09-04-2020, 12:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-04-2020, 12:20 PM by Eric the Green.)
(09-04-2020, 01:17 AM)Isoko Wrote: Eric,
Trump didn't screw up with the Corona virus. All countries in the world screwed up with the virus. America followed the same path as Britain and other European countries. They locked down and had no idea where all of this was going to lead. To blame it all solely on Trump is unfair as if there had been a Democrat in the white house, I am absolutely sure that the same measures and problems would have occurred on their watch as much as Trump's.
As for the polls, Biden support dropped recently on five thirty-eight to about 4 points ahead. I'm seeing it in some other polls too. Biden is starting to trend into Hilary waters.
As for the DNC speech, I watched it. I watched Trump's as well. I found Bidens to be boring, lacking in substance and typical teleprompter stuff. Trump on the other hand gave his usual MAGA type of speech which I thought was better received.
If I'm honest, if the Dems had a better candidate, they would win outright and there would be no talk of a surprise Trump victory. However since you have Biden, those polls are going to keep narrowing. Plus BLM is acting as a strong rallying call for Trump.
It's too bad how Trump has weaponized BLM and Antifa. BLM is a great movement, its demonstrations were peaceful, and it got a lot of white support. Now, because another cop paralyzes an innocent black man by shooting him 7 times in the back, more riots erupt for a day or two. Completely understandable, even if wrong. White people are easily bamboozled by this and easily fooled by fear. Trump is the best at exploiting it. Biden's numbers are indeed going down, and may narrow more. He is not a great candidate, but he is all we had-- except one further left that too many Democrats thought was also unlikely to win. Whether Democrats have a great candidate or not depends on who steps up. The best possibilities did not step up. Too bad. But Biden has at least an even shot to win. He will not have the liabilities that Hillary had.
What you found in those speeches is not what all the pundits said. I think the pundits' opinion carries more weight than your opinion. I watched both speeches too. Biden was impassioned and substantive, Trump was boring, dishonest and unfocused. But how the people react is another thing. Hillary won 3 debates and still lost.
Britain also handled the virus worse than other countries, like the USA did. That's because the UK has a Trump clone as a leader. Bolsonaro of Brazil is also a Trump clone. Results have been the same. Some countries with strong and smart leadership have controlled the virus. The USA has by far the most cases and deaths because we have no national leadership.