Originally Posted by matchingmole
sounds like you need draino.
I'll direct this to Muy Largo, but would be just as interested in replies from SR, MM, Lapdog, and others who are Democrats or left of center.I could most definitely support a Republican candidate in the future. I will vote for Biden but I will also vote for John Cornyn. In 2018 I voted for Abbott and Patrick. In 2016 there is a high likelihood I would have voted for Kasich had he been the Repulican nominee.
About the two issues I highlighted above, which are important to you: The Republican Party historically has been much friendlier to free enterprise than the Democratic Party. And of the minority of federal politicians who actually support "a frugal, lean and service-oriented government, not a bloated government that feeds on special interest extravagance", more often than not, they're Republicans.
Given that, could you see yourself voting for a Republican after the Divider in Chief is history? More specifically, which of the following, if any, could you support --
1. Republicans who had the backbone to criticize and sometimes oppose Trump, like Mitt Romney, Jeff Flake, John Kasich, maybe Susan Collins?
2. As you know, most politicians, Democrat and Republican, will sell their souls for a handful of votes or dollars or more power. And Trump had the power to torpedo the career of people who didn't tow his line, and wasn't afraid to use it. There are certain Republicans like Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham who recognized problems with Trump's character and views. In their hearts they know what's right, but they sold out. Could you support them?
3. To be complete, I'll throw out the third category, people like Jeff Sessions who supported him from the start, although I know what your answer will be. Originally Posted by Tiny
And I am perhaps more than slightly right of center than you are left, have been politically stereotyped with those on the extreme right and yet I have said Trump should never have gotten into a discussion of the Confederate flag and Confederate statues, should not have said "there are fine people on both sides" even though I believe he was talking about the question of statues and not White Supremacists, he should have better common sense and think more careful the words he uses.I certainly do not disagree with you.
So once again, we both perceive ourselves as being un-fairly stereotyped. Seems to be a lot of that going around. Originally Posted by HedonistForever
Can I care for and support those suffering in other countries without opening our borders to any number of people that want to come because it seems like that is the dividing line. You express any idea of controlled borders and all of a sudden, you don't care. How about I care for those already here and what over population can due to any country. I keep asking and have never gotten an answer. How many more can we take without adversely impacting our health care, our education and our job numbers? As soon as I ask that, I'm labeled as I don't care. I'm simply asking for a number and when I don't get one, I admittedly think they don't care. Originally Posted by HedonistForeverWhere or when did I say I don't care about controlled borders? I want people to enter this country legally. Individuals on this forum keep saying people on the left want open borders. What BS. Another stereotype. No one wants open borders.
I would say that people on the right are more indifferent to individuals and more concerned with issues contributing to each other's success. It's like having stray animals eating on your back porch. Giving them food everyday is not really doing them a big favor. Finding somewhere for them to live is the best solution. The left should be more concerned with good education (school choice, better teachers, and student discipline), jobs, and safe streets. Instead they spend money on shiny things like naming streets and buildings after black people and giving away other people's money. Originally Posted by the_real_BarleycornAgain, quite the stereotype. I believe in giving a hand to those in need. My church is one of many in the area supplying food to those in need during the coronavirus crisis.
...I don't think Trump is a racist. I do think he makes comments that can be viewed as either racist or in the least insensitive how his comments will be viewed by people of color. Personally, I have never heard any of my friends who are on the left make a summary judgement by calling all those on the right racist. Or anything close to that. I certainly have not.Being "concerned" about others is a useless activity. The Old White Men who were responsible for the passage of "civil rights" laws through the decades did little to assure the improvement of the plight of all minorities in this country. They paid lip service to their "concerns" every election cycle to be returned to the government tit.
What I do honestly believe is that more people on the left are concerned with the lives of others than those on the right -- whether it is people of color, the LGBTQ community, the poor, refugees, support for those suffering in other countries, etc. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX
Once sr does that - there will never be another free election in the US - after the DemLib radicals foist their Marxist agenda on the people.
Civil War is coming!!!! Originally Posted by oeb11
I’m not reading everyone’s posts’ I do have a question for Trump supporters....“One achievement”? I consider appointing a record numbers of judges his greatest achievement. I consider better trade deals like the USMCA as a great achievement. I consider building the wall as a great achievement. I consider keeping us out of needless wars a great achievement. I consider him confronting China a great achievement. And yes, the economy was a great achievement.
I keep hearing about this great economy Trump created, the only thing he focused on and his one achievement that was wiped out due to covid.
Trump supporters, you love the way he created a robust economy by using quantitative easing and spending during An economic recovery And continued for the whole economic boom.
He took a budget deficit that was getting closer and closer to even and decided to reduce tax receipts from corporations and a tax break for most tax payers.
If you spend more, keep interest rates low, and let People spend more of their money you can easily achieve economic success. This doesn’t make it the correct way to keep an economy rolling after getting a jumpstart.
My question, you love when trump spends money, but hate when democrats spend money.... how is that possible ? Originally Posted by bf0082
Do you honestly believe all this ridiculous rhetoric? Its about as stupid as the people who think Trump is going to barricade himself in the White House if he loses. Originally Posted by Grace Preston