Dropping litigation against the Little Sisters of the Poor.Speaking only for myself, I do spend a fair amount of time trying to understand why his followers find him so appealing.
You saidThe main thing is that the recession was NOT caused by a Big Money Republican President, so all Chrisitans need to vote for a Kind-Hearted Democratic President who would stop all recessions by ending the reign of the greedy big-money capitalists, and make sure that everyone in the country has a good job, a decent house, and enough food, as well as a free education, a free car or free transportation, free child care, free health care, etc. This is all ridiculous–I would call it propaganda and outright lies.
I was pointing out that was not accurate historically. The 2008 crash happened before Barack Obama was elected. In fact, the 2008 Obama v McCain Presidential race was a lot closer until the crash. It was a rout afterwards.I’m not sure why the recession happens when Republicans lose, but I’m willing to bet that it has something to do with the changeover from a “business-friendly” government to a “business-hostile” government.
In our area, people go kinda crazy with signs. There are plenty of yards with dozens of Biden/Harris signs, as well as for the other Democratic candidates running in Illinois and in our city, and in favor of the so-called “Fair Tax.” Some people even do red-white-blue lights!I’m not sure that’s sound. How many people actually put up yard signs anyway? I’ve only seen a few.
Yes, I don’t know enough about economics to make a strong case in favor of the Republicans. I remember that a lot of people did not think Pres. Bush (younger) was a very fiscally-conservative or even socially-conservative Republican, although he was likeable. I remember that his wife was actually pro-choice, which didn’t set well with a lot of Republicans/Conservatives.I was pointing out that was not accurate historically. The 2008 crash happened before Barack Obama was elected. In fact, the 2008 Obama v McCain Presidential race was a lot closer until the crash. It was a rout afterwards.
You could make a very strong case (some already have) that the financial crisis had it’s origins in the late 1990s with a Republican Congress and a Democratic Presidency, producing the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which repealed part of the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act, This was a GOP written bill signed by President Bill Clinton in 1999 that removed regulations governing financial institutions.
Wow.In our area, people go kinda crazy with signs. There are plenty of yards with dozens of Biden/Harris signs, as well as for the other Democratic candidates running in Illinois and in our city, and in favor of the so-calle
As a liberal, I didn’t have any hopes at all in Trump’s judicial nominees, so I was pleasantly suprised when Trump’s first nominee to the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch, wrote the majority opinion in a landmark case for LGBT people extending the Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity. According to Wikipedia:my support was purely on the hope of judicial appointments as promised. While that jury is still out - I have great hope in the three appointees …
That was pretty amazing. Who would have guessed that a Trump nominee would write such an important decision protecting the rights of LGBT people.In 2020, Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion in the combined cases of Bostock v. Clayton County , Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda , and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission , ruling that businesses cannot discriminate in employment against LGBTQ people. The ruling was 6–3 with Chief Justice Roberts and Gorsuch siding with the court’s four Democratic appointees. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh dissented from the decision arguing that it improperly extended the Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity.
If you drive outside of our city into the Illinois farrmland, you will see some very big and very entertaining yard displays in favor of President Trump and also quite a few displays for pro-life candidates, which of course means Pres. Trump. There are also some delightful displays denouncing our Shut It All Down Governor Pritzker–if he were running this year, he would lose by a landslide!, especialy since Speaker Madigan is under suspicion of some kind of political scandal! Oh, well–Madigan will never die, and he’ll beat the scandal, I’m sure.I’ve never really felt that strongly about a candidate.
I don’t get this. Do you think that Christians believe LGBTQ people are not entitled to civil rights in the United States?That was pretty amazing. Who would have guessed that a Trump nominee would write such an important decision protecting the rights of LGBT people.