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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: combjelly who wrote (330179)	4/8/2025 12:50:32 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By longz Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 365120

I didn't say I was "non-political", or anyone else on this thread. I've identified maybe one or two people on this thread over the years I saw as non-political. I do not claim to be one. Being good at hiding it doesn't mean you're nonpolitical. For example, in your case, we've exchanged posts for years, and I know where you are. OTOH, there is one person on this thread whose posts I regularly read that, while a Trump hater, I don't really know what is or isn't true about their politics. So, it could be non-political or just a good act, I don't know. It is my opinion that anyone who was paying attention and isn't blatantly partisan would absolutely not have voted for Biden or Harris. They just wouldn't. You would have to be an extremely committed Democrat to support either of them. If one was well-informed, which most people here probably are. There are certain threshold tests you apply to a candidate and if they can't meet those tests it doesn't matter which party they are in, you're just not going to vote for them. For example, if you had you voted for Maxine Waters, common sense tells me you would never vote for her. Whoever her opponent was, obviously was a better candidate than her; there is no way you'd vote for that woman. If you told me you did, I would instantly know you're voting based because she was black. Or perhaps the only Democrat in the race. Or something besides her competency. A real live example that's closer to home, consider the case of Clayton William, who I'm sure you remember. Ann Richards, plainly a highly competent woman, a Democrat, ran against Williams. Willians had shown himself to be utterly incompetent, and many Republicans supported her over him (he compared the cold, foggy weather spoiling an event to a rape, telling ranch hands, campaign workers and reporters around a campfire, 'If it's inevitable, just relax and enjoy it.'" Anyone who voted for Williams was voting not on the competency of the man, but on his political leaning. That was my point.