Biden/Harris, of course, are just figureheads. And you're right, Denise: it's a sad sad situation--and it's getting more and more absurd. (To cite Elton John/Bernie Taupin).
Of course, he's not perfect, but RFK Jr. is much better than Biden. I'll be voting for him, if I'm allowed.
Of course you'll be allowed to vote for RFK, Jr.---you're a straight white male./s But it'll have to be a write-in, because the Dems will never nominate him.
I dunno---can one run as a Dem in the primary, and then an Independent in the general? Then again, why not? It's what Bernie should have done in 2016. Instead of throwing his support behind She Who Shall Not Be Named.
May 29, 2023·edited May 29, 2023Liked by Denise Donaldson
Denise, have you ever watched the great UK commentator George Galloway? The UK MP who was tossed out of the English Labour Party for telling the truth. His talk show on YouTube is MOATS. "The Mother of All Talk Shows".
George always says the two US political parties are......
"two cheeks of the same arse" - In Commonwealth lingo, a rude word for the part of your body that you sit on! LOL
BTW, do you really think Joe Biden can "negotiate" or "shrewdly bargain"? Seems to me he can barely keep up with a conversation! LOL
Have not seen Mr. Galloway. I'll add him to the list.
And as my grandmother immigrated here from the Midlands in 1914, I'm quite familiar with "arse"! 😉 I love that observation about the cheeks!
No, I don't think Biden is a shrewd negotiator. I was merely [snarkily] quoting his admirers. I think he's got more on the ball than some give him credit for (witness his off-the-cuff comebacks at the State of the Union address), and I think he knows where all the bodies are buried, so he COULD be effective if he wanted to be. But he's all about coming across as a deal-maker (he has a history there), and not a hardball player. This debt limit debacle---details of which are sounding worse and worse---is proof positive that you don't negotiate with hostage takers.
May 30, 2023·edited May 30, 2023Liked by Denise Donaldson
Denise, George Galloway is arguably the world's greatest debater in the English language alive today. He even soundly trounced the great Christopher Hitchens in a couple of very famous debates And that's quite an achievement. Few people got the better of Hitchens on any subject. RIP Christopher.
But I think the one you will enjoy the most is his appearance before a US Senate Committee where he exposed them for the slimeballs and hypocrites they all are. And ripped them all new arseholes on the Iraq war. Its 49-minutes long, but I'm sure you will relish it. While we are on the subject of the US political swamp creatures.
Galloway spoke truth to power. But power, as Senator Levin and Coleman showed, already knows the truth and could not care less. As Noam Chomsky says - truth needs to be spoken to the people to enable them to realize and exercise their power against the power of evil on behalf of their inherent rights. Through this video Galloway spoken truth to the people. For this alone he deserves to be honored forever.
The way he rips Senator Coleman a new one and Coleman’s supercilious frozen worried smile and then moves onto Senator Levin. Hilarious! The Yanks didn’t know what hit them. Pays to have fine-tuned oratory skills and a compendium Oxford dictionary vocabulary and of course. Being Scottish!
One can assume the Democrats conveniently neglected to eliminate the debt ceiling in the past simply in order to use it as a cudgel when the roles were reversed. If so, and I suspect that to be the case, when will our elected leaders quit acting like children? Of course, we all know the answer.
I'm not sure, Kyle. The Dems went along with raising the debt ceiling under TFG, pretty much no questions asked. I think if they were going to return the favor to the GOP (after the GOP forced Obama to make debt ceiling deals in '11 and '13), they would have done it under t***p. I say this in all seriousness: the Dems need to collectively grow a pair.
Although their rationale for not eliminating the filibuster when they had the chance was exactly as you describe.
Biden/Harris, of course, are just figureheads. And you're right, Denise: it's a sad sad situation--and it's getting more and more absurd. (To cite Elton John/Bernie Taupin).
Of course, he's not perfect, but RFK Jr. is much better than Biden. I'll be voting for him, if I'm allowed.
Yay for the Elton/Bernie reference!
Of course you'll be allowed to vote for RFK, Jr.---you're a straight white male./s But it'll have to be a write-in, because the Dems will never nominate him.
True!
I hope he runs as an independent (after he's shafted by the DNC).
I dunno---can one run as a Dem in the primary, and then an Independent in the general? Then again, why not? It's what Bernie should have done in 2016. Instead of throwing his support behind She Who Shall Not Be Named.
Denise, have you ever watched the great UK commentator George Galloway? The UK MP who was tossed out of the English Labour Party for telling the truth. His talk show on YouTube is MOATS. "The Mother of All Talk Shows".
George always says the two US political parties are......
"two cheeks of the same arse" - In Commonwealth lingo, a rude word for the part of your body that you sit on! LOL
BTW, do you really think Joe Biden can "negotiate" or "shrewdly bargain"? Seems to me he can barely keep up with a conversation! LOL
Have not seen Mr. Galloway. I'll add him to the list.
And as my grandmother immigrated here from the Midlands in 1914, I'm quite familiar with "arse"! 😉 I love that observation about the cheeks!
No, I don't think Biden is a shrewd negotiator. I was merely [snarkily] quoting his admirers. I think he's got more on the ball than some give him credit for (witness his off-the-cuff comebacks at the State of the Union address), and I think he knows where all the bodies are buried, so he COULD be effective if he wanted to be. But he's all about coming across as a deal-maker (he has a history there), and not a hardball player. This debt limit debacle---details of which are sounding worse and worse---is proof positive that you don't negotiate with hostage takers.
Denise, George Galloway is arguably the world's greatest debater in the English language alive today. He even soundly trounced the great Christopher Hitchens in a couple of very famous debates And that's quite an achievement. Few people got the better of Hitchens on any subject. RIP Christopher.
But I think the one you will enjoy the most is his appearance before a US Senate Committee where he exposed them for the slimeballs and hypocrites they all are. And ripped them all new arseholes on the Iraq war. Its 49-minutes long, but I'm sure you will relish it. While we are on the subject of the US political swamp creatures.
Galloway spoke truth to power. But power, as Senator Levin and Coleman showed, already knows the truth and could not care less. As Noam Chomsky says - truth needs to be spoken to the people to enable them to realize and exercise their power against the power of evil on behalf of their inherent rights. Through this video Galloway spoken truth to the people. For this alone he deserves to be honored forever.
The way he rips Senator Coleman a new one and Coleman’s supercilious frozen worried smile and then moves onto Senator Levin. Hilarious! The Yanks didn’t know what hit them. Pays to have fine-tuned oratory skills and a compendium Oxford dictionary vocabulary and of course. Being Scottish!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5u1skEoqLs
One can assume the Democrats conveniently neglected to eliminate the debt ceiling in the past simply in order to use it as a cudgel when the roles were reversed. If so, and I suspect that to be the case, when will our elected leaders quit acting like children? Of course, we all know the answer.
I'm not sure, Kyle. The Dems went along with raising the debt ceiling under TFG, pretty much no questions asked. I think if they were going to return the favor to the GOP (after the GOP forced Obama to make debt ceiling deals in '11 and '13), they would have done it under t***p. I say this in all seriousness: the Dems need to collectively grow a pair.
Although their rationale for not eliminating the filibuster when they had the chance was exactly as you describe.
Denise, you have got to watch this epic George Galloway rant!
I know you will get a big kick out of it!
I'm interested what you think of it?
Take care. Hope you are well
Dennis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx8rUQzWRfo