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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by Xan » Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:53 pm

vnatale wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:51 pm
Ad Orientem wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:57 am
More than two dozen former Republican lawmakers endorse Joe Biden on first day of GOP convention

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/politics ... index.html
Fair to say this is unprecedented for either side?

Vinny
Recently, yes, but I would think it would have to be the case in any historical realigning election.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by glennds » Mon Aug 24, 2020 3:32 pm

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Trump will not get the house back and may lose the senate. Good luck with Trump getting anything done the next four years.

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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by Ad Orientem » Mon Aug 24, 2020 3:57 pm

glennds wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 3:32 pm
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Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:47 pm


Trump will not get the house back and may lose the senate. Good luck with Trump getting anything done the next four years.

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One word: Dictatorship.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by Ad Orientem » Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:02 pm

vnatale wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:51 pm
Ad Orientem wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:57 am
More than two dozen former Republican lawmakers endorse Joe Biden on first day of GOP convention

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/politics ... index.html
Fair to say this is unprecedented for either side?

Vinny

The only other time I am aware of where there was a significant defection by party regulars in a presidential election was 1896. Many Democrats, including President Cleveland, refused to back the party's nominee William J. Bryan over his support for free silver and debt repudiation. But this is different. These are not policy disagreements. Never in our history have so many prominent men and women from both sides of the aisle pronounced a sitting president to be morally, intellectually and temperamentally unfit for office.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by Ad Orientem » Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:24 pm

Libertarian666 wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:09 pm
Ad Orientem wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:02 pm
vnatale wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:51 pm
Ad Orientem wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:57 am
More than two dozen former Republican lawmakers endorse Joe Biden on first day of GOP convention

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/politics ... index.html
Fair to say this is unprecedented for either side?

Vinny

The only other time I am aware of where there was a significant defection by party regulars in a presidential election was 1896. Many Democrats, including President Cleveland, refused to back the party's nominee William J. Bryan over his support for free silver and debt repudiation. But this is different. These are not policy disagreements. Never in our history have so prominent men and women from both sides of the aisle pronounced a sitting president to be morally, intellectually and temperamentally unfit for office.
Never before in history has the corrupt Washington establishment been so terrified of one man.

And not since the 1930s have so many otherwise rational people fallen under the spell of a demagogue and carnival barker. Trump is a con artist and the GOP has become a political cult made of kooks, cranks and conspiracy theorists, with more than a smattering of outright bigots.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by Ad Orientem » Mon Aug 24, 2020 11:53 pm

Libertarian666 wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:34 pm
Ad Orientem wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:24 pm
Libertarian666 wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:09 pm
Ad Orientem wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:02 pm
vnatale wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 1:51 pm
Ad Orientem wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:57 am
More than two dozen former Republican lawmakers endorse Joe Biden on first day of GOP convention

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/politics ... index.html
Fair to say this is unprecedented for either side?

Vinny

The only other time I am aware of where there was a significant defection by party regulars in a presidential election was 1896. Many Democrats, including President Cleveland, refused to back the party's nominee William J. Bryan over his support for free silver and debt repudiation. But this is different. These are not policy disagreements. Never in our history have so prominent men and women from both sides of the aisle pronounced a sitting president to be morally, intellectually and temperamentally unfit for office.
Never before in history has the corrupt Washington establishment been so terrified of one man.

And not since the 1930s have so many otherwise rational people fallen under the spell of a demagogue and carnival barker. Trump is a con artist and the GOP has become a political cult made of kooks, cranks and conspiracy theorists, with more than a smattering of outright bigots.
Of course you have no evidence for any of those attacks, just anger at half the voting public.

With any luck, you'll have another 4 years to rage against that same half of the voting public, when your demented standard-bearer goes down in flames.

Evidence...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veracity_ ... nald_Trump

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_c ... ald_Trump

https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sit ... lume2.pdf

https://www.axios.com/trump-associates- ... dcc9.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by shekels » Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:06 am

Ad Orientem wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:57 am
More than two dozen former Republican lawmakers endorse Joe Biden on first day of GOP convention

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/politics ... index.html
Most of the Rino's have been against Trump since the beginning,
So if asked, most Trump people don't give a tinker's damn about what these people think.

If you are a Biden person is it just justification on their choice.

Given that some Dems have endorsed Trump also.
So if you ask Biden people, Most likely they don't care for the Dems that are supporting Trump ?

P.s. I rate CNN is an opinion show and not news.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by glennds » Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:17 am

shekels wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:06 am

P.s. I rate CNN is an opinion show and not news.
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Which, if any current news show do you consider to be news and not opinion?
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by shekels » Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:36 am

glennds wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:17 am
shekels wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:06 am

P.s. I rate CNN is an opinion show and not news.
I
Which, if any current news show do you consider to be news and not opinion?
I don't watch many news shows.
Mostly from a wide variety of sources from the internet

https://rantingly.com/
https://www.citizenfreepress.com/
to name a few.

Note, there maybe some bias but if you search enough you can make up your own mind.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by glennds » Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:08 am

shekels wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:36 am
glennds wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:17 am
shekels wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:06 am

P.s. I rate CNN is an opinion show and not news.
I
Which, if any current news show do you consider to be news and not opinion?
I don't watch many news shows.
Mostly from a wide variety of sources from the internet

https://rantingly.com/
https://www.citizenfreepress.com/
to name a few.

Note, there maybe some bias but if you search enough you can make up your own mind.
Seriously? Both of these sites were highly pro-Trump link collections. Many of them were to Twitter threads, memes, and other social media posts. Is this your primary source of information?

I wasn't asking sarcastically. I too think CNN is too opinion driven, so I was hoping for a lead to a balanced news outlet. I have found PBS News Hour to be pretty good but I'm still searching.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by shekels » Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:27 am

glennds wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:08 am
shekels wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:36 am
glennds wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:17 am
shekels wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:06 am

P.s. I rate CNN is an opinion show and not news.
I
Which, if any current news show do you consider to be news and not opinion?
I don't watch many news shows.
Mostly from a wide variety of sources from the internet

https://rantingly.com/
https://www.citizenfreepress.com/
to name a few.

Note, there maybe some bias but if you search enough you can make up your own mind.
Seriously? Both of these sites were highly pro-Trump link collections. Many of them were to Twitter threads, memes, and other social media posts. Is this your primary source of information?

I wasn't asking sarcastically. I too think CNN is too opinion driven, so I was hoping for a lead to a balanced news outlet. I have found PBS News Hour to be pretty good but I'm still searching.

The few times I have seen One America news it has been alright, Most of the News outlets are controlled I think by 6 companies.
The only option I have is to get a wide variety of information and try to decipher it to form my opinion.
Yes,even from Tweeter, sometimes you get to the base of the info, and not 3rd hand info.
It is not as easy as just following a Right leaning or Left leaning source and believe what they say.
It gets easier to weed out BS with different sources.

I do like to read the comments section also. On some sites you can get decent opinions/views.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by shekels » Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:36 am

shekels wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 10:27 am

The few times I have seen One America news it has been alright, Most of the News outlets are controlled I think by 6 companies.
The only option I have is to get a wide variety of information and try to decipher it to form my opinion.
Yes,even from Tweeter, sometimes you get to the base of the info, and not 3rd hand info.
It is not as easy as just following a Right leaning or Left leaning source and believe what they say.
It gets easier to weed out BS with different sources.

I do like to read the comments section also. On some sites you can get decent opinions/views.
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Post by WiseOne » Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:16 pm

I haven't found any news source that I would consider completely unbiased, but Reason Magazine is pretty close.

CNN and the Washington Post are really the bottom of the barrel - the phrase "too opinion-driven" is way too kind. Virtually every headline article is pure opinion, devoid of hard information, and I've caught them simply making stuff up several times. It's like they've long ago given up any pretense of journalism. If any of you are relying on them for news....definitely go find some other sources NOW.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by Cortopassi » Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:31 pm

WiseOne wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:16 pm
I haven't found any news source that I would consider completely unbiased, but Reason Magazine is pretty close.
Thanks for that one. I went through all the headlines without needing to roll my eyes for either too left or too right stories!
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Post by stuper1 » Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:35 pm

I just ran across a news website called thehill.com. At first glance it appears reasonably neutral. Does anyone here know anything about its level and direction of bias?
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by Cortopassi » Tue Aug 25, 2020 3:27 pm

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I just ran across a news website called thehill.com. At first glance it appears reasonably neutral. Does anyone here know anything about its level and direction of bias?
Shown as centrist

https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by Libertarian666 » Tue Aug 25, 2020 3:45 pm

stuper1 wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:35 pm
I just ran across a news website called thehill.com. At first glance it appears reasonably neutral. Does anyone here know anything about its level and direction of bias?
They have TDS, about stage 2.
Certainly not neutral.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by stuper1 » Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:01 pm

Yeah, I see several others listed as centrist that are anything but.

I know several British people who consider the BBC to be anything but neutral anymore. Just another mouthpiece for the globalist big business agenda.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by Kbg » Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:29 am

shekels wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:06 am
Ad Orientem wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:57 am
More than two dozen former Republican lawmakers endorse Joe Biden on first day of GOP convention

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/politics ... index.html
Most of the Rino's have been against Trump since the beginning,
So if asked, most Trump people don't give a tinker's damn about what these people think.

If you are a Biden person is it just justification on their choice.

Given that some Dems have endorsed Trump also.
So if you ask Biden people, Most likely they don't care for the Dems that are supporting Trump ?

P.s. I rate CNN is an opinion show and not news.
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Correction, most of the RINOs have been for Trump from the beginning.
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Post by Kbg » Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:34 am

WiseOne wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 1:16 pm
I haven't found any news source that I would consider completely unbiased, but Reason Magazine is pretty close.

CNN and the Washington Post are really the bottom of the barrel - the phrase "too opinion-driven" is way too kind. Virtually every headline article is pure opinion, devoid of hard information, and I've caught them simply making stuff up several times. It's like they've long ago given up any pretense of journalism. If any of you are relying on them for news....definitely go find some other sources NOW.
It has been really sad to see the decline of the WAPO. I used to read them a lot in the 90s to mid-2000s and they were really good back then. But completely agree with your comment NOW. I often wonder if they and the NYT compete with each other for most biased print news. In any event, I think the decline went into free fall after Bezos bought them.

My current go to sources are BBC and Reuters. I'm really beginning to like Reuters a lot. Mostly news, very little opinion.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by shekels » Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:40 am

Kbg wrote:
Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:29 am
shekels wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:06 am
Ad Orientem wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:57 am
More than two dozen former Republican lawmakers endorse Joe Biden on first day of GOP convention

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/politics ... index.html
Most of the Rino's have been against Trump since the beginning,
So if asked, most Trump people don't give a tinker's damn about what these people think.

If you are a Biden person is it just justification on their choice.

Given that some Dems have endorsed Trump also.
So if you ask Biden people, Most likely they don't care for the Dems that are supporting Trump ?

P.s. I rate CNN is an opinion show and not news.
I
Correction, most of the RINOs have been for Trump from the beginning.

So if that is true (which I disagree) What changed the RINO's mind to be against Trump Now?
With trump being non deep state outsider/Non beltway crowd from the beginning.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by Kbg » Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:39 pm

Libertarian666 wrote:
Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:58 am
shekels wrote:
Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:40 am
Kbg wrote:
Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:29 am
shekels wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:06 am
Ad Orientem wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:57 am
More than two dozen former Republican lawmakers endorse Joe Biden on first day of GOP convention

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/politics ... index.html
Most of the Rino's have been against Trump since the beginning,
So if asked, most Trump people don't give a tinker's damn about what these people think.

If you are a Biden person is it just justification on their choice.

Given that some Dems have endorsed Trump also.
So if you ask Biden people, Most likely they don't care for the Dems that are supporting Trump ?

P.s. I rate CNN is an opinion show and not news.
I
Correction, most of the RINOs have been for Trump from the beginning.
So if that is true (which I disagree) What changed the RINO's mind to be against Trump Now?
With trump being non deep state outsider/Non beltway crowd from the beginning.
It's an interesting claim that RINOs have been for Trump from the beginning. I'd like to see evidence of that, because I've never seen any.
Trumpians are RINOs...yes I'm flipping the term because it is a more accurate use of the term.

Personal life, not socially conservative

Fiscal policies, not fiscally conservative

Power to the lowest level, not a constitutional literalist, as we all know he picks and chooses and is not driven by a conservative philosophy

Foreign policy, I can't say. I think everyone's foreign policy is in reset mode. However, generally I give him mixed marks. Some stuff I like a lot. Looking after the USA first, China and NATO...all very good in my opinion. Russia, Canada, Asia/Non-China, not so much. And I'm thoroughly convinced the Russians have something on him...it's the only way I can explain his actions.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by shekels » Thu Aug 27, 2020 6:16 am

Kbg wrote:
Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:39 pm
Libertarian666 wrote:
Wed Aug 26, 2020 11:58 am
shekels wrote:
Wed Aug 26, 2020 9:40 am
Kbg wrote:
Wed Aug 26, 2020 8:29 am
shekels wrote:
Tue Aug 25, 2020 9:06 am
Ad Orientem wrote:
Mon Aug 24, 2020 10:57 am
More than two dozen former Republican lawmakers endorse Joe Biden on first day of GOP convention

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/politics ... index.html
Most of the Rino's have been against Trump since the beginning,
So if asked, most Trump people don't give a tinker's damn about what these people think.

If you are a Biden person is it just justification on their choice.

Given that some Dems have endorsed Trump also.
So if you ask Biden people, Most likely they don't care for the Dems that are supporting Trump ?

P.s. I rate CNN is an opinion show and not news.
I
Correction, most of the RINOs have been for Trump from the beginning.
So if that is true (which I disagree) What changed the RINO's mind to be against Trump Now?
With trump being non deep state outsider/Non beltway crowd from the beginning.
It's an interesting claim that RINOs have been for Trump from the beginning. I'd like to see evidence of that, because I've never seen any.
Trumpians are RINOs...yes I'm flipping the term because it is a more accurate use of the term.

Personal life, not socially conservative

Fiscal policies, not fiscally conservative

Power to the lowest level, not a constitutional literalist, as we all know he picks and chooses and is not driven by a conservative philosophy

Foreign policy, I can't say. I think everyone's foreign policy is in reset mode. However, generally I give him mixed marks. Some stuff I like a lot. Looking after the USA first, China and NATO...all very good in my opinion. Russia, Canada, Asia/Non-China, not so much. And I'm thoroughly convinced the Russians have something on him...it's the only way I can explain his actions.
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Re: Biden/Harris Discussion

Post by Tortoise » Fri Sep 04, 2020 2:21 pm

Biden's mental deterioration continues. He's also out of breath in this clip for some reason.
If you're a white guy who can afford a lawyer, & you're charged with a crime, you're not charged with nine crimes. Nine, & given nine alternatives & say, 'if you plead to the lay, the, the least one, we're gonna put you on probation,' and, but, and you have no lawyer. Or you have a public defender who's getting paid half the federal prosecutor's getting paid. Public defenders are gonna get paid the same of federal public defenders, the same amount as prosecutors are gonna get paid. So you have representation.
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