U.S. Politics, November 2024: GARBAGE DAY!!

Here come old fat Trump he come groovin' up slowly
He got JD Weirdo this one empty rally

Now that’s how to handle the pre-election jitters! Quips ahoy.

Re: my comments on CNN and MSNBC this evening... yes, there are Trump staffers who no longer much care whether he wins or loses. Not exactly breaking news. Hard to overstate how terrible morale is inside of this campaign—and how much anger/resentment is felt toward the candidate.

— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) November 5, 2024

love it

Wait, people who work with Trump end up hating him? Why are we only learning this now.

huge if true, could swing the race

yeah I know but I'm letting my liberal orange man bad flag fly tonight

he's pretty bad

Rogan has apparently endorsed Trump

lol I assumed he did already

The great and powerful @elonmusk.
If it wasn't for him we'd be fucked. He makes what I think is the most compelling case for Trump you'll hear, and I agree with him every step of the way.
For the record, yes, that's an endorsement of Trump.
Enjoy the podcast pic.twitter.com/LdBxZFVsLN

— Joe Rogan (@joerogan) November 5, 2024

stupid

xps

Oh he's spectacularly bad! Just an objectively terrible human being on a level that most terrible people can't even contemplate reaching because of his entire lack of empathy or refusal to ever express the tiniest bit of remorse, chagrin or shame. Which somehow makes him appealing to some people.

A FB friend was phone-banking tonight — she's a woman of color, and she was calling people in Wisconsin, and she said the level of anger and aggrievement in the Trump-voting white men she reached was startling. Not just the things they said (about immigrants, inflation, etc) but the vitriol and bitterness in it. There are people who really do get off on Trump. He's like a drug.

I'm in Wisconsin and I have gotten like 20 "political calls" tonight (as determined by my phone.) I wouldn't answer any of them for anything. Anyone who's picking up tonight is a sicko for sure.

yeah they like him because he represents a fantasy of being uninhibited.

very juvenile psychology to the whole thing

It’s a good thing Harris didn’t actually go on Rogan’s podcast.

And lol at the idea of Elon making a compelling case for anything

I think people here like Joe Rogan too, or are at least interested in him or have been following him, which is baffling to me

Shapiro's on stage in Philadelphia doing the Obama thing again

Is he calling his grandmother out for racism?

the return of choom gang

Associated Press:
Harris makes her closing argument to the American people: "We go play hoop"

It would be kinda funny if Kamala won and on day one in the Oval Office went through her enemies list and put Trump and a ton of Trump people in Gitmo indefinitely for being enemies of the people. And then tells people in a televised address that her to-do list was actually an enemies list and she can do whatever she wants because Supreme Court. And then she laughs for a really long time with that laugh.

My Kamala Day One fantasy is she calls the six right-wing Supreme Court justices into the Oval Office and demands their resignation.

*slides pistol across desk* “The bullet in here is for you. You get to choose which of us pulls the trigger.”

^this was how a coworker who was given a choice between quitting & being fired described his convo with our ex-boss.

It was the first remotely interesting thing I’d ever heard him say.

Sorry, back to yr regular programming.

I hope the Rogan thing doesn't inspire too many listeners to get off the couch and vote tomorrow.

Though it's another sign that if these guys lose, they might go for a 'Texit' campaign to have Texas secede.

I wish Texas would go ahead and secede so Austin and Houston and San Antonio and El Paso could secede right back into the United States.

Shapiro's on stage in Philadelphia doing the Obama thing again

You wanna see a good Obama impression? Check out this dude:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBhFOgxSsi7

i drifted off watching rally and heard the most awful bon jovi in my head and i woke up and jon bon jovi was croaking the worst bon jovi song ever.

i feel like we need to recognize how awesome this song is since part of it has been playing on television all summer and fall.

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

Kamelot -vs- Trashmanistan is finally coming to an end. maybe. we did it. maybe.

why is DJ Strawhat playing Journey in Philly? that is wackness.

he has all of TSOP at his fingertips and we get Journey. puh-leeze.

now he's playing chicago's own earth wind & fire. get with it, dude.

there is no way they would have let trump do any of this at the art museum. not in a million years. there are like a million people there.

okay he's playing the o'jays who were from ohio but he's getting closer...

i would be playing "ugly people be quiet" but that's just me.

meanwhile in a crappy arena in grand rapids that is not full trump is playing pitbull's "timber".

from what I heard he's still 2 hours away, idk if they serve food there but that place is gonna empty out quick

Trump himself is probably gonna be tired as shit

not gonna stay up for it but it could have potential to be hilarious and hopefully its the fucking final image of Trump's political career

alright I'm gonna try to get some sleep, hope y'all can do the same

I'm nervous but confident. I know the polls are scary (though she still wins if they're accurate) but I'm gonna stick my neck out here and say this: polls cannot measure voter enthusiasm. they can't tell you which side is more willing to wait in long lines or skip the kids' basketball practice. right now, the enthusiasm gap seems really fucking massive. please correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think I've ever seen such a contrast like this. yes I know people were cranked up for Hillary but Trump rallies were big, rowdy events. people routinely got beat up there. they were packed. the crowd was on their feet a lot of the time.

it does not look at all like that right now. his rallies are half full and people are visibly bored the entire time. a lot of them leave. I'm seeing yard signs (though less of them), but zero MAGA hats, and no impromptu rallies like before. his donations have completely cratered this cycle and in the last 48 hours they've gone down to basically zero (Harris has raised nearly $5 mil in that span). his voting base does not seem like they really give a shit right now. I guess we'll see.

Kamala’s campaign has been stellar tbh, I don’t find her super charismatic (which is a plus in my book, politicians should be public servants not celebrities) but her image and her speeches are so normal and down to earth it’s comforting. Watching Trump’s rallies is such a gross and surreal experience by comparison it’s shocking how this is even a close race.

There are a lot of possible post-election narratives, but if Harris wins one of them has to be the degree to which she's been underestimated at every step, along with the power of women's votes.

The worst person you know just etc.

Azealia Banks shares that she has decided to vote for Kamala Harris:

“I will be Voting For Kamala Harris tomorrow because Elon Musk (a fucking overrated Ketamine addict) belongs no where near American Politics. The End.” pic.twitter.com/t4bBy6LJwR

— Pop Base (@PopBase) November 4, 2024

3-3 in Dixville Notch--the polls have it exactly right.

Good luck USA!

Heartily seconded, I wish you all strength no matter the outcome

Yeah. It's hard to imagine a bigger gap between the two outcomes, both for the USA and the world. I feel both anger and empathy. Ultimately, I go with optimism, that people like Trump will not prevail in the long term, they're just a hurdle and a pain. Godspeed.

3-3 in Dixville Notch--the polls have it exactly right.
― clemenza, Tuesday, November 5, 2024 6:14 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

It does not bode so well. They had voted 5-0 Biden in 2020...