Spoon,

Hiring someone based only on their race and in the absence of qualifications for the job is, IMO, stupid, but I'll take the high road and just call it counter-productive. IMO, the argument for diversity and inclusion is that qualified people are often not considered because of their race, gender, or sexual identity, etc. You will not find me recommending that an unqualified person be hired because they happen to be one of the under-represented minorities. I'm trying to be clear; does this help?

Ironic, isn't it, as Trump is appointing the least qualified candidates for AG, DNI, SecDef, and I just read also SecDOI. I guess Trump has his own special kind of DEI, huh?

We've already talked about illegal immigrants, but I'll reiterate my opinion that the preferred number of illegals in the country is zero. Deporting all illegals gets complicated when many of them have been in the US for years, decades, and have families (children who are US citizens) and established positions in their respective communities. I don't have an easy answer to that. Do you?

If the inflation reduction act hasn't reduced inflation, then please explain to me why inflation has dropped from around 9% 2 1/1 years ago to between 2 and 3% now.

We've already talked about the Afghan debacle withdrawal. You do realize don't you, that Trump negotiated that withdrawal directly with the Taliban and excluding the government of Afghanistan to be withdrawn by May 2022. Biden inherited that withdrawal obligation directly from Trump. Got that? Biden delayed the final withdrawal until August because the military leaders in charge of it said that it would be a disaster with heavy losses to do it by May. So Biden allowed the delay until August. Still a disaster, but a lesser one than would have occurred by sticking to Trump's timetable. Can we agree to allocate blame where it is deserved?

As for Biden's decline, he has demonstrated that he is capable as president. He just isn't capable of running for president, which the debate made clear. Choosing Harris instead of another Democrat is the Party's prerogative, legally. Since you don't like Democrats, why do you care?

Salmo has zero problem with facts, but he has zero tolerance for "alternative" facts which are not facts at all.