Everything posted by Tuco
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
I had a friend from Florida who said Nebraskan racism was worse than Deep South racism because Nebraskan racism had stealth technology.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
I'm confirmed as well. See you there.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
I'm betting he has one of those in his freezer.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
I would have loved to see a pivot to crypto. He thinks that losing the dollar as a reserve currency is like losing a war, but he is going to push an alternative because he can make a buck off of it.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
I also doubt he played tight end. It wasn't really a position until the 50s, and I doubt you would have seen it much at the high school level. It is also unlikely there were many players lifting weights. My stepdad played for the Cornhuskers in the early 50s and weightlifting was prohibited for fear of making the players "muscle bound." So yeah, all of that is just bullshit he invented on the spot based on what he understand about football today.
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2024 Senate Elections
It would be so nice to see Fischer lose.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Cool. I am all about getting Trump unscripted on any neutral media available.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
They get the same number of votes as Nobel Prize winners. Should any campaign ignore idiots?
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Do you want a transcript of his statement? Cuz all I’m finding is FoxNews sources. And context of a sentence like that would be pretty important.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
For me we have two major data points for Trump presidential elections: 2016 and 2020. In those events, we have three main variables: Trump, Dem Candidate, and the public. I think 2024 is the worst version of Trump. Not only is he personally deteriorated, his campaign is garbage. In the past two elections, the GOP attachment brought some competent logistics. That seems lacking today. He had women advising him. Ivanka is sitting this one out. Kelly Anne Conway is a minor character in this chapter. And I think that has made a difference in how he talks about women. Just techbro incel nonsense now. I think the Harris campaign is the best version of a Dem campaign I have seen. It’s not just Harris, although she is good. KamalaHQ, the dynamic DNC, etc. My big concern is America. If Trump wins, it will demonstrate a real rapid decline over the last 8 years.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Right now, I am thinking there is a 30% chance Trump wins a close one, 30% chance Harris wins a close one, and 40% chance Harris wins in a blowout. I have decided to follow this election closely, despite knowing how crushed I will be if Trump wins. I figure I was already crushed a few months ago after watching the Biden debate. Worst case scenario is I got an extra 4 months of hope before 4 years of distraction and despair. Best case scenario is I get to watch America turn the page on this stupid, ugly chapter. This is Midway, and I can’t stop watching now.
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2024 Senate Elections
That means 50R/49D/1I - assuming Allred or Tester doesn't pull it out, correct?
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
So he tells Californian Republicans that he is going to withhold money for fighting forest fires, and they cheer?
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
I was going to put up some other contenders. Then I watched the 45 minute speech. Yeah, he's the best speaker of our generation.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Spit it out.
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2024 Senate Elections
And frankly, there aren’t a lot of up and coming Dems that are itching to get hammered in a statewide race. In 2020, none of the three primary candidates had previously held elected office. This year, there are actually two Senate races and the Dems put up Preston Love against billionaire asshole Pete Ricketts. Preston is a local civil rights activist; good guy, he takes high schoolers to the Deep South on civil rights history tours. But he knows he has no shot. It’s not a race worth even mentioning. It’s hard to even find information on it. At best, it’s a race that helps with Gotv in North Omaha. At worst, it drives Republicans to the polls. So, it’s pretty easy for Dems in Nebraska to concede the race and hope an Independent fills the void. I think in Texas, the right candidate has a shot against Cruz. So recruiting a Dem isn’t as hard.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Do you have an alternate title for the package of economic policies? (I think, by nature, a package of campaign policies is going to sound artificial. Because they are campaign promises.)
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Don't care. Had environmental protections gutted.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Could you imagine the level of inflation in the construction industry if we tried to double our electrical capacity in 12 months? They'd be knocking down skyscrapers for the steel and copper. Pipe fitters would be making more than heart surgeons. He is just so profoundly stupid.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
And if states were incentivized to have their citizens votes.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Or
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
He was trying to distract from his speech. 4-D chess.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Looking at 538, there doesn't appear to be any Dem pollsters on swing states. It's almost like Dems don't want to push optimistic polling.
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
Yeah, I don't want Harris to be parsing out how much she supports human rights for trans people or prisoners. 1) she is (hopefully) more progressive than the average voter 2) it's not really something I want to see her negotiate on, 3)the average voter will eventually change, 4) for anyone for which it is a deal breaker, they will have dozens of other excuses to not vote for her. Nobody is looking at their ballot saying "hm, economy, abortion, and prisoner sex changes - those are my issues."
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2024 Presidential Election Thread - Let's keep the party going.
I am waiting for the other shoe to drop on this. I doubt Trump snuck into a warehouse, stole some machines, and Fedex'ed it to Putin. There has to be a paper trail on it. Maybe it's covered by executive privilege which would prevent getting it through FOIA. But Biden has access to it and can release it. If it is exists. It's possible the story is wrong. It is also possible that they are waiting for Trump to deny it directly. It's also possible they have it and won't release it, due to some deference for executive privilege. I don't think we are reading the polling the same way. Banning government insurance from covering the costs of gender-affirming surgeries and therapies (+9) So, most Americans don't believe government insurance should cover it. I imagine that number goes up when you add "....for prisoners." Still, I don't think this is something that would push independents to the polls. Who knows. We are a stupid people.