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

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38 minutes ago, Pancho said:

So…

 

Now radical republicans are trying to claim “voter suppression” because they have to stand in long ass lines to vote in Pennsylvania.

 

YOU DID THIS TO YOURSELF MOTHERFUCKERS! YOU WANTED THE LONG ASS LINES TO DETER MINORITIES FROM VOTING YOU FUCKING IDIOTS. NOW IT’S HAPPENING TO YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR OWN FUCKING SELVES! HOW STUPID ARE YALL! YOU STUPID FASCIST PIGS! YOU HAVE HORSES…WHAT WERE YOU THINKING??

fify

 

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26 minutes ago, RDCanecutter said:

They have crazy people in France too.

 

20 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Yeah…but they’re SO much cooler. It’s the skinny cigarettes, I think.

 

10 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

 

2 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Galoise

*Gauloises

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1 hour ago, F250 said:

Well, the cloak room is boring. Time to jump in the Quinn Ewers thread for some controversy.

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31 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Imagine secretly talking to Putin while spreading lies and attacks on important Democratic politicians and important Democratic core voters on your social media site might make you enemies with the Democrats in DC?

I am not sure what his plan was, just gamble that the Democrats would lose power and never gain it again?

Though I guess I am unclear why the Democrats currently in DC are waiting around until November 5th to take care of this obvious national security risk.

No private citizen is begging to made an example of more than him.  I'm absolutely convinced that at this point his company's, save twitter, are successful in spite of him; and further, would be better off without him.  In a way, I feel bad for the people at Space X, who are doing amazing things, and I don't think it would matter really who is in charge at this point.  I might be in the minority here, but I'm highly interested in what they are doing with the Boring Company as well.  I'll leave Tesla out all that.  

At any rate, he's put a big fat target on his back, whereas if he'd just kept his mouth shut and silently contributed, like most rational billionaires, he wouldn't be getting a second thought.  I don't know what will come out of all this for him, beyond actually having to pay more in taxes, but people have long memories and I suspect he's invited way more trouble for himself than he ever bargained for.  

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4 hours ago, Born to Run said:

And South Texas. We ceded a traditionally Blue South Texas Corridor with a booming population and have done Nothing to course correct.  It's infuriating. We need a statewide candidate that is Allred/ Munchin light but Latino that also hunts and can look authentic doing so like Gov Ann whilst quoting George Straight with Flaco Jimenez endorsement.

It is very strange. Here we are in 2020 with our best performance in a Presidential election in Texas since 1976. A very impressive step forward and this was with this sudden right wing surge in the valley (relatively, obviously...still bluer than my county). How that is possible, that we did so well while doing poorly there, and that it is happening at all if baffling. But I don't know anything about the RGV. The Democrats still control most of the offices there though so there should be people on the ground who know what is going on and do something about it.

Maybe. I don't know.

But either way people in the part of the state just don't turn out to vote unfortunately.

Anyway we will see what happens this year.

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4 hours ago, Clintonaldo said:

Let’s all go to our nearest Chili’s next Wednesday and get blasted and start a drunk thread. 

And watch the resulting thread merge with the booking photos thread?

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4 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

No private citizen is begging to made an example of more than him.  I'm absolutely convinced that at this point his company's, save twitter, are successful in spite of him; and further, would be better off without him.  In a way, I feel bad for the people at Space X, who are doing amazing things, and I don't think it would matter really who is in charge at this point.  I might be in the minority here, but I'm highly interested in what they are doing with the Boring Company as well.  I'll leave Tesla out all that.  

At any rate, he's put a big fat target on his back, whereas if he'd just kept his mouth shut and silently contributed, like most rational billionaires, he wouldn't be getting a second thought.  I don't know what will come out of all this for him, beyond actually having to pay more in taxes, but people have long memories and I suspect he's invited way more trouble for himself than he ever bargained for.  

My FIL, who was an early Tesla adopter, is fully convinced Elon is one of the smartest people on the planet.  I am also a Tesla owner and am very happy with my car and also appreciate Elon's early contributions to the EV sector, Space X, etc.  Yes, I know he wasn't the main catalyst behind some of that, but we can't deny the marketing push by his celebrity, at the very least. 

THAT SAID, I tried to tell the FIL last week how Elon has completely lost his god damn mind and shouldn't be allowed to be on the board of pretty much any of his companies now and he was absolutely not having it. 

FIL: "Don't look at his politics!  Look at what he's done to change the world!"  

Yes, I too once thought this way, well, until his politics went off the god damn deep end.  Basically when he bought Twitter to spy on his girlfriend and Covid broke his brain.  

[Tuco 5024]

4 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I said back in the beginning, Harris should have at least made one trip to Ohio as part of the Blue Wall barnstorming campaign. 

I don't think that would help Brown. 

 

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

I continue to wonder why it's any worse to trade a blowjob for a promotion than it is to trade a promotion for a blowjob.

Because I'd rather have a blowjob.  Is this a trick question? 

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53 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Imagine secretly talking to Putin while spreading lies and attacks on important Democratic politicians and important Democratic core voters on your social media site might make you enemies with the Democrats in DC?

I am not sure what his plan was, just gamble that the Democrats would lose power and never gain it again?

Though I guess I am unclear why the Democrats currently in DC are waiting around until November 5th to take care of this obvious national security risk.

imagine wanting to shape the conversation and influence opinion so much that you buy twitter and you still fuck it up.  

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2 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

My FIL, who was an early Tesla adopter, is fully convinced Elon is one of the smartest people on the planet.  I am also a Tesla owner and am very happy with my car and also appreciate Elon's early contributions to the EV sector, Space X, etc.  Yes, I know he wasn't the main catalyst behind some of that, but we can't deny the marketing push by his celebrity, at the very least. 

THAT SAID, I tried to tell the FIL last week how Elon has completely lost his god damn mind and shouldn't be allowed to be on the board of pretty much any of his companies now and he was absolutely not having it. 

FIL: "Don't look at his politics!  Look at what he's done to change the world!"  

Yes, I too once thought this way, well, until his politics went off the god damn deep end.  Basically when he bought Twitter to spy on his girlfriend and Covid broke his brain.  

Much of our space program was initially built on the back of the work done by Nazis. Lots of bad people in history who have done work on good shit and nevertheless needed to be discarded because they were get this….bad people

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4 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

It is very strange. Here we are in 2020 with our best performance in a Presidential election in Texas since 1976. A very impressive step forward and this was with this sudden right wing surge in the valley. How that is possible, that we did so well while doing poorly there, and that it is happening at all if baffling. But I don't know anything about the RGV. The Democrats still control most of the offices there though so there should be people on the ground who know what is going on and do something about it.

Maybe. I don't know.

But either way people in the part of the state just don't turn out to vote unfortunately.

Anyway we will see what happens this year.

Roland Gutierrez was probably the smarter play if Texas Dems wanted to retain the Valley. He has the fire.

Allred got my vote, but I've got to think that he would've been more effective in getting the vote from down there, but I'm riding with Allred.

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3 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

My FIL, who was an early Tesla adopter, is fully convinced Elon is one of the smartest people on the planet.  I am also a Tesla owner and am very happy with my car and also appreciate Elon's early contributions to the EV sector, Space X, etc.  Yes, I know he wasn't the main catalyst behind some of that, but we can't deny the marketing push by his celebrity, at the very least. 

THAT SAID, I tried to tell the FIL last week how Elon has completely lost his god damn mind and shouldn't be allowed to be on the board of pretty much any of his companies now and he was absolutely not having it. 

FIL: "Don't look at his politics!  Look at what he's done to change the world!"  

Yes, I too once thought this way, well, until his politics went off the god damn deep end.  Basically when he bought Twitter to spy on his girlfriend and Covid broke his brain.  

I find myself in much a similar boat, though I've never been one to hero worship, which seems to be an issue for lots of people.  As a shareholder, I honestly hope he gets deported and divested.  I bought in early because I liked the general vision and agreed the auto industry was ripe for a shake up, that has been good to me.  I've stuck with it because I've seen demonstrable results, both in product and profit, often times in spite of his childishness and kooky ideas. However, I never intended to hitch my wagon to a radicalized psychopath.  Divesting from it now would almost seem like letting him win.  Also, while I don't believe in him at all with anything, I do believe the company has the stand alone talent and capability of delivering.  

Just for the record, even though I know it's good for me, I am absolutely floored anyone drives that abortion of a truck, and yet every day, I see more of them.   I'm not sure what shocks me more, just how fucking stupid it looks or the fact that some idiot paid 100+k for it.  

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They finally starting popping up on Maui a few months ago, seeing the salt scum constantly trashing the look on that stainless brings me joy.

[henrygandorf 28714]

when everybody i like likes who i like. 

[Valmy77 12613]

9 minutes ago, bolverk said:

Roland Gutierrez was probably the smarter play if Texas Dems wanted to retain the Valley. He has the fire.

I voted for him in the primary. But we elect people to win not to please one region.

Also is that what the Valley wants? Just people from the Valley winning Dem nominations? I have to think it is something else.

[Pancho 42004]

 

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2 hours ago, F250 said:

I was married to a full Irish woman for over twenty years

Was that even legal?

2 hours ago, F250 said:

Well, the cloak room is boring. Time to jump in the Quinn Ewers thread for some controversy.

F250:

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1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

I've found myself morphing into the night crew lately.  I told myself I was going to check out after I voted and not pay attention.  Yeah, that ain't happening.

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This is yet more of the kind of stuff we’ve been seeing the past few months that we did not see in 2020.  One Republican voter (former Trumper) going public. When all is said and done, I’d love to know the ratio for Republicans privately voting for her vs those who publicly support her.

 

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22 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

This is yet more of the kind of stuff we’ve been seeing the past few months that we did not see in 2020.  One Republican voter (former Trumper) going public. When all is said and done, I’d love to know the ratio for Republicans privately voting for her vs those who publicly support her.

 

That account is a great follow. They have loads of videos just like that one, or at least on their website they do. I should have done one myself. Maybe I still will, tomorrow after a shave. Better late than never, I guess.

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