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facialimpediment posted:for what it's worth, it's basically a coronation: Has Obama done so yet?
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Kith posted:frankly i'm just happy that there's not going to be any more BIDEN OLD coverage anymore Oh, they'll probably do a bit more to celebrate.
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Jul 21, 2024 21:07
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Cugel the Clever posted:There's been an insistence from some quarters that this has all been a manufactured putsch by party elites. My guess is they're holding back to avoid being seen as too eager to be directing the path forward, giving Joe some grace and recognition that he's still president and the ultimate decision maker. I dunno, I feel like not endorsing Kamala comes up as more like that for me. Whatever else, she was ultimately picked by Joe Biden.
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facialimpediment posted:There's arguably a benefit to slow-trickling endorsements over a week, each saying why Kamala rules. I generally vote gently caress it and roll them all out. gently caress it, even have Manchin declare like he's making mouth noises about doing, and him getting 0 endorsements. I am skeptical that people care much about endorsements on such a high profile race, and I feel like giving the media a "primary" to cover would be highly counterproductive... though I may be overestimating how ready Kamala may be for campaigning as the candidate ASAP.
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Jul 22, 2024 00:36
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CBJSprague24 posted:What happens then? It can't be possible for him to appear on the ballot with two different VPs, can it? Why not? It's 51 separate elections.
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Platystemon posted:Not in the same state, but Trump could find himself in a position where he wins a majority of electors but no VP candidate does. The 12th amendment specifies what happens then: quote:The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President, shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of Electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. Also see the election of 1824 when there was no majority for President.
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Jul 24, 2024 02:39
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Don Dongington posted:Thanks for clarifying. To return to the topic at hand - early days still, but Kamala leading in the midwestern swing states is a pretty matter-ing turn of events, right?
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Jul 29, 2024 01:50
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bulletsponge13 posted:PA is pretty Red outside of the urban areas. It's called Pennsyltucky for a reason. That's basically every state (except like MA and VT).
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Jul 31, 2024 02:38
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facialimpediment posted:
I suspect weird is just Minnesota polite for "creep".
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Aug 2, 2024 01:34
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He also gave some very impressive speeches which is like 80% of looking like a good president.
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Aug 5, 2024 16:56
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Notahippie posted:Yeah, this is a low-key good sign - it looks like Harris' team didn't leak, and you have to figure there are some disgruntled Shapiro advocates out there. If they can stay unified and disciplined and not get into petty internal disputes then that's a real good sign. I have a concern in that media hate politicians that don't leak.
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Aug 6, 2024 16:58
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Oxygenpoisoning posted:I’m guessing a mad rush. I heard an interview with Jake Tapper and some VP Harris surrogate about the decision. Apparently in the interview for VP, Shapiro was making demands and I quote “giving off main character energy” to the point that Harris was turned off. Walz apparently was just saying he’d love to do good for the country with her. Seems like Shapiro doesn’t know how to turn off his ambition and play second fiddle. He must have missed that upgrade in the Democratic position factory, since even Buttigeig can play support. I am kinda curious as to how particularly ambitious people deal with vice presidency... On one hand, VP is the shortcut to nomination for President. On the other, it's 4-8 years of going to all the events that are too unimportant for the President to deal with.
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Aug 7, 2024 00:45
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piL posted:I think Andrew Jackson and Teddy Roosevelt probably have him beat. Jackson took a shot to the chest in a duel, then killed the other guy before he became the only president to have killed a man in a duel. Also, you know, the 4 that got shot to death.
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Aug 7, 2024 02:23
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Talking about press conferences isn't working the public. It's working the press.
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Aug 7, 2024 19:25
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facialimpediment posted:It would've been funnier if JD made sergeant so "Sergeant Scribbles" might stick. "Combat camera marine" is pretty good! One of the things I respected Max of Terminal Lance the most for - he deployed once as an MRAP gunner, *then* deployed again as a photographer/artist. As much as I despite those elements of media culture, Biden not massaging their egos was a major proboem for him in practice.
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Platystemon posted:“He’s the only one that makes sense to me” is a hell of a thing to say about Robert loving Kennedy Jr. A few days after he (RFK jr) was hanging out with Scott Ritter, too.
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Aug 9, 2024 21:43
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Wow, managing to be weird about totally normal things like grandparents helping out with care of their grandkids is quite an accomplishment!
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Aug 14, 2024 22:29
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Wingnut Ninja posted:I've got a polling statistics question. Wingnut Ninja posted:If you run multiple polls all with a 4% margin of error that all show Candidate A up by +3, does that give any higher confidence that the true value is closer to +3, or is it still just as likely that they're all -1? I know that sampling methodology and weighting and everything else adds a ton of complexity to real-world polling, and I'm not looking to get into that can of worms. This is just asking strictly about the statistical calculations
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shame on an IGA posted:so can I keep calling him Nate Bronze because that's real fun for me Bronze is useful, though. Nate Copper?
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Yeah, and on top of that they're correcting for them because it's not actually a random sample to start with --- which means it's more hand waving than math. Edit: fixed phrasing. OddObserver fucked around with this message at 11:27 on Aug 17, 2024 |
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You could argue the modern GOP was born of making fun of teenage Chelsea Clinton's appearance....
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Aug 22, 2024 23:47
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facialimpediment posted:
Voters dislike messy things, whether it's people's homes being bombed, asylum seekers at the border, or protests that aren't perfectly choreographed and consist of immaculately dressed people.
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MonkeyFit posted:https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/26/kamala-harris-donald-trump-debate-abc-microphones-00176294
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Aug 26, 2024 13:37
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joat mon posted:That is correct, prosecutors have the discretion to take into account a victim's wishes but are not required to do so. ...of course it may be hard to prosecute without the victim's testimony, and for relatively minor crimes following victim's wishes is likely appropriate.
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Aug 29, 2024 18:32
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Elviscat posted:
Walz was in town as well, I think it's some sort of national firefighter event.
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Aug 29, 2024 18:47
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Elderly, first-time offender with a not-very-dramatic financial crime? As much as I detest Trump, anything beyond probation would be firmly outside the norm, I would think.
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Sep 3, 2024 22:14
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Madurai posted:I haven't seen one of those mechanical voting machines since the early Eighties, and as such never got the chance to actually vote using one. New York used them till early 2000.
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facialimpediment posted:And Corey is how you get this: Is it Maggie Haberman sanitizing another insane rant and burying the lede on some pretty ugly comments?
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davecrazy posted:That’s an old Rush Limbaugh rhetorical tic. Well, and Trump is the closest they've come to putting Rush Limbaugh into the White House.
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boop the snoot posted:workers won't get deported. capitalism needs them. they just want to be able to shoot people at the border and be able to harass minorities in the streets. 10% tariff on everything would also suck for the economy. I think it's likely that Trump term #2 will have less traditional republicans putting breaks on poo poo that's just insane when it happens to be bad for business.
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Nick Soapdish posted:Lol now Trump is trying to blame Harris for Russia invading Ukraine, Jesus tap dancing Christ
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:I note Trump is only saving cats here Can't upset relations with S. Dakota's governor.
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Platystemon posted:O.K. so what would the results look like if we only let people capable of bearing children vote? Probably not too great given how fertility interacts with age differently between men and women and the gender gap in political preferences...
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CBJSprague24 posted:https://x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1840550305085141221?t=fSBf9aR5XZlyRsc1tQITHQ&s=19 Besides it clearly not being written by Trump, he also probably doesn't know that a particular country's capital's coat of arms has St. Michael on it.... Ukraine's
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ThisIsJohnWayne posted:BREAKING - The supreme court has given guidance: It's not illegal when Moo Deng does it. Moo Deng is not a crook I think the law only applies to humans, not adorable minihippos(?)
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Comrade Blyatlov posted:Great, now he's gonna register an account to yell at you I think SA requires payment in advance, though?
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Quackles posted:it's only catholic if the pope recognizes you. otherwise it's sparkling protestantism Tradcath converts strike me as the most extreme form of protestantism: converting just so they can say how a bunch of Popes are doing Catholicism wrong (and shouldn't be in charge).
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Herstory Begins Now posted:things that famously were not rationed under nazi rule due to extreme shortages If Trump was actually considering invading Azerbaijan for their oil that may have actually improved my opinion of him (not really, but their government does suck).
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Oct 25, 2024 15:43
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:And today's prize for Dumbest Motherfuckers In The Universe goes to The Nation's publisher and previous editor is a Russian mouthpiece and a contributor to apologia of Russia's attempt to genocide the Ukrainian people.
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facialimpediment posted:
The poop chart is a good metaphor for "choices" in most Russian "elections" (different shapes of Poo...Putin).
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