Suddenly, Republicans Don't Think The Economy Is That Bad After All

I prepare for a lot of things. There are some things you simply can't prepare for. I do know, however, that if you get out your AR-15 and start running around shooting people, you will be stopped.
I don't need an AR15 because I'm not white and I won't feel the need to go running around shooting up people because I imagine that I am being oppressed.

You are not prepared for what's coming or you would have made another choice in the election.
 
I don't need an AR15 because I'm not white and I won't feel the need to go running around shooting up people because I imagine that I am being oppressed.
Yes, we noticed that you imagine being oppressed. You sound like you're living in California and Kamala Harris just locked you up for two years because you got caught with some pot.
You are not prepared for what's coming or you would have made another choice in the election.
I made the right decision. We could not take the risk that Harris posed to the country.
 
Yes, we noticed that you imagine being oppressed. You sound like you're living in California and Kamala Harris just locked you up for two years because you got caught with some pot.

I made the right decision. We could not take the risk that Harris posed to the country.
"We" noticed nothing. You made a bad choice. Trump posed the threat.
 
"We" noticed nothing. You made a bad choice. Trump posed the threat.
Then you need to stop sounding like you just found out Harris was keeping you in prison after your release date because she needed cheap labor. Harris was too far out in left field who was going to fix everything but couldn't think of anything to change.
 
I don't need an AR15 because I'm not white and I won't feel the need to go running around shooting up people because I imagine that I am being oppressed.

You are not prepared for what's coming or you would have made another choice in the election.

How about for self defense?

Say you are walking through the ghetto and run up on a violent street gang who wants to rob or rape you? Wouldn't it be smart to be prepared?
 
No, the DJIA began its climb when it became apparent Trump would win in May or so, That's when it hit 40,000. It hit a low point down to 38.000 when Harris had her honeymoon poll bump. Then it rose to 41,000 as Trump regained the lead, then exploded for a 2400 (7%) gain to 42,200 after the election. This gain is all due to Trump.
Meanwhile back in the real world where we can read charts we see that it was at 31k when Biden took over. Was rocky for a few years as interest rates were high and we worked through the COVID disaster and then started running up in 2023 gaining record highs month after month till it got to where it was now.

All of a sudden this disaster of an economy is going to be prized as the best ever as Trump BS’s his brags about similar numbers that Biden achieved.

It’s already starting and Trump isn’t even prez yet
 
Meanwhile back in the real world where we can read charts we see that it was at 31k when Biden took over. Was rocky for a few years as interest rates were high and we worked through the COVID disaster and then started running up in 2023 gaining record highs month after month till it got to where it was now.

All of a sudden this disaster of an economy is going to be prized as the best ever as Trump BS’s his brags about similar numbers that Biden achieved.

It’s already starting and Trump isn’t even prez yet
Sucks, doesn't it? Just think back over the last 4 years and remember that it was democrat partisans who insisted every negative blip in economic news was TRUMP!'s fault and QPJ just couldn't fix everything fast because it was such a mess, while every positive blip was proof absolute that QPJ was running things just right and the sky was never bluer. You can expect the same thing for the next 4 years, maybe tone it down the next time a democrat slouches into the Oval Office?
 
There’s a pretty simple way to explain most of what happened in the 2024 presidential election.

Joe Biden was elected in 2020 as voters rejected the incumbent president, Donald Trump. But thanks in large part to price surges that followed the coronavirus pandemic, Biden’s approval rating plunged. He was so poorly positioned for reelection that he abandoned his bid, with his vice president, Kamala Harris, earning the nomination instead. It wasn’t enough, and the electorate swung from the left back to the right, in Trump’s direction. He won the narrowest popular-vote victory in the past two decades.

The pattern among Republicans, though, was much sharper. During the Trump administration, Republicans were much more likely to say their economic positions had improved — and under Biden, far more likely to say it had worsened. Since 2022, more than half of Republicans have said their economic situations have declined over the past year.

But suddenly, over the last month, that’s shifted. You can see it at the very far right of the graph above, that downward shift in “worse off financially” and the upward shift in “about the same.” Among Democrats, views of how they fare now relative to a year ago haven’t changed much in the past month. Among Republicans, though, there’s been a 16-point drop in the percentage saying that they were doing worse a year ago.

Is that because something happened in early November 2023 that changed the economic status of Republicans? Ha ha, no. It is unquestionably because, in early November 2024, Donald Trump won the election.


Inheritance is good work when you can get it.
/——/ The economy is recovering due to the Trump effect.
But Gen Milley now says Trump is just swell.
Ret. Gen. Milley says America will 'be okay' under Trump, after reportedly saying he was 'fascist to the core'
Ret. Gen. Milley says America will 'be okay' under Trump, after reportedly saying he was 'fascist to the core'
 
Half the nation is in a bad mood. Everbody [sic] is not a trump worshipping moron.
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There’s a pretty simple way to explain most of what happened in the 2024 presidential election.

Joe Biden was elected in 2020 as voters rejected the incumbent president, Donald Trump. But thanks in large part to price surges that followed the coronavirus pandemic, Biden’s approval rating plunged. He was so poorly positioned for reelection that he abandoned his bid, with his vice president, Kamala Harris, earning the nomination instead. It wasn’t enough, and the electorate swung from the left back to the right, in Trump’s direction. He won the narrowest popular-vote victory in the past two decades.

The pattern among Republicans, though, was much sharper. During the Trump administration, Republicans were much more likely to say their economic positions had improved — and under Biden, far more likely to say it had worsened. Since 2022, more than half of Republicans have said their economic situations have declined over the past year.

But suddenly, over the last month, that’s shifted. You can see it at the very far right of the graph above, that downward shift in “worse off financially” and the upward shift in “about the same.” Among Democrats, views of how they fare now relative to a year ago haven’t changed much in the past month. Among Republicans, though, there’s been a 16-point drop in the percentage saying that they were doing worse a year ago.

Is that because something happened in early November 2023 that changed the economic status of Republicans? Ha ha, no. It is unquestionably because, in early November 2024, Donald Trump won the election.


Inheritance is good work when you can get it.
Had to stop at 'Kamala Harris earned the nomination'. :auiqs.jpg: :auiqs.jpg: :auiqs.jpg: :auiqs.jpg: :auiqs.jpg:
 
Trump is taking credit because the last six months' gains are due to Trump being anticipated the winner. The only down time was in early August when Harris got a bump.
That is a bullshit excuse. How to you explain the gains 6 months prior to your timeframe?
 
So much of the economy is based upon expectations, and now that President Trump is back on his way to Washington, people have tremendous expectations and things are looking up.
Things statistically speaking are looking the same as they have been for the past year. Yall are just not lying anymore about how bad it is and are redirecting your spin to praise the stuff that’s currently happening under Biden’s presidency. You’re not fooling anybody but yourselves
 
The current economy is horrible. It's a major reason Trump crapped down your throat
You watch how Trump changes his tune to brag about the same conditions and trends that are happening today. He did the same thing in 2017s I suspect you will change your tune as well. Don’t be so gullible
 
You watch how Trump changes his tune to brag about the same conditions and trends that are happening today. He did the same thing in 2017s I suspect you will change your tune as well. Don’t be so gullible

Riddle me this, Slade.

If the economy and America were doing so tremendously well, why did Kamala run on a platform of "Change"?

If things were peachy keen, wouldn't it have been smarter to run on a platform of "Hail the Status Quo- no changes during a Kamala Regime"
 
Sucks, doesn't it? Just think back over the last 4 years and remember that it was democrat partisans who insisted every negative blip in economic news was TRUMP!'s fault and QPJ just couldn't fix everything fast because it was such a mess, while every positive blip was proof absolute that QPJ was running things just right and the sky was never bluer. You can expect the same thing for the next 4 years, maybe tone it down the next time a democrat slouches into the Oval Office?
You’re conflating me with wingnuts. You can choose to follow that dishonest partisan path and use those tactic or you can choose to just be honest.
 
You’re conflating me with wingnuts. You can choose to follow that dishonest partisan path and use those tactic or you can choose to just be honest.
I'm just pointing out a phenomenon I observed and a prediction to go with it. I'm not saying anything about you specifically, more about democrats and the left in general.
 
Riddle me this, Slade.

If the economy and America were doing so tremendously well, why did Kamala run on a platform of "Change"?

If things were peachy keen, wouldn't it have been smarter to run on a platform of "Hail the Status Quo- no changes during a Kamala Regime"
I don’t think Kamala ran a good campaign. I personally didn’t find her to be upfront about the issues and that’s why I didn’t vote for her. If you’re looking for an explanation of why she campaigned a certain why you’re going to have to ask somebody else.

That doesn’t dismiss my point that
There is not an honest discussion happening about economic conditions.

Consumer Prices are high, but are leveling off. That’s not something that gets fixed over night. The market has been good for a while now, interest rates coming down helped that. Employment is very good, wages are up, and all in all we have done better than most countries post COVID.

The Dems did shitty job communicating that. Maybe the high prices was enough for that message to fall on def ears. Either way there seems to be a disconnect between real economic conditions and how people feel.
 

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