Friday Talking Points -- Yes We Kam!
Last week, we wrote our third Friday Talking Points column in a row that dispensed with our usual format and was solely devoted to angst and calling on President Joe Biden to drop out of the race. This week, we are happy to say, things have changed for the better. And that's putting it mildly!
Vice President Kamala Harris is now the presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee. Joe Biden is now officially (through his own decision) a lame duck. And Democrats by the millions have been astounded that they are now feeling genuine hope and actual enthusiasm about an election that was shaping up to be pretty grim indeed.
The change is monumental, and it came from the top. Kamala Harris is going to run a completely different campaign than Joe Biden would have. Sure, they'll be almost identical on the actual issues, but the style and energy of her campaign is going to be off the charts. Here is just one example -- a press release sent out by Team Harris (emphasis in original) after Donald Trump recently appeared on a friendly news show to do his usual mix of rambling aimlessly and lying shamelessly:
Statement on a 78-Year-Old Criminal's Fox News Appearance
After watching Fox News this morning we only have one question, is Donald Trump ok?
Main takeaways Trump gave to the American people:
- Trump praised his Project 2025
- Trump is flustered and lashing out
- When Trump wasn't lying, he was making threats
- Abortion bans are good, mail-in voting is bad
- Praised dictators because he wants to be one
- Trump is clearly worried he made the wrong pick in JD Vance
- Trump is old and quite weird?
- This guy shouldn't be president ever again
If anyone wants an alternative, Kamala Harris is offering one.
To state the obvious, it's hard to imagine Team Biden ever getting that snarky, or being that effective for that matter. This is driven by the candidate herself, who wields snark with the masterful skill of an Olympic fencer (our mandatory Olympics reference, sorry...). Hours later, the Harris campaign had another press release with another rather pointed title: "Happy World IVF Day To Everyone Except JD Vance."
Already, Harris is taking the fight directly to Trump and it has noticeably set him back on his heels. For days, he continued to attack Biden, even though he was no longer Trump's opponent. Donald Trump has never known how to react to strong, intelligent women who oppose him, and he's even worse when that woman is a person of color. And Harris has already reframed the entire race as "the prosecutor versus the felon," which you have to admit is a pretty neat bit of sloganeering.
Here's Harris, from one of her first speeches after Biden made his bombshell announcement:
[As a prosecutor, I] took on perpetrators of all kinds: Predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. So hear me when I say: I know Donald Trump's type.
As attorney general of California, I took on one of our country's largest for-profit colleges that was scamming students. Donald Trump ran a for-profit college that scammed students. As a prosecutor, I specialized in cases involving sexual abuse. Well, Trump was found liable for committing sexual abuse. As attorney general of California, I took on the big Wall Street banks and held them accountable for fraud. Donald Trump was just found guilty of fraud on 34 counts.
That's the type of campaign we're about to see, folks. Harris is going to get under Trump's skin in a big way, and she is going to be absolutely relentless about doing so. Within the first day of taking up the torch from Biden, Democrats interviewed everywhere had a great talking point that castigated the news media for their obsession over Biden -- because now Trump was the really old guy in the race, who has obviously slipped a few notches in the past few years. Turning that around on Trump so quickly was a masterful bit of political jiu-jitsu, and it was just the beginning.
By the end of the week, the Trump campaign indicated it was (for now, at least) pulling out of the remaining scheduled presidential debate. Harris responded on social media: "What happened to 'any time, any place'?" She wasn't the only one out there mocking Trump's cold feet, either. An old Saturday Night Live sketch with Trump surrounded by dancing chickens immediately surfaced.
That is how you fight a bully. Step on his toes. Get in his face. Call him chicken. Taunt him. Mock him. Belittle him.
Trump has pretty much owned this sort of thing ever since he entered politics, but he may have finally met his match -- a powerful woman who isn't afraid of ripping Trump a new one and then laughing about it. And she's not the only one -- as we are writing this, "#LaughAtTrump" is the number-one trending hashtag on one social media site.
At this point, it is now Democrats who are gleefully looking forward to the next debate, while Trump runs scared. That is an epic sea-change that happened within days. And Harris is only getting started, folks.
This newfound enthusiasm and hope on the Democratic side is only just started to register in the polling. Harris has now essentially caught up to Trump. They're running roughly even -- Harris up a few points in one poll, Trump up a few in another, all within the margin of error. But even being tied is a huge improvement. Biden was slipping more and more behind Trump, but Harris already seems to have wiped out this deficit. If her bump in the polls continues into next week, she could soon be solidly on top of the race.
The mainstream political media could be a big help in all this. They love obsessing over the horserace aspect, and they also love a good comeback storyline. Harris is something new, in a race that was previously unbelievably stale. And the obvious enthusiasm and excitement on the Democratic side is indeed quite newsworthy. Currently the pundits are all consumed by the question of who Harris will choose as her running mate, with endless "veepstakes" stories being written. This should all help build that wave of excitement.
Of course, sooner or later Trump and the Republicans will figure out some cohesive way of attacking Harris. But so far they have been notably perplexed by the concept, which is odd seeing as how they had plenty of time to prepare a "Plan B" for the Trump campaign when the question of Biden stepping aside became paramount. But they have wasted the entire week, while Harris is out there positively defining herself to the country. And there just aren't that many weeks left to go. Harris only has a little over 100 days to squeeze in her entire campaign, but if she continues dominating the airwaves it should be more than enough.
A few other minor things happened in politics this week, but none of them really even merits a mention. In other words, it was a one-story week again, but (finally!) it was a positive story being told by Democrats.
Obviously, we have to have two awards this week.
First, President Joe Biden was the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week, for his selfless act of putting country before his own ambition. It's a hard, hard thing for anyone to walk away from a presidential campaign, no matter when it happens. And for a while there it looked like Biden had completely ruled it out. But this Sunday, he pulled the plug and passed the Democratic torch to his own running mate, Vice President Kamala Harris.
This was a historic decision, and it very well may have saved whatever chance Democrats have to beat Donald Trump this November. If Biden had stayed, he certainly seemed like he was on the path to defeat. With a whole new race, that doesn't seem inevitable anymore.
By stepping aside, Biden has ensured his legacy will be a good one. He got an incredible amount of far-reaching legislation passed, making his presidency perhaps the most successful on that front since L.B.J. He turned the country around from the COVID-19 pandemic. He saved the American economy, and avoided the recession that virtually every economist was predicting. He added more jobs during his first term than any president, ever. It's a very strong record all around, in fact.
Now Biden will be remembered solely for this record, and for dropping out of the race. Whether his policies will continue or not hinges on the election's outcome, but Biden will not be seen as "the guy who lost to Donald Trump." That's where his legacy was heading, before last Sunday.
Our second MIDOTW award goes to Vice President Kamala Harris, the new presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee. Harris unified the party behind her with lightning speed. She got enough delegates to ensure her the nomination in roughly one day's time. Nobody else even bothered to challenge her (although Senator Joe Manchin did briefly flirt with the idea, just to get his face on television once again). Money began pouring in by the hundreds of millions of dollars, from both large donors and small. People have been volunteering to work on the campaign by the tens of thousands. The internet is going wild with pro-Kamala memes. And it hasn't even been a single week, yet.
The difference between this week and the previous three weeks is the difference between night and day. Between gloom and enthusiasm. Between despair and hope. Watching Harris campaign is exhilarating. She has a lot of energy and eagerness and she has become a much better speaker during her stint as Joe's veep. She has completely redefined the campaign, much to Trump's consternation.
We should almost change the name of the award for her to "Most Impressive Democratic Week, Ever!" since it's hard to recall any other such astounding week for the Democratic Party. Kamala Harris not only unified the Democratic Party in the blink of an eye, she has energized it beyond belief. Every Democrat we've spoken to is now looking forward to the next presidential debate, because everyone expects Kamala to just wipe the floor with Trump. For being the agent of such change, Kamala Harris is definitely the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week, right up there with her boss Joe.
[Congratulate President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris via the White House contact page, to let them know you appreciate their efforts.]
Before we get started, we didn't think it even rose to the level of a (Dis-)Honorable Mention award, but what exactly was up with Barack Obama dragging his feet on endorsing Kamala Harris? He finally did so, but it took him and Michelle days longer than all the other prominent Democrats in the party. Bill and Hillary Clinton were the quickest off the mark, but day after day went by without the nod from the Obamas. So we'd just like to know: what was up with that?
Anyway, let's move along to the main award....
Politics in New Jersey have gone through some rather dramatic changes this year, as the traditional Democratic Party machine in the state has seen its power greatly diminished. In what seems like a continuation of this trend, Senator Bob Menendez announced this week he would be resigning his seat... in August, that is, after he picks up two more paychecks.
He is stepping down because (not unlike Donald Trump) Menendez is now a convicted felon. He was found guilty of bribery and other assorted crimes by a federal jury in his home state. He has sworn to appeal his case all the way up to the Supreme Court, and to be fair he might actually have a chance of convincing them to overturn it (since they've been ruthlessly gutting all the bribery laws they can for awhile now). While this was the first time Menendez was convicted, it is not the first time he has been charged -- he beat the rap in an earlier bribery case, years ago.
Menendez is, quite obviously, a sleazeball. So seeing him go is a relief to Democrats. He wasn't going to win re-election anyway, so whether the governor appoints the current Democratic nominee for his Senate seat or just puts someone in as a caretaker until January, the seat will safely remain in Democratic hands.
So even though he is doing the right thing now -- resigning in disgrace -- Bob Menendez is still our Most Disappointing Democrat Of The Week, for obvious reasons.
[Contact Senator Bob Menendez on his Senate contact page, to let him know what you think of his actions. But you'd better do it before mid-August, as that page won't be up for very much longer.]
Volume 760 (7/26/24)
Obviously, we've got one single theme for our talking points today: get Kamala Harris elected!
The first three of these are offered up as either rewording of things Harris has already said in her speeches or suggestions for what to say next. The others could be used by any Harris-supporting Democrat.
Enjoy!
Prosecute the case
This will be one of the main two themes of the entire campaign now. And it's a doozy.
"I started out as a prosecutor, bringing justice for victims and convicting all kinds of dangerous criminals. I know Donald Trump's type. I've seen his ilk before. And I've put people like him in jail for what they did. Donald Trump has spent his entire life ripping people off and ignoring the rules. Too many times, he has gotten away with it. He has stiffed his employees and contractors, he has defrauded consumers, and he has been an absolute pig towards women. I'm quite familiar with all of these types of criminal. So you've got to ask yourself who you want to see in the White House for the next four years, a convicted 34-time felon or a prosecutor who has devoted her life to the concept of justice for all and the rule of law? That's the choice you all will have to make in the voting booth, folks."
We're not going back
The second major campaign theme has also already emerged. And now Democrats have a poster-child bad-boy to focus on, in the person of J.D. Vance.
"Donald Trump and J.D. Vance want to take this country backwards. They want to rip away freedoms that were won through long, hard struggles. They want only people who look like them to have any power to decide what the rest of us can and cannot do. My campaign looks forward to the future, while theirs wants to drag us all back to some dismal past they imagine was better -- for people like them. Have you heard some of the crazy things J.D. Vance has said about women? His views would have been considered extreme even back in the 1950s, folks. I want to lead America into the future and make things better for people just like you. They want to turn us all around and head us into the past. But we're not going back! Not if I can help it, that's for sure."
Trump is way old
This one's pretty easy and requires no real setup or explanation.
"Now there is only one old guy in the race who is clearly past his prime, and his name is Donald Trump. Have you heard how crazy he sounds when he speaks? Have you heard him forget how to pronounce simple words? Why has he never released his full medical records or any of those cognitive tests he brags about? Let's face it, Trump is way too old. And he's deteriorating fast, too."
Seriously? Have you thought this out?
We wrote a column this Monday on this one, because the whole thing was just too, too funny.
"Immediately after President Joe Biden announced he wasn't going to finish his run for a second term, some Republicans began calling on him to resign the presidency right now. To which I say: 'Really? Have you thought this out? I mean, seriously?' You know what would instantly happen if Biden took their advice? President Kamala Harris would be sworn in. And she'd still be able to run for two full terms. They'd be handing her the gift of incumbency and it would reassure voters that she was more than capable of doing the job. I did notice that these knee-jerk calls for Biden to resign seem to have died down somewhat -- probably because somebody in Republicanland finally figured out what it would all mean."
Let's have some fun again
Never underestimate the power of positive emotion in politics.
"You know what? Kamala Harris has reintroduced the concept of fun to Democratic politics. Just look at her giving a speech -- she's obviously having a ball prosecuting the case against Trump. Republicans even tried to attack her because she laughs. Well you know what? Trump needs someone to laugh in his face, as many times as possible. I don't know about you, but I for one am ready to have some fun in the political arena again."
Rise of the Swifties
Hoo boy. Talk about waking a sleeping giant....
"When the clip of J.D. Vance running down Kamala Harris (and a few other Democrats) as, quote, childless cat ladies who were miserable, unquote, the reaction was swift. Women everywhere were offended, and Jennifer Aniston scathingly denounced Vance to her millions of followers online. The truly jaw-dropping idiocy of this statement is that Harris has kids. Stepkids. But I guess they don't count, in the misogynistic mind of Vance. But the reaction was 'Swift' in another way too, since there is one childless cat-lady who is one of the most successful women on Earth: Taylor Swift. Now, Swift hasn't actually endorsed any presidential candidate, but it's pretty clear she was never going to endorse Trump even before Vance's comment surfaced. But some Swifties have noticed, and they took umbrage. And having the Swifties angry at you means millions upon millions of fans will be that much more enthused about voting against you. So go right ahead, Mr. Vance -- tell us what you really think about 'childless cat-ladies'. You just go right ahead and keep digging that hole deeper!"
A brilliant update of a winning slogan
This seemed to organically pop up at the first rally Harris held after Biden's announcement, in the form of a bunch of people each holding up hand-made signs that spelled it out. It'll be interesting to see if it catches on, as either an official or unofficial campaign slogan, but we think it is brilliant since it riffs on the successful campaign slogan of the first Black person to become president. In any case, what we'll be looking for (in case you missed it):
YES WE KAM!
-- Chris Weigant
Follow Chris on Twitter: @ChrisWeigant
Cross-posted at: Democratic Underground
Bill and Hillary Clinton were the quickest off the mark, but day after day went by without the nod from the Obamas. So we'd just like to know: what was up with that?
Deference to Joe? That's me trying to be funny.
Dearest Chris,
Please excuse my recent comments that have been overly critical of your assessment of president Biden and what he should do. It has been a rough few weeks or more for such a diehard Biden fan. Ahem.
When I first came here in 2007 via your Huffington Post columns, Senator Biden was making his second run for POTUS. He had always been at or near the core of my interest in US politics, in general and in US foreign policy, in particular. Following his career, as I have, has made me a firm believer in the promise of America and in its global leadership role. Biden's admittedly idealistic phrase, America leads best when it leads not only by the example of its power but by the power of its example, has become deeply engrained in how I think about America and its place in the world.
I've thoroughly enjoyed reading your consistently brilliant columns here in Weigantia and I can say that the interaction in the comments sections under your headlining pieces with fellow Weigantians has been, in the overall, great fun! And, now, with president Biden's long and colourful career in public service coming to an end, my passion for commenting on US politics will similarly experience a kind of winding down of sorts. I'm taking a break, in other words. Heh.
Thank-you from the bottom of my heart for everything!
Wishing you and all Weigantians all the very best, always. And, long live the CW FTP Columns!!! :-)
You have to get out and vote. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four years, it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore.. In four years, you won’t have to vote again.
Trump, today at a Florida rally.
Uh...WTF!!!
Bashi
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Whether running Joe or Kamala this election shouldn’t be close. Not when the opponent is Trump. The media want an exciting horse race more than reporting accurately and fulfilling its Article 1 responsibilities.
I am amazed that Trump has a chance to win despite saying cray cray stuff like this almost every day.
Author Fletcher Knebel (who wrote the 1962 classic Seven Days in May) also wrote a book in 1972 called Dark Horse. It was a political thriller where a presidential candidate died suddenly a few months before the election and the mad scramble to find a replacement. The new player changed the entire dynamic of the race and created a groundswell of support that left his tired old opponent struggling to respond. Sound familiar?
is now officially (through his own decision)
You're not on board with the idea that he was somehow controlled by mysterious means, instead of making his own decision?
his usual mix of rambling aimlessly and lying shamelessly
I'm dubious about Trump supposedly lying. Don't you have to have some concept of truth, have to distinguish fact from fantasy at least a little, in order to be capable of lying?
ow Democrats have a poster-child bad-boy to focus on, in the person of J.D. Vance
Given that Trump is almost as old as Biden, and in worse health, Vance is the Republican candidate for president. No one in power should say that. No one who could possibly be mistaken for a Kamala Harris campaign spokesperson. They should focus the negative campaigning on Vance, and leave it to Republicans to raise the question of why they would do such a thing.
MtnCaddy [4]:
I agree 100%. We all remember the fall of 2016, the media's fascination with Trump and glee at reporting Hillary's every 'illness' and accusations of being 'secretive'.
In 2024, the media's main focus has been on how Trump's poll numbers don't change, despite 2 impeachments, the siege of January 6, and a conviction. And of course, "Biden is too old".
We can only hope that the media's fascination with the 'shiny new thing' will blunt its other tendency to quickly tear down what it earlier built up.
That is how you fight a bully. Step on his toes. Get in his face. Call him chicken. Taunt him. Mock him. Belittle him.
OK... So, let me get this straight..
After slamming President Trump since Jun of 2015 for all those things..
You are now HAPPY that Headboard Harris is now ACTING like President Trump??
"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering".
-Yoda
Or, if you prefer...
"Hypocrisy. It's not a bug in Demcorat programming. It's a feature."
-Michale
:eyeroll:
At this point, it is now Democrats who are gleefully looking forward to the next debate, while Trump runs scared. That is an epic sea-change that happened within days. And Harris is only getting started, folks.
Which is usually about the time she falls flat on her face... :D
Remind me again... What, EXACTLY, has she accomplished as Vice President????
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Yep, that's right.... Cricket city....
Headboard Harris FAILED at EVERY task that Basement Biden assigned her...
Matter of fact, they ONLY thing she is good at is sleeping her way to her positions...
Which brings us to the age old question..
Who has dropped more boxers??
Mike Tyson or Headboard Harris??
:D
The mainstream political media could be a big help in all this.
Of course they can.. They got rid of Basement Biden for ya'all…
Thank you for acknowledging that the Mainstream Media is the Demcorat Propaganda wing of the Demcorat Party..
Not that anyone actually needed any confirmation of that fact..
First, President Joe Biden was the Most Impressive Democrat Of The Week, for his selfless act of putting country before his own ambition.
Sad to see that your return to the MIDOTW is marred by complete and utter BS... :^/
There was nothing selfless about it..
Demcorats conspired with donors to turn off Basement Biden's money supply..
THAT is why Basement Biden dropped out..
Nothing "selfless" about it. :eyeroll:
By stepping aside, Biden has ensured his legacy will be a good one.
Whatever you have to tell yourself to make it thru your day... :D
Basement Biden's legacy will be that President Trump beat him. Pure and simple..
THAT is Basement Biden's legacy...
Harris unified the party behind her with lightning speed.
Which doesn't speak to Headboard Harris' skill because she has none..
It simply shows how frakin' DESPERATE Demcorats have become.. :D
As our resident druggie has pointed out, Demcorats will vote for a tuna fish sandwich.. Headboard Harris is a SLIGHTLY better choice than said tuna fish sandwich..
He finally did so, but it took him and Michelle days longer than all the other prominent Democrats in the party. Bill and Hillary Clinton were the quickest off the mark, but day after day went by without the nod from the Obamas. So we'd just like to know: what was up with that?
Isn't it obvious?? Odumbo knows that Headboard Harris can't win..
"I started out as a prosecutor, bringing justice for victims and convicting all kinds of dangerous criminals.
Yea... Especially the dangerous marijuana druggies.. :eyeroll:
Another sticking point for minority voters has been Harris's history of expanding convictions of marijuana users in California.
As California attorney general, Harris oversaw thousands of marijuana-related convictions. Critics argue that these convictions disproportionately affected black and brown communities and that Harris's office fought against efforts to reduce sentences or expunge records.
Headboard Harris is the most anti-marijuana Demcorat there is..
It's really startling how ya'all are lining up behind her..
"Hypocrisy. It's not a bug in Demcorat programming. It's a feature."
-Michale
Trump is way old
Ah yes.. The ageist bigotry...
Funny how "old" was absolutely FINE with ya'all when Basement Biden was running.. :^/
"Hypocrisy. It's not a bug in Demcorat programming. It's a feature."
-Michale
Seriously? Have you thought this out
Of course they have.. Headboard Harris as POTUS would be the final nail in the Demcorat coffin..
Have YOU thought it through?? Apparently not..
What part of Headboard Harris is INCOMPETENT is unclear to you??
But hay.. Enjoy ya'all's shiny new Headboard Harris action figure..
In a few weeks, Headboard Harris will be as bad as Basement Biden except without the excuse of senility and dementia..
Headboard Harris simply has no path to victory...
Liz,
From one founder to another...
Sorry we won't be seeing as much of you around Weigantia...
Your presence will be sorely missed.. :^(
Take care of yourself..
And NOW we see that Headboard Harris has flip-flopped on fraking..
Ooopss.. That was a typo... Headboard Harris will NEVER flip-flop on fraking… As long as it gets her to the position she wants..
Headboard Harris has flip-flopped on FRACKING....
She was AGAINST it... Now she is all for it!!
"Hypocrisy. It's not a bug in Demcorat programming. It's a feature."
-Michale
KAM. Kill All Men
Yeah that's a great slogan for the Demco rat Party
@m,
slut shaming and making playground insults out of the democratic party's name are a bit antiquated as campaign strategies go. if you'd rather talk about THAT than immigration or inflation, be my absolute guest.
JL
Michale,
Did you hear that loud clap yesterday? It was Trump's handlers and strategists collectively facepalming. All your petty misogynistic insults no longer matter, your guy done fucked up.
In four years, you won’t have to vote again.
Is going to follow your cult leader into a prison cell.
But lets see you try and defend that.
That's easy. The swollen ego of Mr. Trump requires him and his worshippers to believe that he can solve all of the nation's problems in four more years of presidency. After that, according to their fevered delusions, there will be heaven on Earth, so wonderful that even demon-crats like me will accept it as the new normal.
(Wait a second. Weren't people supposed to worship God, not some mortal man, no matter how much of a prodigy he might be at bankruptcy fraud?)
That might be a good description to apply to Trump more often: "a mortal man". Ostensibly, it accuses his pretend-Christian worshippers of being pretend Christians who worship a man (a really really big no-no, according to the religion they pretend to follow). Really, it points out that he's at an age where people don't usually live another four years, so Vance is much more of a candidate for president than a running mate.
JL,
slut shaming and making playground insults out of the democratic party's name are a bit antiquated as campaign strategies go.
And yet, THAT kind of campaign rhetoric is ALL we have seen from Weigantians since they lost their collective minds when Donald Trump wiped the floor with Hillary Clinton...
From the Demcorats, we have seen "Rethuglicans" and "Rethugs"... "MAGAts" and "MAGA Morons"...
And, of course, who can forget the WEIGANTIAN Contest For The Best Playground Insult.... :eyeroll:
Might I suggest (and I mean this with ALL respect, sincerely..) if you want a more civilized and adult conversation (like we USED to have before all the trolls moved into our little slice of political heaven and most everyone totally lost their shit when Donald Trump became President Donald Trump) that you look to the Demcorat side first..
Gods know I have offered and abided by such a plan on countless occasions.. But it was always the Demcorats here who just couldn't let go of their Trump/America hate...
if you'd rather talk about THAT than immigration or inflation, be my absolute guest.
I would LOVE to...
But, as you yourself have experienced.. Anyone who goes against the Demcorat MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY mentality, gets attacked...
What good is taking the high road when you are pelted with rotten BS from the lowlifes who can't rise above their own hate and bigotry???
Dan,
That's easy. The swollen ego of Mr. Trump requires him and his worshippers to believe that he can solve all of the nation's problems in four more years of presidency.
That might be a good description to apply to Trump more often: "a mortal man". Ostensibly, it accuses his pretend-Christian worshippers of being pretend Christians who worship a man (a really really big no-no, according to the religion they pretend to follow). Really, it points out that he's at an age where people don't usually live another four years, so Vance is much more of a candidate for president than a running mate.
You mean, like those Demcorats who ACTUALLY and TRULY worshipped Odumbo?? Who actually POSTED their worship sermons on YouTube??
You mean like THAT!??
Because I have **NEVER** seen anyone actually worship a Presidential Candidate/President as moronic Trump/America hating Demcorats worshipped Odumbo as the 2nd Coming..
And do you know WHY I have **NEVER** seen that???
Because it **NEVER** has happened..
Let go of your hate and bigotry...
Things are REALLY good on the side that actually LOVES their country, eh?? :D
KAM. Kill All Men
Yeah that's a great slogan for the Demco rat Party
YES WE KAM!!!
That truly is an INSPIRED slogan...
YES WE KILL ALL MEN!!!
Sums up the Demcorat Party PERFECTLY.... :D
And, in other news...
Headboard Harris throws Israel under the bus, harassing Netanyahu to let HAMAS off the hook...
And then Hezbollah launches an attack that kills dozens of Israeli children...
Boy, does Headboard Harris look stoopid, eh!!!
What part of HAMAS MUST BE COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY DESTROYED is unclear to Demcorats???
And then, of course, there is the completely and utterly moronic FBI (Fat Bellied Indian) director who tries to steal President Trump's thunder by claiming that President Trump was NOT hit by a bullet but rather was hit by "glass or some other shrapnel"...
Funny thing is, NO GLASS or other shrapnel was produced by the bullet that struck President Trump...
Of course, when the utterly clueless moron Wray was told the ACTUAL facts, his agency back-pedaled furiously in a vain attempt to try and save face..
FBI aren't cops or agents.. They are simply the Brown Shirt Wing of the Demcorat Party...
:eyeroll:
Headboard Harris' FIRST Foreign Policy endeavor..
Trump calls Kamala Harris' meeting with Netanyahu 'terrible and insulting'
Netanyahu was reportedly upset with Harris after their meeting in Washington, D.C.
Former President Trump called Vice President Kamala Harris' meeting with the Israeli prime minister "terrible and insulting" Saturday, claiming the White House disrespected the Middle East ally.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with both President Biden and Harris in Washington, D.C., Thursday,
"P.M. Netanyahu of Israel had a terrible and 'insulting' meeting in D.C. with Kamala Harris, who also refused to preside over Congress during his speech, which is an obligation of the V.P. Rarely has such a thing happened," Trump wrote on his social media site, Truth Social.
An Israeli official told Axios Netanyahu was unhappy with Harris mentioning civilian deaths in Gaza and the "dire humanitarian situation there."
And she insults ALL of Israel... :eyeroll:
Headboard Harris is a bonehead... Completely and unequivocally...
This has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt...
"And I'm spent.."
-Austin Powers
0300 comes too early... 12-hr shifts are brutal!!!
Ni ni ya'all... Catch ya'all bright and early... :D
Four years, it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore.. In four years, you won’t have to vote again.
What's the fix? I'm getting a premeditated sedition vibe off this "not needing to vote" crap...
And now JD Vance absolutely DESTROYS Headboard Harris!!! :D
“Now, I saw the other day Kamala Harris questioned my loyalty to this country. That's the word she used; loyalty. And it's an interesting word. Semper Fi: loyalty, because there is no greater sign of disloyalty to this country than what Kamala Harris has done at our southern border.
And I'd like to ask the vice president, what has she done to question my loyalty to this country? I served in the United States Marine Corps. I went to Iraq for this country. I built a business for this country.
And my running mate took a bullet for this country. So my question to Kamala Harris is, what the hell have you done to question our loyalty to the United States of America?”
-Soon To Be Vice President JD Vance
Exactly!!!
What the hell has Headboard Harris done for this country..
I mean, she jumped into bed with married men to get ahead in her career.. Headboard Harris destroyed people's lives with her war on marijuana and she destroyed people's marriages with her bed hopping.
Headboard Harris is only in it for herself. The facts prove beyond any doubt that she doesn't give a rip about the country..
JL,
Just for the record...
slut shaming and making playground insults out of the democratic party's name are a bit antiquated as campaign strategies go.
I am not slut-shaming Headboard Harris..
I have absolutely NO PROBLEM with sluts...
My issue is Headboard Harris' total and utter lack of integrity..
She didn't get to where she is by her own merit.. She got to where she is by jumping into bed and spreading her legs.. And, in the process, she destroyed people's lives.
Being a slut is not a big thing...
USING her slutyness to get ahead and destroying people's lives with her slutyness..
THAT is the problem with her.. An appalling lack of integrity that does not represent American values..
Much like being old is no big deal... But being senile & dementia-riddled IS a big deal..
Hope I cleared that up for you... :D
JL,
And yet, THAT kind of campaign rhetoric is ALL we have seen from Weigantians since they lost their collective minds when Donald Trump wiped the floor with Hillary Clinton...
From the Demcorats, we have seen "Rethuglicans" and "Rethugs"... "MAGAts" and "MAGA Morons"...
And, of course, who can forget the WEIGANTIAN Contest For The Best Playground Insult.... :eyeroll:
Oh and let's not forget... Weigatians endlessly attacked President Trump over the color of his skin...
There's a word for that... It's called 'RACIST'...
Apparently, Demcorats have not strayed far from their KKK, Jim Crow roots, eh?? :D
Michale, you must really be scared with all these blatant misogynistic lies. Your handlers haven't given you the official talking points response of what fix will mean we don't need to vote in four years?
...So my question to Kamala Harris is, what the hell have you done to question our loyalty to the United States of America?”
-Soon To Be kicked off the ticket, JD Vance
Prosecuted crimes as District Attorney of San Francisco and Attorney General of California. Then she read Project 2025.
What's up with JD Vance:
He hates cops then maybe likes them?
Thinks Trump is "America's Hitler.", Now sucks up to him.
Thinks Climate Change is a problem, then doesn't.
Thought he was gay, then changed his mind.
Does things with couch cushions or not...
OK, the last two, the left really doesn't care what your kinks are but whole thing seems a bit wishy washy. Does this guy have any convictions beyond what Thiel pays him to have? Dude has more flip flops than a spring break beach party.
Nothing but the best people.
I have to be honest here and say I was somewhat worried about Headboard Harris picking Senator Mark Kelley as her VP...
But now that ties from Kelley to the Chinese Communist Party has been discovered....
Not so worried anymore.. :D
I miss Liz already... :^(
It's funny to hear the Left Wing Lamestream Media whine and cry about Headboard Harris being the "Border Czar"...
Back when Basement Biden (who??? Yunno… The senile dementia-riddled fool pretending to be POTUS) gave her the assignment to help fix the border, the Lamestream Media was singing the praises of the "Border Czar"...
NOW that Headboard Harris is the Demcorat nominee for POTUS and had COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY FAILED at doing her job with helping fix the border....
NOW the Lamestream Media is back-pedaling furiously trying to re-write recent history in a vain attempt to convince the American people that Headboard Harris is not a complete and utter failure...
But the American people are smarter than the Demcorat Lamestream Media..
Which is not surprising... A tuna fish sandwich is smarter than the Demcorat Lamestream Media.... :D
And tell me... Why are Demcorats SO DESPERATE to have President Trump drop JD Vance as his VP!!???
Demcorats are practically HYSTERICAL to get President Trump to drop Vance..
Why are Demcorats so afraid of JD Vance?? :D
Please, keep him! Pretty please!
"As the state’s chief elections officer, I’ve confirmed with our state’s attorney general that Ohio law does not require the DNC to conduct a ‘virtual roll call’ prior to your scheduled August convention dates.
I’m confident that your attorneys are well-aware of this fact, and I suspect your current rhetorical posturing is part of a plan to replace the incumbent president without a contested convention or any kind of democratic process. It’s clever, if not completely antithetical to your party’s relentless finger wagging about threats to democracy, but I ask that you stop using Ohio to justify your course of action."
-Frank LaRose, Ohio Secretary Of State
Why are Demcorats LYING to the American people??
Is it because they KNOW that Headboard Harris was CORONATED by the DNC elites and NOT Demcorat voters???
So much for the "defenders of democracy", eh?? :eyeroll:
They disenfranchise 14+ MILLION Demcorat voters!!!
Demcorats are the ENEMY of democracy...
Hypocrisy. It's not a bug in Demcorat programming. It's a feature...
OK My time now belongs to my lovely wife of 42 years..
G'night ya'all! It's my Friday night!!!! :D
geez.
GOOOOOOD MORNING WEIGANIANS!!! :D
Headboard Harris finally released a campaign video that I firmly, completely and 100% support!! :D
https://x.com/i/status/1816826660089733492
This IS REALLY big news... :D
A Focus Group Was Asked About Kamala Harris' Accomplishments as VP. The Responses Were Brutal.
It’s a salient question that both sides know is coming regarding polling the now re-shifted 2024 election: can you name a single accomplishment of Kamala Harris during her time as vice president? Joe Biden’s failed record, coupled with his abysmal June 27 debate, let him quit a race he knew he would lose. He dropped out on July 21, passing the torch to the egregiously unqualified Kamala Harris, who has no record of accomplishment other than being elected from one of the most liberal states in the country. What has she done well? Not much, if anything.
The vice president was tasked with securing the border and increasing COVID vaccination rates—she failed miserably on both fronts. She was the border czar, a phrase the liberal media gave to her but are now rushing to scrub stories as immigration has become an issue where Donald Trump is leading with voters handily. You know you have a terrible candidate when 70 percent of a focus group can’t name a single accomplishment of hers.
And THERE is the crux of the issue...
Headboard Harris has not done SQUAT as VP... She has even LESS accomplishments than Basement Biden....
(Who?? Yunno.. Basement Biden... The guy that President Trump totally decimated... Decimated so bad that Basement Biden had to quit the race!!)
.. anyways.. Headboard Harris can't point to a SINGLE accomplishment as VP...
I get it, people.. I really do.. Ya'all had one of the most BRUTAL few weeks that Demcorats have ever had in recent history...
Now ya'all have a nice new shiny to point to and your exuberant delusions are at their peak.. So I completely understand the giddiness...
But, keep in mind.. The honeymoon will end soon... And Demcorats will be left with the all encompassing reality...
Headboard Harris is a WORSE Demcorat nominee than Basement Biden...
(Who??? {{sssiiigghhhhh}}
:D
I get it, people.. I really do.. Ya'all had one of the most BRUTAL few weeks that Demcorats have ever had in recent history...
Now ya'all have a nice new shiny to point to and your exuberant delusions are at their peak.. So I completely understand the giddiness...
But, keep in mind.. The honeymoon will end soon... And Demcorats will be left with the all encompassing reality..
I got it!!! I just realized what this all reminds me of!!!
Headboard Harris is MICHAEL DUKAKIS!!!! :D
For those of you too young to know who that is, Dukakis was the 1988 Demcorat candidate for POTUS who ran against George HW Bush..
Demcorats had a great convention that year and they were giddy about being able to take the White House after their stunning losses under Saint President Ronald Reagan..
Sound familiar??
Anyways, the convention was the high water mark..
Once Camp Bush started in on Dukakis painting him as ignorant pro criminal/cop hater liberal (today's progressive) it was all over for Dukakis...
Again, is ANY of this sounding familiar?? :D
So, enjoy the Demcorat honeymoon because it ends after the convention... Superman President Trump.... yunno… President Trump.. Bullets bounce off of him and hit and killed Basement Biden's candidacy.. :D
Anyways, Superman Trump is going to be able to paint Headboard Harris as an out of touch progressive who hates cops, hates American values, wants to open the southern border, wants to ban fracking, wants to kill the filibuster, pack the SCOTUS, hates Israel, eliminate fossil fuels with nothing to replace them...
Basically, Headboard Harris is the Demcorat embodiment of The Squad, the ultra-progressive group of harpies who are out of touch progressives, who hates cops, hates American values, wants to open the southern border, wants to ban fracking, wants to kill the filibuster, pack the SCOTUS, hates Israel, eliminate fossil fuels with nothing to replace them...
Once Superman Trump publicizes all these anti-American anti-Freedom tendencies and beliefs, no sane patriotic American in their right mind would vote for Headboard Harris...
Headboard Harris is Michael Dukakis...
And Headboard Harris' demise is inevitable...
Speaking of anti-American anti-Freedom tendencies and beliefs:
You have to get out and vote. You won’t have to do it anymore. Four years, it will be fixed, it will be fine. You won’t have to vote anymore.. In four years, you won’t have to vote again.
-Trump
What's wrong Michale, can't defend your dear leader?
Funny, I never pictured Superman as a morbidly obese balding old man in a diaper. Michale, I think you spent too much buying his NFT's. You know that was more about money laundering than idol worship, right?
Trump is:
“America’s Hitler”
“moral disaster.”
"reprehensible."
“cultural heroin” and “just another opioid” for Middle America.
“one of USA’s most hated, villainous, douchey celebs,”
And that is just from JD Vance, your VP wannabe.
Do you really want this guy as your president? Hell, no!
I wouldn’t waste your time, Bashi. Since when has the douchebag formerly known as michale actually answered a tough question? I haven’t noticed a single occurrence in five years now.
I have noticed a pattern, however. He shows up every two years to troll for attention — he dials up the outrageousness until he gets somebody to bite. He doesn’t engage because he cannot. He just wants some Libtards that he can imagine he’s “owning.” Then he slides back under his rock in shame until the next election cycle starts up, rinse and repeat.
Nothing to see here folks, move along. The best way to piss off a troll is to completely ignore it.
The best way to piss off a troll is to completely ignore it.
Which is EXACTLY why I am ignoring Bashi & Kick!!!!
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Jeezus, Cad!!! You frakin' WALKED right into that one!!!!
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I wouldn’t waste your time, Bashi. Since when has the douchebag formerly known as michale actually answered a tough question? I haven’t noticed a single occurrence in five years now.
I have noticed a pattern, however. He shows up every two years to troll for attention — he dials up the outrageousness until he gets somebody to bite. He doesn’t engage because he cannot. He just wants some Libtards that he can imagine he’s “owning.” Then he slides back under his rock in shame until the next election cycle starts up, rinse and repeat.
Is THAT how you "ignore" me!???
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Is that you, Kevin!!?? :D :D :D
I still miss Liz... :( :( :(
But it's nice to have such a nice chew toy in Cad.. :D
So, now we come to find out that the US Secret Service knew ***90 MINUTES*** ahead of time that there was a shooter in the area..
And they STILL let President Trump go on stage...
They didn't even NOTIFY his security detail!!!!
That's not just INCOMPETENCE!!!!
**THAT** is INTENT!!!
JL, I always said that Demcorats would attempt the Navalny option... You KNOW that...
While they may not have ATTEMPTED it, it's beginning to look like they may have ALLOWED it!!
Demcorats are the worst... Period...
) after Donald Trump recently appeared on a friendly news show to do his usual mix of rambling aimlessly and lying shamelessly
And Basement Biden (who??? yada yada yada) said that NO MILITARY DIED ON HIS WATCH...
Funny how you IGNORE that shameless lie... An ACTUAL lie that is TRULY shameless...
Hypocrisy.. It's not a bug in Democrat programming. It's a feature.
:eyeroll:
MtnCaddy-
Michale knows Kick and I would decimate his feeble attempts at propaganda more than we already have if he engages. It's fun poking him now he has become such a rhetorical lightweight. He is getting old and starting mental decline, just like his candidate...
I know! I still watch too many Trump rallies and both Trump and douchebag are boring. No new material for years, now.
I know! I still watch too many Trump rallies and both Trump and douchebag are boring. No new material for years, now.
STILL "ignoring" me, eh Cad??? :D
To paraphrase Morpheus...
"QUIT TRYING TO IGNORE ME AND IGNORE ME!!!"
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What can one expect from a luser druggie who was kicked out of the military with a dishonorable discharge... :eyeroll:
OOoooo The plot thickens!!!!
Seymour Hersh: Obama and Kamala threatened to invoke the 25th Amendment on Biden before he dropped out
"Obama called Biden after breakfast and said, ‘Here’s the deal. We have Kamala’s approval to invoke the 25th Amendment.'"
A new Substack out from Seymour Hersch indicates that former President Barack Obama and VP Kamala Harris, now presumptive Democrat nominee for president, threatened sitting President Joe Biden with the potential invocation of the 25th Amendment if he didn't drop out the presidential race and cede that spot to the veep. This would mean that not only did they force Biden out of the race, but that the Democrats know full well that Biden isn't fit to serve out the rest of his term, but are comfortable letting him continued as a figure head if it serves their efforts to retain power for the party.
It was a naked power grab by Headboard Harris and Barack Hussein Odumbo…
So much for the Demcorats being the "defenders of democracy", eh!??
I wish I could say I was surprised...
But, frankly, it's not surprising at all..
Demcorats hate America and they are all just about power..
Joe has seemed to me to be a little too institutional to do anything about our corrupt Supreme Court. So I’m pleasantly surprised that he — once again practicing effective politics and driving circles around the GOP — has made SCOTUS a(nother) campaign issue. And even better, Madame President is liberal enough to pack the Court. The number of Justices has varied because it’s not set in stone. There used to be nine Districts to go along with nine Supremes. But these days there are thirteen Districts! Just saying. :D
He is both (1) moving the Overton Window and (2) associating his legacy with these inevitable common sense reforms. This is why I said the six fascists wrote their own death sentences with all this overreach of late.
Thomas and halitosis OMG I typed “Alito” and it auto corrected to “ halitosis.”
“Too funny,” I said to myself as I looked heavenward…
Anyways Thomas and A-l-i-t-o should be impeached and let’s investigate all those claims about Fratboy’s conduct growing up. A Fellow Traveler can dream, no?
Seymour Hirsch is a loon.
I was just going to say something about juvenile name-calling. Heh. Glad I held off. Hehehehehehe
that wasn't intended as a name-call, just shorthand for an honest assessment of his credibility right now.
a more precise way of saying it, per Jeremy Fassler of Medium, is, "Hersh has grown increasingly conspiratorial and untrustworthy in his reporting, adopting bizarre theories that threaten to seriously compromise his legacy."
I see.
BashiBazouk
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Michale knows Kick and I would decimate his feeble attempts at propaganda more than we already have if he engages.
Yes, sir... and we still obviously got links to the anal warts and all.
It's fun poking him now he has become such a rhetorical lightweight. He is getting old and starting mental decline, just like his candidate...
And he's clearly totally butthurt and cannot stand it that it is well-documented that he demonstrably whored his way to rock bottom... just like his perp candidate. :)
nypoet22
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Seymour Hirsch is a loon.
Yes, sir, and anyone who would take anything Sy Hirsch writes these days seriously needs to seriously have their head examined. Hirsch is lately prone to being snookered; we know this for a fact because the "anonymous American sources" he frequently quotes are sprinkled with expressions only used by Russians.
Some of Hirsch's reporting from his "American" (except actually Russian sources) led directly to the apprehension of turncoat Robert Hanssen.