Biden State Dept. spokeswoman called police 'largest threat to US national security': Report

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-state-dept-spokesperson-police-threat-national-security

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It kind of makes sense because they are leaving 5k of troops in the Capitol for the time being due to some unrealistic threat

[TBoneTX 45,273]

Gonna be a whole lot of buyers' remorse among Biden voters very soon, if not already...

[Dashinka 24,492]

I remember a lot of folks talking about someone else not surrounding themselves with good people.

[TBoneTX 45,273]

And, an Asterisk is known by the company he keeps...

[Steeleballz 7,550]

On 2/2/2021 at 5:17 AM, Dashinka said:

I remember a lot of folks talking about someone else not surrounding themselves with good people.

 

   Often been a focus because that certain unnamed individual made a huge campaign issue of draining the swamp and bringing in good people, neither of which ever happened. 

[Steeleballz 7,550]

On 2/2/2021 at 12:08 AM, TBoneTX said:

Gonna be a whole lot of buyers' remorse among Biden voters very soon, if not already...

 

   I don't think so. I'd hoped for a better candidate than Biden, but there will be no buyers remorse over the choice between Biden and Trump. Not on the left anyway. 

 

  If that's the current hope and prayer being pushed by the GOP, it would seem to be one more contrived excuse made up so they can avoid fixing their own problems. There is no other answer than to do that, and procrastination won't make it any easier. 

[Dashinka 24,492]

7 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   I don't think so. I'd hoped for a better candidate than Biden, but there will be no buyers remorse over the choice between Biden and Trump. Not on the left anyway. 

 

  If that's the current hope and prayer being pushed by the GOP, it would seem to be one more contrived excuse made up so they can avoid fixing their own problems. There is no other answer than to do that, and procrastination won't make it any easier. 

The GOP will not fix their own problems just as the Democrats (and yes, the Dems also have major problems), but unfortunately the Dems are in power and able to grow the swamp, and of course they had the best candidate for that purpose.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

24 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

The GOP will not fix their own problems just as the Democrats (and yes, the Dems also have major problems), but unfortunately the Dems are in power and able to grow the swamp, and of course they had the best candidate for that purpose.

 

   Then it doesn't look all that good. Like I said, they have a decent shot at taking the house in 2022. They will lose senate seats in 2022, but they can gain seats in the senate in 2024. None of that matters if they cant make the move away from Trumpism.

 

  I disagree though, I actually think they do realize what they need to change, and I think they will take steps towards that. The writing is on the wall. They won in 2016. It's hard to change yourself when you win, because everything seems to be working even if it wasn't. It is easier to look in the mirror after a loss and realize what needs to change.

 

   Both parties want power above all else. We went through a period where it seemed like extremism was the easiest way to do that and polarization was apparent everywhere. I think we have seen that you can't appeal to enough people that way, you can't get anything done, and you can only tolerate a certain amount of crazy before you realize that crazy people don't represent you, even if they share some of your ideals. I think we have reached the point where people want to go back towards normal. If acting normal becomes the means to the end, both parties can do it.

 

 

Edited February 3, 2021 by Steeleballz

[Dashinka 24,492]

6 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   Then it doesn't look all that good. Like I said, they have a decent shot at taking the house in 2022. They will lose senate seats in 2022, but they can gain seats in the senate in 2024. None of that matters if they cant make the move away from Trumpism.

 

  I disagree though, I actually think they do realize what they need to change, and I think they will take steps towards that. The writing is on the wall. They won in 2016. It's hard to change yourself when you win, because everything seems to be working even if it wasn't. It is easier to look in the mirror after a loss and realize what needs to change.

 

   Both parties want power above all else. We went through a period where it seemed like extremism was the easiest way to do that and polarization was apparent everywhere. I think we have seen that you can't appeal to enough people that way, you can't get anything done, and you can only tolerate a certain amount of crazy before you realize that crazy people don't represent you, even if they share some of your ideals. I think we have reached the point where people want to go back towards normal. If acting normal becomes the means to the end, both parties can do it.

 

 

If the GOP returns to their neocon roots, then they will lose a lot of populist support that Trump brought into the Party.  I really don't think they will re-take the House in 2022, but that will depend on how bad the Dems do over the next 1+ year.  If the Dems do pass through their GND costing millions of jobs, it may be different, but I don't think they will do that.  In the end, we shall see, but I don't really see a lot of Dems crossing over to vote GOP just to keep a balance.