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May take a little while to ratify , but should happen . It will take a lot longer than 4 years though to rectify the damage Trump has done domestically and world wide to the American dream .
One realistic Republican commentator this evening ventured the opinion that Trump might be the last Republican President for a long time . That would be a fitting legacy for his term in office . People should be careful about who they vote for .
Governments traditionally get voted out , that's what looks to have happened this time . Biden is no world beater , and the profiles of prospective presidents needs to be updated , just as the current out dated electoral system in America needs a fresh approach .
One realistic Republican commentator this evening ventured the opinion that Trump might be the last Republican President for a long time . That would be a fitting legacy for his term in office . People should be careful about who they vote for .
Governments traditionally get voted out , that's what looks to have happened this time . Biden is no world beater , and the profiles of prospective presidents needs to be updated , just as the current out dated electoral system in America needs a fresh approach .
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4 more years of Cummings in uk
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I said to Mrs that if trump got second term
He might become last republican president. There are plenty of decent men in rep party. Standing up now likely to boost profile. |
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The Squad need to stat busting some neo liberal ass...
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IMO the nightmare might be just about to begin.......... I hope not, but someone might be bumping this thread in a couple of years time, when the US is embroiled in more pointless wars and your $ is worth next to nothing
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Tucker will put the presidency back into Republican hands in 2024.
mecca • November 5, 2020 12:56 AM GMT IMO the nightmare might be just about to begin.......... I hope not, but someone might be bumping this thread in a couple of years time, when the US is embroiled in more pointless wars and your $ is worth next to nothing buy € |
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Though there's nothing like a good war (ideally on foreign soil) to boost the economy.
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ref to OP.
It's only getting started. Now who let him out of his bubble.   |
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OP talking rubbish, who is the anonymous Republican he is quoting?
Trump has more votes (4m+) than he did in 2016. More black votes as well. |
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eric bolling, formerly of fox news, was on newsnight opining that there may not be another rep president in his lifetime due to the changing demographics of the usa, i think he misunderstands the changes happening as evidenced by where trump got some of his extra voters from.
trump is just a symptom, unless the democrats accept that the policies of two of their presidents (clinton and obama) helped in the destruction of living standards of working people then they will probably carry on with more of the same which will give another populist a chance to become potus. |
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You Kelly?
Good enough answer |
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a combination i suppose, but i would frame the social stuff differently, identity politics, etc is a turn off for lots of people and that doesnt make them bad people.
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Why is it only derogatorily called "identity politics" when the liberal luvvie loons do it, but the ethno-nationalists, the ultra patriots, the hyperpartisan trump culters, the white men that obsess over being under threat white men, the social media alt-right grifters that shame everyone non-compliant as traitor quislings, the QAnoners...etc...are cool? Not for you probably, but for those that obsess over the lib luvvie loon identity politics...when largely they themselves obsess over national/ethnic/gender/partisan/religious/conspiracy cult identity all day long.
I always found ethno-nationalist members of the movement called The Identitarians obsess over leftie identity politics a bit weird. |
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It's also these hardliners that are generally less willing to think in win-win patters. For them it's them vs. the others.
Hardline Thatcherites vs. moderate One Nation Tories or other parties. The Hardlines Thatcherites will be least inclined to for coalitions or make compromises, they are digging into their identity, yet bizarrely the hardline brexit tories will probably be most keen of them all to point out leftie identity politics. |
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Biden was the one who wanted to heal the nation (or so he claims). Trump didn't even attempt to pretend to want to do that. He wants everybody to dig their heels in and further and split the society into two very distinct, hyperpartisan identities.
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social/cultural/ethnic, economic, religious, gender, age, education, self-assigned class, family history
reasons people vote as they do. nowhere in America does everyone vote the same way, so the idea that "the centre bits are pro-Trump" is too generalised. He gets over the line, State by State, because there's more Republicans in these States and as they've shown, the Republicans will turn out in huge numbers to vote when there's a fear of a Democrat landslide. Don't be fooled though - actual pro-Trump sentiment (where they think he's the best leader they could have) is in the 20% range of Americans (roughly half of Republicans). They're not all stupid. Loads are though, obviously |
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 not for me probably - not for me obviously.the loons are a sub set, albeit possibly quite a large one in the usa but there are plenty of people who dont feel comfortable with there now being 96 different options for a person's sex. the worrying thing is about 25% of americans agree with that qanon madness, funny to see a returning poster here who is fully on board with it. |
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the loons are a sub set, albeit possibly quite a large one in the usa but there are plenty of people who dont feel comfortable with there now being 96 different options for a person's sex.
Only three options in Germany  ...I think. Sure, it looked a bit weird when I first filled out a firm that asked me if I was "diverse" as gender, but ultimately it doesn't affect me, does it? There are people that are born intersexually/nonbinary - give them the choice. I'd welcome more options. Let people identify as diverse alien timelords on forms if they want.I don't know how it is in the UK, or the US, but I don't feel bombarded with leftie identity politics (or what I understand of it) in Germany. So maybe I don't even really understand what it's all about. Were the Suffragettes identity politics? The movements to get women the vote and right to play football (very important! Almost exactly 50 years ago women's football stopped being forbidden by the DFB) - were those identity politics or something else? Is wanting legal unions for gay people identity politics? The way I understand identity (politics), I really honestly feel there's more of it coming from the socially "conservative". |
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Don't be dismissive of Timelords, edy.
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Does anyone find the Trump family (on media) repulsive? I do. Eric Trump a sibling of President Trump actually believes his dad has been defrauded of winning the Presidency. He was talking about legal challenges in the courts post results. The family may have wealth, but they come across extremely lighweight and spoilt.
I sincerely hope the world will not be exposed to another dose of the Trump family in the future politically. |
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I love time lords and have huge respect for them, Foinavon! Who is your favourite Doctor? I haven't seen much, but I liked Peter Capaldi in the five or so episodes I've seen.
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I haven't watched it since I visited my parents in the 1960s who had it on their then b/w telly on Saturday afternoons. It seemed a bit childish and didn't depict real Timelords.
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Edy still beating his head against the great ,great Trump wall
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That's interesting. There was this tennis forumite who was purged in...The Great Purge - doridoru. He was always on about how Dr. Who was so much cooler and scarier before its reboot. Knowing only the post-2005 Doctor Who myself, which is plenty scary to me, I always had the feeling he merely remembered it that way because he was a wee lil doridoru during the days of the old doctor and because he was a very grumpy end-30s fella who always ranted about everything modern being awful. Pictures of old doctors strenghtened my believe that it was a silly ol' show. Now you say it was quite childish and unrealistic in its portrayals of time lords (this is exactly what I thought when I looked at the silly looking time lords before the reboot).
Would anybody like to chime in on old doctor vs. reboot doctor? |
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it was pants before and is still pants now
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Wash your mouth! How dare you talk like that about Britain's greatest cultural good?
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David Tennent was different gravy,wasn't a huge fan of Dr Who but watched it when he played the part..
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Tennant is probably the biggest name (these days) of those that played The Doctor, right? Liked him on Broadchurch, even if I found him a tad hard to understand at times. Everybody from Britain apart from Jacob Rees-Mogg and The Queen always sounds a bit funny to me. Still far better than the Irish trying to speak English though.
Wanted to watch Love/Hate (praised as Irish "The Wire") with the marvelous Robert Sheehan of Misfits fame, but I didn't understand a ****g word. |
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You mean you didn't understand David Tennent because he's scottish..
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The Irish in general are quite well-spoken. It's the Weegies I can't understand and I'm grateful for subtitles when one is on the telly.
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The nightmare may only have Just begun , wait till Joe locks everyone up for 6 months Lets see how stable things are then ,Joe must have the old dollar printing presses up and ready ,Or maybe he is going to raise Taxes and get it from the Super Rich ,Hang about that would be him and his Friends and family , perhaps he will pass on that one ,Then again he might not be able to do anything Due to not being able to get anything past the
house never mind the senate  Old Lefty JOE the man who's vice President actually accused of helping out the FAR RIGHT .I wonder what he did that for .. The left will be working to have him shifted ASAP , stand by for plenty of Infighting . Get the popcorn out the show is about to begin |
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No idea who the republican provider of initial concept was , but his credentials seemed OK and he seemed to be talking sense .
The fact that in 2016 and 2020 more voters in USA voted Democrat than Republican re presidency would indicate that there is merit in his thoughts . King Canute allegedly tried to halt the waves , but we all know what happens . Increasing numbers of younger voters in particular would be a major factor . |
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Ecclestone may have been best actor to
play Dr who. Him, Tennant and matt Smith were quite a golden era. Back in the day it was fun, but you needed to not look too closely Some real bad doctors saw it finish Seems to be heading that way again with capaldi and what'shername... The films with Peter crushing are well worth a look if you like timelords. |
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William Hartnell. The first and best.
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Tom Baker for me
WTF happened here |
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Trump has improved some things, kept other things from getting worse
and screwed up a few things The end |
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The people have spoken and the kant is being kicked out of the white house - praise the lord
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There will always be the lingering doubt , did the people speak
or was this election fraudulent ... |