Politics Thread: Dad, Pull Over! I have to VP!

by **Gimpy** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 08:57:14

I would enjoy an ad that shows Diaper Don at a rally in 2016 saying he’s going to hire the best people with it then cutting to all of his comments trashing former members of his administration and ending with the ad asking why he’s so bad at hiring people.

by **CFP** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 09:02:29

I imagine this one is heading for a Twitter flag and tag:

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!

by **CFP** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 09:07:58

Cal, good luck on all of that, too. Local politics is weird. I assume you're talking about the 156. I had a chance to work on the state house campaign back in 2012 after I graduated (well, it was an internship and I remained on for the summer/fall). Stepping up and throwing your name in the ring really is the best thing you can do here. If the guy you're describing running as an R really is like that, yeah, he has no chance in that area. See what happens. I think I always had thoughts of doing the same after having worked on the campaign, but not sure I had the balls to ever follow through.

by **CalvinBall** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 09:33:59

CFP wrote:Cal, good luck on all of that, too. Local politics is weird. I assume you're talking about the 156. I had a chance to work on the state house campaign back in 2012 after I graduated (well, it was an internship and I remained on for the summer/fall). Stepping up and throwing your name in the ring really is the best thing you can do here. If the guy you're describing running as an R really is like that, yeah, he has no chance in that area. See what happens. I think I always had thoughts of doing the same after having worked on the campaign, but not sure I had the balls to ever follow through.

Thanks. And to everyone else, too.

It is the 156. I have been told people will remember me from all the work I have put in over the past two weeks. And another person said in a backhanded sort of way that basically no for this but there are other things coming up that I want to consider you for. Feels like a long ladder to climb and I was able to go up a rung or two.

by **Squire** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 09:53:56

Trump out there tweeting heavy this morning on how Mail-In Ballots will make this the most fraudulent election ever. That's a guy who sees the writing on the wall and is setting up Plan B

by **thephan** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:04:03

And in between his pre-crying of being pushed out of office by the electorate in the United States, which he knows is coming, he's making sure he's got that blame going on other countries.

That said, he is taking time out of his busy day to slaughter his political enemies and Twitter as well. I expect to hear something about Benghazi and crooked Hillary and bumbling Biden and God knows what anytime now and that will all be in the same tweet

by **PSUsarge** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:06:58

CFP wrote:I imagine this one is heading for a Twitter flag and tag:

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
1h
RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!

The best part about this is he's already declaring an election that he (in normal times) should be favored to win as rigged.

Website · by **Wolfgang622** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:07:04

swishnicholson wrote:
CalvinBall wrote:So the State Rep in my district ran in two races in the primary. She won both which means she is withdrawing her name from the State Rep race and needs replaced on the ballot in November.

I threw my name in two weeks ago. The local comittee members vote and send that name to the state who makes it official.

I am one of five people. It's been exhausting. There are a handful of pipeline activist who mostly do not live in the district. None of them know me at all yet the usual loud, generally mean spirited ones have been assholes. Fortunate there is another person in the race who they hate even more.

I've spoken with a number of people and it's a lot of we want someone younger to represent us but it is not your time kind of thing. Seems the odds on favorite is the Mayor of West Chester because she has name recognition (despite it being likely that the large majority of people who vote in November will have no clue that she is the Mayor). It's been frustrating. I can articulate actual things I'd like to change and she can just read some things. It's incredibly hard to break through inter party politics. It's been an eye opening experience in that regard.

Good luck to you. It's a tough call I know, since you have to be a little disruptive to make actual change, but there's also the political reality of possibly alienating people that could help you a lot in the future. It's not my future though, so I say go ahead and disrupt!

Good luck, Cal. If I can help, call or PM.

by **PSUsarge** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:13:00

Werthless wrote:
thephan wrote:American hero John Bolton was on NPR today and said that he was not going to vote for Trump or Biden. He's going to write in the name of a conservative GOP leader to be determined later. he knew he wasn't going to vote for Trump, and I guess it's easy to figure out he wouldn't vote for Biden, what a moron

If you can't pull yourself to vote for someone in another party, under any circumstance, you're close-minded. I have never understood being able to willingly say that you cannot muster a vote for candidate because the candidate is bad, but you can't vote for their opponent because of their party affiliation. What, you can't pull a lever to help ensure that Trump does not get 4 more years? What do you even stand for?

What's scary is how close-minded we've learned people truly are. People will go to insane and irrational lengths to protect their self-image, so circumstances be damned, a vote for a Democrat is a threat to that person's very sense of self if they've constructed that self with strong R / anti D as a part of it.

This is the only thing that really scares me with this upcoming election - how many R's just can't bring themselves to vote for a D, circumstances and context be damned.

by **thephan** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:15:38

Werthless wrote: What do you even stand for?

John Bolton, what do you even stand for, words that sound like they were destined to be married

by **heyeaglefn** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:22:01

PSUsarge wrote:
CFP wrote:I imagine this one is heading for a Twitter flag and tag:

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
1h
RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!

The best part about this is he's already declaring an election that he (in normal times) should be favored to win as rigged.

What's crazy is I just checked a website for political props and he is still favored.

Trump -121
Biden +120

by **pacino** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:30:00

Bill McNeal wrote:Cal, as a chesco Democrat, let me know what I can do to support you.

Contact whoever your committee person is and give a personal thumbs up

by **Gimpy** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:38:11

Cal, I look forward to voting for you with an illegal mail in ballot since I don’t live in your town, county, or state.

by **06hawkalum** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:40:17

heyeaglefn wrote:
PSUsarge wrote:
CFP wrote:I imagine this one is heading for a Twitter flag and tag:

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
·
1h
RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!

The best part about this is he's already declaring an election that he (in normal times) should be favored to win as rigged.

What's crazy is I just checked a website for political props and he is still favored.

Trump -121
Biden +120

Really? Pretty sure those odds aren't live.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes ... pdate/amp/

by **jamiethekiller** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:41:02

one thing is true. Cal has the IG Babe vote on lock.

Good Luck Cal!

by **JFLNYC** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:44:22

Gimpy wrote:Cal, I look forward to voting for you with an illegal mail in ballot since I don’t live in your town, county, or state.

You should order yours now from China because they take a little while to get here.

by **momadance** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:44:42

Gimpy wrote:Cal, I look forward to voting for you with an illegal mail in ballot since I don’t live in your town, county, or state.

I already voted 6 times.

by **CalvinBall** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:44:52

pacino wrote:
Bill McNeal wrote:Cal, as a chesco Democrat, let me know what I can do to support you.

Contact whoever your committee person is and give a personal thumbs up

I wish. Bill isn't in the house district.

It's just West Chester Borough, Westtown, Birmingham, Thornbury, East Goshen and part of West Goshen. But if any of you live there reaching out to your committee person would not hurt. I'd appreciate it obviously.

by **CalvinBall** » Mon Jun 22, 2020 10:46:09

jamiethekiller wrote:one thing is true. Cal has the IG Babe vote on lock.

Good Luck Cal!

Lol. I haven't done photos more than two or three times since my bike trip. It was a fun hobby for a number of years though.

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