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

 

[GamerGateSurvivor]

Question: Can Trump leave the GOP after he is elected? I don't think there is anything in the Constitution about presidents being required to be part of a party is there?

I think it depends on how well the GOP does in Congress. If they win enough seats to get Trump's agenda done, he probably won't do anything that'll cause any waves. If they don't, I can see him telling voters to primary some of the establishment guys.

Trump has a knack for sensing weakness so he's way more likely to do a hostile takeover of the Republican Party than take his ball and go home.

 

[IDF]

If you want to do the AI thing, do so on Twitter. AI talks like a leftist midwit and it drives them absolutely fucking insane when a fellow midwit wordcell talks "down" to them: https://bullfrogreview.substack.com/p/honey-i-hacked-the-empathy-machine

That link and other things that it lead me to are wonderful. I feel somewhat less alone in the world after diving into that. What a joyous Monday, whoda thunk it.

 

[The Nothingness]

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The Democrat Convention:
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In Biden's mind, he is calling for an actual fight.

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

If you want to develop a system that lasts into the future you must first consider things on a timescale longer than yourself. If you want a system to last 500 years, and your system is based on land grants to military vets, consider perhaps looking up how much land is available, how many current serving military members there are, as well as how much of an incentive that gives to your nation for aggressive, warlike posturing as their main method of diplomacy. In a democracy, your politicians will appeal to the people who they need to vote for them - in such a system you'd be giving an already warlike state even more reason to feed the pigs in the MIC.

Land grants for military service worked well for Japan and the samurai minus the whole "gradually dismantling the old system and then fighting a 150-year long civil war" thing.

Like 95% of left wing politics is upper class professionals who have 99% of the wealth and institutional power going "I'm taking my country back!"

Yea right on brother, you show those people living in trailer parks who's boss! Fight the oppression!

Leftism relies on the absolute underclass for votes, hence their worship of felons and love of importing the third world. Otherwise it's the politics of luxury views and useful idiots who make six figures doing HR for a megacorporation but believe they're oppressed by capitalism because they can barely afford anything after daily Doordashed avocado toast, big city rent, car payments on their new electric car, HRT pills and surgery, and taxes.

Question: Can Trump leave the GOP after he is elected? I don't think there is anything in the Constitution about presidents being required to be part of a party is there?

It would be a terrible idea since it would divide the vote and hand the Democrats a majority. Plus it would end up going to shit like Ross Perot's Reform Party did because Perot put none of the effort into building a party infrastructure and wasted his time on a poorly ran presidential campaign. Trump has done great work taking over the GOP. He doesn't need to make a new party.

Although if he did, it should not run candidates outside of deep blue districts or deep red districts until they either establish themselves OR repeal the laws against electoral fusion where one candidate can be nominated by more than one party (these laws existed to protect the establishment). Don't hand the Democrats a single state or senate seat.

 

[World Famous Quasi Payer]

Must be blackpill monday or something. Christ, y'all act like its already over.

 

[Absolutego]

Everybody in this thread needs to go the fuck outside, Jesus Christ.
I log off for an afternoon and you've worked yourselves up into some hysterical end game shit.

 

[Dr. Ricearoni]

It's just another manic monday

 

[The Hardest R]

Like 95% of left wing politics is upper class professionals who have 99% of the wealth and institutional power going "I'm taking my country back!"

Yea right on brother, you show those people living in trailer parks who's boss! Fight the oppression!

Most politics in the first world is the top and the bottom versus the middle. Our benevolent billionaire class knows that the lower class is not actually a threat. The top despises the middle class because up until about 100 years or so, the middle class was infinitesimal and its growth is only thanks to things like unionization, the GI Bill, etc. during the early-mid 20th century, which the top feels was at their expense. That’s why every DEI and green initiative ultimately is the top clawing back more of their wealth and power from the middle.

 

[northstar747]

It's just another manic monday

I wish it was Sunday

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Must be blackpill monday or something. Christ, y'all act like its already over.

What happened in France kinda demoralized us.

 

[The Hardest R]

People need to keep in mind that there are lots, arguably a majority of the voting public, of people that benefit from the current power structure. They don’t care if Biden shits his pants nonstop, as long as he rubber stamps whatever neoliberals and progressives put in front of him, that’s all that matters.

Trump will as well, let’s be real here, but if people are uncertain with him, they’re going with the devil they know.

 

[George Lucas]

Ok, but do you know what that's better than? That's a lot better than Joe Biden getting up on the podium, screaming with loose dentures that "Our patience is wearing thin" and threatening me with unemployment and effective uncitizenship if I don't obtain an Experimental Lethal Injection. So I take your comments into consideration, but I fart in your general direction nonetheless. And I fart hard and juicy, like BlueFolf. That's the fart of a Pureblood.

Trump gave us:

Open borders
Tax cuts for the rich
Chinese virus made in a lab
Vaccines that are more harmful than effective
Biggest job losses since great depression
Inflation from free stimulus checks
Deals with Putin and Iran to invade countries after he left

Biden gave us:

Build Back Better
Thousands of new jobs each month
Elimination of Roe v. Wade
Effective handling of Ukraine and Israel wars
Razorwire on the Texas border
Student loan forgiveness
Moving immigrants from red states to blue cities
Chevron getting knocked down

 

[Hassou Tobi]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/08/us/read-biden-letter-democrats.html

Biden's letter to congress. Everyone's saying it's very unlikely he will drop out now.

I think I expected this...just something about inertia and stubbornness making this the likely outcome. Nothing Dems love more than snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

 

[draggs]

What happened in France kinda demoralized us.

Why the fuck would anything happening in FRANCE ever do anything about amuse you? Shamefur dispray

Everybody in this thread needs to go the fuck outside, Jesus Christ.
I log off for an afternoon and you've worked yourselves up into some hysterical end game shit.

Fucking FRANCE

 

[Bindo]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/07/08/us/read-biden-letter-democrats.html

Biden's letter to congress. Everyone's saying it's very unlikely he will drop out now.

I think I kind of expected this...just something about inertia and stubbornness making this the likely outcome.

Judging by his recent appearances, like this morning with Murderin' Joe, Biden's pathology has deteriorated to the point that he's now pretty obviously suffering from some form of aphasia. If the people saying Lewy Body are correct, even ignoring any comorbidities, at this rate he may be basically nonverbal by the end of August.

 

[tehpope]

https://twitter.com/ModernityNews/status/1810247698542411873

MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell calls for allowing Joe Biden to have aides with him on stage to speak for him and help him sound coherent during the next debate. This is where we are at now.

We're at step 3 of the five stages of grief: bargaining. Next is depression.

 

[Your Girlfriend's Dad]

Judging by his recent appearances, like this morning with Murderin' Joe, Biden's pathology has deteriorated to the point that he's now pretty obviously suffering from some form of aphasia. If the people saying Lewy Body are correct, even ignoring any comorbidities, at this rate he may be basically nonverbal by the end of August.

His shambling movements make me think it's Parkinson's or Lewy Body Dementia. When his Levodopa wears off his movement is almost certainly worse. The mental status generally goes downhill and L-Dopa doesn't help that.

 

[draggs]

Trump gave us:

Open borders
Tax cuts for the rich
Chinese virus made in a lab
Vaccines that are more harmful than effective
Biggest job losses since great depression
Inflation from free stimulus checks
Deals with Putin and Iran to invade countries after he left

Biden gave us:

Build Back Better
Thousands of new jobs each month
Elimination of Roe v. Wade
Effective handling of Ukraine and Israel wars
Razorwire on the Texas border
Student loan forgiveness
Moving immigrants from red states to blue cities
Chevron getting knocked down

Trump gave us Space Force

Sit down

 

[Bindo]

His shambling movements make me think it's Parkinson's or Lewy Body Dementia. When his Levodopa wears off his movement is almost certainly worse. The mental status generally goes downhill and L-Dopa doesn't help that.

They are probably giving him something like Donepezil for the aphasia. Will note that one of the primary common side effects is diarrhea...

 

[Hassou Tobi]

We're at step 3 of the five stages of grief: bargaining.

Ya know I don’t like Ezra Klein but he’s been arguing to other dems that “Biden is doing a good job and that’s what matters” is pure cope. A large part of the Presidency is being able to communicate policy and make a case for re-election. You can’t just argue that that doesn’t matter.