"Will you shut up, man?" US Politics October 2020

throwing farts in POTUS' eyes.

what?

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 bookmarkflaglink

You said the system needed to be torn down and yet you are voting and actively participating in a system where the loser can win by 3 million votes. It's all v interesting to me.

I live in a fucking swing state, as I've said many times. You can take your interesting POVs to the book and film threads.

xpost Jesus christ, shut up.

fuck this UK poster bullshit, I want a god damn threadban

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krD4hdGvGHM

Alphie, what would your political strategy be if you were living in Florida? Genuinely curious.

"The system needs tearing down" and "In this election this Floridian needs to vote for Joe Biden and help others vote for Joe Biden to keep Donald Trump from winning" are not irreconcilable.

^^^

I didn't expect Alfred to say the system needed to be torn down, that's all.

xp to Pom

Alfred, you don't actually have to explain that to anyone who isn't a shit-flinging adolescent hardman.

Alphie, what would your political strategy be if you were living in Florida? Genuinely curious.

― pomenitul, Wednesday, October 7, 2020

With respect, don't call me that.

At the minimum we need to abolish the Senate and elect presidents by popular vote. The Senate, even now as a better-dressed version of the House, is doing exactly what the framers intended: thwarting the popular will.

Alphie = comrade alphabet aka xyz.

ah, sorry

But good answer regardless. :)

xyz going straight into

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DtxGQUdW4AAZ4Z4.jpg

what?

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 bookmarkflaglink

You said the system needed to be torn down and yet you are voting and actively participating in a system where the loser can win by 3 million votes. It's all v interesting to me.

Biden's speech was good! Though I guess there's a low bar...

the entire right wing mediasphere treating Biden like a senile old man likely has something to do with that

The person you are voting for hasn't said anything about the electoral college but ok yes the .jpg is funny.

Oh then I guess we should vote for Trump then

DOY

"The system needs tearing down" and "In this election this Floridian needs to vote for Joe Biden and help others vote for Joe Biden to keep Donald Trump from winning" are not irreconcilable.

― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, October 7, 2020 11:14 AM bookmarkflaglink

No one expects Biden to step into office and single-handedly get rid of the electoral college. It's about consolidating power now so that democratic reforms are possible within the next decade.

If someone's gonna tear down our constitutional system, I want liberal coalitions to do it, not Donald Trump and the Federalist Society.

a "non-electoral politics/praxis" thread might be interesting, maybe, but this ain't really the thread to kickstart that on lol

Again, I was picking on +3 million vote complaint that people made today, 4 years after it happened. I noted that democrats seem to display no interest in changing this then I made a joke based on what Tomboto said to me xps to OL

#onethread

Next topic: have drugs changed how you approach US politics?

xp

But let's move on, leave you to discussing Trump's tweets and the exciting day's events xp or...that?

a lot of GOP Senate candidates seem to be mentioning "the Dems want to do away with the Electoral College" so they should probably make it happen

what?

― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 bookmarkflaglink

You said the system needed to be torn down and yet you are voting and actively participating in a system where the loser can win by 3 million votes. It's all v interesting to me.

Sorry, X/Z, but your usual effervescent sense of humor somehow was undetectable this one time.

btw ain't it a little odd we haven't heard anything about Chris Christie?

Lol I am not an advocate for how the UK does things, just happen to live here xps

Also you keep saying the democrats have no interest in changing things but they have already said the literal first law signed by biden with a democratic senate will be HR1 (which is not perfect but you have never heard of it so I don’t know why I’m bothering)

so is melania dead or...? has trump mentioned his wife or children at any point since he's been given back his presidential tweetphone?

I don't really care, do you?

He never promised her a rose garden.

Lol I am not an advocate for how the UK does things, just happen to live here xps

xp not especially but if you want some schadenmelania:
http://i.imgur.com/h4O2lld.png

He never promised her a rose garden.

If it should be the democrat’s priority then I trust you’ll be voting for the Liberal Democrat’s and proportional representation next time then.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 7 October 2020 bookmarkflaglink

This is not the gotcha you think it is.

#NEW National @Rasmussen_Poll:

Biden 52% (+12)
Trump 40%

(LV, 9/30-10/6)

— Political Polls (@PpollingNumbers) October 7, 2020

lol

remember this is the pollster famous for predicting a Romney landslide

Ok but you’re still the worst poster on here since gabneb xp

Ok but you don't have to throw that desperate vote lib dem jibe, it's the US Pol thread.

Not quite a Romney landslide, if memory serves. Certainly nothing like what we’re seeing now.

xps

Why seniors have turned to Biden.

Turns out -- no surprise -- that calls to the golden years of Tip 'n' Ronnie having a drink after yelling at each other all day...work with this demographic.

If you claim to think FPTP is the #1 problem in us politics the it’s curious that you’ve literally never mentioned it as an issue on the uk pol threads. Beginning to wonder if you’re posting in good faith. Hmm. Xp

The important takeaway from that Rasmussen poll isn't whether or not they're accurate (which I don't think most people believe them to be) but rather that AFAIK their polls tend to heavily favor the GOP. So when you factor that in these results indicate that Trump is likely in for a powerfisting come November.