04-24-2022, 04:38 PM
(04-24-2022, 08:21 AM)David Horn Wrote:(04-23-2022, 01:06 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: If Biden does not get the support of Millennials (including the Pew Gen Zers), that it totally on THEM. To hell with the WOW factor. This is not a rock concert. This is not Coachella. You don't need a messiah. All we need are decent, hard working people, who are accountable, and who have America's best interests at heart. And they'll step up, and they'll join our government and they'll make things better, IF they have support!
Biden's Boredom is no excuse for young people not to support him. And he is trustworthy, even though he has had bad timing, perhaps, and perhaps has not done everything he could have done; but he has done the right things, and offered real solutions. But the voters did not give him a congress. So therefore to punish him and say, sort of like Jesus said, he who hath not, from him will be taken away even that which he hath. If the voters complain, roll their eyes, put their head in the sand, lose themselves in ironic detachment, and don't vote Democratic, etc., that is their own fault, and we will all pay for it.
I admit, I am damn mad at the voters and non-voters of America. Everything wrong in America today is 100% entirely due to them, without exception.
Leaders are responsible for providing leadership, not their followers. We're wonky people, but most people, and especially young people, couldn't care less. They aren't threatened enough to self-motivate, and they aren't enamored to follow a messiah either (they tried Obama and he proved to be less than they expected). So yes, it's their responsibility to be the solution, but they just aren't engaged. That requires a spark from a true leader. James Clyburn made sure that we didn't pick someone "scary" in 2020, so we got Biden, not Bernie or Elizabeth. We're paying for that now
Eric Wrote:I don't know if Biden will win re-election, but I don't see any Democrat with the needed candidate skills willing to step up to replace him. And no-one did in 2020. And there are very few of them who could even beat Trump in 2024. But Biden is not a Silent; he's a cusper, and he has fire. He speaks well; just not as well as Obama, Bill Clinton, or some Republicans (maybe even W. Bush). I don't blame Biden because the voters did not give him a congress. Again you forget, no leader no matter how fiery or charismatic or able to connect can accomplish anything without a congress, and such a leader cannot be expected to change the mind of anyone in congress. That just does not happen anymore, if it ever did.
Rinse and repeat. Rinse and repeat. Failure to communicate....
Sorry to say, Biden is a nice guy, but he's not charismatic in the least. And yes, he is a Silent in every way it counts. If this year goes well, it will in spite of him, not because of him. I'm starting to see young people running for office who have the fire. That may be enough. Let's hope so.
Maybe we still have a shot for 2026/2028. It's not unthinkable given how fast things moved both globally when COVID-19 got going (March 2020) and in Europe when Russia invaded Ukraine (February 2022). Populations can unify fast in urgency even after years of no activity. The question is what will be our trigger this time? Maybe the problem is the US views COVID more like climate change in that the view is everyone worldwide needs to take part in quelling the threat? If this is a 2nd Civil War 4T then no wonder why we're putting global issues on the backburner given we have domestic institutions that need repair.