Another Biden hit piece by Bill. Using a third party dropping out in favor of a major party candidate to a major candidate of a major party to drop out for an unknown is comparing apples to oranges. Your GOP/conservative pretzel logic is showing.
Another Biden hit piece by Bill. Using a third party dropping out in favor of a major party candidate to a major candidate of a major party to drop out for an unknown is comparing apples to oranges. Your GOP/conservative pretzel logic is showing.
Bill is also comparing completely different electoral systems.
First-past-the-prime, the system with one round that requires a plurality or a majority to win, is well-known for creating polarization.
The two-round, multiparty elections are known to lead to coalition results that better represent the electoral will.
Many activists have been trying to change election systems in the US. Over the years, activists have narrowed their interest to one specific implementation: Ranked Choice Voting. Research suggests it would help us make better choices by making it easier to transition from legacy candidates who are time-tested to new faces.
I have never heard The Bulwark argue, defend or discuss Ranked Choice Voting in any serious way тАФ as anything besides the pet project of a few billionaires like Gehl (who is obsessed with a bad idea, i.e. jungle primaries).
Kristol has clearly, publicly separated himself from the post-2015 GOP and is ardently pro-democracy and anti-trump. Yet commenters on Morning Shots who disagree with him continue to accuse him of bad faith. It's tedious and unbecoming.
The problem is that I don't hear Bill making a case against trump, it's more like he's making a case against Biden. If he doesn't like Biden, fine. Instead of denigrating the President, he should be promoting the idea of whether or not Biden stays in the race, vote for the Democratic nominees. I hear crickets from him about that. He's a doom monger instead of someone promoting any ideas or solutions.
Are you aware of Kristol's activities since 2016? From Wikipedia:
Kristol vehemently opposed the nomination of Donald Trump as the Republican candidate for president in 2016. He has continued to express animosity towards Trump's domestic and foreign policy aims, and dismay at conservative Republicans who have accommodated themselves to the Trump administration.[54]
In January 2019, Kristol criticized President Trump's planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and from Afghanistan.[55] On December 21, Kristol and a group calling itself Republicans for the Rule of Law released an ad encouraging viewers to call their Senators to demand top Trump officials be forced to testify in his impeachment trial.[56]
In March 2020, Kristol endorsed former U.S. vice president Joe Biden for President of the United States.[57] Kristol is founding director of Republican Voters Against Trump, a project of Defending Democracy Together, launched in May 2020.[58] On October 15, Kristol voted for the Democratic ticket. He stated "Just filled out my early absentee ballot in VA for Joe Biden & Kamala Harris, Mark Warner, and Jennifer Wexton. No regrets at all about this."[59]
No but it seems like others do. Dem voters, especially progressives, have a tradition of getting their panties in a bunch because they want a perfect candidate that checks all their boxes (that candidate doesn't exist)and either not voting or voting for someone else. They think they're teaching the Democratic Party a lesson. I can see that if Biden doesn't drop out, their panties will be in a bunch yet again. That's one of the things that got us trump in 2016.
I like bill but on this he is hiding the football. Biden canтАЩt do or couldnтАЩt have done anything that wouldnтАЩt have him call for Biden to dropout. He could do backflips on stage and bill would say тАЬsee he is on drugs he gots to goтАЭ
Another Biden hit piece by Bill. Using a third party dropping out in favor of a major party candidate to a major candidate of a major party to drop out for an unknown is comparing apples to oranges. Your GOP/conservative pretzel logic is showing.
Bill is also comparing completely different electoral systems.
First-past-the-prime, the system with one round that requires a plurality or a majority to win, is well-known for creating polarization.
The two-round, multiparty elections are known to lead to coalition results that better represent the electoral will.
Many activists have been trying to change election systems in the US. Over the years, activists have narrowed their interest to one specific implementation: Ranked Choice Voting. Research suggests it would help us make better choices by making it easier to transition from legacy candidates who are time-tested to new faces.
I have never heard The Bulwark argue, defend or discuss Ranked Choice Voting in any serious way тАФ as anything besides the pet project of a few billionaires like Gehl (who is obsessed with a bad idea, i.e. jungle primaries).
Actually Mona has covered it pretty well on Beg to Differ. I think JVL gave it a go in the Triad too.
Why isn't Bill informing himself from his colleagues?
Kristol has clearly, publicly separated himself from the post-2015 GOP and is ardently pro-democracy and anti-trump. Yet commenters on Morning Shots who disagree with him continue to accuse him of bad faith. It's tedious and unbecoming.
The problem is that I don't hear Bill making a case against trump, it's more like he's making a case against Biden. If he doesn't like Biden, fine. Instead of denigrating the President, he should be promoting the idea of whether or not Biden stays in the race, vote for the Democratic nominees. I hear crickets from him about that. He's a doom monger instead of someone promoting any ideas or solutions.
Are you aware of Kristol's activities since 2016? From Wikipedia:
Kristol vehemently opposed the nomination of Donald Trump as the Republican candidate for president in 2016. He has continued to express animosity towards Trump's domestic and foreign policy aims, and dismay at conservative Republicans who have accommodated themselves to the Trump administration.[54]
In January 2019, Kristol criticized President Trump's planned withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria and from Afghanistan.[55] On December 21, Kristol and a group calling itself Republicans for the Rule of Law released an ad encouraging viewers to call their Senators to demand top Trump officials be forced to testify in his impeachment trial.[56]
In March 2020, Kristol endorsed former U.S. vice president Joe Biden for President of the United States.[57] Kristol is founding director of Republican Voters Against Trump, a project of Defending Democracy Together, launched in May 2020.[58] On October 15, Kristol voted for the Democratic ticket. He stated "Just filled out my early absentee ballot in VA for Joe Biden & Kamala Harris, Mark Warner, and Jennifer Wexton. No regrets at all about this."[59]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Kristol
You need a case against trump?
No but it seems like others do. Dem voters, especially progressives, have a tradition of getting their panties in a bunch because they want a perfect candidate that checks all their boxes (that candidate doesn't exist)and either not voting or voting for someone else. They think they're teaching the Democratic Party a lesson. I can see that if Biden doesn't drop out, their panties will be in a bunch yet again. That's one of the things that got us trump in 2016.
I like bill but on this he is hiding the football. Biden canтАЩt do or couldnтАЩt have done anything that wouldnтАЩt have him call for Biden to dropout. He could do backflips on stage and bill would say тАЬsee he is on drugs he gots to goтАЭ
The reason I canтАЩt take bill seriously is because THERE IS NOTHING BIDEN TO CONVINCE HIM THAT HE SHOULDNT DROP OUT.
Biden could do back flips on stage and he wouldnтАЩt change his perspective