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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.
I'm very pleased to present the first of a five-part scandalous tale.
'Sage Silver: Broken on Break' follows our horny titular nerd. Her best friend convinces Sage to come to spend the vacation with her, in her family home in a sleepy Ohio town. What seems to be a forgettable week transforms into salacious intrigue upon meeting her roommate's parents.
Maxwell Shear is a loving father and devoted husband. Yet when he's alone with Sage, his less-than-savory behaviors offer a welcome temptation. Just how far is she willing to let it go?
Miss Shear is the quintessential librarian. She's smart, proper, and beautiful. She's also a woman with many secrets and a repressed, boiling rage that Sage finds directed toward her.
Maybe this week won't be so boring after all...
Please enjoy part one of Sage Silver's story, 'Meet the Shears'.
Sage Silver agrees to spend her last spring break with her roommate and best friend, Lucy. Being a studious, straight-A nerd she had planned on the week off studying and maybe even getting laid. Instead, she's heading to a sleepy town in Ohio. They stay with Lucy's parents, a nice if not incredibly boring couple.
Sage begins to discover Lucy's mother, Miss Shear may be much more than the quiet librarian she seems to be. And perhaps her husband, Oscar, has dark secrets of his own.
Find out what will happen in 'Sage Silver, Broken on Break'.
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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.
American Exceptionalism is an amazing thing. Which country had a better election system than America? Pretty much all of them. I don’t know what metric you use but I can’t think of any that America excels at.
Why do you think our system is good? It’s not one person, one vote. In fact it’s incredibly weighted that smaller states have a huge amount of electoral representation compared to large states. Because of the electoral system, any state that firmly swings one way is a non-issue. 85% of campaign spending will be spent in about 10 states. They only hit the others for campaign fund raising.
The only two major candidates are despised by the plurality of Americans. You need huge amounts of money and billions in support to run campaigns. The majority of Americans can vote for one candidate and they still lose.
That’s not even dipping into issues such as voter suppression or gerrymandering. Seriously, what is your base of that wild claim?
I’m a fan of the old school flavors, which are either grape or strawberry. If I have to decide, I’ll go strawberry.
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Nah. You don’t have more to lose, and you don’t have less privileges, but if it’s comforting for you to believe you do, I won’t take that from you. I also won’t begrudge you of your beliefs regarding what/how I fight and to what extent. One thing I am not is apathetic, so tread carefully there. You can snivel about the rest to your heart’s content.
Not sure what my not having children has to do with any of this, as if that’s the only motivation for not wanting the world to be a shit show for future generations, so I don’t have that much to say in that regard. But again, if it makes you feel superior, have at it. Because that’s what this has all been about, right? Your vehement beliefs that your approach to fucking people over in ways that we both know won’t impact you is the superior belief system. And that the fuckass Green Party is the superior party that will save us all. You believe that so much that you’ll intentionally sacrifice your kids’ future as a lesson. I’d love to be a fly on the wall of the conversations you’ll have if this shit goes the way you want it. “See kids? This unprecedented suffering was all in daddy’s plan. Doesn’t matter that your body no longer belongs to you and your rights are stripped on a regular basis. We gotta teach these folks a lesson!”
You know what else is telling? I’ve never said which direction I’d be casting my vote, or if I’m even voting. All I said was that I’d vote for what I believe is a shot at the least dismal future, and you assumed I was going with the Democrats. You’re literally voting for a party hoping for the aftermath of a Republican victory. You say melodramatic bullshit like “cowing to the Democrats” while taking pride in bending over for the Republicans. LMAO
Even if I am cowing to the Democrats as you say, I’m grateful that my ego hasn’t deceived me to the extent that your blind devotion has. The only point I’ve been making in all of this is that there is no “least” amount of suffering in this election. But voicing hope for the worst outcome is incredibly fucked, even if the end goal is a possibility that it fucks the system that’s fucking us.
Actually, having typed all that, maybe you have to feel superior and like you’re doing what’s best for everyone because desperation has led you there. I know that desperation is born out of circumstances beyond your control, so I sincerely empathize with you there. The world’s so shit that two strangers are trying to convince each other that their chosen turd is the shiniest, on a sex site of all places. Kinda fucked when you think about it. No pun intended.
I am simply voting for a change. Any context you try to assign it is your own.
I’m not hoping for the worst outcome, I’m hoping for the only outcome that holds any possibility of changing things in the extremely short time table we’re dealing with.
Why do I bring up kids? Because if we fail as a generation we are leaving them the world in a state that will be in a legitimate apocalyptic scenario, The I’ve caps are melting, the east coast is going to set record temps multiple times in one week, the Biden administration is calling for a proliferation of America’s nuclear strike capabilities. Maybe people feel as though they can just ride it out but that’s not something that holds true for the younger generations.
And I think constantly slagging off any forum of discussion is a lazy argument. The ‘it doesn’t matter, this is a fuck site’ casts aside that sexual liberation leads to leftist politics. I have found a few people who’ve I learned from and made lots of connections from the forums alone.
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Since Trump is a very narcissistic old fart this might not take that long. Trump sees himself as God's gift to mankind, so he's not likely to appoint a successor. Sure, he'll choose a running mate, but I highly doubt that he'll name a 'crown prince(ss)' for the MAGA movement. And that will be the weak point of the movement. Because once Trump is gone, infighting within the movement will ensue, because too many folks will want to take his place.
MAGA will split in True MAGA, Original MAGA, @RealMAGA, MAGA Majority, Make MAGA Great Again, Keep MAGA Great, etc.
If Trump does name a successor, then it will probably be Ivanka, but she might actually be a bit too diplomatic to keep that true MAGA pulse beating.
Or we get someone ever further unhinged and then in another 4 years it’s yet another ‘most important election ever’ and another ‘yes, we’ve gotten progressively more right wing but you are obligated to vote for us again.’
This same tired argument that the Republicans will collapse soon has not panned out at all in my lifetime. All I’ve seen is more radicalized right. And you’ve continued to not offer a plan, you’re blindly hoping the other side will just pack it in and go home.
Historically speaking, power vacuums in far right politics lead to further radicalization. So what if in four years the Democrats further dig in to right wing conservative ideology while the Republicans again go further extreme? You are asking for absolute blind faith in a process that’s proven it only makes things worse.
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Yeah, this sounds really pretty, and I'm sure it feels nice convincing yourself that hoping for suffering that you, yourself will hardly experience (if at all) is the morally sound decision. But in reality, it makes you no different than those against whom you claim to rally. Sacrificing others and not yourself for a good cause is cool, I guess.
I assure you, there's no comfort in how I navigate the systems that impact me. Quite privileged of you to assume so, LOL. Being that I have vast experience in being trampled by systems in ways that you never will be, I understand all to well the push and pull of political games and the impact therein. I live this shit every day. Tell me of the most recent right(s) and privilege(s) taken from and/or denied to you and I'll tell you mine. I hate to play that card, but you toss around words like privilege as if you and I are the same in that regard. I quite literally can't have a privileged perspective, or it would mean my demise. Anything I've ever "accepted" about these systems have been entirely against my will. Therefore I'm fully aware of how dismantling these fucked systems is the only safe and productive way forward, so please spare me the lesson in that regard. You, in particular, will never have the range to teach me anything in that vein, and it's cringey to see you try.
With that being said, if the lesser of evil that we all know how to navigate is what we got, then that's what I choose. I don't claim to know the way forward because I'm still figuring this shit out myself, but I do know that blind faith in any political party or affiliation is how we end up in this same spot every 4 years. The part that seems to escape you is that your faith in the Green Party or whatever party you'll have the privilege of tossing your vote is also a part of that system. It is asinine to think any party born out of our current system, even the ones claiming to combat them, will be impactful enough to change it, especially when the goal is to claim the same level of power and status as the current parties. It's just supremacy in a different outfit. No system made in the image of our current system, regardless of how great their principles are, will ever resist reverting back to its previous dysfunction. Your failure to recognize that will always be counterintuitive to whatever moral standard you believe you embody.
As far as me having empty rhetoric and no action, you have no idea what actions I take towards dismantling systems, or at the very least supporting and empowering others with the resources at my disposal as they navigate the same fucked systems as myself. I'm just not inclined to share them on a fuck site. Even if this is the Think Tank, I have my limits. However, I assure you, my actions extend much further than meaningless arguments in a Think Tank on a sex site under the guise of an Elle Varner avatar. I come here to blow off steam, not to invoke change. I know where my voice and actions are the most productive and impactful, so that's where I use them.
You're voting third party because if it goes to shit in the ways that you're hoping, it will impact you the least. If that weren't the case, you wouldn't be. It's easy to make sacrifices when you're not the one that's actually gonna be sacrificed. I'd entertain your faulty sense of morality if it was your ass on the line in your decision-making process. But again, you know it's not. That's why your belief of yourself as having a moral high ground is tainted and empty at best. It's actually quite telling that you believe you have a moral high ground. No morally sound person would claim such a thing.
I appreciate you informing me that my approach isn't good enough for you. I use the disapproval of people like you as my moral compass. Lets me know I'm on the right track in this endless puddle of shit we're trying to escape.
I don’t know where you get the idea that I’m safe from the impact of a Trump election. I live in America and unlike you I have young children who will have to face the long term ramifications of the liberal apathy and right wing power grabs. Bending the knee to either is leaving my children to a future of hyper violence, food and water shortages, and nuclear war.
You aren’t fighting, you’re giving up on your terms. You’re enabling every problem you claim to fight.
Like I don’t know what you do off this site, you obviously don’t know what I do but you are quick to judge anyway. Don’t know anything about my family,, don’t know about the community service and activism I join. As far as I can tell I have far more to lose than you do, maybe that’s why I can’t settle like you can.
You have the privilege of cowing to the Democrats, my family doesn’t.
How long of a time line for it to ‘end the MAGA’ movement? There’s no plan, no alternative ideas offered. In fact the last four years of Democrats has strengthened it.
And it’s not the only the Republicans cranking the country further right. Biden is running the country like Reagan. The Democrats have opened up more oil drilling than Trump did and approved a massive drilling and pipeline project. They’ve taken away rights from immigrants and decided to adopt policies to fight asylum seekers that they themselves would have raised the alarm about a decade ago.
Meanwhile the Democrats often spend more money fighting progressives in primaries than they spend on the actual election against Republicans.
And the whole time scientists are screaming for immediate change. Health care systems are collapsing, farming is producing less and less, Democrats in Congress make millions off of weapon stocks and you say it will magically get better after decades of decline.
Chances and opportunities have been given in excess to the Dems, and they keep showing they just don’t care.
