2024 US Presidential Election

[Lisnaholic]

^ Yeah, and that's an uphill climb, trying to disprove what people are saying about you.

Well shit, this didn't age very well, did it?

^ Now why didn't that Joe Biden turn up on debate night ?!?

Biden and the Dems have a real dilemma on their hands, but here on SCD we thrashed it all out some time ago in this thread, didn't we :-

for god's sake can we please primary biden: https://scd.community/index.php?topic=254.0

[SGR]

^ Yeah, and that's an uphill climb, trying to disprove what people are saying about you.

Yes, once an impression has been set upon the public, it's extremely difficult to shake off that impression.

^ Now why didn't that Joe Biden turn up on debate night ?!?

Probably because that Joe Biden took 5 edited jump-cuts in a 14 second clip to make. 

Biden and the Dems have a real dilemma on their hands, but here on SCD we thrashed it all out some time ago in this thread, didn't we :-

for god's sake can we please primary biden: https://scd.community/index.php?topic=254.0

Oh yes we did. I'd like to take this moment to brag that I basically predicted how the debate would go over a year ago. 

I wonder what the debates will be like if it's Trump and Biden again? You'd think that Trump wouldn't make the mistake of talking over Biden for the whole debate again, would you? That to me seemed like a huge miscalculation from the first debate. If Trump and his team believed Biden truly wasn't cognitively all there, wouldn't the best strategy be to give him as much time to try and explain his positions as possible and let him sink himself? Trump legit did all the work for him in the debates (at least the first one, I honestly don't even remember the second one). Trump's best moments in his debates with Hillary were when he came back with a sharp rebuttal to something Hillary said (e.g. Hillary said he doesn't pay his taxes, Trump shoots back that he just works with the laws as they're given, and that she had the chance to change those laws but didn't because it would mean her friends and donors would have to pay more money)

One thing I've also noticed in the last 3 years is that Biden rarely if ever takes questions from the press. I remember Trump doing it all the time. Almost to the point where he liked the attention (yeah, he probably did) and sought out environments like that. I do remember a few instances where Biden would try to start answering questions and then his team would shoo the press people out of the room. But it almost makes you wonder, if Biden's cognitive faculties had declined in any significant way since 2020, would we even know?

[SGR]

Happy Independence Day everyone (even you filthy non-Yankees)!



Have some burgers, dogs, and chug a beer for me! That's the American way.

[DJChameleon]

^ Now why didn't that Joe Biden turn up on debate night ?!?

This was filmed between the hours of 10am to 4pm that's why. 

[SGR]

Y'know, I've been thinking about this, and I think we're so polarized as a country that we need a ticket to really unify us and bring America back together again. We know some people want Trump, and some people want Biden. So here's what we do as a compromise: we convince Trump and Hunter Biden to run together as POTUS/VPOTUS. We get the Trump and Biden that both parties want. Trump doesn't seem to have major cognitive decline yet, but if he develops it, Hunter will be there as insurance, so we solve that issue. Since they're both on the same ticket, their families can come together and discuss policy issues, and when they're feeling chippy, Trump and Biden can playfully argue about who's better at golf, and then on the weekend, they can go out and prove it ("Damn it Joe, they gave me a bad club, they rigged the club! You just wait until next weekend...listen, jack, the courts agree your club wasn't rigged, let's do pushups, you think you can do it?").

Some Democrats have concerns about Trump being a convicted felon, but if both candidates on the ticket are convicted felons and represent different parties, well we solve that issue as well. After all, who better to lead the criminal enterprise of America than two convicted felons? And with Trump and Hunter, you know White House parties will be more fun than they've ever been - hookers, porn stars, cocaine, etc. People will be BEGGING to be invited to these parties - the donations will be crazy to get in their good graces! Trump and Hunter both seem to love guns, so no conflicts there. Trump and Hunter have both been married and divorced with multiple women, in fact - they both have five children in total with three different women each. These two are guys who could really get along and bring the parties together (political parties and regular parties!).

And when Trump and Hunter Biden make threats against Russia or China their leaders will take it seriously: "Fuck, these two are convicted, drug-using felons! We better make peace in Ukraine in accordance to their demands! We best not invade Taiwan! These two are unhinged and unpredictable!"

I say we put Nixon's "Madman Theory" to the ultimate test. Come on America, who's with me?!  It's a love story in the making! 

[SGR]

Biden Tells Governors He Needs to Sleep More and Work Less at Night

Jesus, playing directly into Trump's long stated nickname for you ("Sleepy Joe") is not a winning strategy.

[Psy-Fi]

[SGR]

Everyone in the media seems to have their knives out for Biden right now, but it's worth remembering that age and cognitive decline will become a reality for all of us eventually. Biden obviously hasn't always been this way. Here is an example of Biden in '95, when the US approved troop deployment to Bosnia. This is the fiery, rambunctious Biden that endeared himself to so many people. If you pay close attention to his speeches today, you can still see glimmers of that angry young Irishman ready to burst out, even if it doesn't come off the same way.

[Psy-Fi]

Everyone in the media seems to have their knives out for Biden right now, but it's worth remembering that age and cognitive decline will become a reality for all of us eventually. Biden obviously hasn't always been this way.

It seems odd to me that cognitive decline doesn't seem to make any difference in the ability of a politician to shamelessly lie in public. 

That part of the brain must be impervious to deterioration.

[grindy]

It seems odd to me that cognitive decline doesn't seem to make any difference in the ability of a politician to shamelessly lie in public. 

That part of the brain must be impervious to deterioration.

It's a reflex.

[Psy-Fi]

INTERVIEW: Biden's brain has turned to soup

[SGR]

No, no, no, and NO!

I need her cheering at Chiefs games! I need that Taylor Swift magic to get my Chiefs the threepeat! 

She can be president in 2028!

[DJChameleon]

No, no, no, and NO!

I need her cheering at Chiefs games! I need that Taylor Swift magic to get my Chiefs the threepeat! 

She can be president in 2028!

She's not old enough to be president this year anyways.

[SGR]

She's not old enough to be president this year anyways.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but technically, I think it only matters if you're 35 years old by inauguration time, which she would be (similar to AOC, though in her case, she'd actually be 35 by the time the election happens). I don't think you need to be 35 to run, you just need to be 35 by the time you're sworn in as president.

[SGR]

Love that Jon Stewart is back with the Daily Show, even if he's not there for every episode.