Pius XIII

I do not dislike the man for his policy preferences, which I am largely ignorant of. I also find it quite admirable that he overcame his personal flaws to become such an important figure. I marked him as “unfavorable” for not assuming the role of President when Wilson clearly lacked the ability to govern.

Communist=downvote. That being said, he sounds like an interesting politician that I have never heard of, so I’ll need to do some research.

When it comes to bi-partisanship, we need more politicians like him. I have been pleasantly surprised that John Fetterman seems to be trying to emulate him. Out of curiosity, I took a look at the Democratic primary to succeed him, and had a good laugh that Don Blankenship is running for the seat.

I’d be happy with that. He seemed quite reasonable in the primaries.

Never a fan of these binary choice questions between Trump and Biden, especially when it comes to religion and morals. Both have shown unchristian behavior despite professing to be religious. Trump can’t name his favorite verse from scripture (and recently sold sacrilegious Trump-themed Bibles). Biden, for all his talk of being a devout Catholic, is in bad standing with the catechism of the Catholic Church.

I was one of the most proudly vocal members of her on this site. I am curious how Trump will attempt to ingratiate himself to those of us who very much distrust him and his movement. All I can say is that I sure hope he(and Biden for that matter) attempts to make an appeal to traditional conservatives.

If Republicans can resurrect Reagan, they can resurrect Joe the Plumber.

Why so dismissive of Adam Laxalt? His loses were very narrow in such a blue-leaning state, and he was attorney general of Nevada. He’s not Robert O’Rourke yet…

The only things I can really get behind with Joe's Administration is his hawkish stance on Russia and the recognization of the Armenian genocide (although the latter accomplishment loses it's teeth due to a lack of intervention in halting Azerbaijan's aggression). Many of these other accomplishments- the withdrawal from Afghanistan, Inflation Reduction Act, "cultural progressions", etc.- have been harmful to our social and economic well-being, as well as our legitimacy with the outside world. With Israel in particular, some folks here may not like Netanyau, but Israel currently has a unity government, so the Jewish "hard-right" is limited. Hamas is a terrorist organization that must be eradicated, and Gazans by-in-large have supported their aggression against Israel. That does not excuse Israeli moral failings, but I don't think the term "innocent" can be used in conflicts that have existed for decades.

I can't say I am a fan of many of these campaign promises. Many of them are blatantly unconstitutional or aren't enforceable- probably because they are campaign rhetoric (think "Lock Her Up" in 2016). That being said, there are some promises that I am more partial to- I have no problem with appointing justices who are in the line of thought of Clarence Thomas, as long as we are referring to his legal mindset and not his ethics. I would also be more than happy to have policies in place that end discrimination against people by basis of their skin-color (no more bias against Asians at Harvard) and would love for the educational system to end it's practices of left-wing indoctrination. As a man of faith, I would like to see religion returned to the public conscience, but I struggle to see how that would be implemented in a way that respects all religions, let alone is constitutional. Where are we supposed to go? The Democrats have gone so far to the left on social issues, that I very much doubt that we would be welcome. When I was a kid in the not too distant past, the Democrats believed that abortion was a tragedy that should be limited, that marriage was between one man and one woman, and certainly didn't believe that men could become women and vice versa. Anyone who believed in such things, like Dan Lipinski, have been driven out of office by their own party. I don't like Trump and I love Democracy, but I have moral values that are so antithetical to the modern Democratic Party that I can't dismiss the Republican label in it's entirety.

Edith Wilson was the worst President we ever had, shortly followed by her husband. In all seriousness, I despise Wilson because of his foreign policy legacy. His Confederate sympathies and racism is just icing on the cake. That being said, we can only speculate what Justice Hughes would have done if he beat Wilson in 1916.

An option to organize potential draft picks alphabetically would be great for folks who want to see if a particular politician is available.

I received an email today with a link for an Alpha of the product, so it looks like this thread was a little prophetic.

I stand by what I said. Joe Manchin has self-identified as a conservative Democrat several times, and Harold Ford Jr. was a social conservative during his time in the House (which later hurt him in his 2010 Senate run). I don't know why you are using such dated politicians to describe Conservative Democrats. Your examples are the equivalent of me using Horace Greeley to describe a contemporary liberal Republican instead of Colin Powell or the already mentioned Charlie Baker, Larry Hogan, or Phil Scott.

I can’t tell if you’re making a joke or being disingenuous. Obviously when I speak of “conservative Democrats”, I mean less of a Robert Byrd, and more of Harold Ford Jr/Joe Manchin types.