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  • Northwestcoug
    Cocked and Loaded
    • May 2011
    • 17941
    #1

    2024 Presidential Election Thread

    In the land of perpetual election season, is it ever too early to talk about the next election? I say nay.

    Let's start off with the presumptive GOP frontrunner DeSantis. Yesterday he talked about the death penalty in front of a very hostile crowd, the Florida Sherrif's Association. And gosh darnit, he's complaining that it's too hard for the state to kill people. He wants a return to a supermajority for death penalties, something the SCOTUS outlawed in Florida in (I can't believe I'm saying this) 2016. MAGA, I guess.

    DeSantis calls to end jury unanimity for Florida death penalty cases
    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/24/ron-desantis-florida-death-penalty-unanimous-jury
    Republican governor suggests ‘super-majority’ should suffice in state that has required jury unanimity in capital cases since 2017


    Here he is musing on the right number the state needs to convince a jury for the death penalty:

    “Fine, have a super-majority,” DeSantis told the Florida Sheriffs Association on Monday. “But you can’t just say one person votes no.”

    “Maybe eight out of 12 or something,” he added.
    Maybe. Why not 7?
    "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
    "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
    - SeattleUte
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    • Jeff Lebowski
      Corporate lackey for Jesus
      • Nov 2008
      • 69519
      #2
      Barf.
      "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
      "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
      "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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        • Maximus
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2009
          • 6011
          #3
          anyone but trump and desantis. Anyone.

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            • falafel
              loves to talk on things
              • Mar 2009
              • 37896
              #4
              Originally posted by Maximus View Post
              anyone but trump and desantis. Anyone.
              Sorry. There's no one.
              Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

              Dig your own grave, and save!

              "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

              "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

              GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                • Shaka
                  Senior Member
                  • Dec 2008
                  • 10438
                  #5
                  Nikki Haley will probably run.

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                    • Non Sequitur
                      Where did I put my bodkin
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 5773
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Shaka View Post
                      Nikki Haley will probably run.
                      God help us.
                      "The mind is not a boomerang. If you throw it too far it will not come back." ~ Tom McGuane

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                        • myboynoah
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2008
                          • 21719
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Non Sequitur View Post

                          God help us.
                          Agreed. What a disaster that would be.
                          Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

                          For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

                          Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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                            • Pelado
                              Bald not naked
                              • Sep 2010
                              • 21096
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Shaka View Post
                              Nikki Haley will probably run.
                              On a treadmill?
                              "I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
                              - Goatnapper'96

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                                • Uncle Ted
                                  The Big 12 money shot.
                                  • Apr 2010
                                  • 28853
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Northwestcoug View Post
                                  In the land of perpetual election season, is it ever too early to talk about the next election? I say nay.

                                  Let's start off with the presumptive GOP frontrunner DeSantis. Yesterday he talked about the death penalty in front of a very hostile crowd, the Florida Sherrif's Association. And gosh darnit, he's complaining that it's too hard for the state to kill people. He wants a return to a supermajority for death penalties, something the SCOTUS outlawed in Florida in (I can't believe I'm saying this) 2016. MAGA, I guess.

                                  DeSantis calls to end jury unanimity for Florida death penalty cases
                                  https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/24/ron-desantis-florida-death-penalty-unanimous-jury
                                  Republican governor suggests ‘super-majority’ should suffice in state that has required jury unanimity in capital cases since 2017


                                  Here he is musing on the right number the state needs to convince a jury for the death penalty:



                                  Maybe. Why not 7?
                                  What about for the Dems? Is Grandpa Joe going to run again? Or is the Deep State going to knock him out with all those documents they keep finding?

                                  What about Gav "anti-2nd Amendment" Newsom?



                                  Here is the perfect running mate for Gav:



                                  But Gav wants to do it all the way and take away all guns and not just your AR-15s. Because everyone knows that it's the guns that kill people... Just ask Alec "I didn't pull the trigger" Baldwin!

                                  "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
                                  "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
                                  "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
                                  GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                                    • Northwestcoug
                                      Cocked and Loaded
                                      • May 2011
                                      • 17941
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post

                                      What about for the Dems? Is Grandpa Joe going to run again? Or is the Deep State going to knock him out with all those documents they keep finding?

                                      What about Gav "anti-2nd Amendment" Newsom?


                                      anti-2nd amendment. Has a nice ring to it. Don’t threaten me with a good time Ted!

                                      "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
                                      "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
                                      - SeattleUte

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                                        • falafel
                                          loves to talk on things
                                          • Mar 2009
                                          • 37896
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post

                                          What about for the Dems? Is Grandpa Joe going to run again? Or is the Deep State going to knock him out with all those documents they keep finding?

                                          What about Gav "anti-2nd Amendment" Newsom?



                                          Here is the perfect running mate for Gav:



                                          But Gav wants to do it all the way and take away all guns and not just your AR-15s. Because everyone knows that it's the guns that kill people... Just ask Alec "I didn't pull the trigger" Baldwin!
                                          You're starting to make some sense, Ted.
                                          Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

                                          Dig your own grave, and save!

                                          "The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American

                                          "I know that you are one of the cool and 'edgy' BYU fans" -- Wally

                                          GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                                            • myboynoah
                                              Senior Member
                                              • Nov 2008
                                              • 21719
                                              #12
                                              Give 'em Hell, Cougars!!!

                                              For all this His anger is not turned away, but His hand is stretched out still.

                                              Not long ago an obituary appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune that said the recently departed had "died doing what he enjoyed most—watching BYU lose."

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                                                • Northwestcoug
                                                  Cocked and Loaded
                                                  • May 2011
                                                  • 17941
                                                  #13
                                                  Couldn’t she have fainted on her own time?!?
                                                  "...you pointy-headed autopsy nerd. Do you think it's possible for you to post without using words like "hilarious," "absurd," "canard," and "truther"? Your bare assertions do not make it so. Maybe your reasoning is too stunted and your vocabulary is too limited to go without these epithets."
                                                  "You are an intemperate, unscientific poster who makes light of very serious matters.”
                                                  - SeattleUte

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                                                    • Donuthole
                                                      Official Outgayer
                                                      • Nov 2008
                                                      • 25231
                                                      #14
                                                      As someone who has spent a good portion of my career dealing with peoples’ perceptions of actions captured on video, I can assure you that this guy’s presidential bid effectively ended in the 5 seconds between him noticing his pregnant wife fainting and him leaving the podium.
                                                      Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

                                                      There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

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                                                        • Moliere
                                                          One man.....one pie
                                                          • Oct 2009
                                                          • 27816
                                                          #15
                                                          Originally posted by Donuthole View Post
                                                          As someone who has spent a good portion of my career dealing with peoples’ perceptions of actions captured on video, I can assure you that this guy’s presidential bid effectively ended in the 5 seconds between him noticing his pregnant wife fainting and him leaving the podium.
                                                          Agreed, but I will say his delay isn’t unexpected. He’s giving what he thinks is one of the more important speeches in his life and is likely fully caught up in the moment and I’m sure it took a couple seconds to snap out of the moment and realize what was going on.

                                                          Of course, I’ve never heard of the guy so it’s not like he was going to win anyway.
                                                          "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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