zeke5123a
10mo ago
Did they double blind the proposals? How do they even know what the proposals are?
zeke5123a
10mo ago
Vance is probably in the category. Yale JD. VC.
Hill dawg by qualifications as well.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
And how many times does it need pointed out that due to the location of the federal government and the jury pool there is very little odds Dems will get convicted. See Elias.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
This is an inaccurate history. The democratic controlled government launched project crossfire hurricane based on known Clinton oppo research that the FBI had determined was bogus and the Obama admin took steps to ensure it would continue after the admin changed. They did this to cripple the incoming Trump admin.
They then used the investigation to paint his regime as-if controlled by Russia to the point many dem voters are totally unaware of the fabricated source of the story. These media stories were then used to say “where there is smoke there is fire” which led to more investigations.
The Dems played very dirty. They prima facie accepted the results of the election but through dirty IC related shenanigans substantively did not accept the election results.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
She may reply. Even if she is lying (which I agree she probably is) how she lies is gendered.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
Yeah. I guess the other point is I don’t think a male would explain policy changes as listening to consensus. So even if you think (and I would count myself in that group) that Harris is lying it is interesting how she lies.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
The dude decided to hang out in DC and run a shadow presidency during Biden’s admin. I have zero doubt he’d be interested in the lifetime presidency. I do have doubts whether he’d want to run multiple elections.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
It probably is a just so story. I was just thinking the so called long house and then came across Harris’ statements. The two resonated.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
I noted that as a possibility. I was just trying to engage her rhetoric as if it was honest.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
I’ve often thought on areas where the representative does not have strong convictions or recognizes there is significant uncertainty, it makes sense to side with consensus.
But it makes zero sense to do so on important issues wherein the rep does have strong convictions.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
It isn’t about being disclosed. Those separators immediately ended up on the front page of the NYT. And the correction did not. So no, no price was paid for the mistake. And they knew no price would be paid.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
Moreover structurally democrats in government benefit from the fact the vast majority of trials would take place in the DMV meaning they will Never be held accountable even when their guilt is unquestionable.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
Yeah as opposed to I don’t know doctoring emails sent to fisa courts or destroying evidence under subpoena. Who, whom.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
No one is saying Trump can do no wrong. They are pointing out the obvious disparate treatment and concluding that “obvious legal mistakes that hurt Trump politically” are more readily explainable by those mistakes being political calculations. We’ve seen the DOJ / FBI act very political vis-à-vis Trump. Therefore it isn’t conspiracy to assume that their conduct is political when it makes most sense for it to be political.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
I think that misunderstands a Republican democracy. The theory isn’t to have a leader that simply does what the public wants. The idea is for a leader who the public can believe in to make the right decisions. Simply delegating those decisions to consensus seems to my mind to be an abandonment of leadership but the question really is what is the better style of leadership.
I’m suggesting Harris has a different leadership style. Maybe some people prefer it. My point is that the difference is in part gendered.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
It is no state secret that Harris has radically shifted numerous political positions in the last few months. She was for banning fracking and now she is for fracking. She wanted a mandatory gun buyback and now is touting her supposed Glock ownership. She wanted to ban private health insurance and now believes in it. She thought the wall was racist and wanted to ban ICE; now not so much.
What I found interesting was how she talked about why she changed (assuming for a second she actually changed). She said that as VP she has been traveling the country and listening to people. And she really wanted to form a consensus.
Of course, every presidential candidate wants to “unify.” But in explaining how Harris derives her views (assuming in earnest) she goes to consensus. I don’t think anyone has commented on this but this shows the difference between male decision making and female decision making. Male decision making often tries to figure out what he thinks is true whereas female decision making tries to figure out what belief is most popular. As a male I find the first great and shudder at the latter. Of course maybe there is some wisdom in the wisdom of crowds (though perhaps you need some of that male thinking for wisdom of crowds to work!)
It may in part explain the gender difference that is emerging in the polls. It isn’t that men hate women; they shudder at consensus decision making by a leader.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
Then you are being naive. The FBI knew that photo would be on the front page of major news publications. By showing that it makes it appear like Trump was causally keeping things that say Top Secret around — he even had a FOLDER!
zeke5123a
10mo ago
And honestly seemed a bit like a set up (ie files were sent to him and then he was hassled about it).
zeke5123a
10mo ago
Which major president wouldn’t want to make himself president for life? Surely Obama.
zeke5123a
10mo ago
But that presumes the other side isn’t defect bot. Look at what they did during the Trump Presidency (effectively subverting the peaceful transfer of power through BS like the Russia story). That was much more undermining democracy compared to anything Trump has done. Then add in the other shenanigans by the IC community, NGOs that are cut outs for the deep state, etc that undermine free and fair elections coupled with Dems open embrace of censorship.
None of that is to praise Trump. No, I have not come to praise Trump but to bury him. Yet like Shakespeare’s Mark Antony I cannot help but note Trump’s adversaries are worse by pretty much any measure.
I don’t know if tongue in cheek but I hard a discussion with someone on this esteemed website where I pointed out that rounding errors add up. If you can kill 15 of these kind of projects that’s 300b and real money.
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