🇺🇸 Discussion: General Election 2024, 🥥 VS 🍊

[blueharvest]

JD Vance is the least liked VP nominee in decades, according to polls

"He is the first guy, immediately following a convention—a VP pick—who actually has a net-negative favorable rating," said CNN's Harry Enten.

www.newsweek.com

 

[Still Wynning]

Speaking of weirdos and authoritarians…

I like how all of these alternative health nuts think that trauma, psychological issues and addictions can be magically solved and erased just by eating well and taking supplements, and not by, you know, actually going to therapy and rehab.

 

[InCali]

Speaking of weirdos and authoritarians…

 

[Iceman]

Vance's 'childless cat ladies' comment sparks uproar from Swift fans: 'Armageddon is coming'

Old footage of JD Vance criticizing \

www.usatoday.com

Oh no, he’s stoked dangerous waters there that he can’t deal with lol. Taylor and her 3 cats will be coming for him. Trump is going to be getting sick of Vance pretty soon. Definitely going to blame him when it all goes wrong. I want him to lose it with Musk too eventually.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

MSNBC - The 11th Hour - 'It is clear we are going to win.' Gov. Tim Walz talks potential VP slot (video)​

I had to unembed because Walz said Trump keeps talking about Hannibal Lecter and 'weird shark ****'. LOL

It's a great interview that touches on praise for what Biden and Democrats have done over the past few years and what he thinks the Harris campaign should do.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

He also supports fracking.

In His First Year as Governor, Josh Shapiro Forged Alliances With the Natural Gas Industry, Angering Environmentalists Who Once Supported Him - Inside Climate News

Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor has sought to regulate natural gas development and embrace it at the same time, a sharp contrast to his approach to fracking as attorney general.

insideclimatenews.org

 

[InCali]

Smaller families should not get nearly the same voice in a democracy as larger families do?

Kinda sounds like the senate to me, but at least in the larger society, it's "one citizen, one vote".

 

[blueharvest]

The moral bankruptcy of Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz

In venture capital, you are what you fund.

www.theverge.com

 

[Drizzle]

Apologies if this has been posted here before but the accuracy is spot on.

 

[Lily Adler]

He also supports fracking.

In His First Year as Governor, Josh Shapiro Forged Alliances With the Natural Gas Industry, Angering Environmentalists Who Once Supported Him - Inside Climate News

Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor has sought to regulate natural gas development and embrace it at the same time, a sharp contrast to his approach to fracking as attorney general.

insideclimatenews.org

Holy **** Shapiro went from VP pick darling to **** so ****ing fast.

Right now Walz or Beshear for me. Walz despite soft on Israel has done so much with a ONE seat majority in Minnesota and they're very progressive programs. Imagine what he could do on a national stage.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Holy **** Shapiro went from VP pick darling to **** so ****ing fast.

Right now Walz or Beshear for me. Walz despite soft on Israel has done so much with a ONE seat majority in Minnesota and they're very progressive programs. Imagine what he could do on a national stage.

Tim Walz Would Make a Great Running Mate

Kamala Harris apparently needs a white dude. They don’t come better—or whiter—than this.

prospect.org

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

The US economy is pulling off something historic​

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/economy/us-economy-gdp-second-quarter/index.html

Economic growth in the first half of the year was solid, with the economy expanding a robust 2.8% annualized rate in the second quarter, according to fresh Commerce Department figures released Thursday, which are adjusted for inflation and seasonal swings.

U.S. consumer confidence jumps to a two-year high as inflation eases

U.S. consumer confidence shot to the highest level in two years this month as inflationary pressures eased and the American economy continued to show resilience in the face of dramatically higher interest rates.

apnews.com

 

[Lily Adler]

The US economy is pulling off something historic​

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/economy/us-economy-gdp-second-quarter/index.html

U.S. consumer confidence jumps to a two-year high as inflation eases

U.S. consumer confidence shot to the highest level in two years this month as inflationary pressures eased and the American economy continued to show resilience in the face of dramatically higher interest rates.

apnews.com

I need another crime wave from caravans of illegals to show Vice President Harris is soft on crime for being such a great prosecutor.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

J.D. Vance in Serious Trouble After Damning Project 2025 Book Foreword

Donald Trump’s running mate can’t claim he knew nothing about the extremist Project 2025 after this.

newrepublic.com

Frost calls out GOP for ‘racist dog whistles’ about Harris

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4788529-frost-harris-diversity-equity-inclusion/

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

MTG's boyfriend says 'estrogen loaded' all-woman ticket would be 'scary' and 'dangerous'

Right-wing correspondent Brian Glenn, the boyfriend of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), is worried that Democrats could put only women candidates on an "estrogen-loaded" presidential ticket that would be "dangerous" for the country.While speaking to Real America's Voice earlier this week...

www.rawstory.com

 

[squeekness]

MTG's boyfriend says 'estrogen loaded' all-woman ticket would be 'scary' and 'dangerous'

Right-wing correspondent Brian Glenn, the boyfriend of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), is worried that Democrats could put only women candidates on an "estrogen-loaded" presidential ticket that would be "dangerous" for the country.While speaking to Real America's Voice earlier this week...

www.rawstory.com

So silly, those big bad men scared of a couple of girls.

 

[blueharvest]

George Conway targets Donald Trump's televisions with six-figure attack

The ad will run for two weeks on Fox News, ESPN, and the Golf Channel near Bedminster and Mar-a-Lago.

www.newsweek.com

 

[blueharvest]

Conservative women turn on JD Vance for attacking "childless" Democrats

Donald Trump's running mate called Dems "childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives" in a 2021 Fox News interview.

www.newsweek.com

 

[squeekness]

Conservative women turn on JD Vance for attacking "childless" Democrats

Donald Trump's running mate called Dems "childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives" in a 2021 Fox News interview.

www.newsweek.com

Hope they vote for Kamala now.

 

[InCali]

So, I've been thinking about certain demographics and white women is one of them. IIRC, they supported Trump by a fairly narrow margin in 2020 and the thought occurs to me that the election was before Roe was overturned in the Dobbs decision. Also, having a woman who has clearly taken the lead implementing Roe as a matter of law could further erode his support.

It would be interesting to see a poll post Biden stepping away among this group and maybe more so in a week or so down the road.

I was pleasantly surprised by how smooth things have gone in the last few days and I think it bodes well in November. If the economy continues to improve, the mess in the Middle East can get worked through (I don't think Kamala has Biden's baggage there), and Trump's age and behavior comes under increasing scrutiny, I think there's a real chance she wins. She can talk about her economic programs that will help working people, hammer away at Dobbs/Project 2025, and issues that affect young people. In addition, I don't think she's overly tainted by some of Biden's weaknesses. They better come up with more than she's dumb, laughs too much, and is crazy.

 

[Iceman]

Jennifer Aniston criticises JD Vance's 'childless cat ladies' comment

The Friends star has previously spoken about her struggles while trying to have children through IVF.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Iceman]

Hope they vote for Kamala now.

Even if they go from voting Trump to not voting or voting independent, it’s a big step. These comments are going to piss off a lot of people.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

So, I've been thinking about certain demographics and white women is one of them. IIRC, they supported Trump by a fairly narrow margin in 2020 and the thought occurs to me that the election was before Roe was overturned in the Dobbs decision. Also, having a woman who has clearly taken the lead implementing Roe as a matter of law could further erode his support.

It would be interesting to see a poll post Biden stepping away among this group and maybe more so in a week or so down the road.

I was pleasantly surprised by how smooth things have gone in the last few days and I think it bodes well in November. If the economy continues to improve, the mess in the Middle East can get worked through (I don't think Kamala has Biden's baggage there), and Trump's age and behavior comes under increasing scrutiny, I think there's a real chance she wins. She can talk about her economic programs that will help working people, hammer away at Dobbs/Project 2025, and issues that affect young people. In addition, I don't think she's overly tainted by some of Biden's weaknesses. They better come up with more than she's dumb, laughs too much, and is crazy.

White Women
2008: (CNN website page archive currently not functioning)
2010: (CNN website page archive currently not functioning)
2012: 56% (R+14)
2014: 56% (R+14)
2016: 52% (R+9)
2018: 49% (tie)
2020: 55% (R+11)
2022: 53% (R+8)

Even after the Dobbs decision, the majority of white female voters were like, 'more of where that came from'. They may vote for legal abortion and body rights on the ballot, but they keep voting for the people taking it away.

 

[InCali]

I hear you, but Trump, the chief architect of getting Roe overturned, wasn't on the ballot in 2022 and he wasn't facing a woman who promised to reimplement it by law. Now, I don't expect a huge shift, but, as they say, this election is going to be won on the margins and it would be interesting to see what the polls say.