partofme

I really hate this commercial I keep seeing for Dodge Ram. If you’ve seen it you probably understand why.

Red is my second favorite color. I have a few red jackets. I’ve pretty much stopped wearing red. Not sure when or if I’ll be comfortable wearing it. Same although I’m starting to think it’s a bad idea.

My name is a bit old fashioned, I was named after my grandma and people have never been able to spell or pronounce my name. I think my name was slightly more common when my grandma and even my mom was young, but it’s never cracked the top 100. I still get asked how to pronounce my name and my mom is apparently really surprised that anyone would have trouble with my name , but I’m not, it’s been this way my whole life.

Caught is actually the first Coben book I ever read. I loved all the twists and that it was set in NJ with lots of towns that I recognized. After that I went on to read every book Coben had written up to that point. It will be interesting to see how this is adapted. I had noticed that there was no forum for Just One Look, I think there were some things in that adaptation that confused me, I don’t know if it was the adaptation or if I didn’t pay enough attention, I had given the book 5 stars.

I don’t think this is true. Progressive policies when polled separately from any candidate are very popular with the public. I think the Democrats thinking that they always need to run a moderate candidate is depressing voter turnout because they’re not offering any solutions to peoples problems.

We have to agree to disagree here. From what I’ve seen a lot of the reason people couldn’t vote for Harris is because she seemed too moderate. People wanted change and they didn’t think the Democratic Party was offering any change from Biden, whose policies weren’t bad but the average person didn’t notice any change in their circumstances because of them. I think people would be more excited to vote for a progressive candidate as opposed to the same old boring moderate who’s not going to make any change. And Pete didn’t come across as moderate or conservative because of the way he dressed, but because of the words that came out of his mouth, his 2020 policies offered no improvement to the status quo.

Yep I despise Reagan. You can draw a direct line from him to Trump.

They’re brainwashed by Fox News and right wing media lying all the time. Nothing will change as long as the right wing is allowed to lie 24/7 unchallenged.

Pete was pretty damn moderate/ conservative when he ran for president in 2020, it was the reason I wasn’t a fan. But maybe he’s gotten more liberal since then? I thought he did a great job as transportation secretary. I don’t agree that Democrats need to run a moderate in order to win. Look at the supposed Bernie to Trump voters and the people who voted for both AOC and Trump, if you believe the media, a lot of people supposedly voted for Trump because they felt the government wasn’t doing enough to help them and they wanted major changes. This if you believe it sounds like people want a progressive candidate and mistakenly view Trump as one. ( Though I still think most people voted for Trump because of racism and misogyny). But progressive ideas when polled separately from the candidates are always popular with the public. I believe the right white man who is charismatic and attractive could win as a Democrat with a progressive platform.

To be fair I think people have always selected candidates this way long before Dubya. I never understood why anyone would want to have a beer with him though, but I think charisma and good looks have always been far more important than they should be in politics. I remember when Clinton had his first debate with about 10 other Democrats, I picked Clinton as the winner based solely on his looks/charisma. I was 18 at the time and there was no internet, so other than knowing I wanted a Democrat, that was all I went on, after that debate I told all the girls on my dorm floor that Clinton was going to be the candidate and they all thought I was crazy.

I don’t think it’s fair to say that Kamala lacked substance. I don’t know if she would have been my first choice (she wasn’t in 2020), but I thought she did a decent job with the time she had and had a lot of well thought out policy proposals if anyone paid attention. Her campaign wasn’t without flaws, there were certainly things she could have done better but her campaign wasn’t bad enough to lose to Trump. I do believe the Democrats should have run a white man and that she probably would have won had she been a white man. I’m sick and tired of Democrats running middle of the road candidates though, they need to run someone who’s actually a progressive, progressive policies are popular with the public.

Amy is too centrist for me. I like Chris a lot from what little I know of him. I’d be another vote for Warren, even at her advanced age she’s younger that Trump.

Didn’t the shutdown, which was very necessary as there was no vaccine yet, happen in March 2020 and under Trump? I don’t think most places were still closed in 2021 though it would have been okay with me if they had been.

As frustrated as I get with Democrats I would never not be registered because I want to be able to vote in primaries. And I support closed primaries because I don’t want Republicans choosing the Democratic candidate.

Those parents should lose custody.