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© Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Buttigieg says Oval Office needs wartime veteran
By THOMAS BEAUMONT ANKENY, Iowa©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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bass4funk
But it’s now on steroids since Trump took office, I’ll say this cutting the corporate tax rate was the best thing for the economy. All of these idiot socialists want to roll back all of that, one of the main reason Wall st., business investors domestic and international doesn’t want any of these guys in office. Hope you had a fantastic Christmas, I know I did.
Of course I worry about the debt, but I know it would ballon 10 times under these candidates looking at their economic proposals.
Of course.
nishikat
It doesn't matter because the WhiteEvangelical2ANRA people prefer Trump. They wouldn't care if he was a groper. If Trump remains in power the US will be poor in the longer term. Proof: They have Trump type politicians in states like Mississippi, Kentucky, and Alabama and they are dirt poor (compared to smart places like Connecticut).
Chip Star
Nope. One has either served their country or one hasn’t. You have not.
Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar and received educational deferments. Donny faked a medical condition using his rich-kid connections. Huge difference.
nishikat
What if there is a recession? Remember Clinton had a good economy but Nixon didn't and look at the outcomes. If there is a crash in 2020 then watch out for Trump. There better not be a recession!!!
Which has resulted in what? Stock buybacks which can lead to further bubbles. None of that extra cash has had any real benefit to the workers. It's just pushing up stock prices further. What happened in 2008? Any memories about that?
Is life for Americans really better? Health insurance costs are going up in 2020. Those corporate tax cuts are resulting in stock buybacks. Anyway, better stay in Japan where health insurance costs are affordable.
Jimizo
So your 4:15 post should be disregarded. I thought so given that you yourself have contradicted what you posted in the past.
The economy was rising when Trump took office. Obama had to turn the economy around after Bush 2, who you and your still unnamed non-partisan historians regard as a success, saw it fly off the cliff.
As a fiscal conservative, are you happy that Buttigieg has mentioned the debt and Trump’s out of control spending? I know you think he can’t win, but isn’t it a good thing that he at least raised the topic?
bass4funk
I meant, lower the capitol gains tax and give incentives, sorry for the typo.
I did in other ways and yes, I supported him and even Clinton, both dodged the Draft, so what? Won’t stop me from voting on the person I feel can do a better job for my country. Please save the finger pointing, doesn’t work on me, really. But yeah, the good mayor, maybe he needs to try and work harder to convince his black constituents he is worthy of their vote. Good luck to the mayor.
bass4funk
Not everything, but primary, it is, that’s why Pete won’t win. It happen.
Yes and thankfully Trump was able to turn the economy around to cut the corporate tax rate to Laura capital gains into 45 and strengthen the private sector and to give tax incentives.
Chip Star
*It
Chip Star
Ot makes sense that someone who has never served their country prefers a draft dodger over a combat veteran.
Jimizo
You blew this argument out of the water. You and your still unnamed non-partisan historians regard the Bush 2 presidency as successful despite the economy flying off the cliff on his watch. It is clear that the economy isn’t the only metric by which people judge politicians. Similarly, you said Obama was a disaster on the economy but he still thrashed Romney in 2012.
bass4funk
I doubt it.
According to most Blacks, he doesn’t possess any of these attributes.
He has the economy, that's eeeeeeeverthing...
Jimizo
More than 8 out of 10 black people think Trump is a racist according to a recent poll.
I doubt they’d say the same thing about Buttigieg. Perhaps he can get down to Trump’s level by retweeting videos from racist organizations.
bass4funk
Thank God, he’ll never be President, he can keep the class and....
plasticmonkey
This has nothing to do with identity. It's about experience, character, and judgment.
Trump has none of those things.
plasticmonkey
Trump got 8% of the black vote in 2016. I'm sure Buttigieg can do a lot better than that.
Jimizo
Buttigieg had a great line on Trump’s lavatorial trash attacks on Twitter - It is the nature of grotesque things that we can’t look away.
Classy guy.
bass4funk
The earth could also be destroyed by flying astroid, anything is possible, I don’t rule that out either.
A man that most Blacks wouldn’t vote for, so stick a fork in him now. So he’s another write off.
Hope he’s adult enough to accept that serious reality.
plasticmonkey
I don't rule out Buttigieg getting the nomination. And I don't rule out him beating Trump in the general. Anything is possible.
In any case, Buttigieg is a truly respectable person. Not the type who lies, cheats, defrauds, demeans, and complains. Not like some.
A real adult.
bass4funk
I will tell who might be, Sanders or Biden, but they won’t win. Ask Van Jones, Moore.
It really doesn’t.
Serrano
Pete Buttigieg said Saturday the Oval Office requires a wartime veteran, a niche he occupies exclusively in his party's race for the 2020 nomination.
Yo, AP - Tulsi Gabbard? Served in Iraq as Americans were dying there. And still serves in the National Guard.
Buttigieg often sites his seven months deployed to Afghanistan
He sites it, does he?
So, you have to be a wartime veteran to be president, eh? Well, that would exclude a whole bunch of presidents including Obama and Clinton.
Jimizo
So, you tell us who won’t be the nominee, but when asked who will be the nominee you say it doesn’t matter.
lostrune2
At least he served; 9/10ths of the population wouldn't even do that
bass4funk
Just telling the truth, no need to get excited.
Doesn’t matter actually, neither of these clowns can beat Trump, especially now.
ulysses
I agree, liberals will mentally torture the nutters for at least the next four years.
Jimizo
You have a habit of speculating about who won’t be the next president or nominee ( understandable after you dismissed Trump as the leader of a lunatic fringe and said Hillary would win ).
So, who do you think will be the Democratic nominee?
bass4funk
Prepare for 4 more years of liberal mental torture.
ulysses
i agree, the headache is in the office.
Blacklabel
Yes Tulsi Gabbard being elected would be fine. Thanks for the idea Mayor Pete.
bass4funk
Yeah, well the good mayor won’t become the next President, so that leaves us with one less headache.
Black Sabbath
Yawn.
ulysses
Well, Donny had six bankruptcies!! Imagine how much he suffered.
Oh I forget, he didn’t, the banks, vendors did....