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vixolus

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The question of who is and isn't speaking at the DNC is so low-impact that I can't imagine it being contentious. Who cares if Biden is speaking there, the Democrats should be showing that multiple living presidents belong to the party.

Honestly the shitty one is Bill Clinton from a moral perspective and he'll likely bring the house down with his speech.
we need Carter to phone in to really show off
 

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The question of who is and isn't speaking at the DNC is so low-impact that I can't imagine it being contentious. Who cares if Biden is speaking there, the Democrats should be showing that multiple living presidents belong to the party.

Honestly the shitty one is Bill Clinton from a moral perspective and he'll likely bring the house down with his speech.

It's really a bit silly.

Like you said, just having all these living presidents is a massive flex on Republicans and a moral boost for the older Dem voters. None of them are perfect and they have all their flaws; you could point to any of them and go "why are they there?".

I also wonder if we'll get a recorded message from Jimmy Carter.

Make The Cyber Great Again.

Becomes first GamerGate president.

"What's with this woke nonsense in GTA8? Huh? When I was a kid, we had GTA Tycoon in Roblox where we used to drop hard Rs left and right. Now they let you make non-binary characters in GTAO? You can't even be a Nazi anymore without them banning you. Gaming is dead."
 

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it's so, so hard to imagine donald trump having a normal human interaction with a child

or an adult
 

vixolus

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it's so, so hard to imagine donald trump having a normal human interaction with a child

or an adult
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Becomes first GamerGate president.

"What's with this woke nonsense in GTA8? Huh? When I was a kid, we had GTA Tycoon in Roblox and we used to drop hard Rs left and right and now they let you make non-binary characters in GTAO? You can't even be a Nazi anymore without them banning you. Gaming is dead."
That's honestly perfect
 

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"We look forward to Vice President Harris joining a roundtable of rank-and-file Teamsters to discuss the issues of importance to workers," Kara Deniz, the Teamster's assistant director of communications, told The Hill.

The Harris campaign has received a number of high-profile labor endorsements including the United Auto Workers (UAW) and American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), but the Teamsters have notably not endorsed a presidential candidate in the upcoming election.

Former President Trump attended a roundtable hosted by the Teamsters on Jan. 31, and Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien called the former president "one tough S.O.B." during remarks at the Republican National Committee last month in Milwaukee.

O'Brien has also requested to speak at the Democratic National Convention next week in Chicago. So far, he has not been invited.
 

Royalan

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I've said it before, but man, the "childless" bullshit is so laughable. This is a woman who adores, respects, and builds up kids. She's a mama 100%.

It was the "Look at you! come here let me see you!" that pleasantly triggered me.

I don't know why aunties like inspecting you like that. 😂
 

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Imo, convention speakers that aren't the candidates are just for politics nerds. Undecideds never give a shit who speaks Monday-Wednesday for either convention unless there's some relative unknown breakout speech like Obama's in 2004.
 

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That's honestly perfect

Can you imagine how disconnected he will be to his generation, too?

"I mean, you know what it's like, right? Mom and dad buy you $5000 in Vbucks every season, you just collect everything and archive the woke bullshit you don't like. You get a significant share of stock in Activision for Christmas. Rudy Guiliani gets you a fuckin' Turtle Beach headset that was probably fucking $40 at Walmart, the cheap m..."
 

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The conventions have never really been for the undecideds anyway, they're to hype up the base. People are really getting their hopes up for the DNC moving the polls, but convention bounces typically fade within a few weeks. It's gonna take more than that for sustained movement.
 

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Honestly… I just hope baron is just like his no personality having brothers. If he has a personality and 6-8. I can only imagine
 

RMChoodie

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I was like, what?
Then I googled, and holy shit - did that fucker actually kill a dog?
Like, holy shit!
Baron is the biggest talker in the family more than Don Jr they don't want a mic near him.
Students/teachers have said he brags that he doesn't have to listen to anyone in his family. His dad is a dumbass he told one of his teachers. He has sociopathic tendencies according to other students he's isolated and doesn't want his mom to pretend they are married if his dad wins. She was going to divorce him right after he lost in 2016 but…..unfortunately that never occurred. Melania has a younger man in her life as Donald imploded .
 

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Imo, convention speakers that aren't the candidates are just for politics nerds. Undecideds never give a shit who speaks Monday-Wednesday for either convention unless there's some relative unknown breakout speech like Obama's in 2004.

I imagine, at the very least, the Clinton/Obama/Biden speeches will wind up clipped and floating around on social media.
 

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The convention is mostly to get the base, local party leaders and volunteers together and energized. Most people will only watch when Harris speaks.
 

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I think we're going to see some radical changes to the campaign over the next few weeks, but I do wonder if they'll be able to get Trump in line

Hiring people from his 2016 bid probably sounds like a better idea on paper than it will actually turn out to be. He's trying to go back to the old hits to get back to 2016 fever, but it's a very different game and let's be honest, he lost the popular vote even then.
 

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I think we're going to see some radical changes to the campaign over the next few weeks, but I do wonder if they'll be able to get Trump in line

Hiring people from his 2016 bid probably sounds like a better idea on paper than it will actually turn out to be. He's trying to go back to the old hits to get back to 2016 fever, but it's a very different game and let's be honest, he lost the popular vote even then.

Also he was going against someone very unpopular. While his favorability is higher than 2016; he is still extremely divisive .
 

Chie Satonaka

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Everyone, I have to be completely honest with you.

Watching a bunch of well off 30 to 40 something men losing their minds about "white guy tacos" and "mayonnaise and tuna" is giving me joy that I didn't think was possible outside of playing my favorite video games.
 

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I think we're going to see some radical changes to the campaign over the next few weeks, but I do wonder if they'll be able to get Trump in line

Hiring people from his 2016 bid probably sounds like a better idea on paper than it will actually turn out to be. He's trying to go back to the old hits to get back to 2016 fever, but it's a very different game and let's be honest, he lost the popular vote even then.
The 2016 method only worked for 3 reasons: his opponent was uniquely hated and his politics were somewhat unknown where it mattered, oh and the primary was so congested he finally made it past it. He literally lucked into it. Didn't he run like 4 previous times for president for that matter
 

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The 2016 method only worked for 3 reasons: his opponent was uniquely hated and his politics were somewhat unknown where it mattered, oh and the primary was so congested he finally made it past it. He literally lucked into it. Didn't he run like 4 previous times for president for that matter

I think he officially ran in 2000, but it fizzled out pretty quickly and really wasn't considered a serious run. That's it. He talked about it several times before 2016 but that was the only time any effort was put into it
 
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I think he officially ran in 2000, but it fizzled out pretty quickly and really wasn't considered a serious run. That's it. He talked about it several times before 2016 but that was the only time any effort was put into it

Also the thing in 2000 was under the reform party. 2016 was his first attempt at running in a party that wasn't a weird gimmick for C-list celebrities.
 

steejee

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Everyone, I have to be completely honest with you.

Watching a bunch of well off 30 to 40 something men losing their minds about "white guy tacos" and "mayonnaise and tuna" is giving me joy that I didn't think was possible outside of playing my favorite video games.
The whole thing is basically proof of the idea that there's no such thing as "Conservative Comedy". Like these people can't even wrap themselves around the idea of some self deprecating mid west dad humor. I guess it's not surprising since Trump is incapable of self deprecating humor and his only jokes seemed to be ones that made Epstein laugh.
 

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The 2016 method only worked for 3 reasons: his opponent was uniquely hated and his politics were somewhat unknown where it mattered, oh and the primary was so congested he finally made it past it. He literally lucked into it. Didn't he run like 4 previous times for president for that matter

And that's exactly what they're going to find. I think the Republican voters were also desperate for some type of reboot and he very quickly wore out a lot of the base who didn't expect that the reboot would be so radically different.
 

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Can we get this approved for Harris too or does this only work for one side? The Secret Service has will have bulletproof glass surrounding Trump at future rallies.
www.usatoday.com

Secret Service approves bulletproof glass for Donald Trump at outdoor rallies

Some agents may be moved from President Joe Biden's campaign detail now that he has ended his race for reelection, a source told USA TODAY.

I don't understand how this is newsworthy, when it was already assumed he was going to be using this for his outdoor events from now on anyway. 🤷‍♂️
 
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