American Politics 3.0 - Back to Brunch

[Sainters7]

Originally Posted by Zary's-Mustache

Wow the amount of people online who think this is staged hurts my brain.



Everything is a conspiracy these days.

Yeah I'm getting a kick out of this too, in the sense that the MAGA crowd loves a good conspiracy. Of course the one time they choose to take a major event at face value is this one, lol shocker...

If it was Biden who it happened to, you just know they'd be full blast trying to debunk it with conspiracy theory nonsense

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by opendoor

Normally, no. But with an obese 78 year old at the top of the ticket, the VP candidate is going to get more attention because of the higher than normal chance of the President dying in office.

This is a different animal though. Most of his cult probably believe he will live forever.

Even more so now that he escaped an assassination attempt.

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

This is a different animal though. Most of his cult probably believe he will live forever.

Even more so now that he escaped an assassination attempt.

Going to be nuts when he does die. He could have a heart attack in front of a doctor, and people will still say he got killed by wokeness

[KootenayFlamesFan]

Originally Posted by nik-

lol. Surely this is the time that consistent, blatant hypocrisy comes back to bite them!

That's not what I meant so not sure why you're quoting me.

He hated Trump, he kissed the ring, now he's the VP choice. It's a cult. The tweets and quotes are entertainment for the rest of us not in the cult. I know it won't change anything.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

The JD Vance who was hawking Hillbilly Elegy in the media 8 years ago was relatively sane. But the whiff of power seems to have turned him into something else entirely.

https://www.vox.com/politics/360283/...-authoritarian

He's a Peter Thiel plant.

[activeStick]

Originally Posted by Sainters7

Yeah I'm getting a kick out of this too, in the sense that the MAGA crowd loves a good conspiracy. Of course the one time they choose to take a major event at face value is this one, lol shocker...

If it was Biden who it happened to, you just know they'd be full blast trying to debunk it with conspiracy theory nonsense

There are non-MAGA people supporting the conspiracy theories too around the shooting. In this very thread, in fact. It's not one side or the other that holds exclusive rights to being conspiracy theorists and this event proved that, but apparently, similar to my argument about bubbles, this isn't being seen by some.

[butterfly]

Conspiracy theorists are simply people who are insecure with their intelligence generally.

Unintelligent and intelligent people who don't suffer from insecurity aren't prone to this.

Ignore 'em.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by butterfly

Conspiracy theorists are simply people who are insecure with their intelligence generally.

Unintelligent and intelligent people who don't suffer from insecurity aren't prone to this.

Ignore 'em.

That's just what they want you to think.

[ResAlien]

Originally Posted by butterfly

Conspiracy theorists are simply people who are insecure with their intelligence generally.

Unintelligent and intelligent people who don't suffer from insecurity aren't prone to this.

Ignore 'em.

To crib from Ron Funchess I can understand not believing all conspiracy theories but you don’t believe ANY conspiracy theories? You think the govt is just out here batting 1.000 and telling us the whole truth? Thats a strong stance to take.

[activeStick]

I just watched the NBC exclusive with Biden. Completely different man compared to the debate night. He was clear, fast on his responses and even clever. So very confused about him.

[Zary's-Mustache]

Originally Posted by Manhattanboy

What would have happened had the events of that day continued for another couple of hours? What if they had got to Pelosi or other members of congress? They were scared ####less.

To downplay the storming of the Capitol is idiotic.

Nothing would have happened. One shot and everyone scurried off and it was over.

Puuuhllllease. That whole day was a nothing burger. Bunch of geeks thought they were doing something special and nothing special happened. One woman died I believe and that's sad but in the grand scheme of things was just a media wet dream.

[butterfly]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

To crib from Ron Funchess I can understand not believing all conspiracy theories but you don’t believe ANY conspiracy theories? You think the govt is just out here batting 1.000 and telling us the whole truth? Thats a strong stance to take.

You mean that Pennsylvania State Police chief saying they aren't able to identify who was the Trump shooter at the Saturday night press conference? No, I'm pretty sure they were nearly certain at that point. They didn't want to leak any names in the event that it wasn't the right name. It's not a conspiracy.

I couldn't care less about walking around thinking I outsmarted the government; what a waste of a finite lifetime. It's absolutely inconsequential.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

Originally Posted by activeStick

I just watched the NBC exclusive with Biden. Completely different man compared to the debate night. He was clear, fast on his responses and even clever. So very confused about him.

People with dementia are like that. Perfectly fine one day. Total mess the next.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by opendoor

I think you and I have a different definition of "equally". And why couldn't a 20 year old vote? He was registered to vote as a Republican.

Ummmmm

[nfotiu]

Originally Posted by transplant99

Ummmmm

Is there a reason we are missing?

[Paulie Walnuts]

I heard Karl Rove say that Biden has had 2 aneurysms he nearly died from one.

Those things are all likely impacting him now.

[Cecil Terwilliger]

He’s dead.

[activeStick]

Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger

People with dementia are like that. Perfectly fine one day. Total mess the next.

I did not know that. It's sad.

[activeStick]

RNC has been pretty tame tonight, but I'm guessing maybe after all that's happened, speakers will likely told to tone down the divisiveness at least for a night. Also, Trump is actually planned to speak soon on night 1 which is pretty uncommon if I recall correctly for a nominee to do so, so early in the convention.

[ResAlien]

I mean that his campaign basically announced he’s sundowning has gone relatively ignored. I don’t feel it’s likely that the rule about no events after 8pm was created solely because he’s wicked old.