2024 Presidential Election Thread

posted by Ironman92

I prefer “Here I Go Again” outstanding song and video

It is, but it's not a Ronald Reagan quote.

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

There was very popular story in the late 1980s and 1990s about Ronald Reagan sending - through his emissary - a picture to Ghadaffi of Ghadaffi's house with the message "If you are responsible for harming another American, we know where you live will destroy you." 

I think Trump has heard this story and likes the badassery of it and wants people to think this is how he rolls.  

So you don't believe what the 2 congressman said, nor that no Americans were harmed by them during the following 18 months.  ?

posted by QuakerOats

So you don't believe what the 2 congressman said, nor that no Americans were harmed by them during the following 18 months.  ?

Biden was president for 8 of the months right?

posted by QuakerOats

So you don't believe what the 2 congressman said, nor that no Americans were harmed by them during the following 18 months.  ?

Let's just say Trump had a history of telling tall tales....so forgive me if I don't believe his story one bit. 

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/12/alberto-gonzales-kamala-harris-endorsement-00178746

If you were to tell me in 2007 that VP Dick Cheney and Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, who authored the torture memos for the W. Bush administration during the early days of the War on Terror, would be supporting the Democratic Presidential nominee, I would not have believed you. 

This one shocked me lol. 

posted by QuakerOats

So you don't believe what the 2 congressman said, nor that no Americans were harmed by them during the following 18 months.  ?

Believe it as they told it?  No.  Only because the exact same story came long before.  My guess is their story is them converging being there with Trump telling them this badassery story sometime after.

I still think his debate performance is evidence that he is not up to standing toe-to-toe with any formidable world leader.  His best testimony about his international diplomacy skills is that the leader in the other side of the table is “afraid of him”.  

That’s 7th grade playground level.

I know you are but what is he?

posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

I still think his debate performance is evidence that he is not up to standing toe-to-toe with any formidable world leader.  His best testimony about his international diplomacy skills is that the leader in the other side of the table is “afraid of him”.  

That’s 7th grade playground level.

You gathered that from a debate? But Kamala’s foreign policy wowed you?

Speaking of the debate, Kamala was again asked today how she specifically plans to bring down prices, and she went on the same word salad diatribe that she did on Tuesday, almost verbatim. “Well I grew up a middle class kid”

https://x.com/defiantls/status/1834721503402676349?s=46&t=6w2XbPMrNrOkLnwSSn4TOQ

posted by ptown_trojans_1

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/12/alberto-gonzales-kamala-harris-endorsement-00178746

If you were to tell me in 2007 that VP Dick Cheney and Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, who authored the torture memos for the W. Bush administration during the early days of the War on Terror, would be supporting the Democratic Presidential nominee, I would not have believed you. 

This one shocked me lol. 

Once boogie men and now saviors. That is what should shock you.

posted by iclfan2

You gathered that from a debate? But Kamala’s foreign policy wowed you?

Speaking of the debate, Kamala was again asked today how she specifically plans to bring down prices, and she went on the same word salad diatribe that she did on Tuesday, almost verbatim. “Well I grew up a middle class kid”

https://x.com/defiantls/status/1834721503402676349?s=46&t=6w2XbPMrNrOkLnwSSn4TOQ

Meanwhile your guy is parading around with Laura loomer who spends her days making racist comments and tweets. 

posted by geeblock

Meanwhile your guy is parading around with Laura loomer who spends her days making racist comments and tweets. 

Yea, he’s a moron. I’ve said it many times. I don’t know much about her other than being a crazy conspiracy person, but wish Vance would have called her out for the curry comment. 

Laura Loomer the boogie women.   Trump is finished

posted by iclfan2

Yea, he’s a moron. I’ve said it many times. I don’t know much about her other than being a crazy conspiracy person, but wish Vance would have called her out for the curry comment. 

What the fuck is wrong with us?  Spices, foods,  God help us.

I love it that Dick Cheney (and his daughter) is endorsing Kamala. It gives credence to my theory that the parties are actively switching paradigms, which I've been pointing out for a long time. 

The Dems who used to be anti censorship, anti war and pro working class are now - pro censorship, pro war and anti working class. 

And I just saw a clip of somebody on Morning Joe complaining about other media outlets. To paraphrase, reporting on Trump objectively is helping him. And they were big mad about it lol!

Ptown, is it racist if I find that interesting and funny?

posted by geeblock

Meanwhile your guy is parading around with Laura loomer who spends her days making racist comments and tweets.

I agree that's deplorable, but if Obama and Kamala can hang out with racists, why can't Trump?

posted by CenterBHSFan

And I just saw a clip of somebody on Morning Joe complaining about other media outlets. To paraphrase, reporting on Trump objectively is helping him.

This is hilarious because they still haven't learned from 2016.  For a party that thrives on playing the victim card, you'd think they would know better than to turn Trump into a victim.

posted by CenterBHSFan

I love it that Dick Cheney (and his daughter) is endorsing Kamala. It gives credence to my theory that the parties are actively switching paradigms, which I've been pointing out for a long time. 

The Dems who used to be anti censorship, anti war and pro working class are now - pro censorship, pro war and anti working class. 

It also exposes the media.  Darth Cheney the warmonger is now a media darling.  What he thinks now matters.

Prior to this week I would have had no idea who Laura Loomer was.  Now thanks to the media I now know she is ripping the republican party apart and has been whispering in Trump's ear.

This is anecdotal, but every Trumper I know consumes considerably more news media than anyone else in my orbit.  I know what’s on Fox News, the NY Post, the Daily Mail, etc, everyday because it’s proffered as “in my opinion” everyday.  These same media gluttons are always the same people who go on and on about how “unfair” the media is.  

We like in a time where there is any option for news media you want.  The “big, bad media” is a weak, weak argument.