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US US Politics General - Discussion of President Biden and other politicians
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That would count as fedposting.
But don't forget...
They aren't the same people 160 years ago who all thought of themselves as American in one form or another.
This is a population that has been demoralized for 50-60 years to hate themselves and anything that represents their cultural and ethnic heritage.
They only love "the other", no matter how many mental gymnastics are needed to make it not conflict with their values. And you are very much the dark past that must be buried for the enlightened "progress" that only the other can bring.
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I want to believe, but ya'll elected Beshear and you're noticeably absent from the map of Texas supporting states now...
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Matt bevin was a remarkably bad governor. He made everyone mad and just couldn't get people to come out and vote for him. Daniel cameron would have been a good governor and would have won if Beshear had actually been able to rule like a democrat, but the fact is Beshear is powerless with a republican cabinet, and a GOP supermajority in the general assembly. The KY DNC is still coasting on the popularity of old blue dog/ good old boy democrats of years past. one of which was Beshear's father who was a popular governor.
So what happens is Beshear gets to take credit for popular republican bills, and either vetoes bills he doesn't want (they all get overridden by the assembly) or just does not sign them and they become law anyway. He will be gone in 2028.
during COVID the assembly stripped the governor of a lot of powers because of his COVID non-sense. KY is a very red state, redder than texas is and on par with Oklahoma or west Virginia on average. trump got 63% of the vote in 2020.
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OK, we'll give you provisional membership in the Nu-Confederasah, just don't cuck out like last time.
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Folks, where's the lie?
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Last time we declared neutrality because at the time we were much more a western or frontier state in spirit. neither south or north. but that changed when the state was invaded and occupied by the north for the duration of the war. Ky's entire state military force defected to the south under gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, and a Confederate government in exile was formed (The confederate governor was KIA at Shiloh). Ky is the 13th star on the Confederate flag. 13.8% of the state's population died from the war. that's only military causalities. if you add in civilian deaths it could easily have been 20-25%. some areas were so devastated it took 80 years or more to recover.
The federal government treated the state so badly that by 1864/5 it was in anarchy and teetering on the edge of open rebellion. after the war KY was solidly southern and for decades nearly all state offices were held by former confederates. so solid was Democrat control of the state that it lingered on to the present day.
Andy Beshear is coasting on that residual and hereditary hate. I think he is probably one of the last. All the new young blood of the KY DNC are insane socialist bastards from Louisville who have been soundly beaten every time they've ran. the most prominent of these are Amy McGrath (trump was worse than 9/11) and Charles Booker (he has ties to the DSA). Both lost by 30 or more points in their races against Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell.
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making the ghost of John McCain proud.
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Utah being based, banned trannies in public restrooms and defined male and female by genitalia and not gender identity. Trannies and enbys BTFO
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Ok, which is it Kelley? You have to pick one.
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Everyone stereotypes California as blue woke hell but if you were to split SF, Oakland and LA into their own state the rest of it would be very, very red. There's nobody who hates California wokeness more than the rest of California and I have a feeling it's going to be incredibly funny if any sort of shit actually goes down, doubly so if it involves the internet going down and SF can't whinge on twitter about it.
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I know some rural California Republicans... and this was 10 years ago, but at the time they might as well have been local Democrats where they transplanted to. Red and blue aren't everything.
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Those guys pick the worst time to do this, incredible.
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Taylor Swift could sway 2024 election outcome, new poll finds with a FIFTH of voters 'likely' to back candidate endorsed by singer
Taylor Swift could heavily influence the way that Americans vote in the presidential election - with a fifth of voters saying they're 'likely' to back a candidate she endorses.The popstar's stratospheric influence on popular culture may sway the race to the White House, especially as new Gen Z voters join the electorate this year.
In a poll conducted by Redfield & Wilton Strategies for Newsweek, 18 percent of voters say they're 'more likely' or 'significantly more likely' to vote for a candidate endorsed by Taylor Swift.
Her sway was more visible with voters under the age of 35.
This election will see 8 million new voters in the US electorate - and a total of 41 million Gen Z voters, many of whom are influenced by celebrities and social media.
However, 17 percent said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate backed by Swift - which could bode badly for Democrat Joe Biden.
Although she has never publicly said who she votes for, in 2020 Swift vowed to kick Trump out of the White House with her vote.
A total of 55 percent said that they were neutral and wouldn't be swayed either way.
The data comes from a sample size of 1,500 people - 45 percent of which said they liked Taylor, with 54 percent saying they were not fans.
Six percent said they'd never heard of the Shake It Off billionaire singer.
Her popularity over the last 12 months has reached new highs. She was named Time magazine's 2023 'Person of the Year,' led the immensely-successful Eras tour that raked in over a billion dollars, and bloomed in her relationship with Travis Kelce.
Communications consultant James Haggerty said: 'She's influenced popular culture, sports, the economics of entire regions of the U.S.'
'Swift is in the class by herself. She's so talented and so popular and so ingrained in pop culture. No one is close to her.
'Celebrity power in elections has grown because celebrity power itself has grown. And in a world awash in messages, it's the celebrity voices that really resonate.
'In a world where a reality show star can become president—and maybe become president twice—all of this makes perfect sense.'
Taylor Swift, who often keeps her politics to herself, has previously criticized Republican Donald Trump - and vowed to 'vote him out' of the White House.
She accused then-President Trump of 'stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism' his entire presidency in 2020.
The Shake It Off singer took to social media to condemn Trump for his remarks over the violence that erupted after the police-related shooting death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
'After stoking the fires of white supremacy and racism your entire presidency, you have the nerve to feign moral superiority before threatening violence?
'When the looting starts the shooting starts'??? We will vote you out in November. @realdonaldtrump,' wrote Swift in the tweet.
In recent months, Trump has also snapped back at the popstar.
Trump has weighed in on the romance of Taylor and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, and made his own predictions of the tryst.
The Republican candidate frontrunner congratulated the pair, but quickly predicted they may not last.
'I wish the best for both of them. I hope they enjoy their life, maybe together, maybe not — most likely not,' Trump said in a candid response during an interview with the Daily Caller.
It came after the Washington Post published an opinion piece, saying: 'If anyone should be worried about Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce, it's Trump.
'These two have fan bases that are huge and devoted. Just from Swift attending that single Chiefs game, Kelce's merchandise sales jumped 400 percent,' columnist Rick Reilly wrote.
In one Instagram story, Swift urged her fans to exercise their democratic right to register and vote.
Her followers appeared to heed her advice with the number of users logging onto Vote.org skyrocketing 1,226 percent in the course of an hour, Reilly noted.
He explained how Swift had a massive 450 million followers on X while Kelce also had a significant fanbase although 'only 5 million.'
Reilly posed the question: 'What if they decided a fun couples thing to do would be to … I don't know … save democracy?'
The op-ed suggests that their diverse fanbase, many of whom could be potential Trump voters, the former U.S. President should give their relationship more thought.
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JOE “FREE PALESTINE” BIDEN IS BACK WITH VENGENCE!
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I can't be the only one weirded out by the sudden and non-organic push of this washed up hag as some sort common spokesman for the masses.
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How the fuck is she so powerful when all she did was copy Gwen Stefani's business model?
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I was about to say, Taylor Swift is such a weird has been artificial celebrity. If we were still on 2014 sure I might buy it but now? It really comes off as some sort of pathetic "how do you do fellow kids" push here.
Is she even popular at all with zoomers? All the women I see mention her are well into their late 20s and pushing 30. I don't think anyone born after 2000 cares about her.
Is she even popular at all with zoomers? All the women I see mention her are well into their late 20s and pushing 30. I don't think anyone born after 2000 cares about her.
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Because she's being astroturfed to high hell. Same as with Dylan and Lizzo, there was nothing organic about that faggot and the whale's ascent. Same deal with Swift.
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