2020 US General Election Thread VII: Summer of Discontent

[Sundiata]

WHY OH GOD WHY

biden be simping

She has an extensive record with a lot to offer.

[Soiled fruit roll ups]

Well now that democrats have teem cop and feels.
And Republicans have teem shock and whores.

What does the third parties have?

[Cannot think of a name]

Well now that democrats have teem cop and feels.
And Republicans have teem shock and whores.

What does the third parties have?

Hipsters.

[Washington Resistance Army]

biden be simping

She has an extensive record with a lot to offer.

Are you aware of what her record is lol, it's not a point in her favor.

[Vassenor]

So if Harris was the worst possible choice, who was the best one?

[Uiiop]

So if Harris was the worst possible choice, who was the best one?

Bass or Barbara lee.

[Kowani]

So if Harris was the worst possible choice, who was the best one?

Bass or Barbara lee.

I like Bass, but I don’t think Lee was ever in consideration.

[Galloism]

So if Harris was the worst possible choice, who was the best one?

I mean, Harris isn’t the worst possible choice.

He could have tried to be bipartisan and picked Dick Cheney.

[The Sherpa Empire]

It's like the Democrats are TRYING to choose the most uninspiring candidates they can find...

[Jedi Council]

So if Harris was the worst possible choice, who was the best one?

Its entirely subjective, but most progressives were wanting Warren or Bass.

Before the outbreak of the George Floyd protests, I was pulling for Tammy Baldwin. She was a competent progressive from a key swing state, with a solid gold reputation on healthcare.

That being said, I dont think Harris is nearly as bad a choice as people have made her out to be. The people for whom she will be the dealbreaker were already unlikely to vote for Biden in my opinion, and largely lie on the fringe of American politics.

[Nuroblav]

Well now that democrats have teem cop and feels.
And Republicans have teem shock and whores.

What does the third parties have?

It's a third party that gets my support, but only because I can't vote anyway. If I were in the US, I might have voted Biden depending on the state I was in and who they were likely to go for.

[Juristonia]

Genuinely don't understand this pick.
Especially in the current socio-political climate.

But, if the Democrats are good at anything, it's punching themselves in the dick.

biden be simping

She has an extensive record with a lot to offer.

Her extensive record is exactly the problem.
People don't dislike her because she hasn't done anything. They dislike her because what she did has been shit.

[The Yellow Emperor]

I would've gone for... wait for it...

But again... We'll see how it develops later on... It may be considered good or would it lead to failure?

[Nobel Hobos 2]

I am very disappointed in this choice. It's so unimaginative. It's insulting to the dozens of viable applicants who have wasted their time talking to Biden ...

When basically he picked the very woman you'd expect if he had chosen three months ago.

Why didn't he just do that? "Hey nice work in the debates kid, you want to be my vee pee?"

[Borderlands of Rojava]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/politics ... index.html

Breaking news: Trump said racist things about Harris. Did he call her the N word? Did he accuse her of being a junkie?

No, he called her mean and nasty, but according to this CNN report, it's the only attack he can make against her and it's "racial stereoptypes" to call someone "mean, nasty and disrespectful." And you wonder why I didn't want Harris. Cause now everytime we criticize her, she and her 100 fans will say "you're just a racist!" Like how dumb fucks did whenever people criticized Obama. Ironic considering Kamala Harris made a career out of harming young black men in San Francisco, but her biggest supporters hypocritically only seem to care about things like that when they gotta stick it to Trump, like the news, who tbh I think are only against trump because he talked shit about them and not out of any deep moral conviction.

[Borderlands of Rojava]

So if Harris was the worst possible choice, who was the best one?

Its entirely subjective, but most progressives were wanting Warren or Bass.

Before the outbreak of the George Floyd protests, I was pulling for Tammy Baldwin. She was a competent progressive from a key swing state, with a solid gold reputation on healthcare.

That being said, I dont think Harris is nearly as bad a choice as people have made her out to be. The people for whom she will be the dealbreaker were already unlikely to vote for Biden in my opinion, and largely lie on the fringe of American politics.

Nearly as bad? Imagine if it was your own brother behind bars for crimes he didn't commit and harris was fighting to keep him there. You or I can never truly know how that feels. But I think we all can understand what a fucked up person Harris is for that. Biden can no longer claim to be the good guy if he's gonna side with that.

[Borderlands of Rojava]

So if Harris was the worst possible choice, who was the best one?

You'll be shocked when I say this and I bet you weren't expecting me to but brace yourself. Are you ready?

Gretchen Whitmer, at least she was one of the best ones. Warren or Duckworth would be great but whitmer would have been fine, but noooo we needed the corrupt prosecutor cause she's half black, and half Asian, and Biden thinks black people will just see her and go "must vote biden" in a zombie like fashion.

[Borderlands of Rojava]

Well now that democrats have teem cop and feels.
And Republicans have teem shock and whores.

What does the third parties have?

Weed.

[Borderlands of Rojava]

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/11/90142969 ... al-primary

Well at least Ilhan beat back the centrist. If there's any good news, it's that the establishment failed to put a halt to one of the few congresswomen willing to stand against Israel's abusive crap, and certain right wingers have to remain wide awake at night knowing there's a muslim in congress.

[Shrillland]

https://www.npr.org/2020/08/11/901429697/rep-ilhan-omar-wins-congressional-primary

Well at least Ilhan beat back the centrist. If there's any good news, it's that the establishment failed to put a halt to one of the few congresswomen willing to stand against Israel's abusive crap, and certain right wingers have to remain wide awake at night knowing there's a muslim in congress.

There's three, in fact, and they're all Midwesterners which goes to show something, but I'm not sure what.

[Philjia]

Biden's definitely trying to hedge his bets by picking someone who's both black and a cop. Also the list of parties on the ballot is deeply depressing because even the third parties you could waste your votes on are shit. The US Greens are full of weird hippies and the Party for Socialism and Liberation is full of fucking tankies. How hard can it be to have a normal socialist party?

[Nobel Hobos 2]

Biden's definitely trying to hedge his bets by picking someone who's both black and a cop. Also the list of parties on the ballot is deeply depressing because even the third parties you could waste your votes on are shit. The US Greens are full of weird hippies and the Party for Socialism and Liberation is full of fucking tankies. How hard can it be to have a normal socialist party?

Not hard at all. You just register the name and get some signatures to get on your state ballot.

Normal Socialist Party USA ... "no not National Socialist you dummies, just Normal"

[Zurkerx]

It's finally here: Nate Silver's 2020 Election Forecast!

As of now, Biden wins 71 out of 100 times but don't count out Trump just yet: it's still August and the conventions nor debates have occurred yet.

[Valrifell]

It's finally here: Nate Silver's 2020 Election Forecast!

As of now, Biden wins 71 out of 100 times but don't count out Trump just yet: it's still August and the conventions nor debates have occurred yet.

I feel... complete... whole.

[Ifreann]

At a time when anti-cop protests are rocking America, Biden chose a cop to be his VP.


Joe, why are you trying to fuck this up?