2022年7月3日在文學城上發了一個帖子，"2024年拜登可以驕傲地退休"，閱讀者甚少，評論為零。在2024年大選即將*或已經)開始之際, 把這個帖子翻出來，彈掉塵土重讀，除了附錄中的一些事外，人們還在談論同樣的問題，隻是有些問題變得更明顯了，如拜登的年齡。在這個年齡上退休，會令人懷念；在這個年齡上強努，會令人提心吊膽。
前紐約州州長 Andrew Cuomo 本是個不錯民主黨候選人人選。被 Me Too 了。
(2) For Obama, One Trump Term Wasn't a Big Worry but 'Eight Years Would Be a Problem’
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-30/obama-on-trump-1-presidential-term-is-okay-but-8-years-would-be-a-problem-l8t1lk89#xj4y7vzkg
ShalakoW 發表評論於
MoatCity : ... it takes only ONE ambitious politician to change, or even topple it. This person is Trump.
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I cannot agree with you on that.
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Politicians' job is to serve public's needs, though their reputation in general is not flattering. Trump is by no means a politician, let alone an ambitious one, and Trump's reputation is much worse.
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The system by nature indeed has a lot of flaws, but that is not major problem with Trump in. The major problem is the system is not designed for people like Trump who are no honorable men. They despise the "norms" that have served as the guardians for the system to function properly and take advantage of the flaws for their own interest.
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For this system to work, it takes no majority of the public to be wise enough to see many steps down the road, but instead a majority of the public who can tell the simple difference between good and bad when things are placed right before their eyes, as we can easily tell Trump's Chinese supporters have become fewer and fewer, and those who remain loyal to him have been much less enthusiastic when voicing their support, if ever openly at all.
That's why often the system may seem self-defeating at first but pull itself off eventually. It's a process neither ideal nor avoidable when a democratic system is at work, but it is also why Trump has to fall in the end,"by chance or nature's changing course".
With this regard, I still hold an optimistic outlook of this system, though with caution.
回複 'MoatCity' 的評論 :
This country does indeed have the most stable and mature political system on earth, so much as it has sustained the most outrageous and malicious attacks from inside out by Donald Trump constantly for more than six years, and still been doing fundamentally fine, for now. But being most stable and mature doesn't mean being absolutely invincible, with Obama's estimation of Trump's one term presidency as the limit.
Still, the America is much larger and better than Trump, and deserves a much better president than Donald Trump. And all the elections ever since Trump's mysterious win in 2016, the midterm elections in both 2018 and 2022, plus the election in 2020, have proven so, for they have displayed a solid losing record of Trump. The election in 2024 will be of no difference.
Americans, most of them, are no suckers, those who believe otherwise are.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg could have chosen to retire when Obama was the president, and it would have reduced the chance of conservative super majority in the Supreme Court (overturning Roe vs Wade). Her personal ambition took the priority over her political beliefs and her agenda. Anthony Kennedy chose to retire when Trump was in power, which helped Trump adding one more conservative judge.
I am afraid that Biden will also choose him own personal ambition over his own political belief and ideology, and will in the end hand the next presidency to his opponent -- thus hurting his legacy.
Only time can tell!
ahhhh 發表評論於
能讓拜登放棄競選連任的，是CNN的假民調，和背後老板的旨意。別洗了。
MoatCity 發表評論於
US is facing historically serious challenges. There is a chance that Trump may go through all his legal issues unharmed (after all the selected Jurors could be partisan, the "republican' jurors choose not to convict in all cases), and he may win the election - there will be revenge and he could declare himself to be the emperor.
Biden's personal ambition could ruin democrat's chance in 2024.
Republicans seem to think their belief and ideology are more important than the democratic system, they clearly prefer believing Trump, support him to destroy the US democratic system.
Really really hard to predict, what would happen coming Nov. 2024.
ALways thought this country has the most stable, and mature system, and now it seems that it also has many flaws, and it takes only ONE ambitious politician to change, or even topple it. This person is Trump.
ShalakoW 發表評論於
能讓拜登放棄競選連任的，隻有他的太太 Jill Biden.
也許這次再得新冠後，老太太有所頓悟。病好之後，找個合適的機會對拜登說，"Honey, let's go home." 拜登宣布2024年不競選連任,告老還鄉， 給民主黨一些時間來挑選自己的候選人。
2022年7月3日在文學城上發了一個帖子，"2024年拜登可以驕傲地退休"，閱讀者甚少，評論為零。在2024年大選即將*或已經)開始之際, 把這個帖子翻出來，彈掉塵土重讀，除了附錄中的一些事外，人們還在談論同樣的問題，隻是有些問題變得更明顯了，如拜登的年齡。在這個年齡上退休，會令人懷念；在這個年齡上強努，會令人提心吊膽。
前紐約州州長 Andrew Cuomo 本是個不錯民主黨候選人人選。被 Me Too 了。
(2) For Obama, One Trump Term Wasn't a Big Worry but 'Eight Years Would Be a Problem’
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-30/obama-on-trump-1-presidential-term-is-okay-but-8-years-would-be-a-problem-l8t1lk89#xj4y7vzkg
