05-01-2019, 02:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-01-2019, 04:37 PM by Eric the Green.)
(04-30-2019, 03:59 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Donald Trump is not a liberal. I see people getting a hard lesson in civics from President Trump -- warnings to never vote again for a demagogue, that truth is not so much a convenience as it is something to discern in a test that a smart high-school kid can do (truth is internally consistent, and anything not internally consistent is either a lie or foolishness), that the Rule of Law is essential to, if not sufficient for, a workable democracy, that religious and ethnic bigotry are dangerous as well as counterproductive, and that words have meaning in political discourse. Oh, yes -- elections matter. Choose integrity over ideology.
If you saw the last Quinnipiac poll (out today), it showed Joe Biden with 38% of the support among Democrats. The quarterback controversy may be disappearing before the primary season is really underway. It's down to four people with 8% or higher support, and Joe Biden is the decisive leader.
70% of Americans would vote for a gay male, only although 36% think that most Americans are ready. (Better a gay man than someone who brags about grabbing women by their "kitty-cats"!)
The Millennial Generation is decidedly liberal on economics, at least in the FDR-Truman-JFK-LBJ sense. This generation is just starting to vote in large numbers, as shown in the 2018 midterm election.
52% of voters say that they will definitely not vote to re-elect Donald Trump. 33% say that they will, and 13% will consider voting for him.
https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-det...aseID=2617
I know this is not a thread about who the president will be, but the quinniac poll is interesting, and elicits some observations from me.
It was to be expected the Biden would surge after announcing. Before now, people weren't sure he was even going to run. The question is whether can he sustain his position over the next year. His campaigning abilities are good, but inconsistent. Sanders will probably recover. It's interesting that Warren has pulled ahead of Sanders. She has been putting out a lot of policy proposals, and the poll confirms that liberals like this. But Biden scores much higher when asked who is a real leader and can beat Trump than Warren scores, while Warren almost catches Biden on issues, thanks to liberal support for her. But Sanders beats Warren on who is the better leader.
Many liberals vote on issues, and so do some conservatives, but overall, the general election voting public votes on who they perceive to be a leader that they like. Biden's lead is based on this, as is to be expected. Warren will not win if nominated, because she is not perceived as a good enough leader. But she could do better in the Democratic primary than most others, because liberals vote in that primary, and they vote more often on issues. I saw a video showing how Biden expressed support for the ideals and protesters from the boomer generation. Will this translate into support for what millennials want, despite his intervening moderate record, and now that the party is swerving left?
Seth Moulton just announced his candidacy, so another nobody who has no chance has joined the vast field of nobodies with no chance. He joins two senators who get support mainly because they are people of color (Harris, Booker) and two senators who get support mainly because they are women (Klobuchar and Gillibrand) and a bunch of representatives (one of whom got publicity by running for senate) who therefore are perceived as not qualified, and others who are also not perceived as qualified because they hold or have held no federal or statewide office. All of these are also perceived as poor candidates, as their low horoscope scores indicate they would be. I scored Rep. Moulton of MA before, but didn't post him on my website; his newly-corrected horoscope score (without known birth time) is 9-10. Gov. Larry Hogan of MD is a ruthless "crusader rabbit" with a score of 7-16.
Note that Warren has the "crusader rabbit" aspects (Mars trine/sextile to Neptune and Pluto), which help a candidate win the Democratic nomination, but have a miserable record when it comes to the general election.
Warren even sounds and looks like Crusader Rabbit. And her sidekick is named "Rags"!
Note that Crusader Rabbit doesn't have any actual heroic abilities, just determination, big ideas, and a desire to help in causes. And a striking ability to "run!"
Another current candidate with the crusader rabbit aspects is Beto O'Rourke, and another is Tulsi Gabbard.
One astrologer's interpretation of Mars trine Neptune
https://astrologyking.com/mars-trine-neptune/
Mars sextile Neptune (which I have too)
https://astrologyking.com/mars-sextile-neptune/
Neptune, note, has a connection to the Democratic Party, with its connection to workers' movements, compassion for the poor, socialism, and so on. Crusader Rabbit even wanted to make every day Christmas, and run Santa Claus for president! That's even what the Republicans CALL us liberals, so generous as we are with "other peoples' money!" But not all our generous Neptunian plans and ideals fly with the pragmatic, conservative American voters like Classic Xer!