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The [2020 Elections] Are A Thing
Bogart
Streetwise HerculesRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
Streetwise HerculesRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
OP copied from the last one.
This here is your official thread for discussing the great basket of wonder and joy that is the upcoming 2020 election.
What You Can Talk About:
- Any national or local 2020 US election.
- The impact of the conventions that just happened.
- The policy platforms of candidates AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE ELECTIONS. "Biden plans to roll out a public option" is okay. "A public option is awesome because of X,Y, and Z" is not.
- Polls related to the election.
- Voting outreach efforts
- Other things that directly pertain to the 2020 election and have not been explicitly banned.
What You Can't Talk About:
- The 2020 primaries that have already occurred. Upcoming 2020 primaries, if there are any left, are okay.
- Bernie Sanders
- 20-motherfucking-16
- Hillary Fucking Clinton
- Policy in general. This is not the place to discuss health care or taxes or policing in general. We have threads for all those things! If not, feel free to make one!
- Who you plan to personally vote for. Nothing good has ever come from a conversation in these threads about why you're definitely voting for Biden / voting third party / not voting. Just rest assured that your personal reasons for voting are the best in the whole world and everyone agrees with you and thinks you're smart and good looking. Masterfully done, you.
If you have previously been banned from this thread, you are still banned from this thread, sorry. Rest assured you can participate in discussions when 2024 rolls around, assuming elections are still a thing that exists in that far away time.
HEY! LISTEN! Some bright spark had the excellent notion to link the resources thread from SE++ for people who are having a hard time, so:
If you're having a tough time of it in these testing times, here are some resources that can help.
This here is your official thread for discussing the great basket of wonder and joy that is the upcoming 2020 election.
What You Can Talk About:
- Any national or local 2020 US election.
- The impact of the conventions that just happened.
- The policy platforms of candidates AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE ELECTIONS. "Biden plans to roll out a public option" is okay. "A public option is awesome because of X,Y, and Z" is not.
- Polls related to the election.
- Voting outreach efforts
- Other things that directly pertain to the 2020 election and have not been explicitly banned.
What You Can't Talk About:
- The 2020 primaries that have already occurred. Upcoming 2020 primaries, if there are any left, are okay.
- Bernie Sanders
- 20-motherfucking-16
- Hillary Fucking Clinton
- Policy in general. This is not the place to discuss health care or taxes or policing in general. We have threads for all those things! If not, feel free to make one!
- Who you plan to personally vote for. Nothing good has ever come from a conversation in these threads about why you're definitely voting for Biden / voting third party / not voting. Just rest assured that your personal reasons for voting are the best in the whole world and everyone agrees with you and thinks you're smart and good looking. Masterfully done, you.
If you have previously been banned from this thread, you are still banned from this thread, sorry. Rest assured you can participate in discussions when 2024 rolls around, assuming elections are still a thing that exists in that far away time.
HEY! LISTEN! Some bright spark had the excellent notion to link the resources thread from SE++ for people who are having a hard time, so:
If you're having a tough time of it in these testing times, here are some resources that can help.
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I didn't know Florida has a raise minimum wage amendment on the ballot this year. Amendment 2 is a wall of text but they helpfully bold the part that says that if the minimum wage goes in effect your taxes may go up to adjust and because of the FL constitution requiring a balanced budget.
The assholes that love him already accepted that argument, why not run with it?
I think it's the debt chasm he's in he doesn't want talked about.
It is not surprising he is this bad at handling money [he ran casinos into the ground}
But hell just scream fake news or say that he’ll do it after the election or that the deep state is faking and there’s no way in hell im watching this debate
He'll just say the same excuse as always, he's being audited so he can't. And his believers will continue to believe it.
You can't shame this man, all you can do is motivate people to vote.
It's going to re-open discussions on Kennedy's son and Kavanaugh's debts, when the GOP is trying to build support for their next SCOTUS pick.
the AP article
https://apnews.com/article/0d75d747f45b542ea4cbe3a20bdeb555
The article cites two Senate debates, which is a pretty reasonable amount. Three is probably typical in a close race (Iowa and Montana have three total scheduled) and NM is not particularly close. The Republican wants more because he needs Lujan to fuck up in a high profile way to have a shot, and more debates means more chances.
QEDMF xbl: PantsB G+
Do not engage the Watermelons.
i honestly don't see any upside to watching the debate
I'm going to power through it with as many tools as I can: PSA group thread, the forum debate thread or this thread, depending on how much the mods hate themselves, discord talk with my friends, maybe some alcohol.
I'm not there for Trump. I'm there to see Biden kick his ass.
there is nothing to learn from a debate and holding one is basically a formality in deference to tradition at this point
the only outcome that could possibly matter would be Biden making a gaffe
There is a hell of a lot riding on this whole thing tonight, though, so I'm just hoping things don't go pear-shaped on us.
I can has cheezburger, yes?
If it helps your anxiety, the highest likelihood outcome is the debate inspires a monumentally stupid Cilizza article and changes nothing about the race
You know, just another Tuesday
I mostly expect it to be frustrating and infuriating, but at the same time this is the first time in four years Trump will be forced to face anything but a friendly audience with no way to back out or walk away. I think there is a legitimate chance that he's forgotten how to handle it and we end up getting a full on 'for the ages' temper tantrum when he's faced with someone pushing back at him, and I don't want to miss the chance at the catharsis of seeing that.
Even if it doesn't change anything, even if it doesn't matter, and even if it is mostly going to be me getting shitfaced and posting in tonight's update thread / Discord I just feel like I need this because of the possibility of watching Trump step on a rake on live TV.
This poll exists for the media to huff its own farts about this, a media event, not an election event
Are these really dyed in the wool Trump voters or just people who will vote Republican, no matter what? I know, I know - Trump is the party and all that. But I get the distinct impression, if Biden wins clearly enough, the GOP will try to throw Trump in a deep memory hole and move on with their "normal" grift and all. And come next election after this one - they won't lose as much people voting for them, because Trump isn't there anymore.
I am rambling a bit. What I am trying to say, I don't really know how many really true believers are out there when it comes to Trump specifically.