Jump to content

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


Recommended Posts

Posted
1 hour ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

Not sure why I thought he was the guy who showed up to his neighbors with a bottle of wine -- but that was someone else, correct?

"grover" isn't right, but something like that 

Posted
21 minutes ago, Haphap said:

 

Kamala made a point to indicate that she doesn't care whether or not you're a republican or democrat, she's gonna help, even though the guy didn't specifically ask her about political division. He asked Trump directly about why January 6th happened and what can be done to prevent it again, and Trump used the opportunity to say "Republicans good, democrats bad."

God trump is such a dumbass. I really want someone to follow up on this guy and see who he votes for. If he votes for Trump after these two exchanges, then there is no hope for this country.

Posted
1 hour ago, Clintonaldo said:

I voted Trump the first time, voted Biden second time and will absolutely be voting for Kamala. I laugh at myself sometimes how much I have changed and a lot of it is getting older and having a kid. I don’t see myself ever going back republican but I always try to keep an open mind plus it shows what one shitty candidate can do to a party. 

If people would stick to values and principles instead of a party then "going back Republican" shouldn't even be an idea in anyone's head. If something really weird happens and Democrats become the insane shitheads and Republicans become the party actually trying to be sane and govern then I'd have no issue voting for them. 

 

  • Hook 'Em 8
  • Like 1
Posted
Just now, Huckleberry said:

If people would stick to values and principles instead of a party then "going back Republican" shouldn't even be an idea in anyone's head. If something really weird happens and Democrats become the insane shitheads and Republicans become the party actually trying to be sane and govern then I'd have no issue voting for them. 

 

History tells us this will absolutely happen unfortunately. 

Posted
6 minutes ago, WelfareBuysMyWeed said:

Kamala made a point to indicate that she doesn't care whether or not you're a republican or democrat, she's gonna help, even though the guy didn't specifically ask her about political division. He asked Trump directly about why January 6th happened and what can be done to prevent it again, and Trump used the opportunity to say "Republicans good, democrats bad."

God trump is such a dumbass. I really want someone to follow up on this guy and see who he votes for. If he votes for Trump after these two exchanges, then there is no hope for this country.

Hey, 3Putt, why don't you scroll up a few posts to about a half hour ago and check out the followup on that guy. 

Posted
4 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

There have been numerous reports that the really old olds are moving more blue - maybe having their social security threatened and being told to die in order to save the economy isn't a great campaign strategy?  It's the "younger" boomers and older Gen-X that are the real shitheels.

https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/government-elections/info-2024/harris-trump-election-issues.html
 

AARP: The Social Security trust fund is expected to see a shortfall in about 10 years. If Congress doesn’t act, millions of Americans who are counting on Social Security may see cuts to the money they’ve earned. If elected, how will you protect Social Security for the future?

TRUMP: We’ll protect it with growth. I don’t want to do anything having to do with increasing age. I won’t do that. As you know, I was there for four years and never even thought about doing it. I’m going to do nothing to Social Security. We’re going to protect it through strengthening our country. We’re going to protect it through growth. We’re going to have tremendous growth in our country with all of the things that we’re doing from a business standpoint and from a commonsense standpoint, and we’ll be protecting it through growth.

HARRIS: I believe Social Security is a sacred social contract that we have made with the seniors of America. I will always — as I always have in my career — fight to ensure that seniors have the dignity they deserve, have the protections they deserve, including the benefits that they’ve earned and paid for. The way that we’re going to deal with it to make sure that the resources and therefore the benefits in the Social Security program are there for seniors is by making billionaires and big corporations pay their fair share in taxes and use that money to protect and strengthen Social Security for the long haul.

AARP: Our own AARP research shows that 48 million American ­family caregivers provide $600 billion in unpaid care each year, helping loved ones live independently in their homes rather than in costly nursing homes. If elected, how will you support family caregivers, many of whom are juggling work and family?

HARRIS: First of all, it’s personal for me. I helped care for my mother when she was battling cancer. I have learned over many, many years of experience to deeply admire and respect the work that caregivers do. Their work is physical. It is mental. It is emotional. Frankly, I think caregivers really do God’s work. We need to make sure that they receive the dignity in the workplace and in their wages that they deserve because this is essential, critical work. I’m proud that our administration took action to support family caregivers, including offering short-term help to give a primary family caregiver a break — again, I know what that means — and also providing a better hospital discharge process. As president, I will build on these efforts.

TRUMP: These are really unrecognized people that have done such a good job, and frankly, if you didn’t have these people doing what they’re doing, the government would be in worse shape than it is even now. We’re going to recognize that. It’s something that has long been on my mind. I started focusing on it very, very substantially, and we’re going to do something. These people have been unbelievable. In many ways, they’re angels. They’re just extra­ordinary people. They give up so much, and they get so ­little other than they want to take care of their loved ones, which is a very powerful incentive. We’re going to do something to help them out financially, and we have various plans coming in, and you’re going to be the first to hear the plans. It’s very unfair to ­people, very unfair

AARP: Millions of American workers have no way to save for retirement through their employers. If elected, what steps will you take to help American workers save for retirement?

TRUMP: The sad part is with Biden, inflation has been so devastating that where people were saving with me because they had low interest rates and no inflation — don’t forget, I had low interest rates, and I had essentially no inflation — they have high interest rates and the worst inflation we’ve ever had. That is a killer for people who have done it the right way. And the right way is to go out, save your money and you’re going to have money and you’re going to make interest on your money and make investments with your money. Those people have been absolutely destroyed by inflation and what’s happened. The people that saved money, that was supposed to be the American dream except the American dream turned out to be the American nightmare for the people that did it right. The people that saved — you’re supposed to save in this country; it’s always been that way — the people that saved got killed by inflation. They were actually taking money out of their accounts instead of putting money back into their accounts.

HARRIS: Well, it starts with making sure that we protect Social Security, knowing that for our seniors that is their only source of income.The work that I’ve done over my career has also been to protect pensions. Both the president and I and in my long-standing work understand the need to make sure that people who have earned those benefits are secure and that they are guaranteed

AARP: Moving on to Medicare for a moment, Medicare provides critical health coverage for older Americans. If elected, how will you protect Medicare from benefit cuts, and how might you improve the program?

TRUMP: What we have to do is make our country successful again. This has to do with Medicare and Social Security and other things. We have to let our country become successful, make our country successful again, and we’ll be able to do that. We have tremendous opportunities like as an example, with what I call the “liquid gold” under our feet. We have more oil and gas than any other country in the world by far, and we don’t use it. We use a very small portion of it. We will be bigger than Russia and Saudi Arabia combined, and we will be able to make our country so successful that these questions will not — they’ll really just not come to the fore. Growth is a very big factor in everything I say. We can grow our country. Our country hasn’t been growing. We can grow our country at the bottom line.

HARRIS: I will always fight to protect and strengthen Medicare for this and future generations. That includes securing the Medicare trust fund and making sure that big corporations and the wealthy pay their fair share in taxes, which, by the way, they can afford to pay. Also, if [my opponent] had succeeded in repealing the ACA [Affordable Care Act], which he tried 60 times to do when in office, he would have brought back the Medicare “donut hole” gap. AARP was an incredible leader on the donut hole issue. That gap for prescription drugs would be put back in place without the protection of the ACA, not to mention taking away pre­cancer and diabetes screenings, what we fought so successfully for; to get Medicare to make sure that every senior gets a free ­annual wellness checkup. I pledge to fight to protect it.

AARP: Americans over the age of 50 continue to pay the highest health care costs. If elected, how would you ensure that older Americans have access to affordable health care?

HARRIS: A big part of access is affordability; so is bringing down the cost of prescription drugs for everyone, including seniors. We fought to do that but ran into some roadblocks in Congress. My plan in terms of helping seniors under the age of 65 includes what we would do to save on average as much as $800 a year on premiums. Also, medical debt has been a big area of focus for me and eliminating medical debt from credit scores, which can be all the difference whether a senior or anyone could get a lease on an apartment, much less all the other things that they need access to.

TRUMP: We’re going to make sure that Americans are able to work [to access health care]. But we’re going to make sure that they’re not going to have to work. We’re going to take care of them. But if they want [to work], that would be a great asset. You know, we lose some of the best people we have because they think they’re going to retire at a certain age, and the fact is, they really don’t want to retire. So we’re going to incentivize people if they want to go out into the workforce. But [if not], we’re going to take care of them. We’re going to make all of our programs strong, and we’re going to make our country strong

AARP: If elected, what is the most important thing that you could do to help improve the lives of older Americans?

HARRIS: There are many things, to be honest. My day one priority is to make sure that people are able to live with dignity and have the care that they deserve.I think that over the last decade, and frankly since my opponent hit the scene in this way, there is a perverse notion that the measure of the strength of a leader is based on who you beat down instead of who [you] lift up. That means doing the work that I’ve done my whole career to stand up for the rights of older Americans, to deal with cases of elder abuse as well as lifting up their ability to have a good quality of life, including bringing down the cost of prescription drugs. I will be paying attention to affordable housing. Part of my plan is to build 3 million more housing units before the end of my term. I have many priorities on day one to help our seniors and their children and grandchildren.

TRUMP: The biggest thing I can tell you is we’re going to let people know loud and clear that Social Security is not changing. But what I’m going to do is we’re going to create energy like nobody has ever had in this country. With me, we were energy independent, but we are going to become energy dominant. We’re going to make a tremendous amount of money. We’re going to pay down debt. We’re going to reduce taxes. I mean the taxes that we’ve been able to cut — it’s the largest tax cut in the history of our country, and we still have a ways to go with that. That’s going to be very helpful. We’re going to make sure our seniors are taken care of 100 percent. Don’t forget, I’m a senior. We’re going to make our seniors happy, healthy and strong.

 

  • Haha 4
Posted
1 minute ago, wood said:

Este. And I, like you, voted for Trump because I viewed him as the lesser of two evils. I was wrong, and I feel bad. I won't make that mistake again.

The key to being a decent person is admitting you fucked up. Just curious but how old are you. I am in the 40-45 age range b

  • Hook 'Em 8
Posted
13 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

Hey, 3Putt, why don't you scroll up a few posts to about a half hour ago and check out the followup on that guy. 

I legitimately have no idea what this posts means (nor am I 3putt?), but I keep scrolling in this topic and I don't see any update

Posted
Just now, WelfareBuysMyWeed said:

I legitimately have no idea what this posts means (nor am I 3putt?), but I keep scrolling in this topic and I don't see any update

He said he is NOT voting for Trump 

Posted
1 minute ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

I spent most of Monday at the state fair. It was very interesting. I saw a ton of people wearing Harris Walz hats and Harris Walz shirts. I also saw an older African-American guy walking around with wearing a shirt that said “Trump Deez Nutz”. 
I saw one skinny Hispanic teenager wearing a red MAGA hat, and he was being clowned behind his back.
Of course, you could say that was Dallas and Dallas is not like the rest of Texas, and that’s true. Dallas is full of people and the rest of Texas is mostly empty. I hat said, in 2016 and 2020 I saw lots of MAGA hats and almost no evidence of support for Clinton or Biden.
My point is that I just don’t see the enthusiasm the way that we used to for Trump or the Trump campaign right now, and I see more enthusiasm than I have seen for an Democratic presidential campaign since 2008.

The enthusiasm gap is clear, their ground game sucks, ours is good, and Trump is visibly dying in front of the world every time he appears in public. You hate to see it.

  • Hook 'Em 3
Posted
6 minutes ago, WelfareBuysMyWeed said:

In a video or something? Cause in the video he said he was a former republican hoping Trump would win him back. Can you post the follow up?

 

1 hour ago, Haphap said:

 

 

  • Hook 'Em 4
Posted
4 minutes ago, tx ind said:

would like to offer this up for anyone that needs it

06e0a36d4a4f4e74b403b760e5484e47.gif

Something to pair with green shirt guy

  • Hook 'Em 3
Posted
32 minutes ago, Huckleberry said:

If people would stick to values and principles instead of a party then "going back Republican" shouldn't even be an idea in anyone's head. If something really weird happens and Democrats become the insane shitheads and Republicans become the party actually trying to be sane and govern then I'd have no issue voting for them. 

 

Yep. 

I will never again vote for an -ism or an -ology.

Posted
21 minutes ago, Clintonaldo said:

The key to being a decent person is admitting you fucked up. Just curious but how old are you. I am in the 40-45 age range b

Fiddy nine.

Posted
9 minutes ago, bolverk said:

If any of you know any Ukraine supporters who unfathomably still support Trump, please share.

image.png.377d633ad3cadc10479bf034ea703802.png
https://www.threads.net/@thereelrandom_/post/DBPVtxRSzNx

Trump blames Ukraine's Zelenskiy for starting war with Russia

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Thursday blamed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy for helping start that nation's war with Russia, a comment that further suggests Trump is likely to radically shift U.S. policy toward Ukraine if he wins the Nov. 5 election.

The Republican former president has frequently criticized Zelenskiy on the campaign trail, repeatedly calling him "the greatest salesman on Earth" for having solicited and received billions of dollars of U.S. military aid since the war broke out in 2022.

Trump has also slammed the Ukrainian leader for failing to seek peace with Moscow, and he has suggested Ukraine may have to cede some of its land to Russia to make a peace deal, a concession Kyiv considers unacceptable.

Trump's comments on the PBD Podcast on Thursday with Patrick Bet-David went a step further than his previous criticism. He said Zelenskiy was to blame not just for failing to end the war, but for helping start it, even though the conflict broke out when Russia invaded Ukrainian sovereign territory.

"That doesn't mean I don't want to help him because I feel very badly for those people. But he should never have let that war start. The war's a loser," Trump said.
Zelenskiy presented his "victory plan" to end the war to Trump during a meeting in New York in September, an encounter both leaders described as cordial.

Trump's public comments, however, suggest he could seek to wind down aid for Ukraine if he defeats Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, on Nov. 5. He has repeatedly said he could end the conflict before he takes office in January, but he has not said how.

Harris has pledged to continue supporting Ukraine, and she has portrayed a victory for the eastern European nation as a vital U.S. national security interest. She has frequently rebuked Trump for being unwilling to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

 

I refuse to believe there are any Ukrainians who support trump. That's simply not possible. The entire reason Trump was impeached the first time was because he was extorting Zelinsky for aid in exchange for making up dirt on Joe Biden. It gave us this hilarious clip:

 

  • Haha 2
Posted
20 minutes ago, Underdog said:

Listening to her speak is a breath of fresh air compared to both Biden and trump. 

Yep. I'm kinda diggin' Fiery Joe of the last couple of weeks though.

  • Hook 'Em 2
Posted
15 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

I spent most of Monday at the state fair. It was very interesting. I saw a ton of people wearing Harris Walz hats and Harris Walz shirts. I also saw an older African-American guy walking around with wearing a shirt that said “Trump Deez Nutz”. 
I saw one skinny Hispanic teenager wearing a red MAGA hat, and he was being clowned behind his back.
Of course, you could say that was Dallas and Dallas is not like the rest of Texas, and that’s true. Dallas is full of people and the rest of Texas is mostly empty. I hat said, in 2016 and 2020 I saw lots of MAGA hats and almost no evidence of support for Clinton or Biden.
My point is that I just don’t see the enthusiasm the way that we used to for Trump or the Trump campaign right now, and I see more enthusiasm than I have seen for an Democratic presidential campaign since 2008.

The signs of this are everywhere. People walking out of half-filled arenas in the middle of Trump's speeches, dozens of former staffers coming out against him, low ratings and zero energy at the RNC. I haven't seen one MAGA hat in person in the last 4 years. I noticed a bump in pro-Trump conversations after the Biden debate debacle, but that all dissipated after Kamala became the nominee.

Literally the only signs of Trump doing well are polls and social media engagement. The latter is definitely being cooked by Elon, bots, trolls, foreign influence, etc. We'll find out soon enough about the polling. 

 

  • Hook 'Em 3
Posted
Just now, Hank Kingsley said:

The signs of this are everywhere. People walking out of half-filled arenas in the middle of Trump's speeches, dozens of former staffers coming out against him, low ratings and zero energy at the RNC. I haven't seen one MAGA hat in person in the last 4 years. I noticed a bump in pro-Trump conversations after the Biden debate debacle, but that all dissipated after Kamala became the nominee.

Literally the only signs of Trump doing well are polls and social media engagement. The latter is definitely being cooked by Elon, bots, trolls, foreign influence, etc. We'll find out soon enough about the polling. 

 

The polls aren’t or can’t seem to figure out the enthusiasm gap. There was a poll last week with Dems at like +15 in enthusiasm and the GOP in the high 70s compared to the low 90s 4 years ago 

  • Hook 'Em 2
Posted
5 minutes ago, WelfareBuysMyWeed said:

I refuse to believe there are any Ukrainians who support trump. That's simply not possible. The entire reason Trump was impeached the first time was because he was extorting Zelinsky for aid in exchange for making up dirt on Joe Biden. It gave us this hilarious clip:

 

There's that Ukrainian-born congresswoman from Indiana who supports Trump, but I was talking about Americans who plan to vote for Trump and yet are pro-Ukraine. I know it's hard to imagine, but some are active on this website and post in the Daily Texan Ukraine war thread.

And there are many GOP congress-critters who publicly support both Ukraine and Trump.

  • Hook 'Em 1
Posted
2 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:


I bet you can’t bench 225 10 times. 

Was that seriously his record? I remember Rocko vaguely but I wasn't heavily invested in the site back then. 



×
×
  • Create New...