The Frankish Reich

OK, I found that "blockbuster" Daily Mail story all by myself. Here's a link since your Twitter monkeys don't know how to do that: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13481849/democrat-plot-biden-replacement-clinton-obama-pelosi-schumer.html Here's the key section: Now DailyMail.com has learned that if Joe stumbles in that first face-off with Trump or if his polling numbers keep falling, it'll take a united front of the liberal grandees to make Joe throw in the towel. 'The only people who could force him out would be Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer,' one Democratic strategist told DailyMail.com. 'It would have to be the four of them collectively.' And the process would be high risk. One consultant theatrically described the difficulty level of replacing their candidate as similar to trying to turn that doomed container ship that careened into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore in May. That sad story ended with a total collapse and six deaths. But other party insiders concede that the candidate swap could work if everything was carefully planned and executed. Political columnist Joe Klein theorized in a recent newsletter that if Biden were to stand down, 'a vigorous young candidate — don't ask me who — could win over the country with a single convention speech' in August.' In Klein's scenario, the Democratic party savior would deliver an Obama-esque inspirational speech, akin to Barack's famous 2004 Democratic Convention address, that would quickly bring together disaffected Democrats and moderate independents. Ooh, some people have speculated that if he does poorly there may be a movement among Democratic leaders to replace him! Not exactly what the headline promised, now is it. There is literally no "news" here. No "plot" here. Just speculation, which as the article admits, had already been in the news when Joe Klein speculated out loud a while ago. Our posts crossed. Now read it and tell me where it says there is a "democrat plot" in place to replace Biden on the ticket. Fake news. Kind of like one of those news stories on the football side: "Insiders Say Mounting Criticism of McDermott May Lead to Dismissal" And then you read it and they tell you that if the Bills start 2-8 there may be a concerted movement to fire him. Blitzy, you're a smart football commenter, and wouldn't fall for that kind of thing on the football side. Why do you fall for it here?

I'm sorry, somehow I thought that posting a video accompanying a story would in some way support that story. So I made the mistake of clicking on the tweet, and discovered that said Daily Mail blockbuster story is not even linked by the tweeter. Read. Before. You. Post. It's actually empowering!

I am indeed. You gotta get out more. Goofy stuff Schumer does that his main core base - liberal NYC Jews - find endearing. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/18/nyregion/senator-senator-make-me-a-match-for-staff-schumer-is-cupid.html

Or maybe it's just because the United States faces a serious threat of a terrorist attack in the months ahead. Hardly a stunning proposition given our support for Israel and the desire of Hamas to make a big show of their strength. But go ahead, keep on concocting pre-cooked excuses for Trump's next loss. Of course he left DOJ to work on the Trump prosecution. Just as Trump's lead defense counsel gave up his partnership at one of the most prestigious law firms in America to defend Trump. Who cares (except you)?

True. Even better if your wife shoots dogs. But watch out, that kind of high-T woman will cheat on you with your boss's former campaign manager. Hey, I would cook for myself every now and then even if I could afford a personal chef. But that's just me, because it's fun to try new things. But 90% of my meals would have zero input from me because it really isn't that much fun.

Schumer is dopey, but in a way NYC people relate to. He's also really smart, and not shy about letting you know that. 1600 perfect SATs, etc.

His turn now to humiliate the guy who peaked in high school.

Something makes me think Jesse Kelly (and, well, NCBills) wouldn't have benefited from those "advanced and gifted education" programs anyway. https://coaching.typepad.com/files/13-questions-for-jesse-kelly-that-must-be-answered-before-you-vote.pdf From back when Jesse was a political candidate in a Republican primary: As the co-founder of the Tucson Tea Party, I have had the great pleasure to meet and get to know many of my fellow Tea Partiers. I hope, in the course of the past year and a half, that you have come to trust what I have to say. And I hope you know that I would not say anything at all if I was not concerned for the direction of our country and our congressional district. The Tucson Tea Party does not make any endorsements, which has precluded me in the past from publicly asking questions or criticizing the candidates so that people may make up their own minds. However, given that I am no longer serving in that capacity, I cannot stay silent any longer. I have deep concerns about Jesse Kelly as a candidate for Congressional District 8 against Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. This is because there are many questions surrounding Jesse Kelly about his background and integrity that have either gone unanswered or the answer has been insufficient to allay these concerns. I am presenting these questions to you below with an explanation so that you can ask Jesse Kelly's campaign for yourself. If Jesse Kelly cannot answer these questions from the people who may vote for him, then he certainly won't be able to answer them when Gabrielle Giffords crushes him with them. 1) Why won't Jesse Kelly release his full military performance evaluation? Jesse Kelly says that he was a squad leader in the Marines, but his campaign has lied about releasing his full evaluation, and then only released his discharge papers. Brian Miller and Jonathan Paton have both released their full performance evaluations to the Pima County GOP, but Jesse Kelly either has not or will not. What is Jesse Kelly hiding? 2) Why won't Jesse Kelly release his high school transcripts? Jesse Kelly failed his classes and dropped out of college during his freshman year. Therefore, we know that he has a high school level education. Even back then, how well did he do in U.S. History and Government?

Yes, in politics today that is true. See, e.g., the Biden wanders off from photo shoot in France thread.

Chuck's dogs look pretty good. Needs a little more Buffalo char though. Grill lines shouldn't be so distinct.

Maybe you can explain what a video clip of Obama, Clinton, and Bush 43 praising the tradition of a peaceful transition of power has to do with some plot to replace Biden four years later .... .... then again, we already know that you don't actually read/listen to the tweets you embed like it's a race to be first in breaking the news to a dozen Bills fans.

Ooh, Trump got the endorsement of a former Mayor of Detroit! I wonder why. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2021/01/20/trump-pardons-ex-detroit-mayor-kwame-kilpatrick/3955404001/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/06/14/cheapfake-biden-videos-enrapture-right-wing-media-deeply-mislead/ Yeah, yeah, here it comes ... The Washington Post, of course it's pro-Biden! But the article is spot on. It shows the full videos, then the edited versions sent out by the RNC to their army of tweeters, which are then picked up by the football forum bloggers at the bottom of the propaganda chain.

Agreed. But which candidate are you talking about?

I'm just pointing out that we are now far, far into what the Brits call the "silly season." I'm old enough to remember this "gotcha" moment: Look! Bush doesn't even know how a grocery store checkout scanner works!! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermarket_scanner_moment#:~:text=The term derives from a,unfamiliar with daily American life. You guys are always worked up about not trusting the media. Well, maybe a bit of that is in order here ... There is no "substance" here. Old man Senator tries to use social media; fails.

Look, some of the doddering, stumbling behavior is obvious. I'm not about to say that Biden is the picture of health. I believe there should be a constitutional amendment setting a maximum age for the presidency. If you need to be at least 35 to have the maturity to do the job, why don't you have to be under 70/75/80 to have the peak energy/acuity to do it? What I'm objecting to is obviously manipulated video to try to make him look utterly confused. We saw that with the "sitting in the phantom chair" video, with the "wanders off at France photo shoot," and now in the "has to be led offstage by Obama." These are stupid, and ideally shouldn't work on people with a modicum of intelligence who ought to know when someone's attempting to manipulate them.

The idea here is "how hilarious, Schumer tries to act like a man of the people, reveals himself to be lifetime NYC apartment dweller who doesn't have a basic understanding of how the vast majority of Americans live." So, yeah, vote for Joe Biden, the Corvette driving, Amtrak riding man of the people, not Big Lord Fauntleroy, the guy who lives in hotels. I've never been one of those "I like him because he's just like us" voters. Manufactured bs. Let's see Trump with his little doggie poop bag in action.

This is batshit nuts. We know exactly how and why it happened. A well-meaning but ultimately stupid mother decided her troubled autistic son would find the shooting sports a good way to bring some happiness. He shot her with the gun she bought him, then shot a bunch of kids at his school. Yeah. Those are the facts. You don't like them because somehow it doesn't fit your preferred narrative. There is absolutely no mystery here, no unknown facts, no unexplained gaps in the evidence. If you think there are, you just might be a conspiracy theorist.

We should definitely see if Trump can drive a car, something that I suspect he last did when he was a teenager. We should also see how he does at the manly task of target shooting. We know he can perform, for a minute or two, the manly task of banging a hooker.

Come on. Nothing unusual about this. Politicians stopping to wave/acknowledge some particular supporter in the crowd. Ex-Prez then puts hand on current Prez's shoulder as they walk off together. It was deceptive editing, much like that one where Biden "wanders off" in France when he's really trying to say something to the parachutist. Stupid official Republican Campaign clipped videos.

Schumer is extremely intelligent. Like 2 SDs from the mean intelligent. He's lived in apartments/condos his entire life. He doesn't have a clue about working the grill.

Can't get trichinosis from beef.

PEI oysters on my breath and in my gut. Must wait before visiting Schumer house.

Not kosher. Can't mix dairy and meat. Embarrassing. Could lose ultra-orthodox support. Must delete.

^ Another weak individual who couldn't resist the influence of charismatic leader Ray Epps. "Ray Epps made us do it"