Quote (IceMage @ 7 Jan 2024 05:02)
2016 I'm not sure about Cruz vs Clinton. I maintain the belief that Hillary would've been a pretty good president, even though she has the same hang ups as any Democrat in my eyes as a social conservative. Hillary is smarter and more informed than any president since her husband. It's honestly a disgrace that she lost to such an incompetent no-nothing reality star like Trump. People pretend that's an indictment of her... it's not. It's an indictment of "us" as American voters. We're a country filled with fucking retards. I'll maintain this belief until I die... 2016 was nothing but a toddler-like temper tantrum from grown ass men/women, and nothing else.
Trump received a higher share of the popular vote in 2020 than in 2016. Him beating Hillary while losing to Biden had nothing to do with him or his voters, and everything to do with Hillary being such a god-awful candidate that she couldn't keep her coalition together and lost some 5% of the vote to third party candidates.
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Haley vs Biden I'm taking Haley. DeSantis vs Biden I'm either writing in or taking DeSantis, it would depend on how low DeSantis sinks himself to appeal to the Trump cult. Again, I'm no Democrat, I'm just a right-leaning guy who actually cares about opposing weirdo death cults and maintaining American democracy, unlike you and your fellow PaRD right-wingers. You guys think Trump and Trumpism is a big joke that doesn't really matter but as a Christian I oppose nihilism so I oppose you.
2021 called, it wants its talking points back.
As a side note: I'm not a nihilist, I just prioritize my various values, believes and policy goals differently.
Quote (IceMage @ 7 Jan 2024 05:52)
Practically every economic measure right now under Biden vs. when Trump left has Biden leading. Facts don't care about your cultish feelings.
This is an incredibly disingenuous argument, and you know it. When Trump left office, we were in the middle of a once-in-a-century health crisis which forced the economy into a state of stasis. In fact, Biden, his Democrats and most "public health """experts"""" wanted even harsher and longer-lasting lockdowns. If Trump had listened to them, the state of the economy when he left office in January 2021 would have been even worse. Fact of the matter is that the economy was booming under Trump until a white swan event messed it all up, an event that affected the whole world and that he is neither responsible for nor could have prevented.
It's also a fact that cost of living is way up since January 2021, so that's one huge economic measure which is not better under Biden. Neither is the deficit, on which Biden one-upped even Trump's already atrocious record.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Jan 7 2024 12:52pm