On Oct 25, 2024:
posted by CenterBHSFanWhen I watched the CNN's post town hall with the pundits, I got the feeling that CNN was starting to turn on Kamala.
I also can't help but think that govt spooks are losing their grasp on social medias in general. It's like ever since Musk bought Twitter, other medias are realizing that they can go on without the spooks.
Kamala is not going to lose this. If she does, I'm going to be super pissed!
Oh, she is losing. None of the indicators are in her favor. The fact her closing argument is orange man bad is terrible and shows how she has been incapable of putting together a winning argument.
She is even campaigning with celebrities like Beyonce in Texas, a state that does not matter, is very 2016 Clinton.
It is all giving me 2016 vibes again.
The Washington Post is going back to its long standing policy, before 1976, of not endorsing any Presidential candidate. I'm good with that as Newspaper endorsements don't mean anything now a days.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/25/washington-post-endorsement/
But, progressives online, on Twitter, are in uproar and canceling their subscriptions as they see this as silence to the threat of Trump. Some even saying it's Nazi like.
It's funny and very 2016 like again and the panic is real for progressives.
Trump is running away with this thing.
On Oct 24, 2024:
posted by BR1986FBYou mean the Atlantic, which is owned by Steve Jobs wife, who is Kamala Harris' bestie connected at the hip?
No, the quotes were directly from John Kelly in his NYT interview from his time with Trump.
posted by BR1986FBDems putting on the last second full court press....just got gas for 2.45 a gallon lol.
Didn't know those oil companies where Democrats.
posted by BR1986FBThe Dems have been banging the "racist" and "sexist" drum towards Trump for so long that it really no longer has an effect. Didn't you know that their new(er) "go to" is "fascist?" They don't know what it means, but it's fun to say.
Issue resurfaced with John Kelly detailing his thoughts on Trump, where he defined fascism and then used specific examples from his time with Trump to justify the language.
Kelly also confirmed all of the terrible Trump remarks that were in the previous Atlantic articles.
Now, my point is, it's dumb to focus on this as swing voters do not care about this as it is already baked in.
On Oct 23, 2024:
posted by QuakerOats
Gosh, I thought democracy was at stake.
Oh. I think Trump with a Republican Congress will be absolutely terrible and will have zero check on his impulses.
But, at this stage, to voters in swing states, that is not the main issue.
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieDemocrats haven’t dominated in decades. Seven times, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled the product of the Republican-appointed redistricting commission to be unfair in favor of Republicans. They are firmly in power in Ohio and led by a career politician governor. Passage of Issue 1 threatens their stronghold, so I’m voting yes.
Yeah, chalk me up as one that has seen redistricting being done by the politicians in 2 states, Maryland and Ohio, and both suck at it.
I don't think politicians should be involved at all as they have their own bias. I'm willing to try this route and see of it leads to anything better or worse.
But, the Republicans in Ohio blew this in their own maps and here we are.
posted by CenterBHSFanI think we will be surprised by just how many single issue voters will turn out this time. Abortion or woman president! or Biracial woman president!!!!!
That's what she has going for her and for millions of voters, that's enough.
Agreed and to many in key swing states, the economy is the issue.
Instead of going around listening to voters concerns about the economy and offering ways the President and Congress can assist, she is focusing on this stuff.
She should also be stating how dumb Trump's tariffs will be if fully enacted and how that will increase the price of everything.
I understand bringing up how bad Trump is and will be, but in this late stage in the race, that is already baked in with most people and won't move the needle.
It does seem like the Ds are repeating the exact same mistakes in 2016, focusing on Trump's behavior.
Problem is, the voters that Kamala needs do not care about that...they care about the economy.
She is screwing this up by not focusing on an economic issues.
Even though the President has little influence over the economy, Trump is killing her on the issue and that's going to be reason she's loses this thing.
On Oct 21, 2024:
posted by justincredibleHe's winning, and they'll call it relatively early on election night.
Of course, I thought the Jets were Super Bowl contenders this season so...
I know this was sort of tongue in cheek, but the more I see and hear interviews out of swing states, the more I think Trump wins easily.
High cost of living and the economy is tied to Biden and Harris. People are choosing Trump because they believe he is better for the economy.
I thought Harris would be able to improve as the economy has improved and inflation has gone down, but not enough in the states that matter, PA, MI, NV, AZ.
All of the terrible stuff Trumps says and does does not matter to those people as they trust him more for the economy and that matters.
Trump may have it sewed up by midnight.
I do expect Harris to challenge the result and call for recounts too.
On Oct 16, 2024:
posted by CenterBHSFanThis is just getting more stupid and absurd by the day.
I get you don't like Ukraine funding. But do yourself a favor and look into how the funding and dispatching of the funds occur. Look at primary government sources on this.
The funding is already authorized from a DOD fund.
It is a different bucket of money than any other domestic funding source.
The media does a terrible job at reporting the complexity of the budget process where it is easy to get angry.
posted by jmogSo you believe the parties magically switched sides too? And yet called BR’s “replacement theory” BS?
Oh, no. Magically no. Over time, yes. It's like any voting area.
You can read books and histories of Nixons campaign and his southern strategy to start, and then books on Reagan's southern campaign too by his campaign officials from back in the day.
Areas change over time. Look at Ohio as an example over the last 20 years.
On Oct 15, 2024:
posted by BR1986FBImagine that? Maybe something crazy like the consumption of house pets in Southern Ohio will turn out to be true too?
No it is not. Continue to live in your fantasy land.
posted by CenterBHSFanSpeaking of racism: remember when we were told that it was bullshit and racist to believe that a Venezuelan gang had overtaken an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado?
Turns out it was true!
Not only true, but it's happened to a handful of apartment complexes. But not the whole town yet (lol)
No one denied it wasn't happening....it was the entire town was being overrun and crime was dramatically increasing.
The sheriff had debunked that portion, so not sure what you are talking about.
posted by CenterBHSFanRacism lives under your bed, Ptown ffs
The great replacement theory is very prominent on the neo nazi and very right wing sites.
posted by BR1986FBMight be "heavily flawed" in theory but it's still the intent, per Pelosi. Regardless of the source, she said it.
It's one thing to be supportive of immigration and immigration reform. It is another to jump to the conclusion that that means they will automatically vote Democrat and that will replacing white population in order to gain votes.
This is partly why we cannot reform our immigration system. Because, any effort to try and find a way to bring citizenship to illegals gets blasted as amnesty like in that article.
The whole discussion also parades in racist tropes that is used by the far right and neo nazi idiots too.
posted by BR1986FBYeah, sure is (eye roll)...
Good source...
Also, the underlying assumption that they will all vote democrat is heavily flawed looking at states like Florida and Texas.
posted by jmogI don’t disagree, but so is the theory that the parties swapped magically back in the 60s, but people still believe that as well.
Yeah, it started in 1968 with Nixon's southern strategy. But, it took the 70s, and then really Reagan's 1980 election for it to hold. Even then, it still took the rise of the religious right to for it to be complete.
On Oct 14, 2024:
posted by iclfan2Lol hit a nerve.
It's the foundation of the Trump immigration policy, so yeah.
posted by iclfan2It’s hilarious that you actually believe this.
As in good questions....from Bret Baier. He is a fair interviewer.