-if the economic benefits of outsourcing had been shared with the people who'd lost their jobs, america would have avoided this downfall

I doubt it. Consumers don't care when they're buying stuff.

They care when their jobs are impacted but they don't really make the connection.

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for president?

what about county commissioner? or district court judge?

and what about primaries?

IOW, there are plenty of elections where voting for a republican is in your best interests.

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yes

There is no significance to the fact he wouldn't vote for Trump again.

There is significance to the fact he's still going to vote for the republican the next time.

Expressing guilt over Trump is not much consolation for anybody....and it has no significance either.

-I'm shocked he's gone undrafted this long.

I think this was hyped on purpose by the media so they could have a story. The draft was going to too boring otherwise.

There were no unknowns about Sanders....all the issues and problems.....everyone knew them. All the NFL teams.

Who in the media was fooled? By whom?

I think everyone knew this is where Sanders would land in the draft but they made it a story.

-I mean like make mifepristone illegal, or suing a doctor in, say, Kansas for performing a legal abortion on a raped 9-yr old from Texas.

couldn't agree more

-I certainly don't see any Republicans championing parenting, outside of tax cuts they can put on the 1040, to claim "less people are paying taxes".

Because nobody wants to acknowledge that position.

-Yes, as long as they don't make that decision for others.

you mean vote to restrict abortion access?

You understand the problem here....there is no place for such a person I describe.

The right doesn't want them because they make them look like hypocrites for saying they care about babies before they're born but then don't give 2 -----.

The left doesn't want them because it waters down their wedge issue. Once someone says "I'm against abortion".....nothing else they say will matter even if they are very supportive of adoption, foster care, health care, head start, minimum wage, EITC, anything and everything that helps anybody raising a child.

Both sides want the extremes....and the rest should just STFU.

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are you saying you respect the opinions of those who are truly pro-life?

Against abortion but also fully supports all truly pro-life aspects.

welfare
medicaid
social security
health care access
etc....

You'll shake the hand of someone who anti-abortion but also believe in the other pro-life positions?

or have you simply convinced yourself there are no such people?

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Here's your $.03 of it. where should I venmo it to?

I agree with him but Ken Griffith is the LAST person anybody should listen to.

everybody STFU.

California needs us and we need California and since there is zero chance California is NOT going to be a state going forward....this is such a dumb argument.

so please.....stop having it.

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FF

-Did we expect those idiots to learn anything?

Yes, I believe most others did expect them to learn something.

And if this poll reflected that, everyone would be saying "See?? I told you this would backfire!!!"

And to a certain extent, even I believed these idiots would figure out something eventually.

-And in a free society, one should be allowed their own philosophy without condemnation, judgement, or penalty as long as it doesn't harm others.

Oh, we can't exclude anybody from condemnation or judgement. Free Speech.

-It's hard to draw any conclusions other than Vance is really, really, really, hated and Trump is really, really hated.

It found that Vice President JD Vance was the most popular figure among Republicans with a net favorability rating of +65 overall and +54 among Republican voters under the age of 30. Over 53 percent of Republicans would support Vance if he stood in the 2028 GOP primary, the poll found.

-How come you can't understand the written language?

most of us speak English.

Snoofy, lamplighter, and Boaz speak their own language.

-I'll be doing an install for Department of Defense later this month.

plumbing?
flooring?
light fixtures?

or those new cool soap dispensers?

-Any of that sound worrisome?

maybe it should be but I'm not as worried about it as COVID since we've had a pretty effective vaccine for the past 55 years or so......

Again, you're really worried our economy will be impacted similarly to COVID?

-Or should we wait till it becomes a pandemic and we're forced to shut down our economy?

what? a measles pandemic that shuts down our economy?

-Congratulations, you're part of the problem!

The juco where you got your welding certificate doesn't have the same research expectations as we have from Harvard....no question about that.

But I'm not part of the problem, or really.....your problem.

You believe what you want.

maybe you should go read about yourself on the medicaid thread corky posted.

You seem like the kind of person who's on medicaid, but doesn't realize it.

There are all kinds of stupid people out there who are unaware of their own circumstances. People tell themselves anything to get through the day. And much of it lies.

Which doesn't really matter to anyone.

It's not that they care how stupid these people are....it's how they vote. That's what has their asses chapped.

-I love how readily the mouth breathing dumbf*+^s offer up their active membership in that club.

I believe there are a lot of moderates and liberals who would agree it's not an unreasonable argument to question their tax dollars going to a university miles out of their reach with a $53B endowment.

I don't think that means they support this threat by Trump. I would set that aside completely.

But questioning why are giving $9 Billion to Harvard isn't all that crazy.

This article is old but it gives some insight into Harvard's admissions....