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Official Biden vs. Trump 2020 General Election Thread (Biden WINS 306 Electoral College Votes)
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the next guy
Superstar
You only pop up every 4 years.
THE MACHINE
night owl
the next guy
Superstar
Bingo. This ride is going to be bumpy.So the strategy is really is to clog the mail system, to prevent and delay votes being counted, and then slow down the counting in key states by relying on a right leaning Supreme Court to rule in his favor? This sounds a bit familiar to me... Oh yeah, Bush did the same thing in the 2000 election. Somebody better check to make sure all the races are listed together, and same names aren't cut off or put on a second page, on the ballot in Florida
There's really nothing they can do as long as Republicans control the Senate.
Trump is really exposing flaws in the US political system
Foxmulder
Superstar
Republicans vote by mail also. Why does everyone assume only Democrats vote by mail?
This is a good article:
washingtonpost.com
Perspective | Biden and Harris proved it doesn’t take a rally to deliver a big message
By Robin GivhancloseRobin GivhanFashion criticEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollowFashion critic
6-7 minutes
There were plenty of applause lines but without any applause, so the words had a chance to sit in the air so listeners could take their full measure. They could feel the weight of each syllable. It was politics stripped down to just the players, a man and a woman vying for the country’s highest offices standing at a lectern in a Wilmington, Del., gymnasium that was more empty than full.
A man and a woman spoke to the people without high drama or elaborate stagecraft. Yes, there was a row of state flags and American flags that served as a backdrop. And in preparation for this moment, it seemed as though a dozen stagehands each tugged on those flags a dozen times to make sure they were hanging just so. Still, that was quite a modest set, quite a nothing set, compared with the usual rolling out of a presidential running mate.
Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) spoke for the first time as presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate on Aug. 12. (Blair Guild/The Washington Post)
If public health had allowed, surely former vice president Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, would have indulged in a rollicking rally to introduce Sen. Kamala Harris. He would have made such a consequential announcement in front of an appreciative audience — rather than a group of silent reporters — because that’s the way it is traditionally done.
And these circumstances were especially momentous. Harris is the first Black woman and first woman of South Asian descent to join a major-party ticket. Political strategists would plan an extravaganza punctuated by a snowstorm of confetti, a balloon drop or a bit of dancing in the aisles. Instead, in the middle of a pandemic, the reality of the historic declaration just rolled out quietly over a vast and rocky terrain of emotions.
As the candidates walked into the gym, they formed an aesthetically cohesive picture. They both wore suits in palatable shades of blue. His shirt was crisp; her jewel neckline was simple. His pocket square, folded traditionally to create three sharp peaks, gave him extra polish; her delicate necklace did the same for her. They had matching masks.
Former vice president Joe Biden used the quiet of the gymnasium to powerful effect. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
They are a generation apart. They’ve walked through life with different burdens. He is reckoning with history; she is history. Their style connected them and made it clear they’re part of the same story.
In his introduction of Harris, Biden talked about the deadly events of Charlottesville three years ago when white supremacists marched through the city carrying torches and chanting hate. During Biden’s speech, no video rolled, no still photographs appeared on a screen to remind people of the angry faces, of the sheer numbers of protesters. Instead, Biden asked his audience — the folks watching from afar on televisions or phones — to close their eyes and remember that day. He asked them to re-create that scene in their mind and, more importantly, to recall the emotions they felt. He asked them to look inward and to consider what Charlottesville represents in the trajectory of this country.
There was no one in the audience to boo in recollection of the deadly mayhem that accompanied the Charlottesville march. There was no one in the room to shout an “Amen” or clap in agreement when Biden derided President Trump’s response to the white supremacists. Instead, each person was asked to sit quietly and consider this country’s darkness.
It was an unnerving political moment. Politics isn’t about the quiet — at least not now. It’s fueled by bellowing voices and jingoistic cheers and belligerence. Politics doesn’t look inward. It’s a world populated by extroverts climbing over one another to get to the spotlight. At some point it becomes impossible to shout any louder. Doesn’t it?
“We have a chance to choose a better future,” says Sen. Kamala Harris. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
When it was Harris’s time to speak, she stepped to the microphone with an enormous smile. And, for a moment, said nothing. Under normal circumstances, this would have been the scene when the freshly announced running mate would have basked in the applause. Supporters would have cheered her name. Instead, in that brief but thick quiet, a certain truth could emerge, which is the weight of it all: the unemployment, the racial unrest, the nativism, 160,000 Americans dead.
She talked about her life story. She described her friendship with Biden’s deceased son, Beau, the former Delaware attorney general, and as she did so, the former vice president lowered his head. She offered the thumbnail version of her belief system, and then she succinctly described the gravity of the country’s circumstances.
She didn’t end her remarks with pessimism. She didn’t finish by roaring into the microphone some slogan to rev up the supporters who were watching. Instead, she described the change-seekers as “a coalition of conscience.” That’s not exactly the makings of a punchy, call-and-response exhortation. They were words on which to ruminate.
Political rallies have a way of becoming exercises in groupthink — events in which pomp and pageantry overshadow nuance. Public health concerns made an enormous gathering of cheering Biden and Harris supporters impossible. But that also made it easier to hear the essential truth of the candidates’ message.
washingtonpost.com
Perspective | Biden and Harris proved it doesn’t take a rally to deliver a big message
By Robin GivhancloseRobin GivhanFashion criticEmailEmailBioBioFollowFollowFashion critic
6-7 minutes
There were plenty of applause lines but without any applause, so the words had a chance to sit in the air so listeners could take their full measure. They could feel the weight of each syllable. It was politics stripped down to just the players, a man and a woman vying for the country’s highest offices standing at a lectern in a Wilmington, Del., gymnasium that was more empty than full.
A man and a woman spoke to the people without high drama or elaborate stagecraft. Yes, there was a row of state flags and American flags that served as a backdrop. And in preparation for this moment, it seemed as though a dozen stagehands each tugged on those flags a dozen times to make sure they were hanging just so. Still, that was quite a modest set, quite a nothing set, compared with the usual rolling out of a presidential running mate.
Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) spoke for the first time as presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s running mate on Aug. 12. (Blair Guild/The Washington Post)
If public health had allowed, surely former vice president Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, would have indulged in a rollicking rally to introduce Sen. Kamala Harris. He would have made such a consequential announcement in front of an appreciative audience — rather than a group of silent reporters — because that’s the way it is traditionally done.
And these circumstances were especially momentous. Harris is the first Black woman and first woman of South Asian descent to join a major-party ticket. Political strategists would plan an extravaganza punctuated by a snowstorm of confetti, a balloon drop or a bit of dancing in the aisles. Instead, in the middle of a pandemic, the reality of the historic declaration just rolled out quietly over a vast and rocky terrain of emotions.
As the candidates walked into the gym, they formed an aesthetically cohesive picture. They both wore suits in palatable shades of blue. His shirt was crisp; her jewel neckline was simple. His pocket square, folded traditionally to create three sharp peaks, gave him extra polish; her delicate necklace did the same for her. They had matching masks.
Former vice president Joe Biden used the quiet of the gymnasium to powerful effect. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
They are a generation apart. They’ve walked through life with different burdens. He is reckoning with history; she is history. Their style connected them and made it clear they’re part of the same story.
In his introduction of Harris, Biden talked about the deadly events of Charlottesville three years ago when white supremacists marched through the city carrying torches and chanting hate. During Biden’s speech, no video rolled, no still photographs appeared on a screen to remind people of the angry faces, of the sheer numbers of protesters. Instead, Biden asked his audience — the folks watching from afar on televisions or phones — to close their eyes and remember that day. He asked them to re-create that scene in their mind and, more importantly, to recall the emotions they felt. He asked them to look inward and to consider what Charlottesville represents in the trajectory of this country.
There was no one in the audience to boo in recollection of the deadly mayhem that accompanied the Charlottesville march. There was no one in the room to shout an “Amen” or clap in agreement when Biden derided President Trump’s response to the white supremacists. Instead, each person was asked to sit quietly and consider this country’s darkness.
It was an unnerving political moment. Politics isn’t about the quiet — at least not now. It’s fueled by bellowing voices and jingoistic cheers and belligerence. Politics doesn’t look inward. It’s a world populated by extroverts climbing over one another to get to the spotlight. At some point it becomes impossible to shout any louder. Doesn’t it?
“We have a chance to choose a better future,” says Sen. Kamala Harris. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)
When it was Harris’s time to speak, she stepped to the microphone with an enormous smile. And, for a moment, said nothing. Under normal circumstances, this would have been the scene when the freshly announced running mate would have basked in the applause. Supporters would have cheered her name. Instead, in that brief but thick quiet, a certain truth could emerge, which is the weight of it all: the unemployment, the racial unrest, the nativism, 160,000 Americans dead.
She talked about her life story. She described her friendship with Biden’s deceased son, Beau, the former Delaware attorney general, and as she did so, the former vice president lowered his head. She offered the thumbnail version of her belief system, and then she succinctly described the gravity of the country’s circumstances.
She didn’t end her remarks with pessimism. She didn’t finish by roaring into the microphone some slogan to rev up the supporters who were watching. Instead, she described the change-seekers as “a coalition of conscience.” That’s not exactly the makings of a punchy, call-and-response exhortation. They were words on which to ruminate.
Political rallies have a way of becoming exercises in groupthink — events in which pomp and pageantry overshadow nuance. Public health concerns made an enormous gathering of cheering Biden and Harris supporters impossible. But that also made it easier to hear the essential truth of the candidates’ message.
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
Trump wants to cause chaos on election day. So much we won't know who won. So it gets delayed and Trump can claim a bunch of bullshyt and drag shyt out. He told us all of this already. He telegraphed everything he wants to see happen.
When he says we may never know who won, that's what he wants.
Repubs like
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
DJ Paul's Arm
Veteran
ExodusNirvana
Change is inevitable...
The funniest part about this is if Pelosi and Schumer cave, all these simpletons will rush in talking about "both sides"
