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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.

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Just now, Dahobbs said:

I'm not insulted, just surprised. He is a politician, I assume everything is to some degree insincere. But I had a very different response to it, so as I said, surprising. 

For me it was a lot of the polit-speak.  "Talking at instead of talking to".  I mean, that's the same thing.  It's like the commentators who loudly enunciate "the National Football League" (no doubt due to instructions on high).  It's just meaningless fluff, and he had a lot of it.  

I think it's just a reaction to Walz speaking like a normal dude at a bar.  THAT'S refreshing.

27 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:


#chainsawed

 

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I guarantee I’m right of you. I just know how to read a room

45 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

Shapiro really hamstrings the campaign’s ability to hit hard on the misogyny angle. It would be idiotic 

Why? What did he do?

40 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Real talk: Vance being fucking tired of his kid yammering about stupid Pokemon shit and maybe losing it a bit and telling his kid to stop yammering about Pikachu is maybe the most human and empathetic thing I've heard about Vance.

Seriously, fellow dads.....tell me you never had such a moment with one of your kids, and I'll tell you you're a fucking liar.

I don't think that moment makes Vance shitty.  It makes him real and human.  Yeah, it's a shitty thing to do (you really SHOULDN'T lose it with your kid and tell them to STFU....but you probably also SHOULDN'T drink 14 cheap beers and piss off a public balcony while singing George Strait tunes at the top of your lungs, but man...let he who is without sin throw the first stone, amirite?)...but it's real.

Maybe I have, maybe I haven’t, but I wouldn’t tell that story to the fucking press.

10 minutes ago, G650 said:

 

 

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If you’re going to misrepresent which part of my post you quoted, maybe do it in a way that makes your point stronger instead of just even more nonsensical. 

17 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

My point is Clinton was right of center. He signed a lot of ridiculously regressive shit that caused a lot of harm to minorities and the working class. He had some progressive views, certainly. But he was right of center on balance. 

This reminded me of an interview years ago with Buttigieg, where he said Republicans did such an effective job of moving this country right in the 70's/80's that Bill Clinton had historically conservative views as a Democratic President. 

EDIT: Found it and timestamped

 

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1 minute ago, Sawbonz said:

I guarantee I’m right of you. I just know how to read a room


Is it a room in Mark Zuckerberg’s idea of the metaverse? It’s not reality.

 

the Dems have about 8 great VP candidates. Shapiro is 1 of them. 

1 hour ago, Chopper said:

"Comics for Kamala" zoom call announced

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Yeah but Trump has Rob Schneider

Just now, Hank Kingsley said:

This reminded me of an interview years ago with Buttigieg, where he said Republicans did such an effective job of moving this country right in the 70's/80's that Bill Clinton had historically conservative views as a Democratic President. 

 

He’s right and the rightward shift of the Clinton-era Dems is a big reason why the working class was just waiting for an asshole like Trump to come along and promise them a return to the glory days.

9 minutes ago, immamac said:

Can someone please explain to me why the fuck everyone is posting yarns? They don't work half the time. 

If I ever post a yarn, sorry. I have no idea what the fuck that is. /get off my lawn!

11 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Ah, okay. This is starting to make sense. You were awash in Republican propaganda while Clinton was in office, and the memory of GOP vitriol at the time is clouding your hindsight judgment. 

The Republicans hated Clinton for reasons, even though Clinton passed numerous regressive pieces of legislation. Politics is weird that way. Opinions are often irrational and counterproductive.

Ah, yes, let’s get mildly insulting in some vaguely ad hominem attack and paint me as thoughtless and irrational. The true sign of someone making a point based on the merits of their position. 
 

It sounds to me like Clinton ended up governing for all, not just his party. Although for those laws to pass they had to get voted to his desk. Governing for all, what a novel concept. 
 

I’ll try to loop this back. Trump supporters are lost and/or mentally ill. You admit that you’ve made practical choices, so you understand the Get On The Bus theory of politics. Great. 
 

I can’t reason with the lost or mentally ill. Write them off. So considering the stakes, if I can’t convince a far left progressive to vote for the less horrific candidate, even if it makes them sick in their tum tums, I guess they qualify as lost or mentally ill. Which, yeah, I blame them. 

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5 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Ah, yes, let’s get mildly insulting in some vaguely ad hominem attack and to paint me as thoughtless an irrational. The true sign of someone making a point based on the merits of their position. 

Relax. You’re the one who introduced your personal political history to justify your estimation of Clinton’s politics. I was just responding to that.

You’re a smart dude. If you haven’t done so, read up on Clinton’s record and reconsider whatever views you developed decades ago about his place on the political spectrum. There was a time when I thought he was a liberal hippy, too.

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9 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:


Is it a room in Mark Zuckerberg’s idea of the metaverse? It’s not reality.

 

the Dems have about 8 great VP candidates. Shapiro is 1 of them. 

Please articulate what is great about Josh Shapiro.

9 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:


Is it a room in Mark Zuckerberg’s idea of the metaverse? It’s not reality.

 

the Dems have about 8 great VP candidates. Shapiro is 1 of them. 

It’s not reality where a mid 6 figure payout gets coupled with an NDA for allegations of sexual harassment in the post Weinstein / Cosby era, with Trump paying Stormy Daniels and having her sign an NDA?

 

 

1 hour ago, Chopper said:

"Comics for Kamala" zoom call announced

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I like Kathryn Hahn 

1 hour ago, Aqua Buddha said:

Trae Crowder should host the whole thing.

Dane Cook

8 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

Trump will make a huge deal out of this and the fact that he’s been convicted of sexual assault will be lost on his followers and most of the media. 

Yep. We have the moral high ground. Do not concede it with a scandal, it will be twisted into something really bad for Dems 

Edit; because as we all know in politics, once you have to explain it, you’ve already lost the issue 

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1 minute ago, BrickHorn said:

Here’s a different perspective: fuck the people who demand left wing votes while supporting right wing / inhumane shit. 

Most people think the people who stay home on election day look like this:

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But they actually look like this, and they are all around us just living their lives:

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While we all, or most of us, started at UT, we can't change everything about the world.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/29/politics/turnout-2024-election-analysis/index.html

https://abcnews.go.com/538/vote-back-trump/story?id=109090626

 

Just now, Brian Fantana said:

Please articulate what is great about Josh Shapiro.


I’ll start slow. Because until 5 minutes ago you thought he won by half a point. 
 

1. Young (We’re Never Going Back)

2. 61% approval rating in Pennsylvania

3. Smart and well spoken and will rip JD Vance to shreds

4.  Electoral college

5. Centrist politics; good counter balance to attacks on Kamala and good fit for Pennsylvania 

4 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

Please articulate what is great about Josh Shapiro.

I think some people remember the Obama days very fondly so they find Shapiro's cadence soothing. I don't think he will have much appeal outside PA and he's got that MeToo problem

7 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

It’s not reality where a mid 6 figure payout gets coupled with an NDA for allegations of sexual harassment in the post Weinstein / Cosby era, with Trump paying Stormy Daniels and having her sign an NDA?

 


Josh Shapiro sexually assaulted someone and made them sign an NDA?

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1 hour ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Shapiro won by 14 points. But Mastriano was a historically bad R candidate. 

He was also Trump’s hand picked historically bad candidate. That would carry weight I think with voters with that fresh in their mind.

1 hour ago, Chopper said:

"Comics for Kamala" zoom call announced

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I like the Tom Arnold selection as it offsets the Roseanne fans that support Trump, chess not checkers.

2 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:


Josh Shapiro sexually assaulted someone and made them sign an NDA?

Did you read the article

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Communications upgrade cannot be overstated.

Shapiro is the Jeff Traylor of this race. Looked good against weak competition, not ready for the big time.

10 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Yep. We have the moral high ground. Do not concede it with a scandal, it will be twisted into something really bad for Dems 

Edit; because as we all know in politics, once you have to explain it, you’ve already lost the issue 

Sounds like something a couch fucker would say

Just wanted to say “co-sign” on Bozo’s admiration for Kathryn Hahn. I dig her very, very much.

2 minutes ago, TexEx15 said:

Communications upgrade cannot be overstated.

Good NBC article today on the transition from Biden to Harris. The communications from The campaign back this up:

“This is, let’s take Trump down once and for all," said a person with close knowledge of the process around Harris. This person, like others in this story, requested anonymity to speak candidly.

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

Just wanted to say “co-sign” on Bozo’s admiration for Kathryn Hahn. I dig her very, very much.

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6 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

Did you read the article


yes. And?

 

Wow, someone that runs a huge staff hired someone that turned out to be a piece of shit? Welcome to the real world. 

 Article if you want to read it. Some good stuff 

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/harris-campaign-big-new-hires-sprint-election-day-rcna164383

She has already struck a different tone than Biden both on the stump and in ads. While Biden framed November as a fight for democracy, Harris is already talking about it in terms of freedom. Several Harris aides cast it as the same pillars of messaging, but with a different messenger. 

She is focusing on issues Biden hadn’t, according to one person close to Harris, including that children should not live in poverty and that there should be economic opportunities to get ahead, not just get by. Two people close to Harris’ strategy said the vice president is also focusing more on “freedom” instead of “democracy.” Freedom is meant to encompass a spectrum of issues: security, reproductive rights, voting and living one’s life. 

 


No big deal

 

 

As Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro steps into the limelight as a potential running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris, his record on handling sexual harassment claims against his aides and political allies is coming under tighter scrutiny. This week, the National Women's Defense League issued a statement warning that Shapiro, whose administration paid $295,000 in taxpayer money to settle a female government employee's complaint against a former aide, had enabled sexual harassment and reflected his office's "failures."

In the May 2023 complaint against former Secretary of Legislative Affairs Mike Vereb, who was accused of making crude and sexually charged remarks, the female employee accused Shapiro's office of pushing her out of a job for coming forward. After the settlement and ensuing non-disclosure agreement, Vereb remained in Shapiro's cabinet until September of that year, when he abruptly resigned as news outlets obtained the public records and prepared to report on the complaint that was filed with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.

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14 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Just wanted to say “co-sign” on Bozo’s admiration for Kathryn Hahn. I dig her very, very much.

I just googled her, and her titties look pretty good for 50-something

 

 

(actually I googled "Kathryn Hahn nude")

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No glad handing in Houston after her event the other day. She made her speech and left. I'm wondering if that was as a result of Trump's attack or just her style. Very different from Biden. 

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1 minute ago, Dahobbs said:

No glad handing in Houston after her event the other day. She made her speech and left. I'm wondering if that was as a result of Trump's attack or just her style. Very different from Biden. 

After the funeral? She had a fundraiser Wednesday night in Houston after her sorority event 

2 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Wheelhouse 

She can unhinge her jaw like a snake

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

After the funeral? She had a fundraiser Wednesday night in Houston after her sorority event 

I'm referring to the fundraising event. 

26 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:


I’ll start slow. Because until 5 minutes ago you thought he won by half a point. 
 

1. Young (We’re Never Going Back)

2. 61% approval rating in Pennsylvania

3. Smart and well spoken and will rip JD Vance to shreds

4.  Electoral college

5. Centrist politics; good counter balance to attacks on Kamala and good fit for Pennsylvania 

Re: The bolded part: Stop acting like a little bitch because I'm skeptical of your boy. I just got his margin of victory mixed up in my head with someone else. Calm down.

That said, I don't necessarily disagree with anything you said there, however I'm wary/skeptical of:

  1. His ability to actually deliver Pennsylvania
  2. Some of his educational positions, such as his dogshit, GOP-aligned school voucher support (not all of his positions here are bad, he has some good ones too)
  3. His extremely authoritarian response to legal protests
  4. Support for the death penalty
  5. Support for even more draconian penalties for drug-related crime (even possession of small amount of marijuana)

I'm not sure he plays well outside of Pennsylvania and I'm skeptical he can even deliver that. And that's not even mentioning the other stuff being discussed in this thread.

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Just now, Brian Fantana said:

Support for the death penalty

He supports the death penalty? That's not a good look.

6 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

She can unhinge her jaw like a snake

Listen to this man.  He's post-med

1 minute ago, G650 said:

He supports the death penalty? That's not a good look.

That doesn’t sound right. I thought he called on the legislature to abolish it and said he wouldn’t sign any death warrants as governors 

2 minutes ago, G650 said:

He supports the death penalty? That's not a good look.

On second look, this appears to have changed. Striking it out of my original post.

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