Everything posted by Tuco
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
You know, with a more racist crowd.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
I was pretty neutral on whether she go on Rogan. I know there is some concern that it would serve to validate him as legitimate media. I just don't know his show well enough to have an opinion on that. But traveling there and then doing three hours live? No fucking way. That's not "going on his show" anymore, that's kissing the ring. It's more than she would give to any other media outlet, whether that's straight news or a talk show. And that, alone, would get noticed and would be written about. And she'd look weak. It's not the same rules for Donald Trump. It's not the same rules for men.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Trump has the cannot-write-lyrics-worth-a-fuck vote wrapped up.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Right. It has nothing at all to do with immigration. It's that MAGA believes people who speak Spanish are dirty. That is the core belief that everything else is twisted around. Edit to add: Also, a lot of middle class Americans have visited Puerto Rico and have a positive opinion of it.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
So fucking weird - Dave and I were good friends sophomore year in high school. He was a rabid pro-lifer even back then. A bit of a prick, but so was I. I had no idea he had gone pro with being an asshole. Good for him, I guess. I'm maintaining my amateur status, in case it becomes an Olympic sport. Obviously we hadn't kept up over the years. He went to a different school after sophomore year. I'm pretty sure the last time I saw him (or heard anything about him until today) is when I kicked him out of a party senior year. I think his post may be as much about trying to save Bacon and Fischer as it is about dumping Trump. If Trump is going to lose NE-2, it's important to signal to Republicans to not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Stress the importance of divided government under a Democratic President so they still show up and vote down ballot.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
So the campaign reviewed the Puerto Rico joke and gave the thumbs up. Same with the Latino immigrant jokes. Maybe the watermelon joke was ad libbed. Honestly, if Trump wanted to sue these dipshits for malpractice, gross incompetence, whatever, it might be one of the few cases his attorneys could win.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
My wife keeps saying this. Now I know what she’s referencing.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
4 electors for Trump vs 1 for Harris. But, if that polling were to hold up in ne-2, it flips a Congressman, possibly a Senator, affects some state leg races, and affects some pot and abortion ballot initiatives. I wish Omaha city races were concurrent. If Omaha (ne2) is that blue, you can’t really sleep on Lincoln (ne-1) either. We’ll find out when the big poll comes out in 8 days.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
I think it’s a reasonable position if you were just talking about Portland. Throw in Vancouver WA, which doesn’t share any election except Presidential with Portland, and I think that tilts the likelihood strongly in the favor of fascists. At that point, it’s not about trying to influence a particular race, but rather about attacking confidence in voting. That’s squarely in the right-wing wheelhouse.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
. “…our position throughout this campaign has been consistent: Mexico is full of rapists, Africa is full of shithole countries, and Ukraine doesn’t exist. We are still working on our Puerto Rico position; should be out in two weeks.”
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
That doesn't match what is up currently. "Trump-supporting comedian ops rally by calling Puerto Rico a 'floating pile of garbage.' "
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
And now it's a wedge issue - splitting those who rail against the PC/woke world and those who believe you shouldn't call you constituents "garbage." The campaign is such a dumpster fire, they October-surprise themselves.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Yeah, New York and London are international cities. New York is arguably the economic and cultural capitol of the Western Hemisphere. Having international cities as part of America helps America extend its influence throughout the world.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Especially considering he tied the Latino joke into "just like they are coming in to this country." He's using the "humor" to fire up the crowd over policy.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Yes, I think he is looking to pick up additional audience. The more pertinent question is why would the campaign book him. It's not like his act is some secret. Having racist humor as part of the warmup was part of the agenda.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Right. And when the get blowback for racist or other "non-PC" stuff at a show, they push back with "hey this is a comedy act, not meant to be taken seriously, chill out, just having fun, etc..) When it's part of a political rally, you don't get that cover anymore. You just don't. And it demonstrates it was never just about having fun. But, at the end of the day, he will gain some following out of this. So, he achieved his goal. So did some other speakers. I don't think they helped Donald much.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
I think the fact that the gender gap is holding up with ~20% new voters is also a good sign. For 493k new voters that's 49k more new women voting then new men. And the women are going to save all our asses. I hope.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Yeah, and it's pretty standard approach to try to get some cross-aisle endorsements. It's not some clever gambit or desperate hail mary that Trump is touting support from Tulsi Gabbard. The only difference is that Harris is being more successful at it. He is weaving in one of the stories he's been telling for a while long time. Oprah had him on her last show ever (a Friday) and the ratings were the best ever. Or maybe it wasn't the last day, but one of the late days (Thr) in that last week. In reality, it was midseason and the ratings were typical of an Oprah show. The funniest thing about the story is that he thinks that great ratings on Oprah last's show would have been because of him, and not Oprah. What a fucking nutcase.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
I liked “the Depravity of Justice.” As in, Justice itself is depraved. Which may actually be how he views real justice.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
She's awesome, but way too liberal and bombastic for NE-2. If she stays in local elected office, maybe city council. But my guess is she starts some sort of advocacy/activist/lobbying group in Nebraska or joins one outside of Nebraska. She will be term-limited soon, because of the rules they changed for Ernie and there just aren't many opportunities for promotions within Nebraska politics for fire-spitting progressives.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Megan Hunt, my former state senator and absolute badass.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Ben Shapiro didn't know people could be live during a sex act.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Good bless them for not selling chili before people step onto a plane.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Chili's was always my go-to if I was on a business trip that lasted more than 3 nights. First three nights I would seek out interesting, local restaurants. By the fourth night, I was tired and just wanted to go to some place that was easy.