Election 2024: Old and Crazy vs. Middle-age and Weird

[6souls]

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1815408717149720688

[kisada]

Republicans are doing all their weird shit, all their criticisms are about everything other than immigration and inflation. It's glorious.

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so my hope is in aggregate, but for particularly trump, that their racism will start fully bleeding through in more obvious ways - to the point it begins to really turn off enough people that might have otherwise voted for him

but also at the same time mobilize people of color who otherwise wouldn't have voted, if not for the blatant racism coming through from the republican side

i dunno if that'll actually be the case? but i'd like to hope so

[Tyrath]

Have to wonder if all of that weirdness is just an unspoken admittance that they don't care about the outcome of the election.

They'll try a coup again anyway. Some of them are already talking about it.

Good luck with that when the current admin is Dem

[mallister]

I have a bunch of coworkers who are convinced the man is not a racist. They told me today they've done the research.

[Tymon]

God spoke to them and told them that Trump is chosen by divine right. Just like Gaius.

[kuronosan]

She's already being called out for "DEI", which of course is Republicanspeak for "non-white, non-male".

[Byrthnoth]

I know we are off to the races with Kamala, but it is worth dwelling on how intensely unusual and honorable Biden's decision was.

Biden spent half his long life trying to be president and chose to step aside after winning enough delegates to be the nominee. How much you credit to Biden's honor vs. the political reality that he looked like a sure loser and donors were starting to withhold funds is up to you, but his decision to put our interests over his personal interest is still respectable.

Hats off, Uncle Joe. Ice cream is on me if I ever run into you in Rehoboth again.

[Roranora]

Joe deserves respect for this for sure

after RBG shat the bed and Feinstein continued during decomposition, i wasn't sure if he could do it

[Tyrath]

Pretty good contract to Trump and the GOP lol

Part of the reason they were caught so flat footed is none of them could ever imagine giving up power

[Gredival]

I know we are off to the races with Kamala, but it is worth dwelling on how intensely unusual and honorable Biden's decision was.

Biden spent half his long life trying to be president and chose to step aside after winning enough delegates to be the nominee. How much you credit to Biden's honor vs. the political reality that he looked like a sure loser and donors were starting to withhold funds is up to you, but his decision to put our interests over his personal interest is still respectable.

Hats off, Uncle Joe. Ice cream is on me if I ever run into you in Rehoboth again.

He also stepped aside in 2016 to avoid dividing the party.

Yes he wanted to be President, but things besides power clearly matter to him.

[Tyrath]

Ironically might've had 2 terms ending this year if he hadn't stepped aside

[Gredival]

I've said charismatic moderate white guy is the way to go in 2016 before I said it in 2020.

[archibaldcrane]

https://twitter.com/KThomasDC/status...vslseWaig&s=19

Hadn't heard Walz mentioned before.

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[Tyrath]

How is that guy only 1 year older than kamala

[Zealot]

Kelly has gotta be the guy.

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[Tyrath]

I'd say it's between Kelly and Shapiro

[archibaldcrane]

Kelly has gotta be the guy.

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I do not understand why you'd go full "west of the rockies" with your ticket with this EC map

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[Tyrath]

It sounds like to replace Kelly would be a special election though so that sounds risky as hell

[kuronosan]

I heard Kelly, Shapiro, Pritzker as the main ones to light up the scene. They're all well-liked.

[Zealot]

I do not understand why you'd go full "west of the rockies" with your ticket with this EC map

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Because Kelly on the ticket is a vote getter that would elevate other down-ticket races. JD Vance is a feckless finance bro who wrote a whole ass book about how much he hates poor people. Kelly is a combat veteran fighter pilot, scientist, astronaut. That's the contrast in candidates that gets people to look at the ballot box and think "who do I want more if one of these people die," like I personally did in 2008.