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Political Roundtable Part XXIX

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Post#1941 » by Pointgod » Thu May 20, 2021 1:20 am

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Wish her luck but she’s going to lose. I still don’t get why the Democrats don’t put up candidates that can appeal to the demographics needed to win certain states. Every state wide candidate in Florida should be a Hispanic person because that’s the demographic that the Democrats need to pull to move the needle. Identify politics works, just ask Republicans who ran unqualified celebrity candidates that matched the demographics of their districts and won.

There's not a lot to choose from. The most prominent Hispanics in politics seem to be Cuban American republicans. They just call democrats "socialists" and that works for them. The democrats have to groom some Cubans. An Hispanic non-Cuban is not appealing to Cubans. Many think they're better than recent poor immigrants.


Then get a celebrity candidate then. Cubans make a huge portion of the Florida vote but they aren’t the only Hispanic demographic that can sway an election in Florida. Democrats need to stop thinking of Florida as a purple state. It’s a Red state with a bunch of old white retirees and Cubans that will never vote for a black person. Hell lily white Biden couldn’t even make it close.
Trust me Florida is full of idiots that love a politician like Desantis. They embrace the stupidity recklessness. Democrats aren’t going to win Florida by being reasonable and explaining how their policies have helped the state. You need to create excitement and carve out a Demographic. I’d say the same thing for Texas and Arizona too. If you aren’t running a Hispanic candidate, you’re playing to not lose. I don’t know why Democrats continue to fail again and again in Red states and not try something new. Republicans have absolutely figured this out, policy doesn’t matter it’s about connecting to voters to turn them out.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1942 » by doclinkin » Thu May 20, 2021 1:43 am

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President Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as "shithole" nations during a meeting Thursday and asked why the U.S. can't have more immigrants from Norway.
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President Donald Trump referred to African countries, Haiti and El Salvador as "shithole" nations during a meeting Thursday and asked why the U.S. can't have more immigrants from Norway.
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Post#1946 » by pancakes3 » Fri May 21, 2021 6:01 pm

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/21/politics/ted-cruz-military/index.html

Ted Cruise retweets comparison of Russia Army ad and US Army ad where the Russian soldier is a brainless automaton doing pushups and assembling guns with a vacant stare, and the US ad tells an actual story of an actual soldier who was a HS valedictorian raised by 2 moms and wants to prove herself inner strength by joining the army. Ted, with his Princeton/Harvard Law big brain, comments: "Holy crap. Perhaps a woke, emasculated military is not the best idea."


https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/999020140/its-now-legal-to-practice-yoga-in-alabamas-public-schools

Ostensibly a good story where Alabama walks back a 30-year old ban on yoga in schools despite 'Bama winning championship after championship because of the injury-preventative benefits of yoga, manages to slide in a residual ban on saying "namaste" and other chants because it could turn the kids hindu.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1947 » by verbal8 » Sat May 22, 2021 3:21 pm

bsilver wrote:There's not a lot to choose from. The most prominent Hispanics in politics seem to be Cuban American republicans. They just call democrats "socialists" and that works for them. The democrats have to groom some Cubans. An Hispanic non-Cuban is not appealing to Cubans. Many think they're better than recent poor immigrants.


Just because Demings is in the field, doesn't automatically mean that she will be the nominee. What it does mean is that there should be a strong contender from the Dems to take on Rubio.

I think Rubio may be a bit more vulnerable than it would seem. He is too Trumpy to have much appeal to the "Biden Republicans", but he might not be Trump enough to excite turn-out in. Florida also seems to run more "purple" in elections other than "President" where it has a pretty pronounced Red lean.
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Post#1948 » by Wizardspride » Sat May 22, 2021 4:10 pm

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Post#1949 » by pancakes3 » Sat May 22, 2021 4:24 pm

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Post#1951 » by Wizardspride » Sat May 22, 2021 11:58 pm

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1952 » by verbal8 » Sun May 23, 2021 2:07 pm

It is nice to have a President who is competent.

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1953 » by Pointgod » Sun May 23, 2021 6:51 pm

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Well he didn’t automatically claim he solved peace in the Middle East so it doesn’t matter.

Sadly some people actually think like this.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1954 » by Wizardspride » Tue May 25, 2021 1:01 am

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1955 » by Wizardspride » Tue May 25, 2021 1:05 am

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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1956 » by Pointgod » Tue May 25, 2021 1:30 am

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Joe’s all like “I didn’t know you guys are traitor traitors”. Welcome to reality dip ****. I’m sure he’ll write a strongly worded letter.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1957 » by Zonkerbl » Tue May 25, 2021 3:00 am

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Holy crap. Boy was she ever ready for that question. That's professionalism right there.
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Re: Political Roundtable Part XXIX 

Post#1958 » by Ruzious » Tue May 25, 2021 2:32 pm

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She's the best. Won't stand for BS. Scalpel sharp and prepared.

Yes, but she also does it without being an aggressive arshole - unlike every person in that position under Trump.
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Post#1959 » by Ruzious » Tue May 25, 2021 2:36 pm

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Outraged? Yes. Surprised? Not in the slightest.
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Post#1960 » by Ruzious » Tue May 25, 2021 2:45 pm

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I just don't see how we can compromise on anything with people that find this acceptable.
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