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The 2024 Presidential Election

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by adoo, Jul 15, 2024.

  1. JuanValdez

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    Thanks. Didn't know there was any video. Just heard about it from folks I know who were there.
     
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    I agree, cruelty doesn't limit itself to any political beliefs, gender, race, or culture. Never said it does. Also, not all attendees were Democrats, but whoever did taunt their names I don't agree with. That's horrible. I never approve of callousness like that, and I certainly have a problem when a Presidential candidate like Trump has mocked people with disabilities. I also find it sickening that he spoke at an NRA convention down the road in Texas at the same time Uvalde parents were burying their little babies. That's disgusting.
     
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    While the world technically does not get a vote in the upcoming presidential elections, global perceptions of the American president and of the United States’ leadership and influence have real consequences for U.S. interests.

    More than 60% of respondents spanning 37 nations surveyed by Pew in 2017 described Trump as “arrogant,” “intolerant” and even “dangerous.”

    Under the Trump administration, international approval of U.S. leadership fell to a historic low, with confidence in President Donald Trump roughly on par with confidence in Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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    Greater confidence in the American president and the United States’ ability to lead often translates to more willingness on the part of U.S. allies and non-allies alike to work with Washington on pressing challenges that impact American and global interests.

    https://www.brookings.edu/articles/...a-during-the-trump-and-biden-administrations/
     
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    Thank you and the people who liked your post need to take that into account. So many think it's one-sided and it makes the political discussion terrible.

    No but quite a few work for the Democratic party so no surprise they said what they did, despite RFK's policies being liberal democrat.
     
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    No idea, but she did win the popular vote. What's exciting about Harris is that she has a good chance to win the electoral vote. It's hard to predict if the momentum will continue, but I just think most Americans see Trump worse than before since Jan 6th, and all his criminal indictments. That, and his age, and dangerous mindset. I just hope more people vote than ever before.

    Screenshot_20240827-082557.png Screenshot_20240827-082614.png
     
  9. JuanValdez

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    A shooter that hits 3-pointers 40% of the time might miss over half his shots but is still considered a potent threat.
     
  10. Space Ghost

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    That's not how statistics work
     
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    Is Trump potent or impotent?
    I guess it depends on what you are referring to.

    Sex life - More than likely impotent.
    Diaper - Probably potent

    A potent threat - Certainly to Democracy, our Constitution, America, and the alliance and support of our world allies.
     
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    Can not wait to see the exit polls after nov. 6th

     
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    So let me get this straight a man (regardless of how you feel about him as a person) has a base locked to 70 million votes “roughly”is somehow favored to lose to the most unpopular vp in polling history. To this day she has yet to take questions from the press nor go into detail of how her economic policies will be any different from Biden’s. And she has yet to explain why she was the “tie-breaking vote” that got 33 of Biden’s destructive policies pushed through

    I mean at this point why even have an election if they are just setting up a scenario were they are just gonna steal it again



    let RFK tell it he will tell you the threat to democracy is currently in office right now. And the rino trump haters are just war loving neo-cons
     
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    Llull instead of Condorcet should get credit for that voting system.

    Then we could call it the Llull C system.
     
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    You are right. Probably best for you to just sit at home and not vote as well as all of the other Trump supporters.
     
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    There is a lot going on in this country - and there is a growing gap between men and women that we are seeing with younger people.

    We are seeing a lot of young people not getting married when young, seeing a lot of young women deciding to put off dating or marrying. We are seeing a lot of young men that are having difficulty adapting. With television no longer being the primary source of entertainment, we are seeing young women consuming social media geared towards and for them - and the same is the case for young men. We are seeing a lot of very pointed consumption of social media that encourages incel behavior by both sexes.

    With fewer women married or in dating relationships - women are networking with other women instead of spouses or family. Young men in turn are turning to other young men when they fail to get relationships with women.

    Young women have increased their expectations of young men as they have more control of their lives - and young men have in many cases failed to adapt.

    Then you have a lot of young women pursuing white collar jobs and college - and there is a gulf there.

    Couple that with separate finances........ and you have far less real interaction between young men and young women..... which leads to less communication and meaningful relationships or needing each other.

    So we have a very strong sex divide in the USA amongst young people and it is reflected in the politics -
     
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    Plus the young men have to get their mothers to drive them to the voting booth. If they can rip them away from their computer or video game console.
     
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