I would think anyone with a working brain and a D after their name would beat him right now. I don't plan to vote for GN in the primaries, but I will vote for him if he ends up being the Dem candidate. Today's Republicans are an incompetent bunch of of. Trump sucking assholes. I think the last good one was Ike. Shit, eve dumbass W was better than Trump. Or maybe I should say not nearly as dangerous as Trump.
Probably should back the statement up to HW Bush. While W isn't probably a full blown asshole that Trump is, the Neocons and the W Admin did a lot of damage and laid the groundwork for what would be coming up.
IMHO GHWB was an ok - or at least an impressive - guy. Bush baby OTOH is an idiot with few redeeming qualities, and Trump is just a malignancy upon the office and the Nation, with zero redeeming qualities.
I agree but at least he did get Medicare Part C passed. Prior to that, my former patients had no help paying for their drugs and most of them were living in poverty. I still recall some of my home health patients asking me which ones were most important and some local family owned pharmacies allowing them to run up a lot of credit, which they probably were never able to fully pay back. With Part C, the most needed drugs are usually very affordable, and if people are poor enough to have M'caid as their secondary insurance, the copay is about 50 cents for most drugs. Or that's what I was when I was still working. So, while I agree that W did a lot of damage, especially by getting us into unnecessary wars, even a broken clock is right twice a day, so he did accomplish at least one, maybe two good things. And, tricky Dick did start the EPA. Compared to Trump, he wasn't that bad and I never thought I'd say anything positive about Nixon. Daddy Bush wasn't that bad, but Reagan, imo was where a lot of the problems began. Enough said for now.
I don't understand why anyone of sound mind would vote for this man! But then, I never really understood his appeal in the first place.
I might vote for him in the primaries, depending on who else is still in the race by the time Georgia votes.
Most likely me too. Not sure what I'd do if AOC runs and gets the nomination though.
But the law sets the age limit at 50. That's on the legislature and the governor.
The parole board presumably interpreted the law correctly, or else Newsom would have a legal case to appeal their decision.
Larissa, is that you?
I am an Independent who generally votes Democratic. But whenever I criticize national Dems like Kamala, I get accused of being a "trumpsucker". SMH.
Yes, I do. But this is a thread about California politics. I see it on this forum a lot. There will be a gazillion threads about faults of the Republicans, but in any thread criticizing Democrats (or say, left in a place like the UK) you see a lot of whataboutism.
Again, J6 got an extraordinary amount of attention. No need to rehash all this in this thread.
Democrats could certainly do worse in 2028. That does not mean he should not be criticized when appropriate.
I really don't think we need to worry about AOC getting the nomination, at least not in the next 15 or 20 years. Only someone who is perceived as moderate or left of center is going to win the nomination. In fact, I don't see anyone who is more than left of center winning the presidency. AOC would be making a big mistake to run for president at this point in time. Not only is she perceived as too far left, despite becoming more willing to compromise recently, she lacks the maturity that is needed, especially at this time. But, you brought up her name and as you said, this was thread was supposed to be about California. On the other hand, since when do we ever stay on topic these days?
The only reason I can call myself an Independent.
Ah, the ignorance of the foreign born self appointed elite…
Everything I can find would indicate that the bolded above is misleading. Forfeiture can occur under circumstances where property is proceeds of or involved in a crime, but not for immigration violations. Re-distribution, if it occurs, happens by statutory assignment.
Statutory assignment. Read that again. Who mandates and enforces the transfer of property when the state deprives someone of all of their rights?
When the State does that the State is behaving illegally. Illegal behavior is not bounded.
What part of mass detainment in overseas concentration camps has ever been, in any sense, "legal"?
I guess the sense that it’s “legal” until someone is held to account.
Funston hasn't been not behind bars since he first went to prison. And Newsom had nothing to do with his potential release in the near future. That was all the work of the parole board.