US Politics, September 2024 -- “I’m Not Going to Apologize For Posting a Joke”

(in the replies to an account focused on architectural photography no less!)

Midwest Modern! That guy is fighting the good fight while touring the area where I grew up.

lol you people are insane

— Midwest Modern (@JoshLipnik) September 9, 2024

Polling error gotta be like 3% right?

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"I need to hear more about Harris, she's an unknown..."

who are these people?? She's the fucking vice president! what do you need to know?

how far she can go on Hot Ones, y'know, important stuff like that

xp Apparently a lot of people. We live in such a stupid country, but even a lot of the smart people I know have never paid an iota of attention to her and what she's accomplished, until now

yeah, I guess living in the Bay Area - we knew her all along, since the 90s

I'm not going to watch the debate tomorrow. Trump is hard to debate because he doesn't debate, he never answers any questions, he just uses his time to dominate, deflect, denigrate and lie lie lie. I'm hoping she has a strategy for countering that, but I don't want the stress of being an observer

I have no plans to watch it either.. I'll just wait for the highlights. There's nothing to be gleaned from this

I'm going to watch the Emmys on Sunday, though

It’s rigged.

I won't be watching either. I already know which of the two of them I'll be voting for.

I will be watching Marc Ribot and Shahzad Ismaily do something or other. Not debate, probably.

I knew the Biden debate would be too painful to watch, but I might watch this one. I wouldn't mind seeing Kamala Harris wreck him. Of course, she may also fail and plunge me into a dark depression.

I think she'll be fine, I don't know about putting any dents in him though. He'll just say all the same shit he always does.

call me optimistic, but I think we are are long overdue for a "have you no decency, sir" moment

like, a withering putdown (or five) that are even better than "will you shut up, man?"

I'd say she and her advisors know that whatever happens tomorrow evening it won't be a debate, but an opportunity to see what a Harris presidency might look and feel like, to gauge her ability to speak to the listeners and to demonstrate her overall capabilities.

I'll guess the most difficult questions for her will be those that require her to embrace Biden's performance in office or distance herself from him, especially in regard to Gaza, because either approach has political drawbacks - and if she tries to finesse it, it will sound weak and evasive. The 'moderator(s?)' will understand this and therefore see it as their job to make her squirm and see what happens.

It's a weird tradition to hold these performances, but very little about US elections is direct or sensible, or even about governance.

Having the mics off cuts down on the chances of Trump letting out an <audible> N-word.

It would be amazing if she answered every question with legit policy specifics in an optimistic way, but ended each answer with a statement that makes Donny Dipshit mad to where he spends his entire time meandering like a moron in hopes to defend himself, never getting to a single policy or attack
(HARRIS: "...that's why we support labor unions, and it's weird that Trump says I cannot be two things at the same time, because he's proved that one can be a convict and a rapist!"
MODERATOR: "VP Harris, you're time is up - Former President Trump, want to respond?")

I'm sure she has some rhetorical strategies planned. Honestly, beating Trump in a debate is kinda low stakes. He's a lunatic and people hate him.

I have always watched presidential debates, but I'm not sure I can do it. Biden freaked me out too much. Obviously, I don't think she will be that bad, but I also don't think it will be a fun watch.

I will watch with some anxiety--my bowling league starts tomorrow, so I'll have to PVR and catch up. I don't think I'll read anything first, just watch.

Ya it’s gonna suck, I might watch for a bit just to see what the tone is

imo the strategy is to throw a lot of little digs in there that Trump will feel compelled to respond to, there's actually been some attention paid to the fact that Trump can't answer a simple question, keeping him as distracted and pissy as possible might help

on the other hand I do think people are starting to wonder what Kamala's actual platform is, I think it might be good to outline some specific things for once.

People also wonder what Trump's actual platform is, but he is such a reflexive liar who spouts nonsense the way a squid squirts ink that they understand going in that getting any substance out of him is as hopeless as getting milk from a snake. Being the 'sane' one (and a woman) puts Harris at a clear disadvantage in that there are expectations of her that far exceed any expectations of her opponent.

I mean yes if she started speaking the way Trump does it would be very worrying

I'd love it if she had a way to bring this kind of vibe to the debate

We’re running this ad on Fox News this morning for no particular reason pic.twitter.com/3F77xxAiDG

— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) September 10, 2024

just realized that Barack Obama is becoming Kamala Harris' anger translator

That's a good ad.

Trollbama

Q: You can't shame Trump and his MAGA herrenvolk, so what can you do?

A: Goad them!

she definitely needs to point out how "weird" their ideas are. that'll get him. he hates the weird thing.

"Harris’ campaign has been trying to throw Trump off balance for days, and they will bring Scaramucci and Troye to warn against Trump" (CNN)

Some ex-staff people are good going after Trump, but I wish they'd stay clear of Scaramucci. He comes on all sage and considered now, but I find it impossible to unremember his insane interviews during his time working for Trump--he was as bad as Spicer or anybody.

Some ex-staff people are good going after Trump, but I wish they'd stay clear of Scaramucci. He comes on all sage and considered now, but I find it impossible to unremember his insane interviews during his time working for Trump--he was as bad as Spicer or anybody.

Have you learned nothing? The biggest lesson from the Age of Trump is that yesterday doesn't matter; what you say today, and how you present yourself today, is what counts. Scaramucci was a dangerous idiot for the few days that he had power; seven years later, he's just a funny little Joe Pesci guy who gets to go on cable and shit-talk Trump, and that's his only value, and the only context in which we need to think about him.

Harris seems to have taken this lesson to heart, though she should push it further. When some cable hack tries to pin her down on some shit she said in 2019 she should say, "It's 2024. Do you still believe everything you believed in 2019?"

harris stalled with the gaza bullshit

― he/him hoo-hah (map), Monday, September 9, 2024 2:39 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

yeah and just general centrist nowheresville

Got as far as "Have you learned nothing?"--amazing that you're still on this condescending crude after you thoroughly embarrassed yourself with Biden.

he was as bad as Spicer or anybody

People are saying that politics makes weird bedfellows.

crude = crusade (but "crude" works too)

I was kind of hoping you meant crudite, I’m a little peckish

good obama ad. he's a war criminal but he's a good communicator. wish he did it more and did the indie playlist and film producing stuff less.

they're going all in on the cat thing

In short, don't let the crybabies in the media dissuade you, fellow patriots.

Keep the cat memes flowing.

— JD Vance (@JDVance) September 10, 2024

"yes, it may be false, but keep spreading racist shit"

White Stripes are suing the Trump campaign

The singer has made good on the threat, filing a copyright infringement suit, alongside Meg White, as the White Stripes, seeking “significant monetary damages”, and listing Trump, his campaign and Martin as defendants. The suit alleges that the campaign did not seek or obtain permission from the band to use the song, and did not respond to pre-litigation efforts to resolve the issue.

"Trump Mocks Harris’s Height. But Her Fans See a Certain Stature."

An NYT "both sides" classic on today's front page. (They want Trump to win.)

seeking “significant monetary damages”

Time to start moving more of those Trump Bibles off the shelves at the new low low low discount price of $39.95 plus s&h.

i think the scaramucci thing is not the worst idea i've ever heard. presumably expecting him to say stupid stuff that distracts the trump team comms response rather than convince romney republicans.

Kamala Harris is modest in stature, but is considered by some to have Tall Energy. Donald Trump has insisted she shouldn’t be allowed to use “boxes or artificial lifts” during the debate.

Harris should insist Trump not be allowed to use diapers or shoulder pads

Josh Marshall view on the debate if you're interested: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/getting-our-heads-around-tonights-debate/sharetoken/83e5a81a-3db5-4981-9db6-1e44ee641840

I laughed at the description of Kamala's debate prep partner method acting as Trump, i.e. walking around all day being an asshole.

i thought vance didn't like cats, what does he care if they're getting eaten, only sad childless ladies will be fussed by it