And make sure they are 1) allowed to register, 2) allowed to vote, and that 3) their votes are counted. The Republicans at the state and federal levels are working overtime to place obstacles in the way of all of those.
Which is odd, because Mr. Deplorable is such a wimp he wouldn’t leave a hotel because it was raining.
It’s worse than that. In 2016, 172,000 in Michigan voted for Gary Johnson compared with less than 8000 in 2012; 147,000 in Pennsylvania compared with 50,000; 107,000 in Wisconsin compared with 20,000. People who vote Libertarian tend to be xenophobic bigots who oppose taxation. Their fears about Trump have changed into delight; expect to see them return to the GOP for the 2020 election.
Pennsylvania is 11% black; Michigan over 14% black. wolfpup is correct that those votes are hugely important to D’s chances. Although Governors are Democratic, the GOP controls both houses of the state legislatures of both these states. The 2020 Election may come down to the suppression of likely Democratic voters. The criminals are more powerful than ever now, and are packing the courts. If you think this will be a fair election, let me sell you a bridge…
We can’t predict the future with any certainty, but we can guess the probabilities. I repeat my guess: If the economy is still good, this outrageous and despicable criminal will be re-elected.
In fact, sometimes they even tried to squelch outright lies that their supporters were peddling, and it may have cost them politically. Consider John McCain’s well-known reaction to a voter repeating one of the many baseless rumors about Obama in 2008:
The Trump base doesn’t want a candidate who talks about admiring an opponent’s accomplishments and being respectful. What do you think Trump would say to a rumormongering supporter in such a situation? “Well, you know, a lot of people are saying—they’re saying he’s a secret Arab and does all those, you know, secret Arab rituals, whatever. Very bad for our country! Is it true? Could be, I don’t know. A lot of people are saying this!”
Nothing in that article supports your claim. Your attempt at bothsiderism is stillborn.
I disagree with, “Americans are a stupid people. We believe whatever we’re told.” The general population of most countries may often be politically unengaged or misinformed due to daily living activities dealing with obtaining and maintaining necessities like food, shelter, etc. When it comes to beliefs, most people tend to believe what is comfortable and accept concepts they want to believe. As an example, I think this is one of the main reasons religion is so popular. I mean, who doesn’t appreciate a happy ending?
Certainly not Robert Kraft!
But we are going to force him to carry it to term and look at an ultrasound of his flawed logic.
Try reading it again. You might have missed this bit in the opening paragraph:
The Dems do need to play it smart. But it’ll be interesting to see if they can checkmate DT before the election:
DON’T seek reelection and we won’t file impeachment proceedings; maybe even a non-prosecution agreement to the effect of "Don’t run, and you and the kids get immunity from obstruction & other charges. RUN and the impeachment goes down, and everybody goes to gaol. And all done in a reality TV format, with occasional solo scenes addressing concerns to a camera.
President Trump knows the Dems don’t have the votes to remove him from office. Several Dopers have argued that impeachment may actually HELP him win re-election. They don’t have enough political power to leverage into what you propose, and the people who matter know it.
Depends on how much the Repubs hold on to in next election. But yeah impeachment during this term would be a mess unless The Don starts eating live babies in the rose garden every Sunday. And even then he’d probably be ok.
No, I didn’t miss it.
The electoral college.
Treating that as a technicality is a fatal political move.
Since you’ve given up on denying whatever Republicans fuck up any more, imagine the time and effort you could save if you just made “They do it tooooo!” your signature.
I don’t think it would be nearly as effective as pointing out recent examples of Dems throwing a tantrum over one of their own candidates calling someone on the other side a “decent guy”.
Ha ha. “Tantrum”.
Except we get so tired of your links not being as you describe them that, after a while, we just assume it is another in a long line of “They do it too!” links that just don’t match up with the hyperbole you use to describe it. The obvious solution is to either be a bit more accurate in your link descriptions…or go with my previous signature suggestion.