U.S. And International Politics

[Royell Storing]

The Dems have one thing going for them.  The impact of the decades long anti-Trump propaganda campaign.  I would say 50-70% of the population has been influenced.  Strangely, not the usual suspects on the left but many older, white, college educated types who have been convinced that Trump hating is a noble cause.  They can go out for an hour on "No King's" day and then knock off for a swanky lunch before returning to their gated communities.  They are not personally affected by the loony leftist policies they espouse.  They can't articulate exactly why they are obsessed with and hate Trump.  Rather, they can only repeat generalizations.  It's virtue signaling to show how much they hate Trump.  The younger anarchist types who protest ICE are all very unhappy and angry people.   Some of them likely get paid or at least funded to attend these riots and cause chaos but they all seem unhappy with their lives and channel that self-loathing to these events that lend themselves to venting that anger.

   Just take a good look at that crowd standing behind the Nazi Tattoo Jerk. Old White Women is what you see. Their husband's have croaked and they are now flotsam and jetsam. Strumming guitars and singing old folk songs. There's Not nearly enough of them to win an election at any state wide level to win with. Nazi Man is gonna lose and give the Dem's another huge black eye.

[John Corbett]

The Dems have one thing going for them.  The impact of the decades long anti-Trump propaganda campaign.  I would say 50-70% of the population has been influenced.

Seems like a reasonably good estimate.  It even affects some GOP voters.

Strangely, not the usual suspects on the left but many older, white, college educated types who have been convinced that Trump hating is a noble cause.  They can go out for an hour on "No King's" day and then knock off for a swanky lunch before returning to their gated communities.  They are not personally affected by the loony leftist policies they espouse.  They can't articulate exactly why they are obsessed with and hate Trump.  Rather, they can only repeat generalizations.  It's virtue signaling to show how much they hate Trump.  The younger anarchist types who protest ICE are all very unhappy and angry people.   Some of them likely get paid or at least funded to attend these riots and cause chaos but they all seem unhappy with their lives and channel that self-loathing to these events that lend themselves to venting that anger.

Part of the problem is the Democrat base but I put much of the blame on the Democrat leadership. A majority of them know the positions their party has adopted are insane but they are too cowardly to speak out against it for fear of being primaried. So to get along, they go along. There are crazies in both major parties as well as among independents and third party members but the Democrats have allowed them to take over the driver's seat.

[Royell Storing]

Seems like a reasonably good estimate.  It even affects some GOP voters.
Part of the problem is the Democrat base but I put much of the blame on the Democrat leadership. A majority of them know the positions their party has adopted are insane but they are too cowardly to speak out against it for fear of being primaried. So to get along, they go along. There are crazies in both major parties as well as among independents and third party members but the Democrats have allowed them to take over the driver's seat.

  It is exactly what cost the Dem's Musk, Rogan, and JFK Jr. This is what cost them the POTUS. The close Swing states swung TRUMP. And Musk was super important as he and his computer nerds made sure the POTUS Election did not mirror 2020 and the the recent Calif joke of an election. They are Not even shy about trying to hid it anymore. The Dem's will Rig every election possible. Even run a Nazi if they think the guy can win. There is no boundary they will not cross anymore. None!

[Richard Smith]

Seems like a reasonably good estimate.  It even affects some GOP voters.
Part of the problem is the Democrat base but I put much of the blame on the Democrat leadership. A majority of them know the positions their party has adopted are insane but they are too cowardly to speak out against it for fear of being primaried. So to get along, they go along. There are crazies in both major parties as well as among independents and third party members but the Democrats have allowed them to take over the driver's seat.

There are crazies in both parties but on the left they are in charge.  In the Republican party, they are in the margins.  Trump says some crazy things but more often than not pursues policies grounded in common sense.  The media fixates on the words and ignores the positive results.  A conflict is being resolved today that they suggested would result in WWIII and genocide.  Are they apologizing?  Nope.  The news is all about the UFC match and the Kennedy Center.   Minoriites and younger people tend to vote for Dems for their own reasons but have been less influenced by the propaganda than the elderly, white academic types who have been completely brainwashed.

[Tom Graves]

There are crazies in both parties but on the left they are in charge.  In the Republican party, they are in the margins.  Trump says some crazy things but more often than not pursues policies grounded in common sense.  The media fixates on the words and ignores the positive results.  A conflict is being resolved today that they suggested would result in WWIII and genocide.  Are they apologizing?  Nope.  The news is all about the UFC match and the Kennedy Center.   Minoriites and younger people tend to vote for Dems for their own reasons but have been less influenced by the propaganda than the elderly, white academic types who have been completely brainwashed.

Your boy, Donald "Pert Nipples" Trump, was installed by "former" KGB counterintelligence officer Vladimir Putin on 20 January 2017 to tear our country apart and destroy NATO, and he's doing a darned good job of it.

[John Corbett]

There are crazies in both parties but on the left they are in charge.  In the Republican party, they are in the margins.  Trump says some crazy things but more often than not pursues policies grounded in common sense.  The media fixates on the words and ignores the positive results.  A conflict is being resolved today that they suggested would result in WWIII and genocide.  Are they apologizing?  Nope.  The news is all about the UFC match and the Kennedy Center.   Minoriites and younger people tend to vote for Dems for their own reasons but have been less influenced by the propaganda than the elderly, white academic types who have been completely brainwashed.

I don't think most people appreciate what Donald Trump has done. Leaders don't get credit for the disasters they divert. People don't appreciate what a danger Iran posed. If they had developed a nuclear weapon, they already had the missile technology to reach ever capital in Europe. It would have only been a matter of time before they could reach the east coast and beyond. That would have been an extremely dangerous situation. It wouldn't have been like the Cold War when mutual assured destruction acted as a deterrent to both sides. The Iranians are religious zealots to whom martyrdom is the highest calling. It's the same mindset that caused 19 hijackers to fly airliners into our buildings knowing they would die in the process. I have no doubt Iran would have embraced mutual assured destruction.

I don't understand people who say their development of a nuclear weapon wasn't imminent. I don't know if that is true or not but why the hell would we want to wait until it was imminent before taking drastic action. Had we known the Japanese were planning to strike us at Pearl Harbor, I don't think we would have waiedt until December 6 to take action.

So many people only care that the price of gas has spiked the last several months. If that's the price we had to pay to keep the Iranians from becoming a threat to our homeland, it's money well spent.
If this deal holds, and it's still an if, and the Strait of Hormuz is opened again bringing down prices, I hope the voters will be able to look at the situation objectively.

Yes, Donald Trump is prone to hyperbole but the things he says are usually directionally correct. He can talk like a crazy man because he knows that fires up the base, but he governs with a cool head as he has shown the past few months. A lot of people, including me, were wondering why we didn't just bomb Iran back to the Stone Age He used just enough firepower to get them to bargain in good faith if hey have actually done that. I liked Hegseth's expression, negotiate with bombs. Once Trump started to talk about taking over Kharg Island the Iranians realized he wasn't pussyfooting around.

[Royell Storing]

  Trump just says what most people are afraid to say. That's why he consistently defies the polling and has been elected POTUS 3 times. Boys in girls locker rooms, Boys competing against girls, wide open borders, these are issues that Trump bluntly spells out. The vast majority of the voting public agrees with him. The Dem's want to shut him up any way they can, even though he is a Lame Duck. Trump's "straight talking" brings out into the open the absurdity of the Dem Party Policies. 
  And Trump is not afraid to continue pointing out the 2020 Election was rigged. People KNOW that election was crooked, just as the recent Calif Primary was. Same M.O. employed for both elections. Count alleged ballots endlessly until the Dem Candidate stuffs the box enough to turn the election around.