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

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I think Harris-Walz would rock at any of the large arenas in Texas population centers. They should go for it.

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1 hour ago, WhatTheBuck said:

The GOP complained that he was a “celebrity.”

And then they ran Trump.

 

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22 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

Kamala’s fucking 🔥 

 

her speech writers are doing a helluva job as well. 


Does Trump even have speech writers ?

2 hours ago, Pancho said:

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I'm 52.  I got a yard sign.  I thought he was a great speaker.  I don't remember this rate of donations, registrations, volunteer sign-ups, etc.. I don't recall the crowds as being as animated.  Granted, I was raising a kid and not following politics daily, so maybe that's the difference.  

2 hours ago, Tuco said:

I know people keep comparing the current environment to Obama 2008.  Did Obama really have this much energy behind him?  No knock on Barack; I know this is all part Kamala and part the terror of a second Trump presidency.  But, I don't recall this level of excitement. Ever.  

I wasn't paying that much attention to Obama in 2008 (I was flirting with McCain/3rd parties) but I remember he generated a helluva lot of buzz.

With that said, Hillary in 2016 doesn't come close to the excitement of Kamala in 2024.  And 2016 Hillary was only 9 years or so older than Kamala in 2024, but the atmosphere around Kamala feels like that of Obama.

And the problem for Trump (and this was a problem for Hillary) is that people know who he is, or think they know who he is, so he's hit his ceiling, whereas with Kamala, there's plenty of room for growth, and she seems to be getting a lot of people interested, who might not have voted this year.

14 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

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Yea that's my point...they're turning out a lot of em these days.

29 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

MAGA travels from podunk towns to real cities.

Not too much these days, judging by his rallies.  

4 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Don't worry guys!! They're going to rally!!!

 

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Sid Miller will be there?! Is he related to Bill?

8 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

Does Trump even have speech writers ?

Probably.  They may even cost a pretty penny, along with this internal polling.

Does he pay attention to them? No, at least based on that little fiasco at Mar-a-Lago this week, and the speech in Montana.

And people who get pissed off spending hours waiting for him, only to have him show up really, really late, that doesn't help - a competent campaign wouldn't normally let that happen, because a competent campaign understands that those people have baby sitters, jobs that they have to get to the next day, etc. If you are told he's speaking at 9pm, there better be a good reason that he's not speaking until 10:30pm or 11pm.  Stopping off at a fundraiser is not a good reason.

5 hours ago, The Dog said:

 If you’ve already done this, do it again—this time, however, ask if they’d be willing to hear my story, and introduce them to our Leaving MAGA org. You will be pleasantly surprised by how many are willing to take a look at my own journey in, and out of, MAGA, as well as our org. At the upcoming Democratic convention, a brief video of my story will air. I am also co-chairing the Republicans for Harris FL team, because I need to make amends for my past decisions and rhetoric—all of which I take complete responsibility for. Yes, MAGA will remain, but we must mercy-kill the GOP, electorally, and begin to move on from Trump—someone I helped get elected. A national reconciliation is possible. Thank you.

This sounds like those ex-Mormons who have YouTube channels.

4 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Don't worry guys!! They're going to rally!!!

 

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Um, a couple of phone numbers on there that feel like they are ripe for @YGIFS

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17 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:


Does Trump even have speech writers ?

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22 minutes ago, Slacks said:

So... JDV about to get 'hacked' from the ticket for a woman, right?

How much longer until we get “Hang JD Vance”?

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5 minutes ago, Tuco said:

I'm 52.  I got a yard sign.  I thought he was a great speaker.  I don't remember this rate of donations, registrations, volunteer sign-ups, etc.. I don't recall the crowds as being as animated.  Granted, I was raising a kid and not following politics daily, so maybe that's the difference.  

I just turned 53 a little over a month ago and was raising an 8-year-old daughter with very little help from her mom. Yes, the enthusiasm for Obama was off the charts. It seemed like one out of every five cars had an Obama sticker. His crowds were raucous, enthusiastic, and like a breath of fresh air after almost eight years of a barely literate W and seven years of war.

He was like a rock star when he came to Austin during the campaign and held an outdoor rally of 17,000 at Auditorium Shores with the little ol' skyline we had back then and he donned that cowboy hat.

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Then, he turned around and gave that incredible speech in fucking Berlin. Who the hell leaves the country in the middle of a presidential run? Obama, that's who.

His campaign was on fire.

 

Absolutely, none of this is meant to take away anything from Kamala. I'm just putting what she's got into perspective -- she's tapping into that same vein of enthusiasm.

2 minutes ago, Auto Driller said:

How much longer until we get “Hang JD Vance”?

Tomorrow?

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3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

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Strong Roman from Succession vibes.

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23 minutes ago, Tuco said:

I'm 52.  I got a yard sign.  I thought he was a great speaker.  I don't remember this rate of donations, registrations, volunteer sign-ups, etc.. I don't recall the crowds as being as animated.  Granted, I was raising a kid and not following politics daily, so maybe that's the difference.  

Harris isn't the movement.  The movement is leading her.

People want something new and different.  She seems to realize that and is rising to the occasion.  

1 minute ago, bolverk said:

Strong Roman from Succession vibes.

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1 hour ago, tbone_ said:

Trump simply cannot win another general election. He is entirely too hated. Plus, he just refuses to change. He won't listen to advisors, won't prepare for debates, won't shut the **** up about stuff that doesn't matter, and continues to step on his own dick. Harris has to be the weakest presidential candidate of all time, and has a record of absolute patheticness…and is still going to win.

But instead of accepting that, we are putting our fingers in our ears and saying "nuh-uh", "polls are rigged and fake" or "lol, just wait till Harris implodes at the debates!" None of that is going to happen. It's entirely wishful thinking. The one thing the right is not doing however, is forcing Trump to change by NOT showing up at his stupid rallies or ending campaign contributions until he changes. 

These people don't understand Trump at all.

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3 hours ago, Tuco said:

I know people keep comparing the current environment to Obama 2008.  Did Obama really have this much energy behind him?  No knock on Barack; I know this is all part Kamala and part the terror of a second Trump presidency.  But, I don't recall this level of excitement. Ever.  

No disrespect to Kamala Harris, but I was more excited about Barack’s campaign in 2008. I was in my 20s and I was disillusioned because the war killed some of my friends and family while those who returned were not the same as before. My last year of grad school wasn’t so exciting because the job market sucked and the economy was in the toilet. I was worried about finding a job and having health insurance after I left school and could no longer get coverage through UT.

Barack Obama gave me hope he was going to fix things and stop perpetuating the lies the Bush administration fed to us after 9/11. Obama promised to end the war in Iraq and pushed for health insurance to keep people on their parents’ plan until age 26. 

Looking back, I know the excitement I felt for Obama in 2008 is what young and olds feel for Kamala today. My key issues regarding the war and health insurance back in 2008 are how people feel now about reproductive rights, medical privacy, and gun control. 

Yes, I was more excited about Barack back then, but the excitement I felt was rooted in my belief he would be the savior to all the problems the Bush administration created. The Harris-Walz ticket feels different. I don’t view them as “saviors” who came down to help guide us through the fog the way I felt with Obama. I view Harris-Walz as people I grew up with who also happen to be in high ranking positions of power. Harris is like someone I can call up and say hey, “pick Tim Walz for VP” and she would actually listen. 

The Harris-Walz campaign feels like regular people. Just me and you and the neighbors down the street who also happen to be politicians coming together to defeat a terrible monster who is rotting the country from the inside out. The issues today are bigger and more life changing this time around, but my excitement level is tempered because I just can’t get it up as high 16 years later.

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6 hours ago, Underdog said:

My money is on this dipshit…

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probably some link on how to roofie women. 

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Undecided voters looking at Harris and Walz.

 

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5 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Don't worry guys!! They're going to rally!!!

 

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Here's the train trip I am hoping for:

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SHOT - just a year ago

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6 minutes ago, MrBig said:

No disrespect to Kamala Harris, but I was more excited about Barack’s campaign in 2008. I was in my 20s and I was disillusioned because the war killed some of my friends and family while those who returned were not the same as before. My last year of grad school wasn’t so exciting because the job market sucked and the economy was in the toilet. I was worried about finding a job and having health insurance after I left school and could no longer get coverage through UT.

Barack Obama gave me hope he was going to fix things and stop perpetuating the lies the Bush administration fed to us after 9/11. Obama promised to end the war in Iraq and pushed for health insurance to keep people on their parents’ plan until age 26. 

Looking back, I know the excitement I felt for Obama in 2008 is what young and olds feel for Kamala today. My key issues regarding the war and health insurance back in 2008 are how people feel now about reproductive rights, medical privacy, and gun control. 

Yes, I was more excited about Barack back then, but the excitement I felt was rooted in my belief he would be the savior to all the problems the Bush administration created. The Harris-Walz ticket feels different. I don’t view them as “saviors” who came down to help guide us through the fog the way I felt with Obama. I view Harris-Walz as people I grew up with who also happen to be in high ranking positions of power. Harris is like someone I can call up and say hey, “pick Tim Walz for VP” and she would actually listen. 

The Harris-Walz campaign feels like regular people. Just me and you and the neighbors down the street who also happen to be politicians coming together to defeat a terrible monster who is rotting the country from the inside out. The issues today are bigger and more life changing this time around, but my excitement level is tempered because I just can’t get it up as high 16 years later.

Pretty much this. Obama was kind of a known unknown. If I recall correctly, some pejoratively described him as a vessel in which the American public poured their hopes. While that was meant as an insult at the time, it was actually pretty accurate. I don't think I was paying too much attention in '04 when he apparently gained some in-party recognition at Kerry's convention (raising a four-year-old at that point), so my very first knowledge of him came during an NPR interview I heard while stuck in traffic on Mopac a little before he came to Austin. And, holy shit, I was impressed and blown away by this brand-new voice speaking to concerns I shared in a way I hadn't ever heard before.

Kamala is different from that, and I think you capture it pretty well. While she injects that same breath of fresh air, it's more a sigh of fucking relief and an assurance that she can keep us in sound hands and won't let us fall from the ledge into the authoritarian abyss that Trump represents, which just may well be a far more important role to play in our country's history.

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Hmmmm

 

59 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Yes, the enthusiasm for Obama was off the charts.

Hell, Obama even campaigned in Germany in 2008. 

 

edit: saw you linked that speech.  Twas a good one.  I remember watching it thinking, we need to elect this guy.

 

And I remember watching him speak at the 2004 DNC.  I turned to my wife and said "that guy is going to be the next President."

 

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8 hours ago, closetohumping said:

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@Brisketexan your father in law has escaped the asylum

7 hours ago, cactusflinthead said:

Tell me what he had. I need to know these things.

He had something with mild salsa

6 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Don't worry guys!! They're going to rally!!!

 

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"Christina" has a North San Diego area code. 

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Tonight she made the No Tax on Tips a moot issue and upped the ante with an increase in minimum wage. Excellent move. Trump's response is to whine, of course. 

 

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30 minutes ago, MrBig said:

No disrespect to Kamala Harris, but I was more excited about Barack’s campaign in 2008. I was in my 20s and I was disillusioned because the war killed some of my friends and family while those who returned were not the same as before. My last year of grad school wasn’t so exciting because the job market sucked and the economy was in the toilet. I was worried about finding a job and having health insurance after I left school and could no longer get coverage through UT.

Barack Obama gave me hope he was going to fix things and stop perpetuating the lies the Bush administration fed to us after 9/11. Obama promised to end the war in Iraq and pushed for health insurance to keep people on their parents’ plan until age 26. 

Looking back, I know the excitement I felt for Obama in 2008 is what young and olds feel for Kamala today. My key issues regarding the war and health insurance back in 2008 are how people feel now about reproductive rights, medical privacy, and gun control. 

Yes, I was more excited about Barack back then, but the excitement I felt was rooted in my belief he would be the savior to all the problems the Bush administration created. The Harris-Walz ticket feels different. I don’t view them as “saviors” who came down to help guide us through the fog the way I felt with Obama. I view Harris-Walz as people I grew up with who also happen to be in high ranking positions of power. Harris is like someone I can call up and say hey, “pick Tim Walz for VP” and she would actually listen. 

The Harris-Walz campaign feels like regular people. Just me and you and the neighbors down the street who also happen to be politicians coming together to defeat a terrible monster who is rotting the country from the inside out. The issues today are bigger and more life changing this time around, but my excitement level is tempered because I just can’t get it up as high 16 years later.

No question Obama's was bigger, but his movement grew in spite of, or probably because of its independence from the Democratic party. This did not help the party post-ACA.

Harris and Walz are not outsiders or newcomers to the Democratic party. The groundswell of support they are attracting should help the party going forward. Although it doesn't feel as unique and powerful as Obama '08 felt to me, this campaign and the administration that should come in 2025 will likely be far more consequential than Obama's. 

Harris also didn't have to win a grueling primary to get the nomination, unlike Obama having to go through Hillary. '08 seemed fun at the time but it really left some real damage in the party, if we are being honest with ourselves.

6 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Don't worry guys!! They're going to rally!!!

 

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It's not even a fucking train. It's a bunch of goobs tooling around in the banks' trucks.

I find the perspectives on Obama pretty interesting. And definitely a bit different than my own.

 

5 minutes ago, Pancho said:

I feel like turnip is so worried about getting Georgia back that something weird is going to happen like he wins UGA but loses Ohio State, Nawf Carolina, or Florida.

I don’t think he wins GA. Statewide races have consistently rejected MAGA since 2016. MAGA has largely lost in republican primaries to those pretending to be reasonable republicans and when MAGA makes it to the general election (see Herschel), it loses.

6 minutes ago, Js1 said:

 

That's about one volunteer for every 200 - 300 voters in the LV metro area. That's A LOT of phone calls and door knocks between now and November.

5 minutes ago, Mole said:

I don’t think he wins GA. Statewide races have consistently rejected MAGA since 2016. MAGA has largely lost in republican primaries to those pretending to be reasonable republicans and when MAGA makes it to the general election (see Herschel), it loses.

The wild card in all this seems to be Kemp and Raffensberger deleting voters from the registered voter rolls pretty routinely (it seems, anyway).  

2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

I wasn't paying that much attention to Obama in 2008 (I was flirting with McCain/3rd parties) but I remember he generated a helluva lot of buzz.

With that said, Hillary in 2016 doesn't come close to the excitement of Kamala in 2024.  And 2016 Hillary was only 9 years or so older than Kamala in 2024, but the atmosphere around Kamala feels like that of Obama.

And the problem for Trump (and this was a problem for Hillary) is that people know who he is, or think they know who he is, so he's hit his ceiling, whereas with Kamala, there's plenty of room for growth, and she seems to be getting a lot of people interested, who might not have voted this year.

He has hit the hell out of his ceiling. That’s why he’s given up on attracting new voters and is focused on winning through a rigged local infrastructure and the courts.

You know the Mitt Romneys of the Republican world are hoping Trump loses in November as he drags down the down ballot races cycle after cycle. GOP hoping they keep control of the Senate- muck things up and just go on TV once a week and say Kamala is the worst President of all time no matter what she does. Easy work!

Even with that thought I'm pumped as hell. Go mom and dad!

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I was 20 when Obama ran the first time and lots of people on campus thought he was a rockstar. He definitely had an incredible aura. It's hard to compare with this cycle as social media is so different.

Sid Miller will be there?! Is he related to Bill?

Sid Miller is to good leadership as Bill Miller’s is to good bbq…so that checks out.
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9 hours ago, Auto Driller said:

TexAgs is predictably handling this all quite well:

 

The most amazing thing in that post was him saying the democrats are good at politics. 

7 hours ago, Js1 said:

 

That’s more than a Trump rally

8 hours ago, Js1 said:

Hmmmm

 

Waiting on the Carolina Backward poll to see if it correlates 

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