Democrats have avoided discussing policy. Yes, this election IS about Biden.

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  1. doombug

    doombug Well-Known Member

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    And now we will have a majority conservative SCOTUS as a bonus.
     
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    LOL, what are you always doing that your worried a conservative scotus is needed to save you from some BS?
    Who cares. You plan on being the next baker issue and going through all that crap?
     
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    Yes, the SCOTUS pick is sweet. RBG could almost have been working for the GOP all along. Her timing was impecable. But about Biden, First, he is clearly mentally impaired.

    Only fanatical Dem Party loyalists or people who knee jerk BELIEVE media propaganda outlets attempts to spin or ignore all the recorded incidences of Biden auditioning for One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest remake could think otherwise. Then there is Biden's combined history of being a 'do nothing' Senator and Vice President coupled to his rather blatant trail of political corruption and then -- the icing on the cake -- Hunter Biden's laptop revelations. This election SHOULD be about Trump, but for all those reasons it's really become all about Joe Biden instead.
     
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    I suggest you read the 2020 Republican Platform.
     
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    Trump is clearly mentally impaired - and dems will just raise the seats now, republicans cheated and let the seat be filed this time and denied Obama - so fair is fair

    had Republicans let Obama pick, they could of haved had a 5-4 lead, but now their greed will cause them to lose that
     
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    A presidential election is always in large part a referendum on the status quo. Which means the incumbent, if he's running. Yes, the election is about Biden, but not nearly as much as it is about Trump (and Covid). I told you this would happen.

    Presidential elections are typically light on policy. But Biden has actual policies, Trump has vague policies, a lot of which make no sense. Like replacing Obamacare, for example.

    Trump is one of the worst presidents in history, and even if he doesn't make worst, he's guaranteed to be in the bottom 3, the lowest of the low.
     
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    Well, propaganda and outright frontal assault.
     
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    People are not as concerned with Covid as they are other issues. Biden has no plan for anything.
     
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    So Obama made a bunch of EOs that hurt business/ consumers, Trump erased them, now biden will reinstate them and will you say he is not a anti business president like Obama was?
     
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    Joe Biden has clearly stated positions on policy if you would like to read them go to:
    https://joebiden.com/joes-vision/#
     
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    It isn't avoidance of a discussion. It's a recognition of an ill thought out argument. But sure, I'll bite...

    To suggest that Biden doesn't discuss or have policies is just willful ignorance. Go to his website and you'll find detailed explanations of all his proposed policies. Got to Trumps - nothing. As for Joe suggesting Americans don't deserve to know his policies, you should go back to the tape and listen again. Taking things out of context for your own benefit does not help you or your cause.
     
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    Here's a link to a recent poll where Covid came in 3rd. Not worth the time, but take Republicans out of that and it would be the first or second. Which is to say it's crucial to anyone outside the Cult.

    https://news.gallup.com/poll/321617/economy-tops-voters-list-key-election-issues.aspx

    That's a dumb lie.

    https://www.google.com/search?clien...hUKEwjcqOGAyc3sAhXRQs0KHdicDNoQ4dUDCAg&uact=5
     
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    yet the economy was improving, and Obama passed off a growing economy to Trump and Trump is passing an economy ready for a depression off to Biden
     
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    I think it depends how bad this winter will be with this virus, if it gets worse then yeah you're probably correct
     
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    I do not think it matters, we were looking at a depression pre-covid, covid delayed it a little due to the stimulus, but the people need much more help or it's still coming
     
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    Not really much signs unless you are talking last year's QE4
     
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    oh it's coming, peoples mortgages are gonna fail, many can't afford rent and are unemployed, it's gonna get ugly no mater who wins

    raising min wage could help some too, but think it's too late

    excessive foreign outsourcing and foreign imports are a big part of it
     
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    I got a tax cut, I'm so dumb I didn't even know I was rich. Well what do you know.
     
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    That's absolutely hilarious! You missed the humor section, though. The GOP, I believe for the first time, chose not to produce a platform this election, instead stating that they stand for nothing but Trump worship. Even in the last election, the Trump administration's ONLY contribution to the GOP platform was to ask them to go easier on Russia when it came to the Ukraine.

    Except for some baseline xenophobia, Trump's "policies" change link the wind. He has no patience for details.
     
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    the platform was the continuation of amazingly successful Trump's policies - higher wages, lower poverty, more tax cuts, less regulations, more jobs, lower unemployment, higher production of oil, lower gas prices, more peace in the middle east, less money to Iran....

    we don't need a new platform to continue doing what works. Duh
     
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    90% of what you mentioned continued on the same basic trend that it was on before he took office. Just consult a graph. As for lower taxes, kinda. Except for the times he circumvented the Constitution to pass so many tariffs that they collectively amount to the biggest tax increase in this country since the 90s.

    And, again Trump didn't really produce a platform in 2016 either. He was all over the place and didn't actually influence the GOP platform in any way (except going easier on Russia).
     
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    Median family income growth - $1,000 during 9 years of Obama, $6,000 during the first 3 years of Trump
    Gas prices: 50% now of what they were under Obama
    Unemployment before Covid: half of what it was under Obama with higher labor participation and whopping 6 million open vacancies.
    ...
     
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    Try looking at a graph of median family income or unemployment. Anyone capable of reading a graph knows to look for the trend line. There was no "Trump economic miracle" in this regard. He was traveling on a pre-existing trend. Funny how you want to look at AFTER the pandemic for gas prices and BEFORE the pandemic for everything else, though. I think we both know why.
     
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    Trump’s running on his record? His campaign strategy has been to distract from his record. Precisely why this board is filled with threads about dementia, Hunter Biden, and whining about Liberals.

    Pretending the cycle is anything but a referendum on the incumbent’s record is to bury one’s head in the sand.
     
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    Nah, Trump has a great record and has managed the pandemic well. The propaganda by democrats is quite phony and folks are tired of it.
     

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