The 2024 U.S. Presidential race

[Aeon Jiminy]

Supporting Donald Trump is too much for Richard Cheney

7th September 2024 Back in the halcyon days of that golden age of when politics seemed kind of normal, there was no greater illiberal pantomime villain than Vice President Richard Cheney. (Of cours…

davidallengreen.com

I never really thought about that, Cheney's deep love of Democracy. I guess that's why he is supporting the candidate that nobody voted for.

 

[Soen Eber]

Just when you think he couldn't get any weirder, he says, "hold my beer!"

We're not his target demographic. He has to show "strength" to the key of "Amurica, Fuck Yah!. What he is forgetting is he can't win office with only 30% of the electorate, and a lot of people who might have voted for him this time around are tired.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

I never really thought about that, Cheney's deep love of Democracy. I guess that's why he is supporting the candidate that nobody voted for.

You mistake David Allen Green's point, which is, of course, that Trump is too much for even Dick Cheney.

It is, though, as you imply, a curious fact of American political life that the supposedly democratic primaries produced overwhelming victories for two candidates most people regarded as distinctly sub-optimal, while Kamala Harris, for whom, as you say, no one voted, has evinced considerable popular enthusiasm.

 

[Casey Pelous]

I never really thought about that, Cheney's deep love of Democracy. I guess that's why he is supporting the candidate that nobody voted for.

 

[Free]

Just when you think he couldn't get any weirder, he says, "hold my beer!"

Not really. Lying about migrant Haitians eating neighborhood pets is your standard, old fashioned GOP racism. Nothing new here.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

I never really thought about that, Cheney's deep love of Democracy. I guess that's why he is supporting the candidate that nobody voted for.

What kind of plan are you on? Do you get paid per post, or on a sliding scale depending on the number of replies you provoke? Is your compensation funneled through a fake French shell agency or direct from Russia by way of some kind of crypto currency.

Or are you just acting like one of Putin's propagandists for free because you're so weak and insecure that this is how you how hope to make the right wing thugs think you're cool?

Or, I guess there's always the option that you really are just that stupid and sad, that you crave attention, and conflict is only way you can get it.

Whatever it is, it seems pathetic. I hope, for your sake, this is all some kind of parody shtick, because if you're really like this in RL, I feel sorry for anyone that has to pretend to tolerate you.

 

[WolfEyes]

Dude looks like he faceplanted into an unoccupied, loaded diaper.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

Dude looks like he faceplanted into an unoccupied, loaded diaper.

Probably one of his.

 

[Katheryne Helendale]

You mistake David Allen Green's point, which is, of course, that Trump is too much for even Dick Cheney.

It is, though, as you imply, a curious fact of American political life that the supposedly democratic primaries produced overwhelming victories for two candidates most people regarded as distinctly sub-optimal, while Kamala Harris, for whom, as you say, no one voted, has evinced considerable popular enthusiasm.

What the little shit fails to mention is that Harris was on the very ticket that won the Democratic primary.

 

[detrius]

Dude looks like he faceplanted into an unoccupied, loaded diaper.

 

[Soen Eber]

What kind of plan are you on? Do you get paid per post, or on a sliding scale depending on the number of replies you provoke? Is your compensation funneled through a fake French shell agency or direct from Russia by way of some kind of crypto currency.

Or are you just acting like one of Putin's propagandists for free because you're so weak and insecure that this is how you how hope to make the right wing thugs think you're cool?

Or, I guess there's always the option that you really are just that stupid and sad, that you crave attention, and conflict is only way you can get it.

Whatever it is, it seems pathetic. I hope, for your sake, this is all some kind of parody shtick, because if you're really like this in RL, I feel sorry for anyone that has to pretend to tolerate you.

I call "Big Lie" principle. Say it, shout it, long enough, and people will believe it just because it becomes part of the background noise of information content.

 

[Veritable Quandry]

At this point, it is the Big Bullshit technique. They no longer care if the lies are believed or believable. The MAGA technique is to lie so blatantly and so frequently that the noise drowns out the ability of information to get through.

 

[Zaida Gearbox]

Okay I think that person up there is here to be a troll. But, seriously, anyone who thinks Darth Cheney has a "deep love for democracy" clearly can't remember the Bush years.

 

[Bartholomew Gallacher]

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[Isabeau]

« There are 3 million more women in America than men. And they almost always vote in larger numbers than men. In 2020, 74 percent of adult U.S. women said they voted, vs. 71 percent of men.

That split has held true for more than 40 years — in every presidential election beginning in 1980, according to the Center for American Women and Politics.

There’s also a big split in voter registration: 89 million women told census surveyors they were registered in 2020, vs. 79 million men.

The 2024 election may set the record for women voting — and voting for the Democratic candidate for president. As I noted at the outset, the ABC News/Ipsos poll released September 1 found Harris leading Trump among women by 54 percent to 41 percent.

The gender chasm is even larger among women under 30 — an overwhelming 67 percent of whom plan to vote for Harris, while just 29 percent back Trump, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll. »

Trump's got a brand new woman problem

If Kamala Harris wins in November, American women will deserve a lot of the credit. Polls suggest women will vote in record margins for Kamala Harris.The ABC News/Ipsos poll released September 1 found Harris leading Trump by a whopping 54 percent to 41 percent among women.Donald Trump has a yuge...

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[Noodles]

It is, though, as you imply, a curious fact of American political life that the supposedly democratic primaries produced overwhelming victories for two candidates most people regarded as distinctly sub-optimal, while Kamala Harris, for whom, as you say, no one voted, has evinced considerable popular enthusiasm.

Yeah because almost no one votes during the Primaries.

 

[Kamilah Hauptmann]

well i can make a prediction for the future : sure traffic on this forum will peak til end 2024, but then 2025 you will all be surprised that it's TOTALLY QUIET on this forum, because elections will be over, but interesting people chatting about 3D worlds will have left. That's how you kill a forum.

Still here.

 

[Casey Pelous]

Jack White was not kidding:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/sep/09/white-stripes-trump-lawsuit-seven-nation-army

Meg even joined the lawsuit. (!)

(For those who are not White Stripes fans, 1) WTF?, and 2) Jack and Meg White were the White Stripes -- Jack on guitar and vocals, Meg White (Jack's ex-wife, though originally billed as his sister) on drums channeling John Bonham only punkier. Meg is notoriously introverted. "Reclusive" would, apparently, not be an inappropriate descriptor. That she joined this lawsuit is kind of amazing all on its own.)

 

[Dirran]

Nate Silver has paywalled his model, so it has far less reach this cycle. He used to adjust polls for bias based on the track record of each polling company. Sounds like he's gone all in on junk polls.

The race is closer in the Electoral Collage than it is in national polls. I have seen a strong and sustained boost in enthusiasm among Democrats. If we can keep that up and drive turnout Harris has a very good chace. But the race is still closer than it should be, and the press avoiding giving Trump the same scrutiny as Biden is no small part of that.

Peter Thiel has paywalled Nate Silver.

 

[Free]

Peter Thiel has paywalled Nate Silver.

Nuh unh unh, says Nate.



Though I'm not sure this is a denial.