Official LRC President Joseph R Biden Thread

Racket, PhD wrote:

kibitzer wrote:

Oof. Sad.

No snark this time. It's just really sad.

I like to dunk on red states as much as anyone else but this is a spurious correlation in my book. I want actual causation here people!

Red states tend to be more rural and less dense (I think?) and the energy needed to get vaccines out in those areas increases drastically.

I can’t imagine it’s anything like being in remote parts of Australia. Our country is riddled with drug stores that administer other types of shots. It’s common knowledge that trumpers follow their god blindly and they were told COVID was a hoax and to be skeptical about all things “liberal”.

Hambo wrote:

agip wrote:

Trump continues to kill Americans. Putin could not have been more successful in his effort to get Trump elected.

If you are an American, the GOP is the most dangerous organization on the planet.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/04/17/us/vaccine-hesitancy-politics.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Isn’t it amazing how Dems can navigate the complexities of vaccine scheduling and find the time to go somewhere and get two vaccine shots but somehow it is too difficult for them to get a free state ID once every 10 years or register to vote once.

Dems are suppressing the vaccinations of Republicans. They’ve made it too hard to get a vaccine!!!!!!!!

Ok I got a chuckle out of that.

Racket, PhD wrote:

I like to dunk on red states as much as anyone else but this is a spurious correlation in my book. I want actual causation here people!

Red states tend to be more rural and less dense (I think?) and the energy needed to get vaccines out in those areas increases drastically.

It's super easy to get the vaccine in rural areas. Everyone owns a car and it's not much different from going to the grocery, doctor, or pharmacy.

Will be interesting to see if Mitch allows even a sliver of cooperation with Democrats.

My bet is no, Mitch will not allow even a sliver of cooperation with Democrats.

Because he is a bad American and only wants to help Republicans.

WASHINGTON—A senior Republican senator said he and his colleagues could support an infrastructure bill of around $800 billion, underscoring GOP interest in a bipartisan fix for the nation’s aging roads and patchy broadband service.

The comments by Sen. John Cornyn (R., Texas) on Sunday signal that Senate Republicans are seeking a compromise on infrastructure, ahead of President Biden’s meeting with lawmakers on Monday to push his own $2.3 trillion plan.

Republicans generally have raised concerns that Mr. Biden’s package is too costly and has too many what they see as non-infrastructure elements.

Asked on Fox News Sunday whether he could support an infrastructure package of around $800 billion, Mr. Cornyn said: “There is a core infrastructure bill that we could pass…So let’s do it and leave the rest for another day and another fight.”

Sen. Chris Coons (D., Del.), also on Fox News Sunday, said that Democrats should work to find a bipartisan agreement with Republicans on elements of the White House infrastructure plan before pivoting to a second, broader package that Democrats pass along party lines.

“Then we show our people that we can solve their problems” on a bipartisan basis, Mr. Coons said. “I think in the next few weeks we should roll up our sleeves and sit down and find ways that we can support to make these critically needed investments.”

https://www.wsj.com/articles/top-republican-says-senate-gop-could-be-open-to-smaller-infrastructure-bill-11618772453?mod=hp_lead_pos4

agip wrote:

Will be interesting to see if Mitch allows even a sliver of cooperation with Democrats.

My bet is no, Mitch will not allow even a sliver of cooperation with Democrats.

Because he is a bad American and only wants to help Republicans.

There's no percentage for him in bipartisan cooperation, which would only show that things can get done when Dems are in charge...which might tend to *keep* Dems in charge...which would keep him from resuming the Majority Leader position.

No percentage for him. Because *screw* the country--he's not there for the country.

formerly present wrote:

agip wrote:

Will be interesting to see if Mitch allows even a sliver of cooperation with Democrats.

My bet is no, Mitch will not allow even a sliver of cooperation with Democrats.

Because he is a bad American and only wants to help Republicans.

There's no percentage for him in bipartisan cooperation, which would only show that things can get done when Dems are in charge...which might tend to *keep* Dems in charge...which would keep him from resuming the Majority Leader position.

No percentage for him. Because *screw* the country--he's not there for the country.

it's true...GOP voters would prefer that elected Rs 'fight' rather than get anything done.

It's doing huge damage to the nation.

Imagine a congress that works together, compromising to include good ideas from everywhere, voted on with good will.

I mean it could happen. But not when Mitch is in a leadership position.

Here's some good news.

The GOPers who voted to impeach Spanky are raking in the dough.

If the fear of losing fundraisers fades, more GOPers will stop seditioning.

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As they prepare to face primary challengers, the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump after his supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 raised significantly more money during the first quarter of 2021 than they did two years earlier.

The group, leveraging the power of incumbency, also swamped their GOP primary opponents in almost every instance during the first round of fundraising since angering Mr. Trump with their votes, new Federal Election Commission filings show.

Correct, there will be no cooperation. The base is primed only to believe that all things lib are evil and therefore bipartisanship is one of the worst things for Rs. They will not budge.

agip wrote:

formerly present wrote:

There's no percentage for him in bipartisan cooperation, which would only show that things can get done when Dems are in charge...which might tend to *keep* Dems in charge...which would keep him from resuming the Majority Leader position.

No percentage for him. Because *screw* the country--he's not there for the country.

it's true...GOP voters would prefer that elected Rs 'fight' rather than get anything done.

It's doing huge damage to the nation.

Imagine a congress that works together, compromising to include good ideas from everywhere, voted on with good will.

I mean it could happen. But not when Mitch is in a leadership position.

I can no longer recall the last time was a good idea from the right. They are bad enough coming from the left, but good ideas do not exist on the right. They only care about buttfkng the country.

agip wrote:

Here's some good news.

The GOPers who voted to impeach Spanky are raking in the dough.

If the fear of losing fundraisers fades, more GOPers will stop seditioning.

//

As they prepare to face primary challengers, the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump after his supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 raised significantly more money during the first quarter of 2021 than they did two years earlier.

The group, leveraging the power of incumbency, also swamped their GOP primary opponents in almost every instance during the first round of fundraising since angering Mr. Trump with their votes, new Federal Election Commission filings show.

It’s the power of the wallet vs the power of the brainwashed base. I’ll be on the base but am super happy to know their civil war is ongoing. At a national level the GQP is irretrievably lost and the psychosis can’t be conquered, only harnessed to do more evil. But as long as they can’t rig elections too much they will keep dying out.

As of yesterday over 205 million Americans vaccinated and were not even at Biden’s 100 days yet.

PHENOMENAL, Silly Sally didn’t think the administration would hit half of that.

It’s going to be another splendid week folks

https://twitter.com/katiephang/status/1383409548275322894?s=21

Trollminator wrote:

agip wrote:

it's true...GOP voters would prefer that elected Rs 'fight' rather than get anything done.

It's doing huge damage to the nation.

Imagine a congress that works together, compromising to include good ideas from everywhere, voted on with good will.

I mean it could happen. But not when Mitch is in a leadership position.

I can no longer recall the last time was a good idea from the right. They are bad enough coming from the left, but good ideas do not exist on the right. They only care about buttfkng the country.

Good ideas from the right:

Pushback on telling unformed kids in school that their race should be the first, most important thing they think of.

The belief that the US is not evil

That you can in fact tax things to death

That Hollywood does indeed poison the country

That the hard left needs to be checked

That our European heritage should be respected not condemned

That children should not have gender reassignment surgery.

That religion has a role in American culture

More than half of adults in the US have received at least one vaccine.

A great success story and a global example.

Gina.. wrote:

More than half of adults in the US have received at least one vaccine.

A great success story and a global example.

And yet more than 5,000 Americans have died from it in the last seven days. I'm glad to see the progress with vaccines but we've a long way to go. I'm genuinely starting to get antsy about whether the college where I coach will have a cross-country season this fall. We've missed all three seasons this (school) year.

kibitzer wrote:

Gina.. wrote:

More than half of adults in the US have received at least one vaccine.

A great success story and a global example.

And yet more than 5,000 Americans have died from it in the last seven days. I'm glad to see the progress with vaccines but we've a long way to go. I'm genuinely starting to get antsy about whether the college where I coach will have a cross-country season this fall. We've missed all three seasons this (school) year.

USA is #58 on the "Deaths in the Last 7 Days / 1 million" list. Less than 1/10 of Hungary which tops the list.

Gina.. wrote:

As of yesterday over 205 million Americans vaccinated and were not even at Biden’s 100 days yet.

PHENOMENAL, Silly Sally didn’t think the administration would hit half of that.

Is there any reason to hold a presidential election in 2024? Biden wins easily if he's breathing. LOL, the GQP could always nominate Tucker and watch him lose by 15 million votes:

Moderator: Why do each of you believe you deserve to be president?

Biden: I beat COVID with lightening speed vaccination programs, greatest GDP growth in recent history, back to lowest unemployment levels, record stock market returns, the US has regained respect globally.. and oh yeah, I saved america from fat boy.

Tucker: But but but Hunter's laptop and the demise of white racists!

Gina.. wrote:

More than half of adults in the US have received at least one vaccine.

A great success story and a global example.

We love the Trump vaccine. Thank you Donald Trump for developing this miraculous vaccine that all the experts and all the libs thought would take years. It took you less than a year under your great leadership. Every time a shot goes into an arm that person should thank you.