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Harris Vs Trump 2024 US Presidential election - read the warning in the OP posted 18/09/24

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  • #14642
    Yvonne007
    Site Banned Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭Yvonne007


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122806814#Comment_122806814

    Lol. You are proving my point for me.

    People who voted for Trump were either Trump fans or sick of Democrats. They may have held their nose and voted Republican because they felt their country was in decline.

    Also, people who were undecided may have chosen not to side with people who sneer and jeer them because they weren't 100% Kamala.



  • #14643
    Tell me how
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,829 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807026#Comment_122807026

    It actually made me smile. I read it and was like, 'Thank you, that's exactly what I expect some posters on here to be thinking, and then one of you goes and sets up an account specifically to tell us'. It's very telling.



  • #14644
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,252 ✭✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807004#Comment_122807004

    Naw- Democrat counter propaganda - reeks of it 🤪



  • #14645
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 29,756 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Just like in 2016, I woke this morning to a good laugh!!

    For all the accusations of stupidity, racism, far-right and all that other idiotic nonsense, it turns out that people just don't like being talked down to and insulted by rich, cossetted celebrities, politicians, and their friends in the media. It didn't help that their candidate was a charisma vacuum with all the appeal of a soggy bag of chips.

    Trump at least ran in an election. He may be a terrible human being but it's not supposed to be about who you like best, but who you think will get the job done.

    The Dems have only themselves to blame. If they had any self-awareness they should spend the next 4 years looking inward at how it all went wrong.



  • #14646
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,276 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807045#Comment_122807045

    They love doubling down on the cowardly parody they are.



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  • #14647
    dalyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,501 ✭✭✭dalyboy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807021#Comment_122807021

    the weapons manufacturers in the US will be very unhappy too. People who have problems solving five point ‘join the dot’ puzzles will not be be able to appreciate this unhappiness though.



  • #14648
    scottser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭scottser


    Well, that's just **** depressing.



  • #14649
    Jinglejangle69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,441 ✭✭✭Jinglejangle69


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807052#Comment_122807052

    Elon Musk, hulk hogan, kid rock, Joe Rogan, etc etc???



  • #14650
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,276 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807044#Comment_122807044

    You dont often see copium from the winners.



  • #14651
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,350 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122806722#Comment_122806722

    The big difference with Ireland is there isn't, and I can't stress this enough, a sensible alternative. We've had the history of FG Vs FF for a century with coalitions(Labour, Greens etc) to make up the numbers for one of them to get in. Now FFG are one party, the Greens aren't needed(thank Christ and good riddance)to make up the numbers and Sinn Fein's policies vary with the wind aimed at whatever will get them in. Yahoos like PBP and the NP are loons with bugger all support. Independents are a very variable lot, but couldn't form a party because they vary too much and even if one was the Second Coming of sense and sensibility it matters not a jot.

    As for America, well Americans have voted and they want Trump. Outside of his core nutters screaming they're eating the dogs & killing the squirrels! I suspect for many it was as much they didn't want Harris. Trump is a grifter, but the culture has always had a soft spot for same and tends to go for the sizzle not the steak and Trump is all about the sizzle. Well he couldn't even sell steaks... Harris redefined lacklustre and imho for many a vote for her was more about Not Trump, than pro her.

    Imho what they really got was Vance and for me Vance is potentially way worse than Trump and now they have him a heartbeat away from the reins and when Trump goes away, either during his four years or after, Vance is a near shoe in for president down the line.

    Many worry about Artificial Intelligence. I worry far more about Organic Idiocy.



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  • #14652
    Gerrymandering reborn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭Gerrymandering reborn


    Trump is a real person. A real person has flaws. The Democrats assassination attempt on him and throwing Legal cases at him did not go unnoticed by the public.

    ✅ Red Wave drowns democrats

    ✅ Woke Liberal Meltdown in USA



  • #14653
    DrPsychia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 673 ✭✭✭DrPsychia


    A dark day for the United States and it's allies. Unbelievable how they could vote in such a disgusting human being



  • #14654
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,582 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122806952#Comment_122806952

    He will pardon himself, change a few things to keep his backers happy and then go play golf for 4 years while letting the state look after itself. A lame duck president would be a great result for the most part.



  • #14655
    Iecrawfc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭Iecrawfc


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122806947#Comment_122806947

    They've nobody else to blame, the republicans have been given the keys to the kingdom now, let's see what they do with it..I'm sure Musk, Miller, Bannon, Thiel etc. are spinning up their wildest fantasies now to implement in their first 100 days...nobody can say they were hoodwinked or misinformed in their vote



  • #14656
    Tell me how
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,829 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807052#Comment_122807052

    For all the accusations of stupidity, racism, far-right and all that other idiotic nonsense, it turns out that people just don't like being talked down to and insulted by rich, cossetted celebrities, politicians, and their friends in the media.

    Or, you know, they like the racism, and far right ideology and controlling women and ignoring facts and so on and so on.

    This 'oh they don't like being talked down to' I'm seeing from different directions this morning, is screaming, 'We know what he is, but it's your fault for how you told us'.

    We're not buying it, people of a particular mindset chose a candidate with a particular mindset. They didn't know for sure what that mindset was in 2016, they did yesterday.

    Also. you're going to have to lay off the 'rich cossetted celebrities, politicians and their friends in the media' nonsense given the richest man in America being on stage with Trump so much and the host of the worlds most popular podcast joining up with that man to endorse him at the weekend. Oh and 'members of the media' Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly appearing on stage at rallys with Trump in the last week or so.



  • #14657
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,315 ✭✭✭✭josip


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807018#Comment_122807018

    It was a very astute move by Finland. Decades of Finlandization, but then when the opportunity presented itself during the Biden window they seized it.



  • #14658
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,276 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807062#Comment_122807062

    Yeah that another hilarious excuse. Complaining about wealthy celebrities when Donnie fcking name checks Elon Musk in his acceptance speech.



  • #14659
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,582 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807069#Comment_122807069

    I hate to say it but I hope he makes it through, Vance may actually be a worse possibility, albeit more eloquent and together.



  • #14660
    Yvonne007
    Site Banned Posts: 1,331 ✭✭✭Yvonne007


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807063#Comment_122807063

    I neither won nor lost in this election.

    But if you feel like a loser… well



  • #14661
    Anything4883
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 193 ✭✭Anything4883


    I still dont believe he got shot in the ear !!



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  • #14662
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,408 ✭✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807082#Comment_122807082

    Are ~50% of Americans ignorant racist misogynistic far right bigots?

    Like ~75% of Irish people are far-right according to polls?



  • #14663
    pjohnson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,276 ✭✭✭✭pjohnson


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807107#Comment_122807107

    Oh of course you didn't. Youre a centerist I assume?



  • #14664
    DavidLyons_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,300 ✭✭✭DavidLyons_


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122806729#Comment_122806729

    Terrific post.



  • #14665
    Gerrymandering reborn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 407 ✭✭Gerrymandering reborn


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807074#Comment_122807074

    Keep crying. This level of hate for a person is mirrored in the Democratic Party and does not go unnoticed by the electorate.

    Mod Edit: Warning issued

    Post edited by Necro on


  • #14666
    paddyisreal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,875 ✭✭✭paddyisreal


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122806926#Comment_122806926

    Everywhere in the world had massive inflation after COVID, it wasn't bidens fault or trumps.



  • #14667
    Sleepy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 24,767 ✭✭✭✭Sleepy


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807105#Comment_122807105

    I dunno. Vance couldn't win a rigged election and is probably easier to buy off.

    Trump could very well win a third term in 2028 and since it's looking like he's going to have the house, the senate, the supreme court and the immunity shield they've given him this time that's a real possibility.

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  • #14668
    Oscar_Madison
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,252 ✭✭✭✭Oscar_Madison
    #MEGA MAKE EUROPE GREAT AGAIN


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807066#Comment_122807066

    “Imho what they really got was Vance and for me Vance is potentially 

    way

     worse than Trump and now they have him a heartbeat away from the reins and when Trump goes away, either during his four years or after, Vance is a near shoe in for president down the line.”

    Totally - a far more scarier prospect - I think the religious might be praying Trump stays alive for the next 4+ years



  • #14669
    Tell me how
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,829 ✭✭✭✭Tell me how


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122807111#Comment_122807111

    Are ~50% of Americans ignorant racist misogynistic far right bigots

    I don't know, but at least enough of them are to vote successfully for one of them as President.



  • #14670
    felonious_Gru
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 626 ✭✭✭felonious_Gru


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122806981#Comment_122806981

    That's not the same thing at all, Finland was never part of Russias sphere of influence, Ukraine was

    Like I said, the current situation where Ukraine looses countless people and the line barely moves is folly



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  • #14671
    yagan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,980 ✭✭✭yagan


    I guess they'll be reinstalling the diet coke button on the Oval office desk.

    I was a penniless immigrant in NY back in the late 80s and even then I could not understand why the guys I worked with in landscaping thought this Donald Trump guy was great. Their idea of a live show was a strip club. It was obvious that Trump was superficial, but I guess he was a poor guys estimation of what a rich guy was and they all felt they too could become him.

    I was an very average student in school in Ireland, but in the US I felt like a genius and that was probably the main reason I didn't stick around when there were plenty of avenues to get legal. The cops would be drinking in Irish bars with lads they knew were there illegally, it was different time.

    Honestly, this morning I feel it's only been reaffirmed that the US is getting a very representative president. It does feel like the end of the US era in global politics.



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