I have to agree with this but also point out it does not go far enough in how this happened...We aren't careening wildly from one president to another because of our partisanship. Our drastic partisan shifts on foreign policy are a function of our underlying cluelessness about what we want to do in the world, a fantastical overestimation of our capabilities, and a resolute inability to think seriously about trade-offs.
Until all of this begins to change, the U.S. will be incapable of exercising anything approaching global leadership — and increasingly likely to stumble into military conflict with a competing major power uncertain about our priorities and capacities. That is the unhappy and dangerous situation Biden will inherit if he wins the presidency in November.
I am voting for Biden in Nov. because he is a democrat but not a liberal, I stay with the democratic party in the hopes that I can help destroy the white leftist wing of the party as they are the ones responsible for the mess we are in...if trump wins again he needs to do to white liberals what they have done to our country...
White liberals have nothing to offer, it is their way or no way, if you do not go along you will be assigned to one or more of the "isms", cities will be brought down and lawlessness will be rampant because that is what passes for ideas and policy on the far left.
Speaking as a Blue Dog, I understand where you are coming from. I agree that Biden is no liberal.
If you think Biden is no liberal, then you're no "blue dog"
Joe Biden Has a Long History of Giving Republicans Exactly What They Want
All you did is repeat what I already just addressed. You are talking about the past and I'm talking about today
Still isn’t a liberal. Wheedling the progressive wing of the party for support doesn't make him one.
True. What makes him a hard core leftist are the policies he's advocating. He never was a moderate, he only had a few moderate views. You really aren't making any kind of case that you're not on the far left
Ok, so let’s talk about me. I support:
-Strict borders and object to sanctuary cities
-fiscal conservatism and supported the balanced budget act
-support the belief that the legislature makes laws not the SC
-want the Democrats to work with the GOP on compromise legislation
-the belief in federalism allowing states to do as much as possible without need of Washington
-support any type of welfare reform. The more people of it the better.
Any questions?
Just one. So why do you undercut all that and vote Democrat?
Because a person can hold right leaning views AND be a part of the Democratic Party. Who says people have to march in lockstep.
If it was the GOP of Eisenhower and Goldwater, I would have considered the Republican Party.
No one said you have to be in lockstep. The issue is you're voting for the opposite of what you claim to support