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

[Js1 85577]

Just now, troph said:

We’ve already had a few major ones. Biden first, now the Clintons, there will be a drumbeat of endorsements. Dems may actually be doing this right.  

Yeah but I’m talking Clyburn, Nancy, Jeffries/Schumer, Barack/Michelle and the big contenders (Gretchen, Newsom, etc)

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

Just now, troph said:

Dems may actually be doing this right.  

The left is not going to fuck this up either.  Bernie and AOC did right imo 

[Js1 85577]

1 minute ago, mchookem said:

FOX bitching about this 'subverting the will of democratic voters!' 

 

Didn’t the GOP want to cancel the 2024 GOP primary and anoint Trump?

[WBT 20669]

4 minutes ago, immamac said:

No, results that are tangible and irrefutably making people's day to day better are pretty good though. 

How has Pete's DOT made your day to dat tangibly better?  Genuinely curious

[Js1 85577]

CNN also mentioned Kaine, Patty Murray came out for Harris 

This was planned. Bigly 

[Dbeasy 15093]

4 minutes ago, troph said:

If he can serve I would love him to be a daily advisor, but he can’t be on the ticket for a variety of reasons.

[Longhorn_Fan68 33899]

Just now, WBT said:

How has Pete's DOT made your day to dat tangibly better?  Genuinely curious

no bridges have fallen on me to date. good enough for me!

[Mo Horn 8855]

Just now, mchookem said:

FOX bitching about this 'subverting the will of democratic voters!' 

 

Well sure, I mean they said the same thing about Nikki Haley endorsing dotard and telling her delegates to vote for him. They did, right? 

[Gatorubet 30315]

17 minutes ago, heso said:

That should be the plan no matter who it is. The only person that couldn’t make Trump show his ass was Biden because he just couldn’t keep up with him. No matter who it is they just need to keep hammering Trump on all of his failings. After every rambling response, emphasize how much of a complete verbal diarrhea every answer Trump gives is. 

Kamala can ask Trump did he regret the justice department penalizing Trump and his father for discriminating against black tenants in their property. Then she can remind everyone that Trump took out full page ads seeking the death penalty for the central Park five who were actually innocent. Up until now he has never apologized for that. She can ask him in the debate to apologize for trying to gain support to kill those innocent black men - which he has never apologized for yet.

She can ask him will you apologize to those innocent men now and agree that you made a mistake on both things? 

He can’t do it.  he simply doesn’t have the ability to apologize or admit it a mistake.   if this comes out in a debate, this will be the first time Fox and Newsmax viewers ever heard of this.  Kamala can call him out on those things that Biden would be less effective at - for obvious reasons.

[troph 24910]

17 minutes ago, SmokeyTheBear said:

I can fap to that.  

Welcome to the surly rainbow mafia, it’s a small but exclusive club. 

[Gourmand 7774]

4 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Bro, that was 20 years ago. Well before social media. You can easily answer any bullshit with your own bullshit now. 

remind me again who owns Twitter and Facebook and how those companies operate wrt political misinformation

[Hugo Stiglitz 23367]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

This was planned. Bigly 

Hopefully planned since Kamala’s oddly shitty 2020 primary campaign. 

[troph 24910]

3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Yeah but I’m talking Clyburn, Nancy, Jeffries/Schumer, Barack/Michelle and the big contenders (Gretchen, Newsom, etc)

We will get them all in an orderly fashion. Each one getting their time for their endorsement to resonate before the next. I bet they come out every few hours over the next few days.

[Pancho 44996]

2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

CNN also mentioned Kaine, Patty Murray came out for Harris 

This was planned. Bigly 

So has Baldwin 

[Js1 85577]

Just now, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Hopefully planned since Kamala’s oddly shitty 2020 primary campaign. 

Her performance as a first time Senator in a primary of 19 people is not indicative of much. 

Just now, Pancho said:

So has Baldwin 

A swing state senator up for re-election this year. That’s big 

[Js1 85577]

Swalwell comes out for Harris live on CNN

[sidis 9832]

4 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Yeah but I’m talking Clyburn, Nancy, Jeffries/Schumer, Barack/Michelle and the big contenders (Gretchen, Newsom, etc)

There’s no way that Biden pulled the trigger on all this without all the bundlers, donors, and visible party leaders all being on board with the plan. 

[gmr548 16616]

24 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

So how easily is the existing war chest, which I understand is in the neighborhood of $300 mill, transferred to a new candidate?

The GOP will surely challenge in court, and the GOP appointed chair of the ostensibly independent FEC is already posturing on Twitter:

That said, the consensus is that Harris should be able to assume, and is the only one who could, which is a major advantage for her.

[troph 24910]

3 minutes ago, Js1 said:

CNN also mentioned Kaine, Patty Murray came out for Harris 

This was planned. Bigly 

And the folks coming on the news channels are all on message. Jesus this is beautiful.  I’ll be honest I’m shocked. 

[chainsaw 9873]

serious question: has anyone come out against Harris or in favor of anyone else?

[Sbbruin 21890]

18 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

 

This has to be leaned into heavily.

[Bateshorn 9942]

It’s gonna drive Trump insane he can’t get a drop of media coverage for the next week. 

[Gatorubet 30315]

Just now, sidis said:

There’s no way that Biden pulled the trigger on all this without all the bundlers, donors, and visible party leaders all being on board with the plan. 

This times infinity

[immamac 43061]

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5 minutes ago, WBT said:

How has Pete's DOT made your day to dat tangibly better?  Genuinely curious

Pretty pretty good on the consumer safety and protections. 

The airlines stuff has been tangible for me personally, and a lot of people are benefitting from these projects, maybe not Austin because most of the infrastructure here is new or already undergoing construction 

[Paul Wesley 3289]

2 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

Trump took out full page ads seeking the death penalty for the central Park five who were actually innocent. Up until now he has never apologized for that.

Pretty sure that when he was asked to account for this, he said something like, "Well, what were they doing in the park?"  i.e. they're young black men... they must be guilty of some capital offense.

[ClubWhatever 12158]

1 minute ago, chainsaw said:

serious question: has anyone come out against Harris or in favor of anyone else?

Abbott

[jimmyjazz 46134]

Let's not forget the third slur in the Republicans' Kamala Harris Trifecta:  "whore".

I look forward how they weave that into the narrative (nudge nudge, wink wink)

[Pancho 44996]

 

[Celery Man 20997]

36 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

what’s your R strategy for this week ?

I’d say it but I think it might break the site rules

[mdmost 43050]

4 minutes ago, Gourmand said:

remind me again who owns Twitter and Facebook and how those companies operate wrt political misinformation

Zuckerberg only cares about money. He'll gladly take DNC dollars.

[LCHorn 2631]

45 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

The path to instant momentum and reinvigoration wasn't hard to see. Now it's gonna play out. LFG.

Pos rep for a good post five days ago, neg rep for calling scoreboard.  

 

44 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Endorsements for Harris by dems in congress starting to roll in

And speaking of predictions, I expect rather than a blitz primary, all of the potential contenders will have endorsed Harris in the next 24 hours. 

[Sawbonz 27589]

2 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

The GOP will surely challenge in court, and the GOP appointed chair of the ostensibly independent FEC is already posturing on Twitter:

That said, the consensus is that Harris should be able to assume, and is the only one who could, which is a major advantage for her.

Challenge what? Primaries are private affairs. 

[chainsaw 9873]

They used to say "Joe and the Ho"

[gmr548 16616]

4 minutes ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Hopefully planned since Kamala’s oddly shitty 2020 primary campaign. 

The Democratic primary electorate is not the general election electorate. The party had to coalesce around Joe Biden to stop Bernie Sanders from winning a primary lol

[immamac 43061]

https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00703975/1724396/

I've posted and will continue to post. She is listed as candidate in the FEC paperwork already. This is a non issue. 

[mdmost 43050]

Kamala also gets to keep all the money already raised and you'll see the pledges that were going to be removed if Biden stayed in become solid now. The money will be there. The money that's going to Trump might now hedge because him winning is no longer a foregone conclusion. 

[troph 24910]

5 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

The GOP will surely challenge in court, and the GOP appointed chair of the ostensibly independent FEC is already posturing on Twitter:

That said, the consensus is that Harris should be able to assume, and is the only one who could, which is a major advantage for her.

I have no desire to dive into the legal details but if an assignment / consent is required on the big money to the campaign they will go get them. DNC cash is fine, PAC cash is fine. Word was campaign cash is fine too since she’s on the ticket.

Edited July 21 by troph

[Hank Kingsley 21054]

On 7/19/2024 at 11:23 PM, tx 3 putt said:

AOC spilling the tea …

 

whoops 🙄🙄🙄

[DixonHur 11376]

We're starting to find out how scared MAGA is of Harris 

[Sawbonz 27589]

1 minute ago, ClubWhatever said:

Abbott

And helobious 

[mdmost 43050]

Just now, Hank Kingsley said:

whoops 🙄🙄🙄

AOC needs to lay off social media in these regards since she's not privy to the inside information like she thinks she is. I get that she needs to keep making content but now she gets to go make new content about how much Kamala being the nominee is a good thing. Making content has to be so exhausting. 

[closetohumping 17473]

I don’t know if Kamala can beat trump but I know Joe couldn’t.  This is good

Edited July 21 by closetohumping

[4th&Five 41590]

[Pancho 44996]

 

Emily’s list just endorsed Harris 

[jimmyjazz 46134]

1 minute ago, Hank Kingsley said:

whoops 🙄🙄🙄

But the headline is not what AOC said in the clip.

[GreenspointTexas 9664]

1 minute ago, closetohumping said:

I don’t know if Kamala can beat Harris but I know Joe can’t.  This is good

Lol wut

[sidis 9832]

1 minute ago, closetohumping said:

I don’t know if Kamala can beat Harris but I know Joe can’t.  This is good

Okay.

[mdmost 43050]

2 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

I don’t know if Kamala can beat Harris but I know Joe can’t.  This is good

Spiderman pointing meme

[chainsaw 9873]

2 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

whoops 🙄🙄🙄

In fairness to her, that's probably how those conversations did go, until it was obvious Harris had the most support. Then everyone got whipped into shape and fell in line, and it all had to happen before Biden flipped from "I'M STAYING IN THE RACE" mode to today's letter.

[troph 24910]

I’m very pleased, pleasantly surprised, the last few hours.