Yes. He was a war correspondent and served six months in Iraq. He got a full ride scholarship to Yale. The “elite coastal ivory tower expert” system did nothing but treat him unfairly. |
Exactly. Vance is interested in his personal advancement. When he advocates for eliminating federal assistance who will be damaged? |
He didn’t “get” a full ride scholarship - he earned it for military service in a war zone. Compared to the way most Ivy League losers got into their schools, Vance took a much harder path. |
Why would Biden step aside? Three days ago he said he was 100% committed, and the process had been decided. It was the will of the voters. Why would he pull a sudden 180? And if he did, doesn’t that sort of prove he never should’ve been there at all? |
I don't think you know the meaning of those words. What is your post fits the definition any of them? |
You are who you associate with. If someone wants to associate with known racists, then I assume they at best, they are accepting of racists, if not actually one themselves. Personally, I like my president and vice president to represent ALL Americans. Someone who thinks rape is acceptable and abortion is absolute is not representing of all Americans, they are representing a tiny minority and are chomping at the bit to impose their world view on the country. |
Every United States Marine is an infantryman and rifleman, first and foremost, and everything else they do is secondary to that. |
That was sorta my point, Hon. ![]() |
There is a lot of valid criticism of the book. He paints a broad brush, with lots of stereotypes, and blames people for standing in their own way of success. He also said drunk uncles who beat their wives were the epitome of masculinity. It’s easy to google this. Many writers from Appalachia have criticized it, many of them women who also weren’t given lucrative speaking roles in television because they didn’t deal in tragi-porn (and are also women). |
You hope he’s better than Pence because Pence saved America? |
Because it is not Joe who is making these decisions. He will step aside if he was told to do so. |
I worked at a finreg with someone whose father had been a payday lender who operated next to an army base. After his father died, my colleague cleaned out his small office and found hundreds of thank you letters from grateful soldiers for being there with cash when they most needed it. It is another perspective, one that should not be dismissed even as we are appalled by the APRs. |
And if he doesn’t? Then what? What will “they” do to Joe to convince him? |