Election 2024 & Presidential Cage Match: Dark Brandon 46 vs Demento Farty 45

[Cooked Crack]

 

Literally why I'm not paying attention to anyone going on about "well actually he was talking about cars."

 

[skinsmarydu]

Stellar ad.  Watch til the end. 

 

 

[@DCGoldPants]

 

 

 

[Cooked Crack]

 

 

[Dan T.]

[Tweet from A Call to Activism, below]

 

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

 

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities

which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility,

no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility,

no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously

blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

 

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or

even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever.

And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman.

But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a

crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

 

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers.

And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is

a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

 

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some

Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having

no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our

heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither

plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy,

or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

 

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when

he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are

unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all.

He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow

he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks

them when they are down.

 

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does,

listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some

confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

 

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too;

his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him

speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form;

he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of ****. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws,

and so on ad infinitum.

 

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too.

But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy

and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely

from human flaws – he would make a Trump. And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch

out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?'

 

If being a **** was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

 

-Nate White

 

 

 

[Cooked Crack]

 

 

[88Comrade2000]

That’s because Trump is the one, who isn’t human.

[The Evil Genius]

 

[Die Hard]

1 hour ago, Cooked Crack said:

 

 

Of course Hillary. That was implied.

 

Trump is incapable and unwilling to care about any other perspective than his own. From his perspective, he is God, Nature, the universe,  the United States, and every human being from the history of time, every hero and victim.

 

He’s never talking to anyone directly, he does so just so he can hear his own voice. Even gibberish sounds are blessings.

[The Evil Genius]

[Cooked Crack]

 

 

[LadySkinsFan]

Unfortunately for Lake, the election was fair. She lost.

[Cooked Crack]

Trump backed candidate who was doing outreach (around) on adult friend finder

Edited March 20 by Cooked Crack

[Cooked Crack]

 

 

[LadySkinsFan]

3 hours ago, Cooked Crack said:

Trump backed candidate who was doing outreach (around) on adult friend finder

 

The abortion and labor issues are going to win the day. Sherrod Brown travels that state talking to people relentlessly, getting to know people. His opponent is MAGA.

[Long n Left]

5 hours ago, LadySkinsFan said:

 

The abortion and labor issues are going to win the day. Sherrod Brown travels that state talking to people relentlessly, getting to know people. His opponent is MAGA.

Agreed…and hopeful. One giant problem though is, it’s Ohio.

[Simmsy]

I find it funny that some of the ONLY things Trump actually hit on, something that he can take a miniscule amount of credit for (Tik Tok ban, vaccine), he disavows and flips on. What a dummy.

 

Didn't Sherrod Brown just run in an election? I would check, but I shouldn't be on here at the moment...

[@DCGoldPants]

 

This is fair game and should be talked about more. He's so scared this is happening to him now, that he's projecting it on others. But really nobody needs to mention that. "Trump who isn't much younger than his father when he had dementia..... Etc etc" 

[China]

Vladimir Putin wants 'incompetent' Donald Trump to win election to 'undermine US'

 

Ella Pamfilova, the head of the Central Election Commission, reported that almost 76 million voters cast their ballots for Putin, marking his highest vote count ever. Putin used state TV channels to celebrate his victory, claiming it was far superior to the US, and credited Russia's use of online voting for bringing in eight million voters.

 

He suggested that the process was "transparent and absolutely objective," he suggested, "not like in the US with mail-in voting... you can buy a vote for $10." 

 

"They don't see Ukraine as a vital national interest and think European countries should do more of the heavy lifting. We do not know what the outcome of this debate will be. Republicans opposing aid to Ukraine will not want to be seen as backing down as result of pressure from Putin; at the same time, Trump has made it clear that he does not support continuing with high levels of aid and his influence in the party is now unrivalled."

 

Dr. Maria Ryan, Associate Professor of American History at the University of Nottingham, claims that Putin is trying to promote the narrative of a "stolen" election to boost Trump's support, viewing him as "incompetent.", reports the Mirror.

 

She said: "Putin may well try to intervene in the US election again, as he did in 2016, to try to ensure a Trump victory; encouraging the narrative of a 'stolen' 2020 election may well be a part of this because the narrative is popular with Trump's base.

 

"More broadly, however, Putin is trying to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the US electoral process because if US elections lack legitimacy this is embarrassing for Washington and makes it more difficult for the US to criticise the internal affairs of other countries."

 

"Putin also knows that Trump is far less interested in cultivating alliances. US allies are now questioning whether the US is still a reliable ally. A Trump victory will definitely weaken US alliances in Europe and Asia a boon to Russia."

 

"The irony is that Trump appears to admire Putin as a 'strong' leader. He does not realise that Putin wants a Trump victory because he views Trump as incompetent and uninformed about international affairs, which is likely to undermine American power in the world."

 

Click on the link for the full article

[LadySkinsFan]

Gee, didn't Biden have more votes than Putin? Yep, he did. 

 

Online voting, excellent addition to our voting choices. If we can check our online registration status, adding a login and password for voting is a no brainer. If we can do online banking, voting is the next step. 

[Larry]

7 minutes ago, LadySkinsFan said:

Online voting, excellent addition to our voting choices. If we can check our online registration status, adding a login and password for voting is a no brainer. If we can do online banking, voting is the next step. 

 

Strongly disagree.  

 

Try to convince me that there's a way to make online voting secure, that doesn't also result in the government having a record of how I, personally, voted.  

 

[The Evil Genius]

2 minutes ago, Larry said:

 

Strongly disagree.  

 

Try to convince me that there's a way to make online voting secure, that doesn't also result in the government having a record of how I, personally, voted.  

 

 

Don't they already with a paper ballot?

Edited March 20 by The Evil Genius

[Busch1724]

3 hours ago, @DCGoldPants said:

This is fair game and should be talked about more. He's so scared this is happening to him now, that he's projecting it on others. But really nobody needs to mention that. "Trump who isn't much younger than his father when he had dementia..... Etc etc" 

 

Ding, ding, ding...Trump isn't that hard to figure out. It's all projection with him. He's losing it, knows it, and can't avoid it.

Edited March 20 by Busch1724
typo

[Larry]

47 minutes ago, The Evil Genius said:

 

Don't they already with a paper ballot?

 

No.  (At least, not where I am).  

 

Yes, when you vote, your paper ballot has a serial number.  And the book you signed in, when you checked in, says that serial so-and-so was issued to you.  

 

So that, if your right to vote is challenged, your ballot can be withheld.  

 

But, before the ballots get counted, the piece with the serial number gets removed from the ballot.  

 

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As I understand it, it's even better, with mail-in ballots.  

 

When you mail in your ballot, the envelope says it's my ballot.  And has my signature on the outside of the envelope.  

 

If somebody wants to claim that's not my signature, or I'm not really eligible to vote, they have to challenge it before they open the envelope.  Once all parties have decided not to challenge, then they open the envelope, and throw it out.  And now it's just "somebody's ballot".  

 

[TD_washingtonredskins]

51 minutes ago, Larry said:

 

No.  (At least, not where I am).  

 

Yes, when you vote, your paper ballot has a serial number.  And the book you signed in, when you checked in, says that serial so-and-so was issued to you.  

 

So that, if your right to vote is challenged, your ballot can be withheld.  

 

But, before the ballots get counted, the piece with the serial number gets removed from the ballot.  

 

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As I understand it, it's even better, with mail-in ballots.  

 

When you mail in your ballot, the envelope says it's my ballot.  And has my signature on the outside of the envelope.  

 

If somebody wants to claim that's not my signature, or I'm not really eligible to vote, they have to challenge it before they open the envelope.  Once all parties have decided not to challenge, then they open the envelope, and throw it out.  And now it's just "somebody's ballot".  

 

Aren't these all steps that require trust of humans NOT to break rules or protocol? If a group truly wanted to know how you voted, they could trace it back by not discarding the envelope or not separating the section with the serial number...

 

The same would be true online. Those elections and votes COULD be secure. Sure, if a group of bad actors wanted to go to great lengths to break rules and protocols to attach votes to people, I'm sure they could.