I can appreciate the desire for better candidates but I'll say Newsom and DiSantis are significantly better than Trump v Biden. With Trump and Biden, one is unfit to serve and the other is incapable. Yes, that's a low bar but it is a significant one.
Or perhaps nominate Liz Cheney as the 2024 Presidential candidate, if for no other reason than to forestall her running as an independent and sucking up Republican votes.
Short of felony convictions for Trump and multiple associates, I can't imagine the GOP nominating Cheney.
I actually think its the primary system that is the root cause, where a small number of extremist (from each side) hijack the candidates and then the electorate votes for a party. Add in gerrymandering from both D & Rs and you end up with a clusterF.
Governors do have far greater experience and they would be coming from the two of the largest states. So they would at least be qualified.
Can't disagree with that.
There's truth in both statements. I'll add to that a biased media where you'll never get a clear picture of an issue using a single source. But it all comes down to us. We allow it. We vote on politicians. We accept it every time we vote. We accept it every time we use our favored news source version and disregard another's version without a thought.
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I guess I ate some crow and humble pie with being a little too cocky about these viruses. I haven't been sick for two years and I guess I thought I was immune to all this, not!!! This was nasty and very tough on my body. I have never had all these symptoms all at once and it was no good and so hard my my body. I will keep you all posted on my taste because I want taste buds back.
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The Guidestones in GA said the goal of the Global Elitist from WEF is a population of 500,000,000 in the whole world. It ((The evil Stones)) got blown up the other night btw and no way were letting these monsters rule the planet at 500M. Did you see all the poor people swimming in the palace in Sir Lanka? I loved it. I want a Day at the Bay for all my pals in East LA some dayThis New ‘Ninja’ COVID Variant Is the Most Dangerous One Yet
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyThe latest subvariant of the novel coronavirus to become dominant in Europe, the United States, and other places is also, in many ways, the worst so far.The BA.5 subvariant of the basic Omicron variant appears to be more contagious than...www.yahoo.com
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In that sense, BA5 might be a preview of the months and years to come. A year ago, we had a chance to block SARS-CoV-2’s main transmission vectors through vaccines and social distancing.
But we didn’t. Restrictions on businesses, schools and crowds have become politically toxic all over the world. Vaccination rates remained stubbornly low, even in many countries with easy access to jabs. In the U.S., for example, the percentage of fully vaccinated has stalled at around 67 percent.
The Massive Screwup That Could Let COVID Bypass Our Vaccines
So COVID lingers, 31 months after the first case was diagnosed in Wuhan, China. The longer the virus circulates, the more variants it produces. BA.5 is the all but inevitable result of that tragic dynamic.
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The simple-mindedness of this take is breathtaking. Let's add a little balance to what it takes and how "successful" we (we the world, mind you, not just the US) could have expected to be if only we were as committed as China.
Zero Covid holds danger for China's Xi
The leader is seeking a historic third term amid an economic slump and growing fatigue over Covid.
Why do you think that we would have been better about vaccines and distance?This New ‘Ninja’ COVID Variant Is the Most Dangerous One Yet
Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyThe latest subvariant of the novel coronavirus to become dominant in Europe, the United States, and other places is also, in many ways, the worst so far.The BA.5 subvariant of the basic Omicron variant appears to be more contagious than...
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In that sense, BA5 might be a preview of the months and years to come. A year ago, we had a chance to block SARS-CoV-2’s main transmission vectors through vaccines and social distancing.
But we didn’t. Restrictions on businesses, schools and crowds have become politically toxic all over the world. Vaccination rates remained stubbornly low, even in many countries with easy access to jabs. In the U.S., for example, the percentage of fully vaccinated has stalled at around 67 percent.
The Massive Screwup That Could Let COVID Bypass Our Vaccines
So COVID lingers, 31 months after the first case was diagnosed in Wuhan, China. The longer the virus circulates, the more variants it produces. BA.5 is the all but inevitable result of that tragic dynamic.
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The simple-mindedness of this take is breathtaking. Let's add a little balance to what it takes and how "successful" we (we the world, mind you, not just the US) could have expected to be if only we were as committed as China.
Zero Covid holds danger for China's Xi
The leader is seeking a historic third term amid an economic slump and growing fatigue over Covid.
Yes, we vaccine are skeptics and we think with our brain first ((not our pocket book)) and are critical thinkers and suspicious of those who have been bought, bribed and blackmailed and want us to give up our God given rights. I have a immune system and I don;t need no vaccine.
Do you mean, “we” as in the US only would be better? That wasn’t my point. I simply used what I believe the writer meant by “we” —> the world. Given that these variants started in other countries, it’s even more ridiculous to assume these things wouldn’t have happened if the US had a higher vaccination rate. I gave the writer the most forgiving definition of “we” - and the one I believe he meant to use.
I'm pretty sure it's public knowledge that we are dealing witha virus?? a novel one at that.
The Chinese leadership is probably right that their vax rate is too low. Part of the problem is that the Chinese leadership tried pushing low quality vaccines.
