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lol what… so gridlock..
Oh ok you’re in California. well it doesn’t matter what you do then Cornell west haha
Yes, Gridlock. When both parties will sell you out on a whim of their lobbyists gridlock is better than wholesale support of corporate interests.
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I've not checked the news all day, has something happened?
Biden dropped out and endorsed Harris. All the Democrats immediately released statements backing her pretty much ensuring she'll coast to the nomination as was pretty much expected.
VP will still be up in the air. My guess is they'll probably tap Gavin Newsom which is a bonus for me because he'll vacate the Governor position here. But that's probably going to be a fierce but quick competition. They'll likely have this wrapped up in a week or two on who that is.
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You sound upset..
Anyway, I’m still confused since you said you wanted the democrats to lose. Not sure why you say this is good for dems if you want them to lose or are you now changing your mind on that?
Also who is the nominee of the third party you are voting for (if you’re still doing that, sorry you have a very confusing stance)
Why would I be upset? Honestly, this has proven exactly what I was saying for weeks. Watching you flounder is just a bonus.
I'm not speaking as to what I want or not. I'm speaking for the Democrats chances of winning. My ideal scenario would be split power (congress is Dem, President is Republican) because it creates a blockade of bad policies from either side going through.
Democrats are more than willing to back war, oil companies, and the billionaire class so long as they control the presidency. They will performatively fight many of these policies when a Republican is calling the shots. When Dems control congress and executive they create as much destruction as the Republicans.
The way things were going, Biden was pulling down all chances for Democrats to have control of the House of Senate.
I haven't changed my current choice of Cornell West, but California ballots are still not finalized. I'll see who I've got when that happens.
Omg, it's like they had a huge team of people ready for this extremely likely scenario and had a prepared statement ready to try and spin it. Oh wow. So surprising.
Does your clown nose honk when you hit the submit button?
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You’re chronically online.. that’s why you’re brainwashed into thinking that a third party will rise out of the ashes after a trump presidency lol
most people are going to be like “wait what… we voted for Biden but now the nominee is going to be someone we didn’t vote for? It’s going to be Kamala???” Most people have heard her speak a couple times in 2020 and that’s it.
Look at who’s the most happy about this, and you’ll see who were the ones who really wanted the democrats to shoot themselves in the foot.
Democrats are happy. The revolt has quelled instantly, and they all are happy to coalesce behind Harris. Harris (with no vast campaign for months backing her as president) polls better than BIden against Trump by 5% with likely voters. That's absolutely huge.
The Republicans are furious and still attacking Biden instead of Harris. They had an easy win. Some of them are trying to call the swap illegal and saying that Biden has to run from fringe, unhinged legal theories. Their #1 campaign issue and tons of their already paid-for advertising attacks Joe's age. It's literally money down the drain at this point. This is actually their worst-case scenario.
Harris is actually a really strong debater as well. She's performed well in the past, so much so that the Vance camp released a statement 3 days ago that he refused to debate her.
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But this is good remember? You said you wanted Trump to win so that things get so bad that people will vote for the Green Party… that’s what you said.
The democrats panicked because the conservatives and leftists podcasters criticized Biden for fucking up the debate and not like you know, Trump and his dictatorship plans.
But like you say, maybe it will get so bad we’ll have have to live through ruin for 30 years and then the Green Party will win and legalize weed or something.
I would say they more fucked it up by sponsoring a sundowning old geezer unopposed through a primary process when he had terrible polling numbers. But I guess I'm not tapped into the self-insert BIden fanfic crowd like you are. I'm sure it's angered the octogenarian-lovers like yourself.
So what you're saying is Biden voters will not vote for Harris?
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I think the concession would have been far more impactful if Biden conceded the presidency to VP Harris now. Let her take the reins now and rally the people that way.
Either way, we’re still fucked, but let’s see how it pans out.
I agree. But the current Republican spin minutes after the concession is that Biden is already mentally incompetent and the Democrats have been hiding his ailing mental state.
An ironic claim by the Reagan party but we’ll see if that rhetoric sticks.
What’s dumb is I think Trump could have been soundly defeated had the Democrats not insisted on pushing their broken puppet through an unopposed primary.
Harris probably had a good chance of winning a legit primary, but now they’ll have to deal with some backlash of a process with no public input at all. The Democrats will put forth a Presidential and VP candidates who have gotten not one vote from their base. It’s still a better gamble than the March to oblivion that Biden provided.
Next couple of weeks will be interesting. Hope Felix can call get a refund for his Biden 24’ tattoo on his neck.
Now they actually have a chance. With someone like Harris on the ticket they actually have hope at motivating people to the polls.
Might be too little, too late. But they have a lot better chance than with Biden sundowning on stage. If we’re lucky the Dems can pull off the senate and thus aggressively be able to quash Trump appointments if he wins.
Either way at least it’s a race again. Functionally she’s the same politically as Biden, won’t rock many far leftists but it will motivate the base at least.
These conspiracy theories are just silly. Mr. Occam doesn’t mind if your burrow his razor.
Young white kid obsessed with gun culture trying to make a name for himself missed a very, very hard shot. Honestly I’m just glad he picked a Trump rally instead of a pre-school.
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But you said you want Trump to win.. so by you saying you want the Dems to switch candidates is it because that’s a dumb move (it is) or do you just not want the Dems to win with Biden? Because whoever they put is going to be the same policy. You’re just not making sense Rowan.
The spirit of knowledge keeps pursuing you, but you evade it at every turn.
Apparently there is so much activity on Grindr at the RNC the app kept crashing. Data is pretty funny.
RNC; site of the the DL anon gay hookup Olympics.
Biden is falling apart. He’s old, amazingly so. He’s confused on stage, he fumbles every interview. No one is excited for him. He barely beat Trump when he was coherent and Trump was at his lowest. He cannot win and he’s pulling down the Dems chance at the house and senate.
It was not one bad night, it’s a consistent pattern. Another candidate may get people to the election halls because Biden does not excite anyone. The Democrats shot themselves in the foot when they quashed all opposition during primary season. They refused to let Biden debate then and hid his failings. But they can’t do that anymore. If they don’t want Trump to win, or at the very least if they want a chance to stop the Republicans from controlling all three branches they need someone else on top of that ticket. Biden is a rot for the party.
One time in an Uber ride share at 4am the driver tried to hook me up with the girl that got in. I guess it was nice but I pointed out like 3 times I was married. I was also on my way to work and she was on her way to the after party of an after party. I don’t think our lifestyles meshed.
Have you ever been creeped on by a cab/Uber driver?
It certainly would. It would go up. I have always loved alternative looks. Piercings, tattoos, dyed hair… Been a sucker for it since high school. First porn site I think I went to was Suicide Girls.
Have you ever changed your style to conform to a partner’s aesthetic?
Incoming, Biden’s getting ready to drop. Schiff and Nance both called on him to drop out.
Yes, if I would want my partner to put that in their mouth I would do the same.
Who's your favorite Muppet?
Anyone who claims it was staged cannot possibly begin to fathom how hard it would be to clip a person’s ear.
Seems like a disenfranchised young white male obsessed with guns looking to make a name for himself.
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Even there, done that….
Would you consider moving to another country, if the political climate in your country doesn’t change?
I’ve considered it before. My eldest child is nonverbal autistic and I learned that in pretty much every country in the world this will prevent me from immigrating. So that stopped the idea dead in its tracks.
What is your ethnic cuisine go-to when your hungry?
Quite a few times. Wrestling team is rife with being pantsed. Had one guy who was particularly adept at it. He pulled your shorts down instead of shooting in and then pushed in the chest causing you to tumbled onto your ass in humiliation.
Let’s pass that question forward.
As Biden's age and ability to hold office are becoming an increasing liability, he's declared that he must be home and in bed by 8:00 pm because he's tired and wants to sleep. He is really showing he can put in the legwork...
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/04/politics/biden-governors-sleep/index.html
I’m surprised you don’t get along better with Trump people. You like living in a fantasy removed from reality as well.
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Rowan thinks democrats should be like yeah, fuck it, were switching parties and supporting Trump because the debate.
Also doesn't say which democrats are publicly discussing finding a new candidate.
Don’t worry. I expect other people can read the headlines even if you can’t. And ‘populous’ isn’t a different party unless you consider giving people what they want to be so so outside of the Democrats position it would constitute a different party.
The only thing more uncomfortable than Biden's debate performance is watching the rank-and-file Democrats scrambling to defend him. This was really a worst case scenario for the Democrats.
Some are actively and publicly discussing finding a new candidate, which would be unprecedented at this point. The process would involve Biden willingly vacating the nomination and the Democrat higher-ups hand-selecting a new candidate which is going to be terrible optics. Might be a better shot than riding this train into a wall though. Hard to say at this point. Would likely be Harris, though her image may have been tainted by Biden's.
Going for a populous candidate last minute seems like the only legitimate path to victory but I don't know who could salvage it among the Democratic party.
My favorite part was when they broke down into a heated old man argument over who’s a better golfer.
I prefer to sit on my butt. Otherwise, it's a strain on my neck.
