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Bloomberg at least has political experience and somebody on both sides could vote on. What history is sketchy though?

Beto almost beat Cruz in Texas. That already was quite remarkable.

In my opinion either Biden and Bernie should run as the democratic nominee. These are candidates that are appealing to moderate republicans (older voters) and are more likely to beat Trump (if he isnt impeached, arrested etc).
What draws you to conclude that either Bernie or Smilin' Joe have any appeal with moderate Republicans?
 
Bernie will never be the Democrat nominee though. The party rigged the primary against him for the 2016 election to pave the way for Clinton.

I dont think Clinton will run again. The party is undergoing change with them having lost the house, congress and senate. The new generation taking over congress are more bernie then clinton I think. But then again I could be wrong.
 
I dont think Clinton will run again. The party is undergoing change with them having lost the house, congress and senate. The new generation taking over congress are more bernie then clinton I think. But then again I could be wrong.
Would you run AGAIN for a party that rigged the last election against you?
Also, don't forget he's not a Democrat he's actually an Independent.
 
Would you run AGAIN for a party that rigged the last election against you?
Also, don't forget he's not a Democrat he's actually an Independent.

Yeah I know. But Trump was also a democrat once too. The party has had an injection of new blood in the wake of Bernies campaign. The popularity of Cortez is an example of that movement. A lot of people listened to what bernie had to say.
 
Yeah I know. But Trump was also a democrat once too. The party has had an injection of new blood in the wake of Bernies campaign. The popularity of Cortez is an example of that movement. A lot of people listened to what bernie had to say.
True, but she's already worn out and needs some "me time" from what I heard. She hasn't even been in office a day! God help us if she is Americas future government.
 
True, but she's already worn out and needs some "me time" from what I heard. She hasn't even been in office a day! God help us if she is Americas future government.

She has been campaigning accross the US extensively also with Bernie. She is no slouch. Hopefully she wont become another victim to lobbyists.
 
A fantasy Joe Biden/Ron Paul independent ticket would be more welcome than the prospect of Hillary Clinton ever gracing an election again.
 
True, but she's already worn out and needs some "me time" from what I heard.

I'd imagine that almost anybody who runs for office takes a little time off afterwards. Campaigning, especially at the national level, is exhausting. Not surprising that, with her, it suddenly gets turned into a story, but there's isn't actually anything notable about it.
 
I'd imagine that almost anybody who runs for office takes a little time off afterwards. Campaigning, especially at the national level, is exhausting. Not surprising that, with her, it suddenly gets turned into a story, but there's isn't actually anything notable about it.
I've heard that not a single one of those new Democrats in congress has started working.
 
I've heard that not a single one of those new Democrats in congress has started working.
And none of them are running around publicly saying they need some "me time" either.
Something funny I noticed though, like Cortez, Stacy Abrams had to do a national campaign too.
Interesting though, she might have won if she wasn't so worried about her out of state donors who have zero interest in GA except turning us into a Democratic crap hole like NY and CA.
Kemp never left GA and everyone came here to him.
Cortez ain't worried about NY, seriously why do you need to go on a national tour for a state election? Unless your out of state donors are your only interest?
Edit: Also why do people from other states like to come into a state and tell them how to live?
Theres a reason they left their liberal state and there is a reason they came here.
Atlanta is doing perfectly fine with our mini Hollywood. I don't need Oprah telling me how Stacy can make our state better when people are moving here to get away from NY and CA taxes then say we need to raise taxes! No we don't! GA is doing fine! Don't like how we live go back to where ever you came from! A keep your liberal crap there!
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And none of them are running around publicly saying they need some "me time" either.
She posted a video on Instagram and asked for suggestions regarding how she should undergo her planned self-care time. So what?

Of course that doesn't keep the conservative talking heads from spinning it into something nefarious and letting the scores of lemmings who listen so intently run with it.
 
She posted a video on Instagram and asked for suggestions regarding how she should undergo her planned self-care time. So what?
So she can't think for herself and needs people to give her suggestions on how to relax? Lol I guess they really did get some girl!
I don't need Rush to view montages of her lack of knowledge or common sense on YT.
And y'all worried about Trump!

PS I haven't been listening to the radio for a while. The tree job I got fired from didn't have a radio. I also don't need Fox News to tell me about an idiot in NY. I saw her on CNN and didn't like her from the get go.

Not everyone spends every waking hour listening to the news every day.

I've actually taken a break from news and FB politics for my sanity. It baffles my mind how much time people spend hating Trump and calling Trump supporters brianwashed by Fox.

Y'all really need to stop thinking I spend every day listening to Right-wing propaganda. PPS they've been on vacation lol.
 
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So she can't think for herself and needs people to give her suggestions on how to relax? Lol I guess they really did get some girl!
I don't need Rush to view montages of her lack of knowledge or common sense on YT.
And y'all worried about Trump!
Check out this bird doing a silly mating dance...

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Check out this bird doing a silly mating dance...

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I don't think that is a mating dance, considering the 2 birds don't look anything alike. Looks more like a defensive territory dance. ;)
Good try though.
 
I don't think that is a mating dance, considering the 2 birds don't look anything alike. Looks more like a defensive territory dance. ;)
Good try though.
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/10-bizarre-beautiful-bird-courtship-dances

Superb bird of paradise



This bird's spectacular dance was made famous in a BBC documentary. The feathers of the male is one of the darkest hues of black in the world, absorbing up to 99.95 percent of directly incident light. The black coloring creates an optical illusion with the bird's other green-blue feathers making them appear brighter and iridescent next to the black feathers.

When the male bird erects his plumage during a courtship dance into what is essentially a parasol of black and shimmering color, the effect looks like someone turned a black-light on and there's a glowing face in front of you. Really, no one narrates the scene better than Sir David Attenborough so we won't even try.

It's actually pretty common for females in the bird world to be quite plain compared to males of the same species, as it's the males who vie for their attention and to be chosen over their competitors. The females already have what the males want...specifically the ability to perpetuate the line.
 
So she can't think for herself and needs people to give her suggestions on how to relax?

She's interacting with her supporters. I'm sure she has plenty of ideas of her own on how to relax. But she's instead using it as a chance to get to know the people who voted for her, to discover some local business she can support as a way to relax, etc. Why does any of that bother you at all?

Lol I guess they really did get some girl!

What?

I don't need Rush to view montages of her lack of knowledge or common sense on YT.

Who said anything about Rush?

And y'all worried about Trump!

What?

PS I haven't been listening to the radio for a while. The tree job I got fired from didn't have a radio.

Who said anything about a radio?

I also don't need Fox News to tell me about an idiot in NY. I saw her on CNN and didn't like her from the get go.

Cool. What exactly don't you like about her?

Not everyone spends every waking hour listening to the news every day.

You're right, they don't. But the only people this particular bit of "news" would appeal to do spend every waking hour listening to news.

I've actually taken a break from news and FB politics for my sanity.

Okay.

It baffles my mind how much time people spend hating Trump and calling Trump supporters brianwashed by Fox.

But it doesn't baffle your mind how much time people are spending hating on Ocasio-Cortez for taking a little break and interacting with her supporters? Makes it hard to figure out why the Trump thing baffles you, then.

(Actually, it doesn't.)

Y'all really need to stop thinking I spend every day listening to Right-wing propaganda.

Who said anything about this?

PPS they've been on vacation lol.

Which you found out through all of that not listening to them that you've been doing?
 
Figured I might put my foot in my mouth on that one.
Nature was never my thing.
I know M/F penguins, geese, ducks etc... look different but they still look somewhat similar if you know what I mean.
I might give it a look. Thanks.
I do get your point in trying to make me look stupid @TexRex but I'm not trying to run for government and I don't want to. So don't worry about me not knowing something that is rather useless information to me.

I follow the shows I like on FB @huskeR32 ... Not hard to figure out when they say happy holidays see you Jan. 3rd that if one of the bigs is off the rest follow suit in going on vacation.
 
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I do get your point in trying to make me look stupid @TexRex but I'm not trying to run for government and I don't want to.
I wasn't doing that. Things would go a whole lot more smoothly if you'd stop looking for hidden meaning in texts and instead simply read what's written.
 
I wasn't doing that. Things would go a whole lot more smoothly if you'd stop looking for hidden meaning in texts and instead simply read what's written.
So what was the meaning/point of your video then?
 
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So what was the meaning of your video then?
The video was part of a quote from a website (albeit a part that I had to add separate from the page text) explaining that what was depicted in the GIF I'd posted previously was in fact a mating dance. You noted that you believed it to be something else and I simply responded with material to support my previous assertion.

And I really don't have a problem with you not caring about nature. I do because I find it absolutely fascinating, but it also serves as a welcome distraction from all the horrible **** that happens in the world.

The GIF that I posted, on the other hand, was the most constructive response I could muster to a rhetoric-laden post in which you took the opportunity to cast aspersions but made no effort to substantiate those remarks.
 
The video was part of a quote from a website (albeit a part that I had to add separate from the page text) explaining that what was depicted in the GIF I'd posted previously was in fact a mating dance. You noted that you believed it to be something else and I simply responded with material to support my response.

And I really don't have a problem with you not caring about nature. I do because I find it absolutely fascinating, but it also serves as a welcome distraction from all the horrible **** that happens in the world.

The GIF that I posted, on the other hand, was the most constructive response I could muster to a rhetoric-laden post in which you took the opportunity to cast aspersions but made no effort to substantiate those remarks.
So you posted that for no reason other than to get me to say something stupid?
It had nothing to do with the conversation at hand and if you didn't have anything to say in response you should've just moved along.
Reported... Happy New Year!
 
So you posted that for no reason other than to get me to say something stupid?
It had nothing to do with the conversation at hand and if you didn't have anything to say in response you should've just moved along.
Reported... Happy New Year!
I mean...just...wow.

I don't think I'm capable of analyzing my thought process for determining a response to comments regarding how people use social media platforms (specifically Instagram and YouTube in this instance), which are pretty useless in their own right, but I can say with absolute certainty that at no point did "I bet he'll say something stupid if I post this" enter my mind.

And while I realize the gesture may well have been offered disingenuously, I would like to sincerely offer you best wishes for not only the year ahead but all those that follow it.
 
I mean...just...wow.

I don't think I'm capable of analyzing my thought process for determining a response to comments regarding how people use social media platforms (specifically Instagram and YouTube in this instance), which are pretty useless in their own right, but I can say with absolute certainty that at no point did "I bet he'll say something stupid if I post this" enter my mind.

And while I realize the gesture may well have been offered disingenuously, I would like to sincerely offer you best wishes for not only the year ahead but all those that follow it.
My apologies. And thank you very much. :cheers:
 
Silly?! It's not silly it's awesome!

If you've got it flaunt it!
You're absolutely right, and that was insensitive of me.

:P

We had a peacock take up residence on our property a few years back; I think it liked the horses. It would venture as close as our closed-in sunroom where it would see its reflection in the glass and act tough, squawking and hopping with a partial flap of its wings.

It lasted a little over a week, but I suspect it was a pet and went home.
 
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