The sad thing is, in America, voters don’t pay attention to how a politician actually votes, they only do to what the politician says. If they sound moderate, they think they are moderate. That’s how Republicans keep getting elected with voting records similar to MTG and Boebert in Democratic won districts. I don’t like how it is, but th…
The sad thing is, in America, voters don’t pay attention to how a politician actually votes, they only do to what the politician says. If they sound moderate, they think they are moderate. That’s how Republicans keep getting elected with voting records similar to MTG and Boebert in Democratic won districts. I don’t like how it is, but that’s the truth and Kemp would be an extremely difficult opponent for Ossoff. I really hope he does pass because Georgia is not blue yet.
In addition to this: it's not even so much what the politician says, but how they say it. Republicans who speak in a calm, boring way style that use friendlier euphemisms for their policies will be perceived as moderate. Even if the actual policies are 100% identical.
In his first election back in 2002, Brian Kemp unseated Democratic Georgia State Senator Doug Haines in the 46th District. However, in the 2000’s Kemp like many Republicans had more freedom to be themselves and not be beholden to Trump. If Kemp is to unseat Senator Jon Ossoff, I am not sure he would have the same kind of success as he did in defeating Haines back in 2002.
In being elected twice to be Secretary of State and Governor, Kemp did not face any incumbent Democrat. He could be a more credible opponent to Ossoff but all I can see is that he’d make Ossoff’s margin of victory closer than it was before (he’s no Herschel Walker).
It’s why I’m done with Rep Omar in MN-5. When Trump got rid of USAID, she posts on social media that we’ll fix this with legislation she introduced to create a Dept of Peace. How fucking tone deaf is she? We don’t need hippy dippy feel good legislation that will never pass, we need solutions and we need to fight.
She could be replaced with someone who votes exactly like her but they make it look good.
And now I’m reminded I have to bite the bullet and vote for Mayor Frey this year. Ugh. I never liked the guy or his political rise as it was extremely opportunistic. A straight white man becoming a politician bc he used the LGBTQ+ community annoys the shit out of me. But, anything to beat the socialists. Everyone is technically a socialist but most of us aren’t stupid enough to call ourselves one. And now, Minneapolis politics is being overrun by dumb fuck socialists.
I am receptive to the goals of the Department of Peace but we already have the State Department. I don't see why we can't reorient it to be more peace driven than just simply starting a new department.
That said, we already have the U.S. Institute of Peace.
FYI, it should be pointed out that the Department of Peace has been a proposal over a decade by progressives and even the Green Party. This isn't unique to what Ilhan Omar had proposed.
However, it's better to talk about proposals like this when Democrats have power in Congress AND the White House. Right now, it's distracting.
I haven’t heard of a Dept of Peace since back when I was a college student majoring in Justice and Peace studies. That’s an actual degree and I dualed it with Poli Sci. The friends I met. Love em, gave them keggers and wops. Ooooo I’ll never forget this one guy who said he voted Green in 2008 bc why not? I was like you’ve been to my house and I gave you alcohol? And we got a life size Obama cardboard cut-out watching us as you say this?
Anywho, I’m an OG Obama college kid. I bought a life size cardboard cut-out of him bc I saw it at the Mall of America. I would bring it to my College Dem meetings or terrorize my roommates.
“Ahhhhhh, there is a man in my room!!” Oh it’s Barack Obama, FUCK YOU Andrew!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
That's exactly the problem and something too many Democrats ignore to our peril. Rightly or wrongly, to the majority of Americans, unless the Republican politician actually says the words "I hate Blacks" or uses the N word, they aren't going to be seen by the majority of people as racists.
Not just that. The reality is that the USA of 2025 is less racist than the USA of 1965. When far left lunatics insist that it is "exactly the same" if not worse now than then, it hurts the Democratic Party's image and flies in the face of reality and perception. Including and in many cases ESPECIALLY with many minority voters.
I think we should listen to Black people about this. Not a single one of my Black friends was surprised Trump won in 2016; in fact, they predicted it, because they deal with racism every fucking day and know how racist white people are. And we all know that since the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts passed, a majority of white voters have voted Republican for president every fucking time. So if the U.S. is less racist, is it because there are fewer whites or because whites are less racist?
As Morgan Freeman said it best regarding racism, "Don't talk about it."
Yes, if racism comes up sure. However, when the discussion is about "racism is everywhere" and that clouds the discussion of everything, then more people not on this side of the issue are going to be turned off.
This particularly applies to Asians, who like Caucasians represent key demographics that are looking for basic, essential issues to be addressed. I myself believe in combating racism but it should be done productively, not having to get distracted over saying "everything is racism" when it really isn't.
The sad thing is, in America, voters don’t pay attention to how a politician actually votes, they only do to what the politician says. If they sound moderate, they think they are moderate. That’s how Republicans keep getting elected with voting records similar to MTG and Boebert in Democratic won districts. I don’t like how it is, but that’s the truth and Kemp would be an extremely difficult opponent for Ossoff. I really hope he does pass because Georgia is not blue yet.
In addition to this: it's not even so much what the politician says, but how they say it. Republicans who speak in a calm, boring way style that use friendlier euphemisms for their policies will be perceived as moderate. Even if the actual policies are 100% identical.
In his first election back in 2002, Brian Kemp unseated Democratic Georgia State Senator Doug Haines in the 46th District. However, in the 2000’s Kemp like many Republicans had more freedom to be themselves and not be beholden to Trump. If Kemp is to unseat Senator Jon Ossoff, I am not sure he would have the same kind of success as he did in defeating Haines back in 2002.
In being elected twice to be Secretary of State and Governor, Kemp did not face any incumbent Democrat. He could be a more credible opponent to Ossoff but all I can see is that he’d make Ossoff’s margin of victory closer than it was before (he’s no Herschel Walker).
It’s why I’m done with Rep Omar in MN-5. When Trump got rid of USAID, she posts on social media that we’ll fix this with legislation she introduced to create a Dept of Peace. How fucking tone deaf is she? We don’t need hippy dippy feel good legislation that will never pass, we need solutions and we need to fight.
She could be replaced with someone who votes exactly like her but they make it look good.
And now I’m reminded I have to bite the bullet and vote for Mayor Frey this year. Ugh. I never liked the guy or his political rise as it was extremely opportunistic. A straight white man becoming a politician bc he used the LGBTQ+ community annoys the shit out of me. But, anything to beat the socialists. Everyone is technically a socialist but most of us aren’t stupid enough to call ourselves one. And now, Minneapolis politics is being overrun by dumb fuck socialists.
Peace? Horrors.
It’s messaging, honey.
Maybe not -exactly- like she votes, but we basically agree.
There have been some boogers.
I am receptive to the goals of the Department of Peace but we already have the State Department. I don't see why we can't reorient it to be more peace driven than just simply starting a new department.
That said, we already have the U.S. Institute of Peace.
Exactly. It’d make us look good if our SoS did good things.
FYI, it should be pointed out that the Department of Peace has been a proposal over a decade by progressives and even the Green Party. This isn't unique to what Ilhan Omar had proposed.
However, it's better to talk about proposals like this when Democrats have power in Congress AND the White House. Right now, it's distracting.
I haven’t heard of a Dept of Peace since back when I was a college student majoring in Justice and Peace studies. That’s an actual degree and I dualed it with Poli Sci. The friends I met. Love em, gave them keggers and wops. Ooooo I’ll never forget this one guy who said he voted Green in 2008 bc why not? I was like you’ve been to my house and I gave you alcohol? And we got a life size Obama cardboard cut-out watching us as you say this?
Anywho, I’m an OG Obama college kid. I bought a life size cardboard cut-out of him bc I saw it at the Mall of America. I would bring it to my College Dem meetings or terrorize my roommates.
“Ahhhhhh, there is a man in my room!!” Oh it’s Barack Obama, FUCK YOU Andrew!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I was for John, then Hillary then Obama.
Goes back even further than that. I was in college in the '80s and Jennings Randolph of West Virginia would introduce this bill every year.
That's exactly the problem and something too many Democrats ignore to our peril. Rightly or wrongly, to the majority of Americans, unless the Republican politician actually says the words "I hate Blacks" or uses the N word, they aren't going to be seen by the majority of people as racists.
Because loads of voters are themselves racists and want to discriminate as in the pre-desegregation days and enforce a lack of discussion of it.
Not just that. The reality is that the USA of 2025 is less racist than the USA of 1965. When far left lunatics insist that it is "exactly the same" if not worse now than then, it hurts the Democratic Party's image and flies in the face of reality and perception. Including and in many cases ESPECIALLY with many minority voters.
I think we should listen to Black people about this. Not a single one of my Black friends was surprised Trump won in 2016; in fact, they predicted it, because they deal with racism every fucking day and know how racist white people are. And we all know that since the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts passed, a majority of white voters have voted Republican for president every fucking time. So if the U.S. is less racist, is it because there are fewer whites or because whites are less racist?
As Morgan Freeman said it best regarding racism, "Don't talk about it."
Yes, if racism comes up sure. However, when the discussion is about "racism is everywhere" and that clouds the discussion of everything, then more people not on this side of the issue are going to be turned off.
This particularly applies to Asians, who like Caucasians represent key demographics that are looking for basic, essential issues to be addressed. I myself believe in combating racism but it should be done productively, not having to get distracted over saying "everything is racism" when it really isn't.