Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?
US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)
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There's also the problem of Lightfoot looking like something from an old monster movie.
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And to think, all they had to do was just let Trump have his 2020 win and all this shit would be on him. They’d still have been able to obstruct him 100% and they have had another 4 years to groom their next Chosen One, but they cut off their noses to spite their faces.
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You know the scary thing? I don't know if they HAD a Chosen One.
Look at the current DNC field of candidates. Do you see anyone who even has that spark of charisma to be president? Booker? Lol. Bloomberg? Haha. DOCTOR Jill Biden? Don't make me laugh. Harris?
Clinton? She already looks like she has a date with the crypt keeper. And so on.Legitimately, who?
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You'd think so, but it seems things have changed. I get the feeling nobody above her likes her anymore. They want her out, but shes like a tick stuck to a dog.
Correct me if im wrong, but it seems like they choose her because she was the least ambitious, but she's still too dam ambitious for their liking. At the very least, she is COMPLETELY uncooperative when it comes to being thrown under the bus.
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Nah. Biden made a boo-boo by promising publicly and early that he'd nominate a WOMYN OF COLOUR to VP. Which narrowed the field down so hilariously that it is very likely that Harris was the most competent of the lot they could find and still check those boxes.
I wonder how much alcohol was consumed by his handlers after that.
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Biden's "problem" really was that Bernie said it first, so Biden kinda had to go with it even though Bernie wasn't nearly as strong a challenger in hindsight. If Biden had said that he would "strongly consider" it, he probably would have been labeled racist/sexist whatever.
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They didn’t have anyone, but if they’d just let Trump have the win, they’d have given themselves another 4 years to build one up, PLUS Trump would have all the shit from 2020-2024 stuck on him and wouldn’t be able to run after that anyway. The Dems knock the GOP over with a feather in ‘24 in that scenario.You know the scary thing? I don't know if they HAD a Chosen One.
Look at the current DNC field of candidates. Do you see anyone who even has that spark of charisma to be president? Booker? Lol. Bloomberg? Haha. DOCTOR Jill Biden? Don't make me laugh. Harris?
Legitimately, who?
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At the risk of being called a coomer, Tulsi Gabbard. She ticked enough boxes that I think she could have legitimately beat Trump. Young, ambiguously ethnic, and fairly attractive, former military, a (left) populist streak, and the nerve to actually call out her party. I think she actually would have pulled a large number of independents and even some squishy republicans. Her only failing was her centrism. The current DNC will not allow anyone who isn’t in complete lockstep with the Party to become a nominee. It’s why they lose their shit with Manchin and Sinema every couple weeks.You know the scary thing? I don't know if they HAD a Chosen One.
Look at the current DNC field of candidates. Do you see anyone who even has that spark of charisma to be president? Booker? Lol. Bloomberg? Haha. DOCTOR Jill Biden? Don't make me laugh. Harris?
Legitimately, who?
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5 Senate Democrats Say 'Nyet' To Biden's Communist Treasury Nominee
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It's hard to imagine President Joe Biden nominating a more dangerous candidate to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency than Cornell University Law School professor Saule Omarova.
Even before a video emerged of the far left, Kazakh-born Omarova saying the fossil-fuel industry needed to go bankrupt to tackle climate change surfaced, most politicos thought she was a radical choice.
Last week, we learned that she supports the centralization of consumer banking - at the Federal Reserve.
Speaking at a Senate Banking Committee hearing a week ago, ranking member Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) said, "In 'The People’s Ledger,' a paper she published just last month, she outlined her plan for nationalizing retail banking. Under her plan, central bank accounts fully replace—rather than uneasily co-exist with—private bank deposits.”
"In other words," he explained, "you couldn’t have an account with your local community bank. Your money would be held by the government at the Federal Reserve."
Prior to last Thursday's hearing, Republican senators were unanimously opposed to Omarova's confirmation, and three Democratic Senators were on the fence.
On Wednesday, Axios reported that five Democratic senators now refuse to support her candidacy, "effectively killing her nomination for the powerful bank-regulator position."
According to the report, Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), all of whom are members of the Senate Banking Committee, told committee chair Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) (who supports Omarova), they opposed her confirmation.
Rounding out the five are Sens. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ).
A previous Axios report said that centrist Democrat Joe Manchin (WV) had expressed his reservations about Omarova to the White House, however, his position was not mentioned in this particular report.
Axios' Hans Nichols writes: "Biden officials also have heard directly from the senators. They're aware of their deep opposition and know Omarova faces nearly impossible odds for confirmation. Still, they continue to back her publicly."
"The White House continues to strongly support her historic nomination," a White House official told Nichols. "Saule Omarova is eminently qualified for this position. She has been treated unfairly since her nomination with unacceptable red-baiting from Republicans like it’s the McCarthy era."
Omarova's supporters have derided the Republicans' portrayal of her as a communist. A recent headline in The Guardian read, "Republicans go full red scare on Soviet-born Biden pick."
The article cited the ever-amusing Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), a member of the Senate Banking Committee. Addressing Omarova at the hearing, he said, “I don’t mean any disrespect: I don’t know whether to call you professor or comrade.”
She replied, “Senator, I’m not a communist. I do not subscribe to that ideology. I could not choose where I was born."
When a nominee talks about bankrupting the fossil fuel industry and centralizing Americans' bank accounts, I think it's safe to say we're getting pretty close to communist territory.
There was also the issue of a 1995 arrest for stealing $214 worth of merchandise from a T. J. Maxx store in Madison, Wisconsin. Omarova was 28 at the time. And while the allegation is 25 years old, given the choice between a comptroller of the currency candidate with a clean record and Omarova, I would choose the former.
She has openly endorsed government price controls, a point Sen. Toomey addressed on the Senate floor last month.
Toomey sounded the alarm over Omarova's plan to "have the federal government set price controls for large sectors of the U.S. economy, including food, gas, wages, and home prices." He noted that she “has been celebrated on the far left for promoting ideas she herself has described as radical,” such as her support for “effectively end[ing] banking as we know it.”
Fears are that Omarova will seek a larger role for the federal government in its oversight of the banking industry.
Additionally, graduated from Moscow State University in 1989 before coming to the U.S. At MSU, she wrote a thesis entitled, "Karl Marx's Economic Analysis and the Theory of Revolution in The Capital." The fact that she refuses to provide the Senate Banking Committee with a copy of this paper speaks volumes.
“All nominees within the Committee’s jurisdiction are required to provide their writings, articles, and papers," Sen. Toomey told colleagues.
"Unfortunately, Professor Omarova appears to believe she is exempt from these rules.”
“In order for lawmakers to fully and fairly consider Professor Omarova’s nomination to serve as our nation’s top banking regulator, we need a complete picture of her policy positions," he said.
"The fact that she recently deleted references to her thesis begs the question: What is she hiding?”
Do we really want this woman in control of the U.S. banking industry?
In a word, Nyet!
It's hard to imagine President Joe Biden nominating a more dangerous candidate to run the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency than Cornell University Law School professor Saule Omarova.
Even before a video emerged of the far left, Kazakh-born Omarova saying the fossil-fuel industry needed to go bankrupt to tackle climate change surfaced, most politicos thought she was a radical choice.
Last week, we learned that she supports the centralization of consumer banking - at the Federal Reserve.
Speaking at a Senate Banking Committee hearing a week ago, ranking member Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) said, "In 'The People’s Ledger,' a paper she published just last month, she outlined her plan for nationalizing retail banking. Under her plan, central bank accounts fully replace—rather than uneasily co-exist with—private bank deposits.”
"In other words," he explained, "you couldn’t have an account with your local community bank. Your money would be held by the government at the Federal Reserve."
Prior to last Thursday's hearing, Republican senators were unanimously opposed to Omarova's confirmation, and three Democratic Senators were on the fence.
On Wednesday, Axios reported that five Democratic senators now refuse to support her candidacy, "effectively killing her nomination for the powerful bank-regulator position."
According to the report, Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), all of whom are members of the Senate Banking Committee, told committee chair Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) (who supports Omarova), they opposed her confirmation.
Rounding out the five are Sens. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ).
A previous Axios report said that centrist Democrat Joe Manchin (WV) had expressed his reservations about Omarova to the White House, however, his position was not mentioned in this particular report.
Axios' Hans Nichols writes: "Biden officials also have heard directly from the senators. They're aware of their deep opposition and know Omarova faces nearly impossible odds for confirmation. Still, they continue to back her publicly."
"The White House continues to strongly support her historic nomination," a White House official told Nichols. "Saule Omarova is eminently qualified for this position. She has been treated unfairly since her nomination with unacceptable red-baiting from Republicans like it’s the McCarthy era."
Omarova's supporters have derided the Republicans' portrayal of her as a communist. A recent headline in The Guardian read, "Republicans go full red scare on Soviet-born Biden pick."
The article cited the ever-amusing Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), a member of the Senate Banking Committee. Addressing Omarova at the hearing, he said, “I don’t mean any disrespect: I don’t know whether to call you professor or comrade.”
She replied, “Senator, I’m not a communist. I do not subscribe to that ideology. I could not choose where I was born."
When a nominee talks about bankrupting the fossil fuel industry and centralizing Americans' bank accounts, I think it's safe to say we're getting pretty close to communist territory.
There was also the issue of a 1995 arrest for stealing $214 worth of merchandise from a T. J. Maxx store in Madison, Wisconsin. Omarova was 28 at the time. And while the allegation is 25 years old, given the choice between a comptroller of the currency candidate with a clean record and Omarova, I would choose the former.
She has openly endorsed government price controls, a point Sen. Toomey addressed on the Senate floor last month.
Toomey sounded the alarm over Omarova's plan to "have the federal government set price controls for large sectors of the U.S. economy, including food, gas, wages, and home prices." He noted that she “has been celebrated on the far left for promoting ideas she herself has described as radical,” such as her support for “effectively end[ing] banking as we know it.”
Fears are that Omarova will seek a larger role for the federal government in its oversight of the banking industry.
Additionally, graduated from Moscow State University in 1989 before coming to the U.S. At MSU, she wrote a thesis entitled, "Karl Marx's Economic Analysis and the Theory of Revolution in The Capital." The fact that she refuses to provide the Senate Banking Committee with a copy of this paper speaks volumes.
“All nominees within the Committee’s jurisdiction are required to provide their writings, articles, and papers," Sen. Toomey told colleagues.
"Unfortunately, Professor Omarova appears to believe she is exempt from these rules.”
“In order for lawmakers to fully and fairly consider Professor Omarova’s nomination to serve as our nation’s top banking regulator, we need a complete picture of her policy positions," he said.
"The fact that she recently deleted references to her thesis begs the question: What is she hiding?”
Do we really want this woman in control of the U.S. banking industry?
In a word, Nyet!
e: lmao Biden's gotten lucky it seems
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only 5 democrats refused a actual communist.
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That's quite optimistic, and even if that is the case you're looking at half that or so in any place that gets snow in the winter... such as most of the USA. And if it isn't snowing here, its still going to drop below freezing. There were already multiple frosts before Thanksgiving here, and I'm not even in the worst of the places for cold weather. I'd need to keep a car plugged in practically 24/7 starting late October when it starts dipping down into the high 40's at night every so often. And its going to need to run a heater full-bore since again, its been highs below 50 degrees here already during the day. And I've seen Planes, Trains, and Automobiles so I'm not particularly interested in trying to drive while wearing a parka. And you still have the range issues, which is brutal for rural America where its a 40 minute drive to the nearest supermarket. Add in extra errands because when its 40 minutes one way you're not making just one stop, and its going to need to charge for a long time when I get back home. And that's in perfect conditions. Never mind the above.
On the contrary. She's quite ambitious, but is incompetent enough to not be an actual threat to anyone actually in charge.
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I think the reason that they didn't just "let Trump win" is because they thought with the Democrats controlling the Presidency, House, and Senate, they would be able to push through all of their ideal CRT, 3.5T BBB, et cetera packages. The pushback to all these Democratic policies happened swifter than they could have possibly imagined. One year after the election, and the Dems almost lost New Jersey of all fucking places.
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Hindsight is 2020 (lol). Ironically, stealing the election is probably the best thing they could’ve done for Trump.
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its only bad if orange man does it.
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Thing is, the downballot stuff meant they really only control the House... and even that's dubious. The Senate is effectively under R control at the moment thanks to Manchin and Sinema, and the Progs in the House have been able to wield enough power to make life hell. I know Pelosi's liver was already pickled before, but right now she has to be double-checking her spot on the organ transplant lists. Typical hubris and overreach has led them to this point, and I'd be laughing were they not intent on dragging the rest of us down with them.
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I think they are so used to people bending the knee that Manchin and Sinema being as "stubborn" as they are really surprised them. I bet they thought they could toss them a couple bones and they would fall in line.
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No, he is saying that the reaction to the new TOTALLY GOING TO KILL US ALL variant of the Wu-Flu is unjustified, and in that, I agree. You probably misunderstood it as people saying his condemnation of the overreaction as unjustified.
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You mean an old story, 'The Shadow over Innsmouth' about a town that worships Dagon and turns into fishpeople. Uncanny resemblance, isn't it?
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The definition of a Pyrrhic victory.
She -was- the optimal Cabal VP. They did pick her for her ambition, specifically a combination of having great ambition but also lacking the ability to seize it. This combo makes her easier to control, as she is entirely dependent on the cabal for her power.
The problem is that is a two-way street, the cabal then is entirely reliant on her believing they are her only way to power. When the Cabal war kicked off that shattered overnight. And thus, she fights back. She's in a losing position, but they can't just get rid of her so she can damage everyone else in retribution.
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