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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs it too much for the media to ask any Republican what policy they're for?
What are their prescriptions for what ails Americans? And we cant accept that tired old tax cuts for the rich BS.
I cant point to a single thing theyre doing to actually fix the massive problems we are facing. Im fed with with hearing what theyre against. Make them tell us what theyre for. Id be willing to bet, some of them will say the quiet part out loud if asked directly.
JustAnotherGen
(31,906 posts)They treat Youngkin's win like this huge to do.
Right now Murphy has a bigger lead than Youngkin - but he "eked out a win".
So over their bullshit.
NCDem47
(2,250 posts)No matter the margin,
Republican win = overwhelming mandate.
Democratic win = narrow victory.
onecaliberal
(32,899 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)GOOD IDEA!
Been wondering same for years.
moniss
(4,274 posts)just that they might have to have one of those discussions that contains some in-depth detail and facts. That sort of thing is not on the media agenda anymore in this country and hasn't been for a very long time. They will however give you a 10 minute discussion on Britney Spears trials and tribulations using an extensive array of archival clips along with bringing in 4 guest "expert" analysts to hash it over.
Boomerproud
(7,965 posts)Intellectually lazy with no real principles. Why bother going to journalism school when you've got a fat contract with hair and makeup at your disposal 24/7. Oh, you better stay on your diet as well.
Walleye
(31,057 posts)They no longer think theyre being elected to public service to help the public. I dont know what they think theyre doing. Lining their pockets? Feeding their ego
2naSalit
(86,798 posts)They see themselves as chosen for the position. It's not an election as prescribed in the Constitution but that they were chosen to hold power.
ancianita
(36,137 posts)The court filings will die at the appellate level and Republican gerrymanders will stay for the next ten years. A whole generation of Republicans now sit in statehouses and will sit in Congress without ever having an opponent or having to run a campaign. Imagine how inept and out of touch they will be about the clear majority of voters who've been nullified by gerrymander.
Biden should have ordered a revised census in his first 100 days, but for covid. Still, there should be a new count during a Democratic administration, soon, or we will never have non-whites accurately counted again.
2naSalit
(86,798 posts)The census was a mess and was calling for a revised or rerun of the census using the original 4/1/2020 census date. Should have happened by now. The other thing is that the covid mess has really screwed things up so a revised or updated census should be conducted because of this once major disaster, the pandemic that is.
andym
(5,445 posts)which is to say they are against taxes, so even that is opposition. Everything else is opposition: regulations, equal rights, right to have abortions, gay rights, social programs, etc. Basically they are against progress, which is why they are sometimes referred to as "regressives" and not conservatives.
onecaliberal
(32,899 posts)They need to be asked, how anyone could defend those tax cuts helping anything when the countrys hard infrastructure is old and crumbling. If tax cuts were so great that wouldnt be the case. People also would t be working for slave wages.
Ford_Prefect
(7,921 posts)Tax cuts has always sounded like the taxes cut would be everyone's and relatively equally. That has never been the case historically, nor during W's terms, Nor TLG's.
What the GOP is about is to remove any tax or regulatory burden at all on the richest and best connected of our citizens and corporations. In order to use whatever remains to enble them to reap even more welfare, like subsidized crops for corporate farmers, like deferred payment minimal taxes on oil, gas, and minerals taken from public lands, like protecting major corporations from oversight by congress, or states, or citizen's advocates.
Nululu
(842 posts)IronLionZion
(45,534 posts)so Dems must be against those things.
They're for tax cuts and giving tons of contracts to their unqualified friends. We've seen that too many times in the Trump administration when GOP controlled congress. And we've seen how tax cuts have helped the economy vs Dem stimulus right now. But of course GOP wants people to be desperate enough to take low wage jobs without benefits.
ancianita
(36,137 posts)onecaliberal
(32,899 posts)Haggard Celine
(16,858 posts)So they would probably say something about that, about those proposed payouts to some of the refugees. They were saying yesterday that Americans are doing without so the government can give half a million dollars to immigrants. My thought was that if there are Americans in need, much of the reason for it is Republicans refusing to help.
onecaliberal
(32,899 posts)Including adding to the national debt.
OldBaldy1701E
(5,161 posts)'What ails Americans'? They made out like fat rats for the past four decades, why should they care about us at this point?
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)barf
mjvpi
(1,389 posts)..that benefited the por and the middle class. I ve been listening since Air America. Have not heard of one yet. Staggering
Skittles
(153,193 posts)this is why they are heavily trying to suppress the vote - they know they can't win with their shitty platform