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I have had my finger on the donate button since yesterday but keep hesitating .  I really do not want to have my name on some publicly available list for any political organization for many reasons that are beyond the scope of this post.

-If I donate to a related PAC will I still need to publicly disclose?  If no any suggestions?

- No I can not just donate my time. That is simply what I don’t have  to give.  

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12 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Yes I’m expecting a legit “this is real” bump and no longer a hypothetical. If there was also any resemblance of a Dem non-response bias due to being absolute unhappy/uninterested in this race because of Biden, that’s gone 

The nonresponse bias from people who know not to answer calls from numbers they don't recognize and not to click on what look like scam links in text messages will remain, though. 

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1 minute ago, wildcat09 said:

The nonresponse bias from people who know not to answer calls from numbers they don't recognize and not to click on what look like scam links in text messages will remain, though. 

Well duh 

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8 minutes ago, Pancho said:

 

It's obvious that any Republican planning about Biden dropping out involved a contentious fight for the spot.  They have absolutely no idea how to attack a unified party right now.

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12 minutes ago, Horn Dog said:

I have had my finger on the donate button since yesterday but keep hesitating .  I really do not want to have my name on some publicly available list for any political organization for many reasons that are beyond the scope of this post.

-If I donate to a related PAC will I still need to publicly disclose?  If no any suggestions?

- No I can not just donate my time. That is simply what I don’t have  to give.  

How much do you want to donate.  The campaign can accept a max of $50 cash anonymous contributions.  Go get as many $50s as you like and a roll of stamps. That's a logistical suggestion.  I'm obviously not encouraging you to do anything illegal.

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16 minutes ago, Horn Dog said:

I have had my finger on the donate button since yesterday but keep hesitating .  I really do not want to have my name on some publicly available list for any political organization for many reasons that are beyond the scope of this post.

-If I donate to a related PAC will I still need to publicly disclose?  If no any suggestions?

- No I can not just donate my time. That is simply what I don’t have  to give.  

Having to type STOP to a few dozen texts and unsubscribing from some emails is worth doing your part to defeat fascism, I think.

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1 hour ago, wildcat09 said:

It's always weird the rare occasions you see Dems actually act in an organized and politically effective manner and it's made exponentially better by the GOP somehow being caught flat footed and initially only having some real loser shit messaging in response. They'll get their shit together though, so the Dems better not all fall apart at the sight of the first polls that don't show a huge bump for Harris.

Credit where credit is due, this was a masterstroke. Now we wait the polls.

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3 minutes ago, linux said:

Credit where credit is due, this was a masterstroke. Now we wait the polls.

I am seriously shocked who smoothly yesterday went, and am half expecting any moment now for some prominent dem to try and fuck around with this and challenge Kamala and undermine her the way they did Biden (Manchin doesn't count). But it sure looks like a unified front which is obviously a good thing. Kamala was far from my first choice in 2020 but I'm 100% on board, I hope she's effective obliterating dotard on the campaign trail. I think Obama will get going closer to the election as an ace in the hole.

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4 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

Any respectable Republican doesn’t actively support him...

Man, a lot of the people that we work with/around on a daily basis are still full-throated Trumpaloos. It's hard to understand tbh. Like I said to you on this board a long time ago, he's not even good for the energy industry and he's terrible for the country. Fucking tax cuts I guess?

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Just now, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Do the Republicans really want to bring personal conduct into the discussion? 

Republicans can do and say anything they want and democrats have to be perfect.

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Posted
2 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Republicans can do and say anything they want and democrats have to be perfect.

Jesus has forgiven Trump for any personal indiscretion, not that those indiscretions actually occurred. But he's forgiven nonetheless.

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Posted (edited)
3 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

The one think I dislike about Kamala is that she the youngest boomer by being born in Oct ‘64. Only 3 months younger and Gen X would finally have their own President.  Boomers had 4 of the last 5 

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1 hour ago, bolverk said:

The proof lies in the number of former party leaders or prominent high-level former officials who are today vocal never-Trumpers or silent non-supporters.

The list includes W (fmr. GOP President), Romney (fmr. GOP presidential candidate), Pence & Cheney (fmr. GOP Vice Presidents), Paul Ryan (fmr. GOP Speaker of the House), Micheal Steele (fmr. chair of the RNC), and any number of former cabinet officials, senators, and representatives.

I'm glad they've turned. Michael Steele has been a vocal critic for a long time.

I will point out that most if not all of these GOPs surfed the Hate Wave knowingly. Former GOP voters who have abandoned the anti-republic party were mostly deceived into believing their votes went for actual values. Party functionaries and candidates cannot make that claim.

With the exception of Dick Cheney and Paul Ryan, those on the list have all, at one time or another, done something that I admire and respect. I don't know if any of them have recognized and disowned the hate engine publicly. Although not named, Liz Cheney performed admirably for the country after Jan. 6. Has she addressed the dark side of the GOP? I honestly don't know.

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Just now, Brisketexan said:

They've lost the plot.  It's all about making libs cry, that's it.  Well, and also, deciding that everything that you don't like about your life, our government, and our social systems broadly, are because of dirty brown people bussing tables, picking strawberries, and hanging sheetrock.  It's insane how supporting Trump doesn't just fail to advance their interests, but actually works against them.  It's all because:

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It's madness, but it's also human nature.  I am unhappy and hurt...therefore, I want to make everyone else unhappy and hurt.  And if that means setting off a bomb in a room that I'm in too, I'll fucking do it, because fuck you, libtards!

"Causing the common pain" as opposed to "advancing the common good."  That's the crossroads we're at as a society.  And we are currently at war with each other at that crossroads.  Time will tell which direction we go, but recent history has not been good for us.

Exactly it is pure hatred, put them under a MRI machine and their brain will closely match the hate addicted brain of any man from any random country.

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8 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I know people will and have said she ran a terrible primary campaign in 2020, but uh.....so did Joe Biden in 1988 and 2008.  Bush 41 also ran a meh campaign in 1980.  Reagan's do-nothing primary run in 1968.   Sometimes, no matter who you are, it is not your year when you first run.  

She now has the backing of the entire party + all of Joe's campaign team that are veterans of the 2 winnings Obama campaigns + Joe's winning 2020 campaign.  Something she didn't have in a very crowded primary field. 

The last part is the silver lining here.  Her primary campaigns had major staffing and organizational problems.  Here, she just inherits the Biden organization, which is actually pretty good.

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First event post-announcement - not a campaign event, but handling the NCAA Champions event for Biden.  And Texas Volleyball and Rowing are there! 

 

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6 minutes ago, Aqua Buddha said:

The last part is the silver lining here.  Her primary campaigns had major staffing and organizational problems.  Here, she just inherits the Biden organization, which is actually pretty good.


wouldn’t be shocked to Obama and Clinton higher up showing up asap 

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They money was always there regardless of who the replacement was.  This is like when a losing coach needs firing and people be like "His buyout is $90M!!!!"

*Poof* the money appears.

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1 minute ago, Aqua Buddha said:

They money was always there regardless of who the replacement was.  This is like when a losing coach needs firing and people be like "His buyout is $90M!!!!"

*Poof* the money appears.

Money to hit the portal for a middle of the country govenor too. 

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Posted
1 hour ago, Chuckie Finster said:

What's the basis for this?  If it's purely due to delayed public endorsement, there's legitimate strategy involved in having the true power players (besides Biden, he always needed to be first) come out after the debate has generally been settled.

It's partly supposition based on the fact that they haven't endorsed Harris yet, but not just that. It's pretty clear from reporting that many if not most of the donors involved in the pressure campaign against Biden didn't want Harris to be the nominee.  I think Obama/Pelosi/Schumer shared the concerns those donors had about her (which were based on how they perceived her electability for race, gender, and policy reasons). Without longcatting this, the biggest Dem donors do not want the party to turn back into a pro-labor, pro-regulation party the way Biden has been pushing things (and Harris is likely expected to continue things in that direction) and I think Obama, Pelosi, and Schumer have a lot of stupid ideas about how to moderate to appeal to "moderate" American voters because their idea of a moderate American voter is largely based on the "moderate" multimillionaires they spend all of their time with.

 

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