Keihan
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She strikes me as a very smart individual. I kinda like that she answers questions, and if she doesn't know she says so.
Also she doesn't attack the person asking the question.
Whatever you say about Biden's mental capacity, I get the feeling that the US is heading in a better direction than teetering on the abyss under trump. 50 million vaccinated, rejoined Kyoto, bitch-slapped MBS,
I have a mate here in Japan from the US. We're really good mates, drink a lot together, but he has many similar ideas to @Keihan .
We talk about it a bit, and have some good discussions, but stay wide apart at the end.
My only thing I can put it down to is the places we were brought up! I come from a country with universal health care, free education, and minimal firearms. I take these things for granted. They are normal to me. Yet I'd hardly say the country of my birth is a Che Guevara worshiping socialist state. There are rich and poor, and racial issues (but nothing like the US).
Yet at the end of the night, when we are shit-faced drunk together, we leave the best of mates. I put it down to our mutual love of the female form, and no matter where the conversation goes, it inevitably comes back to how cute the bar tender is, or which girly bar we should go to next time we're in Tokyo.
BTW I'm not a fan of Kamala Harris at all. She gives me the shits!
Jen Psaki was one of the minds behind Obama's meteoric rise in 2007 and continued on with admin till the end. She's a gifted political operator and is respected on both sides of the aisle and throughout D.C., which is exactly why I can't believe she came back to this. The entire purpose of making it into a WH admin gig is to translate that experience into a lucrative private sector gig. George Stephanapo-whatever, Bill Clinton's old Press Secretary, now one of the highest paid talking heads in America (something like $20M/year, I think?). Dana Perino, GW's former Press Secretary, a FoxNews superstar millionaire. Karl Rove, The Mooch, Reince Priebus, etc., all guys now making seven-figure consulting fees. It doesn't make sense for Psaki to gamble her impeccable resume by going to bat for a senile, demented old man that can't be relied on and probably won't be President much longer.
I actually don't talk politics much with friends, especially those from my Japan days (who are polar opposites). These forums are my outlet for those old tendencies. Put it this way, I'm a former journalist and classically-trained musician: it's fair to say there aren't many conservatives in my social circles. But as you pointed out, pussy and beer are the two most bi-partisan bridges known to mankind. Wars could be prevented if world leaders were able to get shitfaced and visit brothels together to smooth things out. Hard to think or give even give a shit about tariffs and trade wars and treaties and illegal migrants when your dick is stiff, and the moments after he's blown an epic load is the only time a man is truly capable of empathy.