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FlamingLiberal posted:https://twitter.com/samstein/status/1312034190628663296?s=21 https://twitter.com/kloeffler/status/1312018923420778496?s=21 Over 200,000 people? Nah, no big deal. One stupid rear end in a top hat? Okay, NOW we got ourselves a problem.
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Aramis posted:Trump's base is composed mostly of long-gone people who will vote R regardless, and who hate the Dems/Libs with every fiber of their being. These folks aren't going anywhere. This is demonstrably untrue by how often Trump is able to get them to turn on other Republicans. quote:The problem is center-right (on the American spectrum) people who would rather vote R for self-interest but still have enough conscience to not vote for an out in the open Fascist and people who would not have voted, but are making an effort to get rid of the embarrassment that is Trump. As I just stated, the center-right doesn't like Pence either. Pence is embarrassing and inept in his own ways. The only reason they have him on as VP was that he was headed towards losing in Indiana anyway and Trump needed to shore up the evangelical vote. No matter how much you want to be right on this, you simply aren't. Trump's base is loyal to Trump, not Pence. Pence by and large is seen as a religious nut, not a return to the status quo. Pence isn't attractive to the center-right against anyone, let alone compared to rank centrist Joe Biden. Let me repeat: Pence was about to lose the Indiana Governor's seat to a Democrat.
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Xombie posted:No matter how much you want to be right on this, you simply aren't. Trump's base is loyal to Trump, not Pence. Pence by and large is seen as a religious nut, not a return to the status quo. yeah you also have to remember that Trump is now literally the messiah to arguably the most significant subgroup of republicans
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Yeah Pence is almost as dumb as Trump. He just carries himself with slightly more gravitas.
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Like, the election right now is “responsible guy” vs “irresponsible guy.” That isn’t going to change for the next few weeks. People aren’t looking to groom pence to be the mature republican here.
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If anything, having the electoral collage is probably the best reason why this election doesn't need a "do over" or be suspended. You're not voting directly for the candidate, you are voting for a group electors. The name on the ballot doesn't matter in a way. Have a problem with it? Great, lets use this as a reason to abolish the electoral collage!
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Tatsuta Age posted:https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1311872299268800518 Yeah there's a good chance any/all of these shits are going to come up positive in the next few days, it takes a couple days after infection for you to come up positive on tests.
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eke out posted:yeah you also have to remember that Trump is now literally the messiah to arguably the most significant subgroup of republicans He isn't the messiah, he's actually the antichrist. The guy that comes after him is the messiah. This is why that nutjob Schlapp wrote that apocalyptic post. In a way, this jerkoff getting covid is really bad from a mass psychology perspective when it comes to sizable parts of the Christian sects in this country. They are, essentially, ungovernable normally and this only makes it worse.
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eke out posted:lmao personally I'm most excited for the many Trump white house officials currently in the "I tested negative this morning, so of course I can interact with the President without a mask on" camp If you don’t test, there’s no cases so why bother with testing? The clown train has derailed and exposed their stupidity and incompetence. Just like Tom Hanks illness made it real for many, this right here makes it real for his chud base. This is my mood for the day, my weekend will be great regardless of the hopes and prayers from Maddow et all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCjBspxuUmU
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Dick Trauma posted:Repubs in disarray. I love when they're so close to getting it.
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https://mobile.twitter.com/samstein/status/1312050388149972993 Republicans: Running the government like a business! Not even snarky in this case quote:But for months, the testing protocols to screen potentially infectious individuals have been more lax than the president’s aides present to the public.
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smoobles posted:I just read a Sky News article that says the RNC has to convene and nominate a new candidate. Pence doesn't become the nominee.
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Glumwheels posted:This is my mood for the day, my weekend will be great regardless of the hopes and prayers from Maddow et all. 
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Astro7x posted:If anything, having the electoral collage is probably the best reason why this election doesn't need a "do over" or be suspended. You're not voting directly for the candidate, you are voting for a group electors. The name on the ballot doesn't matter in a way. I guess either way I don't see the problem. If Trump dies, the VP candidate would be serve in his place. Thats literally the whole point of the vice presidency. You elect the trump-pence ticket but trump dies, you get pence. There's no mystery and nothing unseemly about that.
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Tatsuta Age posted:https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1311872299268800518 Miller already had it I'm pretty sure. It'd be kind of ironic if scavino got it though because isn't he the guy who does most of Trump's tweets that aren't directly from him?
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whydirt posted:Yeah Pence is almost as dumb as Trump. He just carries himself with slightly more gravitas. I mean, in some ways Pence is dumber. They are all Snake Oil salesmen, but Trump is 100% aware that he's full of poo poo and everything he's done up until now is just keeping up appearances. Pence I think is a true believer that what he's selling is legitimate.
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Pence might be one of the few people who would be worse at handling the Covid issue than Trump. If he were president he'd probably be going on about how the Germ Theory of Disease is "just a theory".
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It's like Goofus and Gallant, only, I am pretty sure Goofus was still smarter on aggregate.
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Hungry Computer posted:Pence might be one of the few people who would be worse at handling the Covid issue than Trump. If he were president he'd probably be going on about how the Germ Theory of Disease is "just a theory". He'd call for Americans to pray it away. Died from Covid? Oops, guess you weren't praying hard enough.
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I would say that maybe this is the time that Trump understands the importance of masks, shutdowns, and social distancing, but I believe he's going to recover from this more of an rear end in a top hat than ever before. He's going to rampage at China, minorities, and the Democrats even more than before.
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Hopefully all of you are right. I may very well be overestimating how much hatred of Trump is driving this election.
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Cocaine Bear posted:Whitehouse halls gonna be decked in blood well before Xmas this year. Good, will save Melania some trouble since she hates Christmas.
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Paracaidas posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/samstein/status/1312050388149972993 Beyond the fact it was also incompetent, I hate people acting like any single thing is the silver bullet that will stop the spread of this disease. Testing has flaws. Masks have flaws. Social distancing has flaws. That's why it's important that there's lots of testing, everyone wears masks while in public, observes social distancing whenever possible, and still minimizes the amount of time spent in other people's company. I mean, heaven forfend we do several things at once!
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Hungry Computer posted:Pence might be one of the few people who would be worse at handling the Covid issue than Trump. If he were president he'd probably be going on about how the Germ Theory of Disease is "just a theory". He caused an AIDS outbreak when he was Governor and was the head of Trump’s response team so we don’t have to speculate on that.
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Liars? In my white house? https://twitter.com/PoliticsReid/status/1312052728403644417?s=20
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Veryslightlymad posted:It's like Goofus and Gallant, only, I am pretty sure Goofus was still smarter on aggregate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmL-mSi1rbo Also good to see the GOP fall back on the preferred Trump era playbook. That being outrageous conspiracy theory rhetoric. Hungry Computer posted:Pence might be one of the few people who would be worse at handling the Covid issue than Trump. If he were president he'd probably be going on about how the Germ Theory of Disease is "just a theory". Didn't he initially lead the task force response and just sort of let the CDC do their jobs and handle the messaging without TOO much bullshit, but not too much assistance either, and then Trump got mad that someone else besides him might receive credit for something when he could receive it himself and proceeded to start hijacking the press briefings from the actual scientists until he was doing all the messaging himself and screwing it all up? Kale fucked around with this message at 16:50 on Oct 2, 2020 |
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Chairwoman of RNC tests positive for Covid https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/02/us/trump-vs-biden#ronna-mcdaniel-chairwoman-of-the-rnc-tests-positive-for-the-coronavirus
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smoobles posted:What happens if Trump dies and then wins Cadaver Inauguration. Gonna need to find a good artist to do it justice though.
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Cocaine Bear posted:Whitehouse halls gonna be decked in blood well before Xmas this year. finally, the war on christmas ends
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punishedkissinger posted:Chairwoman of RNC tests positive for Covid Thoughts and prayers. And I say that with all the sincerity that a Republican says it with after s mass shooting.
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evilweasel posted:with mike lee having covid i don't really see how they move Barrett on their current schedule Can't Mitch just say "we are clarifying the rules and can now vote on Zoom" or does that need to be an in person vote too?
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evilweasel posted:with mike lee having covid i don't really see how they move Barrett on their current schedule What are the chances the Senate delays? If senators start dropping due to quarantine it will be interesting.
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To the extent that the White House doctors can keep Trump from dying, they can at least push his demise into the future after the election. He'd probably be incapacitated if it reached that point and Pence would be running the show. That'd be a good thing because it means Trump's not around to contest the results or encourage violence.
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