US Politics, August 2024 -- "Unburdened By a Has-Been"

biggest plus for Walz to me is that, on the state level, he had the unprecedented idea that hey we control the legislature and the governor's office maybe we could actually do some stuff

"i mean yeah one person died, but, yeah he got shot but like no one cared his ear looked fine a few days later and people stopped asking and moved on to the next thing."

Imagine thinking about a Harris/Walz ticket six months ago, such a wild election cycle

"Trump picked an opportunistic creep and then was surprised when everyone called him an opportunistic creep."

I feel like Harris aced her first exam.

With Pelosi making it open book for her. And thank god for that! Her maneuvering publicly and behind the scenes the past ~month might have saved the party (and country).

That clip of Walz is so fucking great. I had my wife come in and told her it was People's Sexiest Man of The Year for 2024. She listened to him and agreed with me.

pelosi must have the best pr in the world every time something happens she orchestrated behind the scenes, you never hear much about her in front of the scenes work tho

Truly don't know what the right choice was here but "trust Nancy" has gotten us this far so I'm going with it

Trump was shot at just over three weeks ago

My hardcore Bernie-hating formerly-Biden-must-stay KHive friend from last month's thread is all in on Walz

Sorry to tell you but Walz likes to fly in a small plane and drop frogs on people

lol

Two sources confirm on background the deciding factor in the VP’s choice was what Sen Fetterman said publicly: concerns Shapiro’s his own personal ambitions would cause him to upstage/override Harris. The video Shapiro produced with Philly Mayor Cherelle Parker’s team solidified…

— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) August 6, 2024

lmao wrecked

heartbreaking

or maybe this is more a "heartwarming: the worst people you know are all fighting" situation

dems on a streak of good decisions idk how to feel about it

― (•̪●) (carne asada)

Will be waiting for Shapiro's payback to Fetterman

Wow, she really picked Tim from Minnesota. pic.twitter.com/vvMiLVzI86

— Joe Bernstein (@Bernstein) August 6, 2024

lol

"trust Nancy" has gotten us this far so I'm going with it

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, August 6, 2024 10:46 AM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

tbf replacing biden was polling positively with democrats for the better part of two years before nancy got on board

"President Harris! President Harris! The American people deserve to know: do you prefer the Ed Stasium mix or the original??"

BRAT SUMMER!!

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lol

https://images.foxtv.com/static.fox9.com/www.fox9.com/content/uploads/2022/03/1280/720/Summit-Pils.jpg

drink up!

in order to secure my vote walz must renounce the coward rudy gobert

lol

though he can get Ant's endorsement it's a wrap

someone needs to ask him about this asap whatre the odds he knows who the governor is

The best summation I've seen so far:

It’s so nice seeing them go with “dude who lowered insulin prices” instead of the standard “guy with the right amount of bad positions to appeal to a swing voter who only exists in novels.”

bumpin’ that

https://imgur.com/a/NVURyil

https://i.postimg.cc/jjpxF7rS/Screen-Shot-2024-08-06-at-10-17-41-AM.png

i've been texting that photo to all my group chats this morning

OMG, two people on one ticket who know how to laugh! Will we survive?

Walz with Pig vs. Vance with Eyeliner

https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:co255ue5xacrrncy5byerm4y/bafkreifmxm5xjmgnh2g3bmps7hxy7amn244dxskfknqqeigkb3afsgwzx4@jpeg

I don't know if you all can see this but

Naz Reid.

— Governor Tim Walz (@GovTimWalz) May 5, 2024

Gotta assume the DNC are booking the Hold Steady for the convention at this very moment

this minnesota-themed party is fun.

Gotta assume the DNC are booking the Hold Steady for the convention at this very moment

― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, August 6, 2024 10:27 AM (one minute ago) bookmarkflaglink

Walz is a true head, holding out for a Lifter Puller reunion with Dillinger 4 opening

Walz with Pig vs. Vance with Eyeliner

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPJJ0UQrr3U

california and minnesota, states with the fun shapes

Maybe we will get at The Blue Up? reunion out of this

“Vance With Eyeliner” should be the title of someone’s breakthrough Hit Em single

xps Suicide Commandos/NNB double bill or gtfo

Commandos could definitely happen! not sure any administration could get NNB to come back

I learned within the past 48 hours that I actually know Shapiro's brother and sister-in-law fairly well in a professional/quasi-personal context. Let's just say that my experiences with this family did not alleviate whatever unease I might've had about him

Harris/Walz 2024: Let's Go Out and Have Some Complicated Fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnCrl-BpuR0

Dems in disconcerting levels of array https://t.co/F6fmqQK8DE

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) August 6, 2024

lol

and here's why that's bad for joe biden

was reading an article about the israel iran situation which mentioned biden and was like hadnt thought of that guy in ages is he still around