A Tale of Two Conventions
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With all due respect....what else would it be?Swaye said:I watched some of the DNC convention, and some of the RNC last night. Independent of your political philosophy, anyone else struck by the general tone differences? The GOP (last night anyway) seemed to be a message of opportunity. The DNC was full of grievance. One group says America is great and can be better. The other says America is deeply flawed and needs complete cleansing. The contrast is sharp and clear.
Why would the DNC say everything is great with a Republican as President? -
This.HuskyJW said:
With all due respect....what else would it be?Swaye said:I watched some of the DNC convention, and some of the RNC last night. Independent of your political philosophy, anyone else struck by the general tone differences? The GOP (last night anyway) seemed to be a message of opportunity. The DNC was full of grievance. One group says America is great and can be better. The other says America is deeply flawed and needs complete cleansing. The contrast is sharp and clear.
Why would the DNC say everything is great with a Republican as President? -
HuskyJW said:
With all due respect....what else would it be?Swaye said:I watched some of the DNC convention, and some of the RNC last night. Independent of your political philosophy, anyone else struck by the general tone differences? The GOP (last night anyway) seemed to be a message of opportunity. The DNC was full of grievance. One group says America is great and can be better. The other says America is deeply flawed and needs complete cleansing. The contrast is sharp and clear.
Why would the DNC say everything is great with a Republican as President?
Only if you think you are currently living under a dictatorship and aren't free. But the lefts promising exactly that!MelloDawg said:
This.HuskyJW said:
With all due respect....what else would it be?Swaye said:I watched some of the DNC convention, and some of the RNC last night. Independent of your political philosophy, anyone else struck by the general tone differences? The GOP (last night anyway) seemed to be a message of opportunity. The DNC was full of grievance. One group says America is great and can be better. The other says America is deeply flawed and needs complete cleansing. The contrast is sharp and clear.
Why would the DNC say everything is great with a Republican as President? -
You could present an alternative that is better than this veil of tears we live in nowHuskyJW said:
With all due respect....what else would it be?Swaye said:I watched some of the DNC convention, and some of the RNC last night. Independent of your political philosophy, anyone else struck by the general tone differences? The GOP (last night anyway) seemed to be a message of opportunity. The DNC was full of grievance. One group says America is great and can be better. The other says America is deeply flawed and needs complete cleansing. The contrast is sharp and clear.
Why would the DNC say everything is great with a Republican as President?
Instead we got 4 nights of America sucks
Good luck with that -
That's a fair statement. To me, it's one thing to say "hey we got problems but Trump is the root of them," and it's another to imply "America is fundamentally unfair and broken and out to screw you." I think they say a bunch of both, or that is the feeling I got watching it. YMMV.HuskyJW said:
With all due respect....what else would it be?Swaye said:I watched some of the DNC convention, and some of the RNC last night. Independent of your political philosophy, anyone else struck by the general tone differences? The GOP (last night anyway) seemed to be a message of opportunity. The DNC was full of grievance. One group says America is great and can be better. The other says America is deeply flawed and needs complete cleansing. The contrast is sharp and clear.
Why would the DNC say everything is great with a Republican as President?
The first part I expect to hear, but the second part is one of the big reasons I am so turned off on modern Democrats. It feels like they think America is some shithole failure that needs to be blown up, as opposed to a a generally good but flawed country that with little tweaks can be made better. I feel liek the GOP messaging is "America kicks ass and with just a few tweaks we can really make this place perfect," whereas I feel like modern Dems think "fuck this place it's all fucked up let's blow it all up and start over." Again, my read may be colored because I HATE social justice and division politics, which the Dems have been peddling harder than ever the last 4 years. -
I can agree with this statementSwaye said:
That's a fair statement. To me, it's one thing to say "hey we got problems but Trump is the root of them," and it's another to imply "America is fundamentally unfair and broken and out to screw you." I think they say a bunch of both, or that is the feeling I got watching it. YMMV.HuskyJW said:
With all due respect....what else would it be?Swaye said:I watched some of the DNC convention, and some of the RNC last night. Independent of your political philosophy, anyone else struck by the general tone differences? The GOP (last night anyway) seemed to be a message of opportunity. The DNC was full of grievance. One group says America is great and can be better. The other says America is deeply flawed and needs complete cleansing. The contrast is sharp and clear.
Why would the DNC say everything is great with a Republican as President?
The first part I expect to hear, but the second part is one of the big reasons I am so turned off on modern Democrats. It feels like they think America is some shithole failure that needs to be blown up, as opposed to a a generally good but flawed country that with little tweaks can be made better. I feel liek the GOP messaging is "America kicks ass and with just a few tweaks we can really make this place perfect," whereas I feel like modern Dems think "fuck this place it's all fucked up let's blow it all up and start over." Again, my read may be colored because I HATE social justice and division politics, which the Dems have been peddling harder than ever the last 4 years.
The roles were reversed 8 years ago so if it’s your guy....the world is great. If it’s not...the world is awful and you are going to get screwed.
Cleaning out my mom’s garage last week....LDD and I found a newspaper from over 20 years ago. The two big editorials were why marijuana should be legal....and mail in voting. We had belly laughs over that one. -
Well put. That is exactly the perspective I had. One uplifting and cou
Did you watch the DNC Convention? The hate for Trump (in reality he represents everyone who doesn't think like rats, that's why they hate him so much). Even when they weren't blaming Trump for their woes and victimization they were constantly telling Americans that they were living in a hell hole. That there is a racist around every corner. Their entire convention was wrapped around dividing the races. That is not because of Trump, that is all the dem platform. You know why I know this? Its because it has been their platform for 3 decades.HuskyJW said:
With all due respect....what else would it be?Swaye said:I watched some of the DNC convention, and some of the RNC last night. Independent of your political philosophy, anyone else struck by the general tone differences? The GOP (last night anyway) seemed to be a message of opportunity. The DNC was full of grievance. One group says America is great and can be better. The other says America is deeply flawed and needs complete cleansing. The contrast is sharp and clear.
Why would the DNC say everything is great with a Republican as President? -
You don’t need to namecall.....be betterBendintheriver said:Well put. That is exactly the perspective I had. One uplifting and cou
Did you watch the DNC Convention? The hate for Trump (in reality he represents everyone who doesn't think like rats, that's why they hate him so much). Even when they weren't blaming Trump for their woes and victimization they were constantly telling Americans that they were living in a hell hole. That there is a racist around every corner. Their entire convention was wrapped around dividing the races. That is not because of Trump, that is all the dem platform. You know why I know this? Its because it has been their platform for 3 decades.HuskyJW said:
With all due respect....what else would it be?Swaye said:I watched some of the DNC convention, and some of the RNC last night. Independent of your political philosophy, anyone else struck by the general tone differences? The GOP (last night anyway) seemed to be a message of opportunity. The DNC was full of grievance. One group says America is great and can be better. The other says America is deeply flawed and needs complete cleansing. The contrast is sharp and clear.
Why would the DNC say everything is great with a Republican as President? -
The Democrats have been fighting for minorities for 50 years
Things have never been worse for minorities
The essential problem with political rhetoric -
RaceBannon said:
The Democrats have been fighting for
minoritiesminority votes via government dependence and racial division for 50 years
Things have never been worse for minorities
The essential problem with political rhetoric coupled with a wanton lust for evermore power and control
