Polls: Society & Politics

Are people so loyal to a politician or political party that they refuse to accept any fact that shows that person or party in a bad light?

Do people only believe what they want to believe making political debate a futile exercise?

What has history shown us?

Why does everything require you to create a username and password? I’m so tired of having so many passwords to remember!

If the Republican primaries were REALLY open...

Since many Americans don't like the two presidential candidates, let's imagine there are REAL open primaries and let's see who is competing for the Oval Office

(The Democratic edition is here: WHO WOULD YOU VOTE FOR? )

And do you think they will forget willfully or will right wing propaganda have to frog march them chuckling and seething as always?

Or think you deserve?

If the Democratic primaries were open...

Since many Americans don't like the two presidential candidates, let's imagine there are open primaries and let's see who is competing for the Oval Office

(The Republican edition will come too, probably tomorrow)

https://news.yahoo.com/trump-killing-off-reagan-republican-095848942.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall
How Trump Is Killing Off the ‘Reagan Republican’ in Congress

Less than a decade ago, all but a few Republicans in Congress would have taken the title of “Reagan Republican” as a badge of honor.

The 40th president’s “peace through strength” mantra guided decades of GOP philosophy on foreign affairs, with generations of Republicans emulating Ronald Reagan’s vision for modernizing the military and investing in alliances abroad.

But these days, as the GOP remakes itself in the image of Donald Trump, the moniker of “Reagan Republican” is no longer the proud distinction it once was.

It’s more like a MAGA epithet.

For over a year now, Congress has struggled to pass new aid for Ukraine, the war-torn nation dismantling the military of one of the United States’ most hostile enemies. Israel, long considered one of the U. S.’s most important allies, hasn’t received congressionally approved aid in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack either. And Taiwan, staring down surging Chinese aggression, is also waiting on help from Congress.

Not lending a hand to these countries would have once been unthinkable to Reagan’s party. But the growing sect of “America First” Republicans are actively standing in the way. And as that faction stalls aid and U. S. allies suffer, Democrats and the dwindling camp of more hawkish Republicans are watching in disbelief.

“It’s not my father’s Republican Party,” said Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL)—the co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus. “My father’s Republican Party was pro-trade, pro-military, and pro-business.”