Marcus Aurelius

"supporters" or associates ?

NOTE - this is the poll that jj posted about...

* "Trump’s holds a firm grip on only 24% of GOP primary voters"

... Note: Marcus Aurelius has posted multiple times that the Always Trumpers only make up about 19 to 33% of the Trump supporters. This backs that up.


* "50% of voters support an impeachment probe into President Biden’s alleged illegal influence peddling, including over a quarter of Democrats and just under half of Independents. Over a third of voters strongly support the probe".

... Note: Marcus Aurelius has posted multiple times that Biden will not be the nominee. This kind of supports that. So, the overenthusiasm of some of the Always Trumpers on the national Trump vs Biden polls is VERY premature.


* "56% of voters support a federal abortion limit of 15 weeks (23% oppose; 21% unsure), including a plurality of Democrats".

... Note: Marcus Aurelius has posted that, from a national perspective, Nikki Haley has the right GOP position on this issue... one that is winnable in an election, and in DC. Others would be wise to move to a similar "national" position.


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... FYI - it is not in this poll, but Don Trump likes Marcus Aurelius. LINK

Kamala must be very upset.

He will sign it before Sept 27th as his ego won;t allow him to stay off the stage for the 2nd debate.

About the same ... but the difference will be that Trump won;t hide for long as his ego will not be able to take what he hears on TV next week and he'll be around for the 2nd one in Sept. It is going to be ugly for Trump.

As I posted yesterday, incumbents run on a few issues and do not want to talk about other issues. If you don't believe it, go to a townhall and ask them a tough question on another topic... I'll suggest one (and I have a LOT) ... "do you think federal law should require two party consent before a Big Tech company reads the personal email of one of their customers?" They won't even know what you are taking about.

By sticking to those four or five talking point issues (that many on here fall for), they have an open door to add stuff to unrelated bills and most constituents never even know the stuff got passed.

In that same post yesterday, I posted that the two party system needs to be busted up. This would make those behind the scenes deals harder to happen. Pelosi, for example, would not have been able to just heard the DEM cats, but multiple groups of independent thinking Reps. The two party system needs to die before our country does.





"Their entire purpose is to give the illusion to their base that they are represented.

This is a very important job. They are their to sedate the very people who could potentially pose a threat to the system. These same people instead go about their lives led to believe they are being represented and the Republicans are fighting on their behalf."

One Always Trumper poster recently told me Cygnal was a legit poll. I wonder what he thinks now? LOL

Absolutely ... as long as the Gov gives up one of the Gov Mansion rooms to someone off the street. And shouldn't this be based on income for equity? So, if you make less then $100k you take in 1, up to $450k 2, and over $1 million 5 ... in two rooms of course.

Classic Always Trumper ... what is my ideology?



"ideology"

Most people think their Rep is good regardless if the person is an awful representative and the issues are related to everybody else's reps. It is hard to beat an incumbent. They get the political contributions and then they just run on for or five issues they know get them reelected. They don't want to talk about important issues outside what their political staff has told them to talk about. Term limits would help with this issue.

Our system has lasted about 250 years. The main reason democracy is failing in the US is that unelected bureaucrats (4th branch of Govt that is not mentioned in the Constitution) have too much power and are not accountable to anybody. That has been caused by both of the two major parties. IMO, the best way to end that is bust up the two party system.

The national debt will cause a major collapse in the U.S. in the not too distant future. I can't say exactly what the consequences of that will be. It will not be pretty.

In short it is not just one thing in terms of your question "is democracy failing".