Official LRC President Joseph R Biden Thread

No they aren't.

But in any case, how is this "socialism"?

Ignoring your denial of the obvious fact that college grads create a whole lot more GDP than HS grads, I don't understand your question. How is *what* socialism?

The tweet claimed Republicans are practicing socialism. How is that so?

Democrats don't contribute more to the GDP than Republicans. Even despite their education levels!

methinks that poster was mocking you and Rs who idiotically say the Ds are 'socialists' when Ds are more productive than Rs.

The poster is saying 'oh yeah, you want to falsely scream 'SOCIALISM?' D counties provide 70% of the nation's GDP so what kind of 'socialism' is that, you moran. (meaning it's not socialism)

That kind of thing. You are being mocked. Heavily. Sorry.

How does this even mock accusations of socialism?

Don't apologize, I don't feel "mocked" by incoherent statements.

yeah, internet is hard.

but it's saying 'ok, socialism is bad and impoverishes nations. Ds and Rs should agree on that. But you keep calling Ds 'socialists' despite the fact they are so wealthy and productive. Their counties provide the lion's share of GDP and subsidize rural red America. So are you, academic discussion, actually saying that 'socialism' is the path to wealth? Or are you slinging the BS by calling people socialists who obviously are not socialists.'

I dunno...I'd be offended if I were you. You seem to have lost this one by walking into a trap. You are either wrong or a liar.

Joe-plomacy kicking tushie!

Team Joe even brought together Japan and South Korea, despite decades of raw nerves.

This is how a real president works. Builds alliances, makes friends, helps the world stay safe.

With threats growing in Asia, the leaders of the United States, Japan and South Korea will meet at Camp David on Friday, taking a major step toward a three-way military and economic partnership that would have been nearly inconceivable before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

As the United States has tried to counter challenges from both China and North Korea, one key obstacle has been the tense and sometimes downright hostile relationship between Japan and South Korea, its two most important friends in the region.
Now, Tokyo and Seoul are trying to quickly move past seemingly irresolvable disputes over the bitter history between them, as Russian aggression against Ukraine highlights their own vulnerabilities in a region dominated by China.

nytimes.com

Eye on China, Biden Pulls Japan and South Korea Closer

By Ben Dooley and Choe Sang-Hun

The president will host the leaders of the two Asian democracies at Camp David, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine spurs them to rapidly mend relations.

Link:www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/world/asia/...

"Living in a wealthy county" isn't the same as "being wealthy" or "being productive" - considering Democrats aren't wealthier than Republicans. Nor does it preclude some of them from advocating socialist policies.

Lmao. Your "source" is Mehdi Hassan.

"No comment"

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really is wild how contorted Republicans have to make themselves to stay 'conservative.'

they must insist that American cities are not the hubs of American wealth that cities obviously are

and

they have to insist that getting a college education is not a predictor of making more money.

Wild stuff. But as we keep seeing on the thread:

@agraybee
There's actually nothing intellectually noble about debating conservatives, because they don't believe the truth has any inherent value, and so they wrap lies in more lies and the time it takes unravelling their knots of mendacity is better spent doing literally anything else.

Will we get indictment #5 for Spanky?

PHOENIX — Gov. Katie Hobbs said Tuesday that Arizona should press charges against former president Donald Trump over potential election interference in the 2020 election.
Hobbs told reporters at an event in Phoenix that Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes should follow suit with Georgia, which indicted Trump on Monday.
“Absolutely. I have been an advocate for holding folks involved in trying to overturn the will of the voters in the 2020 election accountable and this is part of that process,” Hobbs, a Democrat, said.

I didn't say either of those things. Man you're really struggling today.

But you think those things! Or at least most Rs do.

let's try this. You may believe these things:

the poverty and crime in the R states is caused by black democrats

the wealth in the D cities is caused by Republicans.

Amirite?

I know you'll never do this but google "party affiliation by household income."

I suspect both of those could be backed up by facts and data.

GOP Crime Blotter

Got another Republican on federal charges. I wish they would stop so much criming. But Republicans like to beat up cops so they will keep doing that no matter what law enforcement does to them. Case in point:

NEW: Ronald Alfred Bryan, aka AFO 418, arrested in Louisiana.
“I stole a baton. I stole a shield. [I] knocked two of them to the ground, took six of them to get me off of them. y’all go get you some!”

I will say some of this is tricky and there are a lot of bad data out there because of the large number of indies and because there is no such thing as 'member of the Democratic Party.' Our parties are not political parties so much as voting slates.

The data are pretty mushy, and very importantly changing very quickly as trump and the anti-abortion movement drive so many women out of the Republican envelope.