US Presidential Election 2024

[bovril]

2 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

Just now on the BBC 

 

“here in Tiny Dixville”  

I went and everyone knew who you were

[urban.spaceman]

31 minutes ago, bovril said:

I went and everyone knew who you were

A family of Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band fans live there, I’m told. 

[Parafox]

1 hour ago, shen said:

*Looks at avatar* yes, somehow I think you are right...

That might be his girlfriend... 

[Uncle Monty]

US resident here.

 

Shitting myself over another Trump presidency.

 

Somebody please tell me something positive about him coming in so I can have something to look forward to.

 

Unfortunately, I genuinely think he's going to win.

[Parafox]

13 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said:

A family of Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band fans live there, I’m told. 

Nothing wrong with the Bonzo's 

[Blue-fox]

1 minute ago, Uncle Monty said:

US resident here.

 

Shitting myself over another Trump presidency.

 

Somebody please tell me something positive about him coming in so I can have something to look forward to.

 

Unfortunately, I genuinely think he's going to win.

What makes you think that? I’ve thought he would win for a few weeks but now I think Harris will after the last 48 hours and how the polls seem to have shifted. (From the ones I’ve seen)

[EastAnglianFox]

4 minutes ago, Uncle Monty said:

US resident here.

 

Shitting myself over another Trump presidency.

 

Somebody please tell me something positive about him coming in so I can have something to look forward to.

 

Unfortunately, I genuinely think he's going to win.

Genuine question here

 

Was it that awful, and was your life affected for the worse over the 4 years that he previously had in charge?

[Uncle Monty]

1 minute ago, EastAnglianFox said:

Genuine question here

 

Was it that awful, and was your life affected for the worse over the 4 years that he previously had in charge?

Something that I've also asked myself and I'm lucky that I'm a white man.

 

I have to deal with my wife's constant anxiety over women's rights being restricted which impacts my mental health.

 

Seeing women in other states die due to abortion complications also gives me anxiety.

 

I have a whole list of mental health related stuff too.

 

Anyway, I asked for something Trump will do that will cheer me up, not give me another panic attack!

[Uncle Monty]

15 minutes ago, Blue-fox said:

What makes you think that? I’ve thought he would win for a few weeks but now I think Harris will after the last 48 hours and how the polls seem to have shifted. (From the ones I’ve seen)

I don't believe the polls after the Hilary election when they predicted a big win for her.

 

 

[leicsmac]

14 minutes ago, EastAnglianFox said:

Genuine question here

 

Was it that awful, and was your life affected for the worse over the 4 years that he previously had in charge?

 

7 minutes ago, Uncle Monty said:

Something that I've also asked myself and I'm lucky that I'm a white man.

 

I have to deal with my wife's constant anxiety over women's rights being restricted which impacts my mental health.

 

Seeing women in other states die due to abortion complications also gives me anxiety.

 

I have a whole list of mental health related stuff too.

 

Anyway, I asked for something Trump will do that will cheer me up, not give me another panic attack!

Additionally, people can and should vote based on other things than what affects them and only them right now.

 

Short term self interest is how a lot of the messes of the world start and continue.

Edited 5 November 2024 by leicsmac

[Daggers]

1 hour ago, EastAnglianFox said:

😂😂 I forgot we might be stuck with you all night

I've got a motorbike being delivered first thing, I'll be tucked up all toasty and staring at the bedroom door like a kid on Xmas Eve, listening out for Father Bikemass.

[EastAnglianFox]

6 minutes ago, Uncle Monty said:

Something that I've also asked myself and I'm lucky that I'm a white man.

 

I have to deal with my wife's constant anxiety over women's rights being restricted which impacts my mental health.

 

Seeing women in other states die due to abortion complications also gives me anxiety.

 

I have a whole list of mental health related stuff too.

 

Anyway, I asked for something Trump will do that will cheer me up, not give me another panic attack!

I appreciate the answer to my question which certainly wasn’t intended to cause any stress or panic.

 

 

[Uncle Monty]

6 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

 

Additionally, people can and should vote based on other things than what affects them and only them right now.

 

Short term self interest is how a lot of the messes of the world start and continue.

I agree with this but it was an honest question to ask.

 

What is the perception of the election in the UK?

[Parafox]

3 minutes ago, Daggers said:

I've got a motorbike being delivered first thing, I'll be tucked up all toasty and staring at the bedroom door like a kid on Xmas Eve, listening out for Father Bikemass.

Wow, Amazon deliver to your bedroom? 

 

Do you pay extra for that?

 

 

Edited 5 November 2024 by Parafox

[Uncle Monty]

1 minute ago, EastAnglianFox said:

I appreciate the answer to my question which certainly wasn’t intended to cause any stress or panic.

 

 

No problem pal, think I'm in overdrive today. I'm about over thinker by nature.

[EastAnglianFox]

2 minutes ago, Uncle Monty said:

No problem pal, think I'm in overdrive today. I'm about over thinker by nature.

Appreciate it mate, easy to say this end but maybe turn all devices/televisions off, book a nice restaurant for you and your Wife and take a few hours away from it all (easier said than done, I know)

 

 

[Dunge]

5 minutes ago, Uncle Monty said:

I agree with this but it was an honest question to ask.

 

What is the perception of the election in the UK?

Probably a feeling that Kamala Harris is a mediocre candidate coupled with a degree of disbelief that Trump can be one given the end of his last presidency and the fact that he’s barely coherent.

 

[leicsmac]

7 minutes ago, Uncle Monty said:

I agree with this but it was an honest question to ask.

 

What is the perception of the election in the UK?

Yeah, it's a fair question.

 

In the UK, from what I can tell, it's rather strange that the choice has a. come to this in the first place and b. is this close now that it has, given past events.

[Uncle Monty]

13 minutes ago, Dunge said:

Probably a feeling that Kamala Harris is a mediocre candidate coupled with a degree of disbelief that Trump can be one given the end of his last presidency and the fact that he’s barely coherent.

 

It's mental it's come to this.

 

I'm trying to find middle ground with people voting for Trump but the majority seem like insane cultists.

 

[ithuriel]

I'm still trying to figure out what make up he wears,  sometimes it looks like a dark tan on pink skin, sometimes orange on light pale skin, makes me wonder if it's like a Scooby doo unmasking when he retires for the night and has for Harris, a non entity right there. Are these really the best two from such a huge nation?

[shen]

1 minute ago, Parafox said:

That might be his girlfriend... 

In which case, what a di€k move on multiple levels 

 

50 minutes ago, Uncle Monty said:

US resident here.

 

Shitting myself over another Trump presidency.

 

Somebody please tell me something positive about him coming in so I can have something to look forward to.

 

Unfortunately, I genuinely think he's going to win.

Trump is old and barely escaped an assassination attempt. He'll probably top himself by swinging a 5 iron to his head. Just hang in there.

[leicsmac]

1 minute ago, Uncle Monty said:

It's mental it's come to this.

 

I'm trying to find middle ground with people voting for Trump but the majority seem like insane cultists.

 

And if people need a reminder, one just needs to think of Charlottesville in 2017 and Washington DC in January 2021.

[EastAnglianFox]

30 minutes ago, Uncle Monty said:

I agree with this but it was an honest question to ask.

 

What is the perception of the election in the UK?

 

 

21 minutes ago, Dunge said:

Probably a feeling that Kamala Harris is a mediocre candidate coupled with a degree of disbelief that Trump can be one given the end of his last presidency and the fact that he’s barely coherent.

 

 

I think that @Dunge has pretty much got it spot on for many

[MPH]

59 minutes ago, Uncle Monty said:

US resident here.

 

Shitting myself over another Trump presidency.

 

Somebody please tell me something positive about him coming in so I can have something to look forward to.

 

Unfortunately, I genuinely think he's going to win.

 
 

if he doesn’t come back first, then he can’t leave for good 

[leicsmac]

Yeah, Harris is like Biden in that she's not even in the top fifty ideal candidates for the job.

 

But given everything that's happened, "not Trump" and "not Repub policies" are obvious and entirely legitimate positions on their own and need no further explanation IMO.