The Biden Presidency

Why should one party in a two party system control the amount of tax that ALL of the people must pay? If the tables were turned, you wouldnt like it either. You would likely prefer supporting your own causes.

Listen Jones...YOU will be the snowflake whining when the Populists get back in power and wreck your overpriced green dream.

Don't you think that I know this? It scares the hell out of me.

I get mixed messages in the news. From peanut gallery perspective, what facts were brought forth?Seems to me that a son that struggled with coke addiction said some things he shouldnt have said...which were recorded...and made his old man out to be a bit of a mafia don. If so, I can agree with you that Biden is not as authoritarian as Trump, but I hardly think he is one of our best presidents. He seems a bit senile to me.Comments?

Essentially yes. So essentially that's all that there is to it? ​I remember both Ford and Carter. They both were president during times of inflation. Nowadays seems so much differnt in regards to what our government does and does not do.I think it is the people who have changed. Americans seem insecure about a lot of things. I know I am, but part of my problem is that I'm in need of more help than I used to be and that things are getting so expensive relative to income. I don't think that the US is in a good position for continuing to print money to cover its obligations. If Trump is our only solution, we ALL are in big trouble. "I AM THE ONLY ONE": TRUMPS MESSIANIC 2024 MESSAGEBut let's discuss THAT in the Fascism thread. Message 359

I think they are. Am I simply deluded by propaganda? Percy thinks every YouTube video is worthless, but Im not convinced.

Actually, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for taking the time to give me some positive feedback.Now that I think of it, that explains a lot of my YouTube interactions. I DO suffer from confirmation bias, and like many literalist believers, tie it all into what I've been led fed to believe anyway. I suppose, upon reflection, that it is wise to be skeptical...even of the beliefs and confirmed biases which I already hold.My essential battle around here is basically being told to utilize critical thinking, throw away prior assumptions and beliefs, and look at life from other angles and perspectives.Something in me resists that. I have always believed in Jesus and have resisted "throwing Him away" as jar used to coach me to do and which many here at EvC easily did do.Perhaps, if I were my own counselor and critic, I would ask myself why I am prone to believe that things are getting worse. Your algorithmic explanation is one answer.

OK, fair enough. But do you think that Dennis Prager spreads false information? Or is it simply a counter-perspective to progressive thinking?And to me, Mr. Deity is humorous at best, and inexperienced at worst. After all, how could a Mormon even know Jesus to begin with??? I'm being serious!Not to suggest that only Calvary Chapel cohorts have an inside track on God's one and only Son. If Jesus is real, however (which I firmly believe that He is) we need to ask ourselves how He would ever reach a skeptic such as yourself who tossed the Bible aside years ago.We already know that the peanut gallery suffers from anti-conservative bias, which is perfectly fine.The problem is that the enemy (that sneaky spirit that God allowed to exist in order to temper us) has also convinced you that Christianity itself is problematic.I think sometimes that secular humanist critical thinkers conflate conservatism with Christianity and throw the Holy Baby out with the MAGAT bathwater.In your case, we both can agree that Trump is a potential antichrist candidate.

Brian Dalton: That's MISTER Deity to You! I can't hate on Brian Dalton! He seems quite nice. I disagree with his defense of atheism, but why wouldn't I?

Just out of curiousity, whats the difference between a good conservative candidate and a conservative nut? Where do you rate Ted Cruz? Rand Paul? The conservative Kennedy?

Looking at the internet I found your exact question in an opinion piece.
Is Kamala Harris really the heir apparent of the Democratic Party?and noted that in the opinion of the author,

Noah Millman:

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Joe Biden has called himself a bridge to a new generation of Democratic leaders — suggesting that he's offering a safe path across, and also that he knows he's not the destination. But a bridge needs an anchor at both ends. Harris still needs to demonstrate that she can be that anchor — that she has a clear and distinct vision for a country that sometimes feels on the verge of cracking up. She may demonstrate that over the next four years — but if she doesn't, she needs to be challenged.

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Any challengers that anyone can see? I dont know a lot of charismatic Democrats whom I agree with. (Hopefully they wouldnt pick Alexandra Ocasio Cortez!) But who else do they have?? In order to win, the candidate has to be closer to the center politically.

What do you mean? They all have an R next to their name. Hopefully they dont all represent the Trumpeting Elephant but, rather, the political circus elephant that calmly munches grass while waiting for a feisty liberal to challenge!

Typical liberal. Throw a new diverse candidate in the ring and push aside all the males who are NOT gay, trans, or men of color. Never mind the credentials apart from repping diversity!!But then again, I don't really know if Newsom has any credentials either. I need to research the guy.

She is too far to the left.Add By Edit: I did read about her. She is quite a dynamic individual, though she is as far left as Sanders, which I think means that she wouldn't win a national election.Im sure that all of you adore her, especially Theo. I dont hate her...but I fear such a strong liberal woman. Am I wrong?

Notice I used the word "liberals" rather than naming anyone. The peanut gallery all fell from the same tree.