State of the Union Discussion Thread

#477
#477
volinbham said:
Besides Luther, any of our Biden voters want to weigh in with their assessment?
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Sure.

Biden was my least favorite candidate on the primary ticket, and remains so. I liked the “Uncle Joe” of 20 years ago just moderately. He’s a lifetime politician, I tend not to like them inherently.

With that said, his speech wasn’t bad. He’s a meat and potato’s democrat, a true moderate and continues to push moderate issues. I think that’s a good idea right now. The divisions in this country, the political stalemates, require trying to find at least some common ground to try to push forward on progress. It was smart to mention securing the border and to flip the tone on “defund the police.” There was little mentioned that republicans could wholeheartedly disagree with unless they’re playing the partisan/contrarian roll. I liked the “United” tone. I liked the idea of capping insulin costs. I like the idea of international/universal corporate tax rates. Much of the rest were talking points that I don’t have much faith in passing without bipartisan bastardization.

He’s hard to listen to because he’s old and he stammers, but at least he’s fairly relatable as a public speaker.

That’s all I got lol
 
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#484
Reynolds was very effective. The blueprint for the mid terms. It will be a route if we follow the blueprint. The Glenn Youngkin winning message.
 
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#487
volfanhill said:
His policies are as responsible as Biden's for inflation outside of gas. Let's stop with he handled things well. Fauci has a platform only bc of Trump.
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I agree Fauci turned into a problem but who knew. The democrats were able to weaponize Fauci.
 
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#495
when 70 % of the population is vax'd, and 70 % of the infection rate goes down you can do that. Welcome to science.
 
#496
#496
OHvol40 said:
Sure.

Biden was my least favorite candidate on the primary ticket, and remains so. I liked the “Uncle Joe” of 20 years ago just moderately. He’s a lifetime politician, I tend not to like them inherently.

With that said, his speech wasn’t bad. He’s a meat and potato’s democrat, a true moderate and continues to push moderate issues. I think that’s a good idea right now. The divisions in this country, the political stalemates, require trying to find at least some common ground to try to push forward on progress. It was smart to mention securing the border and to flip the tone on “defund the police.” There was little mentioned that republicans could wholeheartedly disagree with unless they’re playing the partisan/contrarian roll. I liked the “United” tone. I liked the idea of capping insulin costs. I like the idea of international/universal corporate tax rates. Much of the rest were talking points that I don’t have much faith in passing without bipartisan bastardization.

He’s hard to listen to because he’s old and he stammers, but at least he’s a fairly relatable as a public speaker.

That’s all I got lol
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What was moderate in the plans he pushed tonight?
 
#498
#498
IluvdoubleD's said:
when 70 % of the population is vax'd, and 70 % of the infection rate goes down you can do that. Welcome to science.
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I think your confusing science with were going to get our @$$ handed to us in November if we don't catch up to what Conservative states have been doing for close to a year.
 
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hog88 said:
What was moderate in the plans he pushed tonight?
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Most of them… but you asked the wrong question. The moderate nature lies in the agendas he didn’t push.

Do you disagree with:
Better mental healthcare
Opioid epidemic battle
Repairing police/community relations
Funding police
Going after pandemic relief fraud
Funding cancer research
Improving infrastructure
Transparency in election funding
Etc?

None of those things are “far left” agendas.

I’m not naive, I have zero faith in our legislature to get anything meaningful done, but that wasn’t the question. The question was about what he said.
 
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