Really says a lot that liberals have been screeching at progressives for months for any negative word about Biden and now THEYāRE the ones basically ready to hand the election over to Trump. They really do not care about the stakes even a little bit.
I really think itās the so-called moderates and centrists this time. Most regular Liberals seem to me to be very afraid of a redux of 45 and very much would like to engage in a strategic electoral campaign that defeats him. Elite Dems seem unable to offer any direction to them.
A substantial portion of that noise is being generated by the NYT. Chuck that paper of record on the compost heap and donāt amplify their garbage, and stress levels immediately go down.
She still does.
"Trump has been seeking to rewrite the history of Jan. 6 for years ā calling it a lovefest, among other things ā and has said heād likely pardon some of those arrested. This will give him a new talking point."
From June 28, 2024.
Whole lot of money and idiocy whipped up right now by NYT to appease the base.
Me, Iām hoping the October Surprise of 2024 is not to the benefit of the GOP and their orange spokesmonkey who thinks heās the ringmaster of the circus.
Frankly, Iām hoping Merchan throws him in jail in September!
With the NYC sentencing and now the DC trial both teeing up for the fall, it seems Trump's criminality will be the headlines leading to Election Day. Prison would be the cherry on top. Love it when we can smack the gloat right off GOP faces after they think they outsmarted us.
When the Oct. convo turns to questions of how a president can run the country from prison, Trump won't be attracting all those undecided voters and Repubs who aren't yet quite totally bat-shit he's counting on. He'll need more than 7M+ of them this time if Biden's voters show up again, and we will.
Kansas- KANSAS- rejected a referendum to make abortion illegal by a 60-40 margin.
R's have done piss-poor in every major election since Dobbs. Even their wins were kind of losses.
A sundowning, pro-Israel Prez is a problem but voters have already shown where they stand on the fascism issues.
It's a different dynamic, different historical context, but I'm old enough to remember when Democrats were ready to hand the 2012 election to Romney because Obama blew a debate too
The only recent presidential election the Dems have lost* is the one where they assumed they had it in the bag, all the ones where they were nervous went for them
*By which I mean, "won, but the US has a deeply stupid system to elect presidents"
Right, like even after the media circus around the debate the polls are still roughly neck-and-neck, but people think Trump's support was unestimated before so it must be underestimated now.
But it's possible that this is an overcorrection and Biden's support is now being underestimated. The success of down-ballot Dems and some of the unprecedented shifts seen in certain demographics make me suspicious of the polls.
Run campaign ads where a montage of people are saying assertivelyānot Trumpā maybe 20 people, scatter in a couple famous people to get folks watching closely, then at the end, have the Cookie Monster approve the message. There can be different versions. End one with Elmo, end with Bert and Ernie.
The ONLY way that would NOT be a Catastrophe would be if the Democratic majority in the Senate was greatly expanded, & the Dillhole Majority in the House was soundly reversed.
Then we could watch him twist and bloviate helplessly for however long it would take for him to have the inevitable stroke!
I already stated MANY times I am voting šµ no matter who as I did in 2020. I would, however, MUCH rather vote for someone who actually has an EXCELLENT chance of beating Trump and does not have "resting 25th Amendment face" per Jon Stewart. Steph
biden is a shit candidate but donald trump is a whole sewage system of a candidate. i give trump a 30% chance of winning, in spite of what the polls say.
Do we have to? Canāt Biden refuse to leave? Canāt he just refuse to acknowledge losing (if thatās how the election turns out?). He could just pass some āofficialā laws so he stays in office right? Thanks Supreme Court!
How do you deal with folks IRL espousing doomerism? Finding myself getting vexed with my work colleagues, who I know are aligned with our values but feel like theyāre too cool/traumatized to release their pessimism/cynicism/despair. I refuse to cede the future & it hurts me to see they already have.
