Current Affairs 2024 POTUS race

[Tommy Chong]

"Jesus wept."?

Perfect.

He doesn't even know what they're talking about when they ask him: Are you an Old or a New Testament kind of guy?

 

[NeilMorepies]

Completely and absolutely true. The Democrats have 4 years to sort themselves out and prepare a decent candidate, campaign and policies.

The lettuce that outlasted Truss would have had an American cousin that could have beaten Trump.

I personally didn’t thing Harris wanted the job and had to be talked into it due to the sudden nature of the Biden situation.

She was the most “ready to go” option, not necessarily the best. There just seemed to be a lack of energy in the campaign in comparison to Trump’s 24/7 wall of utter bollocks.

 

[TN Toffee]

I don't really think the outcome is that complex, stuff is expensive and people are lazy when it comes analysing that, the right also have some very influential people who will benefit from pushing them.

I think it really is just this simple. Inflation hitting a lot of people hard over the past four years combined with rampant inability/unwillingness to actually educate themselves on why that happened, the fact that things are getting better and what policies each candidate was proposing going forward is the exact recipe for this outcome.

Still, the fact that people’s top issue was the economy/inflation and they voted en masse for someone whose entire economic and social platform is going to hypercharge inflation is mind-bogglingly stupid to me.

 

[StDomingosGringo]

Like an incel recruitment statement this.

Really? Trying to understand groups with different views & being able to articulate some stopped being part of being on the left did it? Do I have to hand my card in somewhere? Does that apply internationally or only in the culture war zone?

Blows my mind that people throw terms like ‘beta male ‘ about . Think it’s quite telling

Used the language that is used to frame the left. It’s quite telling I know the terms they use? Could have said soy boy would that have been more or less telling?

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Well, that's one more bible verse than what Trump actually knows.

Kudos to the two chaps interviewing him, they didn't let him off

 

[McBain]

How Trump is anywhere near the Presidency again is absolutely insane.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

 

[Harryflashman]

Really? Trying to understand groups with different views & being able to articulate some stopped being part of being on the left did it? Do I have to hand my card in somewhere? Does that apply internationally or only in the culture war zone?


Used the language that is used to frame the left. It’s quite telling I know the terms they use? Could have said soy boy would that have been more or less telling?

Probably on brand mate .

If you’re quoting the language of others sound I find grown men using beta or soy boy to describe a whole swath of people a bit odd but we’re all different aren’t we ?

If you’re quoting or using language of others then nothing it’s nothing to get wound up about as not throwing the word around are you ?

 

[tantavisiteler]

pelosi is right imho. november 2023 biden should have announced he is not running

 

[davek]

I don't really think the outcome is that complex, stuff is expensive and people are lazy when it comes analysing that, the right also have some very influential people who will benefit from pushing them.

Correct.

It's very simple in fact: it's called false consciousness. That's how people in their millions vote for candidates and political parties that have policies that directly effect their lives for the worse.

That's what 2019 over here was all about and what 2024 in the U.S. is all about.

 

[davek]

Completely and absolutely true. The Democrats have 4 years to sort themselves out and prepare a decent candidate, campaign and policies.

The lettuce that outlasted Truss would have had an American cousin that could have beaten Trump.

You can bet they wont draw the right conclusions.

 

[Blue 1]

pelosi is right imho. november 2023 biden should have announced he is not running

They're all to blame. Biden should never been allowed to run in 2020 without a solid plan for 2024 if he was too frail to run. Anyone could see it was a possibility given his age.

The other thing the Dems need to grasp is that Trump won because people voted for him in droves.

I thought Trump would win since I knew he was running again, but the nature of his victory has been a bit of an unpleasant surprise. Seems being a cxnt is a desirable characteristic these days.

 

[Toffeepot]

Read a comment from a MAGA this morning that went something like this:
'She must be a communist because she uses communist words like equity, which sounds like equality but isn't, only communists would understand this word'
She helped elect an utter scumbag instead of reaching for a dictionary

 

[Prevenger17]

Really? Trying to understand groups with different views & being able to articulate some stopped being part of being on the left did it? Do I have to hand my card in somewhere? Does that apply internationally or only in the culture war zone?

It's ok mate. I think emotions are high, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[bluestevon]

"Jesus wept."?

Pretty sure he does have one at home which when you open it up is a Cuban cigar case inside.