US Presidental Election

[tango]

Kind of academic now, but I can't help wondering what it was that so many liked about the candidate who fell at the first hurdle in the 2020 primaries but ended up at the top of the ticket because Biden insisted on having a black woman as his running mate. Because nothing says "quality candidate" quite like the one who nobody wanted but who gets pushed to the top anyway for nothing more than having enough melanin and a double-X chromosome.

I often think of the British Conservative party, loosely comparable to the Republicans. For a time they were derided as the nasty party, the place where old racists, misogynists and homophobes went to vote. But the Conservative party has brought the UK three female Prime Ministers (although admittedly Liz Truss is perhaps best forgotten), a non-white Prime Minister, and has recently elected the first black woman to lead a major party. All this without insisting on women-only shortlists, DEI candidates or anything else, merely letting candidates stand and letting the people vote. No other British party has managed to get anyone other than a white man into 10 Downing street.

[RabbiKnife]

The USA is filled with about 45% narcissists who care only about whether someone likes them or not, so if a large enough slice of culture convinces them that they will be liked if they promise to like a crustacean, then the insecure narcissists will begin a campaign to shame anyone that shames shellfish.

[Sojourner]

Ah, there is jubilation among conservatives today, (but weeping and wailing in the realm of the left). While not a slam dunk, Trump pulled ahead of Harris early in the race and maintained his lead to win handily. Having secured the White House and Senate, (and hopefully the House), the Republicans are poised to begin the work of righting our course and getting our house in order. I'm so thankful that the progressive agenda has been disrupted, and hope when the dust settles, we can begin to unite as a country, and have some sense of normalcy restored.

[RabbiKnife]

On a purely selfish note, this gives me a four year time frame in which:
1. the law firm will buy all of my stock in 48 equal payments starting January 1, with the outstanding balance earning a healthy 8% per year.
2.  on January 1, 2029, they make their final lump sum payment to me.
3.  that gives me four years to work as much and where I want, to invest as I want, to buy the land the Mrs. and I want, and to design and build our "final home."
4.  To transition from full time lawyering back into full time ministry.

I like the next four years.

[Fenris]

I like the next four years.

Sounds awesome, RK. I'm very happy for you!

[Fenris]

Kind of academic now, but I can't help wondering what it was that so many liked about the candidate who fell at the first hurdle in the 2020 primaries but ended up at the top of the ticket because Biden insisted on having a black woman as his running mate.

I suppose in the end she really wasn't liked by that many at all. She ran as "I'm not Trump" and didn't get votes from people who were looking for something more.

[RabbiKnife]

Kind of academic now, but I can't help wondering what it was that so many liked about the candidate who fell at the first hurdle in the 2020 primaries but ended up at the top of the ticket because Biden insisted on having a black woman as his running mate.

I suppose in the end she really wasn't liked by that many at all. She ran as "I'm not Trump" and didn't get votes from people who were looking for something more.

And it appears that she invited 14 million of Joe’s friends to her BBQ from 4 years and none of them either showed up or RSVP’d

How strange….
How rooooooddddd.

[Sojourner]

I suppose in the end she really wasn't liked by that many at all. She ran as "I'm not Trump" and didn't get votes from people who were looking for something more.

Yeah, I agree that her major selling point was not being Donald Trump. She was mainly chosen as Biden's running mate because she was an ethnic female with an education. In the end, over half of all voters chose a qualified "felon" over an empty pantsuit.

[Sojourner]

Trump has started out putting his best foot forward in selecting Susie Wiles as his Chief of Staff--the first woman ever appointed to that prestigious position. She was instrumental in the success of Trump's campaign strategy and will certainly be a major asset to his administration. (So much for Mark Cuban's allegation that Trump doesn't like strong, intelligent women around him).

[RabbiKnife]

She’s a real sweet lady and an absolutely head knocker as to discipline and process.

This is a lady you want running the trains and as she says, “keeping the riff raff away from the Boss.”

[Sojourner]

I find I'm deriving a perverse pleasure watching the meltdowns and lamentations on the left following Trump's win. I sort of feel guilty, and sort of don't. 

[tango]

I find I'm deriving a perverse pleasure watching the meltdowns and lamentations on the left following Trump's win. I sort of feel guilty, and sort of don't. 

Someone I loosely know on Facebook recently posted that he literally doesn't know if he will survive the next four years. He somehow survived the first four years of Trump's presidency so I'm not sure why he feels he's in such mortal danger now. He's gay, but no more gay now than he was in 2016.

Can you say overdramatic?

[Sojourner]

I find I'm deriving a perverse pleasure watching the meltdowns and lamentations on the left following Trump's win. I sort of feel guilty, and sort of don't. 

Someone I loosely know on Facebook recently posted that he literally doesn't know if he will survive the next four years. He somehow survived the first four years of Trump's presidency so I'm not sure why he feels he's in such mortal danger now. He's gay, but no more gay now than he was in 2016.

Can you say overdramatic?

Theatrics is quite common among liberal folks since the election. The co-hosts of the View wore black the day after the election, and Trump opponents far and wide vociferously insist he is a sinister threat to democracy. Yet, they've weaponized the courts in a failed attempt to eliminate Trump as a candidate, filing charges they would not ordinarily bother with; sought to have him removed from the ballot in a couple of states; coerced Biden into abandoning his re-election bid and gifted Harris the nomination in his place without due democratic process. So, the Democrats aren't exactly exemplifying democracy themselves.

[tango]

I find I'm deriving a perverse pleasure watching the meltdowns and lamentations on the left following Trump's win. I sort of feel guilty, and sort of don't. 

Someone I loosely know on Facebook recently posted that he literally doesn't know if he will survive the next four years. He somehow survived the first four years of Trump's presidency so I'm not sure why he feels he's in such mortal danger now. He's gay, but no more gay now than he was in 2016.

Can you say overdramatic?

Theatrics is quite common among liberal folks since the election. The co-hosts of the View wore black the day after the election, and Trump opponents far and wide vociferously insist he is a sinister threat to democracy. Yet, they've weaponized the courts in a failed attempt to eliminate Trump as a candidate, filing charges they would not ordinarily bother with; sought to have him removed from the ballot in a couple of states; coerced Biden into abandoning his re-election bid and gifted Harris the nomination in his place without due democratic process. So, the Democrats aren't exactly exemplifying democracy themselves.

But that's different. It's important they do all those things because, you know orangemanbad.

[Athanasius]

I find I'm deriving a perverse pleasure watching the meltdowns and lamentations on the left following Trump's win. I sort of feel guilty, and sort of don't. 

What's the deal in Florida? If I were to vacation from overseas (as I'm not American) could I be held under suspicion of carrying fraudulent documents (passport, drivers license, etc.) given none of these things reflect the details of my birth?