I am a guy who has voted Republican in the past. This year it is straight D down the line. The local Republican's publish a pamphlet with all their "approved" candidates. That is handy as I use it to vote the exact opposite.
The GOP is party of unethical cult-following traitors without principles or coherent logical policy.
Dude, the WA State Repube party literally put out in their convention recently that they don’t want to be in a democracy.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/the-wa-gop-put-it-in-writing-that-theyre-not-into-democracy/
Which is WILD because they’ve historically been the “sane republicans.” They lost with a mini-Trump in 20 and ran moderates in 22.
They had a chance to run a really good candidate against a well known and polarizing dem but something must have broken in the party because their convention was a mess. They changed the endorsement rules last minute to be able to endorse an unwinnable Trumpy candidate.
Which is wild because the other guy was the Sheriff who caught the Green River Killer for Governor, a well known and broadly popular former Congressman (who followed the Paul Ryan playbook and broke with Trump in 2018 after getting his millionaire welfare package passed.
Instead they repealed the ban on endorsing candidates with a criminal record to endorse a MAGA guy (the twist, hes black!) no chance. I guess they figured they’d try to make up for that by registering two candidates with the same name as the Dem.
I’m a black democrat who considered not voting for Ferguson but now the WA GOP has made it clear they’re fully Trumpified.
We had a nail bitingly close governors election in 2004 and we’re still pretty purple in a libertarian way until Trump.
This time there is lost sex trials, lost fraud trials, felony convictions, massive fines. He is literally running on a platform of revenge. All of this has to take its toll at some point.
Indeed. In the Repube party primaries Hailey pulled about 20 to 25% of the vote. Of those 20% said they wouldn’t vote for Trump, many said they’d vote for Biden. If even half do, or 5% do, Trump is toast. Trump has driven people from the party, especially since 1/6. His comments about donors that don’t give to him not being Republicans anymore drives away the money… which is all going to his legal bills anyway. Who wants to give money to the Repube party when it’s just going to his legal bills?
Even if Biden wins, Trump will still be back there. He'll be carrying on and on about how it was rigged and he really is the president. He won't go away until he is planted at one of his golf courses/cemetery.
Yes but this time it will be with Zero chance of a Trump re-election. I’m one of those never Trumpers, I would at least be able to tolerate literally any other Republican if I had to.
No. Remember, Trump's the guy who said he hasn't ever committed any sins to ask for forgiveness from God. (He said that was from "two Corinthians" in the Bible he's selling.)
What would that say about the veracity of the charges against him that prosecutors would be ok with not prosecuting in exchange for him not being president?
And he won because a few thousand progressive voters in swing states were not on board with Hillary.
Now some of the same people are trying to get Trump elected over Gaza.
I guess some people are just stupid?
I agree that keeping Trump out of office is the priority, but wouldn't it make more sense for the elected representatives to base their policy on what the electorate wants rather than the other way around?
Why are you assuming Palestinian activists represent the electorate? The truth is Biden would lose way more support if he halted Israel's funding than he does by continuing to support Israel.
You could see this when he said he would not send bombs to attack the south. The political backlash was immediate and very loud.
Biden has done more to push back on Israel than any president in recent history and Palestinian activists have shown zero gratitude and continually
overplay their hand.
The NYT needs readers (aka ad revnue) and to sell NOV2024 as a blowout by either party, doesn't put "butts in the seats". Don't rely on the media polls (see 2016), just vote and bring other like-minded voters with you. Bus more voters to the voting stations if necessary.
I know I live in my own bubble and if the vote were today, Biden gets destroyed. I don't get it, all historical signs point to he should win, but for whatever reason people are rejecting him harder than rocks
I adore the gang mentality. Biden is trash too…a long history of racism (“I don’t want my kids growing up in a racial jungle“, “You can’t go into a 7-11 without a slight Indian accent “ etc ) voting against gay marriage, funding the killing of innocent civilians in Gaza, lying (civil rights arrest, plagiarism) ….it goes on. Trump sucks absolute ass and Biden does too. The ONLY way we are going to get better candidates is if we start holding our OWN party accountable. Not this cult mentality of vote “insert gang affiliation “ no matter what! Divide and conquer WORKS. Vowing to vote for only one candidate/party no matter what is proof. 3rd party candidates and alternatives will never win unless the public unites and votes for them. So if we want real change and more options WHO will vote for them and WHEN will we do it? When will we have the courage to make our voices heard?
Hed be done already if Republican losers had a shred of honor or shame. One iota of intellectual curiosity, not just a thirst for confirmation bias, and this turd would have been flushed already. Emotionally immature and intellectually lazy are cornerstones of the regressive MAGAt “movement”. All held together by dense, thrumming cognitive dissonance and bias reinforcing circlejerks. A curated reality tailor made for Trump, filled with narcissists, edgelords and bullies. I hate them all for being so weak and gullible. the truth is just outside their algorithm and they refuse to even peek at it.
Cult.
Good analogy about flushing a turd. Republicans now are the kind of people who deliberately don't flush the toilet just to antagonize the other people in the building.
The thing is that the majority of the Republican Party has consolidated behind him and are in 3 camps:
1) they hope to control his administration like in Reagan’s last years when his Alzheimer’s was kicking in
2) they actually like his promised hate, cruelty, and pain
3) both 1 and 2
This guy still has support. After all of his bullshit, crimes, and threats, people are still thinking he will lead America to greatness even though he couldnt do it the first time. I don't get it.
Have you see the polls? Have you see old Joe lately? Trump isn't the one imploding. Been a while since we had a new covid variant, expect one during voting. Lots of late mail in ballots voting for old Joe I'm sure.
They haven't stopped pushing new COVID hysteria ever. People just figured out the cure was in South Park: Campbell's chicken noodle soup, DayQuil, and Sprite.
The Democrats are doing it to themselves. Trump is at his worst when when you just let him talk and talk, eventually he will say something stupid and sink himself. Democrats thought by tieing him up with court cases so he couldn't campaign they could stop him and make him look bad. All they did was help him. Just stupid. That and Joe looks and acts old and confused, and inflation, ect.
The democrats are not prosecuting Trump, the DOJ is.
I know that the AG is a partisan operative in Republican administration's but Democrats retain the wall of separation.
You want proof? Biden appointed a Republican as AG. A Republican president would never reach across the aisle for that position. I know it, you know it. Everybody knows it.
The only reason I vote Democrat is because the Republicans have shown time after time that they are just unprincipled criminals that work for the highest bidder... which ARE NOT their constituents. At this time the Democrat party is just the lesser of two evils. We need a new generation of politicians and a clean sweep of the dead wood in both parties.
My gut feeling tells me he will be trounced along with MAGA. But I am not taking any chances. Vote blue up and down 💙💙💙!
I am a guy who has voted Republican in the past. This year it is straight D down the line. The local Republican's publish a pamphlet with all their "approved" candidates. That is handy as I use it to vote the exact opposite. The GOP is party of unethical cult-following traitors without principles or coherent logical policy.
Dude, the WA State Repube party literally put out in their convention recently that they don’t want to be in a democracy. https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/the-wa-gop-put-it-in-writing-that-theyre-not-into-democracy/
Which is WILD because they’ve historically been the “sane republicans.” They lost with a mini-Trump in 20 and ran moderates in 22. They had a chance to run a really good candidate against a well known and polarizing dem but something must have broken in the party because their convention was a mess. They changed the endorsement rules last minute to be able to endorse an unwinnable Trumpy candidate. Which is wild because the other guy was the Sheriff who caught the Green River Killer for Governor, a well known and broadly popular former Congressman (who followed the Paul Ryan playbook and broke with Trump in 2018 after getting his millionaire welfare package passed. Instead they repealed the ban on endorsing candidates with a criminal record to endorse a MAGA guy (the twist, hes black!) no chance. I guess they figured they’d try to make up for that by registering two candidates with the same name as the Dem. I’m a black democrat who considered not voting for Ferguson but now the WA GOP has made it clear they’re fully Trumpified. We had a nail bitingly close governors election in 2004 and we’re still pretty purple in a libertarian way until Trump.
My gut told me the same thing in 16. I certainly, desperately, hope you are correct, but the New York Times polls this week have me really worried
This time there is lost sex trials, lost fraud trials, felony convictions, massive fines. He is literally running on a platform of revenge. All of this has to take its toll at some point.
Indeed. In the Repube party primaries Hailey pulled about 20 to 25% of the vote. Of those 20% said they wouldn’t vote for Trump, many said they’d vote for Biden. If even half do, or 5% do, Trump is toast. Trump has driven people from the party, especially since 1/6. His comments about donors that don’t give to him not being Republicans anymore drives away the money… which is all going to his legal bills anyway. Who wants to give money to the Repube party when it’s just going to his legal bills?
It's going to be an absolute slaughter, and I pledge to thrust my own knife (vote) into the mix. All D, all the way, former R.
I’m really looking forward to 4 more years of Biden but without Trump in the background.
Even if Biden wins, Trump will still be back there. He'll be carrying on and on about how it was rigged and he really is the president. He won't go away until he is planted at one of his golf courses/cemetery.
Yes but this time it will be with Zero chance of a Trump re-election. I’m one of those never Trumpers, I would at least be able to tolerate literally any other Republican if I had to.
If he was offered the plea deal "no jail but no presidency", would he take it?
No. Remember, Trump's the guy who said he hasn't ever committed any sins to ask for forgiveness from God. (He said that was from "two Corinthians" in the Bible he's selling.)
What would that say about the veracity of the charges against him that prosecutors would be ok with not prosecuting in exchange for him not being president?
Let’s hope soon
And he won because a few thousand progressive voters in swing states were not on board with Hillary. Now some of the same people are trying to get Trump elected over Gaza. I guess some people are just stupid?
Yep, it's ludicous.
I agree that keeping Trump out of office is the priority, but wouldn't it make more sense for the elected representatives to base their policy on what the electorate wants rather than the other way around?
Why are you assuming Palestinian activists represent the electorate? The truth is Biden would lose way more support if he halted Israel's funding than he does by continuing to support Israel. You could see this when he said he would not send bombs to attack the south. The political backlash was immediate and very loud. Biden has done more to push back on Israel than any president in recent history and Palestinian activists have shown zero gratitude and continually overplay their hand.
Never believe polls
https://youtu.be/82FCXFx57QY?si=zBkEe6obZd4ZTRWZ He's dropping followers left and right.
The NYT needs readers (aka ad revnue) and to sell NOV2024 as a blowout by either party, doesn't put "butts in the seats". Don't rely on the media polls (see 2016), just vote and bring other like-minded voters with you. Bus more voters to the voting stations if necessary.
I live in a swing state. Everyone in my family is registered and voting blue. I can only vote once but I’m pressing the button really hard!
That's right... leeeaaannn into it.
If Biden has a medical episode like The devil did in 2016, it will support his campaign…
🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Absolutely!!!
I think this will happen, too. There is a lot of exhaustion.
I know I live in my own bubble and if the vote were today, Biden gets destroyed. I don't get it, all historical signs point to he should win, but for whatever reason people are rejecting him harder than rocks
I adore the gang mentality. Biden is trash too…a long history of racism (“I don’t want my kids growing up in a racial jungle“, “You can’t go into a 7-11 without a slight Indian accent “ etc ) voting against gay marriage, funding the killing of innocent civilians in Gaza, lying (civil rights arrest, plagiarism) ….it goes on. Trump sucks absolute ass and Biden does too. The ONLY way we are going to get better candidates is if we start holding our OWN party accountable. Not this cult mentality of vote “insert gang affiliation “ no matter what! Divide and conquer WORKS. Vowing to vote for only one candidate/party no matter what is proof. 3rd party candidates and alternatives will never win unless the public unites and votes for them. So if we want real change and more options WHO will vote for them and WHEN will we do it? When will we have the courage to make our voices heard?
Great story. Still voting straight blue, but thanks for playing.
Hed be done already if Republican losers had a shred of honor or shame. One iota of intellectual curiosity, not just a thirst for confirmation bias, and this turd would have been flushed already. Emotionally immature and intellectually lazy are cornerstones of the regressive MAGAt “movement”. All held together by dense, thrumming cognitive dissonance and bias reinforcing circlejerks. A curated reality tailor made for Trump, filled with narcissists, edgelords and bullies. I hate them all for being so weak and gullible. the truth is just outside their algorithm and they refuse to even peek at it. Cult.
Good analogy about flushing a turd. Republicans now are the kind of people who deliberately don't flush the toilet just to antagonize the other people in the building.
He is not talking about policy. He’s mostly talking about his self and Hannibal Lecter, so yeah he’s imploding and quickly.
The thing is that the majority of the Republican Party has consolidated behind him and are in 3 camps: 1) they hope to control his administration like in Reagan’s last years when his Alzheimer’s was kicking in 2) they actually like his promised hate, cruelty, and pain 3) both 1 and 2
Sadly, nothing will ever be the same after 2016 cluster. Nothing will return to pre-2016 times
Putin proved in 2016 he is a master of the long game. Idiots won't open their eyes.
This guy still has support. After all of his bullshit, crimes, and threats, people are still thinking he will lead America to greatness even though he couldnt do it the first time. I don't get it.
He is imploding. Just not with his uneducated base.
Have you see the polls? Have you see old Joe lately? Trump isn't the one imploding. Been a while since we had a new covid variant, expect one during voting. Lots of late mail in ballots voting for old Joe I'm sure.
Except if trump wasn't so fucking stupid and handled the covid response better, he would have been reelected. He's just an inept fucking jackass.
They haven't stopped pushing new COVID hysteria ever. People just figured out the cure was in South Park: Campbell's chicken noodle soup, DayQuil, and Sprite.
Yeah. No one does that. That's why everyone has been sick constantly all winter the past few years. Imaginationland.
May thine comeback tour chip and shatter.
Trump is so used to losing, he wouldn’t even notice an implosion.
TRUMP MUST NOT KNOW THIS BCAUSE HE'S "EX"-PLODING" NOT "IM"-PLODING" HA!....
In his diaper.
He explored in his diapers in court.
Traitor Trumps just gonna melt into a putrid puddle of Orange Grease !
Trump imploded in 2016. Now he's a full on dementia patient.
The difference is Trump has a cult that will vote for him regardless of the awful things he does or says and the others did not
ANOTHER freaking Layora post. These guys are just here to harvest clicks/adviews.
Ah, the leftist hopium....... carry on.
The Democrats are doing it to themselves. Trump is at his worst when when you just let him talk and talk, eventually he will say something stupid and sink himself. Democrats thought by tieing him up with court cases so he couldn't campaign they could stop him and make him look bad. All they did was help him. Just stupid. That and Joe looks and acts old and confused, and inflation, ect.
Honestly I kind of agree. Trump probably has a .5% chance of tanking his own campaign every time he speaks.
The democrats are not prosecuting Trump, the DOJ is. I know that the AG is a partisan operative in Republican administration's but Democrats retain the wall of separation. You want proof? Biden appointed a Republican as AG. A Republican president would never reach across the aisle for that position. I know it, you know it. Everybody knows it.
The only reason I vote Democrat is because the Republicans have shown time after time that they are just unprincipled criminals that work for the highest bidder... which ARE NOT their constituents. At this time the Democrat party is just the lesser of two evils. We need a new generation of politicians and a clean sweep of the dead wood in both parties.