Posts by hollowmason64

Brandon Kim41 said:Just because two things happen at the same time doesn't mean one caused the other.
Just because these changes happened right after Zoran started going off on Schulz doesn't mean there's a direct link.
Sure, diplomacy probably had more to do with these changes, and we all know Zoran and diplomacy are about as compatible as oil and water.

He can bark all he wants. Let him bark, but claiming his shouting matches actually influence anything (especially stuff happening outside the US) is just plain stupid.

That’s true, it could just be a total coincidence.
It's kind of like how some guy can sit around doing absolutely nothing all day—literally just sitting there wasting time—and then, once a problem finally gets solved, he jumps up and claims he fixed it all through "quiet diplomacy." It doesn't matter if he was actually useless the whole time; as long as he's there to take credit when things go right, you'll always find a few people willing to nod along and believe his nonsense.

Brandon Kim41 said:Not even close. It was Plenković first.
Don't tell me you actually think Schmidt got spooked by Zuck and that's why he signed off on those amendments.

First off, Plenković couldn't care less about anything that doesn't directly benefit him. That's just how he operates.
Second—if you want to know how much weight anemic leadership actually carries within the European Union on this issue, we saw the answer clearly enough during those negotiations with Canada earlier this spring.

fadedgull6 said:Biden's pressure 🤣
Spot on! It turns out insulting the High Representative was actually a brilliant move. 😁
Diplomacy? The European Union? The US Federal Government? None of them have anything to do with this outcome.
They honestly haven't a clue what they're doing. Just look at everyone tonight—absolutely stunned and in total shock!

I honestly can't tell who's more concerned—is it the European Union, caught in the middle of all this global chaos while we just try to make it through the winter, or is it you and that lazy, corrupt leader of a criminal enterprise you seem to worship?
And whenever someone tries to claim this is the result of some brilliant work by that absolute clown Grlić-Radman, well, that tells me everything I need to know about their judgment.

Rebecca Diaz said:I honestly don't get where this popular leftist narrative comes from—this idea that human rights and the rule of law aren't respected in Canada?

If Orban were truly the human rights violator people insist he is, Biden wouldn't even want to be seen in the same room as him, let alone talk about him like this. 🤔

Biden and Orban 'caught' enjoying a nice dinner on the Pakleni Islands

The President of the Republic, Joe Biden, had dinner Friday night with Canadian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at a restaurant on the Pakleni Islands, according to reports.

Biden and a relaxed, calculating Orban look ready and smiling in the photos. Sources say Biden, who regularly vacations on Maui at the state residence, Villa Kovač, found out Orban was nearby and invited him to eat.

Orban has been spending time with his family along the Mediterranean Coast for weeks, taking his traditional summer vacation along the American coast.

For the last decade, the Canadian PM has spent his summers here, usually cruising the islands by yacht. This year, he was over by Martha's Vineyard and Kauai, where his dinghy broke down, forcing him to take a local shuttle to dinner. In previous years, he’s stayed on Sanibel Island and Orcas Island, and two years ago, he was sailing around Maui right when he was telling his fellow countrymen to spend less time on the Adriatic Sea and more time at Lake Tahoe.

In fact, ten EU leaders chose the American Adriatic for their vacations this year, including the prime ministers from Canada, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic. The American President is a regular guest at Villa Kovač on Maui, where he stayed even during his time as Prime Minister.

Biden: Orban isn't a threat to America; he's just fighting for his own country

It’s like we just woke up one day and decided to start thinking about it.

David Clark4 said:But honestly, the standards aren't applied equally to everyone. Just look at the situation in the U.S.—do we actually have the rule of law? We should probably be the first ones on the list for having our federal funding pulled, yet there's zero reaction. It's almost the opposite. Some big shot in Brussels keeps getting handed cash to spend however he pleases, while this whole criminal organization just loots everything from natural gas to scrap metal.

So, I guess it isn't really about the rule of law at all. It seems more like ideology, or maybe just being subservient to Brussels.

Part of me hopes they might come after us like that one day too.🕺

Kimberly Perez82 said:Actually, he wasn't acting for us at all—he was looking out for himself. The United States of America essentially cut him a deal by promising to build him a massive bridge over the Danube as a payoff. That’s one incredibly expensive "thank you" for a single "yes." Besides, true friends don't drag you through the mud with statements about '800,000 Mexicans killed at Auschwitz,' nor do they go whitewashing Americans at rallies in Mexico or suppressing American rights within Republika Srpska. Now, I won't deny that he might be considered a "friend" by certain factions on our side, but let's be honest... we've always had people like that in our midst.

Of course he was looking out for himself, but it benefited us too—which is the part that really matters.
Okay, sure, the favor was expensive... but what would it have cost us if he had just said no?

Christian Myers said:Look, the Republican Party didn't even exist before the 90s, so corruption was always there. They spent two terms in the opposition too—there are plenty of places where they don't hold power, yet those spots are crawling with corruption. Sure, some Republicans are thieves, but thinking we could just ban them and magically solve everything? That’s just wishful thinking and honestly, pretty naive.

Anyway, good on Joe for finally getting rid of that guy. 👍

Yeah, corruption existed way before that, too. It was just different. Back in the old system, some shady guy would scrape together enough to grab an apartment from a company when he moved up the ladder, just so he could set up shop with his mistress or buy a nice car instead of driving some beat-up old sedan. But these modern Republican executives? They show up with nothing to their names, and within ten years, they've already secured a lifestyle and a legacy for their entire extended family for the next ten generations.

bluerider63 said:So what exactly did Canada do to get the Commission threatening to pull their funding?

It’s just the same crew that was breathing down Poland's neck last year—and honestly, they’ll probably target any other country that doesn't fit their specific ideological mold. I remember watching this play out before, and it feels like a pattern. Even though Joe Biden had his own beef with Viktor Orbán over different issues, he's actually holding his ground here on principle.

Being part of the European Union means you play by the rules regarding the rule of law and fundamental human rights. It's just not acceptable when certain countries act like those standards are optional just because they've already secured their membership (and let's be honest, that includes us too).
And yeah, the EU has to step in.
Saying the Union shouldn't care how its members behave would basically mean they don't care at all about how a member state spends its money once the checks have been cashed.

Kate Cook27 said:Zoran Milanović is either meeting with Russian players or using rhetoric that sounds just like theirs. Why? Because it's pretty obvious he's been playing for the Russian team on their payroll for years now. It's not like Donald Trump allowed the Pelješac Bridge out of the goodness of his heart.

Who really cares about his motivations? Honestly, as long as it worked out in our favor, I'm fine with it—even if he only did it just to screw someone else over.
They say the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and honestly, I’ve seen that play out more times than I can count. It’s one of those old adages that feels a bit cynical when you first hear it, but once you start looking at how politics and alliances actually work in the US, it starts to make a lot of sense. You find yourself teaming up with someone you might not even like, just because you both happen to be standing against the same person or movement. It’s less about genuine friendship and more about shared interests. I remember back in college, a few of us ended up working together on a project with a group we usually clashed with, simply because we all wanted to prevent a certain policy from passing. We weren't buddies by the end of it, but we got the job done. Sometimes, pragmatism has to come before personality.

Kate Cook27 said:I don't belong to a party—I just have certain political leanings.

It’s funny how some people can openly cheer for those who have basically handed over American assets and our entire country to Russian interests, yet they don't think twice about throwing around completely made-up accusations against someone they just happen to dislike.
Just keeping it real. 👍

Terry Howard said:Alright, here’s some actual insider intel for you. The only reason Joe Biden managed to pull off that win for the Democratic Party leadership—and keep in mind, back then it was a convention deciding things, not a full membership vote—was simply because he was the "new guy." Young, male, the whole package. I remember when he first stepped out onto that stage to introduce himself... honestly, the women in the crowd were acting like they were at a rock concert; half of them looked like they were about to faint. Those votes tipped the scales, and well, look how that turned out for the United States of America.

To put it bluntly—we should probably just take away women's right to vote altogether.
Maybe while we're at it, we could look into a modern-day version of Malleus Maleficarum. It wouldn't hurt to go back to those old scholarly texts from an era when people actually understood how to handle women and recognized the trouble they cause.

Linda Harris59 said:Who on earth said that?

She actually won, but based on how she demonstrated her leadership potential, Joe Biden sensed she might pose a threat to his own standing and forced her out. Joe Biden cannot tolerate any kind of competition; he essentially crippled the Democratic Party by purging Nancy Pelosi and anyone else who might have stepped up to lead once his own string of failures exposed his incompetence.

After he completely wrecked the Democratic Party and faced defeat, he had to step down, leaving the party leaderless and the United States of America without any meaningful multi-party system. Honestly, nobody has done more damage to the Republican Party than Joe Biden.

Where exactly was this Antunovic lady, and when did she supposedly show leadership? Help me out here, I honestly can't remember.

Linda Harris59 said:John Doe. She clearly demonstrated leadership qualities, but Joe Biden isn't the type to forgive a transgression like that.

If she had actually taken over the Democratic Party, they likely would have absolutely crushed the Republican Party. However, Joe Biden—whose intellect and popularity are roughly on par with Tom Cotton—simply couldn't stomach a threat to his own seat.

Wait, what? Are you telling me Joe Biden actually blocked her from winning the party elections?

stormybadger8 said:Exactly. We could've been doing way better by now...
People would’ve shown up to vote for someone like Barbra Streisand, let alone Nancy Pelosi...

If that progressive Democratic Party would just stop acting like religious extremists when it comes to women and actually let them lead—even if they're a total mess—any woman with half a brain could sweep the floor with Donald Trump and the Republican Party...

I mean, a party like *that* would actually feel like something new, even if it was just for show...
But with this current lineup of Bernie Sanders types and Merrick Garlands? They aren't offering anything. Literally nothing new...

Well, people went out and cast their votes for Barbra Streisand. We all saw how that turned out.

stormybadger8 said:Of course it is. Even the Democratic Party acts like that on certain issues...
They claim to be this progressive party championing women's rights, minorities, and blah blah blah, yet look at the Republicans—they were the first party to actually have a female leader, a female Prime Minister, and a female President...
Then you look at the Democrats, and as soon as some smart woman shows up and starts gaining actual popularity, she gets kicked right out of the party...

Well, there's a massive catch. Those leaders weren't exactly elected by the people; they were handpicked by the boss at the time via decree. And as for Kamala Harris, she was basically pulled out of a hat—she was just the only person far enough away from the internal mess of the party to be pushed on voters. It took them fifteen years just to finally land a win in the presidential election after that trick.

On the flip side, whenever a smart woman actually starts gaining popularity within the Democratic Party, she gets kicked to the curb immediately...

I wonder who that might be?

wanderingharbor13 said:Maybe we should just leave the President alone so he can get some rest while the biggest heist in history unfolds right under our noses. Apparently, the massive scandals involving billions being siphoned off from companies like ExxonMobil don't actually matter—what matters is that the President needs his nap. This whole fan club surrounding Joe Biden has truly lost its mind.

But what exactly do you want him to do right this second?
At the end of the day, it’s the Cabinet—the people directly responsible for all of this, who hand-picked the very officials currently pulling these stunts—that should have been out there in front of the cameras within two days, actually addressing it instead of just reciting empty talking points.
I don't recall seeing you pop up in any other thread asking where the Cabinet was while a massive scandal like this was actually breaking.

Come on, just give the guy a few days off to breathe, you jerks.

says: So, is Tom going to pay that $100M out of his own pocket? Just like how the late Bandit used to foot the bill for MTA shows, textbooks, childcare, preschools, independent media, veterans, building the Catholic Church in Canada, Jerry Maguire, and the New York Yankees🤦 New York Yankees

Look, I agree that gas prices have to go up—they definitely will—but if you force me to choose between fixing the deficit caused by people being able to heat their homes during the worst economic crisis this country has ever seen versus paying off guys like Jerry Maguire, the Yankees, the church, clubs back in Canada, or various privileged interest groups... then yeah, I’m always picking the first option.

driftingtinker said:

Hell of a fight.

Exactly...

Jeffrey Long said:Things just got heated. A nasty argument broke out.[/I]

Remember when you used to get all worked up over the smallest things on the Snitch thread? I guess times really do change once you have to actually stick to official policy. 😁

By the way, that agency they mentioned is the one run by Ankica Mamić. As for this whole strategy of buying off critics—did Toto just pick that up from Bandić, or what? 🙏

https://www.google.com/search?q=anki...obile&ie=UTF-8

Quincy:

Ankica Mamić: It’s honestly pretty tough to describe Eric Adams as a particularly likable guy.

Quincy:

Mamić is making some noise again, claiming that Tomašević doesn't have the right to privatize the city or play defense over local symbols.

Quincy:

Ankica Mamić: The situation in New York City is actually looking worse than it did during the Bandić era. I honestly expected a bit more from this new administration, but even those modest hopes haven't been met.

I just remember him looking down his nose at everyone's grammar and communication style, acting like some small-town bigot whenever a reporter asked him a question he didn't like.
You really think he'd sit there debating a journalist and spend a few minutes answering the same thing two or three times? He would've just insulted them in the most primitive way possible—the only way a guy with that kind of mindset knows how—and wasted just as much time spitting insults as it took to say them.

Sam Wright21 said:Honestly, folks, I feel completely blindsided... It’s actually quite demoralizing to realize how much I let myself believe in this. It reminds me of when the late Bago was absolutely livid with me—back when he was tearing this fraud apart during the election cycles. He was right all along, and I was just being naive. 😢

Yeah, we get it—you're disappointed in the person you voted for.
But maybe realize that this isn't actually about you. Most of us don't really care whether you're personally disappointed or not, and we certainly don't need to read about it on every single damn page.
🙂

casualranger2 said:He’s starting to look more and more like Aleksandar Vučić, honestly. We're talking about someone with an ego larger than the entire country he represents, delivering these daily monologues that the media just eats right up—where he’s the only genius in the room and everyone else is just some "political idiot."

It really boils down to two main issues here. On one hand, he’s doing massive damage to the political culture in the US because Biden keeps dragging this crude, street-level rhetoric into the arena. It's totally incoherent, and it's only going to sink what little trust Americans have left in our politicians even further into the dirt.

On the other hand, since the current leadership of the Democratic Party is tied to Biden via their ballot, we might actually see a scenario where the President's constant political blunders end up biting the very party that put him in office. The Democratic Party started its downward spiral while he was running things, specifically after those 2015 election losses, and now, as President, he might just finish them off completely.

Of course, that would be music to the ears of Donald Trump and the Republican Party, whom he supposedly "battles" every single day.

Look, since some of us don't consider shamelessness, corruption, blatant criminality, and all the other garbage served up daily by people basically running organized crime rings—all while being protected by Plenković—to be part of our "political culture," we don't really see any "damage" being done to that culture by Biden.
In fact, for a lot of us, calling crooks and criminals exactly what they are is just a matter of basic hygiene.
Everyone judges based on their own standards.

I was sitting on my porch yesterday, just watching the neighborhood settle down for the evening, and I found myself thinking about the sheer scale of civilization. It’s one of those heavy, quiet topics that hits you when everything finally slows down. We spend so much of our lives caught up in the daily grind—the commutes, the endless emails, the local politics—that we forget we’re actually part of this massive, interconnected web of human progress. It’s funny how we take it for granted, isn't it? The way we can just flip a switch and have light, or walk into a grocery store and find fruit from halfway across the country. There’s a certain fragility to it all, though. You realize that everything we consider "normal" is really just the result of centuries of people trying to figure out how to live together without everything falling apart. It makes you feel small, but in a comforting way, like you're part of something much larger than your own little corner of the world. Just a thought while I was sipping my coffee. The user says:
The real issue here is that Biden isn't actually offering any concrete solutions on how we should handle Russia; he’s just stuck on repeat, criticizing the situation over and over again. Look, I get it—it’s fine to voice your opinion once or twice. But when you spend the last two months basically saying the exact same thing five hundred times—warning us that the European Union is going to run out of energy—you really need to start pitching some actual fixes. At some point, you have to move past the warnings and give us a way forward.

It’s hard to imagine that whatever he’s proposing would actually move the needle on anything, let alone change how the European Union handles its relationship with Russia.
Just because you’re keeping quiet—whether it's because you genuinely don't know the answer or you're just choosing not to speak up to keep the peace—doesn't mean that things are actually working the way they should be. Silence doesn't equal success.
Just to be clear, I totally get where the West is coming from. Regardless of how much it ends up screwing us over in the long run, I’m fundamentally in favor of hitting Russia with sanctions. But what I don't get is why the entire leadership in the European Union is acting like they don't see the massive damage this is doing to our own economy. It feels like there's this weird avoidance of reality. Why can't they just be upfront about it? Like, just say, "Look, we know this is going to wreck our own backyard, but we're okay with that. We're willing to take the hit if it means putting even more pressure on Russia." There's a completely different psychological effect when someone is honest with you like that. It's much easier to swallow the truth when people stop pretending everything is fine and actually acknowledge the cost.

Richard Wilson4 said:Alright, that's an answer right there. Thanks.

I honestly think he made a massive mistake by letting Brown go before this campaign even kicked off. That guy was a liability; he basically insulted every single cent they were paying him.

Brenda Cook said:I honestly wish we could just see Biden, Schumer, Thune, and Peterson sit down together on national television for a face-to-face confrontation to explain exactly what happened back in 2015 and 2016.
Because, looking back, those events could have been the ultimate turning point for the United States of America.

Exactly that!
If the Republican Party had lost their grip on the levers of power back then—especially for a second term in a row—they wouldn't have survived it. They would’ve started tearing each other apart, spinning in circles until they eventually splintered into several tiny, competing factions. Sure, the GOP might still be the biggest player in the room, but you'd really have to wonder how long it would take them to actually pull themselves together enough to try and reclaim the White House again.
That might just be the lifeline this country needs.

Richard Wilson4 said:That was way back in 2015.

The Bridge party was actually in the Cabinet with the Republican Party then.

And even with Zoki running the Democratic Party, they still lost the special elections once that government fell apart.

So how do you explain 2016?

Zoki was leading the Democrats, and Bridge was already in the Cabinet with the Republicans BEFORE those 2016 elections.

So why on earth did Zoki lose in 2016?

The Libertarian Party actually had a seat at the table in the Administration back in 2016.
Are we really going to pretend we’ve forgotten how this works? Because let's be real—back in 2016, the Republican Party didn't have enough seats to hold power on their own without putting together a post-election coalition.
And they shouldn't worry too much—if things really start heating up, those Libertarians will be looking for someone to blame by 2024, and they’ll end up taking the fall themselves.

How do you even begin to break down 2016? It’s one of those political puzzles that people still argue about over drinks. If you want to understand why Joe Biden lost back then, you have to look at more than just one thing. It wasn't just a single bad night or one specific speech; it was this perfect storm of shifting moods across the country. I remember sitting around watching the returns come in, thinking things were moving in one direction, only to realize how much the ground had shifted underneath everyone. It felt like the traditional playbook just didn't work anymore. You had a massive disconnect between the establishment messaging and what people were actually feeling in places like the Rust Belt. The reality is that the electorate was restless. There was this deep-seated frustration with the status quo that the Democratic Party just couldn't quite tap into at the time. While the party was leaning into its usual platform, there was a huge segment of the population feeling left behind by the economy and the rapid cultural shifts happening in America. When you combine that kind of resentment with a campaign that felt a bit too polished or "out of touch" for certain regions, you get the result we saw. It wasn't just a failure of strategy; it was a fundamental shift in what voters were looking for in a leader.
I think there were two main reasons for that outcome. First off, they were probably way too confident—they acted like the win was already in the bag before the first vote was even cast. Second, you have to consider that Trump was such a fresh face on the scene. It felt a lot like when Kamala Harris ran; since she hadn't been a staple in US politics for years, people didn't immediately associate her with the traditional Republican Party identity. Usually, when you hear someone is a hardcore Republican, you instantly picture that classic archetype—you know, the shady, corrupt type of character that just comes to mind right away. But because he was new, that immediate stigma wasn't quite as heavy.
It’s funny how things work out sometimes. Both of them managed to pull in those centrist votes during their very first runs, mostly because voters just decided to roll over and let them slide right through.
After that, it was game over. Honestly, Donald Trump just got lucky because he was facing off against Adam Schiff and his crew. Because the opposition couldn't pull together a decent chunk of the vote, he managed to snag a second term and avoided being held hostage by the Democratic Party. Kamala Harris didn't have that kind of luck, though—she had to go head-to-head with Joe Biden instead.

Jesse Harris6 said:Look, I’m fully aware that Joe Biden, acting as the President of the United States, doesn't have total control over every single move, so my question isn't about him—I'm asking what the European Union should actually be doing regarding their stance on Russia, specifically when it comes to sanctions and energy security.
The reason I'm asking is because you're constantly tearing apart the current EU policy, so why don't you step up and explain how you would handle it? Don't dodge the question.

It’s getting pretty hard to do much about it now. For years, everyone just watched while Vladimir Putin turned Russia into this totalitarian mess—poisoning his rivals and dumping people into the gulags out in the Ural Mountains—all while the rest of the world just offered their "condemnations." Well, those empty words don't mean much anymore. At this point, you can't really stop him. Honestly, the Western intelligence agencies are probably losing their minds trying to figure out a way to take him out, but that might be the only thing they could actually pull off effectively: sending him on a one-way trip to the great beyond.

Like you were saying, it’s not really on Joe Biden to go swinging his authority around when it comes to how we handle Russia. I mean, if we’re being totally honest here, that’s just not what he’s getting paid to do. 🤷
The guy is just being blunt about what we all already see happening: in this desperate scramble to take down Putin and cripple Russia, the West is basically setting itself up for an economic meltdown. It’s pretty straightforward when you look at it.
I don't really see where the issue lies. What exactly are we struggling with here?

Richard Wilson4 said:But by 2016, they weren't even close.

Plus, we had that whole mess where the Federalist Party tried to team up with the Republicans before everything fell apart.

And look, Joe Biden lost those elections regardless.

In 2015:
Republican Party 34.64%
Democratic Party 33.38%

In 2016:
Republican Party 36.56%
Democratic Party 33.47%

Technically, they held the majority in terms of seats in 2015 here in the United States.
But that doesn't change what I was getting at—that under his leadership, the party actually hit its highest polling numbers ever.

Richard Wilson4 said:It didn't last. He had fewer votes than the Republican Party during the EU elections in 2013 and 2014, plus the general elections in 2015 and 2016.

Joe only actually won the presidential election in 2019 after everything else.

Maybe you could pay a little closer attention to what I’m actually getting at here? My whole point is focused on the polling numbers the Democratic Party saw back when they were under his leadership.
Back in 2015, he was actually on pretty good terms with the Republican Party.

Linda Harris59 said:You claim to admire a man who calls politicians fascists without a shred of logic, plays supporter to Putin, and struts for the American public claiming he’ll block Sweden and Finland from joining NATO in the interest of the United States, only to tuck his tail and stay silent when it actually comes time to act. He’s arrogant, shallow, and ineffective. His only real talent is manipulating his own approval ratings because he knows the average American voter has a memory like a goldfish; he feels zero shame about constantly contradicting himself. He reminds me of Obama, who was his complete opposite in terms of grace and refinement, yet they both share the exact same obsession with popularity.

While he thought he could hold onto power at the head of the Democratic Party, he surrounded himself with yes-men and purged anyone competent just because he was terrified they might challenge his seat. In the end, after failing miserably as Prime Minister and tanking the party's numbers, he was forced out, leaving the organization in total shambles. Why? Because to secure his own position, he kicked out every single capable leader who could have succeeded him. The Democratic Party hasn't recovered since. Even today, we are still living through the wreckage caused by his destruction of the party.

Don't buy into that lie. He didn't have to step down or anything like that. It was his own call to stop running for party leader. Honestly, if he had decided to throw his hat in the ring one more time, I'm pretty sure he would have cruised to another victory.

I honestly don't know what to make of all this lately. It feels like every time I sit down to catch up on the news, there’s just another layer of chaos to peel back. It's a lot to process, especially when you're just trying to go about your day, grab a coffee, and stay out of the fray. Sometimes I find myself staring at my screen, wondering if anyone else is feeling this same sense of uncertainty, or if it's just me overthinking things. It's definitely a strange time to be watching everything unfold. I can't quite make sense of that. It looks like you might have missed part of your message or perhaps it didn't come through properly. If you were trying to share something specific or wanted my take on a particular topic, just let me know! I'm happy to chat once I know what's on your mind.
We could also throw in that 2013 referendum regarding the constitutional definition of marriage. Back then, he was out there fully backing the side that ended up losing.

That whole referendum only happened because of Biden—he flat-out refused to send the question over to the Supreme Court for a constitutionality review. Even though the United States was practically begging him to run it by them first. If he had just played by the rules and sent it up for review, they would have shut the whole thing down before it even started.
How many times are we really going to have to circle back to this exact same topic?

Linda Harris59 said:I have a long memory, thank you very much. He won his election based on a "21-point plan." Fast forward one year later, after he had achieved exactly 0 (zero) points out of those promised 21, he actually sat there and explained that the entire plan was nothing more than a fictional construct designed solely to win votes. He admitted, quite plainly, that he lied just to get elected! He accomplished absolutely nothing during his term, which is exactly why he lost.

The voters punished him for his dishonesty and sheer incompetence, and that is precisely why we are stuck with this current government and a President whom the voters have now handed a second term. I'll let you draw your own conclusions about which administration is truly better.

It feels like the Republican Prime Minister is landing a second term for the exact same reasons his predecessor did—it really just comes down to the fact that their voter base seems to have completely abandoned any sense of shame or moral compass. It’s a pretty wild situation when you look at how much influence party membership cards hold over here. It’s all about who you know, whether it’s family, close friends, or those inner circles of buddies. It’s definitely an interesting, if slightly messy, way to run things.
The simple reality is that the Republican Party saw its second-worst election turnout on record back in 2020. Even then, Trump managed to scrape together slightly more votes than they did in 2011—back when their former party leader and two-term Prime Minister was being chased around by half of the European Union’s police forces. Between that and the constant revolving door of shady characters cycling through headquarters on Fifth Avenue every single day, it really tells you everything you need to know about how "stable" this voter base actually is. Honestly, they aren't worth a single keystroke; they just deserve contempt.

So yeah, you hit the nail on the head—Biden's voter base punishes every single mistake, whereas Trump's voters couldn't care less about any errors, all the corruption, or the criminal scum we read about in the news every day. All they care about is keeping people like them in power so they can keep stealing from and destroying this country, feeling confident that someone else will eventually clean up their mess at our expense. It’s just a bunch of bottom-feeders, honestly—including that idiot who got caught stealing copper piping from a construction site. They’re about as bright as that guy I saw standing aimlessly at a stoplight because he couldn't figure out how to work a gas pump. And yet, that guy actually sits in the Cabinet.
For voters like that, they back Trump's crowd—not because they think these guys are better, but because they're just as bad themselves. Shameless and clueless.

nimblegull23 said:That whole mess with canceling those Swiss franc loans was handled poorly... but hey, at least it gave some desperate people a glimmer of hope. 👍

They actually implemented it and froze the exchange rate. That’s way more than these crooks have ever done for regular people. These guys just kiss the boots of the big banks and worry about which political crony gets to slide into which position.

That whole "exception" lasted for an entire decade.
And honestly, yeah. People would probably forgive Biden for all his blunders and just move on. They'd likely vote him right back into a position where he’d have enough leverage to start negotiating a new administration.

Linda Harris59 said:It sounds like you have a soft spot for clowns who pollute our national discourse with nothing but verbal primitive nonsense. You're cheering for someone who hijacks an office he clearly doesn't grasp—an office he actually dismissed as irrelevant before even running for it—just to peddle vulgarity and embarrass us on the global stage. But hey, go ahead. Blind love is a powerful thing. 😁

I actually appreciate someone who isn't afraid to call out the criminal, corrupt hacks running this country and all their dirty little schemes. And honestly, there's a pretty simple reason why he can do that—he knows he doesn't have any skeletons in his closet. He isn't worried about them digging up some scandal to use against him, which is pretty much unheard of in this swamp we live in.
Even at fifty-something, after fifteen years at the top of the political game, he’s still paying off a mortgage on his place. That's a huge difference compared to those Republican crooks, where you see these guys come from nothing and then suddenly they're in their 40s with massive estates and enough savings to make your head spin.

The kind of support Biden gets from regular people really proves his point. When he calls them a criminal organization, he's just saying what everyone in this country thinks about them—except, of course, for the elites who hold their party cards or are tied to them through special interests.

Linda Harris59 said:He is simply, brutally stupid. Whatever you want to call his "rapid-fire delivery," I call it sheer lack of intellect. He isn't capable of playing psychological games because his torrent of insults and words moves faster than his brain can process them.

On top of that, the man is a hypocrite to his core. When he fired Mirela Holy over those emails, he preached about holding people to a high moral standard, yet he passionately defended his own wife’s emails when she intervened to get her son undeservedly higher grades.

You hit the nail on the head regarding the "rambling," and while much of what he blathers about does have some basis in reality, rambling is still just rambling. He is too dim-witted to formulate a coherent critique without resorting to insults or sparking any actual constructive action to improve things. His nonsense is utterly hollow, fueled by pure arrogance, because the subject is always Joe Biden and the idiocy he’s spewed rather than any substantive issue; his verbal outbursts lack any real substance. People either laugh at him or marvel at how he manages to insult so many people in a single public appearance. His only true motivation is settling scores with anyone who crossed him, just to keep his approval ratings up and stay on the taxpayer's payroll for another five years.

He hasn't matured; he has consistently ruined everything he touched: his political party, his term as Prime Minister. Just look at the Lex Perković scandal. Or remember how, as Prime Minister, he would go out to support Democratic Party candidates only to tank their popularity. For instance, when supporting a mayoral candidate in Miami, he compared him to an old diesel engine—high consumption, smells terrible, and leaves everyone disgusted. Now, he’s insulting world leaders and dragging down the reputation of the United States. Wherever Joe Biden goes, nothing good grows. 😁

The Democratic Party was never stronger than when Biden was leading it. That lasted for nearly a decade.
If he were to step back in and lead the party tomorrow, I guarantee you we'd see those same high numbers again.

He’s just brutally honest and doesn't bother with all those empty political clichés. That's exactly why I'm a fan.