2024 Presidential Election - Take II

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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Sun Jul 28, 2024 7:04 pm

Fman99 wrote: Sun Jul 28, 2024 5:51 pm Trump telling Christians that if they vote for him in 2024 that they won't ever have to vote again. That's full on nuts. And watch the GOP politicians make pathetic excuses for that too "Oh it's just Trump being Trump," as in, yeah, the guy who did his best to subvert the last election winding up on the mound.

I'm throwing this out there now - there's NO CHANCE that Trump debates Harris. He's a coward if ever there was one and he knows he can't throw that same nonsense up there against an adult who's got both of their chopsticks still in the noodles.
This was covered yesterday in the Loco Politics thread. I can't believe that we now live in a country where that statement, all by itself, isn't enough to destroy a person's political career. Where we can't shove that statement up the sociopath's asshole 50 times a day until he crawls back into the hole he came out of, never ever to return again. And the thing is, even before he made that statement, there shouldn't be a tiny shred of doubt that if he wins in November and his health doesn't betray him four years later, he's not leaving voluntarily. They never leave voluntarily. Not Hitler. Not Mussolini. Not Hussein. Not Putin. Of course he'll end elections because if he wins in November, he won't be allowed to run for another term so there won't be another election for him to steal.

Here's the sycophantic Lindsey Graham excuse mongering for the orange scumbag:
Lindsey Graham on CBS laughs off Trump's comments about his followers not having to vote again in four years if he's elected . “He’s trying to tell the Christian community and anybody else who’s listening [that] the nightmare that we’re experiencing will soon be over. Give me four more years, and I’m going to right this ship called America and pass it on to the next generation,” the South Carolina senator explained.

“We will have democracy, god willing, for a very long time in this country, but what President Trump is trying to tell people — ‘I did it once, I can do it again. These problems can be solved, but you got to go in a different direction,’” Graham continued.
It doesn't even make any sense. Even if what Graham said is true, why then, wouldn't anybody have to vote anymore? I'd like to ask Graham, sarcastically, if everybody's stupid. But if I had the chance, I wouldn't bother because, sadly, I'm pretty sure that I already know the answer to my question.
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by Fman99 » Mon Jul 29, 2024 7:49 am

JD Vance getting raked over the coals in various media outlets for being a terrible VP pick. He's got GOP'ers longing for the quiet dignity of Sarah Palin I think at this point. I particularly liked this nugget.

"In another sign that his ascent to running-mate status is going less than smoothly, Vance has been beset by bizarre rumours that he once had sex with a couch in his youth, an outlandish suggestion that even prompted an Associated Press fact-check."
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by Benjamin Grimm » Mon Jul 29, 2024 9:38 am

How did the Associated Press fact-check this? Did they question the couch?
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Post by Edgy MD » Mon Jul 29, 2024 10:01 am

Somebody is paying top dollar for the good stuff.

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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by Benjamin Grimm » Mon Jul 29, 2024 10:41 am

That settles it! She has my vote!
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by Fman99 » Mon Jul 29, 2024 10:56 am

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2024 9:38 am How did the Associated Press fact-check this? Did they question the couch?
My first thought was that this should be on the vetting checklist.

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? No sir, I have not.
Have you ever declared bankruptcy? No sir, I have not.
Have you ever fucked a couch? <witness looks around room nervously>
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Post by Edgy MD » Mon Jul 29, 2024 11:52 am

The AP's fact-check article was titled "No, J.D. Vance Did Not Have Sex with a Couch," but they took it down.

They fact-checked the original allegation, that he had sex with a glove inserted between couch cushions, and it has been documented on a specific page in his memoir. That was asserted and the AP correctly identified it as false. But that doesn't mean they indeed established that "J.D. Vance Did Not Have Sex with a Couch."

So, being a responsible news service, they took down the article. Why they did that instead of just clarifying the headline to read "No, J.D. Vance's Memoir Does Not Include a Passage Describing Him Having Sex with a Couch," I do not know.
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Mon Jul 29, 2024 3:50 pm

Latest FOX News poll on favorability ratings shows Harris leading the orange sociopath in several key swing states.

'Ketchup is going to hit the wall': Internet erupts after Fox News poll shows Harris boost

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-ketchup-fox-news-poll/

Trump Loses It Over Devastating Fox News Poll on Kamala Harris
Donald Trump went on a late-night posting spree over the results.

The new poll, conducted July 22–24 and released Sunday, found that Harris’s approval rating had surpassed Trump’s in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, and Michigan. In Michigan, Harris was leading Trump in favorability by a whopping 57 percent to 47 percent.

Many online predicted that Trump would be incensed over the results.
https://newrepublic.com/post/184330/tru ... ala-harris
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by metirish » Mon Jul 29, 2024 7:48 pm

Someone is scared ,the man hates women
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by nymr83 » Mon Jul 29, 2024 7:53 pm

metirish wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2024 7:48 pm

Someone is scared ,the man hates women
Those are words of praise from Trump, right? Look in the mirror Mr Nasty!
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by Benjamin Grimm » Tue Jul 30, 2024 1:04 pm

Fman99 wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2024 10:56 am
Benjamin Grimm wrote: Mon Jul 29, 2024 9:38 am How did the Associated Press fact-check this? Did they question the couch?
My first thought was that this should be on the vetting checklist.

Have you ever been convicted of a felony? No sir, I have not.
Have you ever declared bankruptcy? No sir, I have not.
Have you ever fucked a couch? <witness looks around room nervously>
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by Lefty Specialist » Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:52 pm

To be fair, he didn't have sex with the couch, he had sex with a glove wedged between the cushions of the.....................oh, it's still very weird.

And 'weird' is the word you'll be hearing a lot from Harris and her surrogates. It has the extra virtue of being true.

Trump used 'nasty' on Hillary already, so he's reaching. He also made fun of Kamala's laugh, which is odd because TRUMP DOESN'T LAUGH. Ever. You'll see him grinning, but he never actually laughs. His father taught him a long time ago to never laugh, because when you laughed you were unguarded and vulnerable. Sociopath teaching sociopath. Try to find a clip where Trump is laughing, a real genuine belly laugh. That clip doesn't exist because Trump never laughs.

Weird.
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Tue Jul 30, 2024 4:09 pm

Lefty Specialist wrote: Tue Jul 30, 2024 3:52 pm TRUMP DOESN'T LAUGH. Ever. You'll see him grinning, but he never actually laughs. His father taught him a long time ago to never laugh, because when you laughed you were unguarded and vulnerable. Sociopath teaching sociopath.
Weird.
And his grin isn't even natural. It's a fake forced grin.




Personally, I'm not sure he's even capable of smiling naturally or giving out an extended hearty laugh. I bet there's some crossover gene that inhibits laughter and also predisposes sociopathy. I think he's hardwired that way.
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by MFS62 » Tue Jul 30, 2024 4:18 pm

That looks like he just sniffed J D's couch.
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Tue Jul 30, 2024 4:31 pm

James Comey says Donald Trump never laughs.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/17/politics ... index.html

Excerpt:
But I never saw anything that resembled a laugh.... And so I went and tried to find examples of videos where he’s laughing and I could only find that really wasn’t a genuine laugh.
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by Edgy MD » Tue Jul 30, 2024 4:50 pm

"She's Got a Fresh Way About Her" sounds like a Billy Joel/Kool & the Gang mashup.
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by batmagadanleadoff » Tue Jul 30, 2024 10:45 pm

In a Bloomberg poll released today of seven swing states polled between 7/24 and 7/28, Harris leads the scumbag by one percentage point.
In Tuesday’s poll, Harris is leading her Republican rival by eleven points in Michigan and two points each in Arizona, Wisconsin, and Nevada. Trump maintains a four-point lead in Pennsylvania and a two-point lead in North Carolina. Meanwhile, the two are tied in Georgia. The margins of error for each state vary between three and five percentage points.

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/har ... oll-finds/

However, more recent Pennsylvania polls show Harris now leading there by four points.

Donald Trump Suffers Back-to-Back Polling Blows in Pennsylvania



https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-p ... ia-1932248
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Post by Lefty Specialist » Wed Jul 31, 2024 8:56 am

It;'s going to take a little while for all these polls to settle. You've got the VP pick coming up, then there's the convention, which always gives the convening party a bounce. But you have to like the trends, which are all Kamala's way.

Labor Day is when people start paying attention. But I like the ads she's putting out.

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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by Edgy MD » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:48 am

The convention usually gives the convening party a bounce.

The shell of the 2024 GOP proved that it's no automatic.
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Post by Johnny Lunchbucket » Wed Jul 31, 2024 3:46 pm

Sounds like Trump fucked himself up petty good at the Black journalists conference
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by nymr83 » Wed Jul 31, 2024 3:49 pm

Nate Silver has Harris at 43% today. He had Biden at 27% the day he quit the race with further cautioning that Silver felt the things his model couldn't take into account were likely going against Biden too.
So... We have a race again!
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Post by MFS62 » Wed Jul 31, 2024 4:27 pm

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 3:46 pm Sounds like Trump fucked himself up petty good at the Black journalists conference
If he can't get them sentenced for crimes they didn't commit, he doesn't know how to deal with people of color.

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Post by Edgy MD » Wed Jul 31, 2024 9:49 pm

Fun fact: If Vice President Harris wins, you can put all the fake motions you want forward to discredit the results. She gets to preside over the election's certification.

Last person to do that was then-Vice President George H.W. Bush in 1989. Before that, you have to go back to Martin Van Buren in 1836.
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

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Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Wed Jul 31, 2024 3:46 pm Sounds like Trump fucked himself up petty good at the Black journalists conference
He did everything but use the 'N' word. His team pulled him out after 34 minutes because even they realized what a shitshow it was. He literally said Kamala Harris 'became black a few years ago'. He also said undocumented immigrants were stealing 'black jobs'. When pressed on what black jobs were, he didn't answer. But you know he wanted to say 'you know, those menial jobs you darkies do'.

Watch the clips if you dare. The audience alternated between laughing and gasping in shock.
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Re: 2024 Presidential Election - Take II

Post by Edgy MD » Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:25 am

You could make a whole film — a long one — breaking down the miserable performance at the NABJ convention.

Fox reported on it as "both sides" embarrassment, frequently putting "journalists" in quotes.

I watched as much as I could. I was a embarrassed to be a human.
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