US US Politics General - Discussion of President Biden and other politicians

 

[Absolutego]

Since you seem a bit reformed, what is it about people supporting obviously bad candidates so insanely? Hillary and Biden are so bad that anyone with 2 neurons should know better, but there is some sort of self-loathing I guess going on that they want to support utterly incompetent and/or flat out evil. I don't get it. I mean, I'll mildly support Trump, but I won't go out and simp for him much either.

When you begin substituting politics for religion you are going to get people to start finding their saints and begin mythologizing them.
In Biden's case I believe it's largely Obama nostalgia and thinking he's surrounded by hypercompetent patriots like on the West Wing.
In Hillary's case she was the most politically active first lady since Eleanor Roosevelt and was portrayed as a platonic ideal of the modern woman in politics for years, and after Lewinsky, also cultivated a fanbase of middle-aged+ women who treat every election like a referendum on their most recent boyfriend/husband, who have largely glommed onto figures like Kirsten Gillibrand and Elizabeth Warren post-2016.

 

[Mark Robinson BussyLiquor]

it doesn't go by congressmen it goes by state. the GOP controls 25 states right now. Trump-Harris would be the likely result, but a tie is such a low possibility i wouldn't bother wasting time on it.

It's only a low possibility if the polls are right and if WI is more likely to flip red than NE-2.** I wouldn't be so sure.

**For the non-autistic, Wisconsin's "Partisan Voting Index" or PVI is more Republican-leaning than Nebraska District 2's PVI. Ergo, it is more mathematically plausible that by the time NE-2 flips red to create the possibility of an Electoral College tie, places like Wisconsin and even Pennsylvania would have already flipped red, making NE-2 non-determinative of the pit one.

HOWEVER ...
Wisconsin is uniquely bedeviling to pollsters. A Fake News Trump-Suppression Poll of October 2020 found Biden +17% in Wisconsin. Sloppy only "won" (stole) by a margin of 0.1% or 1/1000th of the votes cast. Meaning, when the polls regularly mis-predict Wisconsin by massive margins, we can't confidently rule out a cheesing of the election.

 

[northstar747]

Speaking for myself, I liked Hillary because she was 75 years old and dressed quite lovely.

When my wife asked me if I would ever cheat I told her yes out of patriotism I would bang Hilary to save america

 

[FieldPiece]

A demon pretending to be a normal person. I suppose no one told this dybbuk you don't put cheese on the burger until it's cooked through.
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I feel like if you fed him human food he would melt into a puddle. What is it with creepy Jews and pretending to like BBQ? It was creepy when Zuckerberg did it, it's creepy when this fuck does it.

 

[Sithis]

The thing about Hollywood celebrities endorsements is that these are people paid to lie for a living, who if they give a "wrong" answer will never work in their field again. And will get rewarded for "right" answers.

Jack Black might like Biden, he might also be sucking dick because kung fu panda 4 did shit. Who cares what he thinks? Who the fuck was on the fence and that endorsement from Jack Black turned the tide? I want to learn about this person

It's hilarious because it reveals just how busted the Democrat party is. They used to be the party that could really attract the youth vote but now the youth they're attracting are causing problems for them with their Israeli donors. They used to be able to bank on these celeb endorsements really drawing in impressionable young retards, but the only people who gives a shit what Jack Black thinks are retarded white millennials who grew up having such shit taste they thought guys like Jack Black were the pinnacle of comedy acting. Even those are farther and fewer between, which I suspect is why there was a coordinated astroturfing campaign for him not long ago where millennial women on Twitter gushed about what an "attractive male" he is because he acts retarded so openly, and how he comes off as a "teddy bear." You really think that discussion about a washed up fat ass celeb from the 2000s goes viral organically?
But what I was getting into is that celeb endorsements don't mean what they used to. As disgusting as it is most kids would be more able to name Kai Cenat or Jake Paul than Jack Black as a "celebrity" they think of as cool. Taylor Swift could probably make a dent but most of her fans are already the type who would vote left anyway, or don't care about politics. And for the edgy late teen demo who is going to be eligible to vote this fall? The left has accidentally made voting for Trump seem like a great option to rebel against their neolib parents who have probably made their lives a living hell anyway... Sure, small payback for probably having to eat soy nuggets and use paper straws as a kid, but one that will probably be felt more by their dumb lefty parents.
The left was so desperate to flesh out their militant retard wings that they forgot trying to please too many masters never works out well. They used to be able to claim to be the party of the working class which is why they have so many geriatric idiots who still support them. But the Democrats are now the party of angry black women (they have managed to embolden them while still blowing off black men), child molesting queers/trannies, neurotic white women on cocktails of SSRIs, and cucked white men who still collect Star Wars toys. You can see why they're struggling with messaging that appeals to the masses these days.

 

[McKennai]

I'm surprised there hasn't been any thread dedicated to Jack Blacks spergouts yet.

 

[namelesstacotruck]

I'm surprised there hasn't been any thread dedicated to Jack Blacks spergouts yet.

Be the change you want to see.

 

[The Last Stand]

Laura Bush is more attractive than Eleanor Roosevelt. Hillary Clinton comes a close second.

 

[General Disarray]

Meaning, when the polls regularly mis-predict Wisconsin by massive margins, we can't confidently rule out a cheesing of the election.

I see what you did there

 

[Irrational Exuberance]

It's weird that the default assumption is that nuclear weapons would be used first against civilian targets rather than military ones.

Is it? With the (rightful) fear and stigma around even the concept of using nuclear weapons, plus the fact that they're the archetype of the term "weapons of mass destruction", it's only natural to think of them as a weapon of terror.

 

[Calvin Coolidge]

I see what you did there

Thank God, I wasn't the only one

 

[mandatorylurk]

Trump should allow it but spend 30 seconds of his opening talking about how he did this for Joepedo, because he didn't want the world to see the Commander in Chief fall over. Then Joepedo will stand and say he can stand as long as it takes to beat up Drumpf, and trip and fall.

If Trump doesn't agree I bet Joepedo's team will tell the FBI to fire up the glowie signal and something will happen in the country to make Joepedo postpone or cancel.

 

[Dr J]

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Trump should allow it but spend 30 seconds of his opening talking about how he did this for Joepedo, because he didn't want the world to see the Commander in Chief fall over. Then Joepedo will stand and say he can stand as long as it takes to beat up Drumpf, and trip and fall.

If Trump doesn't agree I bet Joepedo's team will tell the FBI to fire up the glowie signal and something will happen in the country to make Joepedo postpone or cancel.

Wasn't the second debate with Hillary, the one where Trump destroyed her, the one where she sat on a stool the entire time while he stood up and completely towered over her?

Joepedo being seated the entire time just makes him look weak. Of course that's because he is weak, and seems to be getting weaker

 

[Jeremiah the Bullfrog]

Why does anyone give a flying fuck what a celebrity says about politics?

I'd venture a guess that Jack Black's life and mine are vastly different. The things that concern me (prices of gasoline and groceries, what does the job market look like for those of us working oil and gas) probably don't come up on his radar all that often.

Same with George Clooney and Julia Roberts, I don't see them worrying too much about the needs of middle class working families in flyover country. They live in their little liberal bubbles and don't really leave it.

Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington actually have actually earned my respect by keeping their pieholes shut about politics. I can guess who Denzel votes for, but I don't know for certain as he refuses to talk about it. And I'm pretty sure all Tom Hanks wants to do is talk about WWII.

 

[Dr J]

Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington actually have actually earned my respect by keeping their pieholes shut about politics. I can guess who Denzel votes for, but I don't know for certain as he refuses to talk about it. And I'm pretty sure all Tom Hanks wants to do is talk about WWII.

Doesn't Tom Hanks have massive TDS? I remember him wearing a shirt saying the two worst mornings in American history were 9/11 and 11/9.

Denzel I like because Denzel is one of few half-sensible celebrities

 

[George Lucas]

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Trump should allow it but spend 30 seconds of his opening talking about how he did this for Joepedo, because he didn't want the world to see the Commander in Chief fall over. Then Joepedo will stand and say he can stand as long as it takes to beat up Drumpf, and trip and fall.

If Trump doesn't agree I bet Joepedo's team will tell the FBI to fire up the glowie signal and something will happen in the country to make Joepedo postpone or cancel.

Trump should agree to it and then just stand the whole time anyway.

 

[MirrorNoir]

Not a lolyer. But lemme put on my tinfoil hat and say the DOJ fucked something up on purpose to give him an easy out.

No, it's just the Bidens throwing a tantrum because they know damn well that they lost and are clutching at straws to keep Hunter Biden from flipping the fuck out because his daddy publicly said he wouldn't pardon him and even if that was 100% lies, Hunter will probably have to spend time in jail assuming they sentence him before the election. Joe can't go back on his word and pardon Hunter until AFTER the November election; once the election ends, win or lose, Biden would be protected from consequences of breaking said pledge and Hunter desperately wants the conviction overturned NOW so he doesn't have to risk a day in jail until then.

As for Jack Black; he's a fat comedian who only works as a supporting cast member playing lunatic against someone who plays the straight man. His films where he is the leading man tend to suck and he's only funny/tolerable as the wacky sidekick.

 

[Sithis]

Trump should agree to it and then just stand the whole time anyway.

Supposedly people who are standing and speaking in a convo between people are seen as more dominant and aggressive than someone sitting. It could play to his favor and make Trump seem authoritative compared to meek and feeble Biden, or CNN could spin it to make it look like someone yelling at an old man.

 

[Rykel22]

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Trump should allow it but spend 30 seconds of his opening talking about how he did this for Joepedo, because he didn't want the world to see the Commander in Chief fall over. Then Joepedo will stand and say he can stand as long as it takes to beat up Drumpf, and trip and fall.

If Trump doesn't agree I bet Joepedo's team will tell the FBI to fire up the glowie signal and something will happen in the country to make Joepedo postpone or cancel.

If this is true, I can't help but feel this is them throwing in the towel(at least on Biden if not the whole election). They have to know how it would look for Biden sitting like he's dying while Trump stands tall.

 

[Quarterback Rex Grossman]

Mark Ruffalo is a good actor

He's very good at playing himself in every movie.

When my wife asked me if I would ever cheat I told her yes out of patriotism I would bang Hilary to save america

Early '90s Hillary was legit milfy.