US Politics, July 2024 - "Will you just drop out, man?"

Spitting Image!

the show from the phil collins video

kind of just looks English really

another reason not to trust Newsom: he was married to her

Lady Elaine Fairchilde would like a word. Anyway

one of those dementus things

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This thread is cracking me up, keep ‘em coming

WaPo says a "person close to the president" told them that they told Biden straight-up that he should get out, and Biden said "I disagree." And then I guess the person went out into the hall and called WaPo. SOS flares going up everywhere.

Jeffries also, have we mentioned that yet? I can't keep track. (He hasn't said publicly, but told Biden in a meeting.)

MSNBC, too, mentioning Schumer and Jeffries talking to Biden.

what the hell did Gaetz do to his face he looks like a freak

Just saw a clip of people in the RNC crowd waving pre-printed "Mass Deportation Now" signs. Expected but still chilling.

I don't think I've ever heard or seen DNC chair Jaime Harrison till right now (being interviewed on MSNBC). He's a dead ringer for Tony Gwynn six ways to Sunday (especially his voice)...need to see him with a bat in his hand.

A while ago I saw a picture of Perry Farrell where he looked like he'd peeled off Mark McGrath's face and sewed it on his own head. Matt Gaetz looks like he stole Perry Farrell's Mark McGrath face and stapled it on himself.

man, it would be so awesome if Biden announced tomorrow he's not running. Trump would be livid that Biden stole the spotlight.

he's gonna drop out and start a laughtracked wacky antics sitcom "THAT'S THE PREZ!" about a candidate who may have dementia trying to outsmart his party and creepy congresscritters to stay in the race.

"it was all good just a week ago!"

man, it would be so awesome if Biden announced tomorrow he's not running. Trump would be livid that Biden stole the spotlight.

― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, July 17, 2024 9:00 PM (six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

he definitely hates Trump enough to do it

I hate to ask but what kind of ratings is the RNC getting? are people actually paying attention to this?

Just saw a clip of people in the RNC crowd waving pre-printed "Mass Deportation Now" signs. Expected but still chilling.

― Blitz Primary (tipsy mothra)

i'm not unsympathetic, but where would we deport the people holding signs _to_?

I hate to ask but what kind of ratings is the RNC getting? are people actually paying attention to this?

― frogbs

people pre-gaming for the olympics by watching the Olympics of Evil

Paramount Plus/CBS had a banner ad for the new Big Brother season starting tonight, is it even on network TV?

ratings have been historic lows

the big speeches I'm sure are on CNN or something, just curious who exactly is watching

I'm actually kinda struck by how little the Trump assassination attempt is actually being talked about right now, its brought up as a joke mostly, even then not so much (probably because there's some things you don't wanna say in mixed company). if someone made an attempt on say Romney in 2012 I feel like it would be all anyone talked about for weeks. there's even a legitimate Secret Service conspiracy here! it sounds like they were aware of him and knew he was a threat 20 minutes before he took a shot! and yet it's like soo ermm....THAT just happened?!

Republicans aren't popular but they've successfully branded Democrats as the party of wokeness and gotten independents to largely agree that Antifa = actually fascist and wokeness = bad. so they ride on coattails of "we're not Democrats" to get them across

see I don't think independants are all that concerned about "wokeness", like maybe they find certain things irritating but the broader culture war the right is trying to push makes them look like lunatics

well, I can't speak outside of the anecdotal, but there are a non-zero number of unaffiliated voters I know who might not be Trumpers or spouting conservative one-liners, and might actually be sympathetic to liberal talking points, but are quick to say all cancel culture is bad and that people are too sensitive.

again though purely anecdotal and not evidence of anything. I also live in a state full of morons (including myself)

Kicking and screaming, but it does look inevitable.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/17/politics/nancy-pelosi-biden-conversation/index.html

Will Ferrell for prez

good lord this is how they move people around where my grandma is

Biden appears to need assistance getting into his vehicle after getting off Air Force 1. https://t.co/HdvHmPpeCb pic.twitter.com/4cGcNjQvQE

— jordan (@JordanUhl) July 18, 2024

Biden said only god could stop him from running and god said bet

— Yuri (@yuri_ordeste) July 18, 2024

that's the other thing it's not just a mental decline physically he looks really stiff and he walks like he's trying not to break a bone, almost like he's gonna be in a wheelchair in 6 months

our last wheelchair bound President was pretty cool tho

when do we get our first cyborg prez

BET interview and NAACP convention are basically as bad as the debate

the debate was great and actually just an episode

He was tired, he took a trip two weeks before give him a break.

he got a cold and then got another one today I guess. who else can catch 2 viruses in 2 weeks? no one has been better for the viruses

https://bsky.app/profile/bellatrixcrawley.bsky.social/post/3kxjj4yci4j2x

xp got some way to go to Bolsanaro-level but its a good start.

Terrible state of affairs when people are hoping an auld fella who catches COVID has got the most serious variety.

Everytime I wake up and check the timeline overnight its somehow worse (and yes I saw the tweet below that).

I'm sick

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 17, 2024

In my experience it is completely true that a lot of normal people who don't have strong politics do have some general sense that "you can't say anything anymore" or you might get "cancelled" or "MeTooed" -- yes I know some people complain about this because they actually want to be massively racist and are sore that they can't, but that's not what I'm talking about, I'm talking about people who are perfectly nice but truly believe that if you say "I like your dress" or "Merry Christmas" on an American college campus you will be escorted from the premises and possibly executed

Is that Joe Biden post for real? What the ever-loving fuck?

I’m dying

…laughing at this ridiculous parade of RNC speakers!

xp Yes. Social team having a normal onnnnne

fwiw candidates who have run anti wokeness campaigns have generally fared poorly at the polls, now some of that may be that because they tend to be very extreme but thats kind of the nature of the beast, you cant really run on a you cant even say anything anymore platform youve gotta have some actual plans to tell people about and those tend to be weird stuff with high school bathrooms that make normal people uncomfortable

you can’t even run on a you can’t even say anything anymore platform anymore

I feel like there’s a path for a Republican politician who relentlessly feigns ignorance about every “wokeness” topic. “What’s a furry?” “What’s a fur suit?” “Why do they use a litter box?” Act completely puzzled whenever Joe Rogan asks you about “men in women’s sports.”

e.g., if you watch JRE, the most effective guests are the guests that let Rogan exhaust himself before they talk about what they want to talk about.

Yeah that's a good point lag∞n