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Cyrano

(15,388 posts)
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 08:50 AM Jul 2024

Kamala and the Democrats are going to win big.

Many of us have come from the depths of despair to the top of the world. There will be many bumps in the road between now and November. And the Republican ugly attacks are just scratching the surface. This year, they'll go for a record low. Trump will question Kamala's birth certificate, while J.D. Vance will claim she's Hitler's illegitimate granddaughter.

And while they wallow in their slime, Kamala will be out there running up the score. I can feel a blue tidal wave in the very core of my being. I know I'm not alone in feeling this.

But, we can't stop working. Knock on doors, work on phone banks, hand write postcards, and keep doing everything you've been doing. In the meantime, there are teams of Democrats out there fighting the vicious voter suppression tactics the Republicans are using.

I feel we are now going on with joy in our hearts. This time, truth, justice, freedom, and Kamala will win. Although I'm an agnostic, this is a fight of good vs evil. And good is going to triumph "big time."

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Kamala and the Democrats are going to win big. (Original Post) Cyrano Jul 2024 OP
It will be another very close election. Polls, for all they are worth which isn't much, show a tied race. Deek1935 Jul 2024 #1
Polls? multigraincracker Jul 2024 #3
I will bet you a $100 donation to DU that you will be proven spectacularly wrong. honest.abe Jul 2024 #5
You don't think the election will be close? Polybius Jul 2024 #24
7,000,000 votes is close ? Traurigkeit Jul 2024 #25
The Constitution only cares about electoral votes. former9thward Jul 2024 #45
I predict at least 55-45 Harris win. honest.abe Jul 2024 #32
Based on what? Wishful thinking? Why not just predict a 60-40, or a 70-30? Of course we want her to win but be real. Deek1935 Jul 2024 #34
Based on the incredible enthusiasm and massive donations and how quickly Dems have come together.. honest.abe Jul 2024 #36
I would be happy to take you up on your bet but in your posts you are already adding conditions. former9thward Jul 2024 #46
Ok forget the conditions. honest.abe Jul 2024 #49
Polls are improving and our chances are much better. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #33
Polls don't mean a thing. Yes, we want her to win. But forget handwringing over polls. They don't mean shit. Deek1935 Jul 2024 #35
Where's your enthusiasm? honest.abe Jul 2024 #38
Polls are little more than corporate manipulation and propaganda. Magoo48 Jul 2024 #6
Yep. All the latest elections have beaten the polls by 6-10% padfun Jul 2024 #20
It's not even been a week... Sky Jewels Jul 2024 #11
So NOW you believe in polls?????? I thought they weren't predictive of anything????? beaglelover Jul 2024 #31
Yep. orange jar Jul 2024 #39
Kamala will beat TSF by 10 million votes gab13by13 Jul 2024 #2
Absolutely. Cyrano Jul 2024 #4
I say 11 million ...3 Hillary 7 Joe 11 Kamala Tribetime Jul 2024 #7
She might very well do just that and still lose the election... SKKY Jul 2024 #37
Don't get complacent. Act like we're two points behind tinrobot Jul 2024 #8
we are about 2 points behind! samsingh Jul 2024 #21
THAT'S a very good point.... Think. Again. Jul 2024 #53
This reminds me of Obama but bigger. Hard to describe, but ms liberty Jul 2024 #9
Women are SO fired up. Sky Jewels Jul 2024 #12
I think she will win big too Johnny2X2X Jul 2024 #10
only if we do the work. edisdead Jul 2024 #13
With our FREEDOMS and the idea of American Democracy is on the line... ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2024 #15
Expect a Trump meltdown. He's on the brink. oasis Jul 2024 #14
We are riding high, people! COMPLACENCY IS NOT AN OPTION!! ProudMNDemocrat Jul 2024 #16
Go outside turn around three times and spit nycbos Jul 2024 #17
You know you are quite right, Cyrano. I'm thinking electric energy hope-driven blue tsunami. PatrickforB Jul 2024 #18
When you've been living in a rural area of a very red state, 70sEraVet Jul 2024 #19
Yes she will win big. PennRalphie Jul 2024 #22
We have to win BIG to beat their cheat! Silver Gaia Jul 2024 #23
⬆⬆⬆THIS⬆⬆⬆ Think. Again. Jul 2024 #55
My big burley politically apathic brother called yesterday! Bluethroughu Jul 2024 #26
"It ain't over 'till it's over." Auggie Jul 2024 #27
Supreme court lawsuits: ? Think. Again. Jul 2024 #56
Cyrano... Upthevibe Jul 2024 #28
I'm very excited, but... TRHST82 Jul 2024 #29
We all thought the same thing just eight short years ago. jalan48 Jul 2024 #30
I feel its different this time. Hillary had some image issues that made her vulnerable to losing voters.. honest.abe Jul 2024 #40
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2024 #41
Cheese or Pepperoni? honest.abe Jul 2024 #42
Your post says a LOT about you Mike - calling her these things: Brenda Jul 2024 #44
Post removed Post removed Jul 2024 #50
Don't feed the trolls. TwilightZone Jul 2024 #51
Joe Biden would have handily won the election. valleyrogue Jul 2024 #43
You could not be more wrong. Sky Jewels Jul 2024 #47
The Republicans only have HATE. Traurigkeit Jul 2024 #48
Go Kamala, GO!!! 🌊 !!! Think. Again. Jul 2024 #52
I hear you and agree completely. No one can be "agnostic" about this election. We're on a divine mission. RussellCattle Jul 2024 #54
Harris is definitely "the happy warrior!" PortTack Jul 2024 #57
Felt like this before. Arthur_Frain Jul 2024 #58
disillusionment AND overconfidence serve no purpose Skittles Jul 2024 #59
 

Deek1935

(1,055 posts)
1. It will be another very close election. Polls, for all they are worth which isn't much, show a tied race.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 08:53 AM
Jul 2024

Polybius

(21,900 posts)
24. You don't think the election will be close?
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 11:31 AM
Jul 2024

I think it will be a little closer than 2020.

 

honest.abe

(9,238 posts)
32. I predict at least 55-45 Harris win.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 11:55 AM
Jul 2024

If things keep going the way they are now and no gop shenanigans or Oct surprise.

 

Deek1935

(1,055 posts)
34. Based on what? Wishful thinking? Why not just predict a 60-40, or a 70-30? Of course we want her to win but be real.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 12:21 PM
Jul 2024
 

honest.abe

(9,238 posts)
36. Based on the incredible enthusiasm and massive donations and how quickly Dems have come together..
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 12:24 PM
Jul 2024

With a few minor exceptions.

former9thward

(33,424 posts)
46. I would be happy to take you up on your bet but in your posts you are already adding conditions.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 06:18 PM
Jul 2024

All subjective.

LeftInTX

(34,294 posts)
33. Polls are improving and our chances are much better.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 11:56 AM
Jul 2024

We will have a convention bump too.

Then comes all the other stuff.

Roger Stone is still up to his dirty tricks.

 

Deek1935

(1,055 posts)
35. Polls don't mean a thing. Yes, we want her to win. But forget handwringing over polls. They don't mean shit.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 12:21 PM
Jul 2024

Magoo48

(6,721 posts)
6. Polls are little more than corporate manipulation and propaganda.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 09:22 AM
Jul 2024

Keep it tight, make more profits.

 

Sky Jewels

(9,148 posts)
11. It's not even been a week...
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 09:50 AM
Jul 2024

The polls are moving in our direction quickly. Simon Rothenberg was saying that he was actually quite surprised by the movement. He had expected it to take a couple weeks to show up. Mark my words, the intensity on our side is going to make this a big blue win.

gab13by13

(32,321 posts)
2. Kamala will beat TSF by 10 million votes
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 08:55 AM
Jul 2024

TSF is fighting for his freedom
Kamala is fighting for our freedom

SKKY

(12,801 posts)
37. She might very well do just that and still lose the election...
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 12:28 PM
Jul 2024

...we need to act like we're done by 5% points from here on out. Complacency and a false sense of momentum will be our downfall if we don't fight like our Democracy depends on it. Because it certainly does.

tinrobot

(12,062 posts)
8. Don't get complacent. Act like we're two points behind
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 09:27 AM
Jul 2024

We all know what happened when we made assumptions in 2016.

They're planning to use every election trick in the book this time out. We gotta win big.

 

Think. Again.

(22,456 posts)
53. THAT'S a very good point....
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 08:28 PM
Jul 2024

...they certainly won't win the election in a true sense, but they will stop at nothing to get back into the White House.

ms liberty

(11,237 posts)
9. This reminds me of Obama but bigger. Hard to describe, but
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 09:35 AM
Jul 2024

I do think we're going to win. I think it could be historic. We still need to make it happen, but I can see the possibilities.

Johnny2X2X

(24,207 posts)
10. I think she will win big too
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 09:36 AM
Jul 2024

She was just what we needed to give people a different choice.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,897 posts)
15. With our FREEDOMS and the idea of American Democracy is on the line...
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 10:00 AM
Jul 2024

We will be doing the work.

Well over 100,000 have signed up to be volunteers and that number will only grow in the coming weeks leading up to the DNC in Chicago. The excitement in the air is something the MAGAts will find difficult to extinguish as they spread their doom & gloom to our FIGHT For Freedom.

The more Kamala Harris and Democrats running for office up and down the ballot talk about that and PROJECT 2025 in social media and elsewhere, the more voters are going to be turned off. Especially women! They are fired up for sure!

oasis

(53,693 posts)
14. Expect a Trump meltdown. He's on the brink.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 09:56 AM
Jul 2024

That’s gonna be one helluva October surprise.

ProudMNDemocrat

(20,897 posts)
16. We are riding high, people! COMPLACENCY IS NOT AN OPTION!!
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 10:03 AM
Jul 2024

We must campaign for every vote!

We are in a fight for our very lives for our children and grandchildren.

PatrickforB

(15,425 posts)
18. You know you are quite right, Cyrano. I'm thinking electric energy hope-driven blue tsunami.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 11:04 AM
Jul 2024

The thing I am most concerned about is the voter suppression and intimidation tactics playing out in a number of states. These billionaire GOP puppet masters are pulling out all the stops to get their $5 trillion tax cut.

So on the one side, we have the raw greed of a few billionaire parasites and Wall Street people campaigning on fear and hate.

On our side, we have pretty much all the GenZ, Millennials, LGBTQ, women and unions. Once more people become aware of Project 2025's intent toward Social Security and Medicare, we will get a majority of seniors - myself included, though I have been a Democrat decades. But if I was not, all I'd need to swing blue in a big way is to hear about what the billionaire GOP puppet masters want to do with programs I will shortly be depending on to live.

And middle class taxpayers? Once they become aware that the giant tax cut planned by the GOP for billionaires and corporations will raise their taxes by $2,500 or so every year, they will swing blue in a big way.

And now we have Vance saying that rape and incest are 'inconvenient.' Inconvenient? Fuck. And his asenine assertion that the votes of women who have no children should not count as much as the votes of women with children? This guy is CREEPY WEIRD.

The Harris coalition is going to be huge and will cross all demographics. She is a winner!

The only thing Trump has EVER been successful at is failing - at everything he has ever done.

70sEraVet

(5,482 posts)
19. When you've been living in a rural area of a very red state,
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 11:16 AM
Jul 2024

it's hard to feel that optimistic. Hearing all of the 'f' words shouted by people driving by, because of my yard signs, takes its toll.
All I'm saying is, while I fully share your enthusiasm, I also recognize that the battle will be a bitter one.

 

PennRalphie

(448 posts)
22. Yes she will win big.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 11:21 AM
Jul 2024

I had some business travel this week. Texas, Arizona, Nevada. While I never ever mix politics with business, I could clearly hear others in the offices say Kamala every now and then. And they were always smiling.

She is going to get the young people out to vote. I’ve said all along, the key to a total landslide was to get those tired of trump voting for Democrat. She is going to do that. I believe she’s going to have a very positive message and that certainly resonates. If she chooses Shapiro as VP, PA is guaranteed.

I remain uneasy at the process that got us here, but am very excited with the result.

Silver Gaia

(5,361 posts)
23. We have to win BIG to beat their cheat!
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 11:26 AM
Jul 2024

And we will! Some of us are energized by seeing success. For some of us, seeing possibilities, even probabilities, of a blue tsunami fires up the will to fight even harder, not complacency. I'm feeling fired up and ready to go! Let's win this thing BIG!

Bluethroughu

(7,215 posts)
26. My big burley politically apathic brother called yesterday!
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 11:35 AM
Jul 2024

He said he was voting for all Democractic candidates, that he is afraid for his young daughter and the world with these weirdo Republicans running it.

I said welcome to the party, spread the word!
He's 42, first time voting.

He went on to talk about corporations are NOT people, and the Supreme Court is corrupt...I said I'm happy to see you have arrived to the woke. Keep spreading the word.

Upthevibe

(10,180 posts)
28. Cyrano...
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 11:42 AM
Jul 2024

My spirit is SO elevated!

Recent events have increased my physical energy level so I'll be able to phone bank (as I did in 2020 and 2022). There's a great grassroots (but very, very organized) group here in CA where we call voters in swing dates for congressional candidates.

I gave $25 last week to V.P. Harris' campaign! I'm on a budget so I gave what I could.

I can't imagine ANYONE on DU becoming complacent.......All hands on deck!

TRHST82

(57 posts)
29. I'm very excited, but...
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 11:46 AM
Jul 2024

If she's not ahead (doesn't have to be by large margins) in at least some of the swing states a week after the DNC, I will be seriously worried.

jalan48

(14,914 posts)
30. We all thought the same thing just eight short years ago.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 11:49 AM
Jul 2024

Due to our convoluted electoral college election system, a handful of "swing states" will determine the winner. We need to run as if we are losing imho.

 

honest.abe

(9,238 posts)
40. I feel its different this time. Hillary had some image issues that made her vulnerable to losing voters..
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 05:27 PM
Jul 2024

to a fake scandal and third party candidates. Harris, is turning out to be an Obama type candidate with people extremely excited and wont be swayed by any last minute non-sense.

Response to honest.abe (Reply #40)

Brenda

(2,054 posts)
44. Your post says a LOT about you Mike - calling her these things:
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 06:11 PM
Jul 2024

- cackling moron
- hidden on the sidelines for four years
- an empty vessel loser
- benchwarmer with big mouth

You poor scared incel racist, woman-haters just can't understand that the world has left you behind.

Kamala is smarter, stronger, healthier, more experienced and qualified and way more happy than your fat fuck idol.

Response to Brenda (Reply #44)

valleyrogue

(2,715 posts)
43. Joe Biden would have handily won the election.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 06:03 PM
Jul 2024

It is going to be much more difficult for Kamala to win. It is just a fact because she is a woman. It is going to depend on what the other side does in the fall.

 

Sky Jewels

(9,148 posts)
47. You could not be more wrong.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 06:20 PM
Jul 2024

He was on a track to lose, and it was getting worse all the time. Kamala Harris turned things around dramatically in less than a week, and it's only going to get better from here.

 

RussellCattle

(1,928 posts)
54. I hear you and agree completely. No one can be "agnostic" about this election. We're on a divine mission.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 08:30 PM
Jul 2024

Arthur_Frain

(2,355 posts)
58. Felt like this before.
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 08:35 PM
Jul 2024

Heard this before. And as much as I would like to see tfg lose by 15 million votes this time, I too think it’s going to be another squeaker. But don’t let me rain on your parade, get out there and celebrate, just be certain to vote.

Skittles

(171,710 posts)
59. disillusionment AND overconfidence serve no purpose
Sat Jul 27, 2024, 11:49 PM
Jul 2024

ALWAYS act like we are behind and KEEP WORKING - NOTHING is a sure thing, especially when going up against liars and cheaters

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