2020 the battle of the septuagenarians - Trump vs Biden, Part 2

Igotadose

I mean, really. Goodyear? Bans political attire, and he tweets about it calling for a boycott?

Goodyear?

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0819/1160138-trump-calls-for-boycott-of-goodyear-tyres/

ohnonotgmail

Overheal wrote: »

The Susan B Anthony museum declined the pardon on her behalf.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/objection-susan-b-anthony-museum-rejects-trumps-pardon-of-the-suffragist/

the pardon is a nonsense.

Overheal

Igotadose wrote: »

I mean, really. Goodyear? Bans political attire, and he tweets about it calling for a boycott?

Goodyear?

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0819/1160138-trump-calls-for-boycott-of-goodyear-tyres/

Cancel culture is only bad when the libz do it.

Cody montana

Igotadose wrote: »

I mean, really. Goodyear? Bans political attire, and he tweets about it calling for a boycott?

Goodyear?

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0819/1160138-trump-calls-for-boycott-of-goodyear-tyres/

Trump cancel culture.
Imagine any other president calling for a boycott of a huge American company.

Quin_Dub

Igotadose wrote: »

I mean, really. Goodyear? Bans political attire, and he tweets about it calling for a boycott?

Goodyear?

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0819/1160138-trump-calls-for-boycott-of-goodyear-tyres/

His complaint is that they have banned MAGA hats , but a BLM or Pride t-shirt etc is still ok.

The Goodyear position is - Supporting Social Justice issues ok , explicit support for a specific Politician or Party , not ok.

What he doesn't say is that equally someone can't wear a BIDEN 2020 t-shirt either.

Cody montana

Overheal wrote: »

Cancel culture is only bad when the libz do it.

And just like that, trump supporters are filling Goodyear’s media pages with vitriol.

Cody montana

“Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American tire manufacturing company founded in 1898 and based in Akron,Ohio. They employ about 69,000 people including at least a thousand veterans.”

Is Ohio a swing state?

Leroy42

He did the same with Harley Davidson at the start of his term.

It completely exposes he line that he is all about MAGA and America 1st.

He is only interested in Trump 1st.

ohnonotgmail

Cody montana wrote: »

“Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American tire manufacturing company founded in 1898 and based in Akron,Ohio. They employ about 69,000 people including at least a thousand veterans.”

Is Ohio a swing state?

sort of but not one of the really close ones.

Overheal

Cody montana wrote: »

“Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American tire manufacturing company founded in 1898 and based in Akron,Ohio. They employ about 69,000 people including at least a thousand veterans.”

Is Ohio a swing state?

It is, and it's where Gym Jordan hails from. Not his district, though, Akron.

Quin_Dub

Cody montana wrote: »

“Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American tire manufacturing company founded in 1898 and based in Akron,Ohio. They employ about 69,000 people including at least a thousand veterans.”

Is Ohio a swing state?

It is the year.

Biden currently leading by 2 points , inside the margin of error.

Trump led Clinton pretty much all the way in 2016 eventually winning by 8 points - Polls had him 3.5 up.

Still probably going to Trump this time around , but he will have to spend more than he'd like to make sure.

Quin_Dub

This is yet another example of "America is just weird" that I'll never quite understand.

The concept of wearing clothing supporting a specific political party to your place of work is just fundamentally weird to me (It's weird anywhere tbh , but at work especially)

Can you imagine rocking up to work in a "Vote FF/SF/FG" or whatever hat r t-shirt here.

Aside from probably being told by your manager to change , I'm fairly confident that the level of ridicule directed towards you by pretty much every other employee would be more than enough to make you instantly regret the decision.

Same with bumper stickers , attending rallies , flags in the garden or any of the other public displays of ones political persuasion.

It's a mindset I just don't get and despite spending a lot of time in the US over the last number of decades I don't think I ever will.

BattleCorp

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

no ****. one without any consequences as well.

As the saying goes "It's better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6".

MisterAnarchy

Cody montana wrote: »

Is Ohio a swing state?

Donald is on a Bloodbuzz in Ohio .

joseywhales

Quin_Dub wrote: »

This is yet another example of "America is just weird" that I'll never quite understand.

The concept of wearing clothing supporting a specific political party to your place of work is just fundamentally weird to me (It's weird anywhere tbh , but at work especially)

Can you imagine rocking up to work in a "Vote FF/SF/FG" or whatever hat r t-shirt here.

Aside from probably being told by your manager to change , I'm fairly confident that the level of ridicule directed towards you by pretty much every other employee would be more than enough to make you instantly regret the decision.

Same with bumper stickers , attending rallies , flags in the garden or any of the other public displays of ones political persuasion.

It's a mindset I just don't get and despite spending a lot of time in the US over the last number of decades I don't think I ever will.

I am forever suggesting to my american wife that we should raise a large chinese flag outside out house and see what happens. Probably nothing in fairness

hotmail.com

Quin_Dub wrote: »

This is yet another example of "America is just weird" that I'll never quite understand.

The concept of wearing clothing supporting a specific political party to your place of work is just fundamentally weird to me (It's weird anywhere tbh , but at work especially)

Can you imagine rocking up to work in a "Vote FF/SF/FG" or whatever hat r t-shirt here.

Aside from probably being told by your manager to change , I'm fairly confident that the level of ridicule directed towards you by pretty much every other employee would be more than enough to make you instantly regret the decision.

Same with bumper stickers , attending rallies , flags in the garden or any of the other public displays of ones political persuasion.

It's a mindset I just don't get and despite spending a lot of time in the US over the last number of decades I don't think I ever will.

It got 10 times worse after September 11.

The rest of the world does America no favours by treating what happens in America as 'important' news.

Quin_Dub

Reading a bit more on the Goodyear thing.

This isn't a new policy or anything. This has been their position for quite some time.

Quite why Donald Trump chose to get stuck in here the day after former Republican Governor of Ohio, John Kasich endorsed Joe Biden for President is anyone's guess.

MadYaker

2u2me wrote: »

Yet you can literally go around these boards parrotting a known provable lie such as 'trump advocated to drink bleach'.

Trump is far right, trump is literally hitler etc.. etc..

Another win for the wokes.

No different than going on about biden being senile etc

namloc1980

Igotadose wrote: »

I mean, really. Goodyear? Bans political attire, and he tweets about it calling for a boycott?

Goodyear?

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0819/1160138-trump-calls-for-boycott-of-goodyear-tyres/

The presidential limo "the Beast" uses specialised tyres made with kevlar lining that have extended run flat capability and are as puncture proof as a tyre can be. Just have one guess who makes these special tyres????

Overheal

They supply the military and NASA also.

namloc1980

Overheal wrote: »

They supply the military and NASA also.

Also official tyre of NASCAR. The Trump base will be so conflicted.

namloc1980

This is absolutely delicious. Jim Jordan, Republican House Representative from Ohio, wrote a piece today claiming that if Joe Biden gets elected President, 'cancel culture' will get worse. On the same day President Trump is urging people to boycott and essentially 'cancel' Goodyear - an American company based in OHIO!!!

That's just comical. :pac:

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Rjd2

Overheal wrote: »

Yep - I should mention that the DNC has also courted the McCain wing of the GOP party. Probably the Romneys also.

Courting war mongers to own the cons.

I fully expect George Bush to close the show tomorrow night painting, while fellow war mongers David Frum and Lincoln Project videos to play in the background.

So progressive.

Professor Moriarty

Rjd2 wrote: »

Courting war mongers to own the cons.

I fully expect George Bush to close the show tomorrow night painting, while fellow war mongers David Frum and Lincoln Project videos to play in the background.

So progressive.

Still better than Trump and the GOP.

MadYaker

Jim Jordan is as thick as a ditch, the fact that he can be publicly elected to any position at all is frankly astonishing.

Rjd2

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Still better than Trump and the GOP.

Of course it is.

Still shouldn't mean that every form of criticism of the DNC is shut down by a whataboutism regarding the GOP.

2020 what a horrible state US politics is.

Can't even be excited about the future, left wingers will take a backseat to ****ty "moderate " Republicans in a Biden regime while the RNC will be taken over by a genuinely competent fascist who will probably win in 2024.

Professor Moriarty

Rjd2 wrote: »

Of course it is.

Still shouldn't mean that every form of criticism of the DNC is shut down by a whataboutism regarding the GOP.

2020 what a horrible state US politics is.

Can't even be excited about the future, left wingers will take a backseat to ****ty "moderate " Republicans in a Biden regime while the RNC will be taken over by a genuinely competent fascist who will probably win in 2024.

Who do you think might be that competent fascist?

Rjd2

MadYaker wrote: »

Jim Jordan is as thick as a ditch, the fact that he can be publicly elected to any position at all is frankly astonishing.

He's not though and that's the real problem.

He knows well this culture war drivel keeps the plebs happy all day.

He complains a lot about "free speech" been regulated and to Joe Bloggs that appears a fair thing to discuss, but his issue is conservatives don't have a monopoly on it.

And plenty of money from these "left wing" tech giants who he "rallies" against on a daily basis goes to him in campaign funds etc.

Rjd2

Professor Moriarty wrote: »

Who do you think might be that competent fascist?

Tucker or maybe someone like Hawley. You could see someone emerge from congress who may run on a similar Trump type vibe, not sure who yet though?

Thankfully Tom Cotton is to dull to win anything because he is the worst of all worlds, he was at one time both liked by Anne Coulter and Bill Kristol.

Imagine how bad you have to be to get both on your side.

ChikiChiki

Leroy42 wrote: »

He did the same with Harley Davidson at the start of his term.

It completely exposes he line that he is all about MAGA and America 1st.

He is only interested in Trump 1st.

I'm surprised he is still using the MAGA slogan. To me it infers that he has not done such a great job in his first term as promised in his previous campaign. It's a tired lazy slogan.