The Soapbox

hoolstoptheheels

Joined: 01/04/2001 Posts: 27042
Likes: 34319


There was a lot going on in 2016. Some of the complacency came from


a conviction that the election was in the bag for the dems, combined with deep ambivalence towards Hill. Ambivalence should be less of a concern this time around, and Trump's last several days could be indicative of an all out charm offensive targeting his insular base, no matter how it looks to everyone else. That's worked for him so far, but that's no guarantee it always will.

If the AOC squad were smart, they would realize that they are doing battle with the wrong enemy. AOC shamelessly played the race card against Pelosi. Trump should be a unifying force to prevent that going forward. Either she and her squadmates are really just self absorbed young people who mostly want to scream self-righteously form the minority (there are many people like that IMO), or they really want to achieve change, beginning with the defeat of populist nationalism in the US.

They need alliances to do that. They need to take heed of what Biden was really talking about a few weeks ago and work with people in their own party with whom they disagree, but are truly responsible for the win in 2018, or they need to acknowledge that they are really just a bunch of blowhards in love with their own voices.

(In response to this post by Seattle .Hoo)

Posted: 07/15/2019 at 09:27AM



+0

Insert a Link

Enter the title of the link here:


Enter the full web address of the link here -- include the "http://" part:


Current Thread:
 
  
Poll: Trump trails Biden, Sanders, Warren, and Harris -- wahoo138 07/15/2019 08:13AM
  What a difference a day makes. :-) ** -- Hoodafan 07/15/2019 12:27PM
  Lot of time for them to f%#@ it up. ** -- Maupin233 07/15/2019 11:24AM
  I don’t regret my vote for Trump and would vote for a dem -- Cold Hoober Hoo 07/15/2019 2:04PM
  I’m really not. It’s Bernie Sanders. -- CharlestonSC 07/15/2019 1:38PM
  I'll vote for the Bern if that's who I get. -- hoolstoptheheels 07/15/2019 1:49PM
  So criticizing one side for telling themselves -- wahoo138 07/15/2019 09:31AM
  I agree with you and very much relate to your post. -- BFKDHokies 07/15/2019 09:16AM
  Who paid for the poll? ** -- Style Lady 07/15/2019 08:31AM
  I already said it was Fake News pal -- wahoo138 07/15/2019 08:36AM
  No, they don't matter very much. -- Chuck Taylor 07/15/2019 08:32AM
  What do you mean by "matter" -- wahoo138 07/15/2019 08:26AM
  Anybody who thought polls were Crystal balls -- wahoo138 07/15/2019 09:09AM
  He trails Hillary too. ** -- Hokieesith 07/15/2019 08:17AM

Notice: Trying to get property 'queue' of non-object in /data/www/sportswar.com/wp-includes/script-loader.php on line 2781

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /data/www/sportswar.com/wp-includes/script-loader.php on line 2781
vm307