We have the opportunity to elect a leader who will unify this nation. And that leader is @JoeBiden. We don't have a moment to waste. https://t.co/Q2RbOQZwv9 pic.twitter.com/rau5qvJyZf
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) October 8, 2020
I again will again put in a plug for Biden’s speech at Gettysburg here. It will lift your spirits.
Open thread
ETA: I hate to derail a positive Biden-Harris thread, but this seems ominous:
VP Pence, in Arizona now, has cancelled events in Indiana tomorrow and will be returning to Washington instead
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) October 8, 2020
Elizabelle
Thank you for these, TaMara. Very helpful.
Even with no ducks. Or scarves.
TaMara (HFG)
This seems ominous:
thylacine
@TaMara (HFG): Either he’s got COVID, or Trump is getting worse. Or both.
Elizabelle
@TaMara (HFG): Fun to speculate. I got nothing.
Of course, Nancy Smash did bring up the 25th Amendment today. News got squashed by the arrests and presser WRT the Wolverine militia jackasses plotting against Governor Whitmer.
Maybe on that note, there is more in that pipeline. Michigan is famous as a hotbed for militias, but hardly alone. Probably one in every state, sadly enough.
TaMara (HFG)
@thylacine: As Adam says, we are through the looking glass and off the map.
peej01
@TaMara (HFG): I can think of two possibilities: Pence has the ‘rona, or they’re concerned about Trump’s health.
Elizabelle
@thylacine: Both, please!
The Moar You Know
I can think of only two reasons for this and both are bad fucking news. Either that fly-attracting shit has the virus or Trump’s dying.
TaMara (HFG)
Translation: Everything is shit, we’re all sick and gonna die
Anne Laurie
Suspect it’s related to Pelosi’s announcement of “a commission to examine the 25th Amendment” in relation to the Oval Office Occupant.
Not that the commission will get anywhere… but it’s just possible Trump will have a stroke while furiously responding to it.
ETA: See Cheryl’s fresh post up top!
Scout211
@TaMara (HFG):
Did you read the replies to that tweet? OMG. So funny:
Like this one:
https://twitter.com/isaacson_dori/status/1314302234688131074
Ken
There’s a philosophical school that claims reality is shaped by our collective beliefs. If that’s true, then the responses to those twitter threads just gave Pence corona, even if he didn’t have it when the travel arrangements were announced.
Elizabelle
Nancy Smash has their attention. WaPost:
Because of that toxic, enabling, enfeebled Cabinet.
Immanentize
@thylacine: Third option — Trump hated Pence’s debate performance and is dumping him for Ivanka.
Baud
Ken
@Baud: Big deal. The Trump campaign “misplaces” that much on a typical day.
thylacine
@Immanentize: Ivanka whispered that idea in his roid-raged ear while the fly was doing its bit.
Uncle Cosmo
Please fix the link in the OP, which goes to the AZ event, not the Gettysburg speech. I want to watch the latter.
TaMara (HFG)
@Uncle Cosmo: Fixed!
Noncarborundum
@Uncle Cosmo: There are a bunch on YouTube. Here’s one: https://youtu.be/NKbhNPHxGdI
TS (the original)
@TaMara (HFG):
He’s going back to assure dear leader he will support him forever and never invoke the 25th
Or to talk to Nancy Pelosi
Or because he has covid
Or because the campaign is out of money & won’t pay his expense bill
Or because trump wants him back to yell at him
Geminid
There are not that many days until the election, but I hope the Biden campaign finds time for Kamala Harris to campaign in Texas. In just a day, she could earn a ton of free local and state media coverage, and fly the flag to help rally Texas Democrats.
Baud
burnspbesq
@The Moar You Know:
Maybe he forgot to pack enough socks and underwear.
Ken
@Baud: How many viewers did the Biden-Trump debate get? If it was less than the VP debate, that’s another reason Trump would have to call Pence back and yell at him.
randy khan
@Immanentize:
I had a thought along those lines.
Uncle Cosmo
@TaMara (HFG): @Noncarborundum: Late getting back here, but thanky both kindly.
Ian
@Elizabelle:
One interesting question I havn’t seen answered about the 25th amendment, if the president catches word or suspects they are about to go through with it, what stops him from firing them/ asking for their resignation? The congress critters assumed a president incapacitated by stroke or coma, something that would prevent him/her from carrying out any duties. What happens if the president is just bug fuck enough to hang on? The only remaining answer to me seems impeachment, which we know the R senate won’t do.
Great way to get under Trump’s skin, I’m just not sure it accomplishes anything else.