2024 Presidential Election | ELECTION DAY 2024

[lawtig02]

Trump to Put Kennedy and Gabbard on His Transition Team

Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Gabbard, who had been progressive Democrats for many years, will join the former president’s sons and Senator JD Vance, his running mate, as honorary co-chairs.

www.nytimes.com

Trump to Put Kennedy and Gabbard on his Transition Team​

Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Gabbard, who had been progressive Democrats for many years, will join the former president’s sons and Senator JD Vance, his running mate, as honorary co-chairs.

Of all the absolutely insane news that has come from Team Trump this cycle, that headline may take the cake. It’s a spectacular melange of nepotism, lack of meritorious qualification, and just damn weirdness.

 

[Paine]

Trump to Put Kennedy and Gabbard on His Transition Team

Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Gabbard, who had been progressive Democrats for many years, will join the former president’s sons and Senator JD Vance, his running mate, as honorary co-chairs.

www.nytimes.com

Trump to Put Kennedy and Gabbard on his Transition Team​

Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Gabbard, who had been progressive Democrats for many years, will join the former president’s sons and Senator JD Vance, his running mate, as honorary co-chairs.

Not sure Gabbard was ever progressive, but that’s the NYT for ya.

 

[UNCatTech]

Not asking for pity or really even complaining … I’m voting for the policies because I can see beyond my personal tax bill.

I will add that when you pay quarterly tax payments, including FICA and the Obamacare surcharge (rather than having taxes deducted from each paycheck) you really perceive the amount of the taxes. It is what it is.

Wait you are not the center of the universe? All government activities don't revolve around how much they can milk you for?

Personally, I believe we get a lot for our tax dollars. I do believe we could get more if we focused on citizens well being before military. Hopefully we will see a transition in that direction when Kamala wins.

 

[CFordUNC]

"Many people are saying to me, sir, sir, you're the hottest president ever, maybe the hottest president in all of history, you're hearing it more and more. Some are even saying I'm hotter than Jack Kennedy ever was, I don't know, but you're hearing it more and more. A great big strong man with tears in his eyes came up to me and said sir, sir, how come you're the hottest person to ever run for office in this country? Sir, you make Brad Pitt jealous, sir! Nobody has ever been hotter than you, sir!"

 

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[SnoopRob]

My wife was discussing our SPLOST tax yesterday, with some ignorant maga types. These idiots complain about the roads, the schools, basically everything county government is responsible for, yet they vote against giving the county government the revenues to do what they want the government to do.

I live in NC not too far from the SC border.

The best way I know to show folks the value of taxes is to drive into SC and let them see how the roads immediately turn to crap as soon as you cross the state line.

 

[farce©]

Not sure Gabbard was ever progressive, but that’s the NYT for ya.

You beat me to it. Tulsi Gabbard was a "progressive Democrat?" Really?

 

[lawtig02]

 

[HeelYeah2012]

So, you're voting Harris?

I will admit that Biden Trump wasn't inspirational to me, even though I believe Biden's term was successful, but I was going to vote against the worst presidential candidate of all time, trump, no question.

I’m not voting for Harris personally, because my vote wasn’t ever against “Biden” or “Clinton” but rather against the Democratic agenda at the national level.

I’ve never said that I’m the precise swing voter in the entire country, but I can still acknowledge that there are swing voters who think pretty similarly to me that will vote Harris over Trump but would’ve gone Trump over Biden. I’m not there myself but I see where those people are coming from.

As someone who is planning on splitting my ticket almost 50/50 this November, I do think I’m a little more in tune with some of the swing voters and fence sitters than most of the people who post here are. It’s just that I’ve already paid close attention to politics this cycle long before the “average” person tunes in, so I’ve already got my choices made in most races whereas other swing voters are still making theirs.

I do think Harris will be a lot better president the next 4 years than Biden would’ve been, so I’m happy the Democrats forced Biden out despite the fact that it harms Trump’s chances. I would rather roll the dice on a 60% Harris 40% Trump election rather than a 70% Trump 30% Biden election, because Biden was embarrassing.

 

[CallMeTyler]

I’m not voting for Harris personally, because my vote wasn’t ever against “Biden” or “Clinton” but rather against the Democratic agenda at the national level.

I’ve never said that I’m the precise swing voter in the entire country, but I can still acknowledge that there are swing voters who think pretty similarly to me that will vote Harris over Trump but would’ve gone Trump over Biden. I’m not there myself but I see where those people are coming from.

As someone who is planning on splitting my ticket almost 50/50 this November, I do think I’m a little more in tune with some of the swing voters and fence sitters than most of the people who post here are. It’s just that I’ve already paid close attention to politics this cycle long before the “average” person tunes in, so I’ve already got my choices made in most races whereas other swing voters are still making theirs.

I do think Harris will be a lot better president the next 4 years than Biden would’ve been, so I’m happy the Democrats forced Biden out despite the fact that it harms Trump’s chances. I would rather roll the dice on a 60% Harris 40% Trump election rather than a 70% Trump 30% Biden election, because Biden was embarrassing.

And yet you vote Trump, the single most incapable, embarrassing candidate in history and cited as THE worst POTUS of all time by historians. This, amongst many things, is why nobody takes you seriously.

 

[4thgenheel]

good LORD.

revolting.

 

[hedge]

I do think Harris will be a lot better president the next 4 years than Biden would’ve been, so I’m happy the Democrats forced Biden out despite the fact that it harms Trump’s chances. I would rather roll the dice on a 60% Harris 40% Trump election rather than a 70% Trump 30% Biden election, because Biden was embarrassing.

Dude, you're still going to be talking about Biden in 2044...

 

[Geisterfahrer]

And yet you vote Trump, the single most incapable, embarrassing candidate in history and cited as THE worst POTUS of all time by historians. This, amongst many things, is why nobody takes you seriously.

Gentle request for a moratorium on any further discussion of HY’s presidential vote. It’s been beaten to death and is no more interesting now than it was 1000 iterations ago.

 

[CFordUNC]

good LORD.

revolting.

it absolutely is. And it’s already happening in places like Texas, Idaho, and Missouri, with other red states proposing to follow suit. Even if someone is personally morally opposed to abortion, it is unfathomable to me that anyone who is a father, husband, grandfather, brother, uncle, etc. – or really anyone who cares about the women in their lives at all – would vote for an agenda that includes such deeply disturbing big brother type surveillance.

But then again, the people who would vote for that type of agenda were never actually conservative or about freedom and liberty in the first place.

 

[haroldminer]

What is trump going to do as president that makes people want to vote for him? He has no policies. Is it really just social issues?

It seems people forget he was president before and it was a shit show. The only thing he did was give trillions of dollars to the rich. I notice that nobody cares about the deficit anymore as a result.

 

[CFordUNC]

Gentle request for a moratorium on any further discussion of HY’s presidential vote. It’s been beaten to death and is no more interesting now than it was 1000 iterations ago.

Totally agree with this. Nobody who posts on a political forum is going to have their vote changed by anyone or anything that anyone says on said political forum – myself included. I think it’s a lot more appropriate to question people on the inconsistency and irregularity in their stated beliefs and viewpoints juxtaposed with their voting preference, but as you said, repeatedly questioning the vote preference itself is simply beating a dead horse.

 

[Patb78]

I live in NC not too far from the SC border.

The best way I know to show folks the value of taxes is to drive into SC and let them see how the roads immediately turn to crap as soon as you cross the state line.

My wife’s father was a truck driver. When they would make a family trip to South Carolina, she said it wouldn’t take him a mile into South Carolina before he would start muttering, “Damn South Carolina roads.”

 

[RockyMtnHoo]

So the first 15 minutes of Inside Politics on CNN was spent with the panel talking about why Harris “needs” to do an interview, followed by “progressive Democrats” (their words) RFK Jr and Gabbard endorsing Trump. Felt like I needed to check the channel to make sure I wasn’t on Fox.

FWIW I feel like an interview is a no-win for the Harris campaign. She’s trending way up in the polls, and no matter what she says, it’ll get twisted and used against her.