8th July 2020, 9:56 PM
Biden is promising a lot as a president, actually -- the most liberal agenda since the New Deal, if it actually becomes law, and with less of the racism that included. That said so far the race definitely is defined by "Trump or Not Trump", but Biden being who he is helps with that tremendously -- someone like Bernie or Warren, who would be so easy to negatively stereotype, would not be in quite as good a position as Biden is. Somehow all negative attacks just slide right off Biden, while that is not true for Trump anymore like it was in 2016. The horrendous disaster that is this year has made it terribly clear to many just how badly we need a President again. It's awful that things had to get this bad for good things to hopefully happen again, but if polling is in any way accurate we will win by a lot in November. I hope it's by even more than that by then, too much for their malfeasance, voter suppression, fake news, Russian interference, etc. to overcome. Trumpism must be crushed thoroughly.
(Yes, I find the assistance of the neocons of the Lincoln Project and Republican Voters Against Trump somewhat disturbing, because they strongly supported so many horrendous things that Reagan and the Bushes did, and continue to mythologize Reagan particularly in their advertising while he was a horrible President who took major steps towards their party ending up in the Trumpist pit it is in now, and killed a whole lot of people in foreign countries with things such as the Central American death squads he supported, but if their "wasn't Reagan great compared to Trump" advertising can turn some Republicans to actually vote against him I'll take it. Their ads are very well made too, I'm glad to have them on our side. And so far, their support has come with absolutely no policy changes from the Democrats -- they are helping because they hate Trump and what he has done to America, with no demands for the Dems they are supporting. I don't really want the neocons in OUR party in the future any more than most any other Democrat, but for now, at least, they are useful and I won't complain about the support. I definitely won't be giving them any money, though, as much as I like some of their ads.)
The hopeful view of the near future of America is that, as a result the searing experience of 2020, the American people might turn against their 50-year-long "Government is the problem" obsession, and turn back towards wanting this nation to have good governance. It can happen and might.
(Yes, I find the assistance of the neocons of the Lincoln Project and Republican Voters Against Trump somewhat disturbing, because they strongly supported so many horrendous things that Reagan and the Bushes did, and continue to mythologize Reagan particularly in their advertising while he was a horrible President who took major steps towards their party ending up in the Trumpist pit it is in now, and killed a whole lot of people in foreign countries with things such as the Central American death squads he supported, but if their "wasn't Reagan great compared to Trump" advertising can turn some Republicans to actually vote against him I'll take it. Their ads are very well made too, I'm glad to have them on our side. And so far, their support has come with absolutely no policy changes from the Democrats -- they are helping because they hate Trump and what he has done to America, with no demands for the Dems they are supporting. I don't really want the neocons in OUR party in the future any more than most any other Democrat, but for now, at least, they are useful and I won't complain about the support. I definitely won't be giving them any money, though, as much as I like some of their ads.)
The hopeful view of the near future of America is that, as a result the searing experience of 2020, the American people might turn against their 50-year-long "Government is the problem" obsession, and turn back towards wanting this nation to have good governance. It can happen and might.