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2024 US [Election] Thread: Election Day is this week
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A bit silly, but the winner has won the final election every year except 2004 and 2016.
Those two years do not give me a lot of comfort
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
I also bet dogs fucking hate him too
We know eagles do.
Illegal immigrant caused he lied about his status and country of origin.
Nah, there’s no better version of this campaign. All the momentum, all the money, all the endorsements, everything that could go right has.
If this isn’t enough to win outright it’s time to start prepping for the worst or looking for softer places to land.
Funny you mention that. I recently came to the realization that the big reason I'm nervous about the election is because I want Trump to go away. 9 fucking years of this asshole, and I don't think I can take another 4. While I'd like for him to suffer or be punished, I'm willing to settle for him rotting in his mansion for the rest of his days.
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I don't think less of anyone trying to take care of their safety, or family, but cutting and leaving is simply not an option for most of us. I have an immigrant wife who's halfway through phase 1 of a I-130. Giving up on America entirely is exactly what these cowards want.
Its rare for a country to truly break up in modern times, and there aren’t any particular ethnic regional divides like there were in, say, the USSR to fracture upon.
Its entirely possible to end up in a Cromwell situation where he rules for 5 or 10 years, dies, and then everyone says “hey lets never do this again, kay? But that isn’t a good outcome, because those years are going to be rough.
A man who tells you democrats are killing children, covid being fake, and wants to tell you about hunter bidens laptop is not, ever, in the right.
Just because he calmly told you "I am a horrible racist, with a deep and long held desire to kill minorities" using dogwhistles doesn't get him the moral high ground.
You had no need to apologize, because you were angry at horrible racists being in your space at the gym. A polite nazi is still a nazi, and never deserving of your consideration or care.
I wish this wasn't true, but it's likely that being a woman is putting a drag on Harris just like it did for Hillary.
Nah, I’m pretty sure he’s just plain trash.
I could tell you about my breakfast angrily, sexy, or even make it spooky for the season. Still just a bowl of oatmeal.
Truly the worst part of a Trump presidency is being ground under the same boot as the leftwing. What A Travesty for you!
This is why the comment is clearly framed as their personal emotive frustration, and not a genuine objective assessment of what will actually be the worst thing
It's not just the cereal commercials, a fair number of commercials for other industries have gotten both weird and surreal. I swear it's not just political consultants that need to be put on an iceberg and sent out to sea, there are other industries where their consultants have a terminal case of coming across as some alien thing wearing a human's skin as an elaborate disguise.
Three notes.
1) You seem to have missed the self deprecating wording that I used, eg “pettiest”, and subsequently misunderstood my post.
2) The left wing != left wing non-voters
3) It would be a ridiculous assumption to call myself the most progressive person on this forum, but I will say that I find it hard to imagine a single issue where I would be to the right of you.
Ah, well if it's only bitching about having to interact with other people in the forums and not something actually election related then that's cool. Fuck those people who also post, god I'll be so happy when politics are over and I don't have to hear from them for 4 years!
As an aside, yesterday YouTube put a reaction video in my feed titled "Classical Musician listens to System of a Down for the first time!" in which a middle aged woman listens to "Chop Suey" and gives her thoughts. Listens is maybe an exaggeration as she spends the runtime idly musing on the title of the song and whether the lyrics are supposed to be the pont of view of a chef or are they the vegetables he's chopping that are singing.
And my god it's just about the dumbest thing that you could think of. And this woman not only taped herself saying it, but then posted herself being a moron online for all to see. And it made me angry! Because I thought, "Man this has to be fake. It's just trying to get clicks from people who pass the video around because of how unbelievably stupid it is. No one could possibly set out to make themselves into a public jackass like that on accident, right?"
But man, @Cantide helpfully reminded me that people will happily put their name to just the most brain dead takes possible for literally no gain whatsoever. Like and subscribe, y'all
1) Guys let me air my grievances, but don't hate I'm being self-deprecating. Like I get it, but also I feel like taking flak for "Don't hate me, but..." isn't exactly uncalled for. You don't want hate, don't say it
2) How many leftwing non-voters do you know? Where and why do you talk to them? In the context of this thread in this forum "non-voters" really reads like an attempt to hide "leftwing" in a dog whistle. No no, not the left-wingers here. The *other* left-wingers. The *bad* ones.
3) I mean if we're standing on the same ideological ground we probably have several reasons why "She should have run a better campaign" is valid. Starting with maybe run a campaign based on left wing values across the board instead of tiny American flags for some, conservative flavored centrism policy for others
you might remember him because he stole from a mississippi welfare fund and is in fact garbage
Well now this is absolutely veering into mutual self harm
Unsurprisingly her "Killing in the Name" RATM reaction is also quite cringe
In the alternate universe where Biden chose Pete Buttigieg as his VP and did the same hand-off, I wonder if he just runs away with it.
I'm almost certain that he does. Same with Biden running for round 2 in the magical world where he's without his age issues.
Sarah McBride is gonna be the first trans member of Congress.
and I am *ridiculously* excited by this prospect
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That's not fair, you might also remember him from his sexual harassment cases filed by team masseuses.
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didn't he also play a sport
I think maybe baseball?
I… worry that these are not good faith statements, just attempts to provoke, but I’m in a good mood and happy to have a conversation, so sure, let’s give this a try!
1) I think there’s a difference between taking a moment to vent a personal frustration that I imagine I’m not alone in feeling (while acknowledging that it’s not a deep or noteworthy one), and a direct personal attack that makes several bad assumptions about my character, like that I have a problem with the left wing, or that I really do consider this the worst possible consequence of Trump.
2) I used left wing to distinguish from the general non voting population. In other words, people who hold the same political ideals as myself but have still decided not to vote. At no point was this meant to be a dog whistle or a secret attack on any person or persons here.
3) I don’t want to drag this thread into the same old arguments, so I’m just going to say that elections are ultimately popularity contests, not divine trials where the objectively better candidate is granted victory. Good policies and popular policies are not always the same thing - largely due to the scare tactics of right wing media. I wish that Kamala would embrace more progressive stances and hope that she will take the opportunity over the next four years, but I’m also sadly aware that it won’t matter if she loses, and right now her campaign’s priority is to be the most popular candidate, not the most correct candidate. That doesn’t mean I like any of the concessions she’s made - I really really don’t - but it does mean that they don’t stop me from supporting her.
well since we're doing the greatest hits you might also remember him from his infidelity with a sideline reporter while married
IMO your first post was a bit goosey and provocative as well, so you should probably just let it go and be glad that others are also taking it "in good humor".
This is fair but also fighting words
@Cantide I have been reminded I have a post timer that locks me out so I will actually just forgo the conversation. My final thought is that if your statement truly reflects on "left-wing non-voters" that doesn't actually indicate anyone who posts here
1) My bad, I misjudged! You sound a lot like the people who agreed/awesomed your post who absolutely think you're talking about people on this forum, and that led me to my conclusion
2) I can totally get needing to vent about people who should be your allies but actually just annoy the shit out of you
2a) there should be more to 2 but after several attempts to say something more meaningful, I'm stuck on just how truthful the statement already is. Venting about false friends is something I am in agreement with. Fuck the people who claim to be your allies and then fail to deliver. Fuck 'em
I specifically called out of work Monday to avoid my "left wing" (his claim, not mine) coworker who voted third party in 2016 and 2020 but was talking earlier in the month about maybe voting for Trump to send Democrats a message.