2020 Presidential Race

In all honesty, when it comes to ads, the best I've seen this cycle are from The Lincoln Project, which the Biden Campaign has nothing to do with. It is remarkable how little Biden has had to do, to this point... and he is not even going to attend his own convention. This is an unprecedented "flying under the radar and letting my opponent beat himself" strategy - and it is working.

Seems to be. Still a long way to go. The problem the left has is appealing to moderates without alienating the Nader --> Sanders wing of the party into voting 3rd party or staying home.

Clinton solved it by winning more moderates and with lip-biting faux sincerity, and Perot complicated things.

Obama solved it by being a blank canvas of platitudes which people painted their own ideology onto.

Lincoln Project kind of solves that equation for Biden.
 
The best answer to this question is in the simplest terms. There would be a return to normalcy. A Biden Administration won't be so chaotic. He won't make every issue about himself. He won't whine about his alleged mistreatment as much and tweet something stupid 12 times a day (literally!). It will be quieter.
And he won't be a racist, sexist, misogynistic, xenophobe.
 
If elected the "but but but Trump" is over then you all will have to spend every waking hour defending an incompetent senile lunatic. Actually it would kinda be fun to watch
Y'all have certainly been doing it for the last 4 years, so you speak from experience in that regard.
 
It's a long list. In the interest of not getting Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, I will limit this to only 8:

1) Trump and his aides softened the GOP platform on Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in the Ukraine. Ahead of the 2016 Republican National Convention, Trump campaign aides blocked language from the party platform that called for the US government to send lethal weapons to Ukraine for its war against Russian proxies. While the Trump Administration ultimately did supply arms and anti-tank weapons to the Ukraine, this was a hollow gesture, because the Ukrainians can't use the Javelin missiles in the conflict against pro-Russian separatists based on the terms of the sale. A top staffer in the US embassy in Ukraine testified last November that the Javelins aren't "actively employed in combat operations right now."

2) Trump has repeatedly lobbied for Russia to be readmitted to the G 7, even after he learned of the intelligence reports of Russian bounties being paid to the Taliban to kill American soldiers.

3) Trump proposed a cyber unit with Russia. After the July 2017 meeting of G 20 leaders, Trump said he had spoken with Putin about "forming an impenetrable Cyber Security unit" to combat "election hacking." Trump quickly backtracked after Congressional leaders from both parties said it would be ridiculous to work with Russia on cybersecurity because Russia was responsible for egregious hacks against American targets, including during the 2016 Presidential election.

4) During the Helsinki Summit in July of 2018, President Trump memorably sided with Vladimir Putin's denial of Russian involvement in the hacking of the DNC, against the conclusion of his own appointed Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats. Trump later claimed that he had misspoken... but since Trump has once again sided with Putin's denial following the Helsinki Summit, that appears to have been another Trump lie.

5) Trump eased sanctions on Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, along with the three companies linked to him. The US Treasury Department sanctioned Deripaska in 2016 over his support for Russian interference in the 2016 election. In a bipartisan rebuke of the removal of these sanctions, 11 Senate Republicans supported a Democratic resolution calling for these sanctions to remain. Trump was undeterred, and still removed the sanctions, anyway.

6) Trump's withdrawal from Syria gave Vladimir Putin a key boost. Trump announced in October of 2019 that US troops were withdrawing from northern Syria. This abrupt move cleared the way for Turkey to conquer territories previously controlled by the US and allied Kurdish militias. It also gave Russia a golden opportunity to expand its influence and swiftly take over abandoned US outposts and checkpoints. This has been crucial for Putin's agenda in the region.

7) Trump repeated Kremlin talking points on ISIS. After announcing the Syrian withdrawal, Trump repeated the Kremlin talking point that, "Russia hates ISIS as much as the United States does," and that they are equal partners in the fight. However, Trump's comments don't reflect the reality on the ground. Since intervening in Syria in 2015, the Russian military has focused its airstrikes on anti-government rebels, not ISIS.

8) Trump just ordered US troops out of Germany. The plan to remove about one-third of the force drew serious concerns from the Pentagon because it could compromise Europe-based defenses against Russia. In a letter to Trump, nearly two dozen Republican lawmakers said his decision would "strengthen the position of Russia to our detriment." However, that seems to be Donald Trump's across-the-board, foreign policy objective. "Make Russia Great Again!"
Boom! This will blow the reds minds on here as you just gave actual specifics.
 
The best answer to this question is in the simplest terms. There would be a return to normalcy. A Biden Administration won't be so chaotic. He won't make every issue about himself. He won't whine about his alleged mistreatment as much and tweet something stupid 12 times a day (literally!). It will be quieter.

If at any point the GOP gets control of the House, all bets of it being less chaotic are off. It would not surprise me in the least to see Republicans return the favor and initiate pointless impeachment proceedings. And the left will scream and howl as the GOP does exactly what Democrats have done with Trump. I really don't want to see that happen, but that's politics in today's world. That's what people support. The whole damn thing is broken.
 
Yup, Biden certainly wasn't my first choice, but it's who we got and it's still light years better than The Don.
I disagree. I don't see either one as better than the other. I see them both as just more bad choices. This idea that Biden won't do any harm is ridiculous. Trump being gone will not end the bitter war between the parties, and ultimately, that is worse than Trump. The two party system has done far more damage to our country than Donald Trump will ever do. Most people don't want to admit that, don't want to see it, but nothing has driven a wedge in our country like the two parties have. Not Trump, not Obama, nothing. But the faithful sheep on both sides don't want to see the truth. They just want "their guy" in the Oval Office.
 
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Per a story several media outlets are running with, including The Washington Post, members of the Trump Campaign have been working feverishly to get singer/entertainer Kanye West on the ballot in battleground states such as Wisconsin and Florida. This is presumably because they are hoping (quite transparently) that Kanye West would pull a few black votes away from the Biden ticket. This is hands down the most desperate ploy and ridiculously pathetic campaign stunt that I've ever seen... and the Trump Campaign isn't even being coy about doing it, or even about why they are doing it. It's almost as if they want people to laugh at them.

So, no... Kanye didn't come up with this gimmick on his own. He is making a fool of himself, but it looks as if he has been talked into it by his new buddy, Donald Trump. What a farce. This should do wonders for Kanye's reputation and career. LOL!
 
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I disagree. I don't see either one as better than the other. I see them both as just more bad choices. This idea that Biden won't do any harm is ridiculous. Trump being gone will not end the bitter war between the parties, and ultimately, that is worse than Trump. The two party system has done far more damage to our country than Donald Trump will ever do. Most people don't want to admit that, don't want to see it, but nothing has driven a wedge in our country like the two parties have. Not Trump, not Obama, nothing. But the faithful sheep on both sides don't want to see the truth. They just want "their guy" in the Oval Office.
This is absurd. Every bit of it. The United States political system has historically been comprised of two dominant parties. The "two-party system" is who we have always been. That system hasn't done damage... the elected officials emerging from both of those parties have. As much as anyone in recent American political history, Donald Trump has done this damage. Trump has been self-enriching, unethical, corrupt, divisive, scapegoating, and polarizing. As President, Donald Trump has politicized every subject matter and issue at hand, including some materially non-political issues, while always making whatever he thinks is best for himself, personally, at the heart of that subject matter or issue. Trump has done his best to remove the essential function of government oversight from the executive branch . There is never any accountability for mistakes made. Responsibility is only ever taken for perceived successes... whether deserved or not. The buck never stops with Trump. It is always passed - and far downward. Trump is shameless in his lack of regard for norms. His supporters ignorantly confuse brazen arrogance for strength and leadership. Trump is the epitome of fecklessness.

The majority of your posts to this forum seek to normalize Donald Trump's unprofessional conduct, and his egotistical, corrupt, dishonest, and self-dealing nature by claiming that the other side is always just as bad. They're not. Nobody is. When it comes to immaturity, recklessness, self-enrichment, egotism, immorality, willful ignorance and incompetence, Trump is in a class by himself.
 
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This is absurd. Every bit of it. The United States political system has historically been composed of two dominant parties. The "two-party system" is who we have always been. That system hasn't done damage... the elected officials emerging from both of those parties have. As much as anyone in recent American political history, Donald Trump has been self-absorbed, corrupt, divisive and polarizing. As President, Donald Trump has politicized every subject matter and issue at hand, including some materially non-political issues, while always making whatever he thinks is best for himself, personally, at the heart of that subject matter or issue.

The majority of your posts here seek to normalize Donald Trump's unprofessional conduct, and his egotistical, corrupt, dishonest, and self-dealing nature by claiming that the other side is always just as bad. They're not. Nobody is. Trump is in a class by himself.
Do yourself a favor and read George Washington's Farewell Address to the Nation. Read how he predicted the two party system would split this country apart. All this BS you and luther spout about "normalizing Trump", Trump is not as much an anomaly as you guys claim. You choose to be blind. Donald Trump is a liar. He is egotistical, he's self-serving, he's immoral, he's a horrible person. But he's far from the first President to be that way. That idea is a fantasy that ignores the shortcomings of a lot of other Presidents. But none of that compares to the damage that has been done to this country by the two parties fighting tooth and nail for power. If you are unable to see how they have split the citizenry, how their actions are meant to divide, you are ignorant. And I think you choose to be that way. It's easier to ignore the hard truths than it is to face them and acknowledge them.
 
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