August1991

He says things that are unexpected. Vance is an original thinker.

In Canada, we say that newcomers don't win; incumbents lose elections. ==== Debates? In 1979, desperate, Trudeau Snr agreed to debate Clark. I recall Trudeau saying "Mr. Clark, you're not on top of your dossiers." Trudeau won the debate. lost the election but saved the furniture.

In my experience, debates are largely downside. Candidates don't win a debate - the other candidate loses. I can't imagine anything that Trump will say tonight that means he will lose votes. Harris may say something tonight that will nix her chances to win.

Strongly disagree. In a divorce negotiation, who would you rather have: Trump or Harris.

You see Trump the way I see Trudeau Jnr. To me, Trudeau Jnr is a fraud - only foolish women would vote for him. ==== You Americans? I reckon that you will choose the best lawyer. You Americans have a remarkable way of surviving.

Constitutions? The US Constitution (hand-written) is remarkable because it was the first description of a federal state. It is also remarkable because it provided a way to amend it. ==== The Dutch and Swiss had created such societies. You Americans put pen to paper.

Look at the counties in Illinois. The counties in Michigan, Pennsylvania. The Dems have all electoral votes.

I am thinking further. In 2024, the Dems will not only win the Electoral College - they will keep the federal House. (Hard for the Dems to keep the federal Senate.) ==== The Dems have discovered Krytonite: a US ballot is like a Canadian census form. Pennsylvania and Michigan are now like Illinois.

It is more visceral. Some women just don't like Trump. They will never vote for him. Even in a divorce suit, they would not hire him as their lawyer.

.... beta males? Huh? ... women's reproductive rights? You mean abortion?

We Canadians agree to disagree. We go along to get along.

Dougie, another predictable rant I agree with ExFlyer - except this: Generation after generation - even with newcomers - we get along...

It changes nothing. When the NDP votes against the governement on a confidence vote.... Ask Bob Rae. This is posturing.

American women are motivated by emotions?

Years ago, I listened to polticians. This guy Vance is the closest to Lévesque and Trudeau Snr. I listened because I wanted to hear something new.

Mulroney designed the GST in a special way. Quebec bureaucrats collect the federal GST.

All true. But the federal CRA people are clueless. === In Quebec, they know my situation.

I prefer getting along.

Nationalism? Define it. Language? Religion? What tattoos a person has?

And in the world of Trudeau Snr, Nixon, Truman - it was.

American women hate Trump. American men like the guy. I'm a foreigner. Please explain.

In 1913, ordinary people lived well. At worst, these people worried about new technology -the Titanic. And then in Summer 1914, August 1914, the elite lead ordinary people into disaster.

Margaret Thatcher was not lazy,

I would prefer a change in the US but whoever wins in Nov 2024 - we can have world peace. The world (China, Russia, India) must accept that Reagan/Lee Quan Yew won - free markets work. America (Reagan) must accept it is a multipolar world.

DUI_Offender, I very strongly disagree. In my opinion, the world was civilised (like now - not perfect) in 1914. And then, for no reason, sophisticated European people in power screwed things so that for the next 30 years (1914-1945) and we ordinary people around the world suffered. You think Trump is Hitler. Hitler was a result of this 1914 collapse I fear that sophisticated people - such as you - are about to do the same as those in 1914. People like you are provoking a 1914 war destroying a civilised world - a civilised world for ordinary peaople like me .