Game over, MAGAs.
Also NY Times:. Here's how Obama's endorsement of Kamala Harris is great for Trump!
by Anonymous | reply 1 | July 26, 2024 9:26 AM |
by Anonymous | reply 2 | July 26, 2024 9:33 AM |
Took him long enough.
Don't worry Kamala, it's just a matter of time before he stabs YOU in the back, like he did to Joe Biden.
Word of advice: don't trust Obama, Pelosi, or Schumer.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | July 26, 2024 9:34 AM |
R1 stfu you annoy.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | July 26, 2024 9:36 AM |
How's the weather this time of year in Nizhny Novgorod, r3?
by Anonymous | reply 5 | July 26, 2024 9:38 AM |
R4 must be new.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | July 26, 2024 9:41 AM |
R3 Yes Obama deliberately decided to backstab the guy who served 8 glorious years as his Vice President. Not only that he convinced George Clooney, leading donors, high ranking Democrats, 86% of Americans, and this entire CNN panel the NIGHT OF THE DEBATE. And you better watch the video if you dare respond to me.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | July 26, 2024 9:43 AM |
From the NYTimes Editorial Board: "America Deserves a Better Campaign From Both Candidates"
I mean, the satire of r1 is only so funny.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | July 26, 2024 10:03 AM |
Everybody who pressured Biden to give up his re-election bid would have continued covering up for his increasing senility and fragility and exhorted us all to vote for "the only person who can defeat Trump" if only Joe could have managed to appear lucid at the debate.
The problem isn't "backstabbing," it's that a senile old man was propped up in our nation's most powerful position for as long as he was, to the detriment of the US.
Loyalty to the nation, not an individual, is what we need.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | July 26, 2024 10:04 AM |
I’m sick of people bashing the Times when they are the only mainstream publication people still read that is doing real investigative journalism. The Times isn’t the Democratic soapbox and that mentality is why society is in this mess and why most Americans now get their news on Facebook.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | July 26, 2024 10:07 AM |
R9 not only that. It was gaffe after gaffe. Every fucking day. He has dementia btw.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | July 26, 2024 10:08 AM |
The Washington Post says fuck you, r10, As does The Atlantic and several new media platforms that you fail to recognize for their investigative journalism.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | July 26, 2024 10:10 AM |
Boy, this thread went downhill fast.
What time zone in Russia are you in, posters?
by Anonymous | reply 13 | July 26, 2024 10:12 AM |
@r8, The NY Times and why that's bad for everybody 🙄
by Anonymous | reply 14 | July 26, 2024 10:12 AM |
The NY Times has earned its bash-worthy, ridicule-worthy position and I write this as someone who has been a decades long reader and print and digital subscriber.
And I'll continue to be one.
Carry on, r1.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | July 26, 2024 10:14 AM |
by Anonymous | reply 16 | July 26, 2024 11:03 AM |
by Anonymous | reply 17 | July 26, 2024 11:32 AM |
R2 They need to air that as a campaign ad on tv. It’s brilliant.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | July 26, 2024 11:36 AM |
does anyone think she's ever had any lesbian experiences?🤔
by Anonymous | reply 19 | July 26, 2024 11:39 AM |
R19 This is her as a student at Howard University.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | July 26, 2024 11:45 AM |
Back to Barack.....it's about time, buddy!
by Anonymous | reply 21 | July 26, 2024 11:48 AM |
OP why would you think the former Democratic president endorsing the Democratic nominee is significant?
Obama endorsed Biden for reelection and Biden collapsed.
Why would you think this inevitable endorsement would change the minds of swing or reluctant voters?
Are you autistic or something?
by Anonymous | reply 22 | July 26, 2024 11:49 AM |
Obama endorses Harris. Why that’s bad for Biden.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | July 26, 2024 11:50 AM |
You got that right R13, it’s prime time at the troll farms in Moscow and St. Petersburg.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | July 26, 2024 11:50 AM |
OMG you ARE autistic! Half the posts in this thread are you!
Jesus Christ I’m good!
by Anonymous | reply 25 | July 26, 2024 11:51 AM |
r22, I'm not the OP but clearly Obama's endorsement only further unites Democratic solidarity. Not having a Primary is the best thing that could have happened. We don't have to deal with any dissension and sniping of candidates at each other when Kamala was only gonna get in the end anyway.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | July 26, 2024 11:53 AM |
Kamala ENDORSED
by Anonymous | reply 27 | July 26, 2024 11:54 AM |
It’s actually a fairly tepid endorsement and fairly late in the game. Maybe the stories are true and Harris wasn’t Obama’s first choice. I wonder who was.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | July 26, 2024 11:54 AM |
[quote] I’m sick of people bashing the Times when they are the only mainstream publication people still read that is doing real investigative journalism. The Times isn’t the Democratic soapbox and that mentality is why society is in this mess and why most Americans now get their news on Facebook.
Like R15, I am a lifelong subscriber to the NY Times, and think the paper has slipped across all departments. It's a shadow of its once great self, but there are a handful of writers still upholding some standards, so I will continue to read it. But it often deserves the mockery it gets here and elsewhere. For political reporting, the Washington Post is running circles around the Times.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | July 26, 2024 11:55 AM |
Post-Presidency Obama is always tepid.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | July 26, 2024 11:55 AM |
I always wonder about endorsements in general. The Obama's are personably very popular but is that something that is necessarily transferable? I guess it is better to have it than not?
by Anonymous | reply 31 | July 26, 2024 11:57 AM |
/personally
by Anonymous | reply 32 | July 26, 2024 11:58 AM |
[quote] Obama's endorsement only further unites Democratic solidarity
But Democratic voters were not the issue. This is not 2008.
The issue are swing voters and occasionally voters who don’t identify with a party.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | July 26, 2024 11:58 AM |
R22 It may not sway independents but it will motivate black people to go to the polls, specifically black men. And that r2 is great; it should be run as a tv ad. This may sway undecideds who are tired of Donald As the world Turns Trump.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | July 26, 2024 11:58 AM |
But Black people weren’t motivated by Obama’s endorsement of Biden’s second term and were abandoning Biden in record numbers.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | July 26, 2024 12:00 PM |
This endorsement is actually much more needed than Obama’s
by Anonymous | reply 36 | July 26, 2024 12:01 PM |
R35 You are exaggerating. You aren’t trolling are you? It’s ok if you are I just don’t want to invest in a conversation with one.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | July 26, 2024 12:02 PM |
The comedian in me wants to know why is she holding a phone to her ear that is on speaker phone. Momala Imma need some answers.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | July 26, 2024 12:05 PM |
Yes, r37, it's a troll. The same one who is obsessed with labeling me "autistic."
by Anonymous | reply 39 | July 26, 2024 12:06 PM |
FFS R3. Build a bridge...
by Anonymous | reply 40 | July 26, 2024 12:10 PM |
R3 Why did Joe Biden stab Jill’s ex husband in the back after he allowed them to work on his Senate campaign, took the man’s money, and then starting fucking his wife when he was out of town.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | July 26, 2024 12:13 PM |
R39 but you ARE autistic. Only an autistic person would info dump like this.
Only an autistic person would go back and correct themselves for misspelling Eisenstein in an info dump of Russian names which nobody is looking at because nobody actually reads an autistic info dump.
by Anonymous | reply 42 | July 26, 2024 12:18 PM |
R42 Only a psychopath would attempt to diagnose someone on the internet and then double down on such diagnosis.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | July 26, 2024 12:25 PM |
R42 is clearly unstable and in desperate need of a red tag.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | July 26, 2024 12:28 PM |
Don’t be such self-loathing autists r44/R45
Embrace your differences!
by Anonymous | reply 46 | July 26, 2024 12:30 PM |
Weaponizing autism. That’s wassup. That’s what hot in the streets yall. R46 is so cool.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | July 26, 2024 12:32 PM |
Autistic is apparently the new Boris, though unfortunately people haven't stopped using Boris. I try to block the delusional Boris posters as well as the Autism eugenicist troll, but they crop up like fruit flies. Muriel, do us a solid and open up unlimited blocking during election years, please, please??
by Anonymous | reply 48 | July 26, 2024 12:35 PM |
The vitriol is strong in this one.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | July 26, 2024 12:36 PM |
You need to go back to the looney bin R46.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | July 26, 2024 12:36 PM |
R50 Why would subject crazy people to such agony?
by Anonymous | reply 51 | July 26, 2024 12:38 PM |
Curious does Trump have any endorsements other than Kid Rock and Putin? Is George Bush stumping for Trump? 😂
by Anonymous | reply 52 | July 26, 2024 12:42 PM |
Your English is getting very bad R51. You DO actually sound Russian...
by Anonymous | reply 53 | July 26, 2024 12:49 PM |
Almost as much footdragging as he did on gay marriage. Thank goodness Joe was there to pull him along.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | July 26, 2024 12:53 PM |
R54 😆 The rewriting of history is strong with this one. Biden had about 30 yrs in BEFORE Obama hit the scene to do something about gay marriage. And he did nothing. He did nothing.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | July 26, 2024 12:55 PM |
@r53, Russian translator like all Russian tech, glitchy
by Anonymous | reply 56 | July 26, 2024 12:55 PM |
You know as a United State Senator. In fact what he did do in regards to gay marriage is voted YES for DOMA.
by Anonymous | reply 57 | July 26, 2024 12:57 PM |
[quote] Word of advice: don't trust Obama, Pelosi, or Schumer.
The Democratic Party is not the mafia.
Stubborn old man clung to power even after it was clear to all that he was going to lose. They did what was necessary
by Anonymous | reply 58 | July 26, 2024 12:58 PM |
[quote]Administration officials said the president planned to announce his support before the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., this September. But they acknowledge that Vice President Joe Biden did, indeed, force their hand.
No need to rewrite history when you can go back to the source material.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | July 26, 2024 1:03 PM |
Obama supported gay marriage before he was against it as he was running for President. Unlike Joe he didn’t actually vote for anti LGB legislation. Yall not about to convince me Joe was some huge liberal crusader, despite being an American patriot when for 30 years he was rank and file right of center democrat. No bussing today, no bussing tomorrow, no bussing for life.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | July 26, 2024 1:08 PM |
And he only forced their hand because he gaffed lol.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | July 26, 2024 1:10 PM |
Biden's the reason student loan debt can't be discharged in bankruptcy, he had a chance to right these wrongs but failed. Kamala has done next to nothing in her role as VP. I hope and pray we don't get 4 years of Trump but social media excitement for Kamala doesn't guarantee a trip to the polls. The base is divided.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | July 26, 2024 1:11 PM |
Just keep telling yourself that, r62.
by Anonymous | reply 63 | July 26, 2024 1:11 PM |
LOL!
OMG, r43, I've been here for-evah, over 2 decades, and that Gary Coleman thing never failed to crack me up.
I haven't seen that in a very long time.
by Anonymous | reply 64 | July 26, 2024 1:12 PM |
R62, no, it isn’t
by Anonymous | reply 65 | July 26, 2024 1:14 PM |
Actually, NY Times has decreed that the Democratic base has come together, but it's a "concern" as to whether she can attract the votes she needs beyond that.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | July 26, 2024 1:20 PM |
[quote] I always wonder about endorsements in general. The Obama's are personably very popular but is that something that is necessarily transferable? I guess it is better to have it than not?
Just wait until the Democratic National Convention. A united party boosting a consensus candidate with the most glittering stars in the political, media and cultural universe will do wonders for Harris' movement.
by Anonymous | reply 67 | July 26, 2024 1:22 PM |
You can find fault with any US president, but Obama is still the best we've had in the 21st century. If his endorsement doesn't mean anything, then whose does? So many trolls and negative Nancys just trying to piss in everyone's cornflakes. Can we not enjoy a bit of hope and optimism for the first time in years, or is that not the DL way?
by Anonymous | reply 68 | July 26, 2024 1:23 PM |
[quote]Can we not enjoy a bit of hope and optimism for the first time in years, or is that not the DL way?
You must be new here.
by Anonymous | reply 69 | July 26, 2024 1:26 PM |
What r68 said.
And I write that as one who has cooled on Obama. In fact, in retrospect, I wish Hillary had been the candidate in 2008. Either Hillary or Obama would've defeated McCain.
But now it's all hands on deck.
As for the glittery "A List Stars" who will see and be seen at the DNC, great, I love that, too, but I'm sure VP Harris and the producers know that they have to spotlight way, way more the everyday Americans.
by Anonymous | reply 70 | July 26, 2024 1:28 PM |
[quote]You can find fault with any US president, but Obama is still the best we've had in the 21st century.
Biden has been better, achievements-wise.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | July 26, 2024 1:30 PM |
[quote] Actually, NY Times has decreed that the Democratic base has come together, but it's a "concern" as to whether she can attract the votes she needs beyond that.
Given that Trump still leads in the polls, the “concern” is well-founded.
by Anonymous | reply 72 | July 26, 2024 1:32 PM |
[quote] Biden has been better, achievements-wise.
This is r70. After reading your post and thinking about it, I agree with you, and Biden did it in 4 years.
In terms of pure political appeal, of course, Biden isn't Obama's league, something I think Biden himself would agree with.
I've been around long enough to have watched Clinton and Obama in their prime. I still haven't decided who had more political talent. I guess that means it's a tie.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | July 26, 2024 1:44 PM |
JFK was a better public speaker than either of them ^^^
by Anonymous | reply 74 | July 26, 2024 1:47 PM |
Obama also gave a tepid, last minute endorsement of Biden in 2020. Obama is king of the democrat party and does his most passionate work behind the scenes. My ultimate feeling is she wins but her term will be Obama 2.0. The Republican House and Senate will block all her legislation, the media will blame her for all the bad news, and her approval rating average will be about a 43. In my heart of hearts, I think she'll be a one term President.
by Anonymous | reply 75 | July 26, 2024 2:54 PM |
If she wins, I think there'll be a Dem House, with at least even odds on a Dem-controlled Senate.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | July 26, 2024 2:59 PM |
[quote] Obama supported gay marriage before he was against it as he was running for President
His boyfriend told him to support it.
I know, because we talked about this in the Chicago Steam Rooms.
by Anonymous | reply 77 | July 26, 2024 3:02 PM |
Just wait until Taylor Swift backs Kamala. The MAGAts will be combusting all over the place. And the NY Times will have ANOTHER piece, stating "Here's Why This is Bad for Kamala!".
by Anonymous | reply 78 | July 26, 2024 3:13 PM |
r8 is an opinion piece, not actual journalistic article.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | July 26, 2024 3:27 PM |
New poll shows Kamala leading in Michigan. Previous poll showed Biden losing by 8 points. That's a 9 point swing!
Georgia is also a statistical tie now. Just wait until Stacey Abrams does her ground game magic in Georgia for Kamala.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | July 26, 2024 3:33 PM |
Word of advice. Don’t trust R3.
by Anonymous | reply 83 | July 26, 2024 3:35 PM |
R3 How did he stab Biden in the back? By suggesting he should step aside? That‘s a friend‘s advice of which Biden had far too little.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | July 26, 2024 3:36 PM |
The problem is that no one like Harris
by Anonymous | reply 85 | July 26, 2024 3:37 PM |
Polls are great, but we have to make sure that there are no shenanigans during the actual voting process.
by Anonymous | reply 86 | July 26, 2024 3:37 PM |
538 has no ranking for the "Detroit News/WDIV pol" nor the "St. Anselm College poll". I wonder why that is?
by Anonymous | reply 87 | July 26, 2024 3:39 PM |
The enthusiasm on the Democratic side is off the charts. "White Women for Kamala" Zoom call just broke the record for largest Zoom in history.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | July 26, 2024 3:40 PM |
[quote]In my heart of hearts, I think she'll be a one term President.
She'll definitely need an unassailable (and trans-free) cabinet.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | July 26, 2024 3:46 PM |
W00T!!!
by Anonymous | reply 90 | July 26, 2024 3:46 PM |
[quote]In my heart of hearts, I think she'll be a one term President.
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by Anonymous | reply 91 | July 26, 2024 3:49 PM |
r81 and r82: A-FUCKING-MAZING.
by Anonymous | reply 92 | July 26, 2024 4:06 PM |
The time has really turned.
I am hopeful.
by Anonymous | reply 93 | July 26, 2024 4:51 PM |
Results of today’s polls. Gains in Michigan, Maine, and New Hampshire.
by Anonymous | reply 94 | July 26, 2024 4:57 PM |
She's picked her running mate. If she hadn't done so, Obama wouldn't have endorsed her.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | July 26, 2024 8:17 PM |
I agree
by Anonymous | reply 96 | July 26, 2024 8:26 PM |
[quote] Took him long enough.
They’re dripping out endorsements to vacuum each daily news cycle.
That’s shrewd.
by Anonymous | reply 97 | July 26, 2024 8:35 PM |
R19 = Michelle Rodriguez
by Anonymous | reply 98 | July 26, 2024 8:36 PM |
[quote] The Times isn’t the Democratic soapbox
No, but it’s become a contrarian one, which is worse.
And it is among the most guilty news organizations to grade Trump on a curve, even after he served as President.
Hannibal Lecter? Airports in the 1700s? Felonies? Sexual assault?
Not a peep.
Readers deserve better.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | July 26, 2024 8:39 PM |
FWIW, this numerologist says Kamala will do well as she has a 5-life path and the U.S. also has a 5-life path.
She also reads Kamala's husband Doug's numbers. She says they are well suited for each other.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | July 27, 2024 12:14 AM |
Times doesn't seem to be conservative as much as attempting to be balanced.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | July 27, 2024 12:22 AM |
Daaaa!
by Anonymous | reply 102 | July 27, 2024 12:38 AM |
[quote]She'll definitely need an unassailable (and trans-free) cabinet.
Why?? I’m available and have experience in government!
by Anonymous | reply 103 | July 27, 2024 1:01 AM |
I know, i know. The politico isn’t attractive or glamorous and she goes on for MINUTES! But it’s the true reason why he waited
by Anonymous | reply 105 | July 27, 2024 1:18 AM |
I long for the days of the Clintons and Obamas. There was dignity, intelligence and optimism. It all seems like a misty, water-colored memory now. Did it really happen?
by Anonymous | reply 106 | July 27, 2024 2:03 AM |
lolol he basically phoned in his endorsement...he knows she will lose
by Anonymous | reply 107 | July 27, 2024 2:07 AM |
I'm feeling 2009 vibes again, r106
by Anonymous | reply 108 | July 27, 2024 8:11 AM |
zzzzz r107
by Anonymous | reply 109 | July 27, 2024 8:28 AM |
I think he had to hold off so that Dems - the contrary bunch they are - felt like *they* picked her (or at least considered her the least bad option) rather a coronation by the party elites because it was "her turn" (sound familiar?).
But I fully expect that he & Michelle will be 100% behind her & all over the place to support her this fall.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | July 27, 2024 8:59 AM |
It's not where you start it's where you finish.
by Anonymous | reply 111 | July 27, 2024 4:03 PM |
[quote{ Biden has been better, achievements-wise.
This is so often repeated but so clearly false. Yes, Biden has had a successful presidency, but all his achievements piled together don’t have one-tenth the significance of the Affordable Care Act alone. No legislation since Medicare has the pervasive practical importance that that legislation has had
If all Biden’s legislation were repeated, you would not notice. If the ACA were, it would transform all of our lives immediately, and drastically for the worse.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | July 27, 2024 4:26 PM |
Has the Harris campaign bought the right to use Helen Reddy's I Am Woman at their rallies yet?
by Anonymous | reply 113 | July 27, 2024 7:31 PM |
R113 I hear it’s the theme to Top Gun they have the rights to. But I have been wrong before.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | July 27, 2024 7:34 PM |
Kamala has access to any musical talent her campaign could afford. She should get them to make ads, especially artists close to Gen Z.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | July 27, 2024 7:37 PM |
I am absolutely thrilled that Go-Go Boots Desatanis and his Eddie Munster wife have faded into obscurity.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | July 27, 2024 10:44 PM |
I hope Taylor Swift endorses her r115.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | July 27, 2024 11:40 PM |
R81 They need to keep Stacey Abrams away. She can’t win an election.
by Anonymous | reply 118 | July 28, 2024 2:36 AM |
R112. Mic drop. 👏
by Anonymous | reply 119 | July 28, 2024 2:37 AM |
R117 I see something a lot better than just an endorsement. I picture a stage, dancers, music, a HoF future hubby, all behind Harris and asking all their many millions of followers many who have never voted before to register and vote.
She is off tour in Sep and Oct.
She will lose significant DL support for Harris from the I Hate Taylor Swift MoreThan I hate Trump or Hitler Crew but pick up a lot more support from sane people.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | July 28, 2024 12:08 PM |