President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

Quoting myself to note that I messed up and meant to say "Taylor Swift endorsing Kamala immediately after the debate grabs the attention of the exact people who were probably not watching TV last night and points at the stupid stuff like a 20-something sharing a meme.

God, it's been a day.

 

Absent the price of gas, or loose money policy at the Fed or price supports for soybeans, I wonder if Taylor Swift has some insight into the hard knock politics of being an American woman.

I wonder.

 

this is joe biden's america

 

Again, does Trump seem like he has spent even a nanosecond as POTUS? More like drunk racist at b-dubs for the past 16 years.

 

I watched the first taylor swift movie - Miss Americana - where just was just jumping into the political fray. I can't remember her talking about anything but women's rights and women's reproductive rights in that movie. As she is still a young woman, I do not think at all she is disconnected from the issues of most American women.

Edit - this echoes what @Azrael said three posts above this,

 

This feels a bit like Obama to me. I was somewhat aware from the 2004 DNC. But when he got rolling in 2007 I got on board quickly. Mostly because for most of my voting life at that point, all I had basically were Bushes and Clintons on the ballot. And it was old and stale.

Just like trump is now.

Edit to add: I am no way saying this is any way in the bag for Harris. Just more of the "new, fresh" feel at this point in the election season.

 

Last night’s debate earned an overnight rating of 32.8 and a 70 share across eight networks. That’s +28% higher than the Trump-Biden debate earlier this year.

 

Along with wanting to see her and if she said anything of substance regarding plans, I'd guess the majority wanted to watch him and see if he melted down, had a stroke or anything else.

 

Introducing the US Post Office new line of stamps circa 2064.

 

The only thing better than posting something dumb once is doing it twice!

 

Wendell Willkie capturing the 1940 GOP nomination was quite shocking. He was a business leader who only switched from the Dems to the GOP the previous year. Still. FDR defeated him soundly in the general election.