Biden Thread

**rory_20_uk** · 02-28-2021, 13:21

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

Bold of you to assume Texan voters will remember this when 2022 and 2024 come around.

That too is a choice. If the people there are happy to elect politicians who have not the slightest interest in sorting out the mess, and instead just want to blame renewables / democrats / socialists then the majority of voters have chosen the mess they're in - or at the very least this is not an issue that they are concerned with as others (which is one of the many flaws in FPTP for the consumer and one of the best feature for politicians).

**Hooahguy** · 02-28-2021, 18:35

Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name

Defense spending is a jobs guarantee for a lot of STEM jobs. Who cares about the F-35, do any of us expect WW3 to break out between US and China and not end in a nuclear holocaust?

Also valuable manufacturing jobs. Which is why Bernie worked to ensure that parts for the F-35 were manufactured in Vermont.

Originally Posted by rory_20_uk

That too is a choice. If the people there are happy to elect politicians who have not the slightest interest in sorting out the mess, and instead just want to blame renewables / democrats / socialists then the majority of voters have chosen the mess they're in - or at the very least this is not an issue that they are concerned with as others (which is one of the many flaws in FPTP for the consumer and one of the best feature for politicians).

As I discussed before, the modern GOP is rooted in culture war resentment rather than actual policy, with their policy goals boiling down to "whatever will make the left cry today."

**a completely inoffensive name** · 03-01-2021, 20:45

Massive stumble by Andrew Yang in his bid for NYC mayor. https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/statu...20403594362883

According to multiple sources on the ground the A train does not in fact take you to the Bronx, you need to transfer at 125th street to B or D train to get there.

Clearly not a man of the people.

**Hooahguy** · 03-01-2021, 20:51

Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name

Massive stumble by Andrew Yang in his bid for NYC mayor. https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/statu...20403594362883

According to multiple sources on the ground the A train does not in fact take you to the Bronx, you need to transfer at 125th street to B or D train to get there.

Clearly not a man of the people.

I can't be the only one who thinks he is trying way too hard to appear to be a "real" New Yorker.

**a completely inoffensive name** · 03-01-2021, 21:28

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

I can't be the only one who thinks he is trying way too hard to appear to be a "real" New Yorker.

I'm not going to lie, I really like the guy and I enjoy his try-hard attitude towards being a people person.
Out of any politician, his personality just really keys into what I am looking for.

It doesn't really matter to me if he is just learning the NYC subway, that fact is he thinks he needs to embrace it and needs to learn and meet New Yorkers. That's a good thing you want out of a politician. Here comes Monty to scorn me, but you can have all the best policies in the world, but being a disengaged wonk with no empathic connection with constituents is bad.

**Montmorency** · 03-01-2021, 21:33

Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name

I'm not going to lie, I really like the guy and I enjoy his try-hard attitude towards being a people person.
Out of any politician, his personality just really keys into what I am looking for.

It doesn't really matter to me if he is just learning the NYC subway, that fact is he thinks he needs to embrace it and needs to learn and meet New Yorkers. That's a good thing you want out of a politician. Here comes Monty to scorn me, but you can have all the best policies in the world, but being a disengaged wonk with no empathic connection with constituents is bad.

Yang hasn't really demonstrated advantages in either domain.

Also, no offense, but ACIN, it's demeaning to New Yorkers to think that riding the subway makes anyone a man of the people. Almost literally everyone in NYC uses the subway at some point. Bloomberg famously rode the subway to work each day.

**a completely inoffensive name** · 03-01-2021, 21:57

Originally Posted by Montmorency

Yang hasn't really demonstrated advantages in either domain.

Also, no offense, but ACIN, it's demeaning to New Yorkers to think that riding the subway makes anyone a man of the people. Almost literally everyone in NYC uses the subway at some point. Bloomberg famously rode the subway to work each day.

Uhh whatever he is doing seems to be working so far: https://www.scribd.com/document/4921...opline-1-20-21
One of the best fav/unfav ratio, ranked choice poll put him as the winner at over 60% in the 10th round.

Use of public transportation is not a sufficient criteria to be a man of the people, but it is a necessary one. It's not the only thing he pushes either, he is hitting up bodegas/bakeries (which I find the most boring of his content), speaking out against anti-Asian violence which seems to be an emerging NYC topic this past week and is asking for an independent investigation into Cuomo with an emphasis on believing the women's accounts.

**a completely inoffensive name** · 03-01-2021, 22:10

Originally Posted by Montmorency

Bloomberg famously rode the subway to work each day.

Always a caveat isn't there? https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/01/n...omberg.html?hp

**rory_20_uk** · 03-01-2021, 21:45

Originally Posted by Hooahguy

As I discussed before, the modern GOP is rooted in culture war resentment rather than actual policy, with their policy goals boiling down to "whatever will make the left cry today."

And if making perceived "leftists" (or as the rest of the world knows then, "right of centre") cry is more important than massive electricity bills and in some cases dying of hypothermia well... that's their call.