US Politics Thread |OT| SAD TRUMP

[Great Rumbler]

[Mandark]

Staying in and losing states by wide margins wasn't exactly going to increase his leverage anyways.

He can probably do more the next half year by influencing all the emergency legislation in the Senate than nominally changing the party platform at the convention. ie when Scott/Graham/Sasse threatened the phase III bill over the unemployment provision and he made a counter-threat over the bailout funds and they backed down.

[Madrun Badrun]

Welp America is fucked. 

[VomKriege]

Gabbard is still in, right ?

[Mandark]

No, she dropped and endorsed Biden.

[Madrun Badrun]

no

[Cauliflower Of Love]

So when Biden gets sick, they'll just hand it over to Clinton right?

[Madrun Badrun]

As I understand it, that's how the line of succession works, yes. 

[VomKriege]

So when Biden gets sick, they'll just hand it over to Clinton right?

I wouldn't think Sanders position is weakened in that remote hypothetical, he's still the runner up and he would still be railroaded out of the nomination, whether the campaign was technically on or off.

[Mr Gilhaney]

Our national nightmare is finally over. Primary season... has ended.

Now comes the American dream. 4 more years of Chad Dad Trump. 

[CatsCatsCats]

Definitely agree that Bernie needs to focus on the senate right now, doesn’t make it suck any less hard be stuck with Trump for another 4 years

[VomKriege]

Frankly, I have to say I'm pretty relieved. 2016 was worse.

#TheOtherSideOfCorona

[Ghoul]

Bernie pussed out huh?

[Tripon]

https://twitter.com/Baer_Bill/status/1247915655732609027 Trump already dunking on the Dems.

[james]

Well Im going to kill myself goodbye

[thisismyusername]

Well Im going to kill myself goodbye

I told you not to jinx it, dude.

[BIONIC]

Hold me filler 

[Cauliflower Of Love]

depress biden voters by juking at the last minute.

[thisismyusername]

Americans are fucked. Another 4 years of Trump.

I warned all of you. After Brexit 2.0: Electric Leavealoo, I told ya'll we'd get another four years of Trump.

I hope I'm wrong, but I'm expecting to NOT be. Buckle in, Americans. We're on the Good Ol' Days before 9/11 vs FUCKING INVINCIBLE ride now.

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Still writing in Bernie. Fuck both of those senile rapists.

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[Mandark]

I hope I'm wrong

ehhhhh

[Nintex]

lmao Bernie couldn't beat Biden, Trump will curbstomp Joe. 

[CatsCatsCats]

https://twitter.com/Baer_Bill/status/1247915655732609027 Trump already dunking on the Dems.

Wait, trade? Who is he trading from the Republican Party for us?

[VomKriege]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1247900240155295745

Much Empathy
Such Presidential
 

[Nintex]

 

[Himu]

Bernie can now fight for his ideas outside of the election. The current crisis is tailor made for his leadership and the issues he espouses. Fighting over delegates and amid this crisis is a fool's errand. Bernie made the right move, especially as Americans are dying under the "leadership" of Trump. Now, more than ever, Democrats need to coalesce around a candidate, "moderate" be damned.

[VomKriege]

(Image removed from quote.)

 

[VomKriege]

Also the campaign is over Bernard, you don't have to pretend you're not an old white racist anymore.
 

[Himu]

You live in Vegas.

[Nintex]

Stonks are up, DOW already above 23k 

[Nintex]

This is the next 8 months now that he has a target.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1247920239045681159

 

[Mandark]

nintex want to make a bet on whether aoc supports biden for president?

[Himu]

Already all over the internet we are seeing nothing but "congrats to Trump for winning 2020." Just mass defeatism and foregone conclusions when, last I remember, Hillary was supposed to beat Trump by a landslide and look what happened. I don't like Joe Biden but if he's the nominee against Trump I will vote for him. After the past month, if you're still considering not voting as this shit mongler literally kills your fellow citizens because your candidate didn't win there's a letter I'd like to give you and it starts and ends with L.

[Himu]

This is the next 8 months now that he has a target.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1247920239045681159

 

Let's have a bet. AOC endorses Joe Biden by the end of the month and you shut the fuck up.

[Mandark]

Already all over the internet we are seeing nothing but "congrats to Trump for winning 2020." Just mass defeatism and foregone conclusions when, last I remember, Hillary was supposed to beat Trump by a landslide and look what happened. I don't like Joe Biden but if he's the nominee against Trump I will vote for him. After the past month, if you're still considering not voting as this shit mongler literally kills your fellow citizens because your candidate didn't win there's a letter I'd like to give you and it starts and ends with L.

It's just Bernie fans who are taking it rough and imagining some form of vindication if and when Biden loses. It was always gonna be emotional when Bernie announced he was dropping out, give them a bit to work through it.

[Nintex]

This is the next 8 months now that he has a target.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1247920239045681159

 

Let's have a bet. AOC endorses Joe Biden by the end of the month and you shut the fuck up.

Not taking any dumb bets, besides I'm not sure if Biden or Trump even make it to the end of the month.
With that said the follow up line of trolling for Trump here is simple.

AOC endorses Biden = "Wow, AOC betrayed you Bernie Bro's, totally rigged complete sell outs!"

AOC doesn't endorse Biden = "Wow, the Bernie Bro's keep sabotaging you Joe so much for party unity!"

In any case Trump is forcing them to take a stand. The question is will they take the bait.

[Mandark]

nintex, is aoc going to endorse biden or not?

[Nintex]

nintex, is aoc going to endorse biden or not?

I think she's going to move around the issue by saying that everyone should do their best to defeat Trump.

Historically they already took a bunch of low quality troll bait hook line and sinker, so these people are pretty bad at evading the Trump/GOP troll traps.

[Himu]

Already all over the internet we are seeing nothing but "congrats to Trump for winning 2020." Just mass defeatism and foregone conclusions when, last I remember, Hillary was supposed to beat Trump by a landslide and look what happened. I don't like Joe Biden but if he's the nominee against Trump I will vote for him. After the past month, if you're still considering not voting as this shit mongler literally kills your fellow citizens because your candidate didn't win there's a letter I'd like to give you and it starts and ends with L.

It's just Bernie fans who are taking it rough and imagining some form of vindication if and when Biden loses. It was always gonna be emotional when Bernie announced he was dropping out, give them a bit to work through it.

There's emotional and then there's pretending like Trump isn't a dictator.

A month ago after Super Tuesday, okay. That's a reasonable reaction. February? I acted the same.

But after the past three weeks? Federal agencies taking medical supplies meant for hospitals amid a pandemic. Saying that 200k American deaths would be fine. Peddling his pet quick fixes and cures. The mass misinformation that is literally killing people. The dismissiveness and complete lack of leadership.

Nah.

There's emotional and then there's remembering the petulant child giving daily briefings that just a few weeks ago considered opening the country back up just in time for Easter because he felt like it.

[Tripon]

AOC already been on record that she'll support the dem nominee whomever it is months ago. IMO, there's no national Dem that is going to go against the party because they don't want to be seen as a reason why there's no 'unity'.

Indifference/inaction may be another thing, like actually actively campaigning. Bit of a catch 22 since even if Sanders, AOC, or another progressive Dem campaigns hard for Biden, if/when he loses (Donald Trump is teflon, I don't think his supporters care whatever happens, they'll still vote for him), they'll still get blamed by the 'establishment' wing because they need to tell their own donors why it isn't their fault.

[VomKriege]

Subscribe to Last Podcast on the Center, with Joe Biden.

[Mandark]

Why are there so many Persian people in the replies

All the accounts were created in the last few days.

I'd guess some kinda coordinated trolling thing. Very uncanny valley.

[Mandark]

I think she's going to move around the issue by saying that everyone should do their best to defeat Trump.

yes or no

you're not even betting any money

[Himu]

Trump says he will deny aid to states whose governors don't offer fealty to him during a pandemic that has potential to kill hundreds of thousands.

Gosh, I wonder who to vote for.

So much has changed since Super Tuesday that the "congrats Trump" contingent feel like they're on another planet to me.

[Nintex]

I think she's going to move around the issue by saying that everyone should do their best to defeat Trump.

yes or no

you're not even betting any money

Does that count as an endorsement? I would say no until everyone who's actually important endorses the candidate and she throws her hat in the ring to toe the party line.

The big question is, will Obama finally back Biden?

[nachobro]

you'd think cindi might have sympathy for a nonsensical and over the top emotional reaction.

[Mandark]

yes or no

I would say no until everyone who's actually important endorses the candidate and she throws her hat in the ring to toe the party line.[/quote]

yes or no

[Nintex]

I would say no until everyone who's actually important endorses the candidate and she throws her hat in the ring to toe the party line.

yes or no

Based on what I posted technically yes, no?

[Himu]

you'd think cindi might have sympathy for a nonsensical and over the top emotional reaction.

I have sympathy for it but it's literally the only take all over every social media feed and including here on the last page. Nearly every single take is "Bernie dropped out? Congrats Trump." It's more than Bernie supporters saying it too.

[Mandark]

There's emotional and then there's pretending like Trump isn't a dictator.

A month ago after Super Tuesday, okay. That's a reasonable reaction. February? I acted the same.

But after the past three weeks? Federal agencies taking medical supplies meant for hospitals amid a pandemic. Saying that 200k American deaths would be fine. Peddling his pet quick fixes and cures. The mass misinformation that is literally killing people. The dismissiveness and complete lack of leadership.

Nah.

There's emotional and then there's remembering the petulant child giving daily briefings that just a few weeks ago considered opening the country back up just in time for Easter because he felt like it.

You're right, it's been a done deal for a month now. But we're talking about the die-hards, who post about this shit ad nauseam and get personally invested in their candidate. It's like when they pulled the plug on the Dreamcast: a long time coming but it still hurt for Sega fans.

They've got seven months until the general election (jesus christ) to cope so I don't mind giving them a grace period of a couple days. If they never come around then they were never going to an energy is best spent elsewhere.

[Nintex]

you'd think cindi might have sympathy for a nonsensical and over the top emotional reaction.

I have sympathy for it but it's literally the only take all over every social media feed and including here on the last page. Nearly every single take is "Bernie dropped out? Congrats Trump."

Trump is doing debate and messaging practice with the press using his daily mini white house rallies which are aired on every channel.

Joe is huddled in his home with a podcast that lags a week(?) behind actual events.

[Mandark]

"messaging practice"

even the posts you don't mean to be fanfiction are fanfiction

[CatsCatsCats]

Yeah, Cindi, it like, just happened. And thinking Biden won’t win isn’t because I’m going to ever vote for Trump.

[Steve Contra]

Obama is going to endorse Biden, they’ll do some campaign stops together, pundits who spent high school in the debate club and furiously masturbating to their copies of Primary Colors instead of getting high will write “feels like the band is getting back together” as Obama wheels Grandpa Joe into the stage in bumfuck depressed steel town #201. David Brooks and Bret Stephens will write about how Bernie pushed Biden too far to left for their delicate sensibilities so they will have to do the honorable thing and sit this one out. It’s all going to suck.

[Himu]

Yeah, Cindi, it like, just happened. And thinking Biden won’t win isn’t because I’m going to ever vote for Trump.

You're assuming that it's just people that support Bernie doing this. It's also Trumpers. People are treating the entire thing like a foregone conclusion. Check Trump's "thanks Elizabeth Warren!!!" tweet and the responses.

[Mandark]

Bret Stephens is going to write a column about Louis CK and cancel culture when daily COVID19 deaths top 2000.

[Tasty]

https://twitter.com/Baer_Bill/status/1247915655732609027 Trump already dunking on the Dems.

Any bernie bro trotting this out should be laughed out of the room, full stop.

[Himu]

I need to live to see the potential future if Trump loses and the reactions after months of "congrats Trump!!!". It would give me so much life to see that shit. It would be the reverse of 2016 and it would be glorious. How would his fanbase spin it? God, I can only imagine.

What I've learned about Biden is that you shouldn't underestimate him. That debate he had with Bernie was a wakeup call.

[Nintex]

Here's a #winning strategy for the Democrats a month ago

March:
- Suspend the primaries for 'all' candidates until after the summer citing COVID-19 fears (while Trump was still saying it was a hoax)
- Ask Trump and the GOP to delay the election to May 2021 for health/safety reasons and to allow for the primaries to take place
- Appeal to Trump via the media to suspend his campaign and fundraising until after the crisis is over (he won't)

July:
- Citing improved conditions move ahead with the primaries earlier than planned
- Ask Trump and the GOP to move the election forward to February or March 2021 given the new situation (Trump won't have it -> call him a dictator clinging to power)

Election is held in May as per Trump insistence when the dust is settled and the outcome of the emergency aid, virus spread etc. have all been researched and mapped out.
Big chance the recession has set in and Trump can no longer spend himself out of it, meanwhile his supporters are broke because he kept stalking them for money not to mention the final tally of COVID-19 is in.

He obviously loses after promising everyone another economic BOOM and quick recovery that doesn't happen.

[Himu]

Obama is going to endorse Biden, they’ll do some campaign stops together, pundits who spent high school in the debate club and furiously masturbating to their copies of Primary Colors instead of getting high will write “feels like the band is getting back together” as Obama wheels Grandpa Joe into the stage in bumfuck depressed steel town #201. David Brooks and Bret Stephens will write about how Bernie pushed Biden too far to left for their delicate sensibilities so they will have to do the honorable thing and sit this one out. It’s all going to suck.

What in the fuck are you doing?

You're going to inspire Nintex's next fanfiction post with shit like this.

[Mandark]

I think benji's "Dems should vote to build the wall" has just been dethroned by Nintex's "Dems should give Trump an extra half year in office."