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

[DigglerontheHoof 20561]

12 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

The videos shows nothing wrong with his right leg. 

I want to believe but this is wish-casting

Same.  I've looked at all the clips that claim this and don't notice anything but normal old-man movement. 

[TwiceHorn 30850]

I'll say this. Joe looks like an older fella slowing down a bit. Dotard looks like a stroke victim or someone with neuropathy or something causing ataxia. 

Edited March 18 by TwiceHorn

[TexEx15 17253]

29 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

I'll say this. Joe looks like an older fella slowing down a bit. Dotard looks like a stroke victim or someone with neuropathy or something causing ataxia. 

No shit. Compare this video where Trump needs a railing for like 4 steps vs the video of Biden strolling down the capitol steps.

[Hank Kingsley 20104]

20 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

This a perfect example of how the far-right has gamed the system and discourse and why we are so fucked. 

Trump can say stupid/horrible shit everyday that can't be disputed, but fucking one time that context can be "disputed" and it's an all out siege from these fucking assholes.  

[Chuckie Finster 22321]

13 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

This a perfect example of how the far-right has gamed the system and discourse and why we are so fucked. 

Trump can say stupid/horrible shit everyday that can't be disputed, but fucking one time that context can be "disputed" and it's an all out siege from these fucking assholes.  

Meanwhile, they will continue to attempt to distort anything and everything to suit their narrative.  I still can't get over the time that one witness merely mentioned that Barron Trump exists and the entire right wing ecosystem acted like she was ordering a hit on the kid.

[Red Five 40355]

Just now, Chuckie Finster said:

Meanwhile, they will continue to attempt to distort anything and everything to suit their narrative.  I still can't get over the time that one witness merely mentioned that Barron Trump exists and the entire right wing ecosystem acted like she was ordering a hit on the kid.

Republicans can pretty much do or say anything with zero repercussions. Democrats have to be perfect. 

[locodos 5246]

DNC should just buy this guy airtime. 

[Goredho 17178]

Let's roll?

[Js1 83350]

Interesting article: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/what-do-the-polls-really-mean-for-joe-biden

• March polls are notoriously wrong (average 8 points off the final result)
• Response rates are extremely low and not representative of the electorate

[wildcat09 28539]

2 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said:

This a perfect example of how the far-right has gamed the system and discourse and why we are so fucked. 

Trump can say stupid/horrible shit everyday that can't be disputed, but fucking one time that context can be "disputed" and it's an all out siege from these fucking assholes.  

Also they're lying about the context.

[4th&Five 41183]

of course

 

[Pato del Muerto 52093]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Interesting article: https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/what-do-the-polls-really-mean-for-joe-biden

• March polls are notoriously wrong (average 8 points off the final result)
• Response rates are extremely low and not representative of the electorate

No shit?

[gmr548 16312]

14 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

Yeah, man. He’ll never get the credit he deserves for saving democracy at least once. 

 

13 hours ago, Rimbo said:

I mean honestly, outside of that, he's been my favorite president since... well, ever, really. I don't think we've had a president where I agreed with what he did more, and disagreed with what he did less. And he did a lot.

Prior to Israel I'd have considered him the best POTUS of my lifetime (starting, technically, with Bush 1 but I really don't remember much before Bush 2 second term) without serious competition. That may still be the case but I'd have to think about that now. 

[tx 3 putt 75473]

23 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

of course

 

Russian agent 

[chainsaw 9656]

3 minutes ago, gmr548 said:

 

Prior to Israel I'd have considered him the best POTUS of my lifetime (starting, technically, with Bush 1 but I really don't remember much before Bush 2 second term) without serious competition. That may still be the case but I'd have to think about that now. 

I tihnk he's starting to wake up and turn it around, too slowly and perhaps too late. The Schumer thing shocked me in a pleasant way. Tells me the Dems are beginning to take the issue seriously for electoral purposes.

[tx 3 putt 75473]

 

 

[Red Five 40355]

29 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

 

Every time I see something like this I think "Eh, that's fine. But there's so much more they left on the bone..." and then I remind myself that they're not going to make a 185 hour-long ad detailing every horrific thing he's said and done. There's just too much content. 

I wish they would lean into him being a phony, or a conman. "This incredible businessman is half a billion in debt and can't find anyone who will loan it to him."

[Satchel 6902]

• Very few members of Trump's former cabinet have endorsed his 2024 re-election campaign.
• NBC News reached out to over 40 former cabinet members, finding just 4 publicly endorsed Trump.
• Other former cabinet members burned by Trump are advocating against him.

https://www.businessinsider.com/members-trumps-cabinet-just-4-endorsed-him-2024-nbc-2023-7

[Red Five 40355]

4 minutes ago, Satchel said:

• Very few members of Trump's former cabinet have endorsed his 2024 re-election campaign.
• NBC News reached out to over 40 former cabinet members, finding just 4 publicly endorsed Trump.
• Other former cabinet members burned by Trump are advocating against him.

https://www.businessinsider.com/members-trumps-cabinet-just-4-endorsed-him-2024-nbc-2023-7

From the "it doesn't matter what republicans do at all but democrats must be perfect" department... If *one* former member of Biden's cabinet (one, not 40) said they couldn't endorse him, it's all you would hear about until November. 

[Mrs Whiggins 13049]

2 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

of course

 

[Macanudo 12791]

11 minutes ago, Red Five said:

From the "it doesn't matter what republicans do at all but democrats must be perfect" department... If *one* former member of Biden's cabinet (one, not 40) said they couldn't endorse him, it's all you would hear about until November. 

Yep.   It doesn't matter who does/does not endorse him if no one is willing to publicly also say they will not be voting for him either.   I caught a few seconds of Pence on a Sunday morning show and Margeret Brennan asked him if he vote for Trump and Pence just dithered and dallied around it.  We all know those pudfuckers are going to vote for him anyway.

[Rimbo 25229]

37 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

Yep.   It doesn't matter who does/does not endorse him if no one is willing to publicly also say they will not be voting for him either.   I caught a few seconds of Pence on a Sunday morning show and Margeret Brennan asked him if he vote for Trump and Pence just dithered and dallied around it.  We all know those pudfuckers are going to vote for him anyway.

Well, they HAVE been saying that, haven't they?

[tx 3 putt 75473]

 

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20304]

This is extremely encouraging: while Trump and the RNC appear to be close to broke, Biden and the Democrats are sitting on 153 million in cash and picked up 53 million more just last month.  

https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-biden-campaign-fundraising-b108bb7e26ec765917ec2f6d6a04bcda

 

[atomheartbevo 89015]

11 hours ago, Macanudo said:

Yep.   It doesn't matter who does/does not endorse him if no one is willing to publicly also say they will not be voting for him either.   I caught a few seconds of Pence on a Sunday morning show and Margeret Brennan asked him if he vote for Trump and Pence just dithered and dallied around it.  We all know those pudfuckers are going to vote for him anyway.

Pence will be passive-aggressive and just stay home.

[Superhero 8631]

1 hour ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

This is extremely encouraging: while Trump and the RNC appear to be close to broke, Biden and the Democrats are sitting on 153 million in cash and picked up 53 million more just last month.  

https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-biden-campaign-fundraising-b108bb7e26ec765917ec2f6d6a04bcda

 

They should start spending the $153 million by buying all the commercial airtime between September and November. Leave no airtime for Trump and his maga ilk. 

[dcbc 14247]

3 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Pence will be passive-aggressive and just stay home.

, , , with Mother.

[cactusflinthead 27181]

[bolverk 29082]

9 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

This is extremely encouraging: while Trump and the RNC appear to be close to broke, Biden and the Democrats are sitting on 153 million in cash and picked up 53 million more just last month.  

https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-biden-campaign-fundraising-b108bb7e26ec765917ec2f6d6a04bcda

 

The Daily podcast detailed this and how Trump absorbing the RNC is a gambit to overcome Biden's money advantage.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/podcasts/the-daily/trump-rnc-election.html

[Hornius Emeritus 12332]

54 minutes ago, bolverk said:

The Daily podcast detailed this and how Trump absorbing the RNC is a gambit to overcome Biden's money advantage.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/19/podcasts/the-daily/trump-rnc-election.html

Seems like that would have negative consequences down ballot, no?

[Goredho 17178]

4 hours ago, cactusflinthead said:

MAGA stewardess:  You’ll have the shit and like it.

[SmokeyTheBear 5554]

Maga followers

['stache 21564]

43 minutes ago, SmokeyTheBear said:

Maga followers

[bolverk 29082]

1 hour ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

Seems like that would have negative consequences down ballot, no?

That's one of the things they discuss. The Trump campaign's "bet" is that if Trump performs well, then that success will all trickle down ballot. Coattails, if you will. Personally, I don't buy it.

[Js1 83350]

10 minutes ago, bolverk said:

That's one of the things they discuss. The Trump campaign's "bet" is that if Trump performs well, then that success will all trickle down ballot. Coattails, if you will. Personally, I don't buy it.

It sort of worked in 16. He pulled a few senate candidates across the line in PA and WI 

[DDD Dad 14062]

6 hours ago, cactusflinthead said:

To be accurate, this quote is from the Obama-McCain election season.  But it still fits.

39 minutes ago, bolverk said:

That's one of the things they discuss. The Trump campaign's "bet" is that if Trump performs well, then that success will all trickle down ballot. Coattails, if you will. Personally, I don't buy it.

Trickle Down Elections!!!

[bolverk 29082]

20 minutes ago, Js1 said:

It sort of worked in 16. He pulled a few senate candidates across the line in PA and WI 

I mean, I see the logic in that a good portion of Trump's base might be unreliable voters who won't come out unless he's on the ballot. But there are also the issues related to the Trumpkins hollowing out of the RNC's infrastructure and expertise just a few months before an election, along with the ongoing GQP civil war. How many of those down-ballot candidates haven't sworn fealty to Trump or, at the very least, weren't endorsed by him in the primaries? I honestly don't know. They're just putting everything into the Trump basket, and I think some people, who might be mushy middle voters that might not be enthused by Trump, could stay home if they didn't have an awareness of someone lower on the ballot that could catch their attention.

[WhatTheBuck 28613]

Slow day at the polls in HILL 2-D-01. We’ve had just over 240 voters total. I’m working the paper/provisional ballot table and finally had my first and only voter (so far) shortly before 3:30. She was a 17-year-old voting for the first time. She cast a Dem ballot. She’s one of only two 17-YO voters on our list, both female. Need the young women to turn out and defend their rights.

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11536]

16 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Slow day at the polls in HILL 2-D-01. We’ve had just over 240 voters total. I’m working the paper/provisional ballot table and finally had my first and only voter (so far) shortly before 3:30. She was a 17-year-old voting for the first time. She cast a Dem ballot. She’s one of only two 17-YO voters on our list, both female. Need the young women to turn out and defend their rights.

100% of the electorate was young female then.  That portends well. 

[WhatTheBuck 28613]

22 minutes ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

100% of the electorate was young female then.  That portends well. 

The 2nd showed up and voted, also casting a Dem ballot. 

[WhatTheBuck 28613]

With half an hour until the polls close, we’ve processed 315 voters and #316 just walked in. The two 17-year-olds have been the only ones to visit my table. (Now #317 is here. Come on! Have an expired license or something!)

[Js1 83350]

20 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

With half an hour until the polls close, we’ve processed 315 voters and #316 just walked in. The two 17-year-olds have been the only ones to visit my table. (Now #317 is here. Come on! Have an expired license or something!)

I had read Ohio turnout was pretty abysmal 

the Ohio GOP exits (Grain of salt!!!) has 11% voting for Biden in November and 8% not voting for either 

Edited March 19 by Js1

[Rimbo 25229]

27 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

With half an hour until the polls close, we’ve processed 315 voters and #316 just walked in. The two 17-year-olds have been the only ones to visit my table. (Now #317 is here. Come on! Have an expired license or something!)

"The problem with Reb Beach is that he graduated from Berklee."

[Js1 83350]

Half the vote is in from Florida and Trump is losing 1/5 of the vote in a closed primary

[The Dog 43408]

[Francisco 2.0 32175]

 

 

 

[Chuckie Finster 22321]

31 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Half the vote is in from Florida and Trump is losing 1/5 of the vote in a closed primary

Here's why this is bad for Biden...

[YGIFS 19445]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

Half the vote is in from Florida and Trump is losing 1/5 of the vote in a closed primary

But sir, this is a Florida GOP vote.  We were told there would be no maths.  

[Js1 83350]

1 minute ago, YGIFS said:

But sir, this is a Florida GOP vote.  We were told there would be no maths.  

Look it’s not my fault that Marge can’t count 1/5 on her hoofs 

[WhatTheBuck 28613]

I got my provisional voter at 7:28 pm with 2 minutes to spare! Last voter of the night.

He cast a Republican ballot which I was counting on. You see, I had accidentally grabbed a Republican ballot for the second 17-year-old girl but caught my mistake before she could mark it up and I gave her the correct ballot. But I had already marked a big “X” in the corner of the ballot which makes them unreadable by the machine counter. I was holding on to it in hopes of a provisional voter using it so I wouldn’t have to mark it as a spoiled ballot and document my error.

My partner at the table was really gung-ho to start packing things away early and I kept saying we should keep things in place to process a voter up to the last minute. You never know, that R provisional voter could still show up. The polls are open until 7:30 means the polls are open until 7:30. But she just kept tearing shit down.  So when I heard him walk up and announce to the roster judge that he needed to cast a provisional ballot I had to scramble to retrieve the necessary materials she had rushed to pack away. (He was registered but still had an out-of-state ID. I informed him he has 4 days to present a valid Ohio ID at the Board of Elections in order for his vote to count.)  And then I had to call several times for her to get her ass back to the table and double check his ballot envelope. Ugh. I like everyone else I work with at that polling location but she just grates on my nerves. She doesn’t really understand the process and everything she does on her own, thinking she’s helping, is just a nuisance that slows things down.

Sorry, just had to vent. But everything came out seamlessly and I was vindicated for trying to keep the store open until closing time. We can break down a lot of shit in the final 30 minutes but a certain minimum set of accoutrements need to be present in order to process a voter even up to the last minute. If I’m stuck with her again in November then I’ll remind her of tonight’s ordeal. Yes, I know it feels like no one else is going to come, but as long as the polls are open we have to be prepared for the possibility.

Today was really slow. November is probably going to be insane.