Current Affairs The 2020 United States Presidential Election

[ForeverBlue92]

I wonder if he has asthma?

**Jurgen likes this**

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

More like the fact that he's 74 years old and has the energy of somebody decades younger.

lol lol lol lol lol

 

[Ruairi77]

As an outsider looking in- I dont think you could have two worse candidates. Ive seen interviews with Joe Biden where he has lost his trail of thought and just stopped talking and apologised because he didnt know what he was talking about and Trump well, what can you say. He creates division, is hateful, male chauvinist who does what he wants when he wants.

What a choice for pretty much the most powerful man in the world.

Biden is definitely old and dithery but he's not a terrible prospect. He just finished an 8 year incident free stint in the White House three and a half years ago.
He'll be able to hit the ground running, He also still has enough about him to put together a good team and delegate a lot of the work.
I definitely cant see him running again in 2024 so for a possible one term president who can unite democrats, independents, and some moderate republicans, he's a good bet.
He's also not Warren or Sanders so the markets shouldn't get spooked even by the prospect of him taxing investors.
He's known on the international stage which is needed to restore some of our battered reputation.
So once you get over the dotheriness, he's actually quite a suitable candidate to transition out of the batshit crazy place we're at now.

 

[RAFUH]

 

[davek]

Biden is definitely old and dithery but he's not a terrible prospect. He just finished an 8 year incident free stint in the White House three and a half years ago.
He'll be able to hit the ground running, He also still has enough about him to put together a good team and delegate a lot of the work.
I definitely cant see him running again in 2024 so for a possible one term president who can unite democrats, independents, and some moderate republicans, he's a good bet.
He's also not Warren or Sanders so the markets shouldn't get spooked even by the prospect of him taxing investors.
He's known on the international stage which is needed to restore some of our battered reputation.
So once you get over the dotheriness, he's actually quite a suitable candidate to transition out of the batshit crazy place we're at now.

Biden has a stammering issue. That's the root of it. Anyone who knew anything about stammering would know that a stammerer tries to replace words they would like to use with others in order to get a sentence out. It's like a mental blcok they consistently have to deal with.

 

[Tin-Tin]

Wow, wgats the reason they need to know. They are a terrorist org arnt they.

 

[LinekersLegs]

Can you explain these barriers a bit more and how this is a representation of them? This seems like a good thing for the Biden supporters.

Also, there are numerous ways to vote and the info on how to do so is very readily available state by state. Just went through this having moved states myself. It’s not that hard to find out what you need to do. If you don’t want to stand in line, vote early. If you need an ID to vote, get an ID. I think there has to be some personal accountability with voting.

FYI before you think this is anti something or other, I’m registered as an independent and voted for Joe and Kamala. I just don’t understand those that say there’s a problem with widespread voter suppression.

I’d say that there are several barriers to voting that disproportionately fall on those poorer, infirm or POC.

This article is a good summartion of the latter

How Black Americans still face disproportionate barriers to the ballot box in 2020

Black Americans see disparities in staying on the voter rolls, being able to successfully vote in-person, and having their mail-in ballots counted.

www.businessinsider.com

I do agree that there is an element of personal responsibility ( I don’t have much time for a 20 year old who claims not to know where their voting place is for instance) but I also don’t believe that access to voting is equal.

On a positive note what Harris county has done this election is more of the model I would like followed even in non pandemic years as they made it very easy for everyone to exercise their right to vote - drive in voting for those who are physically unable to stand in line, polls open overnight for shiftworkers etc

Late Night, Early Morning, And Hope: 24 Hours of Voting In Texas

Millions have voted in Texas’s first competitive presidential race in decades. When some polls stayed open for 24 hours this week, the voters kept coming.

www.buzzfeednews.com

 

[ste d' indica]

Can you explain these barriers a bit more and how this is a representation of them? This seems like a good thing for the Biden supporters.

Also, there are numerous ways to vote and the info on how to do so is very readily available state by state. Just went through this having moved states myself. It’s not that hard to find out what you need to do. If you don’t want to stand in line, vote early. If you need an ID to vote, get an ID. I think there has to be some personal accountability with voting.

FYI before you think this is anti something or other, I’m registered as an independent and voted for Joe and Kamala. I just don’t understand those that say there’s a problem with widespread voter suppression.

Its not widespread voter suppression that's the issue, its highly targeted voter suppression within an overall environment that its justifiable.

 

[Ruairi77]

Biden has a stammering issue. That's the root of it. Anyone who knew anything about stammering would know that a stammerer tries to replace words they would like to use with others in order to get a sentence out. It's like a mental blcok they consistently have to deal with.

Yea, I get that but he definitely seems to be a good bit more incoherent than when he was VP. Some of his outbursts and stories on the primary trail were 'Old man shouts at cloud' stuff.
That said, he's a decent man and will make a fine president that I can forget is president without being reminded who's president every 20 mins.

 

[ste d' indica]

Even Putin is thinking 'that's a ballsy move.

 

[PhilM]

I've been watching CNN here in the UK and they've talked about people potentially getting hoax phone calls from the DoHS saying to stay in and not vote.

It's took place in New York State and Idaho.

 

[Bullens Rd]

Biden doesn't even need to win ANY of Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio or North Carolina to win. He just needs to flip about about 5 smaller states and pick up all those states won by his party in 2016.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[TmoMoney0721]

Looks like things are not starting out so well for orange man in Pennsylvania.

 

[RAFUH]

Yea, I get that but he definitely seems to be a good bit more incoherent than when he was VP. Some of his outbursts and stories on the primary trail were 'Old man shouts at cloud' stuff.
That said, he's a decent man and will make a fine president that I can forget is president without being reminded who's president every 20 mins.

It helps that he's already largely said he plans on only one term