🇺🇸 Discussion: General Election 2024, 🥥 VS 🍊

[Lily Adler]

 

[blueharvest]

But at least we'll have a President who doesn't laugh a lot like Harris would have done.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Keep buying the lottery tickets I guess.

 

[blueharvest]

Was it all a joke? How stand-up comedy helped reelect Trump

Trump has been the butt of countless late-night monologues and “Saturday Night Live” sketches for the better part of a decade.

apnews.com

 

[blueharvest]

The long, slow defeat of Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey

“Goldilocks Republican” hedge fund exec Dave McCormick successfully occupied a strategic middle in Trump’s party.

www.motherjones.com

 

[blueharvest]

Why Biden’s Economy Felt Worse Than It Was—and Doomed Harris’ Shot at the Presidency

The Biden administration’s aggressive economic recovery plan worked on paper, but high costs and bad vibes told a different story at the polls.

slate.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Herofan]

We often have a lot of people complaining that election is too long, this time we finally had people complaining it was both too long and short.

This election should go some way to making more obvious that taking time to pick good, right nominee is important let alone worthwhile, though there obviously can't be that if people are unwilling to challenge incumbent, although OTOH how much particular nominee matters is still unclear, whether any Democrat could have won, that a lot of voters instead vote based just on issues or just on general mood/reaction to general country conditions.

 

[squeekness]

Stimulus check for what? So stupid.

 

[Herofan]

Why Taylor Swift’s and Beyoncé’s Endorsements Might Have Actually Backfired

That celebrities could use their cultural power to get fans to vote for a candidate struck me as ridiculous at best, snobby and condescending at worst.

slate.com

I think to a large extent politics in the '90s, even somewhat to '04 was considered by most young people to be pretty uncool and questionably valuable, I can see why having celebrity endorsements like Springsteen, Pearl Jam could be energizing/mobilizing then, then with the Iraq war and the financial crisis most young people agreed it was still nonetheless at least pretty important and that has mostly persisted.

This time I don't think celebrity endorsements had much influence either way, with Trump for 8/9 years celebrities had gone really overwhelmingly against him for so long but it was still kind of notable that such a huge star, and one who had very wide appeal as Taylor Swift was willing to endorse could generate a little excitement. There can be some backlash from rich people urging what to do and who to choose but I think there are still more who are genuine fans, will at least respect when they make a choice even not following it, most people who would be pretty resentful know the general preference and would be offput even if celebrities aren't active or vocal.

 

[blueharvest]

Trump Is Pissed at (True) Reports He Didn’t Really Win by a Landslide

Donald Trump is fuming at simple mathematics.

newrepublic.com

 

[blueharvest]

Stimulus check for what? So stupid.

Probably in anticipation of the next pandemic that will inevitably be unleashed upon this country at some point during the next four years, due to the fact that RFK Jr will be in charge of Health and Human Services.

 

[Ironfan72]

Stimulus check for what? So stupid.

There are no stimulus checks coming, people are stupid.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The ‘Landslide’ That Wasn’t: Trump and Allies Pump Up His Narrow Victory

The latest vote count shows that Donald J. Trump won the popular vote by one of the smallest margins since the 19th century. But Mr. Trump claims a “powerful mandate.”

www.nytimes.com

 

[blueharvest]

Stop Blaming ‘Celebrity Endorsements’ for Kamala Harris’ Loss: We Need to Hear From Artists Now More Than Ever

Not just conservatives but even some Democratic operatives say 'celebrity endorsements are dead' after the election. But we need artists' voices.

variety.com

 

[Lily Adler]

There are no stimulus checks coming, people are stupid.

They think Trump and the government gave them that money for no reason.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

They think Trump and the government gave them that money for no reason.

‘Covid’s a hoax, vaccines are bad, where’s muh (puny) Donny Bucks?’

American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This reminds me that people had no idea Biden did Covid19 stimulus as well but unlike Trump didn’t put his name on it.

Joe Biden's Name Won't Be Printed on the COVID Stimulus Checks, Unlike President Trump

The White House says President Joe Biden didn't think it was "necessary" to delay stimulus checks for COVID-19 being sent out by printing his name on them

people.com

 

[squeekness]

The ‘Landslide’ That Wasn’t: Trump and Allies Pump Up His Narrow Victory

The latest vote count shows that Donald J. Trump won the popular vote by one of the smallest margins since the 19th century. But Mr. Trump claims a “powerful mandate.”

www.nytimes.com

I don't care if he had won by a landslide. I don't have a mandate to obey his every command.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Maine lawmaker accused of choking wife wins re-election by one vote

A Republican state representative won a recount by a single vote, weeks after he turned himself in for allegedly assaulting his wife in late October.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[AndrewGilkison]

Maine lawmaker accused of choking wife wins re-election by one vote

A Republican state representative won a recount by a single vote, weeks after he turned himself in for allegedly assaulting his wife in late October.

www.nbcnews.com

I hope that one person is proud of themselves.

 

[blueharvest]

An open letter to people I know who voted for Trump and Republicans

In order be able to handle the tsunami of chaos coming our way, not only in the progressive community, the US at large and also the world, I’ve come to conclusion on what is likely most healthy and effective when personally dealing with the MAGA people...

www.dailykos.com

 

[blueharvest]

Meghan McCain Reveals Her Controversial Vote In The 2024 Election

The former “View” co-host said she felt she couldn’t support Trump or Harris — and wrote in a surprising choice instead.

www.huffpost.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Herofan]

At best pretty unlikely that those would have actually happened.

Meghan McCain Reveals Her Controversial Vote In The 2024 Election

The former “View” co-host said she felt she couldn’t support Trump or Harris — and wrote in a surprising choice instead.

www.huffpost.com

A lot of women are pretty strongly against abortion and don't like, appreciate the response of Well then you don't get an abortion, I really don't see how Walz would be considered extreme on the issue but for many he was, and even a lot more are ambivalent about the issue to that they feel it should be legal but the economy is more important.

 

[Chesterfield]

God bless this man.