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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nicole44 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nicole44 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
The delegates could change their vote. Delegates are “supposed” to honor the voters in their states. Here’s the language in the Democratic party rules for the 2024 convention: “All delegates to the National Convention pledged to a presidential candidate shall in all good conscience reflect the sentiments of those who elected them.” if for instance it is learned that Biden has Parkinson’s or other type of neurological condition and withheld that from voters when he decided to run and was getting delegates, I would think that would release the delegates’ from voting for Biden. If they went to their voters and said if you knew X then would you have voted for him? it does appear to be trending in the direction many want in an open primary. But he could step aside. He may not. But the 3,949 pledged delegates and the some $220,000,000 are his/KH’s. That’s my understanding. -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nicole44 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
No sport in drugging and drowning elderly or dementia/Alzheimer’s patients. Luring some out of town nondescript random guy away from his group takes skill. Just sayin’ -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nicole44 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
It’s terrible. I lost my aunt to early onset vascular dementia (genetic) last year and my grandmother to a separate kind of dementia in 2018. I’m not suggesting the President has either type of dementia. But at some point we will all have to have this conversation with a loved one. It’s heartbreaking. On a positive note they have shown with the results of a 5 year study which will be released later this summer that exercise, eating a largely plant based diet, doing cognitive exercises and being social with loved ones has shown better results in 40% of the participants (that were in that study) and may help decrease the acceleration of the disease. Which was heartening to hear. I watched Dr Sanjay Gupta’s special last night. That radical lifestyle change works better than any meds available so there is a small glimmer of hope for some patients. i think TPTB (elite or not-the powers that be) will yank Biden off the stage. The info keeps dribbling out. The WH presser today with KJP was largely contentious regarding exactly how many times the particular Parkinson/neurology specialist has come to the White House and did he see Biden all those times even if signed into to see two other people (one is the WH physician.) the most contentious exchange happened between KJP and a CBS reporter. if he does not step off the stage gracefully I fear he will be thrown off. If it is shown that a disease has been covered up (particularly from the delegates who voted for him) it will be disastrous. TPTB play hard ball. If he won’t exit gracefully they will destroy him to ensure that Trump doesn’t win and in their view destroy the country. Shitshow. It’s depressing. No one wants to see this. It’s a moment without hope. For Joe. Jmo. -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nicole44 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
I think “they” are going to strong arm him out. Push an open convention. How does axios get all this scoop that appears to be coming from fairly close to Biden’s inner circle? The smart play is as you describe or if he decided to step aside and back Kamala. But now it’s spun off on its own merit. Pandora’s Box has been opened. I’ve no doubt Dems will get it together for a united front in the fall but right now it feels like a shitshow. -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nicole44 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
I think @gmr548 meant that Biden was on Morning Joe or whatever this morning. I mean he could still run out to the podium in a few minutes when the WH has their presser/briefing. -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nicole44 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
The WH is about to have a briefing. “They” are going to strong arm him out is how it feels like. Whoever “they” is comprised of. -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nicole44 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
The news is fluid. I typical wait for MSNBC to report something. But those logs were available to the public all this time were they not? I’m depressed about all of this quite frankly. -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nicole44 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
“Parkinson’s doctor made 10 White House visits, logs show“ <<This may become an even worse shit show.>> A neurologist and Parkinson’s disease specialist has made nearly a dozen visits to the White House Medical Unit, visitor logs show, raising new questions about President Biden’s fitness for office as he battles efforts to push him off the 2024 ballot. Dr. Kevin R. Cannard, a Bethesda neurologist and movement disorder specialist affiliated with Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, visited the office of the White House Medical Unit ten times dating back to November 2022, the visitor logs show. The logs, last updated on July 1, show Dr. Cannard visited the White House most recently on March 28. -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nicole44 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
If the Dems don’t prevail Biden’s legacy may very well be that he handed the country right back to Trump. But that story hasn’t been written. Anything can happen. I would have been shocked by Biden’s digging in if I had not heard from his biographer who was making the rounds on networks after the debate. He said no chance he steps down. And his inner circle is tight. His family WANTS him to run. If they did not he would be very conflicted. what I wonder is: will this create a legit third party? A middle of the road one? Will progressive Dems split with the moderate ones (who appear to have been in hiding like Liberals were in the 80’s and 90’s)? I don’t see anything other than Biden is running and the party will defend him and step behind him. sometimes I feel like there is this amazing mythical cabinet, that is full of these incredible candidates we will never get a chance to vote for and the powers that be open the doors showing us our wildest dreams and just pick out the two they want and when we say, “Well what about that?” And the powers that be say “nope. These are the two you get. Go vote.” ————- CNN just said records show a Parkinson’s specialist met with Biden’s physician at the White House early 2024. For what that is worth. There are things that can cause Parkinson-ism but none good for future of running the country next four years. -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nicole44 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
“President Joe Biden defended his place at the top of the Democratic ticket Monday in a surprise television interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” after more lawmakers and donors came forward over the weekend with concerns about his reelection bid. “I’m not going anywhere,” Biden said in the phone interview. “I absolutely believe that I am the best candidate to beat Donald Trump in 2024.” “I’m getting so frustrated by the elites in the party” calling on him to step down, the president fumed. “I don’t care what the millionaires think.” Biden insisted to hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski that the concerns of his wealthy backers would not dictate his political future. “I want their support, but that’s not the reason I’m running,” Biden said. “I’m not running about what they think and what they care about. And by the way, you don’t see a whole hell of a lot of them flocking to Trump. You don’t see a whole lot of CEOs flocking to Trump.” “I’m not going to explain any more about what I should or shouldn’t do,” the president added defiantly. “I am running. I am running,” ——————- I saw the segment. Very feisty. Not quite yelling but angry tone. Had this been done the morning after the debate maybe it’s a different ballgame. I don’t know. I do know is that it appeared as though for six days (bc of the holiday) after the debate that they had no answer. Waiting on the Friday George interview which mostly didn't help him. I don’t see more people flocking to Trump. The main concern is voters dropping from Biden. Not voting. Looking elsewhere. I am not a fixer. Obviously not a political strategist but I thought after the debate the best hope was for him to take some time after the debate and announce he was stepping aside and Kamala would have the full weight of the White House behind her. And campaign in earnest for her. As her campaign floats the names of the VP candidates. Making that sort of an open process. That I felt was the best hope. the problem with Biden imo is the mental image we were left with of him in the debate. So he’s like a zoo animal now on display. Every misstep will be magnified. Every gaff and every sentence scrutinized. Is it about his inner circle + his pride? Or is it a sincere belief that no one else can beat Trump? -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nicole44 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
My initial thought was (before listening to his biographer) that Biden would step aside and it would be all hands on deck with the party for Kamala and that the excitement would come from largely from the selection of her running mate. But after listening to Biden’s biographer I realized there was no way Biden would willingly step aside. as a former Republican I am keenly interested in what’s happening bc it’s historic. The idea of an open primary which now seems unlikely. I was thinking what if Trump slipped on a banana peel? And he was incapacitated (permanently)What would happen this close to a convention? Would there be an open convention? but I guess all the talk in the press and mostly private rumblings are for naught because I do not think the delegates will take their support from Biden. So it will be a typical convention I guess. -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nicole44 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
From his letter (very different tone): This was a process open to anyone who wanted to run. Only three people chose to challenge me. One fared so badly that he left the primaries to run as an independent. Another attacked me for being too old and was soundly defeated. The voters of the Democratic Party have voted. They have chosen me to be the nominee of the party. Do we now just say this process didn't matter? That the voters don't have a say? I decline to do that. -
2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Nicole44 replied to bolverk's topic in Cloak Room
Biden sent a 2 page letter to the House Dems saying he is firmly committed to staying in the race until the end. Saying the one job is to beat the Orange Cheeto. since we have really not seen anything like this: if he does not step aside will the convention be uneventful? Will everyone fall behind him/the talk of an open convention or blitz primaries is a pipe dream? I would think if he doesn’t step aside everyone will fall in line behind him for the message. And for the job of beating Trump. I’m guessing that what happens. I would think the rhetoric dies down this week? Sort of a shut up and get in line type thing? -
It was to keep you watching with friends so you wouldn’t be able to put all the pieces together. They want you watching with friends so you won’t figure it all out. You watch alone and you’re like holy shit…the answers are all in this damn show. You watch with friends and all they care about is when Mulder and Scully are going to bang. Lol.
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I’m two steps ahead of that. Chess not checkers.
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I’ve been rewatching the X-Files. That show was amazing. Not just for its time. I’m pretty sure that @Brisketexan Could find the Rainey ripper if this were 20 years ago. He seemed the type that if someone dropped him in the middle of the desert and told him the truth was out there he’d pick up a shovel and start looking. But now he’s old and wants to live in Finland probably trying to make money as a Ted Cruz impersonator. on a serious note…allegedly the lights they are going to put up around the lake are supposed to happen in August. Meanwhile how many bodies since March of last year when they said “hey we’re doing all we can. We’re gonna put up lights and safety measures.” To be honest, if there is a serial killer maybe having a task force might be a better option. a theory is running around that if the men are drugged that quite possibly they were drugged with Gabapentin. Which was found in Riley Strain’s body (assuming he had a prescription) but it does not mix well with alcohol. Just a thought. To add to the thoughts.
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@Dbeasyit's all psychological. You yell homicide, everybody says, "Huh? What?" You yell serial killer, and we've got a panic on our hands on the Fourth of July weekend man.
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This article is a hot mess. the body has blunt force trauma but they aren’t investigating it as a homicide even though they are investigating? The article is bizarre. But it’s good to know LE and city officials are taking all the drownings and deaths downtown seriously 🙄 https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-police-investigate-dead-body-on-rainey-street/
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Choi is described as being 5'8" and about 130 lbs. with straight black hair. He was last seen wearing blue swim shorts with a bird print and a blue t-shirt. https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/apd-asking-for-help-in-locating-missing-40-year-old# he was wearing swim shorts so he came prepared to swim. 🏊
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https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/apd-seeking-the-publics-help-to-find-40-year-old-missing-man/ Police identified the missing man as Daniel Choi, and said he was last seen in the 600 block of Davis Street around 1:04 p.m. His friends found his cellphone on the ground at Caesar Chavez and South First Street around 5:45 p.m., APD said in a news release. Ya…he doesn’t in any way resemble the pattern of men with dark hair who go missing near there with a group of friends. it might be unrelated but if it is related I guess they should try looking in the lake
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Countdown to 2024 Texas Longhorn Football - SEC now with more cowbell!
Nicole44 replied to TrashMaster G's topic in Football
At least Kirk Bohl’s retired today (30 minutes ago)…
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