Let's imagine old Joe doesn't make it to November...

[ElNono]

Say, he has a stroke on-air trying to remember the last word he said, mid-late October, past any delegate votes...

Take your best guess what happens next?

[Blake]

Trump beats Bernie

[Spurminator]

I honestly don't know what legally happens next. If I had to guess without looking it up, Biden stays on the ballot and the VP candidate becomes President if Biden is elected?

[spurraider21]

i would imagine the delegates would be freed to select a new nominee in some emergency convention type thing

there would probably be an expectation that they would go with the VP choice, as part of voting for a presidential primary candidate is choosing their judgment for VP selection with the notion that VP will be 2nd in line

[ElNono]

i would imagine the delegates would be freed to select a new nominee in some emergency convention type thing

And who do you think the pool of candidates for that would be? I can actually see some nasty infighting with Bernie Bros.

[spurraider21]

And who do you think the pool of candidates for that would be? I can actually see some nasty infighting with Bernie Bros.
edited my post a bit to speculate on how that would go.

there may be an expectation that delegates previously pledged to candidates would stay loyal, but all of those who went to biden would most likely flock to whoever his VP choice was, provided that person had previously registered as a candidate for the presidency. honestly im not sure what the expectations would be

[SnakeBoy]

That's an easy one

https://celebrityinsider.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/hillary-clinton.jpg

[ElNono]

It's actually sorta even criminal we don't have a VP pick yet... were this to happen now, it would be extremely contentious (not that it wouldn't be otherwise, but at least the VP path is justifiable).

[ElNono]

That's an easy one

I thought about that one too, but that's just giving Trump ammo and basically forfeiting the election. Might as well move on with a dead candidate at the top of the ticket.

[Winehole23]

I thought about that one too, but that's just giving Trump ammo and basically forfeiting the election. Might as well move on with a dead candidate at the top of the ticket.Might be the only way to beat Trump in that case. I don't see any 2nd choices winning.

[vy65]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/16/what-happens-if-us-presidential-candidate-withdraws-or-dies-before-election-is-over-part-1/

[Monostradamus]

This year especially shows there should be an age limit for presidential candidates. Nobody over 65. If you win and turn 65 before your first term is over, you cannot run for a second term.

Honestly nobody over 60 should even be running, but we’ll throw old assholes a bone and set it at 65.

[Reck]

My nigga Nono went fishing and caught a live one here. :lol snakeboy

[Monostradamus]

My nigga Nono went fishing and caught a live one here. :lol snakeboy
He was just the first one to see this thread, tbh. We all know that Darrin, CC, DMC, etc will see this thread and immediately open a new tab to search for a Hillary pic, scroll down to quick reply, and be disappointed as hell that somebody beat em to it.

[Reck]

It's actually sorta even criminal we don't have a VP pick yet... were this to happen now, it would be extremely contentious (not that it wouldn't be otherwise, but at least the VP path is justifiable).

Next week, we'll all be disappointed when he unveils his VP Susan Rice.

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[ElNono]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/05/16/what-happens-if-us-presidential-candidate-withdraws-or-dies-before-election-is-over-part-1/

Good stuff, thanks scrah

[Spurtacular]

It's actually sorta even criminal we don't have a VP pick yet... were this to happen now, it would be extremely contentious (not that it wouldn't be otherwise, but at least the VP path is justifiable).

The whole thing is criminal. They put on this scamdemic so that Zombie Rapist wouldn't be yelling at voters every day and be showing off his senility.

[CosmicCowboy]

This year especially shows there should be an age limit for presidential candidates. Nobody over 65. If you win and turn 65 before your first term is over, you cannot run for a second term.

Honestly nobody over 60 should even be running, but we’ll throw old assholes a bone and set it at 65.

65 is too arbitrary. Some people are vital into their 80's. Dr. Fauchi is a good example.

[A Slob's Slob]

He was just the first one to see this thread, tbh. We all know that Darrin, CC, DMC, etc will see this thread and immediately open a new tab to search for a Hillary pic, scroll down to quick reply, and be disappointed as hell that somebody beat em to it.

https://reactions.gifs.ninja/r/hqg-300.gif

[DarrinS]

Joe is probably healthier than Shitlery was in 2016.

[DMC]

What happened in Missouri when that candidate died, didn't his wife take the spot amid some controversy?

[Winehole23]

What happened in Missouri when that candidate died, didn't his wife take the spot amid some controversy?
Tough break for John Ashcroft

[Will Hunting]

There aren’t any good female candidates which is why this has taken so long. Best case scenario is he picks a candidate who doesn’t help or hurt him.

[Will Hunting]

65 is too arbitrary. Some people are vital into their 80's. Dr. Fauchi is a good example.
It’s not any more arbitrary than 35 is as an age minimum.

[SnakeBoy]

My nigga Nono went fishing and caught a live one here. :lol snakeboy

I caught one too :lol

[Reck]

I caught one too :lol

Dude, you went through the efforts of googling a picture of someone you claim to hate to post. I just made a throwaway post.

Keep the L.

[spurraider21]

There aren’t any good female candidates which is why this has taken so long. Best case scenario is he picks a candidate who doesn’t help or hurt him.
warren would eviscerate pence on a debate stage tbh... but strategically its dumb to take her out of the senate imo

[ElNono]

I caught one too :lol

:lol

[ElNono]

The whole thing is criminal. They put on this scamdemic so that Zombie Rapist wouldn't be yelling at voters every day and be showing off his senility.

You have a plandemic thread already to air your grievances...

[ElNono]

Joe is probably healthier than Shitlery was in 2016.

I dunno about that.

[Will Hunting]

:lol crying about COVID-19 helping Jim Crow Joe

If Trump handled COVID-19 with even a modicum of competency he’d be coasting to a second term right now.

[ElNono]

65 is too arbitrary. Some people are vital into their 80's. Dr. Fauchi is a good example.

Should be 60, tbh... Fauci has been around for a long time. If he had any presidential aspirations, he should’ve pursued them earlier.

[spurraider21]

:lol crying about COVID-19 helping Jim Crow Joe

If Trump handled COVID-19 with even a modicum of competency he’d be coasting to a second term right now.
imagine we actually were on top of things, had widespread rapid testing in hotspots early on, with contact tracing, and actually did have it under control by easter, preventing the need for elongated shutdowns

[Reck]

:lol crying about COVID-19 helping Jim Crow Joe

If Trump handled COVID-19 with even a modicum of competency he’d be coasting to a second term right now.

It was always an impossible ask of Trump to just sit back and relax and let the scientists do the leg work.

Guy is a serial bungler. Going bankrupt once I get..hell maybe twice ok..but six times? :lol It takes a special kind of person to do that.

[Will Hunting]

imagine we actually were on top of things, had widespread rapid testing in hotspots early on, with contact tracing, and actually did have it under control by easter, preventing the need for elongated shutdowns
Trump would have a 2nd term locked down if that were the case :lol

Unfortunately the goal of the modern day Republican Party is to destroy government and make it look as incompetent as possible in order to convince the American people that government is the problem, so we’d never get the scenario you described with a GOP president.

[Will Hunting]

It was always an impossible ask of Trump to just sit back and relax and let the scientists do the leg work.

Guy is a serial bungler. Going bankrupt once I get..hell maybe twice ok..but six times? :lol It takes a special kind of special to do that.
He basically let a hangnail turn into gangrene infection that requires arm amputation by ignoring the scientists because a short and swift shutdown back in February might have hurt his precious stock market, even though it would have been over several weeks later and we’d be almost back to normal by now :lol

[midnightpulp]

He basically let a hangnail turn into gangrene infection that requires arm amputation by ignoring the scientists because a short and swift shutdown back in February might have hurt his precious stock market, even though it would have been over several weeks later and we’d be almost back to normal by now :lol

Germany and SK were the really the models to mitigate early with testing and tracing combined with soft lockdowns. Denmark, Norway, and NZ were good models for harder lockdowns. We had options. But we didn't commit and/or got complacent. CA had a model response but Newsom folded.

[DarrinS]

In 2016, Shitlery was coughing up lung biscuits and fainting on the regular.

[Winehole23]

In 2016, Shitlery was coughing up lung biscuits and fainting on the regular.How could we ever forget, you were reminding us daily for months.

[Reck]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rurFme5NF-o

Looks healthy, to Darrin's chagrin.

Must be the green goo that keeps it all together.

[DarrinS]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rurFme5NF-o

Looks healthy, to Darrin's chagrin.

Must be the green goo that keeps it all together.


Yeah, she looks super healthy. :lol

[Winehole23]

:lol crying about COVID-19 helping Jim Crow Joe

If Trump handled COVID-19 with even a modicum of competency he’d be coasting to a second term right now.I think so too.

COVID-19 was was Trump's call to greatness in the good sense. He hit the snooze bar.

[Will Hunting]

I think so too.

COVID-19 was was Trump's call to greatness in the good sense. He hit the snooze bar.
Americans tend to rally around presidents in times of crisis. GWB managed to crack 80% approval rating just by giving a bullshit speech about how the terrorists who attacked us were jealous of our freedom. Trump couldn’t even crack a 50% approval rating because of how shittily he handled the pandemic :lol

[Reck]

Yeah, she looks super healthy. :lol

What would you say it's wrong with her Dr. Darrin?

[Reck]

Americans tend to rally around presidents in times of crisis. GWB managed to crack 80% approval rating just by giving a bullshit speech about how the terrorists who attacked us were jealous of our freedom. Trump couldn’t even crack a 50% approval rating because of how shittily he handled the pandemic :lol

What's scary is that during the first weeks of the press briefings his approval ratings were actually skirting the low 50s. We should be glad him along with the people around him are plain stupid.

The 3 hour long marathon briefings that followed did him in. That's why he's now doing 30 minute ones. :lol

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/coronavirus-polls/

Scroll down to his pandemic approvals during March 22 and thereabout.

[Millennial_Messiah]

There aren’t any good female candidates which is why this has taken so long. Best case scenario is he picks a candidate who doesn’t help or hurt him.

Not a woman of color or far left by any means, but I still think Meghan McCain is his best pick. Bipartisanship, crush Arizona vote, win a lot of moderate Republicans who don't like the way Trump has been with women.

[spurraider21]

meghan mccain as a democrat vp and judge jeanine on the supreme court

do you want charlie kirk as secretary of state and steven crowder as secretary of defense too?

[Will Hunting]

Not a woman of color or far left by any means, but I still think Meghan McCain is his best pick. Bipartisanship, crush Arizona vote, win a lot of moderate Republicans who don't like the way Trump has been with women.
:lmao I’d vote for Trump out of spite if she was his VP pick, that’s a retarded idea.

[ElNono]

Not a woman of color or far left by any means, but I still think Meghan McCain is his best pick. Bipartisanship, crush Arizona vote, win a lot of moderate Republicans who don't like the way Trump has been with women.

Have you been chugging Clorox again?

[MultiTroll]

Good stuff, thanks scrahTl;dr. Let me guess. Bunch of legal muble jumble that would be argued endlessly as to what the correct interpretation is?

[ElNono]

Tl;dr. Let me guess. Bunch of legal muble jumble that would be argued endlessly as to what the correct interpretation is?

It goes through different scenarios, like if he croaks before or after the convention, the election, the electors voted, etc.

[Obi Juan Kenobi]

It should be the runner up in the primary...