Do you truly think, Eddie, that you have characterized Democratic positions accurately? As usual you throw a lot of stuff at the wall to see what might stick. Trans issues were not a point of emphasis for the Democrats last year and would not have been an element of the campaign except for the Trump partisans circulating that old clip of Kamala Harris endorsing reassignment surgery for trans women stuck in a men's prison. (Only two such procedures were actually performed.) Few if any mainline Democrats say unequivocally that trans women athletes should be allowed to compete in every instance. You reference out of context what Ilhan Omar and Jasmine Crockett may have said about white male nominees when such attitudes are not a part of Democratic party orthodoxy. And how can the Republicans claim a monopoly on traditional masculinity when the epicene Lindsey Graham is an opinion leader within it ranks and that old auntie from Louisiana John Neely Kennedy is so often featured in sound bites. At the other extreme there is the performative masculinity typified by the hard drinking tattooed Pete Hegseth and by Josh Hawley who writes books on the subject while he turns tail and runs when insurrectionists enter the Capitol. .
As for Mark Halperin, he has clearly been put through the #MeToo ringer. He is a shadow of his former self from back when he was in provocative dialog with John Heilemann in a partnership that produced one of the best campaign narratives ever written, GAME CHANGE about the 2008 election. Halperin's central criticism of the Democrats seems to be that they continue to equivocate on whether Biden should have been pushed out sooner. Nobody really cares about that except for The Bulwark. The general objective consensus has evolved to be that however much Biden had declined as a communicator, he was still more than capable of discharging his executive responsibilities as president. That was the crux of the matter, Biden was incapable of conducting an effective presidential campaign. He should not have run for a second term.
Tariffs, the only rational explanation for what is happening is that Trump is manipulating the stock market for his family's benefit by being so erratic in his on again, off again approach. He has the stock market doing summersaults so he can engage in what is in effect insider trading.
How sweet that you get hugs from Tucker. I would duck if he reached out toward me with the same arms that have hugged Vladimir Putin.
Do you truly think, Eddie, that you have characterized Democratic positions accurately? As usual you throw a lot of stuff at the wall to see what might stick. Trans issues were not a point of emphasis for the Democrats last year and would not have been an element of the campaign except for the Trump partisans circulating that old clip of Kamala Harris endorsing reassignment surgery for trans women stuck in a men's prison. (Only two such procedures were actually performed.) Few if any mainline Democrats say unequivocally that trans women athletes should be allowed to compete in every instance. You reference out of context what Ilhan Omar and Jasmine Crockett may have said about white male nominees when such attitudes are not a part of Democratic party orthodoxy. And how can the Republicans claim a monopoly on traditional masculinity when the epicene Lindsey Graham is an opinion leader within it ranks and that old auntie from Louisiana John Neely Kennedy is so often featured in sound bites. At the other extreme there is the performative masculinity typified by the hard drinking tattooed Pete Hegseth and by Josh Hawley who writes books on the subject while he turns tail and runs when insurrectionists enter the Capitol. .
As for Mark Halperin, he has clearly been put through the #MeToo ringer. He is a shadow of his former self from back when he was in provocative dialog with John Heilemann in a partnership that produced one of the best campaign narratives ever written, GAME CHANGE about the 2008 election. Halperin's central criticism of the Democrats seems to be that they continue to equivocate on whether Biden should have been pushed out sooner. Nobody really cares about that except for The Bulwark. The general objective consensus has evolved to be that however much Biden had declined as a communicator, he was still more than capable of discharging his executive responsibilities as president. That was the crux of the matter, Biden was incapable of conducting an effective presidential campaign. He should not have run for a second term.
Tariffs, the only rational explanation for what is happening is that Trump is manipulating the stock market for his family's benefit by being so erratic in his on again, off again approach. He has the stock market doing summersaults so he can engage in what is in effect insider trading.
How sweet that you get hugs from Tucker. I would duck if he reached out toward me with the same arms that have hugged Vladimir Putin.
I always enjoy your effervescent feedback, Eric!