The 2020 Presidential General Election thread

So biden was caught hanging out with a guy who changed his mind on racism and has a history of voting for better conditions for black people and other people.

OK, let us compare him to the republican choice. Not that I really want to defend biden, but @T.R has brought up this stupid point.

Trump has been caught communicating with and being supported by the present neo nazi and white supremacist factions in the US. As of his present term as president he has complimented white supremacists and encouraged them to violence against non-whites. He has turned ICE into a gestapo that punishes anyone speaking spanish across the nation and imprisons thousands in cages in concentration camps.

I am going to stop here as we can already see the comparison between the two is that the republican choice is the racist choice. Thank you for showing Biden is not even remotely as bad on racist contacts as donnie little hands.

Some campaigns are a family affair...

Campaign committees should be the next target for campaign reform. Committees should be shut down at the end of an election cycle just like campaign accounts are.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-kanye-west-idUSKBN24601P

Wasn’t sure whether to dignify this with a post here, but apparently Kanye West is running for President. Probably. If he actually is, RIP my electoral map.

That might actually be good news, if it helps split the crazy vote.

I think the idea is to split the black vote instead. Hopefully it goes nowhere.

So, we can expect TLS to be on the Kanye 2020 team.

Ballot access will kill. Many deadlines within the next 5-6 weeks, all the swing states, and they require thousands of signatures. NO WAY you can pull together that kind of field work that fast.

WI - 2,000 signatures by 8/4
PA - 5,000 by 8/3
Ohio - 5,000 by 8/5
NC - over 70k by 3/3 (oops!)
NH - 3,000 by 9/2
NV - over 9,600 by 8/14
MN - 2k by 8/18
MI - 30k by 7/14 (tick tock bitch)
IA - 1,500 by 8/14 (like Iowa has a deep reserve of Kanye fans)
FL - 132k+ by 7/15 (tick tock bitch!)

See my point?

It's really too late for anyone to get in the race at this point. He's just blustering.

State polling as of July 6. Not a good place to be in July if you are a Republican for President.

What's the source for that? That doesn't match 538 or RCP.

https://www.270towin.com/

Yeah, from what I saw no-one has been able to dig up anything that looks like the actual preparation that would be needed a Kanye run to happen in any meaningful sense.

Ah, right, I forgot they have a polling map. A shame it doesn't have sources, and is ambiguous between "hasn't been polled in a while" and "tied".

He has a new album coming out soon...
Looks more like a PR stunt...

Upping the paranoia factor, I see.

#MakeAmericaKanyeAgain

This one really sounded like I was witnessing a game of gotcha between the Conways.

^ What do you expect? They won't be welcome, and they know there's way too much covid kicking around in those kinds of meetings.

They're not dumb...

It is marketing. I am not sure it is completely about the album, or more a way to exploit his fans by selling merchandise. Sort of like how he incorporated the church into his bullshit. By saying he is running, but never actually running he avoids the problems of dealing with the FEC and the rules associated with actually running. He is a better con man than he is a musician. I would say he has seen what Trump did and realized the mistake of actually getting involved with an actual political career. It is a great time to say he is running when he cannot get into the election, but he can collect support money. As long as he does not collect his money through a real campaign he does not have to follow the laws regarding it.

If Kanye wants to run for president now, will it be a Late Registration?

DAMMMN

It has nothing to do with covid or being welcome. It is their con angle. Collins has to back off of trump because people have figured out she is republican when it counts and her image is that of being a northern republican who might be socially liberal, but really isn't. Mittens is setting himself up for another run trying to be the conservative who stood strong during the trump years. That might actually work to give him what he lacked last time, which was a personality. He cannot be seen in the swamp with trump if he is going to be the conservative who stands by his ideals.

As for murkowski she seems to be playing the long game also.

They turned down their invitations to the trump party a long time ago. Mittens was wise to do so. I think he has set himself up in good position for 2024 if trump loses this election. The dems will be stuck with biden unless he resigns or dies. You toss mittens some nice recovery bills and some good speeches and people might just want to get away from the freak show candidates for a while.

Why the fuck would Kanye actually want to be president? Trump fucked up and won because he did not want to be president. He wanted the money and fame. He wanted the bribes. He has not wanted to be president at all. Kanye is smarter than he is, but the same thing. Kanye cannot be running his scams as president. He cannot be going to parties and giving concerts. All Kanye cares about is merchandise.

Yes, he is manic, egotistical, and narcissistic. I am sure ruling the world appeals to him, and he probably fantasizes about it. But he does not want to do the work and have everyone blame him for shit. He can tweet about it, and play pretend. Kanye does not want to be in a room with a lot of smart people trying to keep up. What better way to prove you are not a genius than to have actual problems around and smart people advising you, and you are like trump and cannot deal with real problems and understand the smart people. Kanye should be smart enough to realize he needs to stay as far away from intelligent people as possible because the comparison is not flattering. This is why he married kim. She is another con, but she is dumber than a stump so she won't show him up.

https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-says-he-had-covid-19-speaks-against-vaccines-2703611

Okay, you know what? Go Kanye go. Looks like it's the crazy vote he'll be splitting after all.

Those Lincoln Project videos are very well edited. Top-notch work.

They’re doing god’s work.

One of the leading Republican campaign advisors, Rick Wilson, is behind them. I have a feeling he knows some talented people.