2024 Presidential Election | ELECTION DAY 2024

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nycfan said:


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See, this right here is what I'm looking for. You've become my barometer. Probably a bad choice, given that you -- unlike 99% of Americans -- are a partner at a Big Law firm, but life works in mysterious ways. Anyway, I was depressed by your reaction to the debate. Now you're getting my hopes up, even more than before.
 
superrific said:
For real, there's some '08 energy going around. This election could very well turn into a decisive victory. A huge one.

Kamala is over here talking about her hopeful plans for the future, and Trump is over there complaining that America's cities are hellholes and showers don't put out as much water as they used to.
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I'm loving how she ends her speeches. Even though I've heard it now 3-4 times, the last minute or so of them with the buildup just ends so strong. I can't help but get ready to run though a wall for her.
 
superrific said:
For real, there's some '08 energy going around. This election could very well turn into a decisive victory. A huge one.

Kamala is over here talking about her hopeful plans for the future, and Trump is over there complaining that America's cities are hellholes and showers don't put out as much water as they used to.
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The Pubs are finally getting punched in the mouth and they can’t handle it. Not quite there yet, but the momentum here is so great the Pubs are at serious risk of getting run off the field.
 
lawtig02 said:
The Pubs are finally getting punched in the mouth and they can’t handle it. Not quite there yet, but the momentum here is so great the Pubs are at serious risk of getting run off the field.
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So funny and so cathartic to watch, right before our eyes, the real-time collapse of an entire political party that staked its entire existence over the last decade on being a bully.
 
HeelYeah2012 said:
I think each of those people probably have their own reason for hating Trump. For some it’s because they truly have a moral objection to him (Kasich, Romney). For others it’s because he swooped in and took the Republican Party by storm when it was “their turn” (Jeb, Liz Cheney). For others, they just enjoy performative theatrics and being the martyr (Kinzinger)

I have no idea what will happen to the old Republican Party from here. A lot probably depends on whether Trump is successful this year or not. I’m not sure all the new voters Trump has energized are ever going to support someone like Liz Cheney.
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Well I’ll agree with you on one thing - having “no idea what will happen to the old Republican Party from here” seems accurate. It’s dead. It died a while back. The party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Eisenhower is long gone. Even the party of Ronald Reagan/George Bush (which was not quite the same as Lincoln-Eisenhower) is dead and gone. No, that Grand Old Party was usurped by tea-party, Maga, trumperistas. If I were an old school Republican (which I’m not) I think I might prefer the usurpers come up with a new name (The Tea Party maybe? Or the ‘T’ Party as an homage to Trump?) and let the George Will’s and Lincoln Project folks have their original brand back.
 
StrangePackage said:
He's writing election fanfiction in which he's the protagonist.

He clearly isn't happy with reality and is escaping into comfortable fantasy.
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Yes, this is why he added "and challenge me to another DEBATE!", which was the high point of his fortunes in this campaign (except for getting shot at) and therefor his (gotta say it) weird convention fantasy includes a return to that moment (I'm assuming even he doesn't want to return to getting shot at again, regardless of the enthusiasm bump he received). Gotta say, it's somehow satisfying that the moment that produced his highest highs (the debate) also set the stage for, hopefully, his utter ruin...
 
hedge said:
Yes, this is why he added "and challenge me to another DEBATE!", which was the high point of his fortunes in this campaign (except for getting shot at) and therefor his (gotta say it) weird convention fantasy includes a return to that moment (I'm assuming even he doesn't want to return to getting shot at again, regardless of the enthusiasm bump he received). Gotta say, it's somehow satisfying that the moment that produced his highest highs (the debate) also set the stage for, hopefully, his utter ruin...
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It has got to enrage Trump that the assassination attempt on his life isn't even a footnote not even 4 weeks after it happened.
 
nycfan said:
HY12 is not alone in that approach and makes a good faith effort here to explain why. Even though I remain genuinely baffled by the Trump support, I appreciate the effort to help me understand the POV.
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He doesn’t really make an effort to explain his positions at all. When presented with facts that he is citing BS stats, he claims we are going too far down the immigration rabbit hole on an election thread. He cuts and runs.
 
CFordUNC said:
It’s kind of funny that Republicans spent all of 2016 and all of 2020, and basically formulated the entire basis behind the Big Lie, measuring electoral probability buy things like rally crowd sizes and enthusiasm. And yet, now that Trump have all of the energy and enthusiasm of a funeral, and all the attendance of a Wake Forest football home game, while Harris has overflow capacity crowds everywhere she goes, not a peep from the right wing!
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Upvote for the Wake Forest sass...
 
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