The 2024 Presidential Election- The LONG General Election

[BigRedBuster]

 

 

[Archy1221]

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

 

This actually finally is something interesting Filidorski brings up. 

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[TGHusker]

Next up to bat:  Senator Tim Scott, SC.    Scott starts an exploratory committee (aka - I'm running but not yet ready to launch while I appear to do research on my chances)

 

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/first-on-fox-republican-sen-tim-scott-south-carolina-launches-presidential-exploratory-committee

 

 

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Saying that he will "never back down in defense of the conservative values that make America exceptional," Republican Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina on Wednesday took a major step towards running for the White House as he launched a presidential exploratory committee. 

Showcasing his message of faith, hope, and unity, Scott emphasized in a video that was shared first with Fox News that "this is the fight we must win. And that will take faith. Faith in God, faith in each other, and faith in America."

The senator recorded his video by Fort Sumter National Monument, the island fort that long protected Charleston, South Carolina, where the first battle in the Civil War was fought. Scott, who grew up in the Charleston area, is launching his presidential exploratory committee on the 162nd anniversary of Civil War’s start.

"On this day, April 12, 1861, in this harbor, the first shots of the Civil War were fired and our country faced the defining moment: Would we truly be one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. America’s soul was put to the test - and we prevailed," Scott said at the top of the video.

 

But he lamented that "today, our country is once again being tested. Once again, our divisions run deep and the threat to our future is real."

And taking aim President Biden and Democrats, the senator argued that "Joe Biden and the radical left have chosen a culture of grievance over greatness. They’re promoting victimhood instead of personal responsibility and they’re indoctrinating our children to believe we live in an evil country."

Scott, a rising star in the GOP and the only Black Republican in the Senate, charged that Democrats "weaponize race to divide us to hold onto their power," and highlighted that "when I fought back against their liberal agenda they called me a prop. A token. Because I disrupt their narrative. I threaten their control. They know the truth of my life disproves their lies."

Scott spotlighted his modest upbringing, noting that he "was raised by a single mother in poverty. The spoons in our apartment were plastic, not silver."

In announcing his exploratory committee, Scott vowed that he’ll "defend the Judeo-Christian foundation our nation is built on, and protect our religious liberty." And he pledged to "stand up to Communist China, and restore opportunities for hardworking Americans to thrive and prosper" and "fight to give every parent a choice in education so their children have a better chance in life."

Scott also said he’ll defend the nation’s borders as well as "our neighborhood streets" and emphasized he’ll "protect our most fundamental right -the right to life itself."

 

 

[commando]

lol....has he ever watched a trump rally?   

 

And taking aim President Biden and Democrats, the senator argued that "Joe Biden and the radical left have chosen a culture of grievance over greatness. They’re promoting victimhood instead of personal responsibility and they’re indoctrinating our children to believe we live in an evil country."

[BigRedBuster]

1 hour ago, commando said:

lol....has he ever watched a trump rally?   

 

And taking aim President Biden and Democrats, the senator argued that "Joe Biden and the radical left have chosen a culture of grievance over greatness. They’re promoting victimhood instead of personal responsibility and they’re indoctrinating our children to believe we live in an evil country."

I really don't know anything about him. So, I was thinking...hey...I'll give him a chance.

 

That quote just makes me 

[BigRedBuster]

 

The party of law and order. 

[TGHusker]

2 hours ago, commando said:

lol....has he ever watched a trump rally?   

 

And taking aim President Biden and Democrats, the senator argued that "Joe Biden and the radical left have chosen a culture of grievance over greatness. They’re promoting victimhood instead of personal responsibility and they’re indoctrinating our children to believe we live in an evil country."

Yes, Trump is the poster boy of victimhood for sure.  

[TGHusker]

33 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

I really don't know anything about him. So, I was thinking...hey...I'll give him a chance.

 

That quote just makes me 

I think every GOP candidate has  to make cringe worthy statements about Biden.      I'm waiting and seeing who comes along on either side (if Biden doesn't run) who can change the general tone and start bringing the country back together.   At this point I hope Biden is persuaded not to run and a respectable Dem jumps into the race. 

Frankly, I hope Biden does not run.  He will lose to anyone except Trump based on recent polls. His hedging is keeping others from throwing their hat in the ring.  We need new, younger faces with new ideas to move the country out of its current divisive culture. 

[BigRedBuster]

36 minutes ago, TGHusker said:

I think every GOP candidate has  to make cringe worthy statements about Biden.      I'm waiting and seeing who comes along on either side (if Biden doesn't run) who can change the general tone and start bringing the country back together.   At this point I hope Biden is persuaded not to run and a respectable Dem jumps into the race. 

Frankly, I hope Biden does not run.  He will lose to anyone except Trump based on recent polls. His hedging is keeping others from throwing their hat in the ring.  We need new, younger faces with new ideas to move the country out of its current divisive culture. 

I think I'm rolling my eyes more at the "indoctrinating our kids" comment the most.

[TGHusker]

1 hour ago, BigRedBuster said:

I think I'm rolling my eyes more at the "indoctrinating our kids" comment the most.

yes I hear you.  We have 1.5 years of rotten campaign ads before us.  Anymore, it seems like we are on constant campaign status in this country. 

[BigRedBuster]

 

 

[commando]

59 minutes ago, BigRedBuster said:

 

 

imagine the right wing blowout if Biden said he was going to do the same thing

[Dr. Strangelove]

On 4/12/2023 at 10:47 AM, TGHusker said:

I think every GOP candidate has  to make cringe worthy statements about Biden.      I'm waiting and seeing who comes along on either side (if Biden doesn't run) who can change the general tone and start bringing the country back together.   At this point I hope Biden is persuaded not to run and a respectable Dem jumps into the race. 

Frankly, I hope Biden does not run.  He will lose to anyone except Trump based on recent polls. His hedging is keeping others from throwing their hat in the ring.  We need new, younger faces with new ideas to move the country out of its current divisive culture. 

Frankly this is not true. Incumbents enjoy a small advantage. Democrats would be stupid to throw away that advantage when the election is going to be decided by 4 swing states.

 

The infighting this would cause is a stupid self-inflicted wound. Biden's unpopularity is what any Democrat would have at this point in their Presidency. Any Republican/Democrat will likely be setting "record low" numbers for the next few decades.

[Scarlet]

Oh no...