struggled with what Biden had to deal with. 2. Poor connection and messaging with the broader population. This is where the "elitist" arguments come into play, which I think are overblown, but I would agree the Dem party needs to be less insular. Dems failed to turn the question of "Are you better off than you were 4 years ago" into "Will you be better off the next 4 years under Dem or Republican leadership", and explain why. 3. A poor job of explaining their accomplishments and cutting through the right wing spin and lies in general. Republicans have always excelled at taking a few examples of issues which are real but limited, and repeating and amplifying them so they are perceived as giant issues. I've seen it over and over in election cycles. It takes a proactive, skilled and disciplined approach to counter it, which Biden nor Harris did adequately. There are various other factors, but I'm going with these as the top 3 for now.

@PT I'm still digesting all the post-election analysis and discussion. Will revert back later once I have distilled it down.

^ LOL

^ You've been caught lying and deflecting multiple times here, and you still continue. Rioters were prosecuted in MN. And those who stormed the Capital on January 6 and caused damage and death should be prosecuted too. This is not controversial. Jack Smith's cases against Trump are legit and appropriate, and it's a shame that justice will not be served now that he is looking to wind them down. Hunter Biden was also targeted by House Republicans and ultimately prosecuted by the DOJ, so claims of unequal treatment at the federal level are bogus. It's a fair criticism to say the NY cases against Trump were politically motivated. Those involved an overzealous state AG and DA and were not driven by Biden or the federal government. We know it's a right wing talking point that the entire Dem party is engaged in lawfare, but it's not supported by the facts.

@motorhead doesn't provide a link, so we can't see what he's actually referring to. Without the context, such a post is almost meaningless. In any event, the topic of Musk advising Trump is largely separate and irrelevant to the discussion on why Dems lost the election. Right wingers trying to extrapolate the election results to assume they are correct and the left is wrong on all topics is laughable though not completely surprising. Right wingers will continue to watch CNN and other media outlets because they know they can't get the full truth from Fox News. The network that had to pay a $787 Million settlement for promoting Trump's lies about the 2020 election.

Agreed some of the clubs are clip joints, I almost experienced one personally. Make sure to get a full explanation and price list before ordering anything, and watch out for people trying to bring over drinks you didn't order. If I was back in London I would be sampling from Diva or Admiral escorts.

Inflation was mainly driven by factors related to the pandemic, other than government spending. As we always say, the President gets the blame or credit for what happens under their watch.

@drew - to add to your list, the tax cuts will also be inflationary. Trump never had a real plan to bring down inflation, it was all hype and bullshit. He said whatever would help him win, even absurd lines like "inflation will vanish completely." In fact the inflation rate is now down at 2.4%. Trump may or may not be able to get it lower, but most of the work bringing it down has already happened under Biden.

^ Just making more a fool of yourself. Anyone can read the article you linked and see those numbers are actual favorability. The attempted coup is all documented by the January 6 Committee, and the words and testimony of many people close to Trump, including his own VP. This stain on Trump will never be forgotten, it will be part of Trump's legacy.

Gammanu embarrasses himself again with his lack of reading comprehension. The very article he shared (How JD Vance and Tim Walz' Favorability Compares After Debate) in fact states that after the debate, Walz had a favorability rating of 60% while Vance had a favorability rating of 49%. Walz also maintained a higher rating than Vance up to election day. Totally different point than who people thought won the debate.

^^ Nobody cares about the 2020 riots. It likely wouldn't make the top 100 issues that influenced voting. Whereas democracy (of which January 6 and Trump's attempted coup were relevant factors) was in the top 3 issues. Harris was right to campaign on it, but she didn't spend enough time on the economic messaging.

Walz had much better favorability ratings than Vance. The idea that his degree of perceived masculinity was a significant factor in Harris losing sounds truly delusional. The ad about guys who eat carburetors wasn't from the Harris / Walz campaign, but surely didn't help them.

For 2 seconds out of 16 minutes he held back some emotion, he didn't cry, seems pretty meaningless. Though I can understand how some right wingers might want to bash him. The monologue was pretty good... I literally LOL many times. Watch the part near the end where they interview people on the street on Wednesday the day after, and they reinforce it's Wednesday, and start asking questions are they are going to vote today, do they expect a long line to vote, etc. LOL

gammanu now posting as ricktheredmeat... yep WEIRD