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I have a British friend who is afraid to go out of the house from the number of people that stop thim and ask him what British food is like. Some have even gone as far as to scale his fence and wake him up to ask said question . Me being a considerate person never do, but the curiosity is killing me. I sure hope that we will finally resolve this profound question once for all in this thread an allow our British friends the freedom of leaving home without being accosted my all of these rude non Brits.

Trump is a coward.

A good age to retire is when you realise that someone can do the things you you want done better than you. "I hope you did not suffer too much because of this age thing with President Joe Biden. " I appreciate your concern about my suffering. but the amount of suffering remains to be determined in November. "(can you read between the lines)? " Whether I can reed between the lines is dependent on the writing and not my reading skills.

But do they realise that the issues will never be implemented, because don does only what is good for don.

Oh come on, let's get real. Take your maga hat off and tell me you dont think Harris would wipe the floor with trump in a debate,

What a bunch of nonsense, and back peddling. "Minutes later, Trump noted, "I haven’t agreed to anything. I agreed to a debate with Joe Biden." " So that answers the question what has changes . 🐔 "The Trump campaign said Thursday he will not participate in a debate until Democrats finalize their nominee " or after he provides his tax returns Harris would wipe the floor with trump

My next door neighbor and good friend in New York is a Republican legislator in Orange county.In private both her and her husband have said to me that they are "embarrassed" by trump. But publicly...

He committed to a debate at a particular time and date with the democratic nominee. So what has changed?

This is IMO an interesting perspective. Violence is always the refuge of those who have run out of ideas. I am willing to bet that for the most part. if they were to take an IQ test his base will score significantly less than those on the left. I know it sounds elitist but I think it is an accurate observation. You know "stupid is as stupid does" Intelligence promotes understanding, and understanding promotes respect as opposed to fear. If we understand fire we respect it enough not to put our hand in it, but we do not fear it because we take adequate protective measures, Fear is a great motivator, and and the driving force behind a conservative mind . In any sales seminar , the first thing that it is taught in overcoming objections, is that the fear of loss is greater than the desire for gain. "Studies have found that subjects with right-wing (or conservative in the United States) political views have larger amygdalae " Fear becomes actionable in the Amygdala. "As soon as you recognize fear, your amygdala (small organ in the middle of your brain) goes to work. It alerts your nervous system, which sets your body's fear response into motion. Stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline are released " So the question is what came first, the chicken or the egg? has fear lead to an enlarged amygdala, or does an enlarged amygdala is the cause of excess fear? so I guess one could say that the situation in the US is a mental health issue. Wouldn't it be funny, if conservatism could be cured with medication. like an enlarged prostate ?

Don't know what he would love or not love, all i know id what he said, I am sure those of you who know more about these things would prosecute the issue affectively in the coming pages of this thread. .

What is more troubling than trump is that he has exposed willingness of a large part of the american public to buy his nonsense. Regardless of what happens with trump don't think that other players (trump wannabes) have not taken notice.I hate to be so pessimistic, but I am afraid we are in for a rough ride unless cooler heads prevail.

aren't we all

Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Not all of the policies he proposes are bad, it is that he is bad, and cant believe anything he says. He is a poisoned vesel , anything good placed in that vessel will be contaminated and ruined. I watched him talk about Ukraine , all he does is brag how he will solve the issue and how he will do it quickly, but he never says how he will do it. He is an empty suite , an actor acting the part.

I am sure this thread will deteriorate into a food fight between those pro Thaksin and those against. Personally I don't know enough about Thai politics to have an opinion one way or another, But being from the Us and having gone through this age issue with biden. I find it refreshing to see a politician with a pragmatic view on the age issue, .

It is the opinion (correct IMO) that he is too old for another term.

Brilliant !! Thank you

Is there a politician that we don't disagree with some of their policies? Who would had been your first choice that you would totally agree with. Kamala Harris was perfectly positioned to be the first and realistically, at this point the best choice. Politics is the art of the compromise, to get to dance you have to first make it to the dance.All the pie in the sky will not get you there, Obama compromised Biden to the Clintons to get to the dance. And that would be a safe argument. IMO if Kamala did not accomplish much , its the fault of Biden . Power is an elixir that is hard to give up. and plays tricks with your mind. You enter in all sort of rationalizations as to why you and you along is indispensable to the job. The cemeteries are full with people who once thought they were indispensible.Yet the world went on. IMO it was a tactical mistake of Biden not to engage Harris more, he should had considered the possibility that at his age, he might be a one term president. In fact when he was running against trump he said that he would be a one term president and "a bridge between trump and normalcy" . but as i said Powered is an elixir and hard to give up. Someone else , is imposible!! actually physically impossible.First there is the Issue of donations,. Money is the oxygen of American politics. Second there is the Issue of getting on the Ohio state ballot, third there are the 103 days constrain until the election, and fourth there is the issue of a campaign infustracture, that harris has inherited from Biden, but nobody else has. Harris is the best possible choice, I am afraid there is no other, She will make a fine president.

Yes indeed with about 100 days left until the election and a week until the deadline to get their candidate in the Ohio state balot, the democrats should hold televised debates to choose a candidate. If your side's argument weren't so sad they would be funny. Actually they are not even your argument, you are simply regurgitating trump's talking points. And don't tell me that Biden did not have one, He was a sitting president, he run unopposed same as trump did for his second term. Every sitting president except on in 1852 has gotten his party's nomination .

If there is any indication that you don't hear yourselves talk, 0r that even if you do, there is definitely no communication between your brain and your mouth. Imagine, a trump supporter accusing the Democrats af a coup. Diabolical how Harris got Biden to fall apart at the debate so that she could instigate this fiendish coup of hers .Diabolical !!

Why would she not be? How is she less qualify than any of the rest choices, or are you also buying into the trump narrative?

Are you guys for real?Do you even hear yourselves talk? was there any doubt who your nominee would be?Do you know who the cochair of the RNC is? There is even talk of renaming the RNC to the trumpNC How much does Romney , Pence, Cheney have to say in the big tent of the RNC?

Not even Melania

You are absolutely right about the Ankara peace summit where an agreement was reached to end the war but then it was nixed by the Brits, and by Brits I mean Americans because the UK would do nothing in these matters without the consent of the US. Ukraine was nothing but canon fodder in an attempt to weaken Russia. I realise that I don't know everything that Biden knows that lead to that decision, but from my perspective an evil decision. I have said it many times in this forum, and have gotten flack for it, But in the end when all is said and done Ukraine will get the same deal that it could have had even before the war started, and certainly at the Ankara summit. Only now with the additional loss of a generation of Ukrainian youth, and destruction of the country. Sad very sad, With friend like those in this forum and elsewhere who supported this war, who needs enemies? Zelinski should be hung from the highest tree for what he allowed to happen to Ukraine .

I think they will convene a virtual convention to circumvent to Ohio state ballot issue, But what is a convention? If not function where the delegates convene to nominate a candidate, and if a candidate is nominated beforehand, what then is the purpose of a convention? A place to make speeches?

A Convention is where the delegates convene (hence the term convention) and nominate a candidate. Otherwise it is simply a big show. To your defence the DNC might be doing exactly what you propose. and convene a virtual convention,IMO for the purpose of releasing DNC funds to the candidate and insuring that the candidate is in the Ohio ballot.State law previously required this step be completed by Aug. 7. but the Ohio legislature had issued a one time exemption for Biden so that they can have the convention the 19th , The fear i think is that the Republicans will try to say that this exemption was only for biden and since biden dropped out it would not apply , of course this is absurd . But they DNC might want to close that road.