The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Bob Butler 54]

(04-07-2020, 02:47 PM)Classic-Xer Wrote: So, why wasn't blue America better prepared? Does blue America have way to much on it's plate or something? I think so and have thought so for a long time but my views are pretty much irrelevant to those who subscribe to the liberal belief that liberals know best. It's obvious that   New York City wasn't prepared. You'd think it would be the most prepared based on its political leaning and its liberal belief these days. Chicago wasn't prepared. Detroit wasn't prepared. Minneapolis and St Paul weren't prepared either. California wasn't prepared. Hell, New England wasn't prepared.

They weren’t prepared as the president did nothing.   Problems as big as the Coronavirus are normally handled at the national level, but obviously not this time around.  They were slow to jump in and take charge when the ball was dropped, but it was if they had not heard of a fumble before.

I would give credit to the mayor of LA and the Washington state for fast action.  The west coast did fairly well if you count not overflowing modern medicine’s capacity as ‘fairly well’.  New York responded but was overwhelmed anyway.  New Orleans and Florida did not do enough to check Mardi Gras, spring break, and the do nothing attitude coming from the White House.

I think it is the Reagan mentality.  Problems that it takes a big government to handle supposedly don’t exist.  They become invisible.  [irony] They must be hoaxes or fake news.  Go ahead, fire the people that are supposed to handle pandemics.  The economy is what gets you elected, and is far more important than human lives.  If you have to change your lies later on, go ahead.  No one is listening.  No one is paying attention.

Right?  

Well, almost safe.

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