Trump campaign announces president trump’s 2nd term agenda:

  • Thread starter Thread starter F_Marturana
  • Start date Start date
Status
Not open for further replies.
Pro-life / anti-abortion is not listed as a priority on the official platform…its just not there. Doesn’t mean it won’t be a thing, but its not being emphasized as a political priority. Of course, while Trump’s official position on abortion (to date) is much better than the Democrat’s official position, he’s still not truly pro-life from a Catholic perspective…and not just because of other issues such as the death penalty or response to Covid, etc…I mean in terms of abortion.
 
twf said:
the official platform
Click to expand...
There isn’t one.
twf said:
he’s still not truly pro-life from a Catholic perspective…and not just because of other issues such as the death penalty or response to Covid, etc…I mean in terms of abortion.
Click to expand...
George W. Bush might have been more prolife than Trump, but not by much if at all. Democrat presidents have been totally pro-abortion for decades. Biden/Harris, of course, very much fit that pattern.
 
You know the Democrats are trotting crappy candidates when the majority of their posts and topics don’t actually say anything good about Biden, but simply tell us why Trump stinks. The former is much more difficult to do than the latter.

Generally, campaigns to vote against the other candidate don’t work. This year could be an exception, given how polarized everything is, but in general, the enthusiasm gap ends up nullifying this approach.

It’s like trying to convince the person you are sweet on to pick you for a date, because you are less homely than the other people…
 
Last edited:
Dr_Meinheimer said:
You know the Democrats are trotting crappy candidates when the majority of their posts and topics don’t actually say anything good about Biden, but simply tell us why Trump stinks. The former is much more difficult to do than the latter.
Click to expand...
I’ve been noticing this trend from both parties long before this election year. One of my problems with Trump from four years ago was the amount of negative campaigning. I did know of two of his agendas. Drain the swamp (never really clarified) and Build a wall and make Mexico pay for it. This second agenda item was pretty clear and how it was going to be paid for. Looking back, neither seemed to have been accomplished.

Hillary wasn’t much better. She was so abrasive it was hard to discern exactly what she planned on doing.
 
That may be true; I was simply looking at the sheer number of posts and topics from the posters who plan on supporting Biden. There are almost zero pro-Biden posts, and almost all anti-Trump.

I sort of expect that in some cases in modern elections from campaigns I guess, but not from posters and actual voters. No one is going to convince an independent or a voter who may sit out to show up and vote for Biden by saying “you have to vote for my guy, because the other guy is terrible.” That’s how you end up with people staying home.
 
Dr_Meinheimer said:
That may be true; I was simply looking at the sheer number of posts and topics from the posters who plan on supporting Biden. There are almost zero pro-Biden posts, and almost all anti-Trump.

I sort of expect that in some cases in modern elections from campaigns I guess, but not from posters and actual voters. No one is going to convince an independent or a voter who may sit out to show up and vote for Biden by saying “you have to vote for my guy, because the other guy is terrible.” That’s how you end up with people staying home.
Click to expand...
I don’t know about that. That is essentially how Trump got elected - there were millions of anti-Hillary votes, and attacking Hillary was the focus of his campaign. Will that tactic work for Biden? I guess we will find out.
 
If all the Catholics on this forum cared 1/10th as strongly about their faith as they do about their politics, we would be living in a much better world.

It saddens me to see so many self identified Catholics promoting support for those who are actively promoting an agenda that not only contradicts the Catholic faith, but will work to actively suppress it in the public square. If only all these cultural Catholics could receive new zeal for their faith and live their lives as though they were Catholic first, American second, and political affiliation 3rd. That said, while I tend to usually vote Republican on the national elections, I don’t identify as Republican at all. They don’t support Catholic values across the board, Nobody does. But there’s a difference between voting for a party that doesn’t always represent Catholic interests vs voting for a party that for the last 20 years has been actively working AGAINST Catholic interests.
 
Last edited:
Dr_Meinheimer said:
There are almost zero pro-Biden posts, and almost all anti-Trump.
Click to expand...
It probably reflects real life as it was in 2016.

Catholic women at my Church were appalled by Trump, but said they would vote for him because he was not Hillary. They could give a dozen reasons why they were appalled by Trump, but when ask what they had against Hillary it was only Benghazi or Emails or both. I would head home with the wife saying a litany of expletives.
 
Last edited:
RidgeSprinter said:
Catholic woman at my Church were appalled by Trump, but said they would vote for him because he was not Hillary. They could give a dozen reasons why they were appalled by Trump, but when ask what they had against Hillary it was only Benghazi or Emails or both. I would head home with the wife saying a litany of expletives.
Click to expand...
Those posters who were voting against Hillary in 2016 were much more pro-Trump than the posters who are voting against Trump are Pro-Biden in the 2020 election.

Yes, I can barely understand that myself, and I typed it.
 
RidgeSprinter said:
Catholic women at my Church were appalled by Trump, but said they would vote for him because he was not Hillary. They could give a dozen reasons why they were appalled by Trump, but when ask what they had against Hillary it was only Benghazi or Emails or both. I would head home with the wife saying a litany of expletives.
Click to expand...
Probably the women couldn’t really articulate what they thought about Hillary or were afraid to mention it to not appear silly or uninformed. Women are intuitive about other women, they, generally, have a sense if another women is good or not good. That feeling may be proven wrong after they get to know the other person or it may be proven right.

Hillary is not a likable woman, she has this false persona in public that is really obvious to other women. She comes off as superior to others. Of course women will hear about her questionable behavior during her public life, true or not, and it will effect there thinking. To most of the women who would not vote for Hillary, it was because they just did not like her, someone like her would not be in their group of friends.

I’m not saying this is right or wrong, I’m saying this is what it is for many women. But to be honest there were also many women who voted for her solely because she was female regardless of her ability to lead the county.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top