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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
The person (Jon Cooper) saying Trump’s advisors want him to resign is a former chair of both the Obama and Biden campaigns.
Just to say, he’s not exactly impartial, has very obviously reasons to be creating gossip, and should be taken with a large grain of salt. He has the obvious advantage that the White House’s credibility is so low that no one can believably deny any statement he makes.
Edited by Galadriel on Oct 7th 2020 at 4:31:49 AM
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In retrospect this really should of been seen as a more plausible outcome.
The fact is a lot of people are only lightly engaged in the news and might not be on social media at all, so they haven't really seen Donald Trump unfiltered and unscripted in years. So while they might of academically understood that Donald Trump was an a-hole, they ultimately cared more about how their own life was going and assumed that he would be tempered by the responsibilities of governance.
The debate however shattered that illusion. Trump hadn't been tempered by the responsibilities of governance, he had actually gotten worse. And the pandemic has impacted people's quality of life in a not so good way.
Edited by Falrinn on Oct 7th 2020 at 1:30:27 AM
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True. In Ohio the very Republican and nominally pro-Trump governor has become massively popular just by handling the pandemic in a serious and professional manner.
Well, I should say massively popular...except among hardcore Trump supporters, who now hate his guts. Leading to him getting actively boo'ed at a Trump rally.
Edited by Falrinn on Oct 7th 2020 at 1:44:40 AM
So the thing about Pence pardoning Trump is that Trump is under investigation for a lot of state level crimes that Pence can't pardon him for.
I also don't know that that deal is worth it to Pence; he'd almost certainly still lose the election. I suppose he'd get to be President for four months, even if he'd be forced to spend the first one futilely campaigning.
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I don't think that point about pardons only really working for Federal-level crimes has ever really gotten through to Republicans. Nor is the fact that accepting a pardon also means admitting guilt to what is being pardoned in the first place, much like how Arpaio was blindsided by that.
I wouldn't be surprised if Trump, his cult, and a ton of Republicans are going to endlessly bray "BuT He WaS pArDoNeD" if he does get pardoned and if and when he ever gets arrested by New York.
Edited by ITNW1989 on Oct 7th 2020 at 2:07:32 AM
Hitokiri in the streets, daishouri in the sheets.Nor is the fact that accepting a pardon also means admitting guilt to what is being pardoned in the first place, much like how Arpaio was blindsided by that. Ugh. Can we please stop repeating this tall tale? A pardon is not an admission of guilt and does not require a conviction
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Legally yes, but in the public eye no, which is what I think was being discussed.
Edited by Altris on Oct 7th 2020 at 2:24:13 AM
So, let's hang an anchor from the sun... also my TumblrMeanwhile, in the Republican efforts to get under Harris's skin...
Summary: Harris made a gaffe last month where she referred to the rapper Tupac Shakur (who is absolutely deceased) as "her favorite living rapper" (emphasis mine), before being corrected. The Republicans have set aside a seat in the debate hall tonight (ticket and all) for Tupac in response, specifically emphasizing that this is not supposed to be a joke.
And in reaction to this, social media is meme-ing that Tupac actually showing up to the debate would be peak 2020.
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)By buying a seat for Tupac, they're reducing the number of people in the audience by one, which has the tiny benefit of reducing the likelihood that somebody gets COVID (albeit by a tiny amount).
Edited by astrokitty on Oct 7th 2020 at 6:47:54 AM
Somebody once told me the world was macaroni, I took a bite out of a tree

It is interesting that the race is finally breaking out of its months long period of stability, and in favor of Biden no less.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.