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Goredho

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  1. This is a really good post. Bottom line, democrats need to quit focusing on Trump and Republicans and focus on themselves and voters. All the project 2025 stuff, yeah, its scary. But they are hypothetical problems that have not yet manifested. And you are trying to get people to act on them when they have real, tangible financial problems today. It truly was the economy, stupid. Just like covid economic impacts, inflation wasn't evenly distributed or felt. Living in a rural area, I can attest that prices went up way more in the shitty grocery store in our nearest town (population 1,006) than they did in a Safeway in Denver. There are just more logistics involved in getting goods to the shitty rural grocer in the middle of a food desert, and each hop on the way, an inflationary bump was tacked on to what the consumer ultimately paid. I still make a city salary, I didn't feel that much of a pinch. But people around here who are trying to make a living locally, it has been a time of famine. Dems need to focus on connecting to the voting masses and communicating with them, especially those that are moving away from the party. They need to listen more than they talk. They need to be at least as educable as they want to educate. Then they need to work with those voters to form policies to make their lives better. Not theoretically better according to traditional government statistics and reports. They need different metrics that reflect the pain being felt by different demographics. They need metrics not skewed by being inclusive of people like us who aren't feeling the pain and who will ultimately be fine either way. What was really on the ballot was traditional, mainstream governance vs radical, unknown change, and voters overwhelmingly chose radical, unknown change. Because their lives have continued to get shittier with traditional, mainstream governance. So democrats trying to sell fear of the opponent and hope through re-election didn't resonate as much as Trump just saying, "America has gone to hell." HIs message aligned more with their daily experience. So I think for many, it came down to, "Do I vote for this switcheroo preaching a feel good kumbaya message that doesn't align with the reality I am experiencing? Or do I vote for this asshole who at least accurately describes the reality I am experiencing and who says he'll fix it?" Those are not nazis, misogynists, bigots or racists. Those are people struggling to make ends meet and afford the lifestyle they had pre-pandemic. Maybe Trump gives them all the dildo of consequences, and if he does, they will grow disillusioned with him just as they did both parties in their mainstream form. Then maybe the message of MAGA doom will resonate with them. But I think that's generally a losing proposition. I mean, there is no guarantee that Trump fucks them over, or that they are able to connect the dots to see who is fucking them and why. Dems have lost the trust and faith of the common man, and its going to take a radical change within the party to win that back. The silver lining is actually Trump himself. If he can takeover and reimagine the Republican party in a a populist fashion, then someone can do it to the Democratic party. But it aint going to come about through the usual suspects conducting political business as usual.
  2. Last post of mine here before I take a break and focus energy into more productive pursuits. So I am obviously not happy about how things turned out, but I do see two good things resulting from last night's election. First, that it was a Trump win by a comfortable margin means that we aren't going to have a January 6th repeat unless the left wants to do their best MAGA impersonation. I would be surprised if they do. That means there's some time before anything big happens. Second, there will be no more hypotheticals to be afraid of. The house is still in the air, but Trump's movement is looking set to hold all branches of the federal government. That means they will have very little impediment to getting whatever they want done, done. This means there will be no more illusions. If they start using project 2025 as their governance punch list, it will be apparent and real for a lot of people who ultimately wound up viewing it as a hypothetical vs real danger. Beyond that, there's not much else to say. Change is undoubtedly coming, but maybe it's not as bad as we envisioned. Maybe some of it is good. Either way, I wish everyone peace and safety across the turbulence that will be coming.
  3. Look at Colorado, look at the ballot measure election results. Everything I voted for passed and everything I voted against failed. If you wind up not wanting to raise your daughter in CO, you likely don't want to raise her anywhere in the U.S.
  4. I am not generally a religious or spiritual person, but I choose to believe YGIFS has gone full Obi Wan and is doing his part from beyond the veil.
  5. Is this your Arnold Palmer moment?
  6. Uh, for @Underdog's sake, lets hope that @BearSchlong's username doesn't check out.
  7. Yep, I thought I knew of 9, but it’s going to be more like 6.
  8. Well, you could do that. Or you could go to Chili's early and get a head start on a Chris Farley death bender of chili cheese fries and mexican martinis. Take the gummy with you as a coup de grace should Trump win. I wish I could tell you it will be painless.
  9. Give yourself credit. I wouldn't view the opinions expressed in this thread as indicative of anything except how a bunch of damn lawyers feel about the great American divorce .
  10. What a long, strange trip it’s been.
  11. Hey guys, anyone got any extra hopium lying around? I think I’m building up a tolerance.
  12. I got starlink in and set up at our place in the Colorado Mountains and... its a damn good product. Went from <30mbs and unable to connect to the work vpn to over 200mbs and able to work from home again. I wish Elon wasn't such a fucking asshole.
  13. I would venture to guess that if you could visit Mickey Rourke's mind, you would be in for a lot of good drugs, booze and women.
  14. I hope you both are correct and that I am wrong as fuck or that if such an attempt is in the works, it fails miserably.
  15. He's not going to do that. He'll just say the election is stolen, a few people around the country will take it upon themselves to vote from the rooftops towards their nearest federal building. The federal government will provide the FO to their FA. At that point, it gets very dangerous. I mean, what if, at that point, a couple people that own social media platforms start saying that response by the federal government is the start of "christian/white genocide"? I have a growing fear that the real goal being worked towards by some very influential people is to ensure an infuriating loss to millions. So those angry and terrified voters act out with enough critical mass to serve as a black swan event to wreck Wall Street and the economy/dollar.
  16. Your user name better fucking check out 😜
  17. About when Lara Loomer started transitioning into Lady Gaga.
  18. He's closing in on an epiphany of self awareness. That's not usually a great time for malignant narcissists and the people tied to them.
  19. You know, if that Iowa poll is real, it’s going to be hilarious when all these dipshits realize they lost getting cuckolded at the ballot box.
  20. It’s almost like the goal is discord and violence with the election just being the mechanism to achieve it.
  21. I don't know how you people forced to live in a state without recreational marijuana laws are still functioning. As for me? Sleeping like a baby...
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