Ukraine changes the conversation

[TexasTowelie]

by Thomas Mills, PoliticsNC


Ukraine has given the Biden and administration and Democrats the opportunity they need for a reset. Putin’s invasion has shifted the conversation and united the country and our political leaders the way nothing else has. Biden’s getting high marks for his response, pulling to together allies to support the Ukrainians and punish Russia. He offers a stark contrast to the disjointed foreign policy of his predecessor and our allies seem relieved.

Just two months ago, the failure of the Build Back Better bill, and the infighting that preceded it, made Democrats look divided and impotent, despite earlier legislative successes. Now, that debate seems like a distant memory. The party has an opportunity to move on. The Ukrainian situation will help Biden’s approval rating in the short term, but the party still needs to find legislative success in passing a more modest domestic agenda.

The invasion of Ukraine has also given old school, establishment Republicans an opportunity to retake their party from Trump’s nationalists. The Trumpers are finding themselves on the wrong side of most Americans. Trump’s unabashed admiration for Putin now looks more like a liability and his enablers and sycophants like Madison Cawthorn are getting scorn from the leaders of their own party.

Tucker Carlson, Fox News, and other right-wingers are still pushing pro-Russia propaganda, but it’s putting them on the fringe instead of influencing the middle. As the sheen comes off of Trump and his enablers, the people who support them may lose their enthusiasm for voting. They are the infrequent voters who showed up in droves to support Trump, but didn’t show up in 2018 when he wasn’t on the ballot. If Trump’s world view is on the wane, they won’t be likely be motivated enough to go vote for more rank-and-file Republicans like Pat McCrory while the middle may be reluctant support Trumpers like Ted Budd.

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[lefthandedskyhook]

2. If only

If American voters were all well informed, Biden would have had stable support all along. For crying out loud - just look at the competition!

[Walleye]

3. The news keeps referring to the "botched Afghanistan withdrawal" what to do about that

[MacKasey]

4. It should be tfg botched Afghanistan treaty with the Taliban

[Walleye]

5. It should be, but that's not the way that it is presented

Americans now I’ll have it in their head that Biden somehow screwed up Afghanistan Most of them think the Taliban killed those soldiers. There is no way to stop a fanatical suicide bomber. The media completely skipped that part

[gab13by13]

6. Old school establishment Republicans are not trying to retake their party,

they are trying to make president Biden look bad by claiming he isn't doing enough. The entire Republican party is led by Putin's puppet, and CPAC just confirmed that.

[Joinfortmill]

7. Joe Biden, an American President leading the world! Tucker Carlson... a Putin Puppet.

And God Bless, President Zelesnsky, my Man of the Year!

[Blues Heron]

8. Reminds me of what Woody Guthrie said to his bandmates at the outbreak of WWII

''Boys - we'll never sing a protest song again''

i.e. rally round the flag time

[wnylib]

9. Woody Guthrie song about fascist losers

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All You Fascists Bound to Lose

Very appropriate for our times, too.

https://www.google.com/search?q=woody+guthrie+all+you+fascists+bound+to+lose+videos&oq=&aqs=chrome.1.69i59i450l15.-1j0j7&client=ms-android-americamovil-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgVuLVT9c3NEyqLI-vqKy0eMRowS3w8sc9YSn9SWtOXmPU5OIKzsgvd80rySypFJLmYoOyBKX4uVB18uxiYgvLTEnNL17Ealyen59SqZBeWpJRlJmqkJiTo1CZX6qQllicnFlcUqyQlF-al6JQkq-Qk1-cqlAG1gUAjEEGpIsAAAA&ictx=1&ved=2ahUKEwi9iqCavMb2AhU2mXIEHWJuDCMQyNoBKAJ6BAgGEAk

[Blues Heron]

10. thanks I will