Tiger337

Baby dump is going to have a meltdown.

I don't think 31 is too young to be finished for a hitter who has no hitting skill and seems to rely totally on natural ability and reflexes. That's not say that he's done. Statistically, the only difference between last year and some of his good years is lack of home runs. If he gets his power back and maintains strong defense, he could still be useful.

He was a left-handed hitting catcher with a good defensive rep and numbers to support his rep. That made him a good back-up catcher, but he didn't hit enough to really be optimistic. They also didn't give up anything to get him, so I thought it was a decent acquisition at the time, but not a big one.

The media will always be good to him because they need him.

I wish that were true.

Baez performed pretty much as I expected in 2022, but I was never that excited about him

He does, but that is not the impression that most people have. All I hear about is inflation especially high gas prices. None of that has much to do with him (including the good economy), but perception is more important than reality in elections.

Rodriguez was good last year. Barnhart was bad, but they didn't give up much to get him. Baez is the problem.

The difference is people are not turning on their TV to find out what the President is saying about Covid and hearing him suggest that it might be a good idea to inject ourselves with disinfectant. It's pretty stunning to hear a President say that especially during a crisis. I don't think most people follow the moronic hateful things he says on a daily basis now.

I still fear that the record turnout that gave Biden the win in 2020 may not happen this time around due to recency bias. Some of the turnout was due to social issues, but I believe a lot of it was due to Trump getting blamed for Covid. That was a miseable time for the country. Watching the President act like a complete moron during a historical national crisis can be convincing.

It is not at all surprising as we seem to bend over backwards to protect the wealthy at every opportunity. Logically, it makes no sense and lifting the cap would end the fabricated social security crisis. It would be interesting to know what percentage of people even know that the cap exists.

Many on the left hav proposed solutions, but the right doesn't like them. Means testing sounds like it would screw the middle class.

It almost happened in 2020

She'll endorse him. These people have no shame. Look how many have humiliated themselves supporting Trump already. And then they come back later like Christie and try to take him down and are not taken seriously anymore.

In how many games?

Both parties always think they are going to win. I know that's their public face, but I think they tend to convince themselves as well.

Oh, I know why the wealthy support Trump. They aren't the ones going to his KKK rallies though.

So, what is it these democracy hating fools want? Do they want a dictatorship? An anarchy? You live in the most influential and wealthiest country in the world and you want to tear it all down and you think the alternative is going to better? How the hell does that work?

I agree there is too much optimism in this forum with assuming that Biden is going to win. The polls are not backing it up. I have seen criticisms of the polls being biased in favor of Dump and that could be legitimate, but we should no way be assuming that Dump can't win.

America! Love it or leave it!

If they would admit that he's a stupid amoral asshole who only cares about himself, but they like that he is tearing things down, I could understand it. What frustrates me most is that so many actually claim that he is smart and a good patriot and wants to make things better for the working people. He most likely thinks his supporters are a bunch of losers because they aren't wealthy like him. I don't agree that Biden ranks with Dump as a lowest common denominator. I think he is unspiring and also getting too old (not so much his age but the way he carries himself), but Trump is at a whole other level of awful.

I am pretty sure that is fake, but many of his supporters are dumb enough where it might not be.

I believe the group of low information voters is a lot larger than some people here think. We get caught up in our bubbles. It's like me thinking that everyone is over using batting average and pitcher wins to evaluate players because almost all the people who I talk to online have gone beyond that (unintended sales pitch!). Then I talk to casual and not so casual fans in real life who are still stuck on batting average and wins. Professionally, I am surrounded by people who are more savvy than me politically (either that or unrealistically far left), but the majority of family and friends either don't give a crap or have no idea how bad Trump is. There are a lot of people out there who know he's stupid and nasty, but "he's a businessman who knows to get things done" or he is "stupid , but he's tough so nobody will mess with him".

Unless they can be convinced that Dump is really innocent and is being politically persecuted by the left. It doesn't take a lot to convince the right that the left is more evil. And enough doubt could be planted in moderates for them to throw up their arms and decide that the whole process sucks and they just aren't going to participate.

What if they vote for Haley?