Not only does Ossoff do a good Obama here, but he has a very strong anti-corruption take that's going to be popular after watching the Trump family cash in for these last four years.
And really, haven't we seen how destructive this sorting everyone by race/gender/oppression is, at least to our electoral prospects? Or do we need a President Vance to finally drill the message in?
I'm down for the rhetoric--my question is whether, if Ossoff should take office, he'll actually govern this way and tell the radicals "I need the normie centrists more than I need you" when they start making demands, something Biden did not do and Trump has not done.
Tom: He needs to start by not hiring any Ivy League SJW to work for him. The first question in the interview should be "have you ever written or said a land acknowledgement out loud?" If the response is yes, then a trap door opens up under them and they disappear.....
I'm certainly happy to see some Obama energy from a prominent Democrat. Bonus points for being from a swing state.
But I gotta ask, why do Democratic Presidential candidates always seem to come from the Senate these days? Obama, (Hillary) Clinton, Biden, Harris... they all came out of the Senate aiming for the White House. It's true that Biden and Harris served as vice president in between the Senate and running for the big job; but the last known estimate of the vice presidency's value is several liters of water mixed with urea at human body temperature, and its one actual function is breaking ties in, you guessed it, the Senate.
Used to be we elected governors to the Presidency. Call me crazy, but maybe the job of running the world's most powerful executive branch should go to somebody who's run a goddamn executive branch. Just, you know, once in a while.
(And no, Republicans, running a family business that's three-fourths of the way to being a Family "business" does not count.)
I used to have a "Rat Patrol" lunch box in elementary school in the late 1960's. "Rat Patrol" was a TV show about G.I.'s in World War 2 running around the Sahara desert in jeeps killing bad guys. Those jeeps had a .50 caliber machine gun mounted in the back. Such a cool manly show!
Do we hear the nuclear hellscape vision of America from the majority of Dem candidates? I know we hear it from their fans, and it's the token of Trump's realm, but "America sucks" seems like much more of an "activist you hear about from other people and have never actually seen in person" talking point than a campaign message.
Well, I personally used to respect "the electoral process" . . . until early voting, mail in voting, no ID voting, no signature-matching voting, mysteriously programmed voting machines, and the alchemy of weeks-long out-of-sight vote counting: "Respecting the electoral process is not Trump’s bag, baby." I will have my respect for the electoral process restored with one-day voting, paper ballots, and voter ID.
I've been feeling like 2028 is going to be like 1976, when a Republican president (and his well meaning but bumbling accomplice) so trashed their brand that Americans will look to Democrats and seriously ask: "Who ya got?" and somebody will come out of the Field of Schemes and beat out the usual suspects.
Keep in mind how that turned out four years later. (Also, I would not describe either Agnew or Vance as "well-meaning." Or did you have someone else in mind? Ford fits the bill as far as bumbling and well-meaning, but he was hardly Nixon's accomplice.)
Of course, I would take Reagan over Nixon any day, and Trump makes the Gipper look like Abraham motherfucking Lincoln. So maybe it's not such a dire cautionary tale.
Not only does Ossoff do a good Obama here, but he has a very strong anti-corruption take that's going to be popular after watching the Trump family cash in for these last four years.
And really, haven't we seen how destructive this sorting everyone by race/gender/oppression is, at least to our electoral prospects? Or do we need a President Vance to finally drill the message in?
I'm down for the rhetoric--my question is whether, if Ossoff should take office, he'll actually govern this way and tell the radicals "I need the normie centrists more than I need you" when they start making demands, something Biden did not do and Trump has not done.
Tom: He needs to start by not hiring any Ivy League SJW to work for him. The first question in the interview should be "have you ever written or said a land acknowledgement out loud?" If the response is yes, then a trap door opens up under them and they disappear.....
He wins state-wide elections in Georgia. I'm pretty sure he gets this.
I'm certainly happy to see some Obama energy from a prominent Democrat. Bonus points for being from a swing state.
But I gotta ask, why do Democratic Presidential candidates always seem to come from the Senate these days? Obama, (Hillary) Clinton, Biden, Harris... they all came out of the Senate aiming for the White House. It's true that Biden and Harris served as vice president in between the Senate and running for the big job; but the last known estimate of the vice presidency's value is several liters of water mixed with urea at human body temperature, and its one actual function is breaking ties in, you guessed it, the Senate.
Used to be we elected governors to the Presidency. Call me crazy, but maybe the job of running the world's most powerful executive branch should go to somebody who's run a goddamn executive branch. Just, you know, once in a while.
(And no, Republicans, running a family business that's three-fourths of the way to being a Family "business" does not count.)
I used to have a "Rat Patrol" lunch box in elementary school in the late 1960's. "Rat Patrol" was a TV show about G.I.'s in World War 2 running around the Sahara desert in jeeps killing bad guys. Those jeeps had a .50 caliber machine gun mounted in the back. Such a cool manly show!
Man, I loved that lunchbox.....
Rat Patrol was awesome
👍
Do we hear the nuclear hellscape vision of America from the majority of Dem candidates? I know we hear it from their fans, and it's the token of Trump's realm, but "America sucks" seems like much more of an "activist you hear about from other people and have never actually seen in person" talking point than a campaign message.
Well, I personally used to respect "the electoral process" . . . until early voting, mail in voting, no ID voting, no signature-matching voting, mysteriously programmed voting machines, and the alchemy of weeks-long out-of-sight vote counting: "Respecting the electoral process is not Trump’s bag, baby." I will have my respect for the electoral process restored with one-day voting, paper ballots, and voter ID.
"No matter when we arrived on these shores".
I do appreciate a good "pro coloniser" platform.
Wow, I've made 5 comments already (this is #6 for those following at home) and it's barely 6am.
Sorry about that! My new meds came in yesterday.....
The computer voice attached to your Substack post pronounced
"Amerikkka" in a very hilarious way 🤣.
Your post is short today but it's well done and does a lot with less.
That can be a good thing!
I've been feeling like 2028 is going to be like 1976, when a Republican president (and his well meaning but bumbling accomplice) so trashed their brand that Americans will look to Democrats and seriously ask: "Who ya got?" and somebody will come out of the Field of Schemes and beat out the usual suspects.
Hey, a guy can dream.....
Keep in mind how that turned out four years later. (Also, I would not describe either Agnew or Vance as "well-meaning." Or did you have someone else in mind? Ford fits the bill as far as bumbling and well-meaning, but he was hardly Nixon's accomplice.)
Of course, I would take Reagan over Nixon any day, and Trump makes the Gipper look like Abraham motherfucking Lincoln. So maybe it's not such a dire cautionary tale.
Ossoff needs to work on the finger pointing thing.....