Thread: 2020 US Presidential Race

Originally Posted by TommyB

They proudly displayed graph after graph to show how in fact it was only 19 out of 20 and not 20 out of 20. Brilliant!

Care to share a link?

Originally Posted by TommyB

Sleepy, creepy Joe has been in politics for 47 years not 50 and has achieved nothing except lining his families pockets with quid pro quo money. Oh, and of course all his work supporting segregation!

More orange trumpanzee worship. You lemmings have short necks.

Originally Posted by TommyB

So well done for pointing out it was 47 not 50. Such a powerful argument.

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Still waiting for a lemming like you to post some facts. This is not Kellyanne Conway's house of alternative facts.

On the first night of the Republican National Convention, the party aired a segment featuring Catalina and Madeline Lauf warning of dire consequences if Democratic candidate Joe Biden is elected president.
“This is a taste of Biden’s America,” one sister says in a voiceover as images of protests play onscreen. “The rioting, the crime. Freedom is at stake now and this is going to be the most important election of our lifetime.”

Small problem: That's Barcelona.

One of many lies from last night.

Originally Posted by bsnub

More right wing propaganda. You are a good lemming.

No, it's a fact. It's exactly what she did. Found a left wing source for you so you don't start crying about 'propaganda'

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/chicago-mayor-defends-beefed-police-presence-home-72506782

Originally Posted by bsnub

Marxist mob? You do not even know what a fucking Marxist is you imbecile.

If I didn't, all I'd have to do is go to the BLM website and learn. It's right there in black and white in their mission statement.

Originally Posted by bsnub

I have been there before. Boon Mee said the same thing about Obama getting elected back in 2008 and 2012. Both times he didn't show his face on the forum for a year after that. The charade is up bozo you and your orange god are going to be out on your ears. #Drumpfinhandcuffs2021 #Lockhimup!

Have you even started to think about how you're going to handle Trumps re-election? Seriously, I think the TDS could actually put people in straight jackets. Best you start introducing yourself to that reality bit by bit. See you in November.

Originally Posted by bsnub

Care to share a link?

Sure thing. 19 out of 20 per 10k residents (the other being an independent not Republican) and another graph showing 17 out of 20 were Democrat (2 independents and 1 Republican) Way to highlight what a whopper of a lie saying 20 out of 20 was. Busted!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/06/25/trump-keeps-claiming-that-most-dangerous-cities-america-are-all-run-by-democrats-they-aren't/

Originally Posted by bsnub

More orange trumpanzee worship. You lemmings have short necks.

You really need to be careful. The word 'trumpanzee' is becoming somewhat of a verbal tick. I'm worried in November you'll just be running around the street screaming it from the top of your voice.

Originally Posted by bsnub

Still waiting for a lemming like you to post some facts. This is not Kellyanne Conway's house of alternative facts.

You want me to post proof that Sleepy Joe has been in politics for 47 years?? Even CNN will tell you that!

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Small problem: That's Barcelona.

Not the first time fox and these trumpanzees have lied.

Fox News published digitally altered and misleading images on its website's homepage Friday that made a demonstration in Seattle, in which a group of largely peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters have occupied six city blocks, appear violent and dangerous.The deceitful tactic was called out by The Seattle Times. The local newspaper reported that when it asked Fox News about the images, the network removed them.

Fox News' depiction of the demonstration mirrors much of right-wing media's attempt to portray it as menacing. Protesters have declared a small slice of Seattle an "autonomous zone" after clashes with authorities led police to evacuate a precinct. While there have been some sightings of armed individuals, the area has remained largely peaceful with people gathering for food, speeches, and movie screenings.

The narrative that took hold this week in right-wing circles was one in which armed members of Antifa seized a section of Seattle. City officials have said they have not interacted with members of Antifa, a network of loosely affiliated groups that have a history of violently clashing with right-wing organizations.

"It's not an armed takeover," Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan said on CNN Thursday night. "It's not a military junta."

President Trump has, however, seemingly seized on reports in right-wing media, calling the protesters "domestic terrorists" and threatening to use federal force to clear them out of the area.
Despite a description by the President that is at odds with the reality on the ground, Fox News has continued to present the situation as dangerous. Its publishing of altered and misleading images on its highly-trafficked website was the latest — and arguably the most egregious — example of that.

Among the photos that Fox News published on its homepage was one that showed a protester running past a burning vehicle and building with the headline "CRAZY TOWN" blaring across the website. The image, which accompanied a story about the situation in Seattle, was in fact taken from the unrest last month in Minnesota.

In other photos that showed the scene in Seattle, Fox News digitally added an image of a man armed with an assault rifle.

A spokesperson for Fox News pointed CNN on Saturday morning to an editor's note that was appended to stories the network published with the misleading images.

"A FoxNews.com home page photo collage which originally accompanied this story included multiple scenes from Seattle's 'Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone' and of wreckage following recent riots," the note read. "The collage did not clearly delineate between these images, and has since been replaced. In addition, a recent slideshow depicting scenes from Seattle mistakenly included a picture from St. Paul. Fox News regrets these errors."

The network also provided a Friday comment to The Seattle Times.

"We have replaced our photo illustration with the clearly delineated images of a gunman and a shattered storefront, both of which were taken this week in Seattle's autonomous zone," a Fox News spokesperson told the newspaper.

The Seattle Times, however, reported that the statement was inaccurate. The newspaper pointed out that "the gunman photo was taken June 10, while storefront images it was melded with were datelined May 30 by Getty Images."

Photojournalism ethics experts told The Seattle Times that Fox News behaved inappropriately when it published the digitally altered images.

"I think it's disgraceful propaganda and terribly misrepresentative of documentary journalism in times like this, when truth-telling and accountability is so important," Kenny Irby, a photojournalism ethics expert, told the newspaper. "There is no attribution. There is no acknowledgment of the montage, and it's terribly misleading."

Akili Ramsess, executive director of the National Press Photographers Association, told The Seattle Times that it was "completely egregious to manipulate this the way they have done."

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/13/media...est/index.html

Originally Posted by TommyB

You don't work for The Washington Post do you? They recently, hilariously fact checked Trump's claim that the top 20 most violent cities in the US were run by Democrats. They proudly displayed graph after graph to show how in fact it was only 19 out of 20 and not 20 out of 20. Brilliant!

Sleepy, creepy Joe has been in politics for 47 years not 50 and has achieved nothing except lining his families pockets with quid pro quo money. Oh, and of course all his work supporting segregation!

So well done for pointing out it was 47 not 50. Such a powerful argument.

You just made an argument on my behalf and won it against yourself. Well done.

For your next trick punch yourself in the face to own the libs.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Small problem: That's Barcelona.

One of many lies from last night.

Regardless, what's going on in the states NOW is TRUMPS America.

It's ironic that the Republicans are basically telling Americans "Vote for us or you'll die" when they've killed 180,000 (and rising).

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

You just made an argument on my behalf and won it against yourself. Well done.

For your next trick punch yourself in the nuts to own the libs.

FTFY.

Originally Posted by TommyB

Sleepy, creepy Joe has been in politics for 47 years not 50 and has achieved nothing except lining his families pockets with quid pro quo money. Oh, and of course all his work supporting segregation!

Later in 1969, Biden ran to represent the 4th district on the New Castle County Council with a liberal platform that included support for public housing in the suburban area.[27][41] He won by 2,000 votes in the usually Republican district and a bad year for Democrats in the state.[27][9]:59 Even before taking his seat, he was already talking about running for the U.S. Senate in a couple of years.[9]:59 He served on the County Council from 1970 to 1972[2
Joe Biden - Wikipedia

With this figures it comes over 50 years... (but perhaps he hasn't "been at helm", just keeping the positions...

Originally Posted by Klondyke

With this figures it comes over 50 years... (but perhaps he hasn't "been at helm", just keeping the positions...

How long has trump been driving anything he run into bankruptcy?

Originally Posted by Klondyke

With this figures it comes over 50 years... (but perhaps he hasn't "been at helm", just keeping the positions...

The point is, he's either disputing the amount of years or the fact you said he was at the 'helm' instead of just saying 'in positions of power' or something similar, but at no point rebuts the claim that he's achieved absolutely nothing or provided a list of things he has achieved as a counter argument. Nothing but hot air and zero substance. They think saying 'Orange man bad' over and over is an intelligent argument, and that's why they're all going to be totally flabbergasted come November.

Originally Posted by bsnub

We can only hope

https://www.thedailybeast.com/four-r...officials-say?

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Trump just told another epic amount of lies during the last night of the RNC, some about Covid that are going to cost more lives.

In fact the whole RNC was nothing much more than a lie-fest and celebration of corruption.

And unashamed nepotism and greed.

Originally Posted by TommyB

he's achieved absolutely nothing

Nevertheless, his life time achievement was hilarious kicking out of Ukraine Prosecutor in exchange for $1M - all that in live TV broadcast - so proud on that (yes we can)...

Originally Posted by bsnub

I see it all over the web. These fox news watching brainwashed lemmings buy anything that network and their orange god spews out. The reality is that most of these protests are contained to a couple of square blocks for the most part and most of the rest of us in these cities go about our business without noticing a thing.

I live in Seattle and you would never even know that there was rioting here at all. Even while it was happening. It is just right wing fearmongering at its finest and lemmings like this clown lap it up.

So your okay with rioting as long as it stays away from you?

Originally Posted by Buckaroo Banzai

How long has trump been driving anything he run into bankruptcy?

Anything???

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Compared to the virtual Zoom meeting that was the Democratic convention, the Republican show was dazzling in style and quite strong in substance, too.

Trump went into granular detail about his first-term agenda, rightfully pointing out that many of the promises he made, he kept.

He pulled America out of the Paris Climate Accord and the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, approved hundreds of conservative judges, moved the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, invested heavily in the military, oversaw the end of the ISIS caliphate, and started building a wall on the southern border.

It's somewhat inconsequential whether his opponents believe these were largely bad ideas. The fact is he delivered them.


Conversely, he portrayed his opponent Joe Biden's 47-year record as a "shameful roll call of the most catastrophic betrayals and blunders of our lifetime" through his support for the Iraq War, his praise for the rise of China and his labelling of Trump's early coronavirus travel ban as "xenophobic".

For a leader trailing in the polls, Trump's convention was also a prime-time opportunity to re-write American perceptions.

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The United States has 4 per cent of the world's population, but 25 per cent of its confirmed coronavirus cases.
About 180,000 people have died, a number that increases by about 1,000 per day.

Nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of the President's handling of the pandemic.

But this week Trump's response was depicted as a triumph, complete with testimonials from frontline health workers and the bold promise of a vaccine "before the end of the year".

On the issue of immigration, Trump spent much of his first-term pitch demonising Mexican migrants as "criminals, drug dealers [and] rapists".

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One of the most striking elements of the recent Black Lives Matter protests has been the support from white Americans.
But in recent weeks, there's been a subtle shift.

Unfavourable views of police are trending down toward their pre-protest levels.

And the number of people who believe there's systemic racism in America is also slipping from record highs.

It seems there was a level of acceptance regarding the violence, destruction and looting in the days and weeks after George Floyd was killed.


But with cities like Portland, Chicago and New York still facing regular bouts of unrest, tolerance is wearing thin.
After police shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back this week in Kenosha, his mother begged people to stop the violence and looting, saying her family is "quite frankly disgusted" with the civil unrest.

That night in Kenosha, three people were shot — two of them fatally — as mobs roamed the streets again.

For weeks, Trump has been attacking the Democratic mayors and governors responsible for cities where violence and looting continues on a regular basis.

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At the conclusion of Trump's convention, guests were met by angry protesters as they left the grounds of the White House.

Senator Rand Paul thanked police for "literally saving our lives" from a mob that surged around him and his wife as they tried to get to their hotel.


Other videos on social media showed an elderly couple being verbally abused and others being harangued down the street by mask-wearing protesters. Media were also targeted.

One by one, camera crews — including the ABC — were confronted by a small element of the crowd, verbally abused and physically pushed out of Black Lives Matter plaza.

Originally Posted by RPETER65

So your okay with rioting as long as it stays away from you?

That is not the point though, is it? Your propaganda networks are lying about these protests and riots. Fox got caught red-handed lying going so far as to digitally alter pictures to make a peaceful protest here in Seattle look like a riot.

Are you ok with your news sources lying to you? Because people like you sure sound stupid when you make a big fuss about cities burning and on and on when those of us that live in these cities actually are seeing something completely different.

It just makes people like you look like gullible idiots.

Originally Posted by bsnub

That is not the point though, is it? Your propaganda networks are lying about these protests and riots. Fox got caught red-handed lying going so far as to digitally alter pictures to make a peaceful protest here in Seattle look like a riot.

Are you ok with your news sources lying to you? Because people like you sure sound stupid when you make a big fuss about cities burning and on and on when those of us that live in these cities actually are seeing something completely different.

It just makes people like you look like gullible idiots.

Considering you really don’t know what my news resources are I will take that part with a grain of salt. Yes Fox News did mislead on the shut down of the Capital District and then corrected themselves. So moving on into the present with rioting continuing and property being defaced are you now ready to disavow the actions of the far left in these riots.which is exactly my point you sit back in your nice quiet neighborhood seemingly being okay with other areas that have been totally disrupted by these riots that Fox News is supposedly lying about. Not one word from you calling for the end of riots across America even costing the lives of your fellow citizens.