One possibility that haunts me is the possibility that Ghislaine Maxwell might try to save herself by slandering Joe Biden, even if he turns out to have no connection whatsoever with the Jeffrey Epstein pedophilia/sexual assaults scandal. We all know how desperate Donald Trump is. He might offer her executive clemency in exchange for slandering the Democratic nominee for president.
@5leafclover. That would be hard to prove. I'm sure T will say a lot of things, but it will be hard to prove. If I were T I would not want to mess with that woman's situation.
What do you guys think? I saw this VP story today and I'm hoping we hear something soon, I'm so anxious.
I also happened upon this Wikipedia page and there's a section about Opinion Polls that I found quite interesting, I think most people have seen Kamala as VP. I've been seeing Keisha Lance Bottoms name thrown around a lot more, so it makes me wonder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Democratic_Party_vice_presidential_candidate_selection
I've been seeing Biden ads here in NC a LOT more in the past week or two. I really love his message, "we're currently battling for the soul of this country." It really spoke to me, I feel like he's really trying to speak to the people and not just bashing the opponent. Not that he needs too, the Orange one does a pretty good job of making himself look like an idiot without others pointing it out. ?
That would be interesting, considering that there are multiple photos of Trump with Ghislaine Maxwell and Epstein looking like they are the best of friends poising for the camera. How many photos of Biden with Maxwell and Epstein exist? None that I known of.
Also, Trump can go on and on about how the Democrats are the "Deep State" that killed Epstein. But he conveniently forgets that it was his justice department who had custody of Epstein when he died. Not Obama. Not Clinton. Not Biden.
So if Maxwell wants to lie her head off, she can go ahead. Because we already know that Trump and his allies will try to make up lies to bring Biden down. Don't believe them, and plan to vote them out.
I have been having a distinct vision of Joe and Kamala standing in their strength with clasped raised hands between them, triumphantly, radiantly smiling from ear to ear in a flurry of confetti amidst a cacophony of cheers and applause..... ?
350.0rg founder climate activist Bill McKibben put out this article today in the New Yorkerwith his stamp of approval on Joe Biden's climate plan. McKibben goes further with what needs to happen but sees Biden as a good step.
@unk-p. Thanks. Here it is. https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-a-warming-planet/what-joe-bidens-climate-plan-really-signals
Now Biden's plan, according to McKibben, is far from perfect. It's climate change lite. But he feels it gets things moving. McKibben clearly hopes Biden will get elected, considering the alternative, but he admits the plan is missing some important components, like limits on mining and drilling for fossil fuels. What McKibben really wants to see if that Trump is out next year and "that climate denial goes with him, that pressure will do what pressure does: finally start to make things pop."
In the spirit of anti-complacency (remember how many democrats didn't bother to vote in 2016?), I'm posting a link to Aaron Blake's WAPO article on how election could end out going in Trump's favor:
1. An imminent Supreme Court vacancy
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's recent hospitalization could inspire GOP voters to vote for T even though they don't like him, because they want to see a conservative bench.
2. Polls that favor Biden are of registered voters, not actual voters. Republican voters are more likely than dems to cast their votes.
3. Biden's flubs
Keeping fingers crossed that he doesn't commit any major gaffes, or too many of them, as he has been known to do.
4. Could Covid hurt turnout? Could mail-in ballots cause problems of ballots not being counted?
Many states are moving toward mail-in balloting, but the GOP is fighting that. In a couple of red state elections I was writing postcards for, the GOP election commissions had made it difficult and confusing to vote by changing locations for delivering votes and also by setting confusing deadlines. For example, will voters have to they have to be mailed by Election Day or be received by then? Will votes be required to be delivered by election day or just postmarked by election day?
5. The Veep factor
Given Biden's age, his veep pick could be a factor.
Moral of the story: Make sure everyone you know votes, applies for their mail-in ballots on time, and returns them on time.