Posts Made By: Rod Kaufman

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

I buy things at Temu often, usually woodworking tools.  I just went there to checkout and there was no import fee on the sale.  There was a fee from Colorado that added 29 cents to my order for $7.32 but there was no import fee at all that came up.

Sounds like more fake news to me.

Originally Posted by James Brown

Sigh.  Blame the voters?  This is beneath you James.  How about blaming the Democrats, including Harris, for lying to the public about Biden's competency, until it was too late and Trump's election was guaranteed.  How about blaming Harris who stood by when specific non-enforcement policies were implemented that opened an unprecedented flood of illegal immigration?  How about blaming Harris for failing to distinguish herself from Biden on any meaningful issue?  Heck, she failed to distinguish herself from Biden one iota when lobbed a softball question opening the door.  Harris is a political failure.  

Harris is not overqualified and competent by any reasonable measure.  At least if she is overqualified and competent, she has done her best to conceal it her entire time in Washington.  Heck, the Democrats weeded her out in 2020 before the first primary vote was cast.  I can not think of a single accomplishment that she can claim that speaks to exceptional or even average competency.  If being VP for a term and doing pretty much nothing makes one overqualified, then my classmate pence and his predecessor from Indiana Dan Quayle were both overqualified to be president.  You buying that?

The Democrats once again committed political malpractice and assured the election of Donald Trump.  Looks like they are poised to lose to Trump's successor in 2028 too.  https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/your-2028-democratic-presidential

The Trump voters had very good reasons for voting for Trump in November.  The economy, immigration, and the fact that Harris was not overqualified and competent.   Trump's chaotic first 100 days since then changes nothing of this.

Originally Posted by James Brown

Do you have any examples of policies implemented by Harris that display significant competence or political talent? 

And yes, the electorate was inpatient.  They will certainly lose patience with Trump too, if the economy continues to decline.  What chafes me is the constant drumbeat of Trump voters being too dumb to know what is good for them.  I hate the hubris of that attitude.  Especially when spouted by Oprah, Springsteen, HRC, and the like, but also here on the forum.  Far too many people who should know better spout platitudes that basically say the dumb voters broke for Trump and the intelligent voters stood with Harris.  This is self-serving and smug, and as far as I can tell serves only to reinforce certain Harris voter's cherished moral superiority.  This attitude certainly does not prep the Democrats for reemergence in 2026 or 2028.  From time to time I am sure Harris voters feel the same way about outspoken MAGA true-believers, but equivalence does not make it right.  Not by a long shot.

Also, the "Trump voters are morons" attitude, even if it were true is simply an admission the Democrats have lost the ability to connect with the majority of voters.   Demographics used to be destiny until the Democrats sold out their base.   The D's have locked up the white, well-to-do, college educated demographic and amazingly lost ground with all the rest.

Originally Posted by James Brown

In the theoretical category, one step removed from a rematch, I think Shapiro or Whitmer beat Trump today and maybe last year.    

On the other hand I think Newsome, Harris, AOC, and Buttigieg lose, even today.   Yet which candidates are out there floating trial balloons for 2028?

Probably a ton of wishful thinking in my projections, but it is how I feel.

Give me Shapiro v. Haley in 2028 and I’ll be a happy guy….   Not gonna happen though.

Originally Posted by Jim Moscheck

Got my statement for one of my IRA accounts which is all in the stock market. Last month I lost over $4K. 

That could have bought a lot of eggs.

Must be Biden's fault.