Things are tightening up in the polls.........

[Coeurd’Alene J]

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Thanks dt, although please don't mistake my genuine question for naivete. Are you saying that the conservatives who question whether Harris is actually Black are accusing the Democrats of putting forward a non-Black and promoting her as Black? That would be hypocritical. But wouldn't people on the left call this out if it were true? I know some Lefties who are not too happy about the Harris choice because of her record, but I haven't heard a peep about ethnicity from them.

With Harris the Progressives get to check off 2 boxes. She "identifies" as a FEMALE [who might also become the first FEMALE POTUS after Biden suffers a stroke] and she is also a POS...oops, I meant she is a POC. The thought process of the Globalist Brainwashed Sheeple doesn't run any deeper than that. These pathetic losers actually think they are "making history" by taking part in such kindergarten level Identity Politics. Listening to Harris make excuses for why Blacks and Browns are more likely to die from COVID19 was sickening. She failed to mention that people who come from primitive, failed "cultures" where they choose to live like lazy, filthy pigs and eat and drink like pigs and piss and poop where ever and whenever the urge hits are bound to be more susceptible to infectious diseases. Historically, there is nothing new about my observations, why pretend to be surprised or offended by the truth now..? POVERTY IS NO EXCUSE for living like an animal, but people who choose to live like animals might explain much about why they are poor.
You have a 93% chance of escaping the vicious cycle of poverty that LIBERAL EXCUSE MAKERS have been sending to their Blacks and Browns if you do these 3 simple things that come naturally to others.
1 Graduate High School [with honest effort / without cheating]
2 Wait until AFTER you get your career established to have children.
3 Abstain from drugs and alcohol until AFTER you have met all other goals.

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Well said Moe
A simple solution to better health and happiness. Another might include help raise the children you spawned

[Coeurd’Alene J]

The Dems only have the race card to play, it's pretty much their go-to anymore - all about identity politics - make whatever group you belong to a victim, and they'll magically fix it if you vote for them. They've been banging that drum for quite a while now. Why?
They can't really challenge/debate Trump on the real reasons people actually vote. Le't take a quick look.

The economy. It was soaring before COVID. The Dems don't want to talk about that - but they try to pin the economic collapse on him, while any rational mind knows that's just not true. Dems won't talk economics because their only plan is to tax the f*ck out of you to implement Socialist ideas which will push taxes above 50% to implement to pay for all the 'free stuff' they promise. They know NO ONE will vote for that.

Foreign Policy. Trump is winning this too. Israel/UAE deal. Getting the US out of the awful NAFTA deals, that absurd Paris Climate deal, bettering trade deals with China. We're not rattling sabers with anyone.

Peace. Under Trump we are not at war. The table was perfectly set in the Straight of Hormuz a while back with those 'bombings' meant to draw the US into conflict. Trump said no. We're not at war - and this is a big one - what happened to all the terrorism? It's magically stopped. No war, to terror. Dems don't want to talk about that, so it's all "Orange man bad!" Who remembers the crisis the previous admin created in Syria with bombs?

Employment. Under Trump the nation had the lowest unemployment numbers in quite a while - particularly for black. Dems won't wanna talk about that. But, they'll try to blame Trump for the current unemployment numbers - again - any rational mind understands that's because of COVID.

Those are the primary reasons people vote in this country. Under Trump, the US was winning all these battles - (whether you want to give him credit or not), hence the reason the Dems won;t talk about any of these issues - the REAL issues. They only have one card - racism! "Orange man bad - if you vote for him you're racist." That's literally all they have. Biden's been in politics for 50 years - if he had any plan for anything - he had 50 years to reveal it. Suddenly, now that he has dementia, he has a plan? And as they bang the drum about racial equality, they add a woman with a bad track record on incarcerating blacks, who banged Willie Brown to further her career, to his ticket. Her approval ratings among blacks is quite low. Who the f*ck is making decisions for the Dems? How could you trust anything they do or say? No rational mind buys into any of this nonsense. It's absolute Twilight Zone what the Dems are doing. I don't align with either party, but it seems blatantly obvious what is going on.

This isn't banging the drum for Trump, this is banging the drum for common sense.

Another excellent common sense rational rant.

[AT Funchal-Madeira]

Yeah, with Kamala and Biden running the country, utopia is in sight. Kamala, whose vagina has experience more traffic than I-5 will take far more power than Cheney ever imagined. Elizabeth Warren will take over the treasury... first thing going will be a three trillion dollar "stimulus package" that will include one trillion to the democrat city coffers to keep the pensions afloat, another trillion to the SEIU and other unions to repay all their lobbying.... and one trillion global contributions for "saving the planet " from climate change.... China can relax, the EU can relax... business as usual .... China can go back to a steady stream of tecnnological secrets heading their way, back to turning out submarines like sausages.... Immigration walls will come tumbling down, Dems will regulate out industry out of business and do nothing for the decaying cities or infrastructure except put in a few greenbelts around the ghettos for pedophiles and tent dwellers.. Susan Rice will join the gang of thugs at the UN. And the Clinton foundation will begin squeezing the Africans, the Arabs, and the Soviet eastern blocs for more cash contributions to their global foundation.... Fienstein can continue business in China and they'll bring in a couple of RINO turncoats to show diversity in the Cabinet... like maybe Mitt Romney, John Kasich, and General Powell. It's all on the table now..... free college for immigrants, blacks, .... anyone not white... reperations, state sponsored indoctrination of all children from preschool on, tax those fucking churches out of business, tear down these white slaveholders statues, and get all their guns.... Utopia for the weasels, predators, drug dealers, pedophiles,...... Just a rant... but I am voting for Trump.... every chance I get.

[ddraig]

A large poll of "likely voters" but still a lean towards Dems although closer than the usual 12% skew.

"President Trump has received a significant bump in the polls in the aftermath of last week’s Republican National Convention (RNC), jumping to a three-point lead in the national popular vote and a seven-point lead in key battleground states in the Democracy Institute/Sunday Express Poll released Sunday.

The Democracy Institute/Sunday Express Poll of 1,500 likely voters was conducted between Wednesday August 26 and Friday August 28 and has a 2.5 percent margin of error. Wednesday was the third day of the RNC, which ended on Thursday evening with the president’s acceptance speech. (The poll’s methodology description states, “The national party identification turnout model is: Democrats = 37 percent; Republicans = 35 percent; and Independents = 28 percent.”)"