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

[Red Five 40826]

2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

From time to time a guy I went to HS with posts on Facebook, almost always with some kind of MAGA angle.  To say he's a dim bulb would be an insult to dim bulbs everywhere.  It's weird, I always liked his Dad, who was a brilliant biochemistry prof at my undergrad alma mater.  They were Episcopalians, a demonination that leans centrist to left, and his dad was a very kind and compassionate man.  His son is a jackass.

Here's an example from today, expressing his chagrin at the divisive language of Joe Biden:

Tell your friend that you're confused, because we all thought words didn't matter anymore. Maybe toss in a "fuck your feelings" too.

[SydneyCarton 48053]

2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

From time to time a guy I went to HS posts on Facebook, almost always with some kind of MAGA angle.  To say he's a dim bulb would be an insult to dim bulbs everywhere.  It's weird, I always liked his Dad, who was a brilliant biochemistry prof at my undergrad alma mater.  They were Episcopalians, a demonination that leans centrist to left, and his dad was a very kind and compassionate man.  His son is a jackass.

Here's an example from today, expressing his chagrin at the divisive language of Joe Biden:

I'd respond with "Well, the person who you also consider your president called this entire country a garbage can. Why didn't that bother you?"

[Js1 85260]

2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

From time to time a guy I went to HS with posts on Facebook, almost always with some kind of MAGA angle.  To say he's a dim bulb would be an insult to dim bulbs everywhere.  It's weird, I always liked his Dad, who was a brilliant biochemistry prof at my undergrad alma mater.  They were Episcopalians, a demonination that leans centrist to left, and his dad was a very kind and compassionate man.  His son is a jackass.

Here's an example from today, expressing his chagrin at the divisive language of Joe Biden:

Donald Trump called your country a garbage can.

Just now, SydneyCarton said:

I'd respond with "Well, the person who you also consider your president called this entire country a garbage can. Why didn't that bother you?"

 

Just now, Js1 said:

Donald Trump called your country a garbage can.

[Hermanator 7032]

1 hour ago, Hank Kingsley said:

Dear Michiganders, 

 

[G650 14229]

3 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

From time to time a guy I went to HS with posts on Facebook, almost always with some kind of MAGA angle.  To say he's a dim bulb would be an insult to dim bulbs everywhere.  It's weird, I always liked his Dad, who was a brilliant biochemistry prof at my undergrad alma mater.  They were Episcopalians, a demonination that leans centrist to left, and his dad was a very kind and compassionate man.  His son is a jackass.

Here's an example from today, expressing his chagrin at the divisive language of Joe Biden:

I mean, if the shoe fits.

 

My uncle is a retired Episcopalian priest, and one of the most liberal people I know.

[jimmyjazz 45878]

5 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Tell your friend that you're confused, because we all thought words didn't matter anymore. Maybe toss in a "fuck your feelings" too.

Oh, he's not my friend, on social media or in the real world.  For some reason I see some of his posts -- maybe there's a "friends of friends" setting on FB.

[RomaVicta 29898]

24 minutes ago, Chopper said:

Context - this is sarcasm. I just watched a clip of the tiny nazi Charlie what's his name totally melting down on Megin Kelly's show. 

if you want to watch the midget nazi having a melt down about that ad, here's a link. I'd dl it and post it but they seem to format like shit.

https://bsky.app/profile/bubbaprog.ilovecitr.us/post/3l7stu2zfa62f

Pretty shrill and lame sophistry there. They're not accustomed to being challenged by competent opponents.

A woman using the sanctity of the voting booth to vote for Harris is immoral should she not share her intentions. 

A woman using the sanctity of the doctor's office to decide on a medical procedure in privacy? Nah, we're against that sanctity.

Remember when one of their amateur operatives floated the idea that voting Dem would violate the holy sanctity of the women's bathroom? A woman has the right to wash her hands without being violated by someone of undetermined sexuality minding their own business and washing their hands nearby. We love that sanctity!

A woman's medical records regarding possible pregnancy? No sanctity for you!

All will stand in columns and rows and step as the noble goose.

[Jive Turkey 12593]

1 hour ago, The Dog said:

That NBC story raises an interesting question: Why is he campaigning in states that are considered uncompetitive?

As the article says, they either have quality polling that says that the Rust Belt states are wrapped up, or he's calling the shots and ignoring everything else. 

I'd tend to favor the latter as that's historically been his MO and that he has no ground game in the Rust Belt other than Pennsylvania. There's nobody on the ground in the other states to tell them that all is going great. 

The reason Trump is going to New Mexico and Virginia is to further the illusion that the Rust Belt states are so locked up for Trump, he can go to these other seemingly blue states like NM and Va, along with prior trips to Coachella and NY, to try and turn those because they're allegedly competitive. they're not.  this is just part of the smoke and mirrors game he is playing to cry Fraud Fraud Fraud! when he loses.  This quote from the story gives it away:

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“I won’t feel comfortable until the race is called; you always run like you’re 10 points down,” Blair told Fox News. “But by everything that’s measurable right now, it looks very, very good for President Trump.”

Trump needs to project this air of confidence to bolster his fraud claims when he tries to steal the election through the House.  He'll say, "Our numbers showed we were winning Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin so easily that I cancelled my trip to the Penn State game to go to New Mexico and Virginia.  The only reason I lost was obvious fraud."

 

[Js1 85260]

Just now, Jive Turkey said:

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“I won’t feel comfortable until the race is called; you always run like you’re 10 points down,” Blair told Fox News. “But by everything that’s measurable right now, it looks very, very good for President Trump.”

 

I mean, this is no different than what both Jen O'Malley-Dillon and David Plouffe have said this week.  Both of them are projected extreme confidence as well for the Harris side. 

[G650 14229]

Just now, Js1 said:

David Plouffe

So this is one thing I have meant to mention but keep forgetting. One of the things that has given me the most hope in Harris' campaign is she brought on Plouffe. He understands data better than anyone else at this level.

[RomaVicta 29898]

37 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

this poll indicates since some of the most enthusiastic voters for Harris (female college graduates under 30) are less likely to get sampled by Gallup.

I volunteer to do that sampling!

[South Austin 52436]

Just now, Jive Turkey said:

Trump needs to project this air of confidence to bolster his fraud claims when he tries to steal the election through the House.  

Sark should've been doing this the week before the Georgia game.

"I see that Vegas really likes the Longhorns, and the spread in our favor is truly tremendous, something like -28 for Texas, as the numbers we have are showing.  We should beat Georgia solidly, to be honest, unless the game is rigged, which in fact it may very well be.  I mean, Georgia fans are garbage, and there's just no way they can win in a fair contest on the football field."

[C-Man 27183]

I thought this pic of Garbage Man Trump from yesterday looked like blackface only orange:

 

But my wife said he looks like a bleached asshole and now I can't unsee it:

[Js1 85260]

Just now, G650 said:

So this is one thing have meant to mention but keep forgetting. One of the things that has given me the most hope in Harris' campaign is she brought on Plouffe. He understands data better than anyone else at this level.

I don't remember what his exact words were on PSA, but he had a little smirk talking about what they are seeing and that their internal polling intentionally overestimates Trump and they still like and are confident in what they are seeing in the battlegrounds. 

O'Malley-Dillon was the one who went up after Election Day 2020 and pretty much said Biden was winning MI/PA/WI, they had already deduced he was barely going to win GA and she was the one who was right about Arizona all along. She implied NC is this year's GA. 

Those two running this campaign give me supreme confidence. 

[RomaVicta 29898]

36 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

 

Then they ship you a che guevara shit.

 

edit: shit, shirt, tomato tomato.

Where's that damn foot? I need to shoot it!

 

On the plus side, it's nice that this cat herd isn't homogenized.

[Huckleberry 32845]

41 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

He said "they're essentially the same, except the spanish one has a clown in it."

Username checks out 

[Jive Turkey 12593]

7 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I mean, this is no different than what both Jen O'Malley-Dillon and David Plouffe have said this week.  Both of them are projected extreme confidence as well for the Harris side. 

Yeah, but we’ve seen her calendar for the final push. She’s not planning on making any speeches in Louisiana or Kentucky.  She’s still bunkered down in the swing states.  Playing to the whistle.  Trump is waiting for the game to end so he can file his protest with the conference officials.

 

Edited October 31 by Jive Turkey

[South Austin 52436]

1 minute ago, Jive Turkey said:

Yeah, but we’ve seen her calendar for the final push. She’s not planning on making any speeches in Louisiana or Kentucky.  She’s still bunkered down in the swing states.  Playing to the whistle.  Trump is waiting for the game to end so he can file his protest with the officials.

 

Damn.  That's Mack-Brown-level killing yourself.

[Js1 85260]

Just now, South Austin said:

Damn.  That's Mack-Brown-level killing yourself.

She ain't gonna Hillary this one.  Play through the whistle, hit the stops. 

[South Austin 52436]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

She ain't gonna Hillary this one.  Play through the whistle, hit the stops. 

I know. I was being sarcetious.

[Brisketexan 105047]

2 minutes ago, South Austin said:

I know. I was being sarcetious.

Sarcetious?  Pretty sure he played at University of Memphis.

[Pato del Muerto 52484]

51 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

the Bush campaign HQ was on the 3rd floor. There's a courtyard on the 4th St side where people would take smoke breaks, and I would occasionally talk to a guy from the campaign. I once asked him if the spanish commercials were different from the English commercials. He said "they're essentially the same, except the spanish one has a clown in it."

They both had a clown in them. 

[SydneyCarton 48053]

9 minutes ago, C-Man said:

I thought this pic of Garbage Man Trump from yesterday looked like blackface only orange:

 

But my wife said he looks like a bleached asshole and now I can't unsee it:

If that's anyone's asshole, I've got to say, that asshole has seem some fucking things. Gaping, colostomy bag inducing things. 

[dcbc 14465]

6 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Damn.  That's Mack-Brown-level killing yourself.

If it lands her North Carolina . . . 

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

Sarcetious?  Pretty sure he played at University of Memphis.

I think that was Donkey Teeth.

[Chopper 17230]

All gas no brakes

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.bsky.social/post/3l7szwcokbt2p

Edited October 31 by Chopper

[Valmy77 13225]

7 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Damn.  That's Mack-Brown-level killing yourself.

You sure? Not one stop in Florida.

[Evil Bill Obrien 3256]

40 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

The man is not bright. According to him, DST changes the earth’s orbit. 

 

I get what he is trying to say and sympathize with just wanting to pick a time (either Daylight Savings Time or Standard Time) and stick with it year round..but yeah the sun doesn't work that way and sunlight isn't disappearing overnight Tommy...you buffoon...

[NorthLoop 14180]

14 minutes ago, C-Man said:

I thought this pic of Garbage Man Trump from yesterday looked like blackface only orange:

 

But my wife said he looks like a bleached asshole and now I can't unsee it:

MTG is gonna turn that into a blow up doll and stick her dick in it. 

[Chopper 17230]

"Presidents do not have to be saints, and we hope that a second term for Donald Trump would avoid disaster. But he poses an unacceptable risk to America and the world. If The Economist had a vote, we would cast it for Kamala Harris."

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/10/31/a-second-trump-term-comes-with-unacceptable-risks

[HenryJames 66034]

Funny how the president's age only mattered

4 minutes ago, Chopper said:

All gas no brakes

 

Funny how the age of the president only mattered for like a month.

[Underdog 28544]

1 hour ago, HenryJames said:

Are you English now?

Battle uphill, me boys! 

[Red Five 40826]

4 minutes ago, Chopper said:

"Presidents do not have to be saints, and we hope that a second term for Donald Trump would avoid disaster. But he poses an unacceptable risk to America and the world. If The Economist had a vote, we would cast it for Kamala Harris."

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2024/10/31/a-second-trump-term-comes-with-unacceptable-risks

I mean, sure, but this stuff makes me laugh sometimes. "Here at the Economist, we feel that electing the Joker as mayor of Gotham is just, at the end of the day, gosh darn it, an unacceptable risk to the city...."

[Sawbonz 27527]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

taking away structural advantages that they counted on has made it harder

As the father of 2 boys and 2 girls, in my experience it goes beyond this. Definitely warrants it’s own thread after the election 

[Bateshorn 9927]

19 minutes ago, C-Man said:

I thought this pic of Garbage Man Trump from yesterday looked like blackface only orange:

 

But my wife said he looks like a bleached asshole and now I can't unsee it:

[Js1 85260]

So in the "no one knows shit about fuck"

CNN's PA poll shows early voting breaking down 57-41, despite the current D/R/I splits

The new SP&R poll (Harris 48-47) shows EV breaking down 62-31

Those are huge differences.

 

PA Firewall update:

387k/390k (D/R)

458k/500k (D/R/I)

[Blotto 23486]

2 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

I obviously dont want what I said to happen, but there has to be some way to show these dumb motherfuckers how dumb they are

[DixonHur 11292]

59 minutes ago, TonyTexas said:

The man is not bright. According to him, DST changes the earth’s orbit. 

 

Good to see ole Tommy taking on the most important issue faced by Americans as election day draws near.

[The Dog 44017]

1 minute ago, Js1 said:

So in the "no one knows shit about fuck"

CNN's PA poll shows early voting breaking down 57-41, despite the current D/R/I splits

The new SP&R poll (Harris 48-47) shows EV breaking down 62-31

Those are huge differences.

 

PA Firewall update:

387k/390k (D/R)

458k/500k (D/R/I)

That stupid EV poll has a 9.1% MOE. It's trash.

[SydneyCarton 48053]

Just now, The Dog said:

That stupid EV poll has a 9.1% MOE. It's trash.

I I dunno. It had Harris up by like 16% in PA, or some outrageously high number? I'm totally cool if it ends up being 9%. Hell, even 7%. 

[Js1 85260]

1 minute ago, The Dog said:

 It's garbage.

Come on, stick to the theme

[Sawbonz 27527]

28 minutes ago, C-Man said:

I thought this pic of Garbage Man Trump from yesterday looked like blackface only orange:

 

But my wife said he looks like a bleached asshole and now I can't unsee it:

Your wife has experience with bleached assholes does she?

[Brisketexan 105047]

6 minutes ago, Red Five said:

I mean, sure, but this stuff makes me laugh sometimes. "Here at the Economist, we feel that electing the Joker as mayor of Gotham is just, at the end of the day, gosh darn it, an unacceptable risk to the city...."

Fucking this.  It's the normalization that pisses me off.  There is a band of sane, but different, policy approaches.  See, e.g., Obama, Romney, McCain, GHWB, GWB, Clinton.  You may agree or disagree STRONGLY with some of those policies.  Some of those policies may actually be quite harmful.  But their foundation is one of actual....policy.

Trump and Trumpism is so far outside of those bounds as to be immeasurable.  The tone that any rational actor should take is "The Joker?  Are you fucking kidding?  He's an insane fucking criminal?  NO, just NO."

[Macanudo 12974]

2 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

Your wife has experience with bleached assholes does she?

Bleached gaping assholes.

[BurntOrange&White 39930]

49 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

From time to time a guy I went to HS with posts on Facebook, almost always with some kind of MAGA angle.  To say he's a dim bulb would be an insult to dim bulbs everywhere.  It's weird, I always liked his Dad, who was a brilliant biochemistry prof at my undergrad alma mater.  They were Episcopalians, a demonination that leans centrist to left, and his dad was a very kind and compassionate man.  His son is a jackass.

Here's an example from today, expressing his chagrin at the divisive language of Joe Biden:

Call him a pussy and tell him to stop being a professional victim. 

[Longhorn_Fan68 33859]

33 minutes ago, C-Man said:

I thought this pic of Garbage Man Trump from yesterday looked like blackface only orange:

 

But my wife said he looks like a bleached asshole and now I can't unsee it:

that one prolapsed

[Js1 85260]

6 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I I dunno. It had Harris up by like 16% in PA, or some outrageously high number? I'm totally cool if it ends up being 9%. Hell, even 7%. 

It had her up in early voting, 57-41.  Which is absurd, because the current D/R gap is 23.9 points (56.5D, 32.6R, 10.9 indie).  It's basically giving him indies at a 95-5 split lol 

Edited October 31 by Js1

[Jive Turkey 12593]

Trump reminds me of the big time corporate attorney on the Simpsons, who exudes so much confidence in a favorable verdict that he can just waste the court's time by rating the super hunks.

 

[chainsaw 9851]

14 minutes ago, Js1 said:

387k/390k (D/R)

458k/500k (D/R/I)

What does this mean?

[The Dog 44017]

7 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I I dunno. It had Harris up by like 16% in PA, or some outrageously high number? I'm totally cool if it ends up being 9%. Hell, even 7%. 

As long as the methodology is sound then there's nothing wrong with it. It's just a really small sample and we know the early vote in PA is heavily Democratic. So not sure how many GOP people were surveyed - hence the large MOE.

her lead could be even larger or Trump could be ahead (very unlikely on the latter due to VBM splits.)

At any rate, I just don't trust it right now.  Like I said earlier - PA is the only state where Trump has any ground game (that wasn't outsourced to Elon) so a larger-than-expected margin for Harris would be a surprise.

[Js1 85260]

Just now, chainsaw said:

What does this mean?