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Chuckie Finster

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  1. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/07/11/nato-allies-weakened-biden-trump-return-00167424 There's definitely more out there, we'll see if last night stops the drip-drip-drip.
  2. Tonight makes the debate performance even more frustrating. If Tonight Joe showed up to the debate, age concerns wouldn’t have made it past the Breitbart section of the internet. Not knowing which Joe will show up is a scarier prospect than knowing for a fact that he’s gone up there.
  3. Feel like the fact that we are all waiting with bated breath to see if the president can handle a press conference kinda answers the electability question in itself…
  4. Biden's current predicament, in one graph. (This isn't just a reaction to the debate. The debate merely brought an underlying issue to the forefront.)
  5. By overshadowed, I meant that Biden's age was THE talking point post-Debate. On this website, on social media, in text groups... nobody remembers the crazy shit Trump said that night (and there was a lot) because everyone was so busy talking about Joe.
  6. And now, when you put them together on the same stage, Joe's oldness far overshadows whatever the hell comes out of Trump's mouth.
  7. It's funny, because our percentages are fairly similar but I have the scenarios reversed. This isn't a scandal that gets better with time. It's just who he is. Every single time he opens his mouth or takes a step is a new opportunity for "Biden is old!" to be hammered into the heads of anyone remotely paying attention. I think removing far and away the single biggest target on your back is a smart strategy. Sure, the right will find new attack angles but there will be a limited amount of time for those to take hold. That being said, this slow drip-drip-drip march to the guillotine is absolutely the worst way to go about it, and any chance of success will require Biden to get behind the change, which it is increasingly becoming evident will not happen. So, in short, doomed.
  8. I disagree. There's "Dumbledore" old and there's "nursing home" old. There's a big difference in electability between the two, and I think a lot of folks moved Biden from one to the other after the debate.
  9. It was evident at the time, and many here expressed skepticism at the idea. My fear though was that it would easily generate a few meme viral clips, not that Joe would be a walking corpse. There are ways to hide whatever is happening to Joe. A debate puts ALL of the bad shit front and center.
  10. The SEC move was strategic and understandable. The BIG move (not that I think there's any real truth to it) would be suicide.
  11. Making me jealous, tbh
  12. Not great when the guy who conducted the interview that was supposed to save the campaign is telling strangers on the street that you can't last 4 more years.
  13. I can't speak to the motives of NYT opinion writers or billionaire donors, but I know there are millions of people like me who turned to their spouse after 10 minutes of debate watching and said "oh shit, Trump is gonna be President again." Go back and read the debate game thread - there's no messaging psy-op there, no coordinated campaign from elites to choose a candidate, just a bunch of internet dorks reaching the same conclusion in real-time. Brushing this all off as some deep state conspiracy is bordering on Alex Jones territory.
  14. The cherry picking goes both ways though. There has been a clear national shift in polls since the debate (Biden was slightly ahead on 6/25 in the above graph.)
  15. He squeaked by in one election during extremely favorable conditions for a challenger. He's had an incredibly successful presidency, yet has had historically low approval ratings almost the entire time. He's the first Democrat to be trailing in July national polls since 2000. The idea that he's some "real American" whisperer is based much more in hope than reality.
  16. That's a "Fuck you, Houston" path if I've ever seen one.
  17. Katy getting absolutely hammered right now.
  18. This is the crux of everything. Somehow in an election featuring Donald Trump, the other guy has become the focal point. It’s unacceptable.
  19. Not a single human being in this country will be swayed by a pre-recorded interview airing on a Friday night. Honestly baffling that many of the same people trying to downplay the importance of the debate are trying to hype up this nothing burger of an interview.
  20. “Relationships matter”… Like a week ago, Moore was tweeting about how much he liked and respected Sark
  21. I realize I’m a broken record at this point, but “we listened to the voters and it’s clear that they want new blood, that’s why I am stepping aside and endorsing my running mate” is a much better campaign message than “vote for the guy that goes to bed after Wheel of Fortune.” Framing this as a “Democrats listened to the voters, Republicans are sticking with the felon” is I think an underrated scenario.
  22. We’ve met the ask. We are obviously the family choice. We have an offense that will feature him and give him every opportunity to get drafted. We have a coaching staff with skins on the wall for his position and a depth chart that looks to open up after this year. If he goes to Oregon, this is the kind of recruitment that makes a man want to stop following this shit.
  23. You don’t need to convince me of anything. I’m voting for his corpse if it comes to it. You need to convince the country currently giving him historically low approval numbers.
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