OT: American Politics

[hockeylover]

CNN just reported DeSantis might be the new SecDef nominee if Hegseth doesn't work.

 

[Wayward DP]

this puts Dems at... 215???


View: https://bsky.app/profile/adamparkhomenko.bsky.social/post/3lcinsaqsws2x

 

[thehabhater]

They want no part of adding a state with 140 million mexicans in it.

It would fix the southern border

 

[thehabhater]

CNN just reported DeSantis might be the new SecDef nominee if Hegseth doesn't work.

"when"

 

[Wayward DP]

They want no part of adding a state with 140 million mexicans in it.

yah so they'll call it a 'territory'

 

[Wayward DP]

CNN just reported DeSantis might be the new SecDef nominee if Hegseth doesn't work.

likely in exchange for him appointing Lara Trump to fill Rubio's Senate seat*

 

[hockeylover]

View: https://bsky.app/profile/muellershewrote.bsky.social/post/3lch65bwcws2i

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

I just want to go to WDW, Dland and Nashville without paying an exchange rate..

Don't worry, it will still be unaffordable unless the US also annexes Mexico and China.

 

[MindzEye]

It would fix the southern border

Would it?

 

[LeafGm]

in fairness to LGM, he has been a consistently cynical voice on here. he was not on team kamalandslide. funny how everyone seems to get lumped in there, even if there were what, a half dozen of us?

Yeah, my consistent take from about 2022 onwards (when it became clear that Biden intended to run again) was that it was fucking insane, selfish and irresponsible for someone as old as Biden to run for another four-year term, and that he was putting American democracy in mortal peril by doing so.

And then by the time the calendar flipped over into 2024, my take was that Biden was probably in tough to win, and it was likely too late to successfully switch to another candidate.

Which I think was also true. If Biden had made it clear from the jump that he intended to be a one-term, caretaker President and then pass the torch, considering her feeble record and performances in past nomination fights, it seems pretty unlikely that Kamala would have emerged from a full Dem primary campaign as the winner of the 2024 Democratic nomination. She was just the best everyone could agree to settle on as a complete last-minute choice.

 

[thehabhater]

you backed a massive loser in Kam, you bought all the bullshit she would win in a landslide, now you get Don for four years, jokes on you numbnuts

I admit it.

I was wrong.

 

[Wayward DP]

View: https://bsky.app/profile/muellershewrote.bsky.social/post/3lch65bwcws2i

tiny D will excel at rooting out the 'unloyal' generals, I fear

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

I get most here have pathological TDS but in no way could anyone sane believe he meant his comment to be taken seriously.

Economically we are basically a US vassal but we will never join them politically.

Since when has anyone accused Trump or his cronies of possessing sanity?

 

[Wayward DP]

I admit it.

I was wrong.

our admissions don't seem to count for anything, funnily enough. I also did, the week of the election...

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Explain to me why I still can’t ignore Count on here

He's a mod.

 

[MindzEye]

yah so they'll call it a 'territory'

Not gonna happen. Remember, Puerto Ricans are American citizens. They're not giving citizenship to 140 million mexicans.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Not ones full of Americans, though.

Should’ve grabbed the Turks & Caicos when we had the chance.

 

[hockeylover]

He's a mod.

Explain to me why he's a mod.

 

[MindzEye]

Yeah, my consistent take from about 2022 onwards (when it became clear that Biden intended to run again) was that it was fucking insane, selfish and irresponsible for someone as old as Biden to run for another four-year term, and that he was putting American democracy in mortal peril by doing so.

And then by the time the calendar flipped over into 2024, my take was that Biden was probably in tough to win, and it was likely too late to successfully switch to another candidate.

Which I think was also true. If Biden had made it clear from the jump that he intended to be a one-term, caretaker President and then pass the torch, considering her feeble record and performances in past nomination fights, it seems pretty unlikely that Kamala would have emerged from a full Dem primary campaign as the winner of the 2024 Democratic nomination. She was just the best everyone could agree to settle on as a complete last-minute choice.

Like many things though, this is on the Dems overall and not just Biden. No one had the balls to run against Biden in the primaries. Even if Biden insisted on running again, the Dems should have funded and run strong primary challengers against him.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

View: https://bsky.app/profile/cnn.com/post/3lcif7zoqwc2n

So some rich asshole who gets rich off of a for profit healthcare system that shouldn't be for profit to begin with gets killed in a targeted attack? Good.

Now somebody do Elon.