HappyExpat57

When Bill Clinton won (can't remember if it was election or re-election), women voters were a very large part of who helped him across the finish line. When they were asked why they voted for him, a frightening number replied "he's cute." For better or worse, packaging is EVERYTHING in today's political arena. As much as I detest the wretch who recently won, he has stage appeal and knows how to con his marks. If ANYONE else had run with exactly the same platform, they'd hardly have gotten out the starting gate. Klobachar is like a damp piece of toilet paper. She's quite useful in her box (take that as you will) but is basically unappealing. Nicky Haley LOOKS and ACTS presidential. She's serious and I would bet she will have a great run as the 2028 Republican candidate. The very thought of Klobachar on the debate stage against Haley is daunting, and Harris up against Haley? Yeah . . . no.

I would recommend she look into becoming a mime. Her screechy cackle is a large part of why she was so unappealing. And this isn't a "woman-hater" thing. If Nicky Haley had a more human platform, I'd vote for her in a New York minute.

Doesn't the ECS offer brown envelope insurance?

Here's a reminder from April 14 1941 (remind me what the world was engaged in then?):

Gawd, I really touched a nerve here, didn't I? 5555

We can always count on you for lowbrow, shallow failures of repartee. Nothing new.

Is that the one where he pantomimes masturbating two men at the same time? Asking for a friend.

Acting first lady Musk and his little sidekick Ramaswamy have already floated plans to inflict retirees with Austerity programs much like Greece did in 2008. It just gets better and better.

I recognize an argument looking for a venue when I see one.

He lost the popular vote. If elections were truly fair and not rigged by the electoral college, he would have lost again.

THIS one seems to have gotten it right.

No. It's extremely biased as is just about EVERY piece of "info" stinking up the internet.

You didn't check out for the long dirt nap.

You're the exception, hardly EVER do people have all three.

This one's almost as bad in the other direction. https://www.allsides.com/news-source/guardian

Oh FORCHRISSAKE! Biden won't get any Nobel prizes for his accomplishments, but the WORST?!? How can you people buy into this crap? https://www.allsides.com/news-source/daily-mail

This old tale: You have three aspects of life and can only enjoy two at once - time, money, energy. When you're young, you have time and energy but no money. In the middle, you have money and energy but no time. Towards the end you have time, money, but no energy to really enjoy it. I still make very infrequent trips to the go-go's and enjoy stroking a beautiful young thing or two, but the get-up-and-go has gone-up-and-got. Still no regrets.

A "for profit" healthcare system is wrong on every level.

I have a friend who has worked in the airline industry as a flight attendant over 20 years. The entire industry is swirling down the toilet worldwide. It started with busting the unions so pay and benefits across the board have been cut drastically including pilots. Entry level pilots are getting less than half what they used to so folks aren't as interested in such a career any more, resulting in pilot shortages everywhere.

Either that or Bob's back.

Penthouse Forum V 2.0

Better do it before The White Christian Nationalists put it on a "banned" list just like they've done with books.

Right after WW II, the US launched a program called the GI Bill which provided education for all former military members, and even then college was affordable. If you had a part time job and lived frugally, you could put yourself through college and still afford a basic, decent standard of living. Corporate tax rates were around 90% with generous tax breaks for corporations to help with things like infrastructure. https://www.wolterskluwer.com/en/expert-insights/whole-ball-of-tax-historical-income-tax-rates A family could afford to buy a home and send their kids to nice private schools on one income - if they were white. The blacks were still very oppressed and provided a lot of labor for little pay. These conditions created the greatest middle class ever seen, and the US truly was exceptional at that time. Since then, education has become so ridiculously expensive that it is out of reach unless you want to place yourself in a lifetime of debt or come from wealth. Add to this mix corporate greed which has nearly eliminated the middle class and continues to chip away at it. The best way to control a nation is to create a ruling class and a subservient class, do away entirely with middle class. Keep the masses ignorant and desperate just to maintain a living so they aren't aware as the yoke slowly tightens around their necks. The US is the wealthiest nation in the written history of the planet, but statistics show it's failing in these categories: Healthcare The Commonwealth Fund found that the U.S. ranks last overall among 10 high-income countries in health system performance. Immigration The Partnership for New York City found that the U.S. is falling behind in the global race for talent due to its immigration policies. Education A 2015 Pew Research Center report found that only 29 percent of Americans rated K-12 education in science, technology, engineering and mathematics as above average or the best in the world. Infrastructure The American Society of Civil Engineers gave the United States' infrastructure a D+ grade for 2017. Paid leave The United States is the only developed country that doesn't guarantee paid maternity leave, paid vacation time, or paid sick days. Travel The U.S. ranks unfavorably in terms of the number of countries it permits for visa-free travel. The US also has the highest incarceration rate and the largest number of prisoners in the world. It used to be exceptional, now that's fading into a myth. If you haven't already done so, watch "Idiocracy." It explains everything.

ANOTHER reason why the Dems lost: Biden COULD order FBI background checks on all potential cabinet member selections. Perfectly legal, not "lawfare" but protecting US security. Sleepy Joe won't, he's too busy pardoning turkeys. BTW, just putting this out there - if Don Jr had been convicted of a crime, do you think daddy dearest would hesitate for a SECOND pardoning him?