Why should she expose herself when running on nothing — AKA "joy" — has been working so well?
But suddenly here's news that Trump might be in the process of weaseling out of the debate:
At CNN: "Trump campaign casts fresh doubt on September debate with Harris over microphone dispute." We're told that "a source familiar with the matter" is telling CNN that "Trump’s campaign is casting fresh doubt on whether the September 10th debate will take place on ABC." Trump himself has written: "Why would I do the Debate against Kamala Harris on that network?" But what is the "microphone dispute"? I'm seeing: "The Harris campaign is requesting that ABC and other networks seeking to host a potential October debate keep microphones on, according to a senior campaign official." That relates to an October debate, and the doubt is coming from the Harris campaign, not Trump's. And isn't it funny that the tables have turned on who wants the microphones to shut off?
At The Washington Post: "Trump suggests he might skip ABC debate with Harris/The Sept. 10 debate with ABC is the only one both campaigns have agreed to do with one of the major networks." This piece begins with the Trump statement, "Why would I do the Debate against Kamala Harris on [ABC]?" And this article too shows the Harris campaign attempting to change the rules: "Brian Fallon, the Harris campaign’s senior adviser for communications, said in a statement, that the campaign has told ABC and other networks that 'both candidates’ mics should be live throughout the full broadcast.'"
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1 – 200 of 221 Newer› Newest»First time as tragedy, second time as farce. If the Rats had five brain cells, they would realize the Trump "panic" about the debate is entirely feigned. They won't dare let her on a stage with him no matter how pleasant the rules are.
Funny how Trump is expected to debate on a leftist democrat platform - but no democrat will ever debate on a platform that offers honesty and a fair debate.
Trump is baiting the network news organizations by asking the question at all. And they've fallen for it, screaming that, by asking the question, Trump is backing out. Out over their skis again. With the networks having done their part, the Harris campaign is sliding into the draft position to see if they can finesse avoiding the debates altogether, by blaming Trump.
Watch for the Trump response.
trumps team said he cant control himself on a 90 minute debate with a hot mic.Check it out.He is the one that needs the debate she is already on a roll
How odd that Trump’s campaign team would want the mics turned off. Are they afraid he can’t act presidential for duration of the debate? I think Harris will do the debate either way, mics off, mics on.
Given Harris' outstanding debating experience when she ran for President in 2020, Trump the felon is obviously afraid to take on a relentless prosecutor.
Name the source or shut your pie hole this is cnn
I suspect AA's suspicion to be suspicious.
Why debate when the election depends only on mail in vote harvesting?
Trump plays the Harris campaign and the MSM like a violin
Good one, Howard. That was hilarious.
This is odd. I was told that the debate about debates was over. Now I'm wondering who said that?
As I said, Inga, if you’re not already a paid FBI/CIA bot, you’re leaving money on the table.
She wants to be able to interrupt Trump, because if he does the same, Kamala's campaign and the media, of course, will say there goes Trump bullying Kamala. It's a strategic advantage for Kamala to use her gender 😉
The Harris campaign wants Trump to not have a microphone at all. That seems fair.
Not surprised you drew that inference from the way it was framed, Althouse, but last week Trump agreed to Harris's conditions. The ABC debates was set. Or so it seemed. Now this week, her spokesdude Ian Sams has asked for a NEW concession, about the microphones. Because Harris, as you expected does not want to debate, but she wants to have it framed by friendly media as if Trump is backing out. Why can't the media just hold her to the agreement they made last week?
We ALL know the answer to that.
Oh wow, I’ve been promoted! I was just a lowly DNC bot, now I’m FBI/CIA? They are not ageist are they, good to know they want an old grandma like me.
ding ding ding.
And still no one is even pretending to talk about one dang issue. We've perfected the ability to create the most words and appearance of discourse while saying almost nothing of import.
The guy known as Johnny the Troll over on Instapundit seems to get paid by the response for doing what you do. If you haven’t noticed, the DNC is allied with the Intel agencies. They just tried to murder Trump.
Well I clicked through to comment after reading as far as "But suddenly here's news that Trump might be in the process of weaseling out of the debate" but obviously Althouse had no trouble interpreting both Pravda and Izvestia, once again proving the recently coined adage, "Never trust the headline." (Often in practice it is "trust not until verified.")
My apologies for any momentary doubt in the host's reading comprehension.
Not odd at all- It was a huge mistake for the Biden people to demand that in the June debate. I think the Trump realized it benefitted Trump far more than Biden and so did the Harris puppeteers- that is why they want it changed back.
Ha! Tulsi shredded her in about 30 seconds. Kamala's only "moment" in the debate was calling Biden a racist for opposing her school bus ride.
Maybe Trump is afraid the Harris campaign will release a motorized fly to land on his head, like the fly that was frolicking on Pence’s head during their debate.
Neither campaign can withdraw from the debate is my opinion. Trump would be smart to simply hold firm on the same rules as those from the June debate with Biden- those rules benefitted Trump greatly. Make Harris demand the changes and withdraw if she wants to chicken out.
8/26/24, 10:38 AM
Inga
"I think..."
No you don't.
Debate and let the chips fall where they may.
About the "hard-nosed prosecutor" meme: How long was Harris a working prosecutor and how long was she an administrator and supervisor of prosecutors? How many cases did she actually try? How many were pled out? How many were high profile cases or cases where the outcome was in doubt? Debates are different from courtroom trials, as I discovered to my embarrassment when I tried to "Perry Mason" the middle school debate.
Trump expects consistency; but, alas, Karma-la et al subscribe to the Pro-Choice religion. I suppose there is a manner of consistency in inconsistency.
Trump probably should be afraid, Inga, of the next DNC/Intel cartel assassination attempt. When is this going to start tugging at your conscience? You know the political murder strategy your side has now embraced.
Oh my gosh, that motorized fly could be a deadly drone.
Why does Kamala need cheat sheets, she'll have the moderators to help her out.
"...Kamala Harris will back out of the debate with Trump. Why should she expose herself...?"
If it doesn't spark joy, get rid of it.
The microphone issue is a red herring - they are trying to slide in "notes" so that Harris' team (who will almost certainly have all of the questions in advance, if history is any guide) can pre-write all of her answers and avoid having her have to speak and think at the same time.
Bob Boyd said...
"If it doesn't spark joy, get rid of it."
Golf clap on the Payback reference.
Trump should cut out the middle-man and challenge the legacy media to debates. After all, that's who he's really running against, not that vacuous joy bullshit.
Kamala needs every candy-type crutch and media pimp angle she can get.
Exactly. It's not Trump v. Kamala. It's Trump v. Kamala and the Soviet Democrat Party Press.
The muted microphones worked to Trump's favor. It let Biden ramble on to fill the time with his dementia. Harris will have to fill the time with her stupidity. And, she won't be able to pull that "I'm speaking" cringe bullshit.
Sorry, but no questions allowed.
trump had russian hookers pee on him
its twue, its twue
The original request for mics being turned off came from the Biden side. Didn't work out too well. Even Inga knows Kamala is a dingbat. The debates aren't just a risk for her, she's guaranteed to fail.
The whole format and concept is stupid. Why do we use the term debate when it is Q&A from the press? Why allow the press to even be involved? Are the candidates incapable of asking questions to each other?
I’d have 2 podiums, 2 “count-down” clocks each set to 1 hour of time, and the mics on at all times. When a candidate talks, their clock runs. When their clock is out of time, their mic gets shut off. If they are both talking, both clocks run. Then they just have a discussion and ask each other questions.
Being reported on X that the Harris campaign is requesting she be able to have a "cheat sheet." She can't speak off the top of her head about policy.
Is a total dingbat really what feminists want as the first female President? Or does someone this stupid look intelligent to feminists?
When the major networks are collectively saying Trump wants out, you know it's Kamala who wants out.
I'm so old I remember when Trump was scared to debate Biden.
Let’s see now…. Donna Brazile —now at ABC —fed Hillary! the debate questions in 2016 when Brazile was a CNN commentator prior to the CNN debate as revealed by WikiLeaks. Who assumes Brazile is now above suspicion to try that ploy again?
The ABC debate is already rigged against Trump.
Not Rich and Inga- they were both born last night.
In a late Sunday evening post, Donald Trump complained about ABC News, hinted that ABC might rig the debate, and questioned the idea of debating Kamala Harris.
Now he has changed the argument to whether or not is a new bunch of bullshit today. I don't think that it makes any sense to debate the trailing candidate this late in the game and guess who is behind the eightball. Michael Tomansky gets it right:
"
Harris’s campaign so far has been a work of genius on several levels, but maybe the most ingenious stroke of all has been the decision to mock Trump—to present him not only as someone to fear, but also to ridicule. Harris perfectly encapsulated this two-pronged attack in these memorable lines from her acceptance speech: “In many ways, Donald Trump is an unserious man. But the consequences — but the consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious. … Just imagine Donald Trump with no guardrails.”
But the emphasis has been on ridicule (Tim Walz’s “weird” comment, Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s jab at Trump’s bone spurs, Barack Obama’s hilarious hand gesture when he was talking about Trump’s obsession with crowd size). It’s great on three levels. The first is that it must drive Trump nuts, and when he goes nuts, he says especially nutty things. Second, it’s arguably more persuasive to swing voters than calling Trump a fascist. Trump is a fascist, make no mistake. But he’s also ridiculous. Mocking him over his Hannibal Lecter obsession will stick in apolitical people’s minds . . . . Do we really want a president who thinks an eater of human flesh, however fictional, was misunderstood?
Thirdly, ridicule makes him weaker. Ridicule makes him small. Ridicule makes him desperate. He’ll try to respond with ridicule of his own, but he is not a clever man. He’s a stupid man. He has no wit. He has no sense of mischief. He doesn’t read. Against Harris, he looks old (because he is), confused (because he is), far less intelligent than she (because he is), and less genuinely patriotic (because he is).He doesn’t think beyond first reactions. And the best way to ensure that he stays off his game? Mockery. Bone spurs. Orange tanning spray. Hannibal the Cannibal. Sharks versus electrocution.
If I recall correctly the Harris campaign was the one that insisted Trump agreed to debate any warm body the Democrats declared to be their candidate after Biden's defenestration even though the debate challenge issued by Biden and the prior negotiations were rather obviously mano-a-mano. Why is anybody claiming that either side is 'changing the rules'? There was no prior agreement between Trump and Harris.
Italico!
say it again
"They are not ageist are they, good to know they want an old grandma like me."
Step out of line and the DOJ will want an old grandma like you.
Oh Inga, The Lord of the Flies, Hussein Obama, was constantly filmed with flies landing on his face. Funny, you never noticed, but you notice the ONE time it happened to Pence. God God Girl. Get a clue. https://www.politico.com/video/2013/01/obama-has-a-fly-problem-009364
A Karma-latte would surely bring joy to many.
Inga said...
"Oh wow, I’ve been promoted! I was just a lowly DNC bot, now I’m FBI/CIA? They are not ageist are they, good to know they want an old grandma like me."
It's a perfect disguise! No one would suspect a grandma. There was a "Granny" in "The Americans."
He should just take the debate under whatever rules and then, in about the middle of it, say to her: “Suck. My. Fucking. Cock.” He’ll get a popular and electoral landslide - for breaking the taboo and once again saying what’s on everyone’s minds, for inducing some type of breakdown on her part (do you think her rehearsal team has gone thru this scenario with her!?), and for the complete MSM breakdown that then ensues (can you imagine the MSNBC hallelujah chorus even trying to talk about this?).
Ultimate Streisand Effect. Serious suggestion.
JSM
Why believe the stories from these lefty sources are entirely true? Could be battlefield prep for Harris backing out.
Pravda
I’m old enough to remember being told Trump wouldn’t be able to handle his mic cut off during the Biden debate. Mainly, I’m old enough to have seen Trump win debate after debate, Harris lose the one debate she did on a national stage, and recall things were better when Trump was President, so I don’t need to guess what he will do as President.
Why would anyone want to debate Trump? He cares not at all about facts or accurate statements (as amply demonstrated by his insistence he doesn't need to prepare for the debates) and will just use the platform to misrepresent and attack his opponent.
MadTown Guy; the granny on The Americans was played by Living National Treasure Character Actress Margo Martindale. She had a great story arc where she finally got revenge on a KGB superior who had gotten her lover killed years before. Some of her best work.
JSM
Still no positions or policies on the Harris-Walz website.
The campaign built on smoke, mirrors and Walzhoods.
What will be in the opening statement? Why does she need notes? Why does she want the mics on? - that's easy, to interrupt him. If she doesn't get these concessions she'll pull out of the debates, not wanting to give credibility to a convicted felon, guilty of sexual assault, and of a massive fraud against NY
Trump never debated anyone to become the Republican Party nominee. Harris never debated anyone to become the Democratic Party nominee. And now neither one of them wants to debate the other. How the hell did we as Americans end up with these two numbskulls as our choices for President of the United States?
Now we know for sure she is going to back out....this was just released.
Leading Report
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BREAKING: Harris' camp is now asking for a seated ABC debate with notes and opening statements.
Trump campaign's Jason Miller said, “We said no changes to the agreed-upon rules.”
11:45 AM · Aug 26, 2024
Yashar Ali 🐘
@yashar
Trump just now on the muted mics during the debate:
“We agreed to the same rules. I don't know. It doesn't matter to me. I'd rather have it probably on, but the agreement was that it would be the same as it was last time. In that case, it was muted. I didn't like it the last time, but it worked out fine. I mean, ask Biden how it worked out. It was fine, and I think it should be the same. We agreed to the same rules, same rules, and same specifications, and I think that's probably what it should be, but they're trying to change it. The truth is they're trying to get out of it because she doesn't want to debate. She's not a good debater. She's not a smart person. She doesn't want to debate.”
Harris wants the mics on so she can use any sound from Trump to launch her “excuse me, I’m speaking” line as she did with Pence way back when.
Agreed.
"On no, Bre'r Fox, don't throw me into that briar patch."
Trump should call out Harris saying that it's cheating to have notes during a debate. (Which it is.)
Yashar is usually lying sometimes she doesnt even know
For 34 days harris doesnt speak to anyone but trump is ducking
The change in rules by the Harris campaign is a desperate attempt to get out of the debate and blame it on Trump. Her handlers know she cannot be allowed on stage without a script.
Precisely
Well, since Pence won’t be endorsing or voting for Trump the flies will leave him alone now. As for Obama and flies, yes I do remember. He was so fast he caught them in his hand midair!
Notes? The wanabe leader of the free world needs notes?
I hear Harris has asked for it to be within the rules for her to look at the bottom of her shoes during the debate.
You keep trying to make this equivalent, Lonejustice, but everyone knows you are full of shit.
Funny, the muted mic rule was introduced to stop candidates from interupting and speaking over one another, which is Trump's forte and the reason why the rule was introduced. Now Trump wants to keep the rule and Harris wants to change it, even taunting that Trump " should stop hiding behind the mute button".
My guess is that Harris doesn't want a substantive debate and wants to get into a verbal brawl with Trump, hoping to push his buttons and make him say crass, unsympathic things that would alienate undecided voters. She probably has some zingers she's hoping to use that will make for a great sound bite.
When even Freder knows Harris is trying to bravely run away.
Gadfly, too- born late last night.
Haha, Leading Reports is known for putting out misleading reports. There are no other news sites(so far) reporting that Harris wants to allow notes.
A more disturbing change is that Harris wants the candidates to have notes. They're called "cheat sheets" for a reason and Harris would like nothing better than to just read off someone else's words during the debate.
Can you imagine DeSantis being pressured to debate on ABC/Disney. Talk about bias network running a debate! And it is not hard to imagine if DeSantis was the one asking why he should participate in the Disney/ABC platform for a debate, lonejustice would be lamenting why Republicans couldn't rally behind a moderate like Romney (the guy Democrats said was just like Hitler, because he wasn't as moderate as McCain, who was worse than W., etc...).
If you had bothered to actually follow the links that Althouse provided, you'd have seen that this was also reported in The Politico piece.
Have you seen the current leader of the free world? Even notes aren't enough.
Trump debated a huge field of GOP Establishment candidates in 2016. What are you talking about? He didn't need to get on the stage with the "second tier" in 2016. Chris Christie was just there to throw fat darts. I'm sure DeSantis regrets participating in those 2020 GOPe debates.
The Politico piece said it was Jason Miller who said that the Harris campaign asked for notes. I think Politico may find itself retracting that. No other news sources (as yet) are reporting this. Again, coming from Jason Miller, um no not reliable.
The Trump campaign should keep insisting over and over that he will debate based on the agreed to rules. If the Harris campaign gets ABC to put the new rules in place anyway, he should attend and, during his opening statement, talk about the unacceptable rule changes that the Harris campaign made. He should restate that he is still willing to debate anytime under the previously agreed to rules and then leave the studio.
Althouse asked...
But what is the "microphone dispute"?
I think the Kamala camp wants what they call the... Willie Brown microphone.
Ds wanted the microphones muted for the debates because they thought it would hurt Trump if he couldn't launch zingers like he did at Hillary. So they muted the microphones and Trump looked even better going relatively-easy on the dementia patient.
Since that backfired, now the Ds want microphones on to attempt another go at "I AM SPEAKING" and whine about Trump's being mean to a girl. They also want a seated debate with notes because that's what worked against Pence. The only problem is that those weren't the original terms, so they have to frame it as "Trump's people are scared to have the microphones on!"
Ds play Catch-22 and Calvinball; Trump plays "please don't fling me in the briar patch."
"She's not a smart person" is the bottom line and everyone knows it. Even the Harris campaign and her voters.
“Enough with the games. We accepted the ABC debate under the exact same terms as the CNN debate," senior Trump adviser Jason Miller told Politico. "The Harris camp, after having already agreed to the CNN rules, asked for a seated debate, with notes, and opening statements. We said no changes to the agreed upon rules.”
”A Harris campaign official who was asked about the Trump campaign's claims said they were "100% false", according to CBS News.”
BBC
“Enough with the games. We accepted the ABC debate under the exact same terms as the CNN debate," senior Trump adviser Jason Miller told Politico. "The Harris camp, after having already agreed to the CNN rules, asked for a seated debate, with notes, and opening statements. We said no changes to the agreed upon rules.
”A Harris campaign official who was asked about the Trump campaign's claims said they were "100% false", according to CBS News.”
BBC
The real question is whether Harris can feign sobriety for the length of a debate anymore.
If memory serves, one debate tactic often used is to respond to specific questions with vague non-answers and then launch into a (possibly) related prepared speech. This could be especially effective if the candidate is briefed on the questions in advance (not that that would ever happen.)
Notes would help greatly in word salad prevention.
Sure, the Party and its media gaslighters have been treating Trump with kid gloves for 8 or 9 years, but now they're gonna start insulting him because OrangeManBad can't take it and he'll melt down...
Party members live in a fantasy world where they are the Good Guys, and strong, heroic men like Donald Trump are always getting pantsed by dick-sucking passes like Tim Walz.
Yup.
Can you trust someone who agrees to debate rules and then tries to change them to actually do what they say they will in a debate?
@Mike Yes, and even that exchange had to be scripted and workshopped by committee. It wasn't a "He did beat Medicaid; he beat it to death" moment.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/05/19/edward-isaac-dovere-2020-campaign-book-excerpt-joe-biden-kamala-harris-489347
“Trump spokesman Jason Miller retorted that the Republican nominee had “accepted the ABC debate under the exact same terms as the CNN debate.” He alleged Harris’ representatives sought “a seated debate, with notes, and opening statements.
“The Harris campaign denied Miller’s claim that she wanted notes or to be seated during the debate.”
https://apnews.com/article/harris-trump-debates-muted-microphones-election-83db9853877c5d00e46415ed98f46f25
After the Dems ejected Biden and undemocratically swapped in Kamerade Kamala, they INSISTED that all the terms of the September debate agreed by Biden and Trump still stood - no renegotiations, no adding an FNC debate - nope, no changes, Kamala inherits all Biden's stuff. Period, dot, finished.
And NOW the Dems want to start changing the terms. Of course they do.
Like with everything - the Supreme Court, the filibuster, free speech rights - there are no "rules" for Dems - just rules applicable to others that the dems can change whenever the cease to find those rules to be helpful to them. It's Calvinball all the way down with those folks. They have no principles - just an insatiable lust for power and control.
How about some positions and policies from Harris-Walz instead of this horseshit, lies and Walz’s Walzhoods?
Ooh, an anonymous Harris campaign staffer said so, did they?
If it comes out that Harris did request any changes, will Inga persist in blindly buying everything unnamed Harris campaign staffers are selling? Magic 8-Ball says Yes.
Jason Miller lied. The Harris Campaign did NOT ask to be seated or to have notes. Use reliable sources.
Who in the Harris campaign denied it? Stop spamming the chat.
These Democrats have no solid, workable ideas that could survive the laugh test. Handouts, importation of millions of illegals and empty platitudes is what they bring to contemporary America.
gadmosquito, not only can we imagine "Trump without guardrails," we can actually recall exactly what he did and didn't do during his 4 years as President. And he did great, with absolutely no Hitlerlike actions...unlike your team these last 3+ years.
She's the one who needs not to have one. What does it say about a candidate when a debate is assumed to be better for the opponent?
I am OK with Inga being stupid (and somewhat manic). What annoys me is that she assumes others are as dumb as she is.
To be fair, as I deduced earlier, Inga is not quite as dumb as Kamala-lala-ding-dong. That should scare the heck out of people.
Of course, Trump will debate her.
Brian Fallon, Harris campaign spokesman.
Thank you!
If the Harris camp is attempting to mock Trump's people for sticking to the original rules, that's a tip-off that Harris probably DID request changes. Otherwise, there wouldn't even be a question about microphone on or off.
"But the Harris campaign told CBS News on Monday that is '100% false.'”
They would say that, wouldn't they?
Exactly. We get what we sow.
This exactly right. The MSM, at the behest of the Dems is trying to make the microphones the issue. The notes are what they are trying to slip into the revised rules. The reason is obvious.
I too predicted hARRIS will back out of "the" debate. I still stand by that. No way she can stand toe to toe with Trump for an hour of impromptu speechifying. And Her camp knows it. She has everything to lose and nothing to gain. I doubt Trump leaked anything about wanting to back out. This sounds like it came from Harris.
Last week all the Democrat run media gave the same assessment - hARRIS IS JOY!
DISGUSTING “BREAKING: Kamala Harris and Joe Biden skip Arlington Memorial Ceremony for the 13 troopers who died in Afghanistan on the 3rd anniversary.
Only 1 former president showed up… his name is Donald Trump”
— - Jack Posobiec
My guess this is all bullshit dog daze click bate. It's key critical for the algorithm to keep kicking people out of a relaxed state with high vagal tone and into the cortisol producing fight or flight mode. Impulsive Amazon comfort shopping and a super sized happy meal is the only cure. Cheers, suckers.
That's some good shit, Maynard
Brian Fallon has never, ever lied to anyone ever. /s
Inga and her America-hating fellow travelers have to repeat Dem talking points because that's what she signed up to do and get paid for.
Of course, it's probably not the original "Inga" anymore, but an underpaid or volunteer lefty who took over the handle in order to keep pumping out those Dem talking points.
Makes sense
I’ve sussed that Readering is totes sus. No joke. He’s a Dimestore soda jerk, sans teh soda .
And Jason Miller, the guy who impregnated then abandoned the Trump campaign spokeswoman, is a really reliable guy, eh?
“ He was so fast he caught them in his hand midair!”
BIG Zer0 was so fast, granny thought his tongue was his hand. No joke!
Seems to be some confusion about who wants what. Someone should ask Kamala.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-2016-campaign-staffer-says-she-was-punished-after-supervisor-got-her-pregnant-lawsuit/
“ A former staffer for President Trump's 2016 campaign claims she was stripped of her responsibilities and frozen out of a White House job after she got pregnant from an affair with her supervisor. A.J. Delgado on Monday filed a federal lawsuit in Manhattan alleging discrimination from the Trump campaign and transition team, as well as three men who once held top spots in Mr. Trump's White House — Stephen Bannon, Sean Spicer and Reince Priebus.
Delgado "felt extremely humiliated, degraded, victimized, embarrassed and emotionally distressed" by the treatment she faced after announcing her pregnancy, the lawsuit says. It also claims the alleged discrimination from Trump officials was "malicious, willful, outrageous, and conducted with full knowledge of the law."
“ The lawsuit adds another layer of legal drama to the affair between Delgado and Miller, who are now locked in a custody battle. Miller filed a libel lawsuit against the now-defunct news site Splinter for reporting on a court filing from the custody battle, which said Miller secretly slipped an abortion pill to a woman in another affair. Miller denied the allegation and is appealing a judge's ruling dismissing the libel suit.”
Step outta line the orderly man come and take you away
Trial balloon shot down. Hillary was good at sending out fodder trial balloons too. They were like helium balloons, ya know.
“BREAKING: Kamala Harris and Joe Biden skip Arlington Memorial Ceremony for the 13 troopers who died in Afghanistan on the 3rd anniversary.
Only 1 former president showed up… his name is Donald Trump”
Their concern for the troops is underwhelming.
“Exactly. We get what we sow”
Hey! Creature! Leave that pig alone!
This is nuts. If you want the power of a US President, you absolutely have to participate in the debates. You can’t limit yourself to one debate, then ask for all these concessions because you have no confidence and/or want to be set up to spring a trap on your opponent. You have to prove you can speak with ease and clarity so that we know you can do so with any allies or rivals, and with us down the road. It’s a basic requirement! You have to earn our f*ing trust in this department. Otherwise, you’re disqualifying yourself.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-ally-jason-miller-responds-rape-accusations-aj-delgado-1846717
Oh my gosh, it gets even worse. Yup, that Jason Miller is a real stand up guy.
“ Jason Miller, a political strategist and ally of former president Donald Trump, has denied allegations by a former campaign staffer that he raped her on several occasions while they were having an affair.
In the latest in a long string of litigation, A.J. Delgado, a lawyer and senior adviser during Trump's first presidential run, claimed Miller engaged in a "cycle of sexual coercion, rape, sexual assault, abuse, battery, sexual harassment, and sex trafficking" during the time they were together in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, according to the Daily Beast, which first reported on the story.
Delgado became pregnant and later gave birth to Miller's child following the affair. Since then, she has lodged several legal claims against Miller, who remains a senior adviser to the former president as he attempts another run for the White House.”
There it is
And with that Howard placed his usual order of Kleenex® and Jergens®, same day delivery.
This is the age of no Overton Window
Mote mud
That's clever for you. That I rate html coding is a distinct honor.
Ok, last one… what a paragon of virtue!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/25/jason-miller-trump-aide-teneo-secret-deal-pr-firm
“Trump aide concealed work for PR firm and misled court to dodge child support.
Jason Miller signed secret deal to stay with DC-based Teneo after ‘resigning’ and then appeared to misrepresent employment status.
Jason Miller – who remains close to Trump, and who today serves as a senior adviser to the former president – also later appears to have misled a Florida court about this employment status, asserting in a sworn statement that he could no longer comply with a court order requiring him to pay child-support payments because of an alleged “major financial setback” and was effectively out of work.“
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/25/jason-miller-trump-aide-teneo-secret-deal-pr-firm
I find it fascinating that Inga is posting so much in the past couple of weeks. Someone must have raised their payments to her. She must be being paid per post or per word now. Engaging with her just ups her take home.
That story was from November 2023
Hilarious! Ok, please DO NOT engage with me. That would be wonderful.
Our current faux-governor of Arizona is about as vapid as Harris and refused to debate as well. They know what they're doing.
Now that it has become clear that no one was fooled by the spin it was Trump trying to get out of the debate, Inga starts spinning in the opposite direction.
The Harris campaign knows that the worst moments of her vice presidency were when Harris did unscripted interviews. They KNOW that and it can’t be hidden.
If you understand that Harris does not want to give an interview, under any conditions then all of this - the demands to change rules, more conditions, more backtracking - all of it makes sense.
She is nothing more than a cackling, empty Pantsuited Pantload.
The Harris campaign wants a live mic so when Trump interrupts she can eat up time by saying "I'm talking now! I'm talking now!" And when he's talking she will interrupt him constantly with "THAT'S A LIE!" Her campaign no doubt thinks that will make her look tough. It's all theater.
Another in a long line of New Soviet Democratical lies is falling by the wayside as evidenced by Russia Collusion Hoaxer (she STILL believes it!) Inga doing her manic spittle-flecked cut and pasting!
Oh, PoO. #DEI
Trump had "guardrails," and he'll have them again if he's elected again. I'm more concerned about Biden -- and now Harris -- not having effective "guardrails."
"Insult Trump enough so that it gets under his skin and drives him crazy," may be an effective political strategy, but saying that and relishing it just indicates how poor a case there is for Harris. If we wake up in 2025 and find that we're still in the same mess -- or even a worse one -- because the Democrats were able to make Donald Trump mad, we'll all regret it.
We need new punctuation marks to use when people say things that a candidate "should" do, when really it's the very last thing the candidate should do.
The longer Harris refuses to speak or be interviewed by msm, the more money the Dems rake in. So one thought is that they know KH will legit lose in a landslide - they don’t care - they just want the laundered cash for the down ballot campaigns. That is why they booted Biden, or so they said. So, the faster she fails, the better for those of us who want to change direction, presidential and down ballot.
So, Tulsi endorses Trump:
"The pair appeared at the National Guard Association of the United States on the third anniversary of the Aug. 26, 2021, suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport, which killed 13 U.S. service members and more than 100 Afghans. Gabbard accompanied Trump earlier Monday to Arlington National Cemetery, when the former president laid wreaths in honor of three of the slain service members — Sgt. Nicole Gee, Staff Sgt. Darin Hoover and Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss.
On Monday, Gabbard praised Trump for “having the courage to meet with adversaries, dictators, allies and partners alike in the pursuit of peace, seeing war as a last resort." She condemned the Democratic White House for the U.S. now "facing multiple wars on multiple fronts in regions around the world and closer to the brink of nuclear war than we ever have been before.”
I guess GWB was busy.
Without reading any other comments first- I do believe they also said Trump would back out of any debate with Biden.
If I were to search for that bit of info- I'm certain it would be in a memory hole somewhere requiring a lot of effort to dig out.
allegations by a former campaign staffer that he raped her on several occasions while they were having an affair. Wow. There's just so much wrong with that statement. Raped her- while they were having an affair- several times... Sounds like the hooker who complains to the police: "Of course it was rape, he didn't pay me afterwards!"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The campaigns of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris clashed on Monday over next month's U.S. presidential debate, with the vice president's team seeking a return to open microphones while her Republican rival threatened to pull out entirely
Harris spokesperson Brian Fallon said on Monday the vice president's campaign wanted the broadcaster to keep the candidates' microphones on throughout the event, not muted when their opponent was speaking as in the last presidential debate. So-called "hot mics" can help or hurt political candidates, catching off-hand comments that sometimes were not meant for the public.
Reuters
"The Vice President is ready to deal with Trump’s constant lies and interruptions in real time. Trump should stop hiding behind the mute button," Fallon said in a statement.
Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller said in a statement they had already agreed to the same terms as CNN's June debate, which had muted microphones, adding: "We said no changes to the agreed-upon rules."
But Trump later told reporters that he preferred to have his microphone kept on, adding that he did not like it muted last time and that he was not preparing much for the face-off against his new rival.
"Doesn't matter to me. I'd rather have it, probably, on. But the agreement was that it would be the same as it was last time," Trump said.
Of course the trump team has to protect him from himself because he cant shut up and of course we would say he dont care,if its no big deal LEAVE MICS HOT! and listen to the madman!
Representatives for ABC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Harris secured the Democratic nomination after President Joe Biden stepped aside last month, and had said they would do the Sept. 10 debate hosted by ABC News previously agreed to by Biden and Trump.
Haven't you been burned enough from Russian conspiracy theories?
MSN news front page, no wonder Inga is so crazy.
Trump "Lashes out...", " Trump Freaks out..",Trump Threatens.." and many more of the same.
An amazing bit or reality warping:
"Harris secured the Democratic nomination after President Joe Biden stepped aside last month"
Harris did nothing to earn/get the nomination, it was wrapped up and handed to her, and Biden certainly didn't step aside.
DD admits its the New Soviet Democraticals attempting to change the rules...which is like a gut punch to all of Inga's serial lies in this thread alone.
Joey Dementia did not "step aside". He was forced out under threat by the New Soviet Democratical powers that be.
"Gold Star mother of Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola: "When Joe Biden, our elected president entered the room, when he approached me, his words were 'my wife Jill and I know how you feel. We lost our son as well and brought him home in a flagged dropped coffin.' My heart starting beating faster and I started shaking knowing their son died from cancer."
This was how Biden and Kamala treated the Gold Star parents whose kids lost their lives due to their disastrous Afghanistan exit."
the organizations that told us Joe was on top of his game, asks the toughest darn questions, and is on fire. Theyre back
seals clap
Yes, your honor and truthfulness here is all we need to believe every word. Not to mention your nonpareil keyboard skills.
This is hilarious! Even Trump's own handlers don't have any faith in him.
This is hilarious! Even the most Soviet of the New Soviet Democraticals know its not worth trying their hardest to push the latest debate lies the dems have come up with!
Poor kamala..and her likely drinking problem disadvantage. No doubt after all these years its taken a toll on her which explains her bizarro "space" discussion with actual child actors (so authentic!) and "passage of time" mental meandering along with about a hundred other examples.
The New Soviet Democraticals, in sheer desperation, will no doubt be launching debate change demands just about every day leading up to debate day in hopes of getting out of this no win situation.
Want to take a crack at why Kamala isn't doing any interviews?
“BREAKING: Kamala Harris and Joe Biden skip Arlington Memorial Ceremony for the 13 troopers who died in Afghanistan on the 3rd anniversary.
Only 1 former president showed up… his name is Donald Trump”
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Yeah, the guy who dodged a bullet in Vietnam by getting 5 deferments while all the working class white and black guys were drafted. What a hero!
First, semantic play. NOW, dialectic play. And handmade tales are journolistic play.
There is no way in hell Trump won't debate that idiot. Not a chance.
”A Harris campaign official who was asked about the Trump campaign's claims said they were "100% false", according to CBS News.”
Well, if a Harris campaign official said it, it MUST be true. And if CBS News confirmed it, it must be double-plus true.
Do you ever get tired of being led around by the nose?
The fact remains that he showed up and the people responsible for the debacle skipped it.
The issue isn't heroism. It's respect and it's responsibility. Buy yourself a dictionary.
Jason Miller lied. The Harris Campaign did NOT ask to be seated or to have notes. Use reliable sources.
For the love of gawd, look into a fucking mirror.
That's the last thing she wants. She doesn't stand a chance on the issues and she knows it. She hasn't got any zingers, expat, Trump has heard them all.
Inga, don't you think it kind of weird that Tulsi deployed to a combat zone rather than resign her commission when she ran for Congress?
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/26/bush-mccain-romney-trump-harris-2024/74947380007/
“WASHINGTON — More than 200 Republicans who previously worked for either former President George W. Bush, the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., or Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president in an open letter Monday obtained exclusively by USA TODAY.
The letter from alums of the three Republican presidential nominees prior to former President Donald Trump comes on the heels of a Democratic National Convention last week in Chicago that showcased Republican detractors of the GOP nominee. At least five former aides to former President George H.W. Bush also signed the letter, which has 238 signatures in all.”
Someone must have raised their payments to her.
She's not being paid. She just dumb. And thinks she's actually accomplishing something by repeatedly posting her bullshit.
The DNC is trying to fix it so Harris doesn't have to debate, and use the reverse Uno card to make it appear that Trump chickened out, not her. For the second straight election, they're trying to drag the Dem over the finish line...and, hey, it worked last time, didn't it?
Also, I like the bright blue avatar Ignatz uses; it makes avoiding her posts much easier.
At least he didn’t pounce!
You do realize, Inga, that these are the GOPe people who have been deposed by Trump, right? Your party could use a bit of housecleaning itself.
So. It turns out that Gabbard is a Russian asset. Who knew? Seems like there's one under every woodpile these days!
Damn. This is getting entertaining!
Clever for me, avoiding a nasty chafing for you. Sounds like a win-win, Howie.
As I wrote above- Rich is born anew every single day.
It could be that rather than the party following a master basement plan for the campaign, the reluctance to debate or engage with the media is coming directly from Kamala.
It's beginning to smell even to the mainstream and the press is getting antsy. Her advisors might be wanting her to at least do a friendly interview, but she balks.
It's looks cowardly.
What happened to Dougys baby Igna?? Did he force the Nanny to get an abortion to protect himself. Probably. THAT is the type YOU defend.
one original thought please. Just one. Cut and paste warrior.
Why wouldn't she debate? Romney dominated/crushed Obama in their first debate (at least according to post-debate polls) and bested him again in their second debate. It made absolutely no difference that Romney was tremendously more intelligent than Obama. Obama still won.
And even if Kamala shows up, she is still going to avoid the debate. Foreign policy? Trump is Islamophobic. Taxes? Trump is a privileged, cis, White male billionaire. Or she'll tell him he’s racist or sexist or homophobic or transphobic or whatever. Or maybe she's too outraged by Trump's arguments to actually engage them. Don't expect anything meaningful out of these debates.
Well, he did seize a couple of times
Inside sources familiar with her thinking claim if Harris wins, she will pardon Kermit Gosnell and appoint him Surgeon General.
Seems extreme, even for a Democrat, although he does support full term abortion.
Waiting for fact check...
Jars of severed baby feet were stacked inside the refrigerators.
By the end of the search, authorities had found 47 aborted fetuses and infants stored at the facility – including one late-term infant frozen inside a water bottle.
"Don't expect anything meaningful out of these debates."
Letting people see Kamala in action and refreshing their memory as to why she was polling at 2% would be meaningful.
Network news is THE Source for news.
James Comey said he doesn't know with certainty whether President Trump "was with prostitutes peeing on each other in Moscow in 2013," in an interview with ABC News that will air in full on Sunday
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