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LurkerJ said:

No one is suddenly talk about Biden's age, it's been an increasingly relevant conversation as time goes by, and it will only become more relevant by November 2024, there is no cure for dementia and cognitive decline, it doesn't matter which doctors you're surrounded by. Bernie is older but he's obviously more physically robust and mentally sharper. Both are at a higher risk of sudden death but only one is actually capable of running a campaign. 

We have ample of evidence of the DNC rigging primaries and weaponising mainstream media against Bernie and others. The "unelectable" brand he's been given by them is laughable when they pushed Hilary down America's throat as well as Kamala Harris, and now genocide demented Joe is more electable, ok. We've not had a fair democratic process without dark money pushing thumbs on the scale and the proper left isn't going anywhere by giving up all the leverage to people like Biden. 

(We're also not going anywhere if we ignore key issues people are concerned about, We had a chance with Corbyn here but he burned it to ashes because he was an idiot who ran an Anti-Brexit campaign after the people have made their will clear, he chose to be annihilated. As un-enthusing and horrible Sir Kier will be for us, he's at least not as a big of an idiot). 

Even if you think Biden is the indisputable choice, Biden running on "Trump is a threat to democracy" may want to clean up his own house first, the short of shit DNC is involved in reeks is the sort of thing you'd expect to happen in countries like Iran, the left should absolutely hold his feet to the fire and demand change instead of giving up all leverage this early. I also find the "Trump would be worse for Palestinians" to be insulting for Palestinians who haven't been able to have a shower for months, they're walking painted with the blood of their relatives breathing of the dust their homes were turned into. Biden is doing absolutely nothing for Palestinians and Netanyahu isn't listening to either candidate. 

JOE BIDEN WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE HE IS OPPOSED TO GENOCIDE IN GAZA

The White House is campaigning to spin Biden’s support for Israel’s war while actively facilitating the slaughter.

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/17/biden-gaza-genocide-israel-aid/

He already has the green light to do anything he wants from Biden, how is a continuation of that green light from Trump is worse? it's going to be the same for them, no evidence suggests otherwise. Please, Biden has been slapped and humiliated repeatedly by MBS and the autocrats the USA put in power since he was elected. America's leverage only works over poor Europe who keeps backing the USA actions and suffer the consequences of those actions more than the USA will ever will. He's another American backed up war risking trade and inflation disruptions across Europe even though Europeans are massively more Pro-Palestine than Americans but nope, let's not make the USA look the only bad guy in the room here, that's gotta be good for us. To suggest Biden has any leverage over Israel 100 days into this war is a joke. 

And no, I don't like Biden and loathe Trump, I loathe both. Look how domesticated the left is, "I don't like genocide Joe", you shouldn't be treating a murderous maniac with kids gloves if you actually want progressives to win elections, choose your words more carefully. 

I didn't say people were suddenly talking about Biden's age, I said it was odd to worry about him dying suddenly before the election alongside saying Biden looks like he could die at any minute and that he has more chance of dying than Trump, Lol. There's really not much difference between 77 - 81 from an age standpoint so they're both probably equally as likely to die as each other but that doesn't tell us the full picture, a whole host of health questions that need answering and thus it's hard to say which is more likely to die than the other, nor do I believe either candidate looks like they could die at any minute, as unfortunate as I find that for one of them, they both appear relatively well both physically and mentally still for their age.

Also...Dementia? Where is that coming from aside from conspiracy theories? Often Biden's "cognitive decline" in the past was also insultingly mistaken for his stammer condition too, I say insultingly because I have a family member with a stammer. These exact concerns were thrown at Biden last election and he still beat Trump in debates. Yes he has his gaffes but too often at these gaffes in the past been labelled as "cognitive decline" when it was his stammer. As for Bernie, the man had a heart attack, I'm not sure I'd call him more physically robust than either Biden or Trump.

I am a big fan of Bernie but I do believe Biden is more electable in America, I don't think Bernie was unelectable because the DNC told me so, I think he was unelectable because I think America is still largely centrist based on what I've seen over the years, I especially think America leans on the right still in regards to economic policies. Americans constantly label Europe as a socialist hell even when almost all of them aren't socialist and many of them are led by right wing politics, Lmao. It's as if anything slightly to the left in America is labelled as socialist which is often confused with communism. I am happy to see more left wing politicians run for Presidency so that these ideas can be further put into Americans minds, explained better to hopefully push them further to the left but I don't believe any can win at this moment.

Nobody is telling you to not demand change from Biden's administration.

What I said about Trump in regards to Palestine is that at minimum he would be equally as bad as Biden but also add on Ukraine being thrown under the bus, America's democracy being further eroded, minorities in America being screwed over, the relationship between America and Europe souring again and NATO being at risk once again. I don't know how it's insulting to say that Trump would be as bad as Biden for Palestinians either. Trump is the same dude who abandoned our Kurdish allies, who constantly expresses xenophobia and bigotry, especially towards Muslims, who has proposed a ban on Muslims entering America in the past, 99% of the Gaza Strip is Summi Muslims.

Trump has also been very friendly with Netanyahu in the past and it only soured when Netanyahu recognised Biden as the winner, Lol. Trump has also said in the past that he would reject refugees from Gaza entering the USA, called for ideological screenings for those entering the country. Released a Middle East peace plan which pissed off Palestinian leaders and largely aligned with what Netanyahu wanted. He says the current conflict has to play out but his criticism to Israel goes as far as him saying they have to do a better job in "PR", in 2018 he proposed withdrawing all aid to Palestinians (around $200m).

Just the other day, every Republican in the US Senate voted to limit assistance to Palestine, every Democrat voted against it except Manchin. So I'm sorry if it's insulting but it's the truth that Trump and Republicans would be equally as bad for Palestinians as Biden and have a strong potential to be even worse.

I also agree that America has no leverage over Israel, I didn't really want to say it but while I think America should stop supporting Israel, condemn them and join the calls for a ceasefire, I don't think it will change much, Netanyahu will still continue his attack and people are underestimating how powerful and large Israel's military is, that's not to say America shouldn't do those things above but I am under no illusion it will save Gaza. Israel is one of the most powerful militaries in the world versus a tiny strip of land with a population of 2m which is also one of the most densely populated areas in the world.

It's partly why it's depressing to follow because I don't see any way that Gaza comes out of this with a good deal.

Biden I was fine with up until his support of Israel but I can recognise that the other option is still far worse for almost the entire world and will change nothing for the Palestinians at the same time so nobody wins from a Trump win, thus I hope Biden wins but people can continue to criticise him for Israel, I never said nobody could do that, but Biden will be the nominee and it makes sense for him, the incumbent, to be the nominee at this moment in time. In the election after, I predict it will be Gavin Newsom and people can criticise him for things too, but for now it's not a competition, the Republican options are far, far worse than the Democrat options.

Last edited by Ryuu96 - on 19 January 2024

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LurkerJ said:

No one is suddenly talk about Biden's age, it's been an increasingly relevant conversation as time goes by, and it will only become more relevant by November 2024, there is no cure for dementia and cognitive decline, it doesn't matter which doctors you're surrounded by. Bernie is older but he's obviously more physically robust and mentally sharper. Both are at a higher risk of sudden death but only one is actually capable of running a campaign. 

We have ample of evidence of the DNC rigging primaries and weaponising mainstream media against Bernie and others. The "unelectable" brand he's been given by them is laughable when they pushed Hilary down America's throat as well as Kamala Harris, and now genocide demented Joe is more electable, ok. We've not had a fair democratic process without dark money pushing thumbs on the scale and the proper left isn't going anywhere by giving up all the leverage to people like Biden. 

(We're also not going anywhere if we ignore key issues people are concerned about, We had a chance with Corbyn here but he burned it to ashes because he was an idiot who ran an Anti-Brexit campaign after the people have made their will clear, he chose to be annihilated. As un-enthusing and horrible Sir Kier will be for us, he's at least not as a big of an idiot). 

Even if you think Biden is the indisputable choice, Biden running on "Trump is a threat to democracy" may want to clean up his own house first, the short of shit DNC is involved in reeks is the sort of thing you'd expect to happen in countries like Iran, the left should absolutely hold his feet to the fire and demand change instead of giving up all leverage this early. I also find the "Trump would be worse for Palestinians" to be insulting for Palestinians who haven't been able to have a shower for months, they're walking painted with the blood of their relatives breathing of the dust their homes were turned into. Biden is doing absolutely nothing for Palestinians and Netanyahu isn't listening to either candidate. 

JOE BIDEN WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE HE IS OPPOSED TO GENOCIDE IN GAZA

The White House is campaigning to spin Biden’s support for Israel’s war while actively facilitating the slaughter.

https://theintercept.com/2024/01/17/biden-gaza-genocide-israel-aid/

He already has the green light to do anything he wants from Biden, how is a continuation of that green light from Trump is worse? it's going to be the same for them, no evidence suggests otherwise. Please, Biden has been slapped and humiliated repeatedly by MBS and the autocrats the USA put in power since he was elected. America's leverage only works over poor Europe who keeps backing the USA actions and suffer the consequences of those actions more than the USA will ever will. He's another American backed up war risking trade and inflation disruptions across Europe even though Europeans are massively more Pro-Palestine than Americans but nope, let's not make the USA look the only bad guy in the room here, that's gotta be good for us. To suggest Biden has any leverage over Israel 100 days into this war is a joke. 

And no, I don't like Biden and loathe Trump, I loathe both. Look how domesticated the left is, "I don't like genocide Joe", you shouldn't be treating a murderous maniac with kids gloves if you actually want progressives to win elections, choose your words more carefully. 

Unfortunately Trump is much worse and part of the reason why Oct 7 happened in the first place.

Hamas was still on the negotiation path before Trump, even after Trump declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel

DEC. 6, 2017 President Donald Trump’s administration formally recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, changing longtime U.S. policy, and announces plans to relocate the U.S. embassy there.

That sparked a lot of criticism including from the UN and Mahmoud Abbas. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the U.S. had abdicated its role as a peace mediator.

Yet what became the turning point was Trumps 'peace' plan in 2020

Negotiations between Hamas and Israel for a long-term truce were underway and continued until the announcement in January 2020 of U.S. Pres. Donald Trump’s peace plan, which was embraced by Israel as a path forward but dismissed by the Palestinians as a nonstarter.

JAN. 28, 2020 With Netanyahu visiting the U.S., President Trump unveils a peace plan that proposes a potential demilitarized Palestinian state with limited sovereignty in exchange for the annexation of West Bank settlements, and promises to keep Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas immediately dismisses the plan as a “conspiracy,” while Netanyahu calls it a “historic breakthrough.”

Tensions rose from there and the situation kept deteriorating which eventually led to Oct 7.


Trump already called for a ban on refugees from Gaza, as well as all other Muslims, just like he did when he was in office
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-calls-trump-response-israel-hamas-war-revolting-dangerous-rcna120846
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231029-trump-pledges-to-reimpose-muslim-travel-ban-at-jewish-gathering
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-bring-back-travel-ban-muslim-countries/


And Trump's solution seems to be dealing with Iran?

In Iowa Victory Speech, Trump Says Hamas Would Not Have Attacked Israel if He Were President

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-01-16/ty-article/trump-projected-iowa-caucus-winner-staking-early-claim-to-republican-nomination/0000018d-0fe5-db13-affd-7fe5f2bc0000

The former president pinned blame for the Hamas atrocity on Iran, saying that, "It all comes from Iran. We would have had a deal with Iran very quickly" if he was still president. "Iran was broke," Trump added. "I said to every country, 'If anyone does business with Iran, buys oil from Iran' – they were broke – 'we're not gonna let you do business in the United States, and that's the way it is'."

According to Trump, Iran "had no money to give to Hamas and Hezbollah."

"For four years, we had no terror," he claimed. "We had the terror ban. They called it the Trump travel ban, but it was really the Trump terror ban. We don't want people in our country that are going to blow up our shopping centers, thank you very much."

Former US president claims Russia and Hamas would not have attacked if he were still in office; doesn’t provide details on plans to resolve crises

https://www.timesofisrael.com/bagging-iowa-trump-vows-to-solve-israel-and-ukraine-wars-very-fast-if-reelected/

Former US president Donald Trump claimed on Monday that Hamas would not have attacked Israel on October 7 if he had still been president, vowing to solve the situation “very fast” if reelected as he took a major step toward a rematch for the White House in November.

Speaking in Iowa after winning the first contest of the Republican presidential primary on Monday, Trump said that “Russia would not have attacked, Israel would never have been attacked” if he had still been president. “The Ukraine situation is so horrible, the Israeli situation is so horrible. We are going to get them solved very fast,” he said, without giving details on how he aimed to achieve this.

Trump based his claim that Russia would not have attacked Ukraine on the assertion that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin “get along very well,” and said the same about his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The former president vowed to “straighten out the world” if reelected, saying that global “death and destruction” have “never been like this.”

He blamed Iran, claiming that the Islamic Republic had been broke and unable to fund Hamas while he was president and claiming that as a consequence, there had been no terrorism during his four years in the White House.


So if you want a war with Iran, vote for Trump...

(And of course his claims are all nonsense https://www.start.umd.edu/pubs/START_GTD_GlobalTerrorismOverview2019_July2020.pdf https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2020/israel/)



Ron Desantis just dropped out. Now it looks like it will be Trumpy versus Uncle Joe.



BiON!@ 

hellobion2 said:

Ron Desantis just dropped out. Now it looks like it will be Trumpy versus Uncle Joe.

Still hoping that Haley will win, she'd be less detrimental to the US (and the rest of the World) than Trump



Bofferbrauer2 said:
hellobion2 said:

Ron Desantis just dropped out. Now it looks like it will be Trumpy versus Uncle Joe.

Still hoping that Haley will win, she'd be less detrimental to the US (and the rest of the World) than Trump

Haley really has no chance.  The thing is if Iowa is the template than I am going to believe GOP turn out will be low and that favors Trump and his base.  So chances are that Trump will be the GOP nomination unless something unexpected and huge hit which I personally cannot see what.

As for Desantis, well he never really was in it.  As Christie stated, none of the rest of the field want to actually go hard against Trump so they pretty much never showed any reason why anyone on the GOP side should pick them over him.

Even Haley who had a perfect opportunity to show Trump mental decline when at a rally Trump kept confusing her with Nany Pelosi.  She could really have gne hard with showing how Trump mental state probably is in the same boat if not worse then Biden but she softball it.  Its like none of them really want to win but continue to play nice with Trump all the while Trump can call them just about whatever he want.



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When it comes down to it, they will all kowtow to Trump, and he knows it. Whether it's fear of the cult, or seeing an opportunity to curry favor with a potential Trump Administration II, they'll grovel before him.



The Iowa caucus is really not representative of anything. That’s a fraudulent election if there ever was one. As the voting process there is not anonymous, the Trumpist cult could use their usual intimidation tactics, which we saw in the 2020 election and we have seen against members of the congress, who have had their family members threatened. The turn-out in Iowa was record low, probably for a reason.

New Hampshire is gonna be more interesting, though it is also unusual for different reasons.



I agree with you on that and hope today brings a good result in New Hampshire.



BiON!@ 

It seems like Trump has not been very sharp lately.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sarah-matthews-trump-gaffes_n_65afc83ce4b09e7f5b9d3147

It could be stress, it could be something more concerning. Fred Trump was diagnosed with dementia in 1991, and just some 18 months later he was completely disabled, and these things can be genetic.



 

 

 

 

 

How come the AP (and everyone else) has declared the New Hampshire primary race over (even though they only have 25% reporting)? It’s not over til it’s over.



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