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

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10 minutes 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. 

They were trying to free prisoners of Russia, maybe she had stuff related to that

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Needs to be one of the governors. 

“One step from the White House.”

1 minute ago, Firemans4Horn said:

 

2 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

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

I understand this is the internet and you seem to only care about how many points you can score, but he did support the death penalty as AG, prior to taking the governorship. To his credit, his position has since changed, hence my retraction.

You're still being a little bitch.

6 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

Support for even more draconian penalties for drug-related crime (even possession of small amount of marijuana)


Gov. Josh Shapiro called for legalizing marijuana, and the state’s need for revenue could help make it a reality

 

you’re bad at this. And Shapiro is like my 3rd choice for VP. But I’m not going to shit my pants over it. 

11 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

She can unhinge her jaw like a snake

Is this a good thing, really? I mean, has any of you ever thought "if only..." Perhaps I'm self owning.

Just now, HenryJames said:

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Is he literally aging into Sean Hannity?

Just now, Brian Fantana said:

You realize these things aren't mutually exclusive, right? Please tell me you realize that.


just make a shorter list:

 

1. I disagree with his views on Israel and Palestine. 
 

that’s fine.  But let’s not just start throwing a bunch of shit against the wall and hoping it sticks. 

9 minutes ago, Js1 said:

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 

Yeah I was thinking the same. Wasn't totally sure though.

Just now, Firemans4Horn said:


just make a shorter list:

 

1. I disagree with his views on Israel and Palestine. 
 

that’s fine.  But let’s not just start throwing a bunch of shit against the wall and hoping it sticks. 

Oh so this is why you're pissed off. Got it.

Just now, Brian Fantana said:

Oh so this is why you're pissed off. Got it.


Projecting much?

 

2 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:


Projecting much?

 

Dude you're the one lashing out. And not just at me. Shut the fuck up.

1 minute ago, Brian Fantana said:

Dude you're the one lashing out. And not just at me. Shut the fuck up.


I think you need a better 5 point plan with less strike throughs to shut me up. 

5 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:


Projecting much?

 

Fantana is going to turn this thread to shit like he did the Israel thread.  
 

instantly triggered name calling. 

Isn’t it expected that the running mate will adopt the positions of the candidate?

30 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

She can unhinge her jaw like a snake

huge if true

14 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

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So… wining and dining and dancing is disqualifying?

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Watters is clearly in it only for the grift. He doesn’t even try to hide it. 

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I would prefer a candidate for VP that people can rally around that won't instantly piss off the purity testing left. Walz or Beshear fit the bill. Shapiro's state is the only thing I like from him. He has the most possible negatives. Walz and Beshear's only negatives are they don't have enough name recognition and their states aren't that key to winning. That said, I think both could greatly help with reaching out to the middle in the Rust Belt. Walz is a midwest guy, hell he's the stereotype. Beshear can get you red state people. I also think Beshear gives you something that is a perfect antidote for white people who might be leery about voting for a black woman. He is representation. He's a young, white male. He has the perfect suburban looking family. People can see themselves in a guy like him. Yes, that's an appeal to a form of racial bias but I think he and his family would play really well with that demo. I think Walz could charm anyone over to his side with his Minnesota attitude. He feels like the living embodiment of Tommy Callahan Sr from Tommy Boy. 

My preference would be Walz>Beshear>>>>>>>>Shapiro. 

With that said, if Kamala and her team pick Shapiro then let's just fucking go. Winning is all that matters now. 

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14 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

Fantana is going to turn this thread to shit like he did the Israel thread.  
 

instantly triggered name calling. 

Nah I'm dropping the argument, but in my defense all I did was ask what he thought was great about Shapiro. Homeboy then immediately implied I was stupid because I mixed up a margin of victory in my head, despite the fact that I admitted I was wrong well before he made the post, and I hadn't insulted anyone at all. Maybe I shouldn't clap back, but that's just not how I'm programmed.

But yeah, it's my fault, I guess.

1 minute ago, mdmost said:

I would prefer a candidate for VP that people can rally around that won't instantly piss off the purity testing left. Walz or Beshear fit the bill. Shapiro's state is the only thing I like from him. He has the most possible negatives. Walz and Beshear's only negatives are they don't have enough name recognition and their states aren't that key to winning. That said, I think both could greatly help with reaching out to the middle in the Rust Belt. Walz is a midwest guy, hell he's the stereotype. Beshear can get you red state people. I also think Beshear gives you something that is a perfect antidote to people who white people who might be leery about voting for a black woman. He is representation. He's a young, white male. He has the perfect suburban looking family. People can see themselves in a guy like him. Just that's a form of racial bias but I think he and his family would play really well with that demo. I think Walz could charm anyone over to his side with his Minnesota attitude. He feels like the living embodiment of Tommy Callahan Sr from Tommy Boy. 

My preference would be Walz>Beshear>>>>>>>>Shapiro. 

Yeah this says it pretty well, I think. Shapiro being picked certainly won't stop me from voting for Harris, but I would much prefer Walz or Beshear.

I would prefer a candidate for VP that people can rally around that won't instantly piss off the purity testing left. Walz or Beshear fit the bill. Shapiro's state is the only thing I like from him. He has the most possible negatives. Walz and Beshear's only negatives are they don't have enough name recognition and their states aren't that key to winning. That said, I think both could greatly help with reaching out to the middle in the Rust Belt. Walz is a midwest guy, hell he's the stereotype. Beshear can get you red state people. I also think Beshear gives you something that is a perfect antidote to people who white people who might be leery about voting for a black woman. He is representation. He's a young, white male. He has the perfect suburban looking family. People can see themselves in a guy like him. Just that's a form of racial bias but I think he and his family would play really well with that demo. I think Walz could charm anyone over to his side with his Minnesota attitude. He feels like the living embodiment of Tommy Callahan Sr from Tommy Boy. 
My preference would be Walz>Beshear>>>>>>>>Shapiro. 

You think the purity testing progressive maximalists wouldn’t magically find a dozen reasons to shit all over Walz or Beshears. That’s adorable.
Anyone but a resurrected Hugo Chavez is a fascist to them.

I keep going back and forth between Walz and Beshear for who I think is the best option. The guy I like more (Walz) vs the guy who might give Harris the best boost (Beshear) are basically tied for first in my book.

A distant third is Kelly (boring, might not give her much unless the campaign knows something we don't know), and fourth is Shapiro.

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:


You think the purity testing progressive maximalists wouldn’t magically find a dozen reasons to shit all over Walz or Beshears. That’s adorable.
Anyone but a resurrected Hugo Chavez is a fascist to them.

Well sure. But don’t give it to them on a silver platter. 300k of taxpayer money and an NDA. For telling a subordinate you want to bend her over a desk and who knows what else. And keeping the prick on the payroll for a year until the press gets hold of it. 
 

JFC

It's also worth noting that either Walz or Beshear or both most likely have opinions regarding Israel/Palestine that I would personally find shitty, but it is effectively a non-issue for me when it comes to the election. Pretty much any person that would be on the ticket is going to have the default NPC American politician position, and anyone in the orbit of Trump's GOP would be much worse, in any case.

I'm not, and never have been interested in purity tests, only who gives the best +EV to beat Trump. I think Shapiro is too risky of a candidate compared to the others.

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I for one am thrilled that the most thoughtful surlies are now fighting amongst themselves, because clockwork.

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1 hour ago, Sawbonz said:

Oh that. Shapiro didn’t harass or molest or assault anyone. Cool. Happened after he took office so no election interference. Also cool. The guilty party resigned, a settlement was paid to the victim. Doesn’t sound like a huge stain on Shapiro, especially when the Republican nominee has been found personally liable for sexual assault; has been ordered to pay tens of millions of dollars to his victim for defaming her; continues to defame her and might get sued again; is a serial adulterer and misogynist; and paid hush money to a porn star during his campaign to cover up their affair. But Shapiro had an employee who sexually harassed someone and you’re not happy with the way it was handied. So same same, I guess.

This is what we mean when we say Republicans can get away with all kinds of grotesque misconduct but Democrats have to be just exactly perfect about everything. It’s an impossible double standard.

I don’t think it’s a big deal and I doubt whether it would get much attention during the campaign. Shapiro didn’t harass anyone. Trump’s been accused of rape. Advantage Shapiro. 

Even chainsaw is making sense on VP selections. Just ready for the VP sweepstakes to be over so we can move on to calling MAGA weird again.

Walz or Beshear please 🙏

16 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Oh that. Shapiro didn’t harass or molest or assault anyone. Cool. Happened after he took office so no election interference. Also cool. The guilty party resigned, a settlement was paid to the victim. Doesn’t sound like a huge stain on Shapiro, especially when the Republican nominee has been found personally liable for sexual assault; has been ordered to pay tens of millions of dollars to his victim for defaming her; continues to defame her and might get sued again; is a serial adulterer and misogynist; and paid hush money to a porn star during his campaign to cover up their affair. But Shapiro had an employee who sexually harassed someone and you’re not happy with the way it was handied. So same same, I guess.

This is what we mean when we say Republicans can get away with all kinds of grotesque misconduct but Democrats have to be just exactly perfect about everything. It’s an impossible double standard.

I don’t think it’s a big deal and I doubt whether it would get much attention during the campaign. Shapiro didn’t harass anyone. Trump’s been accused of rape. Advantage Shapiro. 

It's still a bad look and will be weaponized. Hillary's e-mails were not actually a bad thing and they got a LOT of mileage out of that nothingburger. Why risk it?

27 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

Nah I'm dropping the argument, but in my defense all I did was ask what he thought was great about Shapiro. Homeboy then immediately implied I was stupid because I mixed up a margin of victory in my head, despite the fact that I admitted I was wrong well before he made the post, and I hadn't insulted anyone at all. Maybe I shouldn't clap back, but that's just not how I'm programmed.

But yeah, it's my fault, I guess.

You're dropping the argument (because you're the bigger man).

In your defense (you were just asking questions).

Homeboy then immediately implied you were stupid (so you had to defend yourself).

You got one of your facts about margin of victory wrong (but admitted it, so you're all good.  You also "mis-spoke" about Shapiro and the death penalty.

You hadn't insulted anyone at that time (but maybe later, but you're programmed to retaliate or "clap back." Hey, you can't stop heredity!).

But it's your fault?  

Just now, Bullneck said:

You're dropping the argument (because you're the bigger man).

In your defense (you were just asking questions).

Homeboy then immediately implied you were stupid (so you had to defend yourself).

You got one of your facts about margin of victory wrong (but admitted it, so you're all good.  You also "mis-spoke" about Shapiro and the death penalty.

You hadn't insulted anyone at that time (but maybe later, but you're programmed to retaliate or "clap back." Hey, you can't stop heredity!).

But it's your fault?  

Dude you're just trying to keep it going. You're weird.

1 minute ago, Brian Fantana said:

Dude you're just trying to keep it going. You're weird.

Yes, yes I am. But you don't know anything about that. 

 

55 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

So… wining and dining and dancing is disqualifying?

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LOL.  LUNCHTIME!!!!

51 minutes ago, mdmost said:

I would prefer a candidate for VP that people can rally around that won't instantly piss off the purity testing left. Walz or Beshear fit the bill. Shapiro's state is the only thing I like from him. He has the most possible negatives. Walz and Beshear's only negatives are they don't have enough name recognition and their states aren't that key to winning. That said, I think both could greatly help with reaching out to the middle in the Rust Belt. Walz is a midwest guy, hell he's the stereotype. Beshear can get you red state people. I also think Beshear gives you something that is a perfect antidote for white people who might be leery about voting for a black woman. He is representation. He's a young, white male. He has the perfect suburban looking family. People can see themselves in a guy like him. Yes, that's an appeal to a form of racial bias but I think he and his family would play really well with that demo. I think Walz could charm anyone over to his side with his Minnesota attitude. He feels like the living embodiment of Tommy Callahan Sr from Tommy Boy. 

My preference would be Walz>Beshear>>>>>>>>Shapiro. 

With that said, if Kamala and her team pick Shapiro then let's just fucking go. Winning is all that matters now. 

Literally everything I've been thinking.  GET OUT OF MY BRAIN!  (though Brian Dennehy admittedly wasn't a part of it)

2 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

LOL.  LUNCHTIME!!!!

Is it weird to eat your fries without ketchup? Asking for a friend.

19 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

It's still a bad look and will be weaponized. Hillary's e-mails were not actually a bad thing and they got a LOT of mileage out of that nothingburger. Why risk it?

Says the guy who thought the bipartisan border bill was a Biden bluff. You reaffirm my take on Shapiro. 

2 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

Is it weird to eat your fries without ketchup? Asking for a friend.

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2 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:

Is it weird to eat your fries without ketchup? Asking for a friend.

I went to high school with a guy who later became a C-list actor, with such memorable appearances on True Blood and Desperate Housewives, who was a senior when I was a freshman and allowed me to tag along with him to off-campus lunch fairly often.  Since we only had 50 minutes to eat, and McDonalds was about a 15 minute drive each way, that gave us roughly 15 minutes to scarf down lunch.  He taught me how to annihilate the McD's fries without ketchup (this was pre-ketchup boat times, so fuck the squeeze packets) and then kill the double quarter pounder w/ cheese right afterwards.  That's it.  That's my story.

Even if we were to believe that what he did was out of loyalty to a friend you have an even bigger single interest group (women) out for blood. I do agree that we need to set rules on the future so our candidates don't have to be perfect but good luck with that, we need to win in November, then worry about that shit.

 

 

1 minute ago, Biff Tannen said:

I went to high school with a guy who later became a C-list actor, with such memorable appearances on True Blood and Desperate Housewives, who was a senior when I was a freshman and allowed me to tag along with him to off-campus lunch fairly often.  Since we only had 50 minutes to eat, and McDonalds was about a 15 minute drive each way, that gave us roughly 15 minutes to scarf down lunch.  He taught me how to annihilate the McD's fries without ketchup (this was pre-ketchup boat times, so fuck the squeeze packets) and then kill the double quarter pounder w/ cheese right afterwards.  That's it.  That's my story.

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1 hour ago, mdmost said:

I would prefer a candidate for VP that people can rally around that won't instantly piss off the purity testing left. Walz or Beshear fit the bill. Shapiro's state is the only thing I like from him. He has the most possible negatives. Walz and Beshear's only negatives are they don't have enough name recognition and their states aren't that key to winning. That said, I think both could greatly help with reaching out to the middle in the Rust Belt. Walz is a midwest guy, hell he's the stereotype. Beshear can get you red state people. I also think Beshear gives you something that is a perfect antidote for white people who might be leery about voting for a black woman. He is representation. He's a young, white male. He has the perfect suburban looking family. People can see themselves in a guy like him. Yes, that's an appeal to a form of racial bias but I think he and his family would play really well with that demo. I think Walz could charm anyone over to his side with his Minnesota attitude. He feels like the living embodiment of Tommy Callahan Sr from Tommy Boy. 

My preference would be Walz>Beshear>>>>>>>>Shapiro. 

With that said, if Kamala and her team pick Shapiro then let's just fucking go. Winning is all that matters now. 

I don't give a fuck if she picks Switzer.  I'm 100% in.

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56 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Y’all know what this VP pick is about don’t you?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That’s right, the BCS.

 

Dollar signs.

 

 

A dark horse emerges in the veepstakes

 

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Sooo... my donation didn't come from me & I'm "a ghost"?

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