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Post by Peregrine on Sept 12, 2024 20:23:37 GMT -5
Suggest maybe he’s too old and tired for further debates. Yep. Stab the knife in deep and put out a press release very politely and sympathetically stating that while the Harris campaign regrets only having a single debate they understand the burdens of age and request that the voters not hold it against Trump.
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Post by Peregrine on Sept 12, 2024 20:29:51 GMT -5
I am struck by how US politics seems to be particularly weird and tribal. UK politics has the same broad issue of two main parties with FPTP, but voters in general seem to be more receptive to narratives around specific issues rather than turnout amongst voting blocks being the chief deciding factor. For example, a lot of formerly Labour voters shifted to the Tories and/or Reform over concerns about immigration, whilst the Tories have actually lost a significant chunk of support to the Lib Dems and Greens due to their environmental policies. US politics (at the national level) is just oddly ossified and locked in. If I had to guess I'd suspect that it has to do with the differences in how the president/PM is selected. In the UK you only vote for your local representative and FPTP pushes a two-party split in that particular district but the two parties don't automatically have to be the same two parties as in other districts. But in the US you vote directly for the president and FPTP combined with the electoral college system forces that to be a two-party race. A similar thing happens with senate races, where theoretically states could have different pairs of parties but with a single election for the entire state it's unlikely for that to happen. And once you've had to align yourself with one of the two parties for the larger race(s) it makes it easier to align with that party on all the other races and vote straight ticket every time. This is reinforced by most of the attention going to national politics such that a lot of voters have opinions on the presidential race but don't really know much about their state or local politics.
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Post by bobtheinquisitor on Sept 12, 2024 23:46:01 GMT -5
The infighting has begun. Trump’s debate prep coach, Laura Loomer, has started beef with multiple republicans, chiefly MTG and Lindsey Graham. Turns out she’s got some zingers: “Zangief Cosplayer”, “You and the Arby’s in your pants”. The late night hosts will have a field day.
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Post by Peregrine on Sept 13, 2024 0:23:13 GMT -5
The infighting has begun. Trump’s debate prep coach, Laura Loomer, has started beef with multiple republicans, chiefly MTG and Lindsey Graham. Turns out she’s got some zingers: “Zangief Cosplayer”, “You and the Arby’s in your pants”. The late night hosts will have a field day. And after she's been photographed looking awfully comfortable with Trump and said to be spending the night with him. I know it's a little early for a true october surprise but "cheated on his wife again" would be a nice accompaniment to the implosion.
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Post by Disciple of Fate on Sept 13, 2024 0:33:16 GMT -5
I don't know if cheating is worse than taking her, a 9/11 conspiracy theorist, to the 9/11 memorial. This is another one of those moments that should end the run of a candidate if we lived in a sane world.
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Post by pacific on Sept 13, 2024 5:28:04 GMT -5
The infighting has begun. Trump’s debate prep coach, Laura Loomer, has started beef with multiple republicans, chiefly MTG and Lindsey Graham. Turns out she’s got some zingers: “Zangief Cosplayer”, “You and the Arby’s in your pants”. The late night hosts will have a field day. Zangief cosplayer I saw the reply from MTG on Twitter saying that her comments about the WH smelling of curry and operating as a call centre were apparently going too far. Funny that that was the line not to be crossed!
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Post by easye on Sept 13, 2024 9:03:05 GMT -5
MTG is trying to moderate her profile.... for some reason. I think she actually wants a leadership position in the House?
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Post by mdgv2 on Sept 13, 2024 9:55:36 GMT -5
Has she tried not being batshit insane?
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Post by easye on Sept 13, 2024 11:19:18 GMT -5
That is her current tactic. Trying not to sound batshit insane. It's the pivot!
I finally caught some of the debate highlights. Oh my <Insert George Takai (sp) Meme here>. She absolutely destroyed him on every level. Trump probably wishes the bullet had killed him because it would have spared him what happened on that stage. Wow.
Some highlight moments: The opening handshake - Kamala and Trump "I have the concept of a plan" - Trump "There are no babies being killed post-birth in any state"- The moderator "They are eating people's pets.... I saw it on TV" - Trump with an assist from Kamala's facial expressions and the Moderator "This...... former president" - Kamala with a very Sam Jackson-style pregnant pause
Man, when she went after his crowds leaving because they were bored of his schtick and that no-one from his administration liked him....... savage.
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Post by Disciple of Fate on Sept 13, 2024 11:32:49 GMT -5
I read on the internet that MTG is just attacking Loomer because she is jealous about not being picked as Trump's new pet. Now I just need to see someone say it on TV, for that double truth confirmation.
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Post by bobtheinquisitor on Sept 13, 2024 12:35:45 GMT -5
Kamala did an excellent job of baiting him into embarrassing himself. The crowd sizes —> eating cats and dwags! was the most dramatic, but for me the most amusing was her describing him as weak with world leaders and susceptible to flattery allowing dictators to manipulate him, to which he responded essentially ‘No, I’m not! Strongman Orban says I’m the best and most awesome-est!’
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Post by semipotentwalrus on Sept 15, 2024 5:40:34 GMT -5
Eagerly awaiting a reaction from the usual suspect to the bomb threats being called in to Springfield, Ohio because of the unhinged cat-eating bullshit. I especially look forward to the pontificating about how we need to tone down the rhetoric.
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Post by mdgv2 on Sept 15, 2024 6:55:40 GMT -5
BBC reporting an anti-abortion activist is now shitting on Trump for not committing to a national ban.
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Post by A Town Called Malus on Sept 15, 2024 11:01:59 GMT -5
Eagerly awaiting a reaction from the usual suspect to the bomb threats being called in to Springfield, Ohio because of the unhinged cat-eating bullshit. I especially look forward to the pontificating about how we need to tone down the rhetoric. Especially when it turns out the origin of the story was a facebook post (now deleted) posted by someone about something that apparently their neighbour's daughter's friend saw. My hot girlfriend goes to another school. My uncle knows someone who works at Nintendo. My neighbour's daughter's friend saw someone eating a cat. Only the most reliable of sources for right-wing political thought.
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Post by bobtheinquisitor on Sept 15, 2024 14:20:29 GMT -5
Trump just posted “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT!”
I guess he’s trying to lose.
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