Spockydog

Don't be stupid.

If he had run and lost, he would have ended up as one of the most hated men in American history.

#MaleGenocide

Go on, enlighten me. What am I missing?

Oooh, let me get my tiny violin out. There are blokes who can't get laid. And then there are the Incel Wankers. You know the type. The ones on the forums you go to. The women-hating Andrew Tate fans. To these guys, it's everyone else's fault that they are virgins at 35. Especially the women. Oh, waaaaa! Why won't they just let me fuck them! Fucking bitch whores. Kill them all. You frequently present yourself as an authority on the subject. So you will know that this type of misogynistic worldview is prevalent in these circles. Yet you are interested in these people? Why?

Scot, for fuck sake, this wasn't stumbling over words or phrases. At times, the man just didn't seem aware of his surroundings. If you think this man was fit to run for President in such a time of peril, you are fucking crazy.

I mean, imagine admitting, in public, that you are interested in fucking incel culture. That's what's pathetic. Did you grow a neck beard in solidarity?

To laugh and fucking point, mate.

This is so fucking disingenuous. Who saw him stuttering? I certainly didn't. I saw him mumble something about destroying Medicare, I saw him calling Zelensky Putin while he was stood right next to him, and then I saw him getting confused between Kamala Harris, his Vice President, and Donald Trump, in several toe curling incidents over the past four weeks. But yeah, sure, absolutely no cognitive decline. GTFOH.

Andrew Tate and Incel Culture. Jesus.

Seriously? Come on, man. There's no need to kid ourselves any more. The cat is back in the bag.

How is it that you people know so much about this man? Like, are you fans or something? ETA: This forum could really use a Hide Thread option.

From The Guardian: Biden’s selfless decision to drop out sets stage for an entirely different election

JFC. So, what, before you hit the CAPSLOCK you just fucking ignored the the bit where I said Kamala should be on the ticket and I was just spitballing? Scot, I think I know what shreeking is now. Anyway, I asked earlier whether that was it. Was Kamala the nominee? The answer, three hours ago, was 'no.' So what is it? Both things cannot be true. Make up your fucking mind, board.

Read my post. Right to the end. And calm down. Jesus.

See, DMC came back and said the SC wouldn't allow it as they've made it perfectly clear that states should be allowed to run their own elections. Fair enough. It's a barrier, but by no means insurmountable. Yet all you've been able to do is whimper and dribble about, I don't know, public perception(?), rather than come up with any actual practical barriers to having an actual do-over. If, for any reason, the American people felt another primary was democratically the right thing to do, personally, I'd get behind that and tie the entire election up in the courts. If that's the way the Republicans wanted to go. Pretty sure with your legal system, that would be a relatively easy thing to do. I mean, your legal system is all about precedent. And these events are, undeniably, unprecedented. Therefore arguing for new, exceptional measures seems entirely reasonable. p.s. Just to be clear, my view is Harris should be the nominee. I'm just spitballing.

Hey, literally nobody is suggesting biological warfare here. Can you imagine the media response if we stuck poor old Joe in a trebuchet and yeeted him over the walls of Mar a Lago to become the world's first Covid-infused biological missile? The CNN coverage doesn't bear thinking about.

It's not as much about Biden's capability or lack thereof. This way, you get Kamala in the Oval, being the Prez for five months. Surely that has to add some value.

So Harris it is. Excellent. Invoke the 25th. Job done.

So, what, you're telling me that Veep isn't real?

I mean, my ill-educated, layman oik-ass would suggest the following: If any Republican-held states refused to run a primary (remember, this is someone retiring on medical grounds, so any objections would be eminently unreasonable), then the Democrats just go ahead and run the primary themselves. Then they can argue it out in court, citing First Amendment rights. One could surely argue that the right to free speech extends to Democrat voters whose voices are being silenced by Republicans purely on spurious, partisan grounds? The Dems tell these Republicans that no primary = no election. Also, what is to stop Democrat held states retaliating by removing Trump from the ballot for being a convicted felon? Obviously, Biden (or Harris) remains in the WH until everyone grows the fuck up. Sorted.

Ooooh, I like that. Imma nick that one and use it in the UK politics thread at the earliest opportunity.

This. This is the thing. With Harris, the discussion isn't about the fitness of Biden for office. It becomes about Trump. About his fitness for office. She was a prosecutor. He's a convicted felon. Fucking bury that orange cunt already.

Pretty sure I saw an episode of Veep where the presidential ticket was in flux right up to Convention Day. Didn't Roger Furlong walk into a conference room and basically call for a do-over? I mean, you ended up with Jonah Ryan as VP, so maybe try and avoid that situation.