2019-2020 US Elections Megathread I- It Begins

[Valrifell]

With Yang's tweet about abolishing the penny I am now officially convinced he's just adopting policy based on whatever he thinks will fly well with Internet goers. More specifically the Reddit crowd.

[Shofercia]

I beg you to reconsider.

As the ideological opposite to the poster, I must also beg you to reconsider.

As someone who predicted 32/33 election seats in 2018, I won't beg anyone: Yang has no chance. Nor does Booker, Buttigieg, Inslee, Messam, or Williamson. I'm only paying attention to Booker for da funneh! Out of those who have yet to enter, I'm only seeing McAuliffe and Biden as viable candidates.

[Oranjea]

With Yang's tweet about abolishing the penny I am now officially convinced he's just adopting policy based on whatever he thinks will fly well with Internet goers. More specifically the Reddit crowd.

Do you work for the zinc industry?

[Valrifell]

With Yang's tweet about abolishing the penny I am now officially convinced he's just adopting policy based on whatever he thinks will fly well with Internet goers. More specifically the Reddit crowd.

Do you work for the zinc industry?

Oh shi-

I've been found out. Big Zinc, save me!

[Shofercia]

Do you work for the zinc industry?

Oh shi-

I've been found out. Big Zinc, save me!

Yes, there's a card game for that

[Valrifell]

Oh shi-

I've been found out. Big Zinc, save me!

Yes, there's a card game for that

I'm interested, but that would be off-topic.

[Gig em Aggies]

Yes, there's a card game for that

I'm interested, but that would be off-topic.

nothings off topic in politics like just yesterday a video played by cbs evening news showed that beto somehow tried to shoehorn trump into what happened in Christchurch and then try to blame him for a fire bombing of a mosque right after he issued the travel ban. so he's helping the Democratic candidates by digging their hole deeper and deeper while several others are shooting themselves in the foot.

[Valrifell]

I'm interested, but that would be off-topic.

nothings off topic in politics like just yesterday a video played by cbs evening news showed that beto somehow tried to shoehorn trump into what happened in Christchurch and then try to blame him for a fire bombing of a mosque right after he issued the travel ban. so he's helping the Democratic candidates by digging their hole deeper and deeper while several others are shooting themselves in the foot.

Trump doesn't have to be shoehorned, he's right there in the shooter's manifesto.

[Tyrassueb]

Isn't Bernie just too old? He would enter office at the age of 79, which coincidentally is the average life expectancy of American men. There is a serious chance he will die in office, or otherwise be severely impaired (Reagan ringing a bell?) His VP pick better be good.

No he isn't and debates about his age are ageist. And I agree, his VP pick will be very very important.

[The Galactic Liberal Democracy]

Do you work for the zinc industry?

Oh shi-

I've been found out. Big Zinc, save me!

We are destroying the conspirators one at a time. Our Reign of Truth will not stop every single one of you cannot establish globalism.

[Oranjea]

Isn't Bernie just too old? He would enter office at the age of 79, which coincidentally is the average life expectancy of American men. There is a serious chance he will die in office, or otherwise be severely impaired (Reagan ringing a bell?) His VP pick better be good.

No he isn't and debates about his age are ageist. And I agree, his VP pick will be very very important.

Why is it ageist? Do you have no concerns about a president dying in office?

[Telconi]

Isn't Bernie just too old? He would enter office at the age of 79, which coincidentally is the average life expectancy of American men. There is a serious chance he will die in office, or otherwise be severely impaired (Reagan ringing a bell?) His VP pick better be good.

No he isn't and debates about his age are ageist. And I agree, his VP pick will be very very important.

What the fuck is "ageist" about it?

[Valrifell]

No he isn't and debates about his age are ageist. And I agree, his VP pick will be very very important.

Why is it ageist? Do you have no concerns about a president dying in office?

The appropriate safeguards are already in place for that not to be a catastrophe.

[Telconi]

Why is it ageist? Do you have no concerns about a president dying in office?

The appropriate safeguards are already in place for that not to be a catastrophe.

Debatable.

[Valrifell]

The appropriate safeguards are already in place for that not to be a catastrophe.

Debatable.

The 25th exists if the President goes senile while in office and there's a clear line of succession in case the President (and all of his cabinet) goes down.

I don't see any bases uncovered, do you?

[Tyrassueb]

As per Google

Ageist - Adjective & Noun
Adjective: Characterized by or showing prejudice or discrimination on the grounds of a person's age. "A lot of ageist jokes about not being able to use technology"
Noun: a person with ageist views. "Critics who contend that her age is an issue have been dismissed as ageists who are out of touch with the times"

Do I have concerns about Bernie dying in office? No more so than any other president. We've only had 2 presidents die in office of natural causes (Harrison and Roosevelt) but 4 died of assassination (Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Kennedy). And Bernie shows that he is still active and sound of mind, having stuck to his guns for what? 40 some years and still pounding out the same rhetoric? Dude has more energy than me even - I get worn out just walking a few blocks to turn in books at my local library, Bernie does something like 17 campaign stops in 15 states in around that same number of days or so. I can barely even stomach flying, letting alone being on a plane cross country repeatedly for two weeks (and more, considering he was pinballing around before and after those stops).

But trying to use age as a disqualifier beyond that established in the US Constitution is ageist.

[Telconi]

Debatable.

The 25th exists if the President goes senile while in office and there's a clear line of succession in case the President (and all of his cabinet) goes down.

I don't see any bases uncovered, do you?

Having succession doesnt avoid catastrophe, if people in that line are catastrophic.

[Valrifell]

The 25th exists if the President goes senile while in office and there's a clear line of succession in case the President (and all of his cabinet) goes down.

I don't see any bases uncovered, do you?

Having succession doesnt avoid catastrophe, if people in that line are catastrophic.

Well, if people's only concern about Sanders is his age and they like everything else about the guy, then they should have faith in his appointees and people that would take up the mantle in the event of his unfortunate passing.

[Telconi]

Having succession doesnt avoid catastrophe, if people in that line are catastrophic.

Well, if people's only concern about Sanders is his age and they like everything else about the guy, then they should have faith in his appointees and people that would take up the mantle in the event of his unfortunate passing.

Hey, you never know, I had faith in Trumps successors until that monster Pelosi got back on that list.

[Valrifell]

Well, if people's only concern about Sanders is his age and they like everything else about the guy, then they should have faith in his appointees and people that would take up the mantle in the event of his unfortunate passing.

Hey, you never know, I had faith in Trumps successors until that monster Pelosi got back on that list.

Oh, you're right, Speaker and President Pro Tempore come before cabinet positions. In that case his veep pick is all that matters.

[Bahktar]

Well, if people's only concern about Sanders is his age and they like everything else about the guy, then they should have faith in his appointees and people that would take up the mantle in the event of his unfortunate passing.

Hey, you never know, I had faith in Trumps successors until that monster Pelosi got back on that list.

Pelosi would only become President if the POTUS and VPOTUS died at the same time, though.

[Telconi]

Hey, you never know, I had faith in Trumps successors until that monster Pelosi got back on that list.

Pelosi would only become President if the POTUS and VPOTUS died at the same time, though.

Which is possible.

[Bahktar]

Pelosi would only become President if the POTUS and VPOTUS died at the same time, though.

Which is possible.

Thankfully, it's very, very, very unlikely.

[Mystic Warriors]

Which is possible.

Thankfully, it's very, very, very unlikely.

Her being POTUS would be a gift from god.

[Mystic Warriors]

Hey, you never know, I had faith in Trumps successors until that monster Pelosi got back on that list.

Pelosi would only become President if the POTUS and VPOTUS died at the same time, though.

False. Just removed.