BearGoggles said:
sycasey said:
Big C said:
I hope it's not a sign of desperation -- or if it is, please let it be an unfounded one -- the fact that the Harris campaign (including the Vice President herself) is going full on Trump-is-an-existential-threat right now, 12 days before the election.
Far less than half the voters even know what "existential" means. Nor do they care.
Maybe it turns out that this was the right argument, but personally I'm not a fan of this shift. It's too close to the same argument Biden was making (not very successfully) before he dropped out. Seemed to me that the earlier approach of just making fun of him while pushing your own domestic agenda was better.
The "existential threat" argument is a bad one because it is both not believable and untrue. The country and democracy survived 4 years of Trump - just like it will survive 4 years of Biden, 4 more years of Trump (if he wins), and 4 years of Harris (if she wins). These are stupid claims that fire up the base (inclusive of the many far left people on the board). ...
I have to disagree with this point. Progressives and NGOs are purposefully flooding the country with illegal immigrants, specifically in swing states. Kamala Harris will give Amnesty to 5 million or 20 million, and their hope is this will lock in a Democrat majority for decades.
Along with a 4th term, won't-go-away Barack Obama, superficially a uniter, but really a historically divisive president. (On top of that, he took Bush's Patriot Act changes, and turned the Intell agencies against their adversaries, while also making the FBI and DOJ Progressive idealogues.)
All they're interested in is power. The Left used to be staunchly anti war - they're now NeoCons. It's so bizarre. NeoCons supported by elite Billionaires and hi tech newbies.
There will be no corrections back to a center. It will be Left, Far Left, Progressives and Marxists, Big Government stooges. Like our HSR train to nowhere, and the California Water Board blasting Elon Musk. They'll drive him and his middle class manufacturing jobs and innovative companies out of California, then whine about declining tax revenues.