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Point well taken, hence why I said if the election were to be held TODAY, Trump would win easily. Nobody said anything about November.

That is not true anymore in 2024: most of the young voters (especially Muslim voters from states like Michigan, most of whom have voted Biden in 2020) are very pro-Palestine right now and are slowly but surely switching their votes to Trump or to a third option as a result of Biden's pro-Isreal stance right now (yeah, I know that Trump is no better in this aspect, but he has the benefit of not being the incumbent right now). There is a reason he is winning with young voters now.

Since mid-January, there hasn't been a single poll that has Biden even remotely beating Trump nationally. Adding West and/or RFK to the equation does not seem to change much of the outcome. Seems like most people have their mind made up on the two main candidates by now. The only good news for Biden is that he seems to be "winning back" PA for now, beyond the margin of error, which still gives Trump a 283 - 254 victory (out of these 283, 21 are "leaning red" while 262 are very "strong red" electoral votes). Based on this, if this election were to be held today Trump would easily win.

Well then he must be a pretty lousy dictator for having waited until the last two weeks of his terms, AFTER losing a fair and honest election, to throw in that famous "insurrection" without guns, but with selfie sticks and a guy dressed as a freaking moose, against the most powerful country and army in the world. If Trump is elected again, and presuming he is able to see the end of his term, he will leave office, whether he wants it or not, on Jan 20th, 2029, not a day later. To suggest otherwise is just ridiculous and shows an utter lack of understanding of how anything in the United States works.

No, but seriously, Vivek has almost no chance of being Trump's VP pick. Please do not ask me to explain why, just take a look at his core base and you'll understand. Haley makes no sense as well, a war hawk politician with the most anti-war candidate is a pairing that will alienate a lot of supporters. DeSantis...nah. Too much bad blood now. Trump's VP should have these qualities imo: - complete loyalty - a yes man (woman) - a handsome (pretty) face - name looks good on a bumper sticker Some people here suggested Tucker but I doubt Tucker wants to work that hard. I think DT will either pick a moderate woman like Tulsi Gabbard or Kristi Noem, or complete nonthreatening nonentity male with a generic haircut like Pence. Even Trump is smart enough to avoid radical and batshit insane MAGA ladies like MTG and Kari Lake.

Actually Vivek as VP would be the best life insurance for Trump. The threat of a President Ramaswamy would prevent any future assassination attempt.

Do people seriously believe that Trump, if elected, will be a Hitler or Mussolini-like figure, at his age, in a country like the United States, with all the checks and balances surrounding him? And if yes, why didn't he try to do that when he was, well, president of the USA from 2017 to 2021? He's had four years to cancel all future elections and establish himself Supreme Leader for Life or whatever MSNBC is saying these days, so why didn't he do it at that time? Not trying to be a smartass just geniunely asking.

I think it's time we all stopped pretending it's not going to be Biden vs Trump again. DeSantis is the Jeb Bush of 2024, except even less charismatic.

Not only did he do that, he was apparently important enough to be featured on Wikipedia's main page.

Well he was never really a defender like Baresi and Maldini (yeah I refuse to put that last, one season wonder in the same sentence as these legends). As I said, Beckenbauer's importance resides in the fact that he changed how the role of sweeper is played by INVENTING and perfecting the libero role (think Baresi, Busquets and Xavi all rolled into one player). That, in addition to his individual and club/country silverware, makes him the greatest European player of all time, imo only Johann Cruyff comes close.

Not only the greatest German player of all time but arguably also the greatest European player of all time. By changing how the sweeper/central defender role is played he completely revolutionized the game, which is something only a very, very small group of players can say. The fact that some people on this forum have never heard of him but probably have heard of Harry Maguire and John Stones makes me sad. RIP.

Only the first part of my post was directly addressing your comment. Sorry if I did not make it clearer. Well yeah, maybe. But in 2024, specifically, they are a waste of time because Trump, and not any other weak white man, is going to be the nominee no matter what. That was my point. Trump outperforms polls by usually 5+ points. Trump won in 2016 without leading in a single poll. Trump nearly won in 2020 without leading in a single poll (and was behind by double what he was in 2016). He was predicted to lose by 10 points and ended by losing by only 4. In fact, people forget that he was only 40 000 votes away from reelection. Today, with all of the negative press and legal issues Trump is getting, there is no conceivable and realistic way he should be polling higher than Biden. Yet, he is. Go back and compare the polling (approval, favorability, direction of the country, and the issues) going into the 2020 election versus the polling today. Biden is underperforming while Trump is overperforming. It should be the other way around if what you say is true. The fact he's leading in almost EVERY poll in swing states and POPULAR vote polls in general should have Democrats shaken to the core, as that's the signification of a Trump blowout. Heck, he's winning with YOUNG voters now, can you believe that?! I don't like him that much either but at this point, most people are just mentally preparing for a 2nd Trump term. There's a reason prominent Democrats are asking Biden to step down after a couple of months of "don't trust the polls, bro". The average American vote is what decided the 2020 election, and those voters are favoring Trump by margins that seem straight out of a Republican circlejerk.

Is this why he is leading in almost every poll I see conducted with average Americans? Also, why is there still a GOP primary at this point? We all know who is going to be the nominee. I know again they are not always reliable but have polls ever been off by 30 points? And also there are like a couple more debates left? what is the point of all that? such a waste of money and television time. None of these bozos is going to win and they all know that. Funny how what was touted as an exciting and competitive primary is now basically a Trump coronation ceremony.

Live your life in a way where the entire Internet does not celebrate the day you die.

I'm guessing you are not a fan of the Simpsons PS: The Simpsons golden era was during the 90s. long before the late (and well-deserved) rehabilitation that the Carter administration got.

Will the Wednesday funeral be televised as well?

https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/rodriguez-lara-guillermo-1923-1988 I am almost sure they are wrong, but funny how this link says: "he died quietly in 1988".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_living_state_leaders um what happened here exactly?? Why is he suddenly the 4th oldest instead of 3rd?

I'm not Italian you immature bag of nothing, not that there's anything wrong with that. Rasmussen was just one. Here are three more. I'm assuming Fox/Beacon, Cygnal and IPSOS aren't republican pollsters who post batshit polls and may have caused the Dilbert guy to lose his career as a newspaper cartoonist? Although, in all fairness, there are other polls that show the opposite, which is that Biden will actually benefit from Kennedy's run. Hence, again, my use of the word "might" for those with basic reading comprehension skills. Geez the TDS is strong with some members here. You try to have a civil discussion about an upcoming crucial election and this is what you get. It's almost as if it's impossible to have a mature discussion about politics on a website that bets on celebrities deaths. Links: https://www.foxnews.com/official-polls/fox-news-poll-haley-doubles-gop-primary-biden https://www.cygn.al/new-monthly-national-poll-voters-back-striking-uaw-workers-more-than-the-uaw-itself-side-with-amazon-in-ftc-lawsuit-plus-who-is-a-swifty/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/rfk-jr-could-draw-one-seven-us-voters-2024-presidential-election-reutersipsos-2023-10-05/

https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-faces-disastrous-defeat-if-rfk-jr-runs-third-party-candidate-1828858 read for a change.

Hogwash. You must be doing well in life considering the levels of intellectual capacity and civility you've showed us in here.

I literally just shared a screenshot from a website and said what was on it. As for RFK Jr, I never said he won't take any from Trump. I am just assuming he will take more from Biden due to the fact that Trump has a loyal base that would vote for him no matter what, while Democrats who are dissatisfied with Biden might opt for an alternative that isn't You-Know-Who . A quick Google search will tell you that I am not the only one thinking that. But it's too early to predict, Kennedy just announced his campaign, and Biden hasn’t even started campaigning, hence my use of the word "might".

But he was never THIS high in the polls, never. Even when he was the freaking president and had no J6 or legal troubles on his resume yet. He is the current GOP, national and state polls leader. He is now leading Biden in PA, AZ and Georgia polls, which is enough to get him to 270+ electoral votes, and that is not even taking into account the confirmed Kennedy third party run that might take even more votes from Biden. Of course, a lot can change in a year, but I think we need to accept that a second, non-consecutive Donald Trump presidency may be happening soon.

Being Secret Service to him has to be the chillest job in the world by now. Also page 69, nice.

Linda has had Parkinson's since 2013, and was too ill to attend her OWN induction at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame back in 2014....hasn't made a single public appearance or performance since then. She doesn't have much time left it seems... This sucks, she was always one of my favorite female voices.