Martin68
Martin68's JournalPolitics makes it very difficult to turn down the tap. Rising gas prices affect every American directly, and the right
will always use this as a way to get votes. If the right takes the presidency again, alternative energy momentum will take a serious hit. Until we have a majority in both houses of Congress, it will be very difficult to solve this dilemma. However, Biden's actions to support alternative energy production and more energy-efficient buildings, vehicles, etc will at some point reach a threshold at which sustainable energy will be cheaper and more readily available than those sustained by fossil fuel production.
A brilliant political ad. And an uncanny resemblance to our current situation. Change a few names and slightly change
there actual issues at stake and it fits perfectly into the present moment. So 1950s and 60s to pull out a cigarette to heighten the sense of anxiety and serious reflection. Brilliant propaganda. I remember that election (I was 11 years old), and my parents were worried that Goldwater might be serious about launching a nuclear war. They later became rabid conservatives thanks to their anxiety about 60s race riots and assassinations, and then Fox News totally brainwashed them.
Trump already had a problem with women, but Vance is exacerbating that ten-fold.
Vance looked good as a young masculine VP to shore up Trump's candidacy, but I agree with the OP that now he is the proverbial albatross around Trump's neck. Hillbilly elegy, indeed.
The Republican stereotype that liberals are violent dates back to the SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) in the 60s
Since then, it has been the right that has grown increasingly violent in rhetoric and action. They refer to non-existent "violent subversive socialists" as a smokescreen to distract from violent rightists who range from white supremacists, militia groups, anti-immigrant groups, as well as anti-abortion groups who have set off bombs in women's health care clinics. When was the last time a liberal (not a libertarian) committed a violent political public act? The last time a mob of hundreds of violent right wingers committed a treasonous act, was on January 6th.
Yeah..well..duh. The House is controlled by the Republican majority and can do whatever it pleases, other than
pass laws without a majority in favor (sometimes even Republicans think MAGA proposals are bullshit). Congressional committees are fully controlled by Republicans. But, like the many bogus "investigations" into Hillary, Hunter Biden's laptop, and the attempt to impeach Biden, they lead nowhere without actual evidence.
It is absolutely NOT "a second American Revolution." It is a Counter-Revolution, trying to undo
everything the Founders believed in. Yes, they compromised with slavery to get the Constitution approved and get the South on board. But we fixed that with an amendment after fighting a war over it, and most of the other egregious compromises and outright mistakes were fixed with amendments as well. But this is not another American Revolution. This is a fascist, authoritarian attempt to undo democracy, and government by and for the people. This an attack on the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and the system of checks and balances the Founders built into our government protect us from people like these.
if I was a teacher, I would post the 1st Amendment "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." along with the full 2nd Amendment condition "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, etc" next to the 10 Commandments.
It was most definitely a "Stunt" using a church as a prop. Just like Trump holding up a Bible for a photo op
in front of St. John's Church after violently clearing Lafayette Square of peaceful BLM demonstrators. Religion is strictly performative in Trump World.
Yeah, you know, the Florida that is literally ground zero for sea level rise made any reference to
climate change by their government illegal. That's the definition of "burying your head in the sand," something Florida has a lot of.
Republicans like Youngkin just can't help themselves. Logic and rational thought fail them when
they are confronted with improvements in green energy because they are opposed to it in principle, being wedded to the idea of the superiority of the hydrocarbon extraction industry which shares a little of their obscene profits with sympathetic politicians like Youngkin. Solar panels on the Pentagon!!!! Horrors!!!! Must be a communist plot!!!!
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Name: Martin JohnsonGender: Male
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