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重讀'2024年拜登可以驕傲地退休'

(2023-09-07 10:21:13) 下一個

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。

以下是那個帖子, 鏈接見附錄。
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2024年拜登可以驕傲地退休
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以其政治資曆與外交經驗,拜登就任美國總統,有兩個任務,
1)國內政治方麵:換掉川普,並在大選後川普製造的國內不確定中,起到"定海神針"的作用;
2)國際政治方麵:構建對抗中共的國際聯盟架構。
兩件事做得都不錯。曆史應會這樣記載:作為隻任職一屆的美國總統,拜登是最卓有成效的。
2024年拜登可以驕傲地退休。
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在(美國)市場經濟下,"通貨膨脹"是經濟規律的一部分,而控製"通貨膨脹"是美聯儲的任務。共和黨把責任推給拜登,間接承認了政府對經濟的操縱作用。對共和黨來說,這應為政治上"大逆不道"。美國政治結構,讓美國政府(白宮)對"通貨膨脹"更多隻能素手無策。(從政府對經濟運行的影響來說,中國政府(國務院)比美國政府(白宮)要更有辦法。即便如此,麵對現在中國大陸惡化的經濟形勢,李克強又能做多少?)
在風口浪尖上,拜登成了"通貨膨脹"的替罪羊,這成為其無緣連任的原因之一。年齡是另一個原因。
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拜登現在必須堅稱自己要競選連任,否則,隻任職一年多就成為失去政治影響力"坡腳總統",也會成為曆史紀錄,拜登心不甘。但2022年中期選舉過後,拜登會改口,宣布自己不競選連任。
非常可能的情形是,2024年大選時,"通貨膨脹"已經不是一個人們關注的問題。 Inflation who?

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附錄
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前總統川普有卷土重來之勢,但不會成功。他不大可能贏得共和黨候選人,更可能以獨立候選人身份出現而敗選。
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川普黨應運而生。按大康的話說,一個邪教出現了。
美國麵臨的一個社會挑戰是,在川普的鼓勵下,白人至上/KKK 等美國極端右派/種族組織會成為川普黨的一個重要組成部分,領軍衝鋒陷陣之人,是那位來自 Georgia 共和黨眾議員 Marjorie Taylor Greene,與她搭檔的,是受華人膜拜的馬斯克, who is a fucker.
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傳統共和黨隻能另起爐灶,政壇劇變會給美國社會帶來負麵影響。
"旭光時評"主持人鄭旭光聲稱,"川普在監獄裏執政也沒問題,反而顯出美國政治體製的韌性"。奧巴馬說,美國政治體製可以承受一屆川普,再來一屆就會出問題(2)。
鄭旭光也許比奧巴馬更了解美國,所以頻頻上鏡"美國之音/時事大家談"節目,對美國政治給出解釋的"嘉賓"是鄭旭光,不是奧巴馬。"言論自由"真好,讓王劍,何頻,大康(新西蘭),  鄭旭光有了說話的機會,也讓人可以看到"美國之音/時事大家談(中文)"這個不那麽"希爾瑞斯"的節目。

鏈接:

(1) 2024年拜登可以驕傲地退休
https://blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/74077/202207/2191.html

(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

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ShalakoW 回複 悄悄話 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.

在這一點上我無法認同。
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政客的工作是服務於大眾需求,盡管他們的聲譽通常都不鮮亮。川普根本就不是一個政客,更不要說是個有抱負的政客了, 而他的聲譽更糟。
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美國的政治體係的特點導致它的確有許多的缺陷,但當川普進來後,它不是主要的問題。主要問題是係統不是為川普這類沒有榮譽感的人設計的。他們鄙視那些保障係統正常工作的"常規", 利用係統的缺陷為自己謀利,而不是為了大眾或國家的利益回避這些缺陷。
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這個係統不需要大多數人具有看到未來的智慧,但當事情明白地擺在大眾眼前時,它需要大多數人能辨別簡單的好與壞,就如我們現在可以很容易的發現,川普的華人支持者已經變得越來越少,而那些依然忠於川普的華人,如果他們還在公共場合支持川普的話,他們的聲音也不再如以往那樣熱情洋溢。
這就是為什麽許多時候,係統最初總像是自己打敗自己,但最終會取得勝利,這是一個民主體製既不理想又無法回避的過程,同時也是川普最終必會失敗的原因,無論"是碰巧,還是自然變化的軌跡"。
鑒於此,我依然樂觀看待這個係統,盡管會帶有些謹慎。
ahniu 回複 悄悄話 地下室敗等,居然有人相信他比 猴菜恩 還多一千萬票。
ShalakoW 回複 悄悄話 笑薇: 換穿鋪又不是敗登幹的!
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2020年大選的實質是:川普是防守者,競選連任接著住白宮;拜登是挑戰者,要取代川普,住進白宮。翻譯成你看得懂的中文,在那次美國民主選舉中,拜登對美國大眾說,用我來換掉川普,你們同意麽?大眾說,"同意"。
川普就這樣被拜登換掉了,搬離白宮。
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用他人名字做文章,達到侮辱他人的目的,是一個很粗魯的行為。在某一人群中它是個司空見慣的現象,或它是川普喜好的一種舉動,都不能改變"它是個很粗魯的行為"這一事實。
ShalakoW 回複 悄悄話 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.

這個國家的確有一個地球上最穩定/最成熟的政治體製,以至於它可以承受川普6年多來從裏到外/連續的/令人憤怒的/最惡毒的攻擊,而至今依然基本上正常工作。但最穩定/最成熟並非意味著絕對不可摧毀,就如奧巴馬給它的極限, "一屆川普總統任期"。
然而,美國要比川普大得多,也好得多,因此既配得上也應該有一位比川普好得多的總統。2016年川普那次令人迷惑的勝利之後,所有的選舉,即2018/2022年的中期選舉/2020年的大選,都證明了這一點(美國要比川普大得多,也好得多),它們都展示了川普在選舉時實實在在的失敗記錄。2024年的大選也不會有什麽兩樣。
大部分美國人不傻,那些以為美國人傻的人才是真傻。
笑薇. 回複 悄悄話 換穿鋪又不是敗登幹的!
MoatCity 回複 悄悄話 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 回複 悄悄話 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 回複 悄悄話 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 回複 悄悄話 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。
登錄後才可評論.