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It's worse than a crap shoot, it's magical thinking. The odds of landing on the ideal outcome through a strictly aerial campaign are remote at best... There is no precedent for it But these guys didn't even bother coming to the American public to try to explain any of what they were planning to do or to justify it (and they had the opportunity during the SOTU speech).... So what makes anyone think they have a plan for what comes next that isn't magical thinking?

Given that the oppressed people of Venezuela are still being oppressed by the same regime after Maduro was removed, what gives you such confidence? If bad leaders are removed but the regimes itself stay in place, why do you expect the Ameircan people to be excited by any of this?

Exactly. It's pretty clear the US ain't gonna do it.

Apparently they must have all forgotten about Iraq, which was the foreign policy equivalent of "28-3"

The point being lost here is that the death of Khamenei doesn't guarantee the fall of the actual regime. Isn't that the actual goal here? It reminds me of all the rejoicing from about taking out Maduro... At the end of the day, the same socialist regime is still leading the place, isn't it? Meet the new boss, same as the old boss... But at least the Bubbas are entertained lol

Naturally... just as with Venezuela, they didn't bother selling this BS to the public

Another take from our now-VP that is aging like a glass of milk left out in the Texas sun on a hot summer day

Andrew Johnson and Buchanan are both hard to top, but damned if he's not trying his hardest.

For the most part don't even interact with him, but for the two occasions that I interact with him in the past couple of days, I get singled out for not following some sort of unwritten forum rule about not interacting with him. It's really aggravating to say the least.

Taylor Sheridan isn't even sticking around for the long haul lol https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/yellowstone-creator-taylor-sheridan-defies-maga-coded-boss-david-ellison-with-new-deal/

Case in point:

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No

Was speaking more on how he squandered his advantage on the economy (something he always had until Liberation Day), although the slide into authoritarianism hasn't helped either

Just from a pure politics perspective, still think the self-inflicted harm from tariffs is a big driver of where he finds himself, regardless of what the overall inflation rate says. It's literally been all downhill since Liberation Day

So why do you think the American public has a negative impression of the President on the issue of inflation and the economy?

Yep. When the President continually defiles the office (and the norms of the office), don't be surprised when people don't just give automatically give deference. And for the record, I understand what Jack Hughes was saying when he said (paraphrasing) that things have gotten so political. I don't like it either. But the current President bears a lot of responsibility for that politicization of society at large, as much some (MAGA, some center left, mainstream media) want to ignore that reality

This is fair, although when you consider that team invited the FBI Director into the locker room after they won and that five of their teammates (mostly from Minnesota) chose not to go to the White House, suspect they know more than you are crediting. Either way, best case scenario is the people managing the team didn't protect these guys well enough surrounding their win IMO. Just none of the reaction to being seen embracing a President who politicizes everything (and who is deeply unpopular) is all that surprising from a PR perspective

I don't think or care about their politics. Imagine most fans are like this. But when they go out and do stupid **** that draws attention to their politics, why wouldn't one expect people in the broader public to cast judgment on them? It's no different than when Matt Shaw decided to go skip out on his teammates to attend Charlie Kirk's funeral. I'm guessing many Cubs fans had no clue one way or another about his politics, or if they did, didn't care that much about it. But he made a choice in that moment to draw attention toward his politics and it altered some fans' perception of him as a person. Fair or unfair Just don't find that outcome as being particularly surprising... When athletes get political, the broader public is inevitably going to hold opinions (good or bad)

I usually turn on my TV or pull up whatever app a game I want to watch happens to be on, and then I watch. Usually MLB, a little bit of NFL and NCAA Hoops. Less time with two kids tho

He's also, in his infinite wisdom, continued to wrap himself in a wildly unpopular policy (ie. tariffs) that Americans associate with higher prices on goods. And he continues to double, triple, quadruple down on it... even as SCOTUS seemingly gave him an off-ramp to readjust. He bears a lot of responsibility for how people view his Presidency, even if the reality of inflation and the economy comes with some nuance that isn't necessarily reflected in public opinion. That's just the job

Again, I think there's a difference between simply holding those views and going about your business and, well, whatever the US Men's Hockey team decided to do after their win. In that context, it's not at all surprising people have opinions and are making judgments for better or worse. I don't think it's simply because of the views, but how they have decided to comport themselves.

This is obviously correct just on the level of basic humanity. But again, just on the pure politics, as to the bolded, there is both quantitative and qualitative evidence that the American public doesn't feel "served" by this administration right now. They're like Thelma and Louise driving the convertible off the cliff Suspect that literally nothing about last night changed that. Including whatever little "moment" Holic is going on about from last night.