2024 US Presidential Elections Megathread

[Josquius]

Incendiaries used the attack Ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington had the words "Free Palestine" and "Free Gaza" written on them.  Our antizionist friends are so helpful.  I'm glad they're on our side.  Aren't you guys glad they are helping us by lighting our ballots on fire?

Wouldn't put it past your friends to do this. False flag attacks are far from unknown and they are playing a game of reflection deflection.
If authentic then that's a special kind of stupid.

@Squeeze

If you have something you want to say about the PR comment, go ahead.

Until they come out with some polls measuring the impact of the joke on voters, I don't see what else there is to say.  Or learn.

As said, original comment was bloody stupid and unfunny.

Bidens comeback on paper perfectly fine. Delivered by Biden you have to squint to understand it. But still amazing it has been twisted as it has.

[Admiral Yi]

Incendiaries used the attack Ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington had the words "Free Palestine" and "Free Gaza" written on them.  Our antizionist friends are so helpful.  I'm glad they're on our side.  Aren't you guys glad they are helping us by lighting our ballots on fire?

Jesus Fucking Christ on a Stick

[Admiral Yi]

As said, original comment was bloody stupid and unfunny.

Bidens comeback on paper perfectly fine. Delivered by Biden you have to squint to understand it. But still amazing it has been twisted as it has.

As said, what would you like to say about the joke?  What would you like the media to say about the joke?

[Josquius]

As said, original comment was bloody stupid and unfunny.

Bidens comeback on paper perfectly fine. Delivered by Biden you have to squint to understand it. But still amazing it has been twisted as it has.

As said, what would you like to say about the joke?  What would you like the media to say about the joke?

You've lost me. Didn't realise you were doing your thing.

[Admiral Yi]

You've lost me. Didn't realise you were doing your thing.

What is my thing?

[Darth Wagtaros]

You've lost me. Didn't realise you were doing your thing.

What is my thing?

It is now. Lean into it.

[Valmy]

By all means, let's amplify Biden's sentence, and the possibility it may be twisted by people who have no qualms glossing over Trump's many direct fascist sentences.

I don't want to be only as bad as intellectually dishonest Trump supporters.  I want to be better.  Part of that is not pretending that unpleasant facts don't exist.

Yeah. It is a big deal that the President would call the opposing party's supporters garbage.

Or at least it should be. Trump certainly called me much worse when he was in office. But I think we should hold Biden to a higher standard. And indeed we should hold Trump to a higher standard, we just don't do that and let him do whatever for some reason.

I don't think he called them garbage. But the fact that his mumbling and bumbling made it sound  to some like he did is why he is not the candidate.

[Valmy]

I was listening to NPR this morning, and they continued to have coverage on Hinchcliffe's monologue at Madison Square Gardens.  I was amused that every NPR broadcaster, no matter how terminally anglo, tries to adopt a patois when pronouncing the word "Latino."  I'll bet the roll their r's when ordering burrito bowls from Chipotle.

On the upside, that means they've ditched Latinx.

I never liked Latinx. If Latinos came out and were like "hey anglos! Call us Latinx!" then I would.

It just sounded like a bunch of English speakers trying to fix Spanish for being too sexist. And hey I am fine with fixing sexism in Spanish, but let the Spanish speakers do it. I will then adopt whatever they collectively decide on.

Until that time though, Latinos/Latinas it is.

[Josquius]

Do they still do Latin@?

[Admiral Yi]

It is now. Lean into it.

What should I lean into?

[Razgovory]

Incendiaries used the attack Ballot boxes in Oregon and Washington had the words "Free Palestine" and "Free Gaza" written on them.  Our antizionist friends are so helpful.  I'm glad they're on our side.  Aren't you guys glad they are helping us by lighting our ballots on fire?

Wouldn't put it past your friends to do this. False flag attacks are far from unknown and they are playing a game of reflection deflection.
If authentic then that's a special kind of stupid.

Really?  False Flag?  Thanks Alex Jones.  My friends are Democrats, remember?

[Tamas]

Out to the Hamas thread with you two!

Biden managed to partially neuter the GOP gaffe with his own. Very annoying.

[Savonarola]

It is pretty interesting though how fast the media has managed to move on from the Puerto Rico is trash comment, which before they were saying was a moment that could kill things for trump, and onto Bidens comment about the guy who delivered it.

Our media is still covering Hinchcliffe's Puerto Rico remark and its fallout.  I just heard a story about it on my drive home and CNN just posted a story about it a couple hours ago.

[Admiral Yi]

Really?  False Flag?  Thanks Alex Jones.

It's not outside the realm of possibiliy.

[Sheilbh]

I never liked Latinx. If Latinos came out and were like "hey anglos! Call us Latinx!" then I would.

It just sounded like a bunch of English speakers trying to fix Spanish for being too sexist. And hey I am fine with fixing sexism in Spanish, but let the Spanish speakers do it. I will then adopt whatever they collectively decide on.

Until that time though, Latinos/Latinas it is.

I believe the Spanish language equivalent would be Latine/Latines - which makes sense in Spanish grammatically and can be pronounced in Spanish, unlike Latinx.

After Clinton doing her deplorables thing in 2016, Biden should know better.

A crucial difference with "deplorables" or Romney's "47%" is that they were said in private fundraisers and subsequently leaked. In part it's the language - but I think the bigger issue is the hypocrisy/saying one thing in private and another in public. See also Gordon Brown's "bigoted woman" hot mic moment.