DawgTalkers.net Forums Thread Like Summary - Joe Kent- current MAGA Republican Candidate

JMHO, please read about Joe Kent on WIKI- JMHO- he is EXACTLY the type of candidate who should NEVER be elected to public office- "Kent made false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump a focus of his 2022 campaign. He labeled the perpetrators of the 2021 Capitol insurrection as "political prisoners" and spoke at a rally in defense of them organized by his top adviser. He supports impeaching Joe Biden and - in the wake of the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago - Merrick Garland." He's close to the "conspiracy groups"- "Graham Jorgensen, a member of the neo-fascist organization Proud Boys, was employed as a consultant for Kent's 2022 campaign. Joey Gibson, founder of the far-right group Patriot Prayer, has also been linked to Kent; Gibson heavily promoted Kent's campaign on social media and spoke at a fundraiser for Kent, in which Kent praised Gibson for "defend[ing] this community when our community was under assault from antifa."

So, vote for the guy who believes his own facts and supports bigotry over equal rights. Republicans- you can't win with these type of candidates- the left, Democrats AND the independents will beat you EVERY time- almost. Some how Greene is an exception- pray for her defeat.

This type of thinking is why this country has gone to... the mess that it has.

The options have been/are so bad that people picked Trump to shake things up. Yet, the "only option" is one of the same bad choices that led there.

It's like the definition of insanity.

We can't have Trump, but let's keep doing the things that led to Trump.

We need to come up with a better system that leads to better choices being available. The choice between eyewateringly foul excrement and dry, crusty excrement isn't really a choice worth making. Regardless of one not smelling as bad, you're still voting for a porta potty environment. How do we get away from toxic sludge at the top and bring back some sanity?

I'm praying you're wrong about it constantly growing- conservative Christians seem to flock to the guy and I can't understand why.

Democrats and Republican parties are LONG overdue for a boot in the butt. Losing the Executive branch to a 3rd party just might do it.

It shouldn't just be people voting for their own party. Democrats (or any segment of the entire voter base of large enough size) should have a way to vote out a Republican candidate. And the opposite. Eventually, once all the lousy candidates got voted as unacceptable, they'd have to give a sane/"compromise" candidate. Would it extend the voting process? Yes. You'd have to go multiple rounds. For me, the future of the country would be worth it.

Frankly, I'm of the opinion we should do away with both parties. I think there is an argument to be made that they violate antitrust laws. The two parties effectively have a monopoly and make it impossible for independents to have a realistic shot. Plus, the evidence of the past several decades should amply illustrate the dangers of groupthink in politics.

Sports/Entertainment are likely crowded because people are seeking more and more distractions from the rest of their (miserable) lives.

The stock market doesn't really reflect the economic reality of the average person. It shows the success of corporations, all too frequently at the expense of their employees and consumers. For example, Berkshire Hathaway stock is $473,000 a share. That looks great on a spreadsheet and can "show economic growth." But, most people can't afford that, nor do they have much hope of ever being able to do so.

If employers paid fair wages and didn't treat their employees on the spectrum of carelessly to horribly, maybe employers would find more workers. Lots of "entitled" corporations are getting government handouts, people wanting the wealth to be spread may have a point. Who wants to work for someone making 7 figures to treat them like cattle? As wages have stagnated, the cost of everything else is going up.

Can you define "lots" more precisely? Maybe present it as a percentage of the population. Is 1% lots?

Yes, some folks are living life big. Most people are not.