Are you sure Johnson is done?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
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Are you sure Johnson is done?Quote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
To be really effective nationwide, they need Trump in the White House and control of Congress, given they have the Supreme Court as far as can tell. That said, individuals States could go for Project 2025, and in part Texas and Florida have already made moves aligned with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fitzcarraldo
Right now he is making more money than he ever could as an MP or even Prime Minister. He is not part of the election campaign, so far, because he is on his holidays -again, or not in the country, whatever, wherever. If the party does badly, he would be welcomed back because of his communication skills, but still would have to become an MP again, and I am not sure he is up for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fitzcarraldo
They need a Republican in the White House and control of Congress.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
I haven't asked a question - I made a statement of opinion/perspective - check it out again. :cheers:Quote:
Originally Posted by Luke Warm
There is no rule on this forum that says you have to be a little more forthcoming with your opinions, but it might be shall we say, 'interesting' to find out -if you lived in their State/District would you vote for Tim Scott or Byron Donalds? I am assuming you would not vote for them just because they are Black, so either way, how would your vote go?Quote:
Originally Posted by MrFanti
If Democracy is on the ballot in the US elections, in a way that it is not here in the UK, it might be due to Trump's backers taking the view that it is not something the US needs anymore. Elon Musk is no lover of Democracy, preferring to make money doing deals with autocratic regimes in China, and increasingly in India, where, as in Israel, the Govt might be democratically elected but behaves in a dictatorial fashion.
I don't know much about Peter Thiel, but he is a major backer of Convicted Criminal Trump, thus-
"Peter Thiel, the billionaire tech financier, once wrote: “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.”"
He has also has this take on US history-
"“The 1920s were the last decade in American history during which one could be genuinely optimistic about politics. Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women – two constituencies that are notoriously tough for libertarians – have rendered the notion of ‘capitalist democracy’ into an oxymoron.”".
Why is a group of billionaires working to re-elect Trump? | Robert Reich | The Guardian
There is no historical or indeed, political reason why Capitalism must be wedded to Democracy, but it is clear that Democracy, by giving individuals rights, threatens those Capitalist enterprises that are part of the slave economy, thus Democracy in Capitalism for Thiel seems to be equivalent to freedom from Slavery in the Plantation South c1824. That Thiel thinks Democracy's time is up might not be a surprise, but were he to look at economic history, and ask, when were people most prosperous, he would not like the answer, though I guess, like Trump, he is both too stupid to know how to look these things up, and doesn't care anyway.
In the UK the main concern is that the next Govt will not be much different from the one it replaces, whereas in the US, the potential for disagreements on the fundamentals to erode the Union is more potent than it was in 1861.
Here is a talking point for the debates, courtesy of Newton Gingrich, writing in the Telegraph (not hidden behind a paywall so far)
Abolish the FBI!
"The first instinct will be to get revenge, given the vicious dishonesty at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency – and the abuse of prosecutorial power by the Justice Department and prosecutors in Georgia and New York.However, if Republicans start using lawfare and abusing the courts to punish Democrats, the destructive, dangerous cycle would only continue – and America would be in peril"...
"The next Trump Presidency should reassert the Bill of Rights protections for all Americans. It should investigate violations of the rule of law and conspiracies to use the law as a form of warfare.
It should make public all the documents and communications that show the level of conspiracy from 2015 to today to destroy Mr. Trump as a candidate and later as President. "...
"The next Trump Presidency should explore dramatically reforming – and possibly even dismantling – the FBI. It should establish new standards of transparency and accountability throughout the Department of Justice.
The goal should be to strengthen the rule of the law and reinforce the inviolability of the Constitution – not to use the law against political opponents.
America’s survival depends on this effort. It should be a key principle of the next Trump Presidency."
The legal assaults against Trump must end (telegraph.co.uk)
The exact opposite of a Trump presidency.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
Trump doesn't seem to have got the memoQuote:
Originally Posted by Stavros
Trump again suggests he would try to prosecute his political opponents if reelected
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/05/p...nts/index.html