The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

This week’s election results show that a majority of voters have no sense of the threat of authoritarianism because we are still living and breathing democracy. So they are willingly risking it and misguidedly voting for Trump. Joe Walsh is 100% correct that it is the voters’ decision. Now we are all stuck with all the consequences.

Lost me on the first episode I listened to 11.7.24. I am a Dem, but I live in my car in Cali and never consider myself “elitist” even though I am a white college educated woman. I don’t think racism won this race. It’s so multifaceted it’s crazy you think that I could be focused on one or two issues and not be introspective about what we did wrong. I’ve done more research in the last ten years. And tried hard to share that understanding and have the hard talks. Do you even listen to average Dems? Maybe stop insulting and shaming and consider ‘constructive’ criticism.

I have been listening to Joe for a couple of months now and I must say it is very refreshing to hear a conservative in today’s world take this viewpoint on the current “Republican Party“. The world that we live in right now is not the world I grew up in. it wasn’t that long ago that we could disagree on policy, but not tear down and degrade our leaders. Another Trump presidency absolutely terrifies me. But the way Joe explains things and his point of view does give me hope. Thank you, Joe. Keep up the good fight, our democracy is worth it💙💙

I disagree broadly with Joe’s very conservative positions, but I have no doubt of his patriotism and love for our country. He’s really conservative, but not a winger burn-it-all-down nut job, and he puts this country first. There is value in what conservatives have to say, and I’ll listen. I might even change my mind on an issue. We’re all Americans, and we live in a democracy. I’m an FDR New Deal Labor Democrat, and I listen to Joe’s podcast. There’s a lot of value in what Joe has to say.