Nice... communicates how broad his support is as the centrist candidate... and that he will be the President of the United States and all Americans (contrasting trump, who is the president of republicans and of red states).
Absolutely. I still remember watching the Republican nominee debates and after each one I came away thinking Kasich was the only one who sounded like a President. The rest of them we’re just whiny fools who wanted to make the others look bad.
I mean yes, that's the overarching theme when I talk to Trump supporters. They are VERY VERY worked up about liberalism as defined by FoxNews and right wing Facebook, and ive straight up asked them "Are you okay giving Trump autocratic powers because liberals are that bad." and they are pretty open now that they think liberals are bad enough to warrant giving Trump dictatorial power. I think that is issue #1, but white racial grievance is just interwoven into everything politically from a messaging and a propaganda standpoint, but the people who cultivate this electorate know that the base that watches Fox does NOT want to be called, or think of themselves as racists. But they 100% have white racial grievances. So yeah... racist... no its not as important to them as the fear of scary liberals, but its a big part of the propaganda network's strategy. This is why Biden is such a strong candidate.... its so hard to define Biden as "Antifa Leader Biden!!"
It's a good move. Kasich has been the one consistent voice since 2015 opposing Trump in the GOP. It would surprise me to see Biden consider him for a position in his Admin.. Also I'm guessing Biden and him are friends going back to Kasich's days in the Senate. If I was the Biden campaign I would be reaching out to other Republicans or former Republicans. I would be looking to people like Jeff Flake, Colin Powell and Bill Weld. One person I'm very interested in is Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. He's a Republican but since COVID-19 he's been very much at odds to Trump and has become a regular on MSNBC. He's someone that I could see leaving the party and playing a role in helping to defeat Trump.
He was one of those guys that represented my criteria of "the most qualified individual for the job".
I've had Trump supporters tell me that Democrats are evil with no trace of exaggeration. These people believe that they are facing an existential threat from a hoard Liberalism and Trump is essentially Aragorn. And yes, the term "Men of the West" fits with their worldview.
Following up on my early post. Just wondering if John McCain had lived would he have joined or helped the Biden campaign? I think it would be very likely if he had lived he would've been the second GOP vote for removal from office. Consider he was already hated by Trump and his supporters that might've been enough to drive him out of the party. McCain probably wouldn't become a Democrat but an independent. Given his deep friendship with Biden and mutual loathing of Trump I could see him speaking at the DNC and supporting Biden.
Is Romney defecting as well? I know he has stood up for being a true Republican and not the garbage that Trump has created.
I haven't heard of Romney defecting. While Trump and his supporters hate him I don't get the feeling it's as visceral as the hatred they had for McCain. McCain's personality was also much sharper than Romney. I get the feeling Romney is fine being a Republican because he doesn't fit with the Democrats and isn't really bothered by the criticism.
At church (Catholic) yesterday, the Priest was tying his research into Hitler into his sermon. He talked about the various names of white supremeists - KKK, Neo Nazi, skinheads - and a woman behind us muttered "democrats".
she should’ve said racist, brainwashed, or unbelievably stupid...most Trump supporters fit into at least 1 of those categories...many fit into all 3
If you can’t agree that all Trump voters are racist, can you agree that they’re complicit in his racism and have decided they’re essentially okay with it?
I don’t think they were aiming to embarrass him. If they had been they could have gone so much harder on him. And after Mary Trump scored record ratings on Maddow it may be a while before we hear him talking about ratings again. Then again, he’s shameless so who knows.
