2024 Presidential Election Thread

[Jeff Lebowski]

I got a text from Christie's campaign asking for a donation for that exact reason and I started filling it out. Then I realized I don't want all the texts and emails to flood in, so I abandoned the idea.

Pretty easy to opt out.

[Pelado]

I got a text from Christie's campaign asking for a donation for that exact reason and I started filling it out. Then I realized I don't want all the texts and emails to flood in, so I abandoned the idea.

Yeah, this. Donating to Mitt kind of sucked in that way.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Pence is such a lightweight. Drop out already.

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[Omaha 680]

These takes are interesting.

The Democratic Party has constantly voted against the crazy fringe elements of their party. Bernie destroyed twice, AOC and the squad have been marginalized, and Biden has struck huge bipartisan deals and has shown willingness to work with both sides.

What more could you really want from the executive? If you have hesitations at his age and vigor that’s fair, but pre-Trump he would be considered a dream by Americans writ large.

Hi, broken record here. When it comes to debt, the most pressing issue threatening the future of the republic, I think you give the Democrats way too much credit for being moderate. Look at the FY outlays since the onset of the pandemic as a % of FY 2019 outlays (using constant dollars)

2020 - 147%
2021 - 153%
2022 - 141%
2023 - 143% (estimate)

I think 2020 was overboard but understandable due to the once in a century challenge facing the global economy. 2021 was crazy to still be that high and was largely due to the nearly $2 Trillion American Rescue Plan passed as Biden's first major win. The only reason 2022 and 2023 aren't 175% or 200% of 2019 is because of Sinema and Manchin, not Biden or the supposedly moderate national Democrats. Build Back Better was a conglomerate of every Democrat fiscal wet dream since the Great Society and every moderate Democrat Senator was behind it except for the two noted above. We were extremely close to resetting our existing fiscal time bomb several decades earlier.

Republicans obviously suck at fiscal responsibility as well. But the insanity of the current iteration of the Republican party allows the national Democrats to pose as moderates. The culture wars are dumb. If we don't fix our debt issues nothing else will matter and on fiscal policy the national Democrats are much closer to AOC than Sinema.

[Omaha 680]

I am digging what Chris Christie is selling these days. I am not sure he can win, but I admire his strategy. Just go all in on the dump trump message and see what happens.

I have not paid a ton of attention to specific pitches of each candidate. Does what he is selling include begging forgiveness for torpedoing Marco Rubio's candidacy out of pure spite and then turning around and immediately becoming the first major R candidate to drop out and endorse Trump? Because if it doesn't include that then it rings a little hollow for me. It's hard to pose as never-Trump when you played a huge part in advancing and legitimizing him for your party base.

[Northwestcoug]

Pence is such a lightweight. Drop out already.

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Pathetic. When sleepy eyes Chuck Todd runs circles around you it’s time to hang it up.

you’re never going to be president. Like, never.

[Pelado]

Pathetic. When sleepy eyes Chuck Todd runs circles around you it’s time to hang it up.

you’re never going to be president. Like, never.

[frank ryan]

Pence is a Trump enabler. He is not a leader

[Jeff Lebowski]

I have not paid a ton of attention to specific pitches of each candidate. Does what he is selling include begging forgiveness for torpedoing Marco Rubio's candidacy out of pure spite and then turning around and immediately becoming the first major R candidate to drop out and endorse Trump? Because if it doesn't include that then it rings a little hollow for me. It's hard to pose as never-Trump when you played a huge part in advancing and legitimizing him for your party base.

His message is 100% on what a lunatic Trump is and how we need to dump him. I’m so drunk on hearing a Republican presidential candidate goes so hard after Trump that I am willing to forgive the man.

[Northwestcoug]

His message is 100% on what a lunatic Trump is and how we need to dump him. I’m so drunk on hearing a Republican presidential candidate goes so hard after Trump that I am willing to forgive the man.

I’m slightly buzzed but still wary of Christie. It will be interesting to see what he does and say when/if Trump wins the nomination.

[PaloAltoCougar]

I'm happy Christie is running because he'll do better than anyone else against Trump in the debates, but I'd have a very hard time forgiving him for turning Trump into a mainstream (in his way) candidate and paving the way for Trump to win in 2016. 'Twould be fun to watch them destroy each other.

[Maximus]

Someone translate

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[Jeff Lebowski]

Someone translate

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Translation:

RFK is a lunatic
Rogan is an idiot
Elon Musk is a clown

[Northwestcoug]

And then there were 12. Will Hurd, former Texas congressman, who actually doesn’t seem to be that bad. Good luck on getting that 1% in polls to qualify for debates.

[frank ryan]

Translation:

RFK is a lunatic
Rogan is an idiot
Elon Musk is a clown

He is a plant, like Tulsi Gabbard, intended to bog down and delay Biden from having momentum. When his campaign ends, I'm sure he will take a similar right wing news show and speaking route.