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Offline Adam

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Re: US Election 2020
« Reply #60 on: November 07, 2020, 12:59:PM »
Quote from: Steve_uk on November 07, 2020, 12:46:PM
It's well-known that Michelle favoured Joe for the Presidency in 2016, but Barrack chose Hillary. It did seem a little hypocritical to endorse him so late in the game, just after Bernie Sanders dropped out. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/apr/14/barack-obama-endorse-joe-biden-2020-election-democrats

Why didn't Joe go for the Presidency in 2016? Being VP for 8 years he may have defeated Hilary in the Primaries. Nothing to lose & he would have been 4 years younger.

Barrack could have just said he liked both candidates.
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Re: US Election 2020
« Reply #61 on: November 07, 2020, 01:11:PM »
Quote from: Adam on November 07, 2020, 12:59:PM
Why didn't Joe go for the Presidency in 2016? Being VP for 8 years he may have defeated Hilary in the Primaries. Nothing to lose & he would have been 4 years younger.

Barrack could have just said he liked both candidates.
Wasn't it something to do with his son Beau's death? Whether he was bereaved or it was an excuse to hide lack of wider support he's certainly had several bites of the cherry before this bid.
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Re: US Election 2020
« Reply #62 on: November 07, 2020, 01:32:PM »
What will this mean for the UK ? He's not exactly a fan of Brexit is he ?
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« Reply #63 on: November 07, 2020, 01:36:PM »
Biden's already told Boris that he " must honour the Good Friday Agreement or there will be no separate deal with the US ".
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« Reply #64 on: November 07, 2020, 01:56:PM »
Going for it in 2016 meant Biden could have had 8 years as President. Beating Hilary in the Primaries would have given Biden a boost before facing Trump. Just as it did for Obama before facing McCain in 2008.

Biden v Trump in 2016 may have been closer. Trump was someone new & different. However Biden was 4 years younger than he is now & was coming straight out of being VP for 8 years.
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« Reply #65 on: November 07, 2020, 02:14:PM »
Quote from: Roch on November 06, 2020, 10:35:PM
So how do you explain this?
I don’t think she’s driven for ages Roch?

One of the regrets I have about my public life is that I can't drive any more," Hillary Clinton told a car dealers' conference on Monday. Among her most painful memories, you suspect this doesn't rank all that high. Yet the remark is a reminder of how wealth and power tend to separate people from normal life, and how they don't always like it. Clinton has not driven a car since 1996, on the instructions of the secret service, and it is something that her husband pines for too. "Whenever I'm on the golf course I always make them let me drive the golf cart," Bill Clinton has said.
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Re: US Election 2020
« Reply #66 on: November 07, 2020, 04:23:PM »
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What will this mean for the UK ? He's not exactly a fan of Brexit is he ?
It will probably mean we get a worse deal from the US and the EU than might have been the case had Trump been re-elected. Remember Obama told us we would be "at the back of the queue". It's why I wasn't in favour of the demonstrations when Trump came to London, because trade deals mean jobs.
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Re: US Election 2020
« Reply #67 on: November 07, 2020, 04:55:PM »
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« Reply #68 on: November 07, 2020, 05:52:PM »
Biden is certainly experienced. Will be less in your face than Trump was. Biden wouldn't be able to do constant interviews & press conferences.

Trump says he doesn't like losing. Has he ever lost? Built up his empire, then spent years saying 'your fired' to people. His first entrance into politics saw him become President.
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Re: US Election 2020
« Reply #69 on: November 07, 2020, 06:02:PM »
Quote from: Adam on November 07, 2020, 05:52:PM
Biden is certainly experienced. Will be less in your face than Trump was. Biden wouldn't be able to do constant interviews & press conferences.

Trump says he doesn't like losing. Has he ever lost? Built up his empire, then spent years saying 'your fired' to people. His first entrance into politics saw him become President.
I'm not sure he'll be back as some people are forecasting. In theory he's able to stand again but I think the Republican establishment will be glad to see the back of him. They are far more likely to choose Ted Cruz for 2024.
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« Reply #70 on: November 07, 2020, 06:07:PM »
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I'm not sure he'll be back as some people are forecasting. In theory he's able to stand again but I think the Republican establishment will be glad to see the back of him. They are far more likely to choose Ted Cruz for 2024.

Yeah Cruz, Nikki Haley, Marco Rubio or Pence may run.

Mitt Romney is 73 so can't see him making another attempt.
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Re: US Election 2020
« Reply #71 on: November 07, 2020, 08:33:PM »
Nigel Farage's take on the election: https://youtu.be/TJkiW5mvvNI
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Re: US Election 2020
« Reply #72 on: November 07, 2020, 08:44:PM »
Some are saying Trump might leave the country.
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« Reply #73 on: November 07, 2020, 11:30:PM »
Forget climate change, the US trade deficit with China and Brexit for a moment. I'm sure as I speak Lady Colin Campbell is researching Neilia Hunter Biden, Jill Biden and Bill Stevenson. Expect the book to hit the stores sometime after Christmas..
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Re: US Election 2020
« Reply #74 on: November 08, 2020, 01:17:AM »
The mystery is why some of the most affluent states in the North-East consistently vote Democrat, when taxes are likely to be higher.  https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/a-country-in-crisis-the-challenges-facing-america-as-biden-wins-presidency/ar-BB1aN4X8?ocid=msedgntp
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