Indigo

Indigo, 3 months ago

@icedquinn Maybe. It got people talking about something that isn't the economy, Israel, or Ukrane, so it did its job as far as they're concerned.

Indigo, 3 months ago

@affine @icedquinn This is true, it's really just the last day of March, which has been the case since 2009. Easter falling on the same day is just kind of a coincidence, it's even happened before.
This is just the first time a sitting president has acknowledged it, which in and of itself I don't think anyone would really care about. The way they did it had to have been on purpose though, the topic is just too hot right now for it to have not been.

Indigo, 3 months ago

@allison @icedquinn @affine Interesting, I never knew this.
But I think my point stands, if they did the same thing this year I don't think anyone would really care that much, they had to have known presenting it the way they did would provoke a response with the burger land political climate being what it is right now. Kabuki theatre, and all that.

Indigo, 3 months ago

@xianc78 @icedquinn This is true, but I think that was the idea, kicking the hornets nest on purpose to draw out a reaction. Gives Biden and co. "points" with the the progressive left, if only on a superficial level. They need to get them back on their side right now if they want to beat Trump, it's just funny how nobody's fallen for it this time.

Indigo, 3 months ago

@icedquinn @xianc78 That's the whole Democratic platform right now "it could be worse, so vote for us."
Trump is a grifter hack, we all learned this when he was President, and I think my use of the term "Conservatard" expresses how I feel about them. But at least they're presenting a platform their platform as an alternative, that's why they're probobly going to win.
What we need are age limits of holding public office (maybe mandatory retirement at 65), and term limits across the board. But the people in power right now would rather die than give it up, we're probobly going to just wait for that to happen before we get any real progress, unfortunately.

Indigo, 3 months ago

@xianc78 @icedquinn I mean yeah... but I'm old enough to remember when we were all going to write-in Ron Paul in 2012 and... no dice.
Not saying it's not possible, it just requires more coordination than I think the American people (as they are) are capable of.

Indigo, 3 months ago

@xianc78 @icedquinn In principle, I agree with that. But the reality is that I don't think the American political system is in a fixable state at the moment. Even if a hypothetical independent president started trying to make real change, I don't think the people in power would really let it stick.