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

[SydneyCarton 49510]

3 minutes ago, South Austin said:

It sounds like you're complaining about the way he's characterizing it.

Not how I would characterize THAT, either.

Edited October 11 by SydneyCarton

[Js1 87190]

These bad polls are no different than UMich Voter dude retweeting the Nevada ballot return numbers that don't include Reno or Las Vegas, considering Clark (Biden +9) and Washoe (Biden +4) decide who wins NV, not the tiny rural counties. 

A lot of bad faith engagement to get clicks.  People from both sides are doing it because we've decided being popular and getting clicks is more important than accurately reporting on our election. 

 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13736]

6 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I wouldn't characterize it as complaining. I wont speak for JS1, but his resposnes are usually skepticism becuase the results he see don't match other data points, and don't match actual results we've seen since 2020. That's my interpretation of his thoughts based on my own reactions to interacting with him on this topic several times. I will speak for myself and say, I'm not complaining. It's more like expressing ass-puckering terror that the pollsters have figured some things out and the fucking polling is correct. 

Everyone around here felt pretty confident about a Biden win in 2020, and we ended up twisted in anxiety for a couple fucking weeks afterward becuase it was way fucking closer than polls indicated. Since then, we've seen the polls be way off in favor of Democrats. I don't think anyone can feel overwhelmingly confident considering the stakes in this election, and people are just venting, rationalizing, or doing whatever. 

But I wouldn't characterize it as complaining. 

Fair enough. Thanks for the expansion. No insults intended to anyone. 

[MissingInAction 25560]

19 minutes ago, ohchaucer said:

SIAP, but this is just brilliant and gives me hope for, well, humanity:

https://www.apologize.lol

[Hank Kingsley 21790]

I was in Trumpistan (Katy) yesterday playing golf, and near the practice green heard two old men talking about Doug Emhoff cheating on his first wife and how disgusted they were by it. LOL. 

Can't wait for this election to be over with. 

 

[SydneyCarton 49510]

1 minute ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Fair enough. Thanks for the expansion. No insults intended to anyone. 

See, now I just think you're spending time on the wrong website.

[SydneyCarton 49510]

1 minute ago, Hank Kingsley said:

I was in Trumpistan (Katy) yesterday playing golf, and near the practice green heard two old men talking about Doug Emhoff cheating on his first wife and how disgusted they were by it. LOL. 

Can't wait for this election to be over with. 

 

How the fuck could you have not said something? "Hey guys, curious about how you feel about Trump cheating on every wife he's ever had, one of which paying a porn star while his wife was pregnant? Disgusting by that too?" 

[Hank Kingsley 21790]

Just now, SydneyCarton said:

How the fuck could you have not said something? "Hey guys, curious about how you feel about Trump cheating on every wife he's ever had, one of which paying a porn star while his wife was pregnant? Disgusting by that too?" 

You should see me putt. Much more important thing for me to worry about. 

 

[6th Street 6692]

Kamala closing about as well as Kyle Shanahan with the lead in the 4th quarter.

[SydneyCarton 49510]

Just now, 6th Street said:

Kamala closing about as well as Kyle Shanahan with the lead in the 4th quarter.

That's still a damn stretch better than your posting history. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13736]

Obama made a great point that he handed a great economy to Trump who then ran it into the ground. Obviously Trump had Covid in the second half of his term, which is unlucky, but you have to play the cards your dealt. And he failed his biggest test.

We’ve been missing an explainer-in-chief this election cycle at the very top for the Dems.  Biden can’t explain shit clearly and Harris is playing a bit of whack a mole in dodging interviews. However there is a good argument that many are doing well in this economy but Dems are afraid to admit it.

dont know why a Dem isn’t saying that inflation was the unfortunate, expected, result of Covid financial mgmt. which is a combo of Biden AND Trump. Our inflation was the lowest of all western countries. Biden and Harris should be bragging about the last 4 years. And that the work needs to continued and completed. Of course Biden and then Harris chose a lane this election and now are stuck in it. 

['stache 22145]

1 hour ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Picking a nit- I really don’t like the expression “opportunity economy,” which Kamala Harris uses a lot. It sounds like the focus group bullshit Republicans used to grin-fuck middle class people with until Donald Trump came along. 

The inability of Democrats at all levels to connect to middle class people’s financial struggles is constantly baffling to me. Hell it almost cost Kirk Watson the Austin mayor’s race. 

Blaming democrats because millions of people are too stupid to understand that republicans have fucked the economy for them every time they gain power is certainly a take. Trying to get to them is a waste of time because they are literally too stupid to convince.

[aggie08 21828]

16 minutes ago, 6th Street said:

Kamala closing about as well as Kyle Shanahan with the lead in the 4th quarter.

Dude, we fucking get it.

[Js1 87190]

Just now, aggie08 said:

Dude, we fucking get it.

Some people just spend their time here justifying why they are on ignore 

[hookem2010 2700]

@Js1, you got those PA daily drops yet? 

[Js1 87190]

8 minutes ago, hookem2010 said:

@Js1, you got those PA daily drops yet? 

162k -> 189k

[Pato del Muerto 53528]

Almost halfway there

[SydneyCarton 49510]

Just now, Pato del Muerto said:

Almost halfway there

 

I won't spoil what happens next, y'all. 

[Pato del Muerto 53528]

1 minute ago, SydneyCarton said:

 

I won't spoil what happens next, y'all. 

Well it’s a world of intergalactic travel via light speed, so I figure that plane and helmet easily have a weapons guidance system capable of hitting a target a couple meters wide with no drama. 

[HenryJames 67400]

1 minute ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Well it’s a world of intergalactic travel via light speed, so I figure that plane and helmet easily have a weapons guidance system capable of hitting a target a couple meters wide with no drama. 

The fucking video game had better technology.

 

[4th&Five 42010]

[South Austin 53228]

Trump boycott of Vogue announced at 2:30 a.m. Saturday (in all caps).

[The Original Greaser Bob 2896]

Strike the pose.

[yoladu 4191]

2 hours ago, TexEx15 said:

 

Holy Shit.. that made me cry.

[Chad Fuck 18153]

Just now, South Austin said:

Trump boycott of Vogue announced at 2:30 a.m. Saturday (in all caps).

He'll call it "Vague" but the lackeys will have to go running to their dictionaries...

[The Original Greaser Bob 2896]

Lots of reasons to be bummed if Trump wins but I'm kind of ashamed to admit that I honestly think the biggest one is that the trials won't go forward. 

I think that should be a campaign issue.  Walz should be out there talking about how much fun it would be to see the trials going forward and how we will all miss out if they don't.

[Js1 87190]

5 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Trump boycott of Vogue announced at 2:30 a.m. Saturday (in all caps).

I HATE VOGUE

[Red Five 41750]

1 minute ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

Lots of reasons to be bummed if Trump wins but I'm kind of ashamed to admit that I honestly think the biggest one is that the trials won't go forward. 

I think that should be a campaign issue.  Walz should be out there talking about how much fun it would be to see the trials going forward and how we will all miss out if they don't.

His legal "issues" (80 something felony counts, 34 convictions?) have certainly not been a point of emphasis. Even Obama's "WTF are we doing?" speech last night didn't really hit on that. 

[jimmyjazz 47221]

Let's be very clear about Trump's economy:  he promised to wipe out the national debt in 8 years.  In the first 3 years of his administration, the debt ROSE by ~ $5T, which had nothing to do with the covid pandemic.  Color me skeptical that he was going to turn around a debt 25% higher than what he inherited in the next 5 years.  

I don't know why Democrats cannot message this better.

[wildcat09 29592]

 

 

[royiv 9797]

1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

I'm pretty shocked the Cards Against Humanity people are anti-trump, to be honest.  Good on em.

I was surprised as well when I learned this. They bought land on the border near SpaceX during the Trump administration using crowdsourced funds in order to block border wall construction. SpaceX has been trespassing on that land using it as a staging area for construction. They recently sued SpaceX and Elon and have said they will distribute any proceeds of the lawsuit to the users that provided crowdsource funds.

[The Original Greaser Bob 2896]

1 minute ago, Red Five said:

His legal "issues" (80 something felony counts, 34 convictions?) have certainly not been a point of emphasis. Even Obama's "WTF are we doing?" speech last night didn't really hit on that. 

I think the problem is that the convictions are a plus for MAGA.  My theory is that we need to be pushing how it would be "fun" to continue the trial.  And how we won't get to see Jack Smith smiling for the camera every week or so.

[Js1 87190]

2 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Let's be very clear about Trump's economy:  he promised to wipe out the national debt in 8 years.  In the first 3 years of his administration, the debt ROSE by ~ $5T, which had nothing to do with the covid pandemic.  Color me skeptical that he was going to turn around a debt 25% higher than what he inherited in the next 5 years.  

I don't know why Democrats cannot message this better.

Well everything gets immediately screamed down as SOCIALISM!!!!! and the media just goes along with it by constantly asking “how will you pay for it?”

I have not seen one person ask Trump how he’s paying for a $1T domestic deportation force 

[HenryJames 67400]

2 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

 

 

Who knew that women would remember something that happened two years ago?

Just now, Js1 said:

Well everything gets immediately screamed down as SOCIALISM!!!!! and the media just goes along with it by constantly asking “how will you pay for it?”

I have not seen one person ask Trump how he’s paying for a $1T domestic deportation force 

By putting a tariff on illegal immigrants. Duh.

[atomheartbevo 90656]

3 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Who knew that women would remember something that happened two years ago?

Those of us who are married to women?

[royiv 9797]

53 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Harris is playing a bit of whack a mole in dodging interviews.

This is a tired trope that needs to die. She’s being doing interviews left and right for the last two weeks with a bunch more scheduled including the CNN town hall. 

[Js1 87190]

4 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Who knew that women would remember something that happened two years ago?

Can’t be Dobbs. JD Vance said women don’t care about abortion 

Just now, royiv said:

This is a tired trope that needs to die. She’s being doing interviews left and right for the last two weeks with a bunch more scheduled including the CNN town hall. 

She just did 4 this week!

Call Her Daddy

60 Minutes

Univision Town Hall

Stern

[LCHorn 2751]

55 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

dont know why a Dem isn’t saying that inflation was the unfortunate, expected, result of Covid financial mgmt. which is a combo of Biden AND Trump. Our inflation was the lowest of all western countries. Biden and Harris should be bragging about the last 4 years. And that the work needs to continued and completed.

I tend to presume that people like Harris and Biden are reasonably smart and are backed by folks even smarter, and if they aren’t picking a particular line of rhetoric it’s because it can’t be boiled down to something easy to convey to a low information voter.  
 

Also, “aren’t you glad you don’t live in France?  Hamburger prices are even worse there!” just lacks panache.  

15 minutes ago, The Original Greaser Bob said:

Lots of reasons to be bummed if Trump wins but I'm kind of ashamed to admit that I honestly think the biggest one is that the trials won't go forward.

And on this note, this is where I admit my own presumptions about election strategy beg to second guess the Harris campaign.  It’s also an area where I feel Obama was the weakest-when you are in the clear right side of something you’ve got to beat that case into the minds of thick headed voters.  Persuadability is about moving between areas of gray, and electing a felon is clear black and white. 

[Pancho 46332]

 

[Js1 87190]

No InTerViEwS

 

[David Dennison 19554]

I see the traditional pre-election pant wetting has begun.

 

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5662]

my dad donated $30 to the galveston county democratic party. I cannot say enough how surreal this is, not just that he's actually donating to a political party, but that is the democrats at that! My dad was an apathetic republican by default for decades, voting was just a rote ritual for him where he'd go and check the republican downticket without even knowing who was running. He grew up in the era of dixiecrats in jim crow era houston where his deeply brown ass couldn't go into whites only washrooms and stuff. The Republicans hitching their wagon to Donald Trump will ultimately backfire when examined through the lens of history, because this is a generational shift. They are driving away a previously pacified base and giving them a reason to pay attention, which does not favor the republicans one bit.

[Js1 87190]

2 minutes ago, Pancho said:

 

Musk’s physical presence in PA helps how?

That reeks of desperation, not confidence 

[Chad Fuck 18153]

1 minute ago, WelfareBuysMyWeed said:

my dad donated $30 to the galveston county democratic party. I cannot say enough how surreal this is, not just that he's actually donating to a political party, but that is the democrats at that! My dad was an apathetic republican by default for decades, voting was just a rote ritual for him where he'd go and check the republican downticket without even knowing who was running. He grew up in the era of dixiecrats in jim crow era houston where his deeply brown ass couldn't go into whites only washrooms and stuff. The Republicans hitching their wagon to Donald Trump will ultimately backfire when examined through the lens of history, because this is a generational shift. They are driving away a previously pacified base and giving them a reason to pay attention, which does not favor the republicans one bit.

Is this real?

In what world, how, when, did a deeply brown guy wind up an "apathetic republican"?  

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5662]

1 minute ago, Chad Fuck said:

Is this real?

In what world, how, when, did a deeply brown guy wind up an "apathetic republican"?  

look up dixiecrats. He became a republican after he returned from vietnam.

Edited October 11 by WelfareBuysMyWeed

[tx 3 putt 78708]

 

[NAVY 6969]

35 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Well it’s a world of intergalactic travel via light speed, so I figure that plane and helmet easily have a weapons guidance system capable of hitting a target a couple meters wide with no drama. 

It was still on the womp rat calibration setting 

[Chad Fuck 18153]

Just now, WelfareBuysMyWeed said:

look up dixiecrats.

I know what Dixiecrats are my dude.  But it's like those guys switched hoods with the Reagan fans around 1980.

1980-2024 is a long time to not have seen the Pat Buchanans and David Dukes infesting that GOP.

[WelfareBuysMyWeed 5662]

5 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

I know what Dixiecrats are my dude.  But it's like those guys switched hoods with the Reagan fans around 1980.

1980-2024 is a long time to not have seen the Pat Buchanans and David Dukes infesting that GOP.

My dad wasn't paying attention to pat buchanans or any of that shit. He was putting himself through night school while working long days as a carpenter raising 3 kids and paying off his house. My dad didn't listen to politics radio, he was listening to the Eagles. He wasn't watching Fox News, he was playing baseball with his sons. Believe it or not, there's a percentage of the population who doesn't follow politics AT ALL because they do other shit. My dad grew up when the perception of democrats in the south were the same people enforcing Jim Crow. Then he went to Vietnam. And then he came back and basically never updated his political views again until Biden ran for office. I don't know how in the world that sounds unbelievable. It is precisely that my dad retired just as Biden was running in 2020 that he finally had time to sit down and pay attention. And he's adjusted his views accordingly. He said he was holding his nose in 2020, but now in 2024, he's full on flag-waving on board, putting his money where his mouth is. The republicans have Donald Trump to blame.

Edited October 11 by WelfareBuysMyWeed

[Chad Fuck 18153]

6 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said: