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

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19023]

1 hour ago, C-Man said:

So my wife and I watched the STOPPING THE STEAL documentary movie on HBO this evening. Even though there was nothing really new, it is still infuriating and I want to Trump get everything bad that's coming to that orange shit-stain. No deals, no pardons!

There were some deeper conversations with several of the people who were in charge of the election in Maricopa County in 2020, mostly the Republicans. They also spoke with Rusty Stowers, the then-Speaker of the House in Arizona. I'll give them credit -- they held the line under terrible pressure from Trump and his shit-head goof squad. There were interviews with Raffensperger and another then-Trump/GOP'er who was handling the daily press briefings -- his name and title escapes me. They did their jobs too.

My wife was wondering if she can convince her parents to watch STOPPING THE STEAL and see what they say. If they would, it might make a difference in how they vote. Might. But I doubt they'd last more than 10-15 mins before turning it off. They're pretty much lost at this point.

I did too.

[Planet Houston 4921]

7 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

God help us if any of us ran for public office and they dug around we had said on random message boards.

That being said, reading his posts, I'm like WTF?  I've never seen anything like that on here or Hornfans.

5 hours ago, 'stache said:

I was asked to consider running for a local office a few years ago and my legit first thought was “what if they find my surly handle?”

I mean, if it didn't stop Fitlump...🤷‍♂️

[wood 11090]

5 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

Donald Trump was born about a year after Hitler died. Coincidence? I think not.

[atomheartbevo 89303]

2 hours ago, Chopper said:

Mark Robinson refused to withdraw. 

I'm going to laugh if this helps cost the Republicans NC's 15 electoral votes.

And this is not even the weirdest fetish concerning a Republican I've heard in the last 24 hours, although the "Black Nazi" and all of the ass-to-mouth stuff with the sister-in-law was taking it to an 10.5, not gonna lie.

[atomheartbevo 89303]

2 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

If the Robinson story leak was really an attempt by some in the state GOP to get him to quit, they obviously waited too late to get the story out. Resigning  takes days if not a week. He wasn’t going to quit within hours.

They might have thought that if they gave him too much time, he'd be able to circle the wagons and/or get Trump to weigh in against the state GOP.

Drop it within 24 hours of the deadline, hope he gets no support from Trump and Co., and then he bails. Maybe promise him something in return, with the idea that he has no time to come up with any alternative.

Problem for them is that he's now finished in politics.  He'll never win another election again - he might as well roll the dice and stay in the election and see if he can pull it off.

 

 

[Underdog 28385]

9 hours ago, Aqua Buddha said:

God help us if any of us ran for public office and they dug around we had said on random message boards.

You’d be fine if you ran as a Republican/Trumpanzee. 

[South Austin 51974]

4 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

still I have to think any gop candidate is going to lose. Unless they convince Michael Jordan to run.

He won’t. Democrats buy shoes, too.

[HenryJames 65821]

[SydneyCarton 47809]

 

8 hours ago, BamaATL said:

Call political trade craft or what you will, the timing of this "discovery" by the GOP doesn't make any sense.  The thought that they'd be vetting their own candidate on the eve of it being impossible to pull him makes no sense at all.  Someone has had this info for a while, and leaked it now because it's damaging no matter which direction the NC GOP goes.  If they pull their candidate, it's pure chaos, if they stand by the black Nazi, it's political suicide.  The timing of this is beautiful for Dems, and that's no accident.  I don't doubt for a second the veracity of the damning report and allegations, this is who this guy is.  However, someone has had this ace in the hole for a while, and leaked/released it at the exactly correct time.  

the best time to drop it would have been next Monday, imo.

7 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Nuzzi is the ultimate political starfucker as a journalist, so this is not surprising. 

You say that, but she fucked rfk jr. 

[Francisco 2.0 32290]

 

 

 

[Underdog 28385]

2 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Let me be the first to say Cheryl Hines didn’t hang herself. 

[Bozo_Casanova 26133]

10 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

This is a joke but you know this sick mofo has been up after midnight on a DIY forum in the dead of winter vividly describing how to use white bread in a frozen pipe to absorb melting ice so you can solder the break.

Edited September 20 by Bozo_Casanova

[Js1 84990]

Rupar knew 

 

[South Austin 51974]

11 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

This is a joke but you know this sick mofo has been up after midnight on a DIY forum in the dead of winter vividly describing how to use white bread in a frozen pipe to absorb melting ice so you can solder the break.

I'll be in my bunk . . . .

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11667]

9 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Rupar knew 

 

Awesome. 

[chainsaw 9810]

15 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Rupar knew 

 

These people always give themselves away with behavioral clues. Did anyone ever think Tulsi Gabbard was a legitimate preson?

[Nice Guy Eddie 13388]

7 hours ago, BamaATL said:

Jordan isn't tying any of his money to any of this, to include his brand.  No one way he jumps in.  It's gonna be another feckless clown a la Mike Johnson they prop up to do it, if they do at all.  

I was only joining about Jordan running in NC. First he’s notoriously apolitical and I’m sure he has zero desire to be governor of nc. I will work on my words to be more obvious about my intent.

[cactusflinthead 27588]

I think someone suggested this around here.

 

[Firemans4Horn 17771]

21 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Rupar knew 

 

 

Olivia Nuzzi’s career

 

 

[G650 13830]

9 minutes ago, cactusflinthead said:

I think someone suggested this around here.

 

My Va. homies showing out

[Pancho 44168]

Needs to be a larger story. Fuck rfk right now

 

[DigglerontheHoof 20955]

15 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

 

Olivia Nuzzi’s career

 

 

Not so fast, my friend

[SydneyCarton 47809]

1 minute ago, Pancho said:

Needs to be a larger story. Fuck rfk right now

 

lol. Biden stepping down voluntarily is a coup but changing the electoral structure of your state’s votes 7 weeks from the election is totally normal. 
 

I swear to god if we get all 3 chambers at any point of the next presidency, pack the court, make dc and PR states, fuck the filibuster, and enact a new voter rights act that outlaws gerrymandering and implements ranked choice voting, and overturn citizens united. 

it’ll take a generation for the shrieking to subside, but it will eventually and we’ll be better for it. 

[GopherRock 1765]

17 minutes ago, Firemans4Horn said:

 

Olivia Nuzzi’s career

 

 

Or...

 

 

[Js1 84990]

2 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

lol. Biden stepping down voluntarily is a coup but changing the electoral structure of your state’s votes 7 weeks from the election is totally normal. 
 

I swear to god if we get all 3 chambers at any point of the next presidency, pack the court, make dc and PR states, fuck the filibuster, and enact a new voter rights act that outlaws gerrymandering and implements ranked choice voting, and overturn citizens united. 

it’ll take a generation for the shrieking to subside, but it will eventually and we’ll be better for it. 

Stay out of my head.

I had a dream Harris signed laws codifying Roe, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and DC Statehood in 2025. Also a DC Ethics Bill for Legislative/Executive/Judicial branches. 

[Js1 84990]

17 minutes ago, G650 said:

My Va. homies showing out

So jealous. Early voting opens in 30 days for Texas! 

Kamala is in Atlanta for an abortion rights rally in Atlanta, GA this afternoon (2pm) and then an evening rally in Madison, WI (6:30pm)
Nothing on the schedule for Trump and Vance - Trump has an NC rally tomorrow and Vance is doing some local stops in PA tomorrow
Walz has nothing on the schedule for today - he has a rally in Allentown, PA tomorrow 

[South Austin 51974]

10 minutes ago, Js1 said:

So jealous. Early voting disenfranchisement opens in 30 days for Texas! 

Fixed.

[The Dog 43714]

35 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Needs to be a larger story. Fuck rfk right now

 

https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-republicans-push-for-winner-take-all/62288604

Just an FYI on how this works - apparently the governor needs the state legislature (Nebraska is unicameral) to approve a special session and they'd have to do this by the end of September.

There are a couple of Republican senators that represent Omaha and they're the holdouts. Voting to essentially disenfranchise their constituents would be a political death sentence so it's a pretty hard sell to get these guys to switch. 

[Tuco 5076]

46 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Needs to be a larger story. Fuck rfk right now

 

McDonnell is still a no.  

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"Winner take all is a passionate issue for all Nebraskans. Sen. McDonnell has heard compelling arguments from both sides, and as of today, remains a 'no,'" a spokesperson said Thursday after attempts to contact the senator.

McDonnell was a registered Democrat, but switched to Republican in April after getting shit for voting for anti-abortion and anti-trans legislation.  So, socially conservative, but doesn't have heavy ties to the GOP.  Nebraska's Unicameral is nominally non-partisan and committee assignments are by secret ballots, which does diminish the party pressure.  But, I could see Ricketts offering him campaign funding for a higher office.

[Js1 84990]

She’s in front again 

[Ted Lange 15971]

[The Hot Dog Buffet 1291]

7 hours ago, wood said:

Donald Trump was born about a year after Hitler died. Coincidence? I think not.

Ooh, I feel it coming round again

[Jive Turkey 12545]

 

[TwiceHorn 31057]

12 hours ago, dcbc said:

I'm a few in the bag, but I think I meant that unless he's the trustee (assuming irrevocable, which isn't the argument on display), what's he doing there.  I may be being dense, I thought about this for about a minute on my way out of the office for a day off tomorrow.

I did a quick look.  Nevada law permits modification of an irrevocable trust if trustees and beneficiaries all agree.  That, apparently, is unusual. 

The general rule for judicial modification of an irrevocable trust seems to be that the trust fails of its essential purpose at the time of creation, for some reason, tempered by consideration of the beneficiaries.  So, if a proposed change discriminates against a beneficiary or alters the original arrangement with respect to a beneficiary, then it won't be granted.

[The Royal We 3059]

Sorry to interrupt the schadenfreude for a moment but an update on East Texas pulp muncher's head space:

My 11 y.o. son told me after soccer practice the other night that "Colt" offered up out of the blue - If Kamala (mispronounced of course) wins the election that him and his family are moving to Canada.

I asked how he responded to that and he said he just ignored it. I told him next time tell him they better start packing their shit.

[TexasEd 8058]

On 9/19/2024 at 8:35 AM, swraith said:

Collectively, it still seems "tied" for the moment.  By that, I mean that Harris hasn't conclusively broken out beyond the margin of error.  She likely is trending in the right direction, but we need a bit more time to see if she can establish a lead outside the margin of error.  

Like we're winning a football game by 2 points with 6 minutes left.  Gotta play offense and defense.  If you play it right you win by 9 and it looks good.

14 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

I did a quick look.  Nevada law permits modification of an irrevocable trust if trustees and beneficiaries all agree.  That, apparently, is unusual. 

The general rule for judicial modification of an irrevocable trust seems to be that the trust fails of its essential purpose at the time of creation, for some reason, tempered by consideration of the beneficiaries.  So, if a proposed change discriminates against a beneficiary or alters the original arrangement with respect to a beneficiary, then it won't be granted.

I've heard some judges like RVs and all inclusive trips to foreign resorts.

[The Dog 43714]

11 minutes ago, The Royal We said:

Sorry to interrupt the schadenfreude for a moment but an update on East Texas pulp muncher's head space:

My 11 y.o. son told me after soccer practice the other night that "Colt" offered up out of the blue - If Kamala (mispronounced of course) wins the election that him and his family are moving to Canada.

I asked how he responded to that and he said he just ignored it. I told him next time tell him they better start packing their shit.

so move to a country more woke and with higher taxes? 

[WBT 20376]

5 hours ago, HenryJames said:

[Js1 84990]

Just gonna be laughing for a while

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[SydneyCarton 47809]

10 minutes ago, The Royal We said:

Sorry to interrupt the schadenfreude for a moment but an update on East Texas pulp muncher's head space:

My 11 y.o. son told me after soccer practice the other night that "Colt" offered up out of the blue - If Kamala (mispronounced of course) wins the election that him and his family are moving to Canada.

I asked how he responded to that and he said he just ignored it. I told him next time tell him they better start packing their shit.

"You should ask your parents why we're moving to Socialist Canada, Colt."
 

[linux 1639]

Maine needs to write it in their laws right now that they will switch to winner takes all the minute Nebraska does, Like how the state compact only goes into effect if the 270 is reached nationally.

[Chopper 17051]

[Js1 84990]

5 minutes ago, linux said:

Maine needs to write it in their laws right now that they will switch to winner takes all the minute Nebraska does, Like how the state compact only goes into effect if the 270 is reached nationally.

They can't.

Laws in Maine do not take effect until 90 days after the session ends.  Nebraska timed this on purpose

[Jive Turkey 12545]

7 minutes ago, The Dog said:

so move to a country more woke and with higher taxes? 

Exactly.  The Royal We’s son should say, “Hey Colt. Does your dumbass dad know Canada is more liberal and progressive than ‘Murica with higher taxes? Do your research!”

[Red Five 40574]

Robinson using the Eddie Murphy “wasn’t me” defense is hilarious.

“But that’s the same username you used elsewhere, and your email was attached to it, and the language was identical to your Facebook posts, and…..”
“Wasn’t me.”

[27-25 2040]

9 minutes ago, The Dog said:

so move to a country more woke and with higher taxes? 

And more socialized healthcare?

[linux 1639]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

They can't.

Laws in Maine do not take effect until 90 days after the session ends.  Nebraska timed this on purpose

Yeah I read it is too late for that, bunch of idiots.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13388]

1 hour ago, DigglerontheHoof said:

Not so fast, my friend

100%. Embrace the right talking points, throw in sex for whoever makes FN personnel decisions, and profit. 

[Js1 84990]

6 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

Exactly.  The Royal We’s son should say, “Hey Colt. Does your dumbass dad know Canada is more liberal and progressive than ‘Murica with higher taxes? Do your research!”

I bet they're also the type of people who call themselves "expats" and not "immigrants" 

[Js1 84990]