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emblem-man
07/08/24 2:19:57 PM
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What also scares me is, will all the people who are wanting Biden to step down actually rally around whoever is chosen? Will they rally around Harris or anyone else? I don't think they will, and that's worrying.

Will the far left agree that a Midwestern moderate with more moderate policies than Biden is what's needed and will they actually vote for that?


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Umbreon
07/08/24 2:21:01 PM
#101:


Stephen King is allowed his opinion. I disagree with it, but let's not turn this into "shut up and dribble".


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Shadow_Don
07/08/24 2:21:59 PM
#102:


emblem-man posted...
What also scares me is, will all the people who are wanting Biden to step down actually rally around whoever is chosen? Will they rally around Harris or anyone else? I don't think they will, and that's worrying.

Yea thats another issue.

I wonder if a lot of people pushing this idea are simply hoping their candidate gets in?

By far the most likely scenario is biden endorses kamala and they pick her at the dnc. Is that gonna fly with everyone screaming about the dnc rigging elections the last 8 years?

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emblem-man
07/08/24 2:22:30 PM
#103:


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Bro....no. If 2024 is so important then you make choices that give you the best chance of winning. Him doing his best doesn't matter if his best is not enough. I am an absolute Biden admin stan. I've been singing the praises of the admin the last 4 years. It's all about optics (any my God do I hate that it is) and at this point and he is losing the battle. We play the game in front of us.

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Nok_Su_Kow
07/08/24 2:24:47 PM
#104:


TheGoldenEel posted...
Biden is forcing himself out with his weak performance

all he had to do was literally not just sleepwalk at the debate, but hes old and his facilities are deteriorating and he couldnt handle it

He's doing no such thing. Only Biden will decide if he's unfit to continue and step down and lol at thinking debate performance predicts election wins.
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Umbreon
07/08/24 2:26:56 PM
#105:


Again all these people calling for Biden to drop out without a plan on what to do after that

Say he drops out today. Who the fuck do we put in?

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--Zero-
07/08/24 2:27:56 PM
#106:


Hilarious how many people turn their back and are willing to let the country be destroyed over one poor debate performance.

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UltimateWing
07/08/24 2:28:39 PM
#107:


From Parody Jack Smith:

https://twitter.com/7Veritas4/status/1809420068247216362

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Nok_Su_Kow
07/08/24 2:34:00 PM
#110:


Umbreon posted...
Say he drops out today. Who the f*** do we put in?

The only formal responsible thing to do is for him to resign and declare Harris as the new president and incumbent candidate. I mean some won't vote for her because of her "electability" or some poor excuse, despite her being overly qualified.

But you see, nobody actually wants Biden to quit now, because they can't for the life of them pinpoint a single distressing misstep he's done in actual governance. They just don't want him to run again and rather hand it over when his time is up in January, which is absolutely bonkers. Like the two rules of thought there make zero sense.
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legendary_zell
07/08/24 2:44:28 PM
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I don't think it's gonna happen without a public or private meltdown or two. I don't think the party could pull off the herculean task of selecting a new person, rallying around them, and building the infrastructure in four months. They'd have to fight through the media sharks circling about how the party failed. They'd have to deal with allegations of being anti-democratic. They'd have to deal with the fallout of skipping Harris. They'd have to deal with Republican efforts to lock in Biden/Harris on ballots regardless. They'd have to deal with the loss of funding that's restricted to Biden/Harris. There's countless other obstacles as well.

It's an incredibly dicey position we're in. It's unfair. It's stupid. It never should have happened. But rallying around Biden is probably the best bet as long as Biden emphasizes Democratic strengths and effectively target's Trump's weaknesses/juices the anti-Trump vote. Basically, we're relying on the immune system of democracy when faced directly with fascism.

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neccis
07/08/24 2:45:49 PM
#113:


ItsNotA2Mer posted...
I mean, if the king of horror says so, it has to be right.
Every person who's not a politician should keep their mouths shut and just let the politicians do what they do. Nobody should be butting their noses in politics.

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LonelyStoner
07/08/24 3:28:20 PM
#115:


What were not gonna do is talk shit about my boy Stephen King. Hes always been an advocate for left leaning politics. He shits on Trump, Musk, and Bezos every chance he gets. Watch your mouths.

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Humble_Novice
07/08/24 3:35:16 PM
#116:


LonelyStoner posted...
What were not gonna do is talk shit about my boy Stephen King. Hes always been an advocate for left leaning politics. He shits on Trump, Musk, and Bezos every chance he gets. Watch your mouths.
Says the guy who wants us to vote 3rd party for this election.
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LonelyStoner
07/08/24 3:36:40 PM
#117:


Humble_Novice posted...
Says the guy who wants us to vote 3rd party for this election.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80805846/981201924
I didnt say this election. I said there are better options than the two parties that are forced upon us. Its cute that you held onto this, though.

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CrimsonGear80
07/08/24 4:08:02 PM
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unless he can also provide the name of a viable candidate who can take over the ticket and guarantee that they can beat Trump with 5 months out until election day, then saying you want Biden to step-down is basically saying that you want Trump to win. Sorry Stephen, but take that opinion and shove it.

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SauI_Goodman
07/08/24 4:37:55 PM
#120:


Humble_Novice posted...
Says the guy who wants us to vote 3rd party for this election.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80805846/981201924
And what's wrong with that? If you all truly were sick of this shit like you claim you'd put someone else in there. But I guess biden's "good enough".

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Badasi12b
07/08/24 4:41:46 PM
#121:


Quezovercoatl posted...
I don't understand why they don't realize it's a trap. The reasonable thing would be for someone younger to run, I get it. But when you're running against a strongman type politician you can't just go with reasonable. They hate weakness. Strongmen thrive on acting tough and pouncing on any sign of weakness. This is just giving him ammunition. And imagine if they actually DID switch candidates this late.

Trump would NEVER stop mocking them about that. Every single day, every single interview, "Those Democrats, huh? Can't keep a candidate for more than a month huh? What losers."

You repeat nonsense enough people start to believe it.

They would be huge hypocrites... Look at the Speaker of the House debacle. LOL

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LonelyStoner
07/08/24 4:47:24 PM
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SauI_Goodman posted...
And what's wrong with that? If you all truly were sick of this shit like you claim you'd put someone else in there. But I guess biden's "good enough".
He has the political understanding of a teaspoon.

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RchHomieQuanChi
07/08/24 4:54:41 PM
#124:


It's just a shame that this is yet another example of left-leaning voters pointing something out and the Democrats ignoring these concerns until it's too late.

Unfortunately, replacing Biden mere months before the election just ain't in the cards anymore. Nothing we can really do at this point but commit to him and hope that all of the bullshit surrounding Trump and the GOP outweighs the concerns about Biden's age in the eyes of voters....though I agree with everyone else that it's beyond stupid that people care more about Biden's age than Trump's....everything else.

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rick_alverado
07/08/24 4:55:25 PM
#125:


People who are okay with him assisting in a genocide, but have turned on him over a poor debate performance are really telling on themselves, and what they consider important.
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Sandalorn
07/08/24 5:09:25 PM
#126:


rick_alverado posted...
People who are okay with him assisting in a genocide, but have turned on him over a poor debate performance are really telling on themselves, and what they consider important.


Can you scurry up a list of gamefaqs users that have said they are OK with how Biden is handling Gaza?

I would absolutely love to see this list.
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rick_alverado
07/08/24 5:17:39 PM
#127:


Sandalorn posted...
Can you scurry up a list of gamefaqs users that have said they are OK with how Biden is handling Gaza?

I would absolutely love to see this list.

Not sure why you thought I was referring to GameFAQs users? This is a topic about Stephen King, who I assume is not a GameFAQs user (although I suppose I could be wrong about that).
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ItsNotA2Mer
07/08/24 5:20:20 PM
#128:


neccis posted...
Every person who's not a politician should keep their mouths shut and just let the politicians do what they do. Nobody should be butting their noses in politics.

My comment was obviously sarcasm, Stephen King doesn't have some magical insight into politics just because he's an author.
But acting like politics somehow isn't the business of voters is a pretty hilarious take.

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Mega_Mana
07/08/24 5:21:46 PM
#129:


Stephen King clearly remembering the 03-04 series where Grady Little kept Pedro in too long.

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LonelyStoner
07/08/24 5:23:49 PM
#130:


rick_alverado posted...
Not sure why you thought I was referring to GameFAQs users? This is a topic about Stephen King, who I assume is not a GameFAQs user (although I suppose I could be wrong about that).
He only charged a dollar for one of his quotes to be used in the first Alan Wake game so.maybe?

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ClayGuida
07/08/24 5:49:04 PM
#131:


TheGoldenEel posted...
Biden is forcing himself out with his weak performance

all he had to do was literally not just sleepwalk at the debate, but hes old and his facilities are deteriorating and he couldnt handle it
What weak performance? A bad debate doesn't erase 40 years of public service. 12 hours after the debate he was on stage exciting a group of people in North Carolina.

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Humble_Novice
07/08/24 5:51:03 PM
#132:


ClayGuida posted...
What weak performance? A bad debate doesn't erase 40 years of public service. 12 hours after the debate he was on stage exciting a group of people in North Carolina.
Apparently, lots of Democratic voters think that the average American prefer Trump more based on the poll as well as the demeanor of Democratic insiders. If you ask me, this race may actually give us an opportunity to see if electoral polls are truly 100% accurate. After all, we were informed that there would be a red wave in midterms.
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Quezovercoatl
07/08/24 6:24:46 PM
#133:


Badasi12b posted...
They would be huge hypocrites... Look at the Speaker of the House debacle. LOL
They are huge hypocrites. Haven't you noticed that yet? A fact is ignored when it is inconvenient and only return when it helps them. They can believe two contradictory things. 1984 etc.
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loafy013
07/08/24 6:32:50 PM
#134:


ClayGuida posted...
Source for 80%? Polls show otherwise.

"80% of Fox Viewers say he's unfit"
"99% of Fox Viewers say Trump is fit"
This is why i have a hard time putting too much faith in these polls. Who are they asking that think Biden has dementia, but think trump sounds like he is perfectly coherent.

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Toonstrack
07/08/24 8:58:50 PM
#135:


I think when numbers come in theres simply not enough trump supporters relative to non trump supporters. I think what we saw the turnout was in 2020 was as much as its gonna be get. I'll be surprised if the numbers exceed that

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ClayGuida
07/08/24 9:31:00 PM
#136:


Toonstrack posted...
I think when numbers come in theres simply not enough trump supporters relative to non trump supporters. I think what we saw the turnout was in 2020 was as much as its gonna be get. I'll be surprised if the numbers exceed that
It'll go up, they always tend to, new people are coming of age, while the older population dies off slower so the pool of age eligible voters simply increases year after year.

Remember, 4 years is a long time. A lot of these kids were 10 or 12 when Trump first got elected and now they'll be voting.

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Toonstrack
07/08/24 10:21:34 PM
#137:


ClayGuida posted...
It'll go up, they always tend to, new people are coming of age, while the older population dies off slower so the pool of age eligible voters simply increases year after year.

Remember, 4 years is a long time. A lot of these kids were 10 or 12 when Trump first got elected and now they'll be voting.

I also don't believe there's a ton of 18 year old trumpers. They're out there but 90% of people that age group from what I csn see either lean left or are doing the libertarian"both sides/all politics bad" thing

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Humble_Novice
07/08/24 10:24:51 PM
#138:


Guess who wants more people to vote for Biden?
https://www.reddit.com/r/LeopardsAteMyFace/comments/1dyj4au/i_dont_need_to_tell_people_who_dick_cheney_is_or/
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Kradek
07/08/24 10:32:48 PM
#139:


Umbreon posted...
Stephen King is allowed his opinion. I disagree with it, but let's not turn this into "shut up and dribble".


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Kaitouace
07/08/24 10:33:49 PM
#140:


To be fair, that video was something like 2 years ago. Plus Trump recently called for his daughter to be tried in a televised military tribunal for treason.

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ClayGuida
07/09/24 1:11:03 AM
#141:


Toonstrack posted...
I also don't believe there's a ton of 18 year old trumpers. They're out there but 90% of people that age group from what I csn see either lean left or are doing the libertarian"both sides/all politics bad" thing
Honestly, I do. With the rise of Tate and other alt right influencers on YouTube I have no doubt in my mind there's an army of fuckwads out there.

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Humble_Novice
07/09/24 1:17:39 AM
#142:


ClayGuida posted...
Honestly, I do. With the rise of Tate and other alt right influencers on YouTube I have no doubt in my mind there's an army of fuckwads out there.
Speaking of Tate: https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/jul/08/andrew-tate-and-his-brother-tristan-accused-of-being-serial-tax-evaders
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Billyionaire
07/10/24 7:26:27 PM
#143:


Quorthon109 posted...
Weird. Normally you'd assume people who say this shit just want Trump to win, but everything I've ever seen from Stephen King doesn't suggest that at all. I guess he's just a dumbass.

You're reminding me of when non-Trump folks were warning the left of the very real chance of Trump winning in 2016 but everyone on the left just shot them down.

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Antiyonder
07/10/24 7:54:51 PM
#144:


So he finally became the bullies he wrote about.

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Kradek
07/11/24 3:58:48 AM
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Kaitouace posted...
To be fair, that video was something like 2 years ago. Plus Trump recently called for his daughter to be tried in a televised military tribunal for treason.

Pretty sure you mean his niece, Mary Trump.

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gaminggamer13
07/11/24 5:02:42 AM
#146:


Rich white person is a closeted fascist. Water is wet.
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Kradek
07/11/24 5:03:53 AM
#147:


gaminggamer13 posted...
Rich white person is a closeted fascist. Water is wet.

I don't think that's King, I think that he, like many others, are emotionally freaking out and worrying about Trump winning the election, especially given that King has been a staunch critic of Trump.

As a celebrity who has criticized him, he especially has a reason to fear for this outcome.

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gaminggamer13
07/11/24 5:07:13 AM
#148:


Kradek posted...
I don't think that's King, I think that he, like many others, are emotionally freaking out and worrying about Trump winning the election, especially given that King has been a staunch critic of Trump.

As a celebrity who has criticized him, he especially has a reason to fear for this outcome.

Like that one guy said earlier in the topic, clamouring and begging for Biden to step down literally means endorsing Trump. Its not a hard concept to grasp.

He has the money to retire in a rich mansion if what you are saying is true, whoever becomes the president won't affect him in the slightest because he has the popularity and money to suck it up.

Its the poor people who don't have such luxuries like he does that has to fight tooth and nail for America not to fall into fascism.
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Tora_Sami
07/11/24 5:12:55 AM
#149:


To anyone dissing on Stephan King. He has been a staunch defender of Biden and a Democrat. If he wants Biden to step down, then it's cause he honestly believes that he needs to. He ain't no doomer usually either. This just shows how much Biden screwed up on that debate. Which is very unfortunate and scares me in thinking trump might actually win this shit. Biden puling out is worse then him staying in. It freaking sucks but this is the reality.

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Kradek
07/11/24 5:16:14 AM
#150:


gaminggamer13 posted...
Like that one guy said earlier in the topic, clamouring and begging for Biden to step down literally means endorsing Trump. Its not a hard concept to grasp.

I do agree that this infighting is the greatest gift Trump could asking for and that he wants it to continue as it best serves his interests.

gaminggamer13 posted...
He has the money to retire in a rich mansion if what you are saying is true, whoever becomes the president won't affect him in the slightest because he has the popularity and money to suck it up.

He's criticized Trump in the past. No amount of money is going to save him from Trumps retribution. I wish more of our mainstream media understood this.

gaminggamer13 posted...
Its the poor people who don't have such luxuries like he does that has to fight tooth and nail for America not to fall into fascism.

Yes, I agree that it's everybody else who has to fight harder for their rights and freedoms as anybody not a wealthy elite is inherently the Republican's target.

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