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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #700 on: May 15, 2024, 09:52:48 PM »
The Missouri guys here better vote for her!  :laugh:

Maybe I'm wrong, but I find it off-putting when people pose with guns just to be posing with guns.
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #701 on: May 15, 2024, 09:59:03 PM »
I'm wondering if Trump is playing 4D chess, or just confident that he'll be able to trip Biden up, or what? This does not seem like anything close to a fair debate platform. I'm fully expecting these moderators to attack him. I wouldn't be surprised if they rigged a cutoff switch to his mic "for fairness".

https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/05/15/jake-tapper-and-dana-bash-will-moderate-first-presidential-debate-n2396267
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #702 on: May 15, 2024, 10:12:55 PM »
This has been making the rounds on X:


"... and now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine who has as much courage as he has determination.  Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin."
                          - Joe Biden, July 11, 2024

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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #703 on: May 16, 2024, 11:01:40 AM »
I want to know what drugs they pumped Joe up with for the last debate. You could see it clearly in his eyes he was on something.
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #704 on: May 16, 2024, 01:28:45 PM »
I just got back from "early and often" primary voting.  =D

Man, I love in-person voting in my part of Idaho. You walk in and it's like a big party full of happy people. When you're done voting after they take your ballot, they call out, "Ben has voted" and the workers and voters clap and cheer.

It seems like this year, they are being extra secure with the voter ID checks, and I had to repeat back my name and address at two separate stations. While machines were there, they seemed to be heavily promoting pen and paper ballots. I don't know how much of that is the state and how much of it is my voting jurisdiction being deep dark red. Which, kinda like with gun rights and gun violence, it's not the red areas you have to worry about so much regarding voter ID fraud, so while I like that they seemed to be very meticulous about ID checks, there's likely a very low probability anybody is trying to use a fake ID. It's the commie pinko areas you have to worry about.
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #705 on: May 16, 2024, 02:14:01 PM »
My Texas driver's license has a UPC code on the back.  They just scan that and confirm my name and look at me.  While the people are normally pleasant, I never had them cheer or clap.
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #706 on: May 17, 2024, 11:55:41 AM »
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #707 on: May 18, 2024, 09:16:29 AM »
Trump demanding Biden take a drug test before the debate
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #708 on: May 18, 2024, 10:10:26 AM »
Trump demanding Biden take drug test before the debate

It won't happen, of course, but it's decent well-poisoning.
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #709 on: May 19, 2024, 01:40:42 PM »
Playing the race card

Biden tells black graduates Republicans 'don't see you in the future of America' in fiery speech slamming right-wing 'extremists'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13434049/biden-black-graduates-trump-racist.html
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #710 on: May 19, 2024, 04:14:19 PM »
File under things that never happen

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    They're panicking:
    Former Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill: "When I walk through the grocery store people come up to me and grab my hand and say 'We're going to be okay aren't we?' 'He [Trump] won't win, will he?' 'They won't let him back in the oval office will they?'
    I do… pic.twitter.com/tHr8g15qWu
    — Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) May 19, 2024

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Would you recognize her in a grocery store? That's even if she has ever even set foot in one

Claire McCaskill Claims Fellow Grocery Shopper Begged Her to Stop Trump from Returning to White House
https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2024/05/19/clarie-mccaskill-grocery-store-story-trump-n2396408
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #711 on: May 19, 2024, 04:48:40 PM »
It seems like this year, they are being extra secure with the voter ID checks, and I had to repeat back my name and address at two separate stations. While machines were there, they seemed to be heavily promoting pen and paper ballots. I don't know how much of that is the state and how much of it is my voting jurisdiction being deep dark red. Which, kinda like with gun rights and gun violence, it's not the red areas you have to worry about so much regarding voter ID fraud, so while I like that they seemed to be very meticulous about ID checks, there's likely a very low probability anybody is trying to use a fake ID. It's the commie pinko areas you have to worry about.

I'm pretty certain I registered to vote as soon as I was old enough, and that was about 60 years ago. For most of that time, I have lived in the same town where I grew up. I am constantly perplexed by all the MSM blather objecting to showing proof of ID when voting, as if that's somehow an infringement on civil rights. As far back as I can remember (at least the day before yesterday), I have always had to show ID when voting. They have tables set up near the entrance to the old grammar school gym (which is where we vote). Usually there are four tables, and voters are directed to a table based on an alphabetical distribution by street name. At each table there's a Republican registrar and a Democrat registrar. They each have an identical list of registered voters. I hand my driver's license to the first registrar. He or she crosses my name off, then hands my driver's license to the other registrar, who then crosses my name off the other list and hands my license back to me.

No muss, no fuss, and I wouldn't want it to be any different. I would be VERY upset if I showed up to vote in the late afternoon or evening and they told me, "Sorry, you've already voted."
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #712 on: May 21, 2024, 05:55:56 PM »
"... and now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine who has as much courage as he has determination.  Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin."
                          - Joe Biden, July 11, 2024

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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #713 on: May 21, 2024, 10:06:27 PM »
File under things that never happen

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Would you recognize her in a grocery store? That's even if she has ever even set foot in one

Claire McCaskill Claims Fellow Grocery Shopper Begged Her to Stop Trump from Returning to White House
https://twitchy.com/justmindy/2024/05/19/clarie-mccaskill-grocery-store-story-trump-n2396408

A couple of good comments from that link.   =D

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One way you know this is bullshit is Claire McCaskill doesn’t go to grocery stores.

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Imagine how wealthy a neighborhood you’d need to live in where the top concern for grocery shoppers is Donald Trump.
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #714 on: May 23, 2024, 06:44:04 AM »
But democracy!

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🚨 JUST IN: Joe Biden will NOT appear on the Ohio ballot in November as of right now, according to the Ohio Secretary of State

The Democratic Party has refused to follow state law requiring both parties to officially nominate their presidents 90 days before an election. Democrats aren’t doing that until 75 days prior.

And now, since the legislature has adjourned, the law cannot be changed, and Secretary of State Frank LaRose cannot make an exception.

This oughta be interesting!
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1793342161494151242

Ohio Secretary of State Says Joe Biden Won't Be on the November Ballot
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/05/22/ohio-secretary-of-state-says-joe-biden-wont-be-on-the-november-ballot-n2396513

 [popcorn]



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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #715 on: May 23, 2024, 09:38:36 AM »
But democracy!
https://x.com/nicksortor/status/1793342161494151242

Ohio Secretary of State Says Joe Biden Won't Be on the November Ballot
https://twitchy.com/brettt/2024/05/22/ohio-secretary-of-state-says-joe-biden-wont-be-on-the-november-ballot-n2396513

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Biden will get on the Ohio ballot via the courts.  Just have to find a couple of Biden-friendly judges.  Not hard to do.
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #716 on: May 23, 2024, 09:41:03 AM »
Biden will get on the Ohio ballot via the courts.  Just have to find a couple of Biden-friendly judges.  Not hard to do.

Nevertheless, it will be entertaining to watch the left wordsmith regarding it being bad now, but good when it was happening to Trump.  :laugh:
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #717 on: May 23, 2024, 10:04:22 AM »
Nevertheless, it will be entertaining to watch the left wordsmith regarding it being bad now, but good when it was happening to Trump.  :laugh:

Absolutely.  I've read a few of these comparisons already.  More double standards than grains of sand in your sandbox.
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #718 on: May 23, 2024, 10:35:18 AM »
Absolutely.  I've read a few of these comparisons already.  More double standards than grains of sand in your sandbox.

Without double standards they'd have none at all.
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #719 on: May 23, 2024, 11:50:17 PM »
Shocker.  The Daily Show actually mocks a Democrat:

https://x.com/MattWolking/status/1793397210320638005
"... and now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine who has as much courage as he has determination.  Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin."
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #720 on: May 24, 2024, 07:25:03 AM »
143 democrats voted against barring non-citizen voting in DC elections. It still passed, but still, we can see what many libs want. Next up, national elections.

https://twitchy.com/fuzzychimp/2024/05/23/143-democrats-non-citizens-voting-in-dc-n2396543
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #721 on: May 24, 2024, 07:28:14 AM »
Trump expected 3500 people for the Bronx rally. He got 25,000. We can see that the CNN reporter is not happy to be there. I can only imagine how pissed off AOC is right now.  :rofl:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1793810054480585150
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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #722 on: May 24, 2024, 09:12:37 AM »
Trump expected 3500 people for the Bronx rally. He got 25,000. We can see that the CNN reporter is not happy to be there. I can only imagine how pissed off AOC is right now.  :rofl:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1793810054480585150

Meanwhile the democrats are working to "save democracy"

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Re: The 2024 Circus
« Reply #723 on: May 24, 2024, 09:55:48 AM »
Trump expected 3500 people for the Bronx rally. He got 25,000. We can see that the CNN reporter is not happy to be there. I can only imagine how pissed off AOC is right now.  :rofl:

https://twitter.com/i/status/1793810054480585150


I'm not expecting Trump to win NY, or even the Bronx, but when you put that together with some other signs, it really does look like a historic realignment. Unless the Democrats can really cook up some magical propaganda in the next few years, I don't think they'll ever again get 85%-plus of the black vote.
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