The Partisan Divide on Issues

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(12-16-2020, 04:13 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(12-15-2020, 10:52 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: For the last year or so I have been supplementing my web news with watching a little MSNBC on the side.  It is sort of like watching the news during the Watergate era.  The news was the most tense and interesting thing on TV.  After the news spent 25 minutes on Watergate, there was the next upcoming Watergate special programming.  You can say all the bad things you like about Trump, but 2020 has sure made for interesting times, even if it was along the lines of the ancient Chinese curse.

With the electoral votes in and the vaccine being distributed?  It is starting to wind down.  The suspense seems to be going away.  The four walls of the quarantine seem to be a bit more confining.  The light at the end of the tunnel seems a bit brighter.

Ah, well.  I have had enough of interesting times.

Nixon and Trump as the bookends on the unraveling?  Seems like the history books will have that as an inevitable structure.

Trump turned out to be a perfect example of the generally-40-year Skowroneck theory, in which the last in the cycle since Reagan was the disjunctive, which shows that the philosophy dominant since the start of the cycle has run its course. Biden then begins the new cycle.

That may hinge on whether Harris is nominated in 2024, which would cut the "Reconstructive" presidency down to 4 years and eliminate the hand-picked successor, and possibly allow Trump or a clone of his to return to power. If Trump were to return to power, it seems fair to predict that not only would this end the Skowroneck cycle, but would end the presidency as we know it.

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Biden/Harris actually represent the old Democratic cycle that began with the election of FDR that Reagan tweaked enough to keep America free. Thanks to you, we are nearing its end. If Trumps runs, he will represent a departure from DC politics altogether leaving DC powerless and more or less penny less. If you live in a blue city or near a large blue city, the situation for you may get a little ugly or downright ugly. Also, the time of the career politician will come to an end as the American states vote to impose term limits. What's going to happen to you, I don't know and don't care at this point. You have had many years to show me something of value that's worth keeping you and you've failed miserably.