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

[David Dennison 17,800]

2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Gus’Dad

I will fight you.

[sidis 9,674]

31 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

I was lifelong friends with attorney Scott Ogle before he passed away a few months ago. He was the same way. I could write books about the crazy stuff that happened to him or around him.  It was lifelong with him. I first noticed it in fourth grade. There's a monkey lose in an office building in Corpus? I knew immediately somehow Scott was involved.  There's a camel trespassing on Gary Clark Jr.'s property? I knew my boy was involved.  Somebody started an escort service from his condo in West Campus and somehow managed to put together a roster of the most stunning co-eds you've ever seen, all of whom he slept with at some point? Somebody convinced the folks at Spec's Buy and Fly to sell weed, which he could order to be delivered via his phone?

4th&five is not usually the instigator...shit just happens to him. He is more like if you are going to a concert with him, it is guaranteed that the guy that we end up standing next to likely snuck in his cat and his own guitar and is going to try to play along every song himself in the middle of the crowd while on drunk and on heroin. or if you ever get on a flight and the person in the row in front of you is a guy that puts on an S&M mask reciting some anti-vax screed while they have a banana stuck in their rectum, the person behind you is having a seizure from doing too much cocaine in the plane bathroom, and the person across the aisle has their headphones on but is singing Gimme dat Nut or Blowjob Betty along loud enough for the whole plane to hear while coincidentally finding out in flight that she had previously fucked the three different mormon guys in the row behind her and has a kid with one of them that they don't know about and then they get into a fight where a bunch of racist shit is screamed, i guarantee you that you are sitting next to 4th&five who is just sitting there quietly reading a book with earbuds in. i cannot tell you how many football games i have been to with him when people around us that have nothing to do with us either nearly die at the game or are arrested. whenever i see a "florida man" story, i always try to recall if i have witnessed the fact pattern while in his presence. the bizarre part of it is that he is a completely chill and unassuming guy.

[Chopper 16,666]

19 minutes ago, Tuco said:

I see a tweet from Stein on the first part. Are you sure about the 250 and under? One reason I ask is that I would expect a bunch of “double-max” donors yesterday.
There is a max donation for the primary and for the general. As soon as Harris accepted the nomination, her general started and a bunch of “double max” donors could finish out their pledge. But those donations are $3300 each phase now.

Source was Josh Friedman, a journalist on bsky but I don't see it covered elsewhere. 

[4th&Five 41,243]

 

[Gatorubet 29,766]

2 hours ago, 4th&Five said:

That insult…. I do not think it comes across like you think it does.

[Chopper 16,666]

Kurt Andersen, writer and co-founder of Spy Magazine - https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/08/rfk-jr-endorse-trump-execute-drug-dealers/679597/

[Al Bundy's Napoleon Hand 13,485]

15 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

I will fight you.

Night crew is outta the gates!

[SimonBolivar 10,697]

27 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

Gus's.

Thank you Mr. Strunk & White

Edited August 23 by SimonBolivar

[atomheartbevo 89,044]

1 hour ago, Chopper said:

At this point that's pretty much the only hope.

29 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Timothy Melon’s an odd dude.

A Pedigreed Rail Magnate Is Pouring Millions Into Electing Donald Trump

Timothy Mellon, a reclusive heir to a storied fortune, is spending tens of millions to elect Donald J. Trump. Precisely what he wants in return is one of many curiosities surrounding him.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/28/us/politics/donald-trump-2024-campaign-timothy-mellon.html

https://archive.ph/J6EJ7

The same Timothy Mellon who had this to say in his late 40s

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Something had obviously gone dreadfully wrong with the Great Society and the Liberal onslaught. Poor people had become no less poor. Black people, in spite of heroic efforts by the "Establishment" to right the wrongs of the past, became even more belligerent and unwilling to pitch in to improve their own situations.... Drugs rose to the level of epidemic. Single parent families became more and more prevalent. The likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton pandered endlessly to fan the flames

 

[Francisco 2.0 32,215]

 

 

 

[Francisco 2.0 32,215]

 

 

 

[Chopper 16,666]

MAN, THE LYIN' CHEATIN' MEDIA REALLY HAS IT IN FOR THE BIG DUNCE. The outrage machine is peaking! 

[Js1 83,621]

[David Dennison 17,800]

15 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

 

[Chopper 16,666]

9 minutes ago, Js1 said:

I know he's lying because I can tell by Melania's perpetually sour face she's never, ever been satisfied.

[Sawbonz 26,893]

5 hours ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

and just a quick editorial but the 180 we're seeing here is breathtaking. I guess the Dems finally got tired of being punched and called weak and are finally punching back. The gloves are off and I don't see us going back. She said it herself. All the old tropes are gone. This is a new era and I'm 100% here for it

[Hank_Hill 17,894]

5 hours ago, TexEx15 said:

More base red meat. 

As someone who recently finished up the green card process with my amazing wife who didn’t even plan on staying in this country until she deemed my penis irreplaceable, fuck these fucking cunts.

[Kyrie Eleison 9,312]

1 hour ago, immamac said:

I am actually convinced anyone who is voting for Trump or supports the ticket is just an unserious person in every regard. 

“regard” being the operative word.  

[Sawbonz 26,893]

3 hours ago, Dnaguy said:

He keeps’em coming back it seems

Well he is Jewish 

[Constant 6,553]

1 minute ago, Hank_Hill said:

As someone who recently finished up the green card process with my amazing wife who didn’t even plan on staying in this country until she deemed my penis irreplaceable, fuck these fucking cunts.

[ChiTownDoc 20,905]

3 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

Damn right my man.  This holiday season is gonna be fucking amazing.  Just gotta take out the trash November 5th.  Then I’ll be watching this classic over and over, shitfaced.  

[HenryJames 65,563]

[Dnaguy 11,598]

4 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

Well he is Jewish 

Circumstantial  evidence.

[Pescado_Rojo 19,262]

1 hour ago, sidis said:

4th&five is not usually the instigator...shit just happens to him. He is more like if you are going to a concert with him, it is guaranteed that the guy that we end up standing next to likely snuck in his cat and his own guitar and is going to try to play along every song himself in the middle of the crowd while on drunk and on heroin. or if you ever get on a flight and the person in the row in front of you is a guy that puts on an S&M mask reciting some anti-vax screed while they have a banana stuck in their rectum, the person behind you is having a seizure from doing too much cocaine in the plane bathroom, and the person across the aisle has their headphones on but is singing Gimme dat Nut or Blowjob Betty along loud enough for the whole plane to hear while coincidentally finding out in flight that she had previously fucked the three different mormon guys in the row behind her and has a kid with one of them that they don't know about and then they get into a fight where a bunch of racist shit is screamed, i guarantee you that you are sitting next to 4th&five who is just sitting there quietly reading a book with earbuds in. i cannot tell you how many football games i have been to with him when people around us that have nothing to do with us either nearly die at the game or are arrested. whenever i see a "florida man" story, i always try to recall if i have witnessed the fact pattern while in his presence. the bizarre part of it is that he is a completely chill and unassuming guy.

wait, were we on the same Spirit flight? 

[Sawbonz 26,893]

3 hours ago, Hiphopopotamos said:

 

What am I missing? He takes fewer points from Harris than Trump and the net effect is Trump closes the gap?

[tx 3 putt 75,526]

Can a 34 x felon be flaunting federal law like this ….

 

[jimmyjazz 45,206]

8 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

Circumstantial  evidence.

[Huckleberry 32,416]

2 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

What am I missing? He takes fewer points from Harris than Trump and the net effect is Trump closes the gap?

You're missing the part where RFK dropped out so the math is based on those voters going back to Trump and Harris. So more go back to Trump.

[SydneyCarton 47,486]

35 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

I wonder which party would be most likely to neuter the fda over the years so food companies can jack up profits? 

Edited August 24 by SydneyCarton

[Js1 83,621]

 

[WhatTheBuck 28,616]

3 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I wonder which party would be most likely to neuter the fda over the years so food companies can jack up profits? 

I don’t think you do. 

[Kyrie Eleison 9,312]

for you lawyers out there, a new Mother Hubbard…

[Constant 6,553]

4 minutes ago, Kyrie Eleison said:

for you lawyers out there, a new Mother Hubbard…

Either his mother still cuts his hair, or he told his barber, “just fuck my shit up.”

[tx 3 putt 75,526]

11 minutes ago, Kyrie Eleison said:

for you lawyers out there, a new Mother Hubbard…

Does dumbass #2 have any staff around him ?

That place had no idea he was coming. An advance person preps them and finds out what to order 

dumbass 2 had no idea what to order. He looked like a huge dumb ass 

[Thatguy 8,207]

13 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I wonder which party would be most likely to neuter the fda over the years so food companies can jack up profits? 

I think you missed what he is saying.....

 

 

[Bullneck 18,770]

15 minutes ago, Constant said:

Either his mother still cuts his hair, or he told his barber, “just fuck my shit up.”

Say no more.

[Js1 83,621]

10 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

An advance person preps them and finds out what to order 

It’s a fucking donut. You order an old fashioned, a Long John or a cake donut. How out of touch to have no idea what kind of donuts to order. Like Hillary 

[tx 3 putt 75,526]

2 minutes ago, Js1 said:

It’s a fucking donut. You order an old fashioned, a Long John or a cake donut. How out of touch to have no idea what kind of donuts to order. Like Hillary 

when you’re dealing with a huge dumbass, he must be told exactly what to order so he doesn’t show his dumbassness 

[Js1 83,621]

 

[tx 3 putt 75,526]

A vote for Trump is a vote for Putin !!!!

 

[TexasHooch 5,088]

Look at him, he knows exactly what kinds of donuts he prefers.  The problem is that he has no idea how to relate to real people face to face- so he comes off as a cone head. 

[Sawbonz 26,893]

17 minutes ago, Js1 said:

It’s a fucking donut. You order an old fashioned, a Long John or a cake donut. How out of touch to have no idea what kind of donuts to order. Like Hillary 

Add a cruller and a cinnamon roll and I’m ready for a sugar coma

[Dahobbs 17,251]

1 hour ago, Huckleberry said:

You're missing the part where RFK dropped out so the math is based on those voters going back to Trump and Harris. So more go back to Trump.

If he is already on the ballot, does it actually matter if he drops out? 

[Jive Turkey 12,427]

 

[TexArcher 37,103]

1 hour ago, Js1 said:

 

This is great, but isn't it very close to Hillary's majority in 2016, when she lost?

Also, if RFK was going to get something like 2% nationally (allegedly), where do they land, if they still vote at all?

This still feels way too close.  Bafflingly close.  And therefore very dangerous.  I'm just gonna sweat for the next 80 or so days.

Edited August 24 by TexArcher

[Jiggy-Z 3,422]

Just got off the phone with my twin brother. UT grad and public school teacher. Told him there was simply no way I could vote for Trump. He said he was going to cancel me out. No big deal , it's Texas after all.

He pulled out all the old tropes. Kamila slept here way to the top. etc. Also said I should go to church more..whatever. 

I only bring this up because I think we need to know what we are up against. He is not only a teacher but his wife was too (retired). Also, they have a special needs down syndrome  child.

When I started bringing up facts like Trump is a serial philanderer and a rapist, he cut me off and changed the subject. But before he did that, mentioned that Rs were better at the economy etc. with a completely uninformed opinion.

I guess he just an R voter and nothing else really matters. I'm just disappointed given his demographics.

BTW I am a construction business owner and a CPA, so by all accounts the results should be swapped.

He didn't watch the the R or D conversations, so he is likely not a voter that would be swayed. So he doesn't matter. He is   close to retirement so not likely he identifies with other teachers.

[ChiTownDoc 20,905]

23 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

A vote for Trump is a vote for Putin !!!!

 

Can you imagine if somebody said this type of shit with some pigment to their skin?  Holy shit, he’s mind boggling stupid.   

4 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

 

lol.  On cue!

[Francisco 2.0 32,215]

44 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

dumbass 2 had no idea what to order. He looked like a huge dumb ass 

 

Counterpoint:  who the hell needs to know what to order in a donut shop?   

 

 

[tx 3 putt 75,526]

11 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

 

what the fuck is he talking about ?

 

 

 

 

8 minutes ago, Jiggy-Z said:

Just got off the phone with my twin brother. UT grad and public school teacher. Told him there was simply no way I could vote for Trump. He said he was going to cancel me out. No big deal , it's Texas after all.

He pulled out all the old tropes. Kamila slept here way to the top. etc. Also said I should go to church more..whatever. 

I only bring this up because I think we need to know what we are up against. He is not only a teacher but his wife was too (retired). Also, they have a special needs down syndrome  child.

When I started bringing up facts like Trump is a serial philanderer and a rapist, he cut me off and changed the subject. But before he did that, mentioned that Rs were better at the economy etc. with a completely uninformed opinion.

I guess he just an R voter and nothing else really matters. I'm just disappointed given his demographics.

BTW I am a construction business owner and a CPA, so by all accounts the results should be swapped.

He didn't watch the the R or D conversations, so he is likely not a voter that would be swayed. So he doesn't matter. He is   close to retirement so not likely he identifies with other teachers.

What church does Trump goto ?

Edited August 24 by tx 3 putt

[MissingInAction 24,426]

3 hours ago, ChiTownDoc said:

That’s peak CNN right there.  

Yep. I'm putting that shit show right next to Fox News in the pantheon of mass media entertainment.