US Joe Biden News Megathread - The Other Biden Derangement Syndrome Thread (with a side order of Fauci Derangement Syndrome)

Let's pretend for one moment that he does die before the election, just for the funsies. What happens then? Will the nomination revert to option number 2, aka Bernie Sanders? Or will his running mate automatically replace him just the way Vice-President is supposted to step in after the Big Man in the White House chokes on a piece of matzo? Does he even have a running mate yet?

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Remember when this site crashed from the number of people flocking to move to Canada because of OrangeMan?

Do we have numbers on how many actually moved?

 

[PrincessHomura]

Do we have numbers on how many actually moved?

0, but now that the writing's on the wall they're claiming again that they totally will this time.

 

[Milwaukee Macho Man]

They're not OK with it.

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They were fine with Stan Lee I meant so now they need to deal with Hermain Cain.

 

[Thomas Talus]

All this is true for political parties in general, but the identity politics factions in the Democratic party make things worse than usual because by nature they can only see things only through the lens of their own grievances and are incredibly self-centered and are kept together mostly by hate for the majority. Also, there are a lot of them.

So, there's a ton of things you can't do. You can't piss off any single large faction or its leaders too much, or they'll bolt, with consequences as described above. You certainly can't piss off all the factions, or they'll remove you. You can't bring in an outsider, no matter how good their chances of winning may be, because it will piss off everybody who's spent decades kissing ass and working their way up the party ladder. And nobody in the upper ranks will ever sacrifice their own career for the good of the party, because those sort of self-sacrificing people won't have a career long enough to reach the upper ranks, and they can't parachute in from the outside either because of the problems above. If anyone is apparently self-sacrificing in party politics, it just means that they've been secretly promised something good later as a reward for their forbearance.

The way I've heard it described is that Republicans are a coalitional faction, while Democrats are a factional coalition.

 

[Chester Rigby]

Kiwis, who's gonna play Harris in the inevitable biopic?

I'd say... Jennifer Lopez.

 

[HTTP Error 404]

Did cyber8 make this ad for Trump?

It's not an ad. It's a shitpost from som3thingwicked on Twitter. Trump has realized if he retweets memes they'll nail the people he's retweeting to get them off his timeline, if he reposts them they have to actively go after his account's post instead and Twitter is mostly afraid to do so + they locked it down so the woke retards that work at Twitter can't do so without a manager or 6 signing off on it.

 

[Harvey Danger]

The way I've heard it described is that Republicans are a coalitional faction, while Democrats are a factional coalition.

Spoiler: political history sperg

This goes back to the 1960s. Basically Buckley created the New Right, a fusionist ideology that linked all the various conservative causes together intellectually, so you could pitch the whole movement to multiple constituencies. The Old Right wasn't really ideological. Meanwhile the Democrats ran their ideological wings out of the party and put together multiple voting blocs (feminist women, blacks, illegal immigrants, unions) to create a viable political machine. Each faction gets their rewards, and the ideology is used as an excuse.

There's a reason the GOP was called the "party of ideas", before the conceit fell apart circa 2012. The Democrats had ideas too, but they didn't matter to their politics; the various ideologies were mere justifications for policies one bloc or another wanted. So the liberal project churned along in the background, seeking liberalization and libertine culture; and progressivism bounced around the voting blocs, providing justification for 2nd and 3rd wave feminism, black grievance culture, open borders, whatever they wanted.

Then around 2010-2013, 3rd wave feminism turned into intersectional feminism, which dovetailed into identity politics, and suddenly the viral progressive ideas took over the footholds liberals had established within American institutions. The schism in the Democrats now is ideology trying to take over the party as a cohesive whole, just like the Republicans had for 40+ years. But the underlying factions aren't precisely lined up behind the ideology yet.

(Ironically, the GOP was abandoning their ideological cohesion around the same time frame, 2012-present.)

Harris/Biden represents one last gasp for the old factional order, without acknowledging the new ideological one attempting to take over its party. Win or lose, I don't think the Democrats will resist an ideological takeover for much longer. Nothing in leftist culture is really good at resisting it.

The progressives are convinced they can win on ideology alone, like the GOP did for a few decades. Their losses in the Democratic primary haven't convinced them of their failure, as they have scapegoats and boogeymen to blame. They aren't going to take the failure of a liberal and a crypto-liberal as a repudiation, either.

Most relevant to this thread, however, they are not yet convinced that progressivism will harm them in a general election... and they might try to incorporate those policies/beliefs/messaging into the national campaign. How many former Bernie and Warren staffers were absorbed into the main campaign effort now?

How long before BernieBros begin BerniBroing beneath the Biden banner?

 

[Someone Awful]

Before I keep going, is this the correct place to keep posting this stuff about Kamala Harris, since it's now the Biden/Harris campaign? Or should that go in the 2020 Election thread? I don't know where stuff like Tucker Carlson shitposting CNN about her name's pronunciation should go, but there's funny items to keep track of that don't really contribute to discussion of the election itself.

At this point, someome should just make a Kamala Harris megathread since she will be front and center on the news during the election cycle. If Biden/Harris wins, the thread will remain relevant, especially when Harris becomes officially recognized as a president. I can volunteer to do it if no one else wants to.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

At this point, someome should just make a Kamala Harris megathread since she will be front and center on the news during the election cycle. If Biden/Harris wins, the thread will remain relevant, especially when Harris becomes officially recognized as a president. I can volunteer to do it if no one else wants to.

Just rename this one. Biden is a cipher anyway.

 

[Someone Awful]

Just rename this one. Biden is a cipher anyway.

There will still be plenty of gaffes on Biden's behalf as we get closer to the election, especially if we somehow get a Trump vs. Biden debate. We've got at least a few months of content left.

 

[Jub-Jub]

Some people are starting to chimp over this political cartoon that was in "The Australian" newspaper

 

[Shaka Brah]

Some people are starting to chimp over this political cartoon that was in "The Australian" newspaper
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"Johannes was quoting Biden's words."

So he's offensive, but only when other people point it out.

 

[tehpope]

This is the guy the DNC has hired as a "Digital Organizing Director" in Arizona.
https://archive.vn/I4bnC

Ramirez, who self-identifies as a Marxist, was Field Director for the Bernie Sanders 2020 Presidential campaign in Arizona. Prior to that, he worked as the Deputy Field Director for the Nevada Caucasus.

In the 2018 midterms, Ramirez served as Campaign Manager for Colorado Senator Julie Gonzales and in 2016 he was a National Latino Outreach Strategist for Sanders. His tweets have not appeared to have affected his political aspirations thus far. However, the last presidential candidate he worked for dropped out.

 

[2021Murder]

This is the guy the DNC has hired as a "Digital Organizing Director" in Arizona.
https://archive.vn/I4bnC

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I dont know a single person who listens to Rage that isnt a complete piece of shit. When Ted Cruz is the high watermark of your fandom you know shits bad.

 

[Polyboros2]

They were fine with Stan Lee I meant so now they need to deal with Hermain Cain.

And they'll be 100% fine with it when whoever controls George Takei's Twitter keeps the hot takes rolling.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Some people are starting to chimp over this political cartoon that was in "The Australian" newspaper
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Even if there was no dialogue, making political caricatures of colored politicians (particularly of Obama) has been racist ever since 2009.

 

[verissimus]

Kiwis, who's gonna play Harris in the inevitable biopic?

I'd say... Jennifer Lopez.

Zoe Saldana

 

[TowinKarz]

I dont know a single person who listens to Rage that isnt a complete piece of shit. When Ted Cruz is the high watermark of your fandom you know shits bad.

Nothing says "never grew up, never had a rough life" as much as a grown man who thinks Rage Against the Machine is relevant in 2020. Hey, buddy, your Senior year of high school called, they want thier "I'm Hardcore! Fuck You, Dad," back...

The Religious Right died because they refused to believe that anything after 1988 had actually happened... and that people were still receptive to "God will see us through the coming Soviet invasion, but only if we don't upset him with our continued debauchery like video games, heavy metal and women as young as 25 and not employed by the circus having tattoos...."

The Regressive Left has the same problem, to them, it's still 2002 out there... at the LATEST and they still think the 90's playbook of "The Future belongs to anything that makes Pat Robertson and your parents mad, and run up your debts if you want, and don't worry about not having a stable family life or career, or a retirement plan. You can just buy all that later since Globalism will make everyone a millionaire except the racists."

 

[Sped Xing]

To be fair, tattoos are pretty repulsive, and only appropriate for heathen warriors and sideshow freaks.

 

[irishAzoth]

Yeah, everyone signs up here:

Immigration and citizenship - Canada.ca

Apply to travel, study, work or immigrate to Canada, apply for citizenship, a permanent resident card or refugee protection, check the status of your application or find a form.

www.canada.ca

Americans always coming up with that "welp guess im moving to Canada" shtick every 4 years. Once you see how much taxes you have to give to the Trudeaus(and I mean that literally) you'll head south over the wall to Mexico. At least the Mexican Cartels are run by real men instead of a cuck.