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Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

September 25, 2024 09:06 PM Forum: Politics

The Sam Elliott Commercial

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by James Brown

Pretty powerful commercial, but it only appeals to emotion.  I sure would like to see Harris lay out some specifics on what she'll do differently than Biden, versus the tired platitudes of, "moving forward towards hope, towards freedom, towards change."
Here's the Harris platform proposals on issues:

https://kamalaharris.com/issues/

They don't mirror those of Biden and, thankfully, not Trump.

That said, other than threatening 200% tariffs that will invariably lead to higher costs for consumers and a downturn in the economy if not outright recession, what the hell has Trump said he's supposedly going to do for the middle class? 

People forget that prices dropped under Trump because of the pandemic and not because of anything he did (other than for corporate CEOs). For example, gas prices were less because less people were driving then. Food prices were down because of the decrease in store traffic and an increase of selected home delivery essential foodstuffs. 

We pump more oil now than we ever did under Trump but that hasn't stopped the gas prices from being jacked up under the slightest pretense to do so.

I,like the folks at Goldman Sachs, think the economy will take a hit under Trump:   https://thehill.com/business/4861677-goldman-sachs-trump-impact/

I do expect Trump to win and I'm talking to the financial institutions I do business with to take a more defensive posture in the upcoming years. How about you?...

September 25, 2024 09:36 PM Forum: Politics

The Sam Elliott Commercial

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Richard Davis


It is always interesting to see into the mind of a brainwashed communist when you do post your revisionist history. 

Did you decide to get a medical marijuana card there in Cali, and did you accidentally smoke some methamphetamine instead, warping the 3 brain cells that are left?  LOL
Exactly what one might expect from the obtuse moron and standfast cheerleader of the Putin supporting wing of the Republican party...

September 25, 2024 09:54 PM Forum: Politics

The Sam Elliott Commercial

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Richard Davis


So now we are back to your lying again?  LOL

I support Putin do I?  I guess when you have nothing else to support your candidate the only thing left is your lies.  

Good to know that you parrot the Kamala Harris method 100%.  tongue
Let me give one glaring example of the Putin supporter you support: "JD" Vance whom Zelenski just called "too radical" "and has come out with a more precise plan to give up our territories."


https://www.newsweek.com/jd-vance-called-out-zelensky-terrible-idea-1957794

September 25, 2024 09:56 PM Forum: Politics

The Sam Elliott Commercial

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by James Brown

I've looked at Harris's policy page a couple times now.  Seems pretty light on substance and high on platitudes.  I also don't think the whole "new way forward" thing works for her.  She has not really distanced herself from Biden, and I believe she has not because she can not.

The race is polling as close to 50/50 as can be.  One of three things is likely to come to pass in my opinion:  1.  The pollsters are under polling Trump like they did in '16 and '20.  In that case Trump wins easily.   2.  The pollsters have overcompensated for their under polling of Trump in the past, in which case Harris wins with about the same or slightly better margins than Biden.  3.  The pollsters are correct.   In that case it is going to nearly be a tie in the EC, with a few votes in a few states determining the next president.  It will be ugly.

Either way, I am not planning on changing my long term investment strategies.  (I could post another link to Paul Krugman's legendary "The market will never recover" opinion piece from November 2016, but why bother?  We all know the markets have skyrocketed since he wrote that drivel.  My faith is in the system, and my investment strategy does not change no matter who is in the White House.  (By the way, my liquid asset investment strategy is almost entirely buy low cost index funds and hold for the long term.)
" (By the way, my liquid asset investment strategy is almost entirely buy low cost index funds and hold for the long term.)"

A smart way to go but I hate the idea of having to rideout another Trump recession.

September 26, 2024 12:05 AM Forum: Politics

The Sam Elliott Commercial

Posted By Rod Kaufman
You gotta see this Pakman video on Trump's rally in Georgia the other day when he said, among other insane things, that "we gave you the greatest tax hikes in history" with the crowd cheering in the background:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGNsY5OdflE&t=522s

If Davis was there, he'd probably be cheering, too...

PS: You may need to start the video from its beginning if it happens to start playing near its completion.

September 26, 2024 12:34 AM Forum: Politics

The Sam Elliott Commercial

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Richard Davis


If you were at a Leftist Democrat rally, I'm certain you'd be in a dog collar licking the boots of whichever Leftist Democrat was pulling your puppet strings, as we know that's all you ever do.  tongue
Here's Richie's comrades in congress demanding Ukraine fire its own ambassador because the president of Ukraine had the audacity to call out "JD" Vance and his insane stance on Putin's war on Ukraine:   https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4899357-speaker-johnson-ukraine-zelensky/

Talk about giving aid and comfort to Putin, geez you can't make this stuff up...

September 26, 2024 02:00 AM Forum: Politics

The Sam Elliott Commercial

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Richard Davis


Yes, because if a person doesn't agree to give another $200 Billion of taxpayer money, funded by US Citizens with NO questions asked, and if One doesn't agree to give this money with ZERO accountability from the country getting it, then one is a Putin Stooge!   LOL  

You can't make up just how stupid and unthinking a leftist boot licking drone You are either.  smile
Here dumbshit, you and the rest of your comrades in the Putin caucus can read all about it:

https://www.gao.gov/blog/ukraine-aid-important-so-oversight-funding-and-assistance

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3313904/

""We don't see any evidence of diversion in our reporting," Kahl said. "We think the Ukrainians are using properly what they've been given," he said."

September 26, 2024 02:26 AM Forum: Politics

The Sam Elliott Commercial

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by Richard Davis



And of course, the communist Puppet who wears the dog collar and obligatorily licks the boots of his Democrat masters believes everything that his puppet masters tell him.  LOL

Hey brain surgeon how do You propose that we can pay back this National Debt at $35.5 Trillion?

Do you have any ideas brain surgeon?
Hey dipshit, Trump just said he "gave us the biggest tax hikes in history"; that's how...

PS: "Donald Trump Built a National Debt So Big (Even Before the Pandemic) That It’ll Weigh Down the Economy for Years."

https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump

September 26, 2024 03:24 AM Forum: Politics

The Sam Elliott Commercial

Posted By Rod Kaufman
Originally Posted by James Brown

The market did really well the last time Trump was president.  It did really well when Biden was president too.   This is a testament to the system, not to the person in the oval office.  

https://www.macrotrends.net/2488/sp500-10-year-daily-chart
I've been thinking about this but the situation with Trump this time around, without any guardrails in place, is entirely different from we've experienced in the past.

The markets don't like elevated risks and drop severely. Trump is batshit crazy and nothing, not the congress, the courts or the law will restrain him. The damage he can and will do is extreme. I don't see how the markets can react favorably to that....

September 25, 2024 01:55 AM Forum: Politics

The Sam Elliott Commercial

Posted By Rod Kaufman
“I can’t believe we’re having this conversation again. So here we go. You know who the candidates are,” Elliott says in the video, as a photo of a serene American landscape transitioned to a depiction of an American farmer walking down a dirt path between his crops."

“You know what’s at stake,” Elliott says. “One candidate promises a divided America filled with lies and hate, and one stands for change. Kamala Harris has more courage, more honor, more guts than this guy ever had."

“So you decide: Are we really going back down that same f‑‑‑ing broken road? Or are we moving forward towards hope, towards freedom, towards change?”


https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/4896472-sam-elliott-endorses-harris/

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