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Gaffes should not matter anymore.

After 10 years of Trump, they should matter a great deal.

He just basically said he can't read like black people. I'm not sure how you get around this.

Clinton and Obama and Howard Dean and a million other Democrats had to apologize and bend over backwards to prove themselves, even when you know their record is clean. Like him or not, I don’t think Gavin is racist or has racist policies.

Meanwhile the orange turd says and does the most horrible shit possible. I’m tired of the double standard and we should not allow Republicans to get away with it.

Seems more diverse than RW hypocrites would have us believe.

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to run for President, assuming he would win the nomination, if this is the issue that causes people not to vote for him......

Then no wonder we have a two term president who tried to over-throw the government, is strongly implicated in pedophile entanglements with epstein, and a host of otherwise questionable if not outright illegal activities.

The wisdom of the American populace never fails to underwhelm me.

He was intentionally misquoted.

His full statement (I highlighted his supposed "exact" quote):

Thanks for that

Sadly, I think any other politician might have been able to pull that off. But with his (and his media team's) experience, SOMEONE should have flagged that.

Good luck

see post 28

Not a good recipe for 2028. I think he needs to clean up what he said. I'm black and I'm offended. It's an offensive statement, period full-stop. I don't need white people to tell me what's offensive and what is not.

I did not say I would not support him. However, it's disturbing he said that cause it really almost tells you what he REALLY thinks of black people in his mind.

the primary, let alone a general election in the way the country is today.

VP Harris lost critical swing states because of that all or nothing approach, especially with voters sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. The irony though is that VP Harris outlined a specific plan to force a ceasefire, release of all hostages, get the principle parties back to the negotiating table for a two state solution, and rebuild Gaza. Trump also told everyone what his plans were in January 2025. Take ownership of Gaza, resettle Palestinians out of Gaza, and make it the "Riviera of the Middle East".

From all appearances it looks like the two-state solution is gone for the foreseeable future, and the future for of the Palestinians is even more uncertain if that is possible.

African Americans voters since FDR have been historically voted Democratic. In 2024 that still held, except that there was a shift where among young African American males, where up to 10% of that demographic actually voted for trump. In addition, Labor split the vote, Hispanic Americans split the vote, and women didn't come out in the numbers expected.

and here we are today.

As for a politicians words, the same thing can be said about Representative Ilhan Omar, and some of her statements, though some here had no problem with those statements and implications.

So what is my point? What is their record on the issues? It is pretty clear what trump and his administration record is. Trump's administration has and is actively trying to remove exhibits and signs related to slavery and other historical topics from federal sites, national parks, etc. through executive orders. According to him taking about slavery is "partisan" ideology. The reality is that it is part of the history of our country, and like most autocrats he is trying to wipe that history from the public.

None of this should be a surprise though because trump told us exactly what he was. Did people not believe him, did they not care, or worse, did they agree with him. The philosopher George Santanyana said it perfectly, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it"

Because of what happened in 2024, and the make-up of the Supreme Court from the elections of 2016 and 2024, the odds that there will be a quick reversal of the damage done by trump and his administration are not very good.

(Speaking as someone who scored 1500 in the mid-seventies, 740 verbal 760 math. My memory may be failing in old age, but for some reason I can still remember numbers pretty precisely.)

I would not even admit to that. And yes, I want my presidents to be smart and intellectual. I want them to be smarter than me. We don't need anymore dufuses like Trump.

It means I need to learn more about Gavin. Leading California I think establishes he is quite capable. But has he made significant errors? Supported super rich interests over the interests of the whole of his contingency? Announcing a 960 SAT score raises a small red flag. Was he pandering to his audience? Shows negative bias toward them. Just means, again, that I need to learn more about Newsom.

We don't want to elect another damaging president because he seems to know how to handle social media and project his ample charisma. The other side did that with Trump. But we need to nominate the winner!

I must have missed it.

(I was an IT director for many years. I was tolerated even though I'd walk in to work anywhere between 10 am to 1 pm. I must have been able to provide substantial value. Why else would they keep me?)

If he said that to a white audience in Marin County, I'd be cool with it. But he did not.

Translation: pulled out of someone's ass.

Gavin didn't say that. Who did?

Perhaps he needs some help framing his dyslexia, if he wants to talk about it.

Back then wasn't the SAT 2400 total unlike 1600 nowadays? This can't be. Yikes.

And everyone hated it, so they changed it back to 1600 ten years later.

The cope and seethe from a few folks is endlessly entertaining. I’m here for it.