Dems, GOP make urgent final pitches before midterms

In the first national election since the violent Jan. 6 insurrection, the final days of the campaign focused on fundamental questions about the nation’s political values.

The nation’s political values have been propagandized and warped by Reagan's destruction of the Fairness Doctrine and the Citizens United decision allowing gross corporate buying of politicians.

The American voter is now constantly goaded into voting against their own economic interests and for either pro-corporate candidate by a similar tactic: Look at the extremists, Bolsheviks, terrorists, groomers, Satanic cultists on the other side! Vote for us to save you!

The only rational choice is independence; a la Bernie Sanders.

at a Sunday Trump rally in Miami, a reference to Pelosi prompted chants of “Lock her up!" — a stark reminder of the nation's deep divide.

A stark reminder of how the GOP and its rabid base is running on grievance, hatred, and disdain for true democracy. There’s a word for that.

BTW, on what legal grounds should Pelosi be locked up?

The only rational choice is independence; a la Bernie Sanders

I agree with most of your post, but your conclusion is simply not realistic. I wish it weren’t.

The only rational choice is independence; a la Bernie Sanders

I agree with most of your post, but your conclusion is simply not realistic. I wish it weren’t.

Yes, mostly political decisions in the "American democracy" have come down to a Hobson's choice.

President-elect Joe Biden's victory speech in full

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AfNYztas2c

"I pledge to be a President that seeks not to divide but unify"

Can that truly be the case hand on heart.

It's going to be tough to get all those blue tear stains out of carpets.

It's going to be tough to get all those blue tear stains out of carpets.

There's the true GOP spirit! Let's stick it to the libs!

“CNN — 

Democrats close their midterm election campaign Monday facing the nightmare scenario they always feared – with Republicans staging a gleeful referendum on Joe Biden’s struggling presidency and failure to tame inflation.”

confirmation that everything else was just something to try to distract from this base reality.

plasticmonkeyToday  08:09 am JST

It's going to be tough to get all those blue tear stains out of carpets.

There's the true GOP spirit! Let's stick it to the libs!

Absolutely!

I'm a libertarian and not an American, so not really a GOPer. But the Democrats deserve the hurt that's coming to them. Maybe, just maybe this will prompt the few sane ones left in the party to get rid of the crazies and crooks who dominate it now, or just abandon it altogether and let it rot.

For the sake and safety of the country, Americans need to come together and vote out all those liberals whose voting records have put the US into deeper debt and danger.

This historic failure we are experiencing, which has its genesis with the Obama/Biden administration before being straightened out temporarily by Trump, is otherwise going to continue as the Democrats have no viable plan to turn around the record high inflation, skyrocketing interest rates, consumer prices and crime, and a continually weakening policy for dealing with illegal immigration, and threats from our adversaries.

The patriotic response to this is to vote Republican.

I'm a libertarian

I'm not buying that for a second.

and not an American, so not really a GOPer. But the Democrats deserve the hurt that's coming to them. Maybe, just maybe this will prompt the few sane ones left in the party to get rid of the crazies and crooks who dominate it now, or just abandon it altogether and let it rot.

Lol what crazy policies are the Democrats running on? Expanding access to healthcare? Improving infrastructure? Raising taxes on the Uber rich? Crazy I tell you!

But yes, I'm sure the thing that happens nearly every midterm election will somehow make Democrats realize how "crazy" their agenda is, and rest assured GOP policies will be even worse.

How do we know? They're too ashamed to campaign on their own policies.

Bass4 is not even like the majority of Republicans,he a wannabe,that he would turn on his own

One last gasp set up from the Dems-

“White House warns elections results may not be clear until ‘a few days’ after election: ‘It takes time’

Joe Biden will address country regarding election results on Wednesday”

There's the true GOP spirit! Let's stick it to the libs!

More like, giving them a timeout to reflect and change their shocked ways, maybe they can take this time and regroup and think of how not to alienate half of the country, focus on solutions and not income redistribution.

How do we know? They're too ashamed to campaign on their own policies.

That’s how poorly your team’s results are seen. That they can be replaced by another team that doesn’t even need to talk bout their own policies until after the win.

just “not them and not that ” is seen as more than sufficient to get the win.

Pass it to see what’s in it, wasn’t it?

just “not them and not that ” is seen as more than sufficient to get the win.

Yeah, that and a virtually limitless supply of campaign funds, and free support from Foxnews and Newsmax.

Note how the rightists can't even be bothered to defend the dearth of policy proposals. They know they're bad, and they're hoping the average voter is stupid enough to give them a pass. I certainly hope that doesn't happen.

The most powerful and yes respected nation in the world, has its people divided, staring at each other through a political fence.

A question, will Joe Biden or Donald Trump unite such a divide?

Is out of how many politicians Joe Biden or Donald Trump the only opinion.

Or the one you are least afraid of ?

Trump has long falsely claimed he lost the 2020 election only because Democrats cheated and has even begun raising the possibility of election fraud this year. Many Republican candidates across the country continue to adhere to his election denialism, even as federal intelligence agencies are warning of the possibility of political violence from far-right extremists.

And there it is - a stark warning that far-right radicals will turn to violence rather than accept their defeat...

More plans for Governors being kidnapped and murdered, more police officers put in the hospital, more 82 year old senior citizens being pummeled with hammers....and don't forget the "nooses"...

Meanwhile, at a Sunday Trump rally in Miami, a reference to Pelosi prompted chants of “Lock her up!" — a stark reminder of the nation's deep divide.

Let's see, in 2016 they shouted "Lock Her Up" because Hillary had a few classified messages on her server, and the guy hosting this rally stole hundreds of Top Secret documents and kept them in a closet for two years, then lied about turning them all in.... Welcome to MAGA-world...

Trump also played nice Sunday, saying that Florida would “reelect Ron DeSantis as your governor.” But he was more confrontational during a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, referring to Florida’s governor as “Ron DeSanctimonious.”

Ron better get ready to have his wife insulted and his Daddy called a traitor and assassin...ROFL...

It will be hilarious to see the comments for our far-right friends here when the MAGA-war really erupts...will they go for Team DeSanctonious or Team Traitor Trump?

The patriotic response to this is to vote Republican.

Says Russian Yevgeny Prigozhin who admitted Monday that he had interfered in U.S. elections and would continue to do so — confirming for the first time the accusations that he has rejected for years.

painkiller

For the sake and safety of the country, Americans need to come together and vote out all those liberals whose voting records have put the US into deeper debt and danger.

Trump increased the National Debt by $7 trillion.

The federal budget deficit fell to $1.4 trillion for the 2022 fiscal year, from $2.8 trillion a year ago.

After two years in office, the ND under Biden increased by $2 trillion.

When did the US become so divided and so bitter?

Yeah, that and a virtually limitless supply of campaign funds, and free support from Foxnews and Newsmax.

George Soros was the top donor overall giving 130 million to Dems. You have all the print media and every tv except 50/50 Fox and some other station nobody watches.

well deserved loss is coming. I would say don’t worry, but yeah you should.

WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's public approval rating dipped to 39% in a Reuters/Ipsos poll on Monday, reinforcing nonpartisan election forecasters' expectations that his Democratic party was in for a drubbing in Tuesday's midterm elections.

The two-day national poll found that Americans' approval of Biden's job performance had dropped by one point, nearing the lowest point of his presidency...

Let The Investigations Begin! Can't wait to see how much Russian Oligarch cash the Biden family has pocketed over the years. Then, can't wait to see the Left, who screamed "Russia!!" for years at the top of their lungs...suddenly find something else to talk about, or shrug off the ACTUAL buying of a President and his family. lol.

Note how the rightists can't even be bothered to defend the dearth of policy proposals

Yeah kinda like yesterday when you all claimed no one has ever really liked Biden or thought he is doing a good job, but we all need to vote for him anyway.

George Soros was the top donor overall giving 130 million to Dems.

Only 8 of the top 25 individual donors are Democrats.

You have all the print media and every tv except 50/50 Fox and some other station nobody watches.

Ohhh, the print media? Wow so powerful.

https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donors.

I would say don’t worry, but yeah you should.

Yeah, having your country run by authoritarians, and quite arguably fascists, isn't ideal for a country.

The country must be a mess if even Musk is endorsing Republicans.

Yeah, that and a virtually limitless supply of campaign funds, and free support from Foxnews and Newsmax. 

But they’re not trying to turn the US into a socialist hub.

Note how the rightists can't even be bothered to defend the dearth of policy proposals. They know they're bad,

Voters don’t think so.

and they're hoping the average voter is stupid enough to give them a pass.

The last two years this administration thinks that it’s constituents are stupid, telling us the border is secure, that crime and inflation are not an issue, telling us we don’t have a right to know what the educators are teaching our kids, trying to force us to believe that there are multiple sexes, gas and food prices are not that bad. No, people are wide awake and they are saying stop thinking of us as stupid, even Hispanics are finally waking up and leaving the Democrat party.

I certainly hope that doesn't happen.

i hops the purge continues.

"No Voter Left Behind!"

Only 8 of the top 25 individual donors are Democrats.

so the excuse is really democrats didn’t spent enough ad money?

well it doesn’t help when your performance is so poor you have to defend solid blue states like NY and CA and NH.

Yep too bad Zuckerberg cant just you his zuckbucks this time. He’s comparatively broke now and ruined his company under this Biden economy. Kinda poetic Justice isn’t it?

Also that decision to spend 53 million meddling in the Republican primaries seems to have totally backfired.

saw incessant ads for Val Demmings of FL more than any other on the weekend. It’s clear she won’t be winning so that total waste of money too.

Why are republicans and their supporters always so paranoid about socialists and communists under their beds?

Why are republicans and their supporters always so paranoid about socialists and communists under their beds?

Rhetorical question??

Campaigning on the voting day should end.

$10 billion have been spent on the midterms. It could exceed $17 billion when all the accounts are in. There needs to be a limit set.

wallaceToday  09:31 am JST

Campaigning on the voting day should end.

$10 billion have been spent on the midterms. It could exceed $17 billion when all the accounts are in. There needs to be a limit set.

Well, get out and vote to make this kind of change,

Wait--you have to be a registered US voter.

income redistribution.

Like what?

trying to turn the US into a socialist hub.

How?

they are saying stop thinking of us as stupid

Then stop giving us reasons to think that.

wallaceToday  09:19 am JST

Why are republicans and their supporters always so paranoid about socialists and communists under their beds?

Not paranoid, but wary.

You are aware of how much damage socialists and communists have done over the last century or so under the pretence of building a better society for all, right? But all they did was concentrate power into their own hands and screw over/starve/slaughter both their opponents and people they purported to represent.

That's why. They do have a history.

painkiller

I posted by ballot last week.

You are aware of how much damage socialists and communists have done over the last century or so under the pretence of building a better society for all, right?

You'd have a point if there were actual socialists or communists in the US. There aren't.

But all they did was concentrate power into their own hands and screw over/starve/slaughter both their opponents and people they purported to represent.

That is exactly what's happening right now with US "capitalism."

Like what?

taking from the affluent, and passing it on to the rest of the less fortunate

trying to turn the US into a socialist hub.

How?

Scroll up, I listed all the destructive disastrous policies

Then stop giving us reasons to think that.

Well, the left doesn’t hold a monopoly on who they deem as stupid. For example, what ID is very stupid, it’s that democrats over the last two years did not listen to any of their voting constituents, and as a result, they are about to lose everything, that is the pure definition of stupidity.

Cards fanToday  09:50 am JST

You are aware of how much damage socialists and communists have done over the last century or so under the pretence of building a better society for all, right?

You'd have a point if there were actual socialists or communists in the US. There aren't. 

But all they did was concentrate power into their own hands and screw over/starve/slaughter both their opponents and people they purported to represent.

That is exactly what's happening right now with US "capitalism."

The lack of self-awareness of socialists and communists never fails to amuse me. You do know where almost all of the censorship is coming from nowadays, of course? The left.

and you are going to lose because you have just as many supposed "fundamental rights" as you have always had. No "right" is being taken from you, because if it could be taken, it wasnt a right after all.

the only threat is not a threat to democracy but just a threat to Democrats.

You cant put "rights" in your gas tank, feed your family with it or protect yourself from crime using it.

Other tangible and real things are more important than all this theoretical fear mongering type conversation.

taking from the affluent, and passing it on to the rest of the less fortunate

That's a paraphrase, not an explanation of how the Dems are doing this.

Your taxes haven't gone up.

Algernon LaCroixToday  

wallaceToday  09:19 am JST

Why are republicans and their supporters always so paranoid about socialists and communists under their beds?

Not paranoid, but wary.

You are aware of how much damage socialists and communists have done over the last century or so under the pretence of building a better society for all, right? But all they did was concentrate power into their own hands and screw over/starve/slaughter both their opponents and people they purported to represent.

That's why. They do have a history.

There has never been a purely socialist country. There are countries like the UK/EU and Japan which have policies considered socialist like, such as, Universal Healthcare.

Some GOP posters here constantly post about socialism in America when none exist.

The Midterms always bring changes to the Congress.

The lack of self-awareness of socialists and communists never fails to amuse me. You do know where almost all of the censorship is coming from nowadays, of course?

lol What are you talking about? There aren't socialists or communists in the US. As an American, I'm very well aware of this.

Cards fanToday  10:42 am JST

The lack of self-awareness of socialists and communists never fails to amuse me. You do know where almost all of the censorship is coming from nowadays, of course?

lol What are you talking about? There aren't socialists or communists in the US. As an American, I'm very well aware of this.

Can you speak for all Americans? Your most obvious examples are the far-left crazies like Bernie and AOC and her squad are the most prominent examples, but the US like any other country is lettered with them. There are most socialists than communists to be sure, but denying that they exist is laughable.

lol What are you talking about? There aren't socialists or communists in the US.

That’s just like saying there are no blacks or Latinos in the US

As an American, I'm very well aware of this.

As an American born and half of my life raised in Los Angeles, I am also very aware of this.

There has never been a purely socialist country. There are countries like the UK/EU and Japan which have policies considered socialist like, such as, Universal Healthcare.

No true Scotsman, eh? Attempts to get to the rainbow of "true socialism" always fail miserably. But guess what, it'll work next time, when I'M in charge...

Your taxes haven't gone up.

But inflation due to the Dems' "policies" have corroded the values of savings and earnings.

Cards fanToday  10:42 am JST

lol What are you talking about? There aren't socialists or communists in the US. As an American, I'm very well aware of this.

For the record, Bernie Sanders is an American,

Socialism was first coined by Karl Marx and there has never been a country running on Das Capital. No country has succeeded to introduce socialism and the US is far away from it. The GOP brands other socialists when they don't like or disagree with a policy.

The Soviet Union tried but failed. Cuba tried but failed.

Trump subsidized the farmers because of his Chinese trade war. He also passed a $2 trillion bill to help out during the pandemic. George Bush bailed out the banks in the 2008 bank crash. Those would be considered socialist policies.

Most of the European countries and Japan have socialist policies but without being socialist countries.

In many American states, women no longer have equal rights.

Your most obvious examples are the far-left crazies like Bernie and AOC and her squad are the most prominent examples, but the US like any other country is lettered with them.

The amount of disinformation on this topic is absurd and shows how skewed the Overton Window of political discourse is in America.

The right's Socialism/Bolshevism/Stalinism: (To use a few recent examples)

. The Fairness Doctrine in media and keeping corporate interests out of politics (Citizens United)

.Affordable Healthcare

. affordable education that does not leave one with a lifetime of debt

. Having billionaires pay a higher percentage of tax then their secretaries and lowest ranking staff.

I could go on but it is too long and depressing.

Not attending the Miami event was Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, who is running for reelection against Democrat Charlie Crist and is widely considered Trump’s most formidable challenger if he also were to get into the White House race.

Hmmm....so Ron said "no thanks" to attending Trump's rally - do you think it had to do to his new "nickname"?

DeSantis held his own, separate Sunday events. But his counter political programing avoided antagonizing Trump — meaning it didn’t deliver the dueling 2024 appearances that could be in his and Trump’s near future.

MAGA competition - "My rally is bigger and better than your rally"....LOL...

Trump also played nice Sunday, saying that Florida would “reelect Ron DeSantis as your governor.” But he was more confrontational during a Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, referring to Florida’s governor as “Ron DeSanctimonious.”

Trump: "Re-elect Ron DeSantis as you Governor - even though he is sanctimonious, fat, whiny, and a phony"....ROFL...

https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-called-ron-desantis-fat-and-whiny-2022-9

It’s a rivalry that’s been simmering for more than a year as DeSantis has taken increasingly bold steps to boost his national profile and build a deep fundraising network — even as Trump remains unquestionably the party's most popular leader.

Once the Trump multiple indictments come down, DeSantis will make his move...can't wait for the inter-Florida war between Mar-A-Lago and Tallahassee...

Can you speak for all Americans? Your most obvious examples are the far-left crazies like Bernie and AOC and her squad are the most prominent examples, but the US like any other country is lettered with them. There are most socialists than communists to be sure, but denying that they exist is laughable

Yes, I can definitively say there are no communist or socialist politicians in the US. Not even Bernie Sanders is a socialist, give me a break.

Not Democratic or Socialists or Americans? are they even "of"?

How many DSA members in congress?

Gallup historical polling shows that the number of "independent" voters has increased even as the claims of a solidly divided country have increased. [See Gallup article "U.S. Political Party Preferences Shifted Greatly During 2021", the last graph at the end "Party Identification, Annual Averages 1988-2021".]

While the numbers of D or R both float around 30%, undecided/independent is now around 40% - hugely larger than the number of either. And among this group are switch hitters whose votes actually do change elections.

But if the country is really divided, then why would party membership have decreased? I think that there is another possible answer - that the really divided people have occupied either party. Valuable skeptics who naturally question the policies of whatever party they generally vote for, looking for marginal improvement and encouraging lateral thinking, are not really welcome on the whole. There is not much room for debate when every issue is cast as absolute good vs absolute evil.

Declining party membership also means the candidates tend to be more of the "divided" type, and closed primaries ensure only party membership gets to vote on it - exacerbating the trend.

Theoretically, the forces of Democracy should push party members to appeal to and welcome a broader range of voters, listening and compromising as required to build a bigger alliance. But it is not happening.

Socialism was first coined by Karl Marx and there has never been a country running on Das Capital. No country has succeeded to introduce socialism

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/socialist-countries

and the US is far away from it.

Nope

https://www.axios.com/2021/06/25/americas-continued-move-toward-socialism

The GOP brands other socialists when they don't like or disagree with a policy.

They are not robbing Paul to give to Peter, they are not trying to implement a socialist policies that stifled American growth

The Soviet Union tried but failed. Cuba tried but failed.

Yes, and look at those countries, they’re a mess.

Trump subsidized the farmers because of his Chinese trade war. He also passed a $2 trillion bill to help out during the pandemic. George Bush bailed out the banks in the 2008 bank crash. Those would be considered socialist policies. 

Well, there is a difference between having certain policies or downright implementing Socialism, in the form where you are impeding economic growth in the private sector, into fuel Socialism, you need to acquire all the assets in order to compensate for the lack of jobs being created in the private sector, the money would have to come from the affluent residence from corporations or from the wealthy individuals, the GOP has never engaged in that kind of practice.

In many American states, women no longer have equal rights.

They all have rights, but then again for 2 years conservatives didn’t have rights either.

I wasn't happy with the choices on the ballot this year. Only 1 candidate did I actually for "FOR", every other vote was picking the lesser evil of the choices.

Dropping off our ballots was a hassle for little security. A lady walking into the drop off location with me was convinced anyone mailing in their ballot was committing fraud. She was disappointed when the 3 old ladies working in the acceptance room didn't want to see everyone's ID and cross their names off a registration list.

I wanted to see the big steal ballot box outside with a few video cameras on it, watching. That would have been much more convenient and made the effort 20 seconds, not 5 minutes. Sigh.

My state legislature and Governor decided if a poll worker wasn't present, then it wasn't secure enough, so they passed laws to block voting except from 10am - 5pm when someone could be there. The worker slid it into a sealed plastic container as I watched. It had no-tamper tape on all 4 sides, but it just didn't feel as secure as those big heavy steal voting boxes we used in 2020. The steal boxes from 2020 made US postal boxes look like cardboard in comparison. Here's direct image link https://my.lwv.org/sites/default/files/leagues/marietta-cobb-county/dropboxs.jpg to show the thick steal boxes. The image doesn't show the thick chains and padlocks holding it in place. The box didn't move at all. They were heavy and solid and available 24/7 during early voting ... back in 2020. This year, the ballot process was different, more hassle, for essentially zero extra security.

Leave it to politicians to take something simple and make it overly complex to fit their agenda.

The amount of disinformation on this topic is absurd and shows how skewed the Overton Window of political discourse is in America. 

That goes both ways.

The right's Socialism/Bolshevism/Stalinism: (To use a few recent examples)

No, they’re spot on, especially conservatives who have immigrated to the US from Socialist countries.

. The Fairness Doctrine in media and keeping corporate interests out of politics (Citizens United)

Which would benefit liberals and that should never be, both sides should have equal say in the media.

.Affordable Healthcare

As long as it’s not a hostile takeover of the private healthcare industry, and affordable doesn’t necessarily translate to quality care.

. affordable education that does not leave one with a lifetime of debt

Then you would need to get radical liberals out of the educations system and make sure the banks can’t take advantage of any needy student when they borrow money

. Having billionaires pay a higher percentage of tax then their secretaries and lowest ranking staff. 

We already do, more than our fair share.

I could go on but it is too long and depressing.

Well, both of us could….

Blacklabel

And the Communist Party USA.

How many DSA members in congress?

more than "zero", which was the claim wasnt it?

--Having billionaires pay a higher percentage of tax then their secretaries and lowest ranking staff. 

We already do, more than our fair share.

Billionaire CEO bass, former WaPo journalist and combat correspondent, who lives on a ranch in Fukuoka, Texas.

Almost everything you post reeks of untruths and bad-faith arguments.

bass4funk

   Socialism was first coined by Karl Marx and there has never been a country running on Das Capital. No country has succeeded to introduce socialism

> https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/socialist-countries

Really your link is not actually very accurate. Portugal and India are not socialist countries where the workers control the means of production. They are both capitalist countries with some socialist-style policies. China is more Maoist than socialist.

   and the US is far away from it.

Nope

The socialist police in the US mostly come from the GOP.

> https://www.axios.com/2021/06/25/americas-continued-move-toward-socialism

The American Dream is no longer happening for many people, especially the young. So they question the system. Good on them.

   The GOP brands other socialists when they don't like or disagree with a policy.

> They are not robbing Paul to give to Peter, they are not trying to implement a socialist policies that stifled American growth

Like Trump did. Robbed the poor to pay the rich.

   The Soviet Union tried but failed. Cuba tried but failed.

> Yes, and look at those countries, they’re a mess.

The Soviet Union no longer exists but Putin is trying to bring it back. In Cuba, there is no more Castro's in power and it will now change.

   Trump subsidized the farmers because of his Chinese trade war. He also passed a $2 trillion bill to help out during the pandemic. George Bush bailed out the banks in the 2008 bank crash. Those would be considered socialist policies.

Well, there is a difference between having certain policies or downright implementing Socialism, in the form where you are impeding economic growth in the private sector, into fuel Socialism, you need to acquire all the assets in order to compensate for the lack of jobs being created in the private sector, the money would have to come from the affluent residence from corporations or from the wealthy individuals, the GOP has never engaged in that kind of practice.

So when the democrats do it you call it socialism. When the GOP does the same you call it something else. George Bush gave out the biggest government handout ever.

   In many American states, women no longer have equal rights.

> They all have rights, but then again for 2 years conservatives didn’t have rights either.

Many women no longer have rights over their bodies.

    Having billionaires pay a higher percentage of tax then their secretaries and lowest ranking staff.

> We already do, more than our fair share.

You are not a billionaire, not even close. Not even a Japanese one.

Many women no longer have rights over their bodies.

How so? Are abortions banned in America in all 50 states with laws passed that have criminal penalties?

was abortion ever a “right”? If so why is Biden still trying to “codify” it with specific legislation?

Fetterman is filing lawsuits already so I guess any PA results showing him losing wont be accepted by him or Dems.

Election deniers are a huge problem arent they? Well were. Now it will be fine to do it cause a Dem is.

Every year the gap between the poorest and the largest increases dramatically. While the working poor struggled during the pandemic the richest grew greater profits some even receiving government aid packages. The American Dream is for all, not the few.

Blacklabel

   Many women no longer have rights over their bodies.

> How so? Are abortions banned in America in all 50 states with laws passed that have criminal penalties?

> was abortion ever a “right”? If so why is Biden still trying to “codify” it with specific legislation?

All American women are no longer equal to each other, and no longer equal to men.

The right to decide what happens to our bodies is a right. You refused the covid vaccines citing "your body, your choice!"

I do not support terminations or oppose them. I suppose a woman's right to choose.

People protest about the takeover of the private healthcare system but whose family uses a socialist universal healthcare system of another country? Hypocrite.

Really your link is not actually very accurate.

Actually, it’s very, very accurate.

Portugal and India are not socialist countries where the workers control the means of production. They are both capitalist countries with some socialist-style policies. China is more Maoist than socialist.

It pretty much equates to almost the same thing in so many ways, but again, none of them as oppressive as China, North Korea or Cuba, and Venezuela.

The American Dream is no longer happening for many people,

That’s based on these radical socialist policies that have replaced the American dream overall.

especially the young. So they question the system. Good on them.

The more that they learned of Socialism is acceptable that rolling Paul to give to peters OK, don’t always be at the bottom, Socialism is always good until you run out of other peoples money.

Like Trump did. Robbed the poor to pay the rich.

No, he gave the job creators free reign to give massive incentives to small business owners and for employers to give to the employees. Again, if the Democrat socialist policies worked, Republicans wouldn’t be winning right now in these midterms.

The Soviet Union no longer exists but Putin is trying to bring it back. In Cuba, there is no more Castro's in power and it will now change.

When?

So when the democrats do it you call it socialism. When the GOP does the same you call it something else. George Bush gave out the biggest government handout ever.

No, There’s a difference between a government handout and washing the country with blank Keydet social entitlements, that’s something that the Republicans have never done on the level the way the Dems have done it and still do it

Many women no longer have rights over their bodies.

They do, no one is being chained, no one is being held in a dungeon or basement, they can do as they want, I pray to God Democrats continue to run on that issue, they’re going to lose all day.