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There are places where we don't agree, but you strike me as more of a classic liberal and intelligent. You see the problems too. I was a classic liberal and a Democrat in the past. And this meme I have posted before rings true. Demonizing average Democrats accomplishes nothing either. Far-left progressives? There's one of the problems. I agree with you. The Democrat Party apparatus needs to be dismantled and reassembled. It would be nice to see it go back to embracing true liberal values - anti-war, pro-peace, respect for human rights, pro-immigration (legally though the front door just like we do here in Thailand), pro-social-safety-nets, and and pro-checks-and-balances toward predatory capitalism. Personally I voted for Jill Stein and I didn't want to see Trump win, I wanted to see the Democrat machine lose. Big difference. Now it's time to rebuild. I hope the Democrat party can peal off the progressive anchors-weight and disruptive elements from the party and begin a move back toward the center and back toward respect for classical liberal values.

I rest my case - you will consume yourself with hatred. Actions have consequences. Good luck.

Ah-huh. 🤔

I honestly wonder when the hatred inside of you is going to eventually manifest in health problems. I find it sad that you suffer from a perspective where you only can see Fascists, and Hitlers, and garbage, and deplorables to the right of you. And yours is a perspective that is echoed on the anger-torn Left. I am sorry, but I just don't understand it. No - Trump isn't "Hitler," MAGA aren't "Fascists," and conservative Americans are neither "garbage" or "deplorable." To invoke a Buddhist metaphor, you chose over and over again to pick up the red-hot coal of irrational hatred toward anyone to the right of your own world-views with the intention of harming them with your word - yet - you really only harm yourself in the end. You should try letting that enmity go and attempt to garner acceptance. It's four years and then there will be another election (two years for Congress) - the US democracy-machine keeps idling along in the US come war or peace, through thick or thin. Then you can support a candidate of your choice and toss your vote into the ring and may the whomever collects either the most votes (Congress) or electoral votes (Presidency) wins. Otherwise in the next four years you'll just eat yourself from the inside out. I wish you the best.

Another Thailand expert with sub-100 posts. These types of posts read like they are created with a template.

Much more than that.

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We have lived with this type of hateful rhetoric from the Left for almost a decade. Let's not stoop to that level. We do not need to throw around vindictive statements, such as claiming the Left's candidates are "cowardly." My guess is that she, like Hillary Clinton, really thought that she was going to win. And like Clinton, she is emotionally devastated. She was never someone who was qualified to be in a position of power. She has now lost - let her finish out her stint as a VP, not selected based on qualifications but by a DEI algorithm concocted by the Left, then take her place as a permanent guests on shows like The View where she can wail and moan for the next 4 years in relative political irrelevance.

Keir Starmer and his ilk are turning the UK into a totalitarian hell-hole. Want to see what the US would have become under the Democrats? Look at the UK - the state is used as a hammer against its own citizens.

Personally I'm quite happy if she just dissolves back into political obscurity and takes the doddering dementia patient with her. We can leave the constant hate speech to the Left's main-stream media which spent 2016 to 2021, up until the present, spewing absolute vitriol at Trump and all American conservatives. And worse, the Democrats led that chorus of hateful rhetoric from within the political and bureaucratic systems as well. So much hate and divisiveness in these people. I expect better from the Republicans and their conservative base, including MAGA supporters. It's time to attempt to heal the divides of our nation, and that is not accomplished thought vindictive talk and action. If crimes were committed over the last 4 years - prosecute those who committed crimes and were protected by a politicized DOJ, but do so without spewing hatred at the other half of the country. The rot within the Washington swamp needs to be excised this time around by the Trump administration. We conservatives do not need to drop to the level of progressives and liberal Democrats. There is no need to bad mouth average, liberal Americans most of whom like us are good people. We need to pull America up by its boot-straps and make America a prosperous, affordable place to live once more. And America for Americans, as well as those who are issued the visa and documentation to legally enter the US to seek their dreams with the rest of Americans. As Grace Slick said on a morning when Jefferson Airplane took the stage at Woodstock in 1969: "It's a new dawn!" Yeah - it's is a new dawn.

If it wasn't for Putin's election interference, Harris would have won for sure!!! Russia cost the Democrats the elections. "Russia bad!!! Grrrrr." ok

I can imagine Jingthing and Nancy drowning their sorrows together.

No - actually I was surprised they let her run. I thought they'd nominate Michelle Obama or Hillery Clinton at the Democrat convention. I didn't expect that.

Actually, I'm not British, but with the new Oxfam "Hate Speech Laws," yeah, she may have stepped across the threshold for news media in the UK. But my guess is that she'll be given a pass as she is part of the establishment. The establishment doesn't prosecute its own.

Probably what they did between 2016 and 2021 - b**ch and moan about "Orange Man Bad," except this time with Republican controlling Congress they won't waste time with impeachments. Trump has a mandate and no future election to worry about. Maybe the administration and Congress can work on some actually positive change for America.

No no no no no - stay away from the nuclear "football." Here is a real football to play with.

"Bat<deleted>? Is that even swearing? I mean, I'm not offended. Much ado about nothing imho. ☝️ I guess it is swearing.

They decided to go for a selection rather than an election. And open convention should have been the way to go - not the anointing of the so-called "black" Vice President who campaign on being of Indian descent when running for California Attorney General. She as a DEI selection by Biden. If they wanted a female POC then they should have gone with Tulsi Gabbard for VP in 2020 and we probably would have been watching Tulsi give a POTUS number 47 victory speech right now. Instead they backed Harris who isn't well liked by voters or her staff. or probably any of the people she incarcerated or their families or friends. Instead the MSM tried to spin Harris up and buff her until she was shiny. But the ravens voters didn't go for the shiny object. My guess is that most people didn't vote FOR Harris, but voted AGAINST Trump. Well, unless they can flip the election in the next 6 hours or so, it's over until 2028. I think "The Fat Lady" has sung.

So, how many votes did she get in the 2020 Democrat Primary? How many did she get in the 2024 Democrat Primary? See a pattern here? "We should have run Joe Biden." No - you shouldn't have disenfranchised your Democrat base like Tulsi Gabbard. Had you run Tulsi or JFK Jr. you'd be cheering a win right now.

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Quiet here now. I'm thinking that all of the AN members on the Left have left to go to the bars to get drunk. Or stoned. Somewhere in Pattaya.

Wait for it - The US Presidential Election is invalid due to "Russian Interference" and the Democrats demand a new election!

Actually, there is a grain of truth to that. The Left let the Lawfare genie out of the bottle when they went after Trump with a vengeance with DA campaigning on promises to "lock Trump up." Considering that in the US, a grand-jury can get an indictment on a ham sandwich, and as the average America commits a felony everyday without having any idea that they are breaking a law, anyone is a potential target, and no one in politics is "clean." There is dirt on everyone. Up to now, the Democrat aligned DOJ could go after conservatives whenever they wanted, and they did. So once the Trump team determines who will be running the DOJ during his term in office, yep! Turnaround is fair play and karma is a b***h. He probably could. Will he? I'm not so sure? For all the doom and gloom that the Left has predicted about the coming Fascist state of American under the Trump regime, wouldn't it be immensely interesting if he chose to attempt to heal the divide? To not go after those on the Left who went after him unless they grossly twisted the legal system. That the term "Make America Great Again," may actually mean to make America great again - for the majority of US citizens. Personally I'd like to see the Lawfare genie stuffed back into its bottle for good. The Justice system should never be used to go after perceived political enemies.