The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Bob Butler 54]

(04-06-2020, 12:29 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote:

(04-05-2020, 11:00 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(04-05-2020, 09:19 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: As I recall, the so-called healthcare crisis and the so called global warming crisis took precedence over future pandemic preparations and funding associated with it. Right now, the liberals don't really have much of a leg to stand on these days.

Hmm.  Obama at least funded the pandemic planning team, which Trump laid off and did not replace.  I wouldn't say he was the one legless.

Where did you get that information? CNN? So, what was Obama's pandemic planning doing? Just talking about it or something? So, where are all the ventilators and stockpiles of medical supplies? Let me guess, the UN has them all or some liberal based humanitarian group abroad has them all? So, what is the priority now? Let me guess, funding illegal immigration like before or is it abortion or so called global warning? Do you know why Bernie is getting his ass kicked by a half wit these days? I assume the Democratic base may finally be in the process of pulling its head out of its ass. It's just an assumption.

Worse.  Mostly MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.  She has had several of the pandemic planners from previous administrations on her show.  She opens most every interview section with an expert with an invitation to critique her opening monolog, and they inevitably report it as just right.  While there is no doubt that she reports from a blue perspective, I know of no claims that her reporting is false, as opposed to common claims that the White House lies to its advantage and Fox News out of habit.

The army has one large federal stockpile of ventilators and offered it to be used in the epidemic, but reports that the White House did not inform them of where to send any.  They are sitting idle last time I caught it reported on.  However, the stockpile was not large enough to handle New York’s peak, let alone the country.  FEMA was sitting on another stockpile, but it was not going to the blue states or the red states either whose governors had made Trump mad by quoting the science that contradicted his happy talk.  He seems to be using ventilator and PPE equipment as revenge tools to get even against his perceived opponents who are just striving to preserve lives under their care.

The Coronavirus is the priority currently.  Rachel’s reporting might as well be The Coronavirus Show the last few months, and she reflects much of the blue’s priority on attention given.  As usual, you are speaking out of ignorance.  While I understand that you are allergic to Truth, you really ought to catch a little of the blue reporting if you are hoping to counter it with something more specific than screaming ‘lies’ or ‘fake news’ over and over.  The writing in ignorance is becoming obvious.

The Democratic base was focused on beating Bernie, of selecting a guy with middle of the road views who the Republicans would have more trouble demonizing.  I suspect that they are making a mistake, that extreme action is required to deal with the virus rather than blandness.  This may become obvious before the rescheduled convention, but that may be too late.  I can only hope he can become more aggressive in time, or his VP choice when it is her turn.