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

[Dahobbs 17,527]

I really wish the hordes of violent immigrants would get here already and purge us of Trump voters. 

[Js1 85,290]

 

 

[Bateshorn 9,927]

12 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

 

Yeah, you know what else gives off "stick to the whites" vibes? The famously mediocre Loire Valley.  
Maybe you should stick to Merlot. 

I love a good Chinon as much as the next guy, but Loire red’s can be a bit hit or miss. 

I'm not sure I agree your police work there, since one is a cool river valley in central France and the other is….the Texas Hill Country.  Although your mention of Merlot is making me a bit thirsty for a St. Emilion. 

[RomaVicta 29,902]

Toilet Paper Action? Don't need it. Got diapers.

 

Also, I want to thank all the great insights about wine and the oh-so-trendy smashburger. This thread is really slow and can use the added volume. And everybody cares about an individuals preferences about food and drink. 

However, I have laughed at the Chili's references. It was the first place I ever had a taco on a flour tortilla. I saw the face of God.

[SydneyCarton 48,063]

3 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

If he wins and she’s nominated, at least she will get grilled by the Dems in the senate.

 

2 hours ago, Bateshorn said:

I think it’s adorable that you don't think the Robert’s Court will waive away the Speech and Debate Clause and let him lock up lawmakers. 

 

2 hours ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

And with a R senate, boy won't that make a difference.

 

 

Lol at all of this. Just name her Acting AG and she never has to do jack shit in front of a senate. They already figured out this shit last time, guys. 

[otisdog 365]

3 hours ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Fast food is going through this right now. It's sad when you can go to a Chili's, Applebees, etc and get a better quality meal for the price some of these fast food joints are pricing themselves to. 

No shit....I went to a Mcdonald's in eastern Washington to buy my dog a 1/4 pound patty to reward him for his great day in the field and  was flppred by the prices...filet of fish was more than $10, and a crispy chicken sandwich was more than $13. His patty was $4.75.

[Bozo_Casanova 26,437]

1 minute ago, Bateshorn said:

I'm not sure I agree your police work there, since one is a cool river valley in central France and the other is….the Texas Hill Country.

Most of the good Texas grapes are from the high plains and the cab franc and viognier grown there are truly excellent. Hill Country grows pretty good Mouvedre and Tannat and the Tempranillo vines will be good in 10-15 years, but that’s about it. 

[Radical Larry 28,566]

38 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Cool.  Where are the photos or satellite images of said caravan?

[G650 14,244]

2 hours ago, Bateshorn said:

 strong “stick to the whites” wine vibes (As does Virginia).  
 

Our damn fine Nebbiolo catching strays

[aggie08 21,492]

8 minutes ago, otisdog said:

No shit....I went to a Mcdonald's in eastern Washington to buy my dog a 1/4 pound patty to reward him for his great day in the field and  was flppred by the prices...filet of fish was more than $10, and a crispy chicken sandwich was more than $13. His patty was $4.75.

Why'd you take your dog to a McDonald's in an airport?

[NAVY 6,740]

6 minutes ago, otisdog said:

No shit....I went to a Mcdonald's in eastern Washington to buy my dog a 1/4 pound patty to reward him for his great day in the field and  was flppred by the prices...filet of fish was more than $10, and a crispy chicken sandwich was more than $13. His patty was $4.75.

Under NDA, but did some work for one of the big fast food chains. They had survey after survey that suggested their customers base wanted better quality and was willing to spend a bit more. So they reengineered processes and spent more on ingredients. 
 

No one noticed the increase in quality. Everyone noticed the increase in price. 

[SydneyCarton 48,063]

12 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Toilet Paper Action? Don't need it. Got diapers.

 

Also, I want to thank all the great insights about wine and the oh-so-trendy smashburger. This thread is really slow and can use the added volume. And everybody cares about an individuals preferences about food and drink. 

However, I have laughed at the Chili's references. It was the first place I ever had a taco on a flour tortilla. I saw the face of God.

I assume it's "Turning Point Action" in case you were being serious. 

[F250 28,764]

40 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

I remember the giant caravan slowly moving towards our borders in the 2018 election. Did it ever get here or is this the same caravan?

No, they are still meandering around like the white walker army in Game of Thrones. You only cut to it when it's called for by the plot.

[Pato del Muerto 52,487]

This place makes some good wine 

https://www.lacruzdecomalwines.com/
 

The guy does have some vineyards but not endless fields, so he does buy mash from other vineyards around the country. 

[C-Man 27,194]

Some of y'all who are in DFW might know the name Richie Whitt, who has a checkered reputation (mostly bad on The Ticket thread) but I always liked from our shared days at the FWST. Anyway, I'm sharing what he posted to FB today. IMO, it was absolutely perfect.

Quote

I put a lot of stock in references, Google reviews and the company you keep.

Wanna know the best information about a person, place or thing? Ask those that know best. The co-workers. The residents. The customers.

Donald Trump is a convicted felon who dreams of authoritarian power and has creepy crushes on Vladimir Putin, Hannibal Lecter and Arnold Palmer's penis. But it's way more than that.

Those that know him the best, despise him the most.

His wife won't stand beside him; his former Vice President won't stand behind him.

At this point, voting for Trump to run America is to trust Kid Rock and the My Pillow guy more than military leaders and distinguished civil servants who worked alongside the former President in The White House.

It's like Tom Landry, Jimmy Johnson, Bill Parcells, Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith and Michael Irvin were all calling for Jerry Jones to step down as GM while Stephen and Rowdy stubbornly claimed everything was hunky dory and that the last 28 Super Bowls weren't lost by the Cowboys, but instead merely stolen from them.

*Mike Pence, former VP: “The American people deserve to know that President Trump asked me to put him over my oath to the Constitution. … Anyone who puts himself over the Constitution should never be president of the United States.”

*James Mattis, former Defense Secretary: “His use of the Presidency to destroy trust in our election and to poison our respect for fellow citizens has been enabled by pseudo political leaders whose names will live in infamy as profiles in cowardice.”

*Mark Esper, former Defense Secretary: “I think he’s unfit for office. … He puts himself before country. His actions are all about him and not about the country. And then, of course, I believe he has integrity and character issues as well.”

*Mark Milley, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: "Donald Trump is fascist to the core. He's the most dangerous person to this country.”

*John Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations: “This will be a retribution presidency. And it will not be just against extreme left wingers, it will be against people who are Republicans and conservatives who stood against Trump. And it will be against people in the military, like Mark Milley.”

*Bill Barr, former U.S. Attorney General: “Someone like Trump, who engaged in that kind of bullying about a process that is fundamental to our system and to our self-government, shouldn’t be anywhere near the Oval Office.”

*Tom Bossert, former Homeland Security Adviser: “The President undermined American democracy baselessly for months. As a result, he’s culpable for this siege, and an utter disgrace.”

*Ty Cobb, former White House Lawyer: “He has never cared about America, its citizens, its future or anything but himself. In fact, as history well shows from his divisive lies, as well as from his unrestrained contempt for the rule of law and his related crimes, his conduct and mere existence have hastened the demise of democracy and of the nation.”

Those that know Trump the best, despise Trump the most.

Vote carefully.

 

Edited October 24 by C-Man

[bluto 4,914]

That whole groping story that just broke gives me whiplash from shaking my head on anybody thinking it has any impact. The guy literally admitted doing that kinda stuff on a tape released a decade ago. 

[The Hot Dog Buffet 1,291]

19 hours ago, Horn75 said:

Here we go again. You bringing up gender, not me. Go fuck yourself

she has no business running this country 

she sucked more dick than south Austin’s mom to get to where she is

no policies 

open border 

She’s gonna moderate free speech 

 

If sucking dick is that effective, then why aren't you president yet?

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11,669]

1 minute ago, bluto said:

That whole groping story that just broke gives me whiplash from shaking my head on anybody thinking it has any impact. The guy literally admitted doing that kinda stuff on a tape released a decade ago. 

yeah.  what's it going to show?  him "grabbing her?"  maybe "by the pussy?" if only we knew he was like this earlier!

[Tuco 5,076]

6 minutes ago, NAVY said:

Under NDA, but did some work for one of the big fast food chains. They had survey after survey that suggested their customers base wanted better quality and was willing to spend a bit more. So they reengineered processes and spent more on ingredients. 
 

No one noticed the increase in quality. Everyone noticed the increase in price. 

I assume they wanted to get away from the "pink slime."  

[Bozo_Casanova 26,437]

1 minute ago, bluto said:

That whole groping story that just broke gives me whiplash from shaking my head on anybody thinking it has any impact. The guy literally admitted doing that kinda stuff on a tape released a decade ago. 

You mean the one that broke yesterday or the one that’s rumored to be about to break? Lotta groping these days. Hard to keep track.

[GW Hayduke 1,953]

I haven't been keeping up with this thread.  The economoist's data guy thinks Trump is leading.

"Our presidential forecast currently gives Donald Trump a 56% chance to win the presidential election. That’s about a ten percentage point shift from where we were last week when it was Harris who was nearly a 5545 favourite. So you could still say that the race is pretty close to a coin toss, but it’s gone from one that was slightly weighted towards Harris to one that is slightly weighted towards Trump, and a ten percentage point move is meaningful."

https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2024/10/24/the-economists-election-model-puts-trump-in-the-lead

[Ted Lange 16,084]

44 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

At a private jet terminal at that.

Just a photo op obviously.

I think he is coming to Austin to do the Joe Rogan podcast as well.

[C-Man 27,194]

1 minute ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

You mean the one that broke yesterday or the one that’s rumored to be about to break? Lotta groping these days. Hard to keep track.

There's no way the Stacey Williams story is the one being discussed as a "campaign killer." That has to groping of a teenage daughter of a major donor before that will even raise eyebrows, much less be a campaign ender for this orange shitbag.

['stache 21,798]

A ten point shift in a week? Give me a fucking break. I used to love reading the Economist too.

[Pancho 44,712]

 

[NAVY 6,740]

2 minutes ago, Tuco said:

I assume they wanted to get away from the "pink slime."  

I believe they were just shitty surveys. Pretty much everyone wants better quality. They just did a shitty job of tying that to price increase. 
 

And then pandemic so everyone decided to experiment with price elasticity. Bla bla 

[Js1 85,290]

1 minute ago, 'stache said:

A ten point shift in a week? Give me a fucking break. I used to love reading the Economist too.

This. Nothing has changed! Nothing 

[SmokeyTheBear 5,562]

7 minutes ago, bluto said:

That whole groping story that just broke gives me whiplash from shaking my head on anybody thinking it has any impact. The guy literally admitted doing that kinda stuff on a tape released a decade ago. 

I took away from the story the Epstein angle.  I wonder if there is going to be a push to really elevate that aspect of his groping and creepy history.  

[Red Five 40,846]

3 minutes ago, GW Hayduke said:

I haven't been keeping up with this thread.  The economoist's data guy thinks Trump is leading.

"Our presidential forecast currently gives Donald Trump a 56% chance to win the presidential election. That’s about a ten percentage point shift from where we were last week when it was Harris who was nearly a 5545 favourite. So you could still say that the race is pretty close to a coin toss, but it’s gone from one that was slightly weighted towards Harris to one that is slightly weighted towards Trump, and a ten percentage point move is meaningful."

https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2024/10/24/the-economists-election-model-puts-trump-in-the-lead

Is this based on anything other than some shitty polls designed to have this exact effect? 

[Js1 85,290]

More midweek lack of reporting from the blue counties 

 

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11,669]

what does "shades of '22" mean in this context?

[hookem2010 2,623]

Even with the slowdown, 15k a day eclipses the 500k point next week

[otisdog 365]

17 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

Why'd you take your dog to a McDonald's in an airport?

I was 62 miles from the Spokane airport....Ritzville, which is by no means a wealthy burg.

[Pancho 44,712]

[Js1 85,290]

5 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

what does "shades of '22" mean in this context?

I assume he means it terms of how basically nothing reported from the big counties on Wednesday/thursdays 

[quigley 1,562]

11 minutes ago, GW Hayduke said:

I haven't been keeping up with this thread.  The economoist's data guy thinks Trump is leading.

"Our presidential forecast currently gives Donald Trump a 56% chance to win the presidential election. That’s about a ten percentage point shift from where we were last week when it was Harris who was nearly a 5545 favourite. So you could still say that the race is pretty close to a coin toss, but it’s gone from one that was slightly weighted towards Harris to one that is slightly weighted towards Trump, and a ten percentage point move is meaningful."

https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2024/10/24/the-economists-election-model-puts-trump-in-the-lead

"And hopefully you'll read the ads on the webpage and visit the companies that support us.

Come back next week to see where our meaningless vibe barometer is pointing."

[Js1 85,290]

3 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Bad national polls? Really? +3 in TIPP and YouGov and +5 Marist 

Oh I see, Trump’s pollster (Trump +3) and HarrisX, which is always very good for Trump (Trump +1) and the Tory company in the UK must count 5x as much 

Edited October 24 by Js1

[Doc Sam Beckett 5,792]

12 minutes ago, C-Man said:

There's no way the Stacey Williams story is the one being discussed as a "campaign killer." That has to groping of a teenage daughter of a major donor before that will even raise eyebrows, much less be a campaign ender for this orange shitbag.

Yeah and if there is a video of him groping some teenage Ivanka look a like, it absolutely will impact the election. 

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11,669]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

HarrisX, which is always very good for Trump

need a TrumpX poll imo

[TeeDubya 3,362]

5 minutes ago, Pancho said:

 

[quigley 1,562]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Bad national polls? Really? +3 in TIPP and YouGov and +5 Marist 

Oh I see, Trump’s pollster (Trump +3) and HarrisX, which is always very good for Trump (Trump +1) and the Tory company in the UK must count 5x as much 

Why. do. you. quote. the. fake. Nate????

You're blood pressure will improve if you click "unfollow."

[Dahobbs 17,527]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

Bad national polls? Really? +3 in TIPP and YouGov and +5 Marist 

Oh I see, Trump’s pollster (Trump +3) and HarrisX, which is always very good for Trump (Trump +1) and the Tory company in the UK must count 5x as much 

Have to keep that money pouring in for Trump on the gambling site. 

[Js1 85,290]

Just now, Dahobbs said:

Have to keep that money pouring in for Trump on the gambling site. 

Thiel won’t cut his paycheck otherwise 

2 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

need a TrumpX poll imo

And it needs to always favor Kamala. He’d lose it 

[hookem2010 2,623]

4 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Bad national polls? Really? +3 in TIPP and YouGov and +5 Marist 

Oh I see, Trump’s pollster (Trump +3) and HarrisX, which is always very good for Trump (Trump +1) and the Tory company in the UK must count 5x as much 

This is what I keep telling my friends who are starting to panic. Nothing has changed, at least that's what my good buddy Js1 says. Pitchforks are coming out if you're wrong though. But you're not... right?!?

 

 

[Goofyboy 3,269]

Dumb question:

We get exit polls on Election Day. Are the returns you guys are posting the same thing? If not, why aren’t there exit polls now?

[StassneyHorn 6,574]

*looks directly in camera* 

I’d like to tell you about the rebirth in quality happening at Subway, but Chili’s is just too damn good right now.

 

Edited October 24 by StassneyHorn

[Js1 85,290]

Just now, Goofyboy said:

Dumb question:

We get exit polls on Election Day. Are the returns you guys are posting the same thing? If not, why aren’t there exit polls now?

Exit polls are rarely that reliable. I’d never trust them, even though I like to look at them 

3 minutes ago, hookem2010 said:

This is what I keep telling my friends who are starting to panic. Nothing has changed, at least that's what my good buddy Js1 says. Pitchforks are coming out if you're wrong though. But you're not... right?!?

 

 

I mean, nothing has changed in the last month. At all 

[aggie08 21,492]

Just now, StassneyHorn said:

I’d like to tell you about the rebirth in quality happening at Subway

They finally changed to a food grade brand of cardboard in their bread?

[shakahorn 1,645]

10 hours ago, Tuco said:

This fucking McConnell article.  I mean, what a complete piece of shit.  

Let's start with the punchline: 

This is what he said into his "oral historian" that he turned over to someone writing a biography on McConnell. These are the statements made by a coward, wanting to be remembered as something else: 

In 2022, Trump referred to Chao as McConnell’s “China loving wife, Coco Chow” in a post on Truth Social. Tackett reports that Chao was “deeply disturbed” by the comments, and McConnell said that his wife is “not used to taking a punch.”

 

 

I never thought they would eat MY face, sobbed Chao.

[aggie08 21,492]

5 minutes ago, hookem2010 said:

This is what I keep telling my friends who are starting to panic. Nothing has changed, at least that's what my good buddy Js1 says. Pitchforks are coming out if you're wrong though. But you're not... right?!?

 

 

If 2022 is any indicator, Js1 had his finger on the pulse much better than any national pundit.