#20 Thank you, Lamp.

Should Democratic candidates across the Great Country mimic his campaign style of talking with constituents?

Yes, absolutely.

#15 Speaks says, "I'm saying we need to pick better democrats and accept that these moderates are simply doormats for fascism."

I am not going to stomp around here and demand that every single Democratic candidate - from the mountains, to the prairies, to the oceans, white with foam - be a clone of Hizzoner Zohran Mamdani. (BRAVO!).

In NYC the Democratic Party candidate won.

In Miami, the Democratic Party candidate won.

And on and on...

But they're NOT Mamdani clones, regardless of what others might claim.

No.

They were Democrats, members of the Democratic Party, who won.

They campaigned as they needed to campaign for their voters ...

...AND THOSE DEMOCRATS WON ! ! !

BRAVO.

Eye on the prize, my friends.

Eye on the prize.

#15 Speaks says, "I'm saying we need to pick better democrats and accept that these moderates are simply doormats for fascism."

Disagree.

I want candidates with a "D" after their name, because in a two-party country, you're either in the majority or you're in the minority.

I prefer that Democrats gain (and retain) the majority.

A moderate Democrat in the US House, as an overall vote for a majority, produces Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) as Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability ... and not James Comer (R-KY).

A moderate Democrat in the US Senate, as an overall vote for a majority, produces Senator Christopher ----- (D-DE) as Chair of the Senate Defense Appropriations Committee ... and not Mitch McConnell (R-KY).

Or does your pursuit for Democratic Party perfection come at the expense of the House and Senate majority for Democrats ...

... and keep Republicans firmly in charge?

#51 Sucks to be you, msgteetee:

You'd think Trump was an Air Force Pararescue jumper himself, plunging into the hot LZ to rescue the downed F-15E WSO, or that no other President had ever even dreamed of trying to rescue a downed American pilot.

And he'd be right ... Except for the inconvenient fact that every other American President in the last 90 years has done the same. CSAR is a thing we do, and have done under different names since World War II; after all, George H.W. Bush was rescued by the USS Finback submarine in 1945.

The shootdown of an F-15E led to the loss of one A-10, two MC-130s, at least four AH MH-6 Little Bird helicopters, in addition to several damaged helicopters and aircraft. The Defense Department (sorry, Pete, not using your branding) has been remarkably unwilling to discuss casualties of any kind. As with everything regarding our military, of course, it was an act of amazing skill and heroism.

Sucks to be you.

#12 Speaks says, in part: "but biden and garland were the only ones who could have stopped them (and took and oath to defend the country from them) yet refused to do so."

Understand.

What you're saying is that Democrats suck, so clearly Trump is better.

What you're saying is that only Democrats need be pilloried because they "took and oath to defend the country from them) yet refused to do so.").

So clearly Trump and his team are better because they took and oath to defend the country from them) yet refused to do so." ... but they're Republicans, so they get a break... right? .

What you're saying, loud and clear, is that it doesn't matter who you vote for, Democrats or Republicans.

What you're saying, loud and clear, that it is better if Republicans (and Trump) have all the power because Democrats aren't perfect.

Is that about is, Speaks?

#11 Coriolanus posits, "I would hate to think USAG Merrick Garland didn't release the Epstein files from 21 Jan 2021 to 19 Jan 2025...."

Of course, there was no call from Democrats for any such release.

The "Epstein Files" mania was a MAGA/QANON phenomenon.

Democrats in general, and the Biden administration, in particular, never once campaigned for/against the Epstein files.

Again, that was a MAGA/QANON phenomenon.

Care to list any sustained voices from the left/Democratic Party, calling for the release of the Epstein files from 21 Jan 2021 to 19 Jan 2025?

Why do you insist on playing Cassiodorus, proudly proclaiming that any Democratic Party loss as a clear repudiation of "AIPAC/AIPAC-Democratic official/Israel," while completely ignoring the multitude of inputs to the American political environment, any number of which would cause Democratic party victories and Republican Party losses.

Want to bolster your position? Present evidence that "AIPAC/AIPAC-Democratic official/Israel" was the absolute determining factor in Kamala Harris' loss. Or that it even contributed more than just some votes in some areas of Michigan.

But move the needle in every single swing state in the direction of Trump because of AIPAC/AIPAC-Democratic official/Israel? That's a unicorn.

#48 'Tis always a wonderful dining experience when Mrs. A_Friend makes her homemade Tzaziki.

When she comes home with the English cukes I know some good stuff is in store.

Besides, Greek-style is part-and-parcel of the good-for-your-heart Mediterranean diet.

Yum.

#9 Yeah, bad Joe Biden, who hired a gutless conservative as attorney general.

Trump is such an improvement, having hired Jeff Sessions, Bill Barr, Pam Bondi, and now (temporarily) his personal attorney, Blanche DuBois.

Amirite?

#15 Flag:

#13 Flag:

#7 Flag:

Official White House reply:

#20 Not sure who will understand/appreciate this, in light of your excellent comment, but...

It was during the days when the tall ships ruled the oceans of the world, in the 18th and 19th centuries. One such tall ship was sailing into the night when a fierce storm arose. In the middle of this terrible tempest one of the cannons broke loose from its moorings and rolled about the deck, threatening to sink the ship. One sailor braved the winds and rain and waves and went up on deck, grabbed the cannon, pushed it back into its berth, and lashed it securely into place. His heroic actions saved the ship and the lives of his fellow sailors.

The next day the captain brought the entire crew up to the deck where he gave the sailor a medal for his heroism, then had the sailor hanged from the yardarm. Why hang the heroic sailor, the sailor who saved everyone's life?

Because it was that sailor's responsibility to make sure the cannon was properly secured before the storm arose.

#172 sitzkrieg actually claims, without an emoji of sarcasm, that... "Yeah, none of them have relatives in those."

sitzkrieg has an amazing sense of historical ignorance... even short-term ...

#172 sitzkrieg actually displays a sense of reality ... "They are completely inhuman animals that want to be bombed by Trump so they can be more powerful."

Yep.

Stone Ages, is the preferred identifier.

Meanwhile, they control a country of 90,000,000+ human beings.

But, they're led by "completely inhuman animals"

Indeed.

#164 sitzkrieg continues his naive comments, while ignoring this fact:

They don't care if he reduces the country to rubble; it means the theocrats stay in power, forever. They want Trump to attack their bridges and power stations. They want Trump to destroy the cosmopolitan modernity they loathe. They want Trump to hit more schools and to start on hospitals and power plants.

#161 sitzkrieg naively states, "...and total ability to end their civilization without even bothering to use nukes."

My, how positive you are. Remember, the US won every single battle during our decade+ in Vietnam... including during Tet.

Who's leading Vietnam these days?

Meanwhile, 100% oops:

#5 Really.

Alternatively....

Move to Virginia.

Live there long enough to be able to register to vote.

Vote in upcoming elections after you're eligible to vote.

If you're lucky, your vote (and those of other Virginians) will be enough to change the law in Virginia.

Then you can proudly proclaim, "Not really anymore"

You're welcome.

#5 | #6 | #9

Are these posts supposed to claim that Democrats are worse than Republicans?

Twice to 3 times as worse?

Is that what you're claiming, C0RI0LANUS?

That Democrats are worse, across America, than Republicans?

Or are you claiming that there's no difference?