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

[LTbear 4225]

1 minute ago, Dahobbs said:

You get the 900k+ blacks and 2 mil+ Hispanics in Harris County to all vote, and the state turns quickly. 

Did... did I just get a politics boner?

[Brisketexan 107051]

7 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

She isn't having the fundraiser at the funeral.

Seems like a wasted opportunity, man.

5 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

What SJL would have wanted, what her family wants, should be the primary consideration

Goddamn, that got a pretty good laugh outta me.

[chainsaw 10313]

2 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

You get the 900k+ blacks and 2 mil+ Hispanics in Harris County to all vote, and the state turns quickly. Unfortunately, the Texas Democratic Party has little to no ground game or plan to drive turnout. 

oh yeah? well if you get all the divorced dads in Ft Bend and Montogomery County to the polls, america will be "great again"

[OU Sucks 9405]

9 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

I give it a week before a full R n-word gets dropped. this might be riling up some of the worst of the worst, but it's turning off WAY more

 

They gonna say this bitch said "college" instead of "colored" too?  No no, you're hearing it wrong, he said "college!!!!!1".

[Haphap 743]

Weirdo
 

 

[Constant 6940]

8 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

She'll be able to swat this away in one speech.

"I am a proud Indian American and I am also a proud Black American.  I feel honored that my diverse background matches the melting pot that is this country, one that allows a man from Jamaica to  marry a woman from India and raise a child who gets to experience the magic of multiple cultures and then run to be your next President."  

Yeah, this is definitely a middle/middle fastball that she will be putting in the left field seats first opportunity. 

[Tuco 5094]

Self-delete: OU Sucks bet me to the punchline. 

Edited July 31 by Tuco

[Dahobbs 18431]

4 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

oh yeah? well if you get all the divorced dads in Ft Bend and Montogomery County to the polls, america will be "great again"

Go back to worrying whether Harris is secretly a lizard person. 

[jw4381 3252]

3 minutes ago, Haphap said:

Weirdo
 

 

That’s the kind of thing an 11 year old bully does. 

[Gil Bang 26268]

2 hours ago, Chuckie Finster said:

 

 

If Trump says he did it because "she doesn't respect wood" I'd vote for him.    (j/k)

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

"Brisketexan says he's mexican, instead of coonass.  Except when he says he's a coonass, instead of mexican.  He posts recipes for gumbo.  And then he posts recipes for barbacoa.  STONE COLD PHONY!"

 

EDIT: see the post right above mine.  EXACTLY.  For the nearly 40 million Americans who identify as multi-racial (and probably 100 million+ more who consider themselves multi-ethnic)....we understand EXACTLY the nature of Kamala's story and family dynamic.  Yeah...she's both.  Duh.

GF's DIL lives in our guesthouse.  Dad's from Italy.  Mom's 1/2 Mission Indian (a real tribe) and 1/2 Mexican.  

Tell her that she's not an Indian, an Italian, or a Mexican, and she'll cut you (or scalp you or whatever)

[Dahobbs 18431]

2 minutes ago, jw4381 said:

That’s the kind of thing an 11 year old bully does. 

I think he grabbed it thinking it was his and then realized it wasn't. Or maybe he couldn't figure out how to open the lid. 50/50 in my view. 

[The Dog 44872]

[Firemans4Horn 18541]

News at 10:

Trump is a fucking terrible person, terrible candidate, thin-skinned, tired, a terrible businessman, and not hard to run against. But he does have 40-45% of the electorate and an electoral college advantage. 
 

Kamala is going to be hitting middle-middle fastballs for most of the next 3 months. 

[Underdog 29246]

18 minutes ago, Tuco said:

Self-delete: OU Sucks bet me to the punchline. 

What were the odds of that happening? 

[Js1 87311]

 

[RomaVicta 30656]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Yep. This is gonna get ugly. I think it’s all downhill from here for the Trump campaign 

The interview has only just come to my attention. After watching Trump play his usual routine telling Black people who is Black and his limp dick, cowering fall back to calling women nasty and rude, I was thinking they got nothing.

Then I saw Habba and the idiot on FOX. Their failure to find any legit angle of attack on Kamala is practically an endorsement of her. Their crazy dog whistling about your nigras running for office teamed with claims that she is not actually Black would be laughable if their part of the electorate could recognize the absurdity and vileness.

The DEI attack and this degenerate desire to designate racial groups reeks of Himmler. In todays world, it's difficult to determine race because, thankfully, lovers are crossing racial lines. 

As I wrote earlier, are we about to hear the word quadroon? Will someone force these racists to define Black? 

I think the wings of their plane are on fire. I'll enjoy the fiery crash.

[WBT 21001]

22 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

I think he grabbed it thinking it was his and then realized it wasn't. Or maybe he couldn't figure out how to open the lid. 50/50 in my view. 

He was definitely opening it, not tightening it as the tweet says.  He probably remembered halfway through that his staff told him to never drink like a raccoon on camera again.

[mdmost 44120]

If things keep going badly for Trump, I wonder when we start to see the cracks with Republicans in the same vein of what Biden went through with Democrats. If enthusiasm dies for him, it will affect down ballot races. 

[Goredho 17663]

53 minutes ago, Pancho said:

What is their obsession with "she's not really Black" line? Do they think this is all of a sudden going to get independents and others to swing their way? 

It feels like trying to tell someone what race they are is just a bigger turnoff to voters. 

 

I mean, I never thought they'd get more than 12% Black vote and they definitely aren't now. 

 

Trump's performance today is about one of two things.

1. Putting Kamala on defense of her racial credentials so she is no longer on the offensive against Trump and all his faults

2. Collecting all eyes on him and his performance to distract attention from something else

[chainsaw 10313]

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Unclear what happens to that money or to the field program now.

[tx ind 7060]

3 minutes ago, mdmost said:

If things keep going badly for Trump, I wonder when we start to see the cracks with Republicans in the same vein of what Biden went through with Democrats. If enthusiasm dies for him, it will affect down ballot races. 

It’s a cult, no cracks but just whining about “election interference” and “fake news”

[chainsaw 10313]

3 minutes ago, Goredho said:

Trump's performance today is about one of two things.

1. Putting Kamala on defense of her racial credentials so she is no longer on the offensive against Trump and all his faults

2. Collecting all eyes on him and his performance to distract attention from something else

This!

I hope her team is smart enough to stay on offense and on message.

[OU Sucks 9405]

2 minutes ago, Goredho said:

2. Collecting all eyes on him and his performance to distract attention from something else

Like Republicans trying to cancel voter registrations?

[Gatorubet 30803]

1 hour ago, Kyrie Eleison said:

ima have to hear from Pee Wee German before i draw any conclusions...

obligatory

[Ted Lange 16448]

5 minutes ago, mdmost said:

If things keep going badly for Trump, I wonder when we start to see the cracks with Republicans in the same vein of what Biden went through with Democrats. If enthusiasm dies for him, it will affect down ballot races. 

[mdmost 44120]

1 minute ago, tx ind said:

It’s a cult, no cracks but just whining about “election interference” and “fake news”

It's a cult for some of them. For others, they just went along with it to survive and to hold onto power like Ladybug. 

[Constant 6940]

8 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

The interview has only just come to my attention. After watching Trump play his usual routine telling Black people who is Black and his limp dick, cowering fall back to calling women nasty and rude, I was thinking they got nothing.

Then I saw Habba and the idiot on FOX. Their failure to find any legit angle of attack on Kamala is practically an endorsement of her. Their crazy dog whistling about your nigras running for office teamed with claims that she is not actually Black would be laughable if their part of the electorate could recognize the absurdity and vileness.

The DEI attack and this degenerate desire to designate racial groups reeks of Himmler. In todays world, it's difficult to determine race because, thankfully, lovers are crossing racial lines. 

As I wrote earlier, are we about to hear the word quadroon? Will someone force these racists to define Black? 

I think the wings of their plane are on fire. I'll enjoy the fiery crash.

100% reeks of Himmler. His whole campaign messaging has the stink of that fuckwad from day 1. It’s so completely obvious, but it has been working again, too. Scary shit that we have learned nothing from 1930-1945. 

[Goredho 17663]

2 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Posting through it.

She needs to just respond with a joke,

Reporter:  What do you think of Donald Trump questioning if you are black?

Kamala:  Knock-knock

Reporter:  Uh.... who's there?

Kamala:  Orange

Reporter: Orange who?

Kamala: Orange you going to ask Trump why he ain't white?

Edited July 31 by Goredho

[immamac 44423]

6 minutes ago, Goredho said:

Trump's performance today is about one of two things.

1. Putting Kamala on defense of her racial credentials so she is no longer on the offensive against Trump and all his faults

2. Collecting all eyes on him and his performance to distract attention from something else

Wait, you think that Kamala is gonna go on defense about her racial credentials? 

I have some oceanfront property in Arizona you may be interested in. 

['stache 22148]

6 minutes ago, Goredho said:

Trump's performance today is about one of two things.

1. Putting Kamala on defense of her racial credentials so she is no longer on the offensive against Trump and all his faults

2. Collecting all eyes on him and his performance to distract attention from something else

Well the first is an epic fail because theres no defense necessary of something so obvious, and no defensiveness to simply remind people that she is both Black and Indian and have never shied away from either.

[Gatorubet 30803]

5 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

This!

I hope her team is smart enough to stay on offense and on message.

meh.  She should smile and say how she feels honored that she, like former President Obama, Is being falsely attacked by Trump on issues of race and nationality - and she looks forward to talking about it in the debate. 

Edited July 31 by Gatorubet

[C-Man 27841]

[Covri 6377]

4 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

This!

I hope her team is smart enough to stay on offense and on message.

On a day when a poster is supposed to eat a hat and you still stand out as the clown, maybe take a lap and come back later.

[Gourmand 7778]

39 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

I think he grabbed it thinking it was his and then realized it wasn't. Or maybe he couldn't figure out how to open the lid. 50/50 in my view. 

He thought it was his and then later drank from it.

[RDCanecutter 26930]

1 hour ago, Hugo Stiglitz said:

It’s kinda funny, of all the American Presidents, Trump’s ancestors are among the least American.   On some level he probably feels insecure about this and projects by race policing. 

I applaud Drumpf's interest in authenticity even though it will cost a ton of money to reprint every sign and tshirt in his true name.

[Goredho 17663]

1 minute ago, immamac said:

Wait, you think that Kamala is gonna go on defense about her racial credentials? 

I have some oceanfront property in Arizona you may be interested in. 

She's gonna be asked what she thinks about Trump's comments and will spend time on that, while all of us are like, "OMG, did you see what Trump said?!" and turn it into a news story that reporters have to ask her about.  And about. And about.  It's a smoke bomb diversion to slow her down and regroup, or it's a smoke bomb diversion to get us focused on Trump's antics today and away from things we were focused on. 

[Bozo_Casanova 26918]

47 minutes ago, Dahobbs said:

You get the 900k+ blacks and 2 mil+ Hispanics in Harris County to all vote, and the state turns quickly. Unfortunately, the Texas Democratic Party has little to no ground game or plan to drive turnout. 

And about 450k Asians, of which about 20% are South Asian, mostly Indian. 

[immamac 44423]

2 minutes ago, Goredho said:

She's gonna be asked what she thinks about Trump's comments and will spend time on that, while all of us are like, "OMG, did you see what Trump said?!" and turn it into a news story that reporters have to ask her about.  And about. And about.  It's a smoke bomb diversion to slow her down and regroup, or it's a smoke bomb diversion to get us focused on Trump's antics today and away from things we were focused on. 

I don't think this is gonna go how you think it's gonna go. 

She's going to say she thinks he's a racist piece of shit and come loaded with statistics about how he systemically hates black people and is a complete embarrassment 

[Goredho 17663]

1 minute ago, immamac said:

I don't think this is gonna go how you think it's gonna go. 

She's going to say she thinks he's a racist piece of shit and come loaded with statistics about how he systemically hates black people and is a complete embarrassment 

Maybe.  I'm pretty fucking stupid, except when I'm not.

[Fudge Nuggets 19486]

53 minutes ago, chainsaw said:

oh yeah? well if you get all the divorced dads in Ft Bend and Montogomery County to the polls, america will be "great again"

Those guys do go to the polls.  It’s why we’re fucked.

[tx ind 7060]

 

[Hank Kingsley 21820]

She will address it on camera at some point and then continue to stay on message. For her campaign, it actually has to be a shot of confidence that he is already choking and pushing all his chips in on racism. Trump panicked. 

 

 

[Tuco 5094]

8 minutes ago, immamac said:

I don't think this is gonna go how you think it's gonna go. 

She's going to say she thinks he's a racist piece of shit and come loaded with statistics about how he systemically hates black people and is a complete embarrassment 

And her surrogates are going to say, "what a weirdo."  And they will be right.

[Bozo_Casanova 26918]

1 hour ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

I give it a week before a full R n-word gets dropped. this might be riling up some of the worst of the worst, but it's turning off WAY more

 

Speaking of Seb Gorka and vaginas, remember this?

 

[Longhorn_Fan68 34108]

Just now, Bozo_Casanova said:

Speaking of Seb Gorka and vaginas, remember this?

 

sure do. and I also remember it's 6-cylinder. what's the point?

[chainsaw 10313]

2 minutes ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Speaking of Seb Gorka and vaginas, remember this?

 

Is that a nazi sticker on the rear windshield?

[chainsaw 10313]

4 minutes ago, Tuco said:

And her surrogates are going to say, "what a weirdo."  And they will be right.

Surrogates should be the only ones addressing the "not black" allegations, and immediately pivoting to Abortion and Project 2025.

"That's weird, stupid, and much less important than the national abortion plan JD Vance and the republicans want to pass, which is why Kamala Harris is the clear choice for president"

[Gatorubet 30803]

31 minutes ago, WBT said:

He was definitely opening it, not tightening it as the tweet says.  He probably remembered halfway through that his staff told him to never drink like a raccoon on camera again.

It looks like an outtake from Quest for Fire.

[Ghost of LL 15705]

2 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

i’m the first to admit that my poli-sci degree from Florida does not give me any better opinion on a race in 2024 after these 40-odd years than yours - but I have been a political junkie all of my life, and it strikes me that the never ending buzz about Trump attacking people and Vance attacking people, and all of the emotional energy that goes with Trump’s version of grievance politics is so fucking tiring to any normal person, that the continued Trump drama will encourage people to vote for Harris.  Just so they don’t have to listen to this shit every day for four years.

Given that Trump feels this attack mode is the only way for him to campaign, and as polls are trending down, his Pavlovian response will be to get even uglier and more emotional. Forget all of the policy position stuff, I am here to say Trump will lose because - overall - people just don’t want to listen to his constant shit slinging anymore.  They want happy smiling chirpy Harris to tell them things are going to be fine, and are in fact fine right now, but we are working on the things that aren’t and we will work with Republicans and listen to their ideas. 

I think voters - more than anything - want a break from the anger and the drama.   It’s as simple as that.  During the recent Biden doldrums we were not getting the full on shit slinging Gibbon that is Trump.   Some people forgot how it was when he was president.   Like PTS, people are remembering the constant negativity and insulting attacks on everyone who disagrees with Trump.

I think the PTS is being triggered and will result in a Harris win. 

I think this is a very astute and accurate take.  And it's exactly what Harris digs into with "We're not going back."  It's not just about abortion rights and gay rights and voting rights, though that's definitely the intellectual and policy part of it.  But it plays on a more emotional level.  We're not going back to the stress-inducing and emotionally exhausting era of watching Trump spew shit on our television every fucking day for four fucking years.

Joe Biden hasn't been perfect.  But I'll say this for him: for most of the days of his term, I haven't even thought about who was in the White House.  Who the president is or what he is doing isn't a thought that even crosses my mind most days.  And I--and I suspect most people--like it that way.

We're not going back.

20 minutes ago, mdmost said:

If things keep going badly for Trump, I wonder when we start to see the cracks with Republicans in the same vein of what Biden went through with Democrats. If enthusiasm dies for him, it will affect down ballot races. 

Let me tell you something as a former Republican: The Democrats are fucking ruthless when it comes to failing candidates; the Republicans are not.  We just saw it with Biden.  But before that we saw it with everyone who wasn't Biden in 2020 two days before the South Carolina primary.  And before that you saw it with Bernie Sanders.  And I can go back to Gary Hart and, ultimately, to LBJ.  If you're not going to win the White House, and particularly if you're going to do so badly that you're going to threaten Congressional and state-level Democrats, the party establishment will slit your fucking throat at the drop of an uneaten hat.

The Republicans don't do that.  That's how Trump got the nomination in 2016--they couldn't force Rubio or Cruz or any other non-Trump candidate out of the race.  They couldn't force Palin to withdraw from the ticket (even when she had a pretty good built-in excuse of having to deal with her family (i.e., her teenaged unmarried daughter's pregnancy)).  And they sure as shit couldn't do to Bush or Dole what the Democrats just did to Biden, notwithstanding the fact that it was equally apparent that they were going to end up how Biden would've ended up.

Instead, Republicans just distance themselves from the disaster so that they can say later that others fucked it up and they would've run a better campaign.  The recriminations often begin well before Election Day--just remember back to 2008 and all of the strategists pointing fingers at one another over Palin and McCain's stupid idea of suspending his campaign when AIG failed.

Because--and this is the important thing to keep in mind--Republicans are rats.  And rats will always flee the sinking ship.

[Mo Horn 8943]

He is going to be totally unhinged at his rally tonight, and I'm here for it