The 2024 U.S. Presidential race

[Aldbaran Galicia]

SO...what did i miss...what happened after Obama??...

 

[Lexxi]

RFK, Jr.: I think we should go with Marty Moose.

Campaign Manager: Robert, you need to pick a real person.

RFK, Jr.: But it's a guy in a moose suit, right?

Campaign Manager: Yeah, but I'm fairly sure he is Canadian.

RFK, JR: Thought he was from New Mexico?

Campaign Manager, covering face: That's an actual moose. Thought you were talking about that other Marty Moose.

who is Canadian. Wait, it's John Candy who is Canadian. Not sure about Marty Moose. Okay, I'll send out feelers to his people.

RFKjr looking for Marty Moose:

(me, in an aside: WTF am I doing? Oh, right, I was bored)

 

[Lexxi]

SO...what did i miss...what happened after Obama??...

Well, after he was president, Obama narrated nature documentaries.

Oh, you mean what happened with the office of President? Oh, well, Hillary Clinton became President. She's currently in her second term.

Donald Trump? That dude from a cameo in Home Alone? He's involved in several court cases.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picks Nicole Shanahan as his running mate for his independent White House bid

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has chosen Nicole Shanahan to be his vice presidential pick. Kennedy is mounting an independent White House bid that has spooked national Democrats.

apnews.com

 

[Free]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picks Nicole Shanahan as his running mate for his independent White House bid

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has chosen Nicole Shanahan to be his vice presidential pick. Kennedy is mounting an independent White House bid that has spooked national Democrats.

apnews.com

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Who?

 

[Veritable Quandry]

Her divorce to Sergey Brin of Google cited a rumored affair with Elon Musk, which she denies. She is also an anti-vaxxer and her foundation has a weird focus on extending fertility into later ages for women, which also seems to put her in the Musk "rich white people aren't having enough babies" camp.

 

[Free]

 

[Free]

Her divorce to Sergey Brin of Google cited a rumored affair with Elon Musk, which she denies. She is also an anti-vaxxer and her foundation has a weird focus on extending fertility into later ages for women, which also seems to put her in the Musk "rich white people aren't having enough babies" camp.

 

[Free]

I think I figured out why RFK, Jr. picked Shanahan.



"Nicole Shanahan, who's given his campaign a lot of money"

I also like the idea that Jon Lovett (Obama speechwriter and one of the Pod Save America team) came up with, which is that if you really want to learn something about a person, quote the last paragraph in their Wikipedia page:

In 2023, Shanahan held a "love ceremony" of commitment with Jacob Strumwasser, who is an advisor at Lightning Labs, a bitcoin software company. She described the event as a handfasting ceremony influenced by Druidic tradition. The pair met at the Burning Man festival in summer 2022.

Oh yeah, she will go over well with the conspiracy crowds.

 

[Noodles]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picks Nicole Shanahan as his running mate for his independent White House bid

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has chosen Nicole Shanahan to be his vice presidential pick. Kennedy is mounting an independent White House bid that has spooked national Democrats.

apnews.com

> Spooked National Democrats
The news will do anything, ANYTHING, to avoid endorsing Biden.

I thought Kennedy had dropped out right after wasting all his ad budget on the Superb Owl.

 

[Lexxi]

I think I figured out why RFK, Jr. picked Shanahan.



"Nicole Shanahan, who's given his campaign a lot of money"

I also like the idea that Jon Lovett (Obama speechwriter and one of the Pod Save America team) came up with, which is that if you really want to learn something about a person, quote the last paragraph in their Wikipedia page:



Oh yeah, she will go over well with the conspiracy crowds.

Neat idea. Let's try . . .
Donald Trump:

Trump has been the subject of comedy and caricature on television, in films, and in comics. He was named in hundreds of hip hop songs from 1989 until 2015; most of these cast Trump in a positive light, but they turned largely negative after he began running for office.

RFK,JR:

Kennedy is a Roman Catholic.[321] In 2005, Michael Paulson called him "a deeply devout Catholic who attends daily Mass".[322] Kennedy considers Saint Francis of Assisi his patron saint and a role model.[321] In a 2005 interview with The Boston Globe, he said he was deeply inspired by Francis's devotion to social justice, helping the poor, animal welfare, and environmentalism; Francis is a patron saint of ecology.[322] In 2004, Kennedy published a biography, Saint Francis of Assisi: A Life of Joy.[322] He also said Catholicism was a vehicle of his environmentalism, adding, "environmental work is spiritual work".[322] Despite identifying as pro-life,[322] Kennedy also identifies with liberal Catholicism.[149] He criticized the church's argument that John Kerry should have been denied communion because of his support for abortion rights.[322] In a 2018 interview with Vatican News, Kennedy expressed his admiration for Pope John XXIII and stated his belief that "the Church should be an instrument of justice and kindness around the world".

Tom Brady:

One of Brady's friends and former teammates, tight end Rob Gronkowski, has followed Brady and Alex Guerroro's plant-based diet plan since 2017. Other professional athletes who follow Brady's diet include quarterback Kirk Cousins and hockey player Mark Scheifele.

Mark Scheifele:

In 2020, Scheifele was sued by his former personal chef who claimed he "didn't pay him in a "timely and consistent manner;" didn't give the chef health benefits; and "[caused] the Plaintiff to incur substantial out of pocket expenses in carrying out his duties as an employee." Scheifele responded to the lawsuit denying all claims and asked for the suit to be dismissed.

 

[Cristiano]

Obama jumps in to help Biden defeat Trump again | CNN Politics

Barack Obama spent several hours last Friday in the family dining room of the White House, visiting his former vice president, Joe Biden. The occasion was hardly just two old friends catching up.

www.cnn.com

 

[detrius]

I also like the idea that Jon Lovett (Obama speechwriter and one of the Pod Save America team) came up with, which is that if you really want to learn something about a person, quote the last paragraph in their Wikipedia page:

In 2023, Shanahan held a "love ceremony" of commitment with Jacob Strumwasser, who is an advisor at Lightning Labs, a bitcoin software company. She described the event as a handfasting ceremony influenced by Druidic tradition. The pair met at the Burning Man festival in summer 2022.

Oh yeah, she will go over well with the conspiracy crowds.

"Strumwasser" feels like a misspelling of the word "Sturmwasser" ("stormwater" in German).

That dyslexic official working at the immigration office on Ellis Island must have struck again.

 

[Free]

Well, at least they're having fun.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Free]

 

[Essence Lumin]

Please do. The less exposure for the RNC the better.

 

[Cristiano]

Trump posts video that shows image of Biden tied up in the back of a truck | CNN Politics

Former President Donald Trump on Friday posted a video that featured an image of President Joe Biden tied up in the back of a pickup truck.

www.cnn.com

 

[Cristiano]

I am glad the Biden campaign is hitting back over and over:

Biden campaign spokesman Michael Tyler told CNN in a statement, “This image from Donald Trump is the type of crap you post when you’re calling for a ‘bloodbath’ or when you tell the proud boys to ‘stand back and stand by.’ Trump is regularly inciting political violence and it’s time people take him seriously — just ask the Capitol Police officers who were attacked protecting our democracy on January 6.”

Honestly, that is a threat. The Secret Service should be investigating. I am so sick of that fucking human garbage doing whatever he wants. He continues to attack the judge on his case even with a gag order. It is a pattern of behavior over and over again, and he needs to be in fuck jail now. No one else would be given this much deference for some stupid fucking reason. I hate it and the dumb fucking morons that support him.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

Honestly, that is a threat. The Secret Service should be investigating. I am so sick of that fucking human garbage doing whatever he wants. He continues to attack the judge on his case even with a gag order. It is a pattern of behavior over and over again, and he needs to be in fuck jail now. No one else would be given this much deference for some stupid fucking reason. I hate it and the dumb fucking morons that support him.

Same here. I think I've been acclimatized by TV to expect the resolution of a crime drama within 60 minutes minus commercial time.

The only real tension right now is whether he gets bars slammed in his face before November. That's still too long. I need more snacks.