Motor City Sonics Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 2 hours ago, CMRivdogs said: Beyond weird. Downright creepy. I want a Leader, not a Follower. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfife Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 6 minutes ago, mtutiger said: He's 78 years old and in poor health. And has poor judgment. It's been the same thing the entire damn campaign... But the conditions have changed such that it is much more stark and much more noticeable Do you think he may be unable to be out and about right now due to his health? Mentally or physically? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 7 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said: called into Fox & Friends and then went golfing He did get that weird-ass cyber truck from the Adin Ross guy Just not serious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Just now, pfife said: Do you think he may be unable to be out and about right now due to his health? Mentally or physically? I honestly don't know, but I think Biden's issues with aging have overshadowed... this. This isn't new. His schedule has been light this entire time, his rallies have been even more insane and incoherent, he flubs more than he used to, etc. And for as much as him and "Substitute Pence" talk about Kamala not having a press conference, outside of that disaster-class NABJ debacle, he hasn't had one of those in months either. He spends all his time in safe spaces (like Fox and with other right wing media outlets/figures) It just didn't get noticed until now more broadly when people are sizing him up against a more youthful candidate. That's what we are seeing here IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfife Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 I buy it. I think it's also that they are really getting cooked right now and he's not really doing anything about it. I remember when everyone said he was the greatest counter puncher ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatkoVarda Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 campaigning is very hard. I do not think Biden could have done it; too old to bounce from town to town while also being president. Trump is only 3 years younger. the energy of the Harris and Walz (and their surrogates) will become more and more acute over the next 13 weeks. MAGA is really joyless. There is no energy; just fear and anger about this horrible country and their horrible fellow Americans. and they are weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ronz Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Trump's play isn't to campaign and win the election - it is to steal it via violence or the Supreme Court or both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motor City Sonics Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 4 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said: campaigning is very hard. I do not think Biden could have done it; too old to bounce from town to town while also being president. Trump is only 3 years younger. the energy of the Harris and Walz (and their surrogates) will become more and more acute over the next 13 weeks. MAGA is really joyless. There is no energy; just fear and anger about this horrible country and their horrible fellow Americans. and they are weird. Yep. They think that laughing is some strange alien kind of things. They are joyless. That's a great word. They're just greedy and angry. Fearing the coming White Minority status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfife Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 7 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said: campaigning is very hard. I do not think Biden could have done it; too old to bounce from town to town while also being president. Trump is only 3 years younger. the energy of the Harris and Walz (and their surrogates) will become more and more acute over the next 13 weeks. MAGA is really joyless. There is no energy; just fear and anger about this horrible country and their horrible fellow Americans. and they are weird. Rip Hamilton yessir meme here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 (edited) Yup. And one the boxes that MAGA have put themselves in by having their own mediasphere is that Trump can sit and post on TruthSocial all day and it never moves the needle beyond the 40% of the electorate he already has (if it even reaches most of them). So Harris and Walz run hard for 90 days, all those rallies drive Trump out of the news cycle. He's has to get out there or cede the spotlight. And therein lies the rub. Does he have the physical and mental strength left to do it? It was easy to keep up with an obviously slowing Biden, but his opposition is now 20 yrs younger and Vance is already a failure as an effective surrogate. Edited August 7 by gehringer_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Bombers Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Trump may not be campaigning because he’s broke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtutiger Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 26 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said: Trump may not be campaigning because he’s broke. I'd make it as more likely they don't have staff, or maybe DJT is hoarding campaign funds to take with him if he loses, than that they are really broke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfife Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 Coach Walz done got me so inspired I checked the air pressure on the bike tires and cleaned out the gutters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gehringer_2 Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Harris/Walz with a lot of momentum showing in the polls. Unclear so far what is just a news 'bump' and what is broader momentum, but they won't need to keep up this rate of movement for long to reverse previous assumptions about this election. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/elections/polls-president.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfife Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 I think it was Mayor Pete that I saw on TV last night, he looked at the different careers and accomplishments Coach Walz has had and noticed that every one of them was about empowering other people to be their best. Very insightful from Mayor Secretary Pete 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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oblong Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 Are police allowed to be at campaign events in uniform like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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smr-nj Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 1 minute ago, oblong said: I would really like to be able to laugh at this one, but I’ve got girls in my family who are 3, 11, and 14…. so the emotion I’m feeling instead of humor is fear. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Bombers Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 I flipped on MSNBC to see if they were showing the rally and Ari Melber had Stephen Miller on. Jesus Christ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1984Echoes Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 1 hour ago, Motown Bombers said: Trump may not be campaigning because he’s broke. Too much funds diverted to legal bills. HAH!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfife Posted August 7 Author Share Posted August 7 23 minutes ago, oblong said: Are police allowed to be at campaign events in uniform like that? I wondered that when I saw them assembled in front of a cop shop this morning. Weird stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Bombers Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 If Harris could get Dan Campbell to speak at one rally, she would have Michigan in the bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motown Bombers Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 When did MSNBC get so bad? First they are interviewing Stephen Miller; next they are blaming the Jews for Cori Bush losing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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