2020 US Presidential Election thread

[jamesbrown]

I don't thionk there are many real hard left types in the US anyway. They're a very vocal minority but America is inherently far more right-wing than the UK. Someone they'd call an extremist we'd say was a progressive centrist

America is a very big place. It's easy to forget that and it's very hard to draw analogies with the UK in that regard.

[DoctorStrangelove]

America is a very big place. It's easy to forget that and it's very hard to draw analogies with the UK in that regard.

Aye.

It's not often that one finds a property with a mile long shooting range in the back garden in the UK.

[d000hg]

America is a very big place. It's easy to forget that and it's very hard to draw analogies with the UK in that regard.

It's called statistics.

[jamesbrown]

It's called statistics.

Er... what?

[d000hg]

Donald is being sarcastic again, he'll tell us later: US election: Trump tells North Carolina voters to vote twice - BBC News

[minestrone]

Trump's base are nuts and are going to vote for Trump anyway. IMO the problem with Biden is that he's clearly a bland moderate compromise candidate who doesn't stand for much except business as usual. That may be enough for some people who would like to see some sanity prevail in the White House, but may not be enough for enough people.

Yes, I'm sure we all know elderly relatives who had to go to care homes for the "bland moderate compromise candidate".

[minestrone]

Trump tonight on Biden..

"They give him a big fat shot in the ass and he comes out.. and for 2 hours, he's better than ever before."

That's a reference to JFK.

[SimonMac]

Trump tonight on Biden..

"They give him a big fat shot in the ass and he comes out.. and for 2 hours, he's better than ever before."

That's a reference to JFK.

Thats a bit oblique a reference for me, care to elaborate?

[DoctorStrangelove]

Doctor Feelgood (no relation): used to fill Kennedy full of uppers and painkillers to keep him going.

The poor sod had Addison's disease and a tulipload of injuries from WWII.

Max Jacobson - Wikipedia

[minestrone]

Doctor Feelgood (no relation): used to fill Kennedy full of uppers and painkillers to keep him going.

The poor sod had Addison's disease and a tulipload of injuries from WWII.

Max Jacobson - Wikipedia

As he said.

Khrushchev knew he got injections to get him going, so delayed a meeting.

The Strange Saga of JFK and the Original ‘Dr. Feelgood’