MAINSTREAM COOLER - For those who believe mainstream contemporary facts.

[Douglas Caddy]

 

Israel has approved ‘largest West Bank land grab in 30 years’, watchdog says | Israel | The Guardian

[Kirk Gallaway]

3 hours ago, W. Niederhut said:

C'est exact.

The insiders are circling the Biden/Harris wagons.

This election could end up like Lonesome Dove for the Democrats-- with Woodrow Call (Tommy Lee Jones) hauling Augustus McRae's (Robert Duvall's) corpse back to a burial site on the Rio Grande.

Every day he delays just tarnishes his reputation further. It's too bad because outside Israel Hamas, he's done a good job. Domestically given the time he lived in, he's as good at least as LBJ, though I know on the JFK side that's almost heresy because they think everything LBJ did JFK could easily have accomplished anyway. Some think Biden  was the best domestic President since FDR.

Sure the MSM has swarmed in. But that's fair game for any politician. The huge problem is since the debates. He looks like he's hunkering down in the White House. He had to get out there and convince people, but they've botched it .

 First it was jet lag, but he had been home for 13 days since he went to Europe! Then it was cold medicine, and people were saying someone drugged him, though I assume Biden didn't start that. He won't get out there at a time when he absolutely had to, and it reaffirms to everyone that that's the reason we haven't seen much of him this entire year. It looks like he's covering up.

Then the main story was the Biden family deciding if Joe will continue. Give the voters some good "family sit down at the kitchen table type stuff", and play into Joe's strength as a family man.

But then their pretty obvious decision. Obviously stepping down at this time will prolong Joe's life. I think the judgment by his family sort of says optimistically. "Ok we are going to be seeing less of you in the 2030'S  but, you only live once, and for the country and for the Olympic spirit, "We have to go for the Gold!!! "

Anyway he looks like he's hiding and stalling, which is even worse considering the gravity of the situation but I just hope he's not still running and gets the brilliant idea to throw the ball out at the All Star Game!

Always looking for the best possible way for Biden to salvage his place in history, There is a good way to make the best of a terrible situation. Biden could gracefully step down, reaffirm that the issue is Democracy, and the gravity of the situation. Free up his delegates, and don't endorse VP Harris and preside over  a program to give the new candidates debates before the public and then the  delegates at the convention. He can be actively involved because they are his votes to give away.

That would be the elderly statesman thing to do.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited yesterday at 05:00 PM by Kirk Gallaway

[Steve Thomas]

England is shifting left and France is shifting right.

I wonder who America will support.

Interesting historical times.

Steve Thomas

[Kirk Gallaway]

17 minutes ago, Steve Thomas said:

England is shifting left and France is shifting right.

I wonder who America will support.

Interesting historical times.

Steve Thomas

Yes Steve, they are just protest votes against the current establishment.

I'd say the major reason is the fallout from the Covid pandemic, and the European economies have rebounded much more sluggishly than the U.S.,  so there's a greater dissatisfaction.

[Bill Fite]

32 minutes ago, Steve Thomas said:

 

England is shifting left and France is shifting right.

I wonder who America will support.

Interesting historical times.

Steve Thomas

 

Not so fast in France....

In France the left has formed a coalition - The Front Populaire - to try to thwart the RN in the second round.

The coalition includes the Socialist, Communist, Green and the hard-left France Unbowed parties and promises a complete break with the policies of Macron who is unpopular.

The name Front Populaire name is a nod to the Popular Front - organised in 1936 to fight fascism.

 

French left-wing alliance New Popular Front vows 'total break' with Macron policies

[Ron Bulman]

I think this lady has a pretty good take on where we are in the USA now.

‘We have never been here as a country’: Historian Heather Cox Richardson puts Trump immunity ruling into perspective | Watch (msn.com)

[W. Niederhut]

Incidentally, if the Democrats go with Kamala Harris, I'm all in.

I have always liked Kamala, (since 2020) even though Bernie and Elizabeth Warren were my 2020 favorites.

Meanwhile, Mango Mussolini and the MAGA propagandists are already attacking Harris-- all too predictably.

My hunch is that we'll see some forum posts attacking Kamala for not exonerating Sirhan when she was the California AG.

Republicans Rev Up Attacks on Kamala Harris

July 4, 2024 at 4:07 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 269 Comments

“Vice President Kamala Harris has become subject to increasing Republican political attacks and mentions on social media as speculation mounts that she could replace President Biden on the Democratic ticket this fall,” Axios reports.

“The uptick in swipes at the vice president indicate that Republicans believe Biden may not remain in the 2024 presidential race and that Harris is in the best position to assume the Democrat nomination should Biden bow out.”

[Matt Allison]

29 minutes ago, W. Niederhut said:

Incidentally, if the Democrats go with Kamala Harris, I'm all in.

I have always liked Kamala, (since 2020) even though Bernie and Elizabeth Warren were my 2020 favorites.

Well, you know how Roger Stone rolls, he wants to face Kamala. They think she's easier to beat than Biden because she's a black woman. They are unfortunately correct.

She would need to pick Roy Cooper as her VP to stave off those issues.

[Matt Allison]

 

I wish every American knew they were targets of Russian propaganda, 24/7/365.

That is not an exaggeration. If every American knew this, they would be far more circumspect about what they read and hear.

 

 

[Matt Allison]

 

I know CNN hates Biden and wants him to quit, but it's lame they didn't carry this

 

[Matt Allison]

 

"On a good day"

 

[Douglas Caddy]

 

Joe Biden: Democratic donors say they won't finance party until he drops out (cnbc.com)

[Douglas Caddy]

[Matt Allison]

For the record, IMO, this whole kerfuffle is an op.

100%

But I think the whole damn thing could be settled if we'd just get a doctor's write-up on Biden.

It's really important to remember that the GOP want to face Kamala. They think they can beat her.

My wife isn't into politics, and on a walk today I mentioned the latest events to her and she said that "if they run Kamala for President they'll lose." I think women understand the headwinds a black women faces running for President better than most men do, IMO.

[Matt Allison]

 

I know the New York Times has always hated Biden but holy crap...