This is the first time I've ever been truly upset over my guy losing. After previous elections when people were acting like their candidate was going to change the world for the better, and the flip side of the country thought the same but in agony and expecting it to go down the toilet.....I'd always say, "If you were somehow able to turn it all off and be oblivious to the news and who won....if you go and open your front door....you'll see the world is still there and just the same."
Here's the thing (you know....the thing?)
That's not true.
If you look out at the world today it's not the same and now it's realistically never going back with Biden in.
You got everyone walking around wearing masks---Biden is going to make masks a federal mandate despite their own science which I have shared on here showing masks are pointless.
I still kind of envision my old neighborhood in S.MPLS my home. I didn't want to sell my house, got a raw deal on that in the divorce, and up until recently still had pipe dreams of buying my old house back. I gutted the thing and rehabbed every last square inch of it on my own before she ever moved in. I loved that house.
Looking out it's front door is.....let me put it to you this way.....what used to be a view I loved and longed to go back to some day is gone. The Targhetto, Cub, Auto Zone, Pawn Shop, SA/speedway, Arby's I all shopped at.....probably had an average of hitting one of them daily....I just got done cutting wood panels for ice house hole inserts on my table saw I bought at that pawn shop.....
They're all gone. Why they're all gone?
Democrats.
The only checkpoint anywhere up and down the various jurisdictions and levels of authority (city, state, state AG, feds, etc.) that did a fukcing thing to hold any of the pieces of shit who burned down half the businesses in the biggest city in our state----was Donald J. Trump. He was calling out Frey and Walz while that abortion was happening, and the single reason any members of that mob of criminals face consequences his him. Frey and Walz sided with the mob. Frey gave them the 3rd precinct. They felt going in and squashing the mob would've been insensitive considering all the collective grief over George Floyd.
And that's yet another reason why you want an asshole in charge who doesn't give a fukc about people's feelings---it's inherently required to a large degree to be a leader. Do you know what you get from leadership otherwise?
Watch "Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey cries at George Floyd's casket at memorial" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/6Vph7pc0vFATrump was the only motherfukcer to not overreact and make decisions in knee jerk fashion. And he was right. If we had a guy like him running the city or the state Minneapolis wouldn't have burned.
George Floyd was a piece of shit degenerate njgger. The cops at the scene of his death all cared more about his life than he did. Anyone who wants to beg to differ is wasting their time since we've all seen the toxicology report.
So the city burned down as the result of a knee jerk emotional response that was totally off base since George Floyd died 100% because of George Floyd.
Yet in the democrats world another reality exists.....he was murdered.....and all the rioting, looting, and arson seen since.....not to mention all the monuments and history destroyed.....that was all justified in the eyes of the democrats, especially Biden/Harris. Harris heavily donating and pushing her California showbiz elites to donate ($32 million) to bail out the pieces of shit who just destroyed the biggest most important city in our state.
And you just voted for them.
You voted in favor of the people who don't live in reality. People who preach about systemic racism yet can't give you a single specific example of it taking place. People who have convinced themselves that George Floyd was murdered. Funny how they discard all the science stating that. They love the science...as long as it fits their agenda.
Can you see why I'm confused as to why anyone who doesn't hate this country, especially being from not just MN but S.MPLS, would ever in their right mind vote for the people who burned down MPLS. That's the side they're on. That's the side you are now on.
You knew that during this next term the cops that were wrongly accused of murdering George Floyd would be complete their trials. They're going to all walk on all charges. I have zero doubts about. Let's say I'm wrong. The only possible thing that might stick, due to the impossibility of getting an unbiased jury to go to trial with, is the manslaughter charges on Chauvin. If that happens it'd be a miracle for the prosecution (Ellison) and a grave injustice for Chauvin. Bottom line, the other three are walking Scott free and even if Chauvin is convicted of manslaughter, that outcome will cause mass rioting and civil unrest to the same degree we previously witnessed, or worse.
.....and now we have Frey, Walz, Ellison, and Biden/Harris in charge.
You had the option of keeping Trump in there but you would prefer to have Biden/Harris in....the latter one of the main players behind bailing out everyone arrested in the initial riots.
I have to ask, why did you think Biden/Harris was the better choice on this over Trump?
Why did you think Biden/Harris were the better choice with the "pandemic?"
I loved Trump's handling of it. No coordinated federal effort was the right call to make, since covid is a joke. Go through the official deaths and you're going to see the co-morbidity of pneumonia in 9 out of ten, maybe eight out of ten, I don't have the exact percentage in front of me but it's right there in between those two numbers. Covid is not a pandemic because covid by itself has killed maybe a few thousand people. The average age of those who "died" from covid is above the average life expectancy in this country. Of those 275,000 or whatever it is....last time I checked the CDC they had 209K or 211K listed as covid w/pneumonia, and that was like a week ago and they have a lag time and trail the 275K figure that comes out of John Hopkins. This isn't a pandemic. It's a slightly elevated mortality rate for the year caused by a lot of the old people that would've died next year. That's it. The covid "pandemic" consists primarily of re-labeling old people's cause of death from pneumonia to old people dying from pneumonia and covid.
Trump not pushing a federal mask mandate, or really encouraging people to wear them at all, I agreed with. I agreed with his view of Fauci....dude's a primadonna that never would've been famous....ditto with Osterholm. The dude got so much street cred from going on with Rogan it got to his head and he's dragging himself as slow as possible from the limelight while still trying to freak people out about the "Dark Winter" ahead.
All these eggheads were wrong. I completely agree with MLDS's take that 'Rona ultimately ended Trump's presidency. Why? Because even an asshole like him can't openly discount the death toll without looking like a much bigger asshole. Whatever the fake count is those are real people who died....they just didn't die of covid. They think they did and that it's some tragedy but again....living in reality....it's very clear going off the expected versus observed mortality....most of the "death toll" was already slated to die. Had covid struck a year later? Their loved one still would've died from pneumonia, but their deaths wouldn't be politicized and their families wouldn't be feigning outrage over the "tragedy" of their 89yo mom or dad dying....since they already put them in a home where that was the only thing on the agenda for them.
I'll try to wrap it but don't feel the need to do that with your response. I know I get long-winded but my goal on this thread has been to lay out my thought process very thoroughly. I'm fine with someone disagreeing with my thought process, but what I'm hoping for is that you'll lay out your or others will lay out your reasons for voting Biden because I don't understand. I'm totally lost on what drew in people like yourself to Biden/Harris over Trump. I'd appreciate it if you laid out your reasoning why you thought Biden was the better choice on some of the key issues. I'm expecting you to know my train of thought on the issues of Race/Civil Unrest, Covid, the Economy, Climate Change....
I haven't hit Climate Change yet.
Trump I liked over Biden since he A) understands that wind & solar only exist as industry by being subsidized by the federal government and he was all for it...he certainly wasn't against it. I have not one but two brothers who have spent the entirety of Trump's term traveling the country installing solar farms making North of six figures. One has been pulling in close to $250K annually for a while on it now.
The amount of solar that has gone in during Trump's term is a ridiculous amount. I'm not claiming he was responsible for it but he sure as hell didn't get in the way.
The reason why I give Trump the edge?
There's no way we're going to drastically increase the amount of clean energy we are putting in. With essentially every power plant switched to natural gas, the ever increasing amount of clean energy, this country has done more to lower it's carbon footprint than anyone.
So why do we need to put ourselves in the Paris Climate Accords with the likes of countries like Germany? Who still produces 40% of their power from coal?
Our economy is too burdened from environmental regulations that are anything but common sense. Farming is exempt from all EPA regulations. They can have as much nitrogen, phosphorus, and shit run off their fields into the water supply unmitigated yet a small repair shop that incorrectly disposes a coffee can of stuff to the wrong portion of the sanitary landfill should be fined enough to go under.....seems fair. EIS = utter beaucratic nonsense in almost every case.
I'm telling you....if you look at the record during the Trump years for what took place in terms of lowering our carbon footprint, Biden will be hard pressed to improve upon the trajectory we're already on, which will get better as technology gets better. I'm actually starting to think Elon Musk can make an electric semi something beyond just a pipe dream.
George Floyd/Systemic Racism/Civil Unrest/Law & Order----I've laid out why I think Trump was by far the better candidate.
The Economy/China/Immigration -----I've laid out why I think Trump was by far the better candidate.
Climate Change/"Green" Energy----I've laid out why I think Trump was by far the better candidate.
Covid/"Pandemic"----I've laid out why I think Trump was by far the better candidate.
I have no idea why you thought Biden/Harris was the better candidate on any of these issues.
The only one who I know definitely why they voted for who they did besides the Trump guy's is Kwack. It sounds like he voted Biden mainly because he didn't like Donald J. Trump the persona, and hated his tweets....which hey, it's a reason. I don't care if it's a great reason, I have an understanding of why he voted the way he did. Whether there was a bunch of stuff he liked about Biden over Trump or if it solely was he found him that unlikeable....I understand what the primary factor was for him.
I'm not looking to call anyone names, and I haven't yet although my "coming to your neighborhood" bit was probably pushing it.
I'm in the same boat as 9manfan in that I don't understand why anyone on here would vote Biden, but you're right DD....thanks for the reminder that everyone on here is a lot alike. I like you guys and respect you guys.....please take my lack of understanding as a sincere confusion looking to figure it out versus a knock or being accusatory.
I'd just like to get why....
If your chick is a teacher and you vote in line with the union.....something like that would be a pretty good answer. I'd get it. Sure, I'd still think the teacher's union in this state is ridiculously full of bullshit, but I'm not going to blame a guy for voting for where his bread gets buttered. Similarly with Chuck if something like Medicare/Social Security was a big issue and he favored Biden on it enough to swing him that way. That's pretty much a non-issue for me so possible grave concern over it would be something that hasn't registered.
I look forward to some fellow long-winded answers. Wurd