2020 US Election

[whosebrian]

15 hours ago, Nebraska said:

it's funny how when conservatives "do their own research" they always reach these erroneous conclusions that nobody in their right mind who does any research would ever conclude

Old girl needs to do her homework. 

[Squee]

 

[auxien]

1 hour ago, Squee said:

 

really starting to wonder what sort of drugs she’s on. thought it was just super commitment to the cause and playing into the nutjob stuff that got her the attention she needs, but really starting to think she’s just entirely off the rails and on some serious shit.

[Ginerpri]

It is undeniable that some people exist solely to make the world the most divisive, hateful, fearful version of it.

[BobDobalina]

The ur-useful idiot.  All the screen time, clicks, copy, and oxygen wasted on this nutjob provide plenty of distraction/cover for the real string pullers to carry on with the status quo and whatever behind-the-scenes shit they're cooking.  She's a monster created by the corporate media for this tacit purpose.

[ignatius]

6 hours ago, Zephyr_Nova said:

Why does she have "birth slash" tatooed on her head?

i think she dated kanye for a while right? it's just something that happens when ye crosses you off a list. 

[ignatius]

these photos were taken 1 day apart. i think he got some emergency smoothing botox before his speech. whatever it is.. make up.. botox.. idk.. he looks even weirder. 

it's amazing how we're subjected to the absolute worst people in the country and they're also just weird af idiots and 1/3 of the country loves them or something. this idiot might be the next governor of florida.. 

Edited July 18 by ignatius

[Squee]

You guys better hurry across the border before they build that wall, huh?

[Rubin Farr]

 

[ignatius]

Edited July 18 by ignatius

[EdamAnchorman]

2 hours ago, ignatius said:

these photos were taken 1 day apart. i think he got some emergency smoothing botox before his speech. whatever it is.. make up.. botox.. idk.. he looks even weirder. 

it's amazing how we're subjected to the absolute worst people in the country and they're also just weird af idiots and 1/3 of the country loves them or something. this idiot might be the next governor of florida.. 

World's Most Punchable Face™, 2024 Winner

[auxien]

3 hours ago, ignatius said:

these photos were taken 1 day apart. i think he got some emergency smoothing botox before his speech. whatever it is.. make up.. botox.. idk.. he looks even weirder. 

it's amazing how we're subjected to the absolute worst people in the country and they're also just weird af idiots and 1/3 of the country loves them or something. this idiot might be the next governor of florida.. 

his smooth face matches his smooth brain

[Alcofribas]

ngl it's funny that the dem strategy has become "our guy sucks." trump has been saying absolutely unhinged, deranged, false, bullshit for his entire 8 year political life and he's fine, no one in his party is disavowing him or asking him to step down, even the guy who said he's "hitler" is now his vp pick lmao. but as soon as the first second of the debate passes there is a major dem narrative that biden can't win and there's this hyper-fixation on his debate performance or how he said "we defeated medicaid" or whatever the fuck. very small peanuts compared to trump who has like the most insane problems any candidate has every faced and the whole time the gop is like "our guy rules."

the dems love to lose lol

[cern]

I must be honest.. I would enjoy see all of u guys cry here if Trump wins. 
Not enjoying it because he wins and your Biden party fails. I would just enjoy it simply because you think everything is going to change!  
 

Taxes go up and down som precent and everything is just moving on in the same stupid way it has always done: Few Rich people becoming richer and more people getting much poorer for every day and have to work harder. 

 

[decibal cooper]

8 minutes ago, Alcofribas said:

the dems love to lose lol

I don't think they love to lose - like any dc politician red or blue they love being in power - they are just incompetent and unorganized, playing it as they go, no long term vision, and the dem's foreign policy reflects this too. The same was true for when Hilary Clinton ran against Trump. These people are so disconnected from the lives of average citizens that they can't even understand what national elections are really about (and be able cater a proper message to voters that at least comes across as genuine and motivating). Not saying that the republican party is any better. Bunch of fucking smooth brains and clean shirts both sides.

[Satans Little Helper]

15 hours ago, YEK said:

Imagine if Trump was shot and killed and then Biden died from Covid. Total reset. 

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too good to be true 

 

[Alcofribas]

58 minutes ago, decibal cooper said:

I don't think they love to lose - like any dc politician red or blue they love being in power - they are just incompetent and unorganized, playing it as they go, no long term vision, and the dem's foreign policy reflects this too. The same was true for when Hilary Clinton ran against Trump. These people are so disconnected from the lives of average citizens that they can't even understand what national elections are really about (and be able cater a proper message to voters that at least comes across as genuine and motivating). Not saying that the republican party is any better. Bunch of fucking smooth brains and clean shirts both sides.

republicans are way better at this bc they just follow the most powerful guy and treat him like he's perfect. "sleepy joe biden" is an epithet that's several years old, biden's current performance is same old biden imo. he's always been stuttering, spacing out, looking old and shit. we've been exposed to countless memes of biden wandering around like a confused elder for years now. and he won against trump (the same guy he's running against atm!) so why are dems pretending all this is now a game changer? just put everything you've got behind the candidate imo, do not make trump appear even stronger by literally saying your guy cannot win against him lmao. it's crazy. they don't even have some secret weapon candidate to unleash, they're just like "idk, kamala or whatever." if they want to win for whatever reason at all this is the dumbest strategy i've ever seen:

vote for us, trump is literally hitler, but right now we don't have a guy but we promise we'll have a really good one soon please be patient while we look to replace our current guy who absolutely cannot win. 

on the other side trump is embroiled in an endless barrage of lawsuits and crimes and stuff and his support from the party is unchallenged. republicans are like so what if he rapes? oh trump said some batshit thing in a debate? so what who cares? they're not like, um excuse me did trump look quite old just now we're fucked

Edited July 18 by Alcofribas

[cern]

Biden is taking the Covid-19 exit card 

[exitonly]

1 hour ago, Alcofribas said:

republicans are way better at this bc they just follow the most powerful guy and treat him like he's perfect. "sleepy joe biden" is an epithet that's several years old, biden's current performance is same old biden imo. he's always been stuttering, spacing out, looking old and shit. we've been exposed to countless memes of biden wandering around like a confused elder for years now. and he won against trump (the same guy he's running against atm!) so why are dems pretending all this is now a game changer? just put everything you've got behind the candidate imo, do not make trump appear even stronger by literally saying your guy cannot win against him lmao. it's crazy. they don't even have some secret weapon candidate to unleash, they're just like "idk, kamala or whatever." if they want to win for whatever reason at all this is the dumbest strategy i've ever seen:

vote for us, trump is literally hitler, but right now we don't have a guy but we promise we'll have a really good one soon please be patient while we look to replace our current guy who absolutely cannot win. 

on the other side trump is embroiled in an endless barrage of lawsuits and crimes and stuff and his support from the party is unchallenged. republicans are like so what if he rapes? oh trump said some batshit thing in a debate? so what who cares? they're not like, um excuse me did trump look quite old just now we're fucked

i don’t think dems are freaking out because they are suddenly debating if they should vote for biden or not. they are freaking out because it looks like biden can’t win the election. that is due to a number of reasons including undecided votes and overall voter apathy. if people aren’t motivated to vote, they may not show up and that could result in a loss. A lot of people think that a younger candidate would increase turnout for the democratic party

[Alcofribas]

56 minutes ago, exitonly said:

i don’t think dems are freaking out because they are suddenly debating if they should vote for biden or not. they are freaking out because it looks like biden can’t win the election. that is due to a number of reasons including undecided votes and overall voter apathy. if people aren’t motivated to vote, they may not show up and that could result in a loss. A lot of people think that a younger candidate would increase turnout for the democratic party

Undecided votes and apathy are long-existing issues but what I’m referring to is the rather popular narrative that kicked off after the debate that Biden should step down. This is entirely spurred on his debate performance and was explicitly a reaction to it. It’s all over the mainstream liberal press. You can even see it ITT after the debate. 
 

As for switching candidates to a more electable person, yeah man I think they should’ve have thought of that sooner not 4 months before election lol

[zazen]

About a year ago, the dems had to make a decision about Biden running again, taking into account things like how it would look for him to step down after one term, his age, his rate of deterioration, what other challengers there were. Evidently they decided "he's old but he beat trump last time so he's the best person to run again" and evidently they thought they could stage manage what was happening to minimise PR damage from him obviously being a bit old and doddery. And they made a call and since then events have gone against them. Just how it goes. If they had decided not to run with Biden a year ago, we might be looking at a different problem now, maybe a different candidate who made some missteps and was now struggling. Who knows.

Trump was looking quite 'weak' about a year ago, multiple pending court cases, ranting away to himself on truthsocial etc. But since the first debate, the supreme court ruling and now the shooting attempt, he's looking a lot stronger.

In 2016 he was just the weird rich celeb bullshitting his way to the top, and everyone was like 'wtf is this actually happening'. But now in 2024 people know what they're voting for, and he's got a genuine 'beating the struggle' narrative behind him, and on an objective 'can he actually do the job?' basis, as crappy as he is, he might actually have the edge over Biden.

So he's probably going to win, which doesn't necessarily mean disaster. Mostly his administration style is chaos and bluster. He just needs to be kept in check and when he tries to anoint a successor for 2028 like JD Vance it will probably go wrong because he constantly throws colleagues under the bus etc.

Trump is going to keep trying until he gets his second term so you might as well get it over with

 

Edited July 18 by zazen

[Hi Guys]

4 hours ago, Alcofribas said:

ngl it's funny that the dem strategy has become "our guy sucks." trump has been saying absolutely unhinged, deranged, false, bullshit for his entire 8 year political life and he's fine, no one in his party is disavowing him or asking him to step down, even the guy who said he's "hitler" is now his vp pick lmao. but as soon as the first second of the debate passes there is a major dem narrative that biden can't win and there's this hyper-fixation on his debate performance or how he said "we defeated medicaid" or whatever the fuck. very small peanuts compared to trump who has like the most insane problems any candidate has every faced and the whole time the gop is like "our guy rules."

the dems love to lose lol

They seriously do it to themselves, the dems! They walked right into this situation. 

[Satans Little Helper]

31 minutes ago, zazen said:

About a year ago, the dems had to make a decision about Biden running again, taking into account things like how it would look for him to step down after one term, his age, his rate of deterioration, what other challengers there were. Evidently they decided "he's old but he beat trump last time so he's the best person to run again" and evidently they thought they could stage manage what was happening to minimise PR damage from him obviously being a bit old and doddery. And they made a call and since then events have gone against them. Just how it goes. If they had decided not to run with Biden a year ago, we might be looking at a different problem now, maybe a different candidate who made some missteps and was now struggling. Who knows.

Trump was looking quite 'weak' about a year ago, multiple pending court cases, ranting away to himself on truthsocial etc. But since the first debate, the supreme court ruling and now the shooting attempt, he's looking a lot stronger.

In 2016 he was just the weird rich celeb bullshitting his way to the top, and everyone was like 'wtf is this actually happening'. But now in 2024 people know what they're voting for, and he's got a genuine 'beating the struggle' narrative behind him, and on an objective 'can he actually do the job?' basis, as crappy as he is, he might actually have the edge over Biden.

So he's probably going to win, which doesn't necessarily mean disaster. Mostly his administration style is chaos and bluster. He just needs to be kept in check and when he tries to anoint a successor for 2028 like JD Vance it will probably go wrong because he constantly throws colleagues under the bus etc.

Trump is going to keep trying until he gets his second term so you might as well get it over with

 

The problem was there was never a good alternative for Biden. And there still isn’t. Without a good alternative, Biden isn’t going anywhere.

[auxien]

5 hours ago, Alcofribas said:

ngl it's funny that the dem strategy has become "our guy sucks."

you know that's not what's going on....the vast majority of people weren't paying enough attention to how bad Biden has declined but it became very stark and obvious to anyone and everyone at the debate. Dems want to win, they just realize that looks much, much harder with Biden in his current state (and future state...he only gets older every single day).

5 hours ago, Alcofribas said:

the dems love to lose lol

meh, they're often shooting themselves in the foot with the elites are handpicking the choices (Hilary C, BIden) but have done better when it's (slightly) more organic with Bill C and Obama. i don't remember what happened with Kerry. both parties do this, at the end of the day as long as one or the other is in power and keeping 3rd parties at bay, then they're both happy to try again a few years later.

4 hours ago, Alcofribas said:

republicans are way better at this bc they just follow the most powerful guy and treat him like he's perfect.

again, both do that to some extent but that's not really what they've done for much of Trump's time in the party. many were trying to keep him out before 2016's win and the fucking Koch dude/bros (forget when the one died lol who cares) were trying to keep Trump out of 2024, many Rs have 'left the mainstream party' and/or political office because of Trump. this isn't a 'wow worship the new king' thing, it's never been that way that i'm aware of until maybe these past few months?

41 minutes ago, zazen said:

But now in 2024 people know what they're voting for, and he's got a genuine 'beating the struggle' narrative behind him, and on an objective 'can he actually do the job?' basis, as crappy as he is, he might actually have the edge over Biden.

most of this election is just 'who do you hate more' because no one except the inane leftys love Biden and the lunatic fringe righties love Trump. the other 50-70% of the nation dislikes them both and are fed up that these are the options again.

well, were. Biden's going to be handing it over to Kamala within the next few weeks.

41 minutes ago, zazen said:

Mostly his administration style is chaos and bluster. He just needs to be kept in check and when he tries to anoint a successor for 2028 like JD Vance it will probably go wrong because he constantly throws colleagues under the bus etc.

much less chance of this being Trump's 2nd term if he wins...Project 2025 stuff seems certain to be coordinating in the background for this and even if Trump downplays it's direct involvement, it/the people involved will be working to some extent or another to roll in some ugly shit. i've seen it happening here in Louisiana with our new piece of shit governor Landry, they walked him in and started enacting the most backward shit on basically day one.

Vance is an idiot but he's got rich friends (Thiel) who keep 'helping' him fall up. he's dangerous because of that.

anyway....Biden's going to be out very soon, they'll try to cobble something together around Harris but there's a good chance she won't do any better than Biden (America's inherent misogyny will again likely help Trump win) but might be enough of a 'young' figurehead/party-player to drive women/youth/POC to the polls slightly more than they might've for Biden.

Edited July 18 by auxien

[auxien]

 

13 minutes ago, Satans Little Helper said:

The problem was there was never a good alternative for Biden. And there still isn’t. Without a good alternative, Biden isn’t going anywhere.

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