This post is just to collect 2 new examples of elite media helping the Harris campaign disserve the electorate by withholding substantive content:
1. "Kamala Harris Doesn’t Need Policy to Win/In fact, a detailed platform will hurt her campaign more than it will help" by Peter Rothpletz in The New Republic: "Harris’s vibes-based, personality-based approach to the first six weeks of this mad dash of a campaign is clearly working.... Harris should hang out in the coconut tree and not release any economic plans that can’t fit within a Venn diagram. To win, Harris doesn’t need policy. She just needs vibes."
2. "How Harris Wins (and Trump and the Republicans Blow It)" by Ross Douthat in The New York Times": "[Y]ou have to think about Marie Kondo, the Japanese style guru famous for her ruthless minimalism, whose prescription for a cluttered home is to remove any object that doesn’t immediately 'spark joy.' The progressivism that infuses the contemporary Democratic Party can be a cluttered, claustrophobic worldview.... Her convention speech was especially Kondo-ist: Short, sparse, and nonspecific about virtually everything.... [W]inning on the most limited agenda and by the narrowest of margins is still winning...."
I didn't go looking for more things to put on this list. These are just 2 things I casually ran across this morning. I'm guessing there's more of the same out there, whether it's this explicitly stated or not.
This reminds me: The debate date is coming up soon. I'm guessing it won't happen. Kamala Harris will drop out and blame Trump. Here's what I said on this topic a month ago. Excerpt: "She's already avoiding speaking on substance. She's following something like Biden's old Covid-era 'basement strategy.' To avoid any debate would be consistent with her overall campaign strategy."
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Where’s the beef!?
It’s weird how all of a sudden, MAGA trusts the media.
"maintain the nothingness" How so? She is campaigning on 1. Trump evil and dangerous 2. abortion, abortion anytime, and 3. no tax on tips, fracking OK until November, Israel must surrender pronto. That's not nothing. It's enough.
Worked for Biden (excepting they needed cheating to fully execute). The different is Biden was hiding in his basement, Woke Salad Kammie is hiding in plain sight.
Admittedly, our expectations for Kamala Harris were low, but HOLY FUCK!
Huh? That’s probably the feeblest attempt to conjure up some sort of argument I’ve read on this site. You even used the “weird” keyword.
The idea that Kamala can run to election day without substance and ditching the debate sounds like the "he's sharp as a tack" conventional wisdom from the lefty intelligentsia. It seems to be working until it catastrophically fails.
Rich: “Look squirrel.”
[W]inning on the most limited agenda and by the narrowest of margins is still winning.
Then you can claim an electoral mandate because "elections have consequences" and govern any damn way you want. Bonus points for continuing to state that your values "haven't changed".
Isn't that how Obama campaigned? Like he's so cool, wouldn't it be cool to have a "black" president? I mean people actually said that to me.
Only, she's not cool.
I've attempted several times to place a dollar value on the in-kind contribution the media industry complex has given to the democrats with zero transparency and zero FEC filings, and I can't do it except to throw out numbers in the (T)rillions.
But assigning a dollar number to their assistance doesn't capture its true value: it is literally priceless. No one could buy such assistance. Ever. It's true value is only expressed when being handed to them like a gift at Christmas. Then I ask myself what the democratic party would or could've done without that assistance, and the answer is their party would've ceased to exist a long time ago.
It is thoroughly amazing that republicans are able to pull victories whatsoever with such a leviathan sitting its fat ass on the scales of public opinion.
1. Not Donald Trump, AKA "Joy"
2. Reproductive rights until termination of pregnancy, AKA "Freedom"
3. On the ballot.
That's the platform. Will it win?
If not, what then?
Douthat does a good job of explaining the nothingness. It requires Kamala to be as bland as possible, which may mean the debate is cancelled, as you suggest. We'll see.
Democrats and Harris do have an argument: Vote for the Deep State bureaucracy. They’ll preserve your phony baloney job.
If someone thinks President Trump and Kamablah Harris are on the same intellectual level after watching his 30+ debates and her one (obviously done from notes), then they are set up for true disappointment. At least Joe Biden had senility as an excuse.
Ironically YouTube is showing truth here: few people engaged with Harris' propped up infomercial and they would rather pretend footage doesn't exist. By contrast, Trump interviews routinely pop 2 million plus in the first 24 hours. "Momentum" is an oligarch lie, and an unconvincing one.
It almost makes one fear for the future.
In Leftyland, de-evolution is real.
If Obama campaigning was the gold standard, Donald Trump would have never won the 2016 election. Barack Hussein is nowhere near as popular as he pretends he is. Not that it matters.
To avoid any debate would be consistent with her overall campaign strategy.
What they need is something Trump does or says which can be turned into, "Kamala can't lower herself to be on stage with that monster!"
They thought they had it with Trump visiting the Abby Gate graves, but it slipped through their fingers because the GOPe is no longer fully on Team Mainstream Media. In 2016, with no surrogates to back him, it would have worked.
And other than vague plans to deport 12 to 15 million people (and in some of his rantings, 20 million), end the housing crisis by lowering interest rates (which he can't do), "fixing" Obamacare (of which he still hasn't produced a plan, maybe in two weeks) what exactly are Trump's policies?
And while you are at it, I was really annoyed the other day when you claimed Trump's speeches were "genius" because he "weaves" a story that, when the entire speech is finished, there is a point to it. Please analyze any Trump speech from a rally you like, and tell me the theme of the speech (other than "the country is fucked up and only I can fix it"). Cause maybe I am just stupid, but I don't know what the hell he is talking about much of the time.
For extra credit, you can explain what his pondering about electric boats and sharks has fuck all to do with being president.
So it is a real High School Student-Body President popularity contest to them?
Vote for me, not because I have any plans but because I sell blow of various sorts behind the bleachers. Joy!
This is what exeter and harvard produced in young master douthat
https://x.com/LangmanVince/status/1828588973662372310?s=19
"It's better better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."- Mark Twain.
So, the winning election strategy is to delay the realization how awful Harris is until after the election, when it'll be too late to save the country from the immense suffering that will ensue?
I just went to the Harris for President website for my weekly update. Still not a word about her program or agenda. That’s unless you consider a blathering puff piece about how wonderful she is and what she “stands for” a platform. Remember: her “values” have never changed. Like on fracking. Except when she’s in Pennsylvania.
Now to Trump’s website. Once you get past the obligatory donate pop up, you are greeted by his Agenda 47 Platform. Twenty clear, one sentence statements of his plans for his second term. Right there for you to read.
The difference couldn’t be more stark.
How on earth did you come up with Trump participating in 30+ debates? Sounds like a number the monkeys flying out of your butt told you. He had a few debates in the 2016 primary campaign and a couple with Hillary Clinton, a couple debates with Biden in 2020, and one so far this year (he skipped the primary debates).
Kamala is the joyful Apparatchik Authoritarian. After the corrupt left cheat to win - she will be made wealthy. The international lobby-grifting will roll on, millions of illegals will be given amnesty... socialism (more of it) will smother everything. You will be required to join a Union and Pay Union dues.
Union dues fill democrat/mob coffers to the tune of BILLIONS.
"I'm guessing it won't happen. Kamala Harris will drop out and blame Trump."
I disagree. Harris is capable of memorizing maybe 15 short (1.5 minute), punchy, dishonest, speech chunks. I predict she will stick to them relentlessly in the debate and then do nothing but repeat her stump speech for the rest of the campaign.
She can't risk giving another interview like the CNN interview, so she won't.
She will rely on wise MSM analysts to judge that whatever she is doing is exactly the right thing to do.
We trust our actual eyeballs, Rich.
Can you please link to any of the plethora of videos where Kamala describes in great detail all of her policy goals and the means to achieve those goals?
If a media "talking head" says outlining her policy positions will hurt her, then:
1.) Her lack of policy positions makes that a true statement, or
2.) It is a false statement, and her policy positions will actually help her win the election, but she is too stupid to clearly state those positions.
All I see in Agenda 47 is a bunch of vague promises with no indication of the "how" of it all. It also has at least one outright lie, there is no "migrant crime epidemic".
"In Leftyland, de-evolution is real."
I thought the Left was trying to make Orwell's 1984 real.
Instead, they are trying to make Mike Judge's Idiocracy real.
Couldn't find it by searching so I asked Chat GPT
1. 2016 Republican Primary Debates:
Total Debates: 12
Trump participated in all 12 debates during the Republican primary season.
2. 2016 General Election Debates:
Total Debates: 3
Trump debated Hillary Clinton in three general election debates.
3. 2020 Republican Primary Debates:
Total Debates: 0
As an incumbent president, Trump did not participate in any primary debates in 2020.
4. 2020 General Election Debates:
Total Debates: 2
Trump debated Joe Biden twice in the general election. A third debate was scheduled but canceled due to concerns over COVID-19.
5. 2024 Republican Primary Debates:
Total Debates: 0 (as of now)
Trump has opted out of participating in the Republican primary debates for the 2024 election.
Total Debates:
17 debates (2016 and 2020 combined)
This total includes only official debates and not any informal or secondary forums.
So these journalists are basically admitting that Harris is a loser. Why else encourage someone to keep silent? Especially a presidential candidate.
One major problem is most of us have been around a while and have expectations about how we go about deciding whom to vote for. If a basket is empty, there can’t be a sale.
Hey Alexa, can you give me some information about the Trump campaign?
"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."
"and tell me the theme of the speech..."
Why should I care whether speeches have a "theme"? I'm asking for substance. A campaign speech could go through many areas of substance. What's with "theme"? Are we planning a prom?
It's a coronation. Coronations need themes.
Trump has "Been there, done that". The only time in the last 4four presidencies the USA has moved in a positive direction. Perhaps the trolls here can point to the positives they've brought the country. Starting with 'keeping your doctor'.
Harris cannot drop out of the debate- she will have to appear.
The context of notes was for Kamala Harris' interview, and Donald Trump being on Carlson/ Theo Von/ Lex Friedman, among others.
Debates are considerably worse for Harris, though. As funny as Weird Al is, President Trump has not only done a variety of debates but used one to crush a sitting President. By contrast, the Iowa debates were sufficient to end Kamala Harris' 2020 campaign before it could be out to the voters.
I remember the phrase that, to me, speaks to 'Que-Mala'.
Pretty Vacant, is definitive.
There's no maybe about you being stupid, Freder.
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To avoid any debate would be consistent with her overall campaign strategy.
Avoiding debate is a strategy of the left, not just Kamala. Debate and opposing ideas shouted down and cancelled on college campuses. The left wants censorship in order to avoid debate.
Her supporters to care if she debates.
Stories have themes. The late night MSM majors have themes. Scripts have themes lol. Hollywood is nothing but themes, and poorly designed ones of late...thusly Harris/Walz 2024.
I am guessing you don't know what a statement against interest is, do you, Bich?
a no-substance strategy
She's FORCED to do this. Here are some things Kamala COULD say, but CAN'T say:
"On Day One I will ..." She can't say that because she's already IN OFFICE and has been for 3.5 years. She could do it today. Why wait?
"I will fix (x)..." ... She can't say that, because why hasn't she ALREADY fixed x?
"I promise to do (x) ..." Again, why isn't she doing "x" today?
"America needs bold leadership." - Um ... she can't say that.
"I promise to bring down inflation." - Why did you let it go up in the first place?
You can see how trapped she is by ANYTHING she says. So she is forced to say NOTHING and the media is forced to allow that because of course, they are in on the fact that our elections are fixed and rigged. "Can't let the uneducated deplorables determine the direction of a nation, now can we." The media see themselves as saving America from Americans.
Her policies so far are stolen from Trump, and copying Joe's basement strategy, and Progressives are too dumb to realize that They are the fools on the hill....
I had a good friend actually walk out on me when we were on our way to dinner, because he was SO excited Obama was elected, and "aren't you so excited??" to me, and I said, NO, I don't agree with anything he is pushing, and I don't vote for somebody for their color. He was aghast that anybody had a different opinion of the black messiah.
Kamala isn't going to debate Trump and she doesn't have to "pull out" of the debate. They intend to put Trump in jail. So that Kamala can say she'd have loved to debate Trump, but he's in prison.
Trump should announce that he's for ending the Income Tax for everyone under $250,000 a year and then watch Democrats scramble to up that number.
"Are we planning a prom?". Loved that! Great response to Freder's attempt at "mansplaining".
that's the following week
The debate comes before Trump's sentencing hearing.
"Only, she's not cool."
And she's not black.
There's video on X of Alexa giving many reasons to elect Kamala, then claiming she can't give any reasons to elect Trump because elections are off-limits to her. Alexa also claims Trump hasn't been shot.
Harris is completely ridiculous. She won't tell us her policy and won't take questions from the Press and the public. Is this what democracy looks like to the Dems? Back to the USSR.
Campaign about nothing.... Learning from the popularity and success of Seinfeld... A show about nothing!
If Harris doesn't debate, she's finished.
Here are Trump's Proposals when elected in 2024:
* Extend the individual income tax provisions of TCJA.
* Eliminate taxes on Social Security benefits.
* Eliminate income taxes on tips.
* Extend the business tax provisions of TCJA
* Lower the corporate income tax rate to 15 percent.
* Re-institute border control and remove illegal aliens from the country.
* Attack Mexican drug cartels and end human trafficking.
* Reclaim the Department of Justice and fire all current US attorneys for failing to enforce our laws.
* End federal government censorship of American's free speech rights.
I could go on and on but of course Freder has already fled the thread.
If only Marty Peretz were still alive, he is but he surrendered the magazine to progs and Steinhardt hasn't been able to recover it,
The President needs to speak with foreign leaders, enunciate policy and positions, and lead a whole executive branch.
How TF does Kamala NOT have to demonstrate how she will do that and what she would say having never been elected, never demonstrated success in an executive role, and actually having a tremendous unpopular tenure (and huge staff turnover) during her time as VP.
I will disagree with the hostess and say KH will debate. In the debate, DJT should beware of playing Gore while KH plays W. Gore won on substance, lost on likeability.
Why? What stops the media from reporting that she won even if she didn't and then just refusing to cover the story any other way and accusing anyone who harshes that narrative of being a racist who should lose their job. Courts won't intervene. This is what occurred in 2020 and they got away with it without getting shot in their faces.
That is what is going to occur again in 2024.
Biden has been doing none of those things and nobody has minded. Right?
Good job on providing the debate count, NT Dave. Thx. You forgot the most famous and consequential debate of all though, the one that buried Joe Biden's candidacy and career.
Trump should just let her ramble on as long as she wants. I predict he'll do just that. Then turn to the camera and with a straight face ask "Is that what you want as your President?" Then drop the mike and walk out.
Trump's speeches/rallies aren't my cup of tea, but I get what he's saying, in its own disjointed way. I don't hear a theme, but a vision. Yes, it's broad, but sometimes that works. Remember Reagan's grand strategy to win the cold war? We win; They lose. That's vision.
Avoidance of policy statements IS a policy statement. It says, "I'm going to keep doing things the same way we've been doing them for the last 3 years...or worse. So I don't dare say that."
We all know the plan. Comrades Harris and Walz will duck saying much of anything for the next two months, and the Dems will try to depend on their cheating to win. The Republicans are trying just the opposite - fight the cheating when they can, and try to overcome the level of fraud by firing up the masses.
Right now, looking at the fraud, MI looks lost to Trump. Its Courts, etc are strongly coming out in favor of election fraud. PA seemed to be going in the right (honest elections) direction, until last week when a judge there determined that mail in ballots can’t be rejected for bad dates on the envelopes. I still have hopes for GA and AZ, where Republican legislatures tightened up election laws, and the courts haven’t gutted them yet.
What must be remembered is that the Dems only stay close across the country through massive election fraud. Once they go to all mail in voting, the state is locked up for the Dems. The Dems utilize computer databases to register and reregister illegal voters, whether they be dead, moved away, etc. Remove them from the rolls of eligible voters, they pop back up a couple weeks later. The fraud is institutionalized, well organized, and heavily funded by Dem super pacs like ActBlue. It is likely that Trump actually received more legal votes, across the country, in 2020, than FJB, while the latter recorded 4-5 million more votes. Yes, the fraud rwally is that massive.
A campaign about nothing. Well, why not? Worked for Seinfeld.
Remember, Idiocracy wasn't a movie, but a documentary from the future.
I do not think you're stupid Freder, far from it, but when it comes to Donald Trump, you might as well be.
I am not rrhardin but it’s definitely a strategy that appeals to women. Just remember ladies when she becomes ‘president’ the people running things do not have an agenda of nothing- that’s why they’re hiding it. There’s something for everyone to fear…
Election fraud. It’s real, and it’s massive. Maybe a million illegal votes in PA in 2020, and a half million in both GA and AZ. Certainly far more (at least 10x) than the Dems’s margins of victory in those states.
"How TF does Kamala NOT have to demonstrate how she will do that and what she would say having never been elected, never demonstrated success in an executive role, and actually having a tremendous unpopular tenure (and huge staff turnover) during her time as VP."
The executive branch and the apparatus that feeds it with personnel and enjoys its perks would rather be governed by a lighter hand, and has total control of one of two major political parties. This is what Harris represents. This apparatus can, will, and prefers to self-manage. That way, it can practice risk-aversion to all the forces that threaten it (that's us) and avoid any direct responsibility for the product of its work. The self-licking ice cream cone es uber alles.
Masses of stupid women who watch The View.
NT Dave. no wonder I distrust Chat GPT. Trump did not participate in all the debates in 2016. He skipped 4 of the 12.
"To avoid any debate would be consistent with her overall campaign strategy."
That can't be right. The leftards who post here have previously claimed that it's Trump who wants to avoid debates.
Kind of ironic that our trolls sometimes refer to us as the "know nothings" when it is in fact their main strategy.
But remember, they are drunk on their success at foiling a senile old man on us for the past year or two, at the very least. Biden has always been something of a moron, as well. Didn't matter.
thats how the Babylon Bee works
Why should I care whether speeches have a "theme"?
Because you claimed just a couple days ago that Trump's genius lies in his ability to take "about like nine different things, and they all come back brilliantly together". So I am asking, take one of his speeches (any one you like) and explain to me how all the rambling "come[s] back brilliantly together".
It's all project with them, every aspect of their japery is drawn from the projection on us of their own faults.
Good points all, from the link though I'm seeing that he participated in 11 out of the 12 - 2016 debates.
Except that to much, if not most, of the country, Trump is far more likable than Comrade Harris. I watched part of the Pence/Harris debate in 2020, and she can come across as a truly vile piece of work. I fully expect for Trump to run a charm offensive for the upcoming debate. He seems to be doing that more this time, and allowing Vance to be the nasty attack dog. If the Dems were smart, they would allow Comrade Walz to debate Vance. Yes, Vance is a lot smarter, but Walz has a swarmy (WI) nice guy persona that he can turn on, when he needs it. Harris does not.
You have zero proof of this assertion.
LOL, I tell you that the "spam filter" is just a kind of back door content moderation from Google.
The left's horrible hidden agenda:
1) Give million of illegal border crossers -> free stuff, access to vote, and amnesty.
2) Forced Union membership. Forced union dues MUST be paid. This diverts billions to leftists.
3) Abortion on demand up until birth. Secret use of baby body parts for research, funds for leftist/ bad science. (think Fauci/ dog abuse)
4) Ban Elon Musk. Cancel Elon Musk. You are next. Obey.
5) Speech codes.
6) The ultimate Destruction of the US Constitution. In the name of "freedom"
(Keith Ellison(D) - is the embodiment of South American Leftist Authoritarianism + Antifa Thug supporter)
7) Destruction of middle class - all while democrats pretend to care with BS lip service.
8) Young Children subjected to inappropriate Sexualization. The big lie used: Book banning. (Truth: parents do not want sex book in the children's library at school)
Feel free to add to my list:
Loved that! Great response to Freder's attempt at "mansplaining".
I didn't mansplain anything. I am asking Althouse to "womansplain" it to me. She is the one who claims Trumps speeches are "genius".
What they're saying is, winning is all that matters. They don't care about after. It isn't even that they take it on faith a Harris administration will institute policies they will approve of. They don't care what those policies are. Their approval is based solely on whose policies they are. Their disapproval works the same way.
They also don't care if Kamala is smart or dumb. They don't care if she understands or doesn't understand policy. She doesn't need to. The Blob will take care of all that. The same Blob that is running the country now and has been running it for quite some time. Kamala just has to be the face of The Blob.
Harris 2024
The Face of The Blob
Rich knows nothingk! Rich sees nothingk! Rich hears Nothingk! He is a proud member of the new Know Nothing Party.
"Whatever you do, people! Don't talk about our plans until we have power!"
I wonder if in Rich's world, he can't have a thought unless he reads it in the media. It would never occur to him to ask why it is that nobody has any real idea of what Kamala stands for, as her statements are so contradictory, and she never does anything to sort them out. No, such a question could never arise in our feeble minds unless placed there by the media!
Another crutch for Harris to get through the debate: shouting.
Both Harris and Biden have trouble talking in a normal voice, but each can shout reasonably well. All of Biden's "good speeches" were shout fests, e.g. the SOTU. Harris's acceptance speech was mostly shouting, even the "hearfelt" parts.
So, in the debate, Harris can help herself by mostly shouting. ("Shouting" doesn't always have to use a loud voice. Here, I include accusing, bullying, outrage, and general viciousness, she just has to imagine herself shouting in a loud voice to get the right tone and to avoid sounding ditzy.)
Oh the senior writer for the Don Lemon show, why would master Rothpletz admit that,
Internally, externally, and mutually confused nation transitioning from Biden to Harris. Karma-la's gonna get you.
Cry more Freder. Wake us up when your party has ANY policies that people actually want besides killing as many babies as they can.
I think I mentioned this here before but there was a post at theconservativetreehouse.com saying that the behind-the-scenes censors are more interested in disrupting conversations in comment sections than in suppressing the articles people are commenting on.
100%. There is a reason all the changes at Althouse are occurring.
I should know better than to engage with you, Rich, but but your accusation makes no sense. I really am curious--what is it that you think MAGA is now trusting the media on? (Never mind that you seem to be accusing Althouse of being MAGA, that's a separate problem.)
And YOU have zero proof that it DIDN'T happen that way. YOU prove it.
My comment is back now, but Instapundit is another place where, for example, an anti-neocon post that cuts to close to the quick can be promptly deleted without a trace. People tell me it's just my browser or a quirk of Javascript, but it has happened too many times on certain types of comments.
I guess he thought “squirrel” or in this case “media” was something, but we are noticing the “nothing”. The void that is the Que Mala campaign is quite impressive. Even if it seems precedented by Biden, at least Biden did interviews.
I am sure I am not the first to make this joke, but here goes, because now it is running through my head:
"'I'm a woman, without conviction (a woman without conviction)
I'm a woman, who doesn't know (a woman who doesn't know)
How to sell a contradiction (to sell a contradiction)
You come and go, you come and go
Kama, kama, kama, Kamala Chamelion"
Her values haven't changed. She values power.
I predict the Kammie will announce she has COVID on 9/9/24 and will back out of the debate. Kammie will then regretfully announce that she has no other open dates available. The press will then quickly bury the story.
"Journalism is about covering important stories-with a pillow, until they stop moving." --David Burge
My prediction is they 25th old Joe on the morning of the debate and Pres. Kamala will just be way too busy to attend the debate.
Freder: let’s start with the first one.
SEAL THE BORDER AND STOP THE MIGRANT INVASION
Does that sound vague to you? And oh by the way, he did it in his first term in case you’re wondering about the “how”. But if you’re still confused, go to one of his rallies. As Meade did.
"For extra credit, you can explain what his pondering about electric boats and sharks has fuck all to do with being president."
He was pointing out the limits on the push for green energy that is being driven by the current administration and endorsed by Harris. What do I get?
Gore only won on substance with those who already agreed with his benighted views.
Sadly and more damning of them, they are not fooled, they are complicit and encouraging of any act or strategy to make The Good Guys win. They are too twisted to realize that they are The Baddies.
I see two reasons for this:
1) Our so-called governor here in AZ did the same thing and was successful (the old Generic Democrat thing) plus she was also in charge of counting the votes, soooooo. . . . . .
2) Which follows from 1) in that I very much think that they believe they have the election sewn up with the fraud vote, so why knock yourself out?
I can't wait from the press to ask her about this via Zerohedge
BREAKING: The Mayor of Aurora, Colorado just CONFIRMED that Venezuelan illegal migrant gangsters have indeed taken over several apartment complexes and have pushed out property managers to EXTORT rents from the tenants directly
He also BLAMED the Kamala-Biden regime and said they may be involved in importing the illegals into his city, "Somebody put them there, and somebody funded it, whether it's the federal government or not."
I used to live in an apartment complex in Aurora, back in the early eighties. It was a different place back then than now, it seems.
Remember though, it's against Colorado law, a felony, to attempt in any way to validate that the 100% mail-in elections are fairly counted. This law was passed by the people elected by 100% mail-in votes.
Democracy is the greatest threat to our democracy.
Watch the first 5 minutes of this video. Chris Williamson's conversation with Eric Weinstein. Really interesting take on what is happening in our politics and why.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYRYXhU4kxM&t=2421s
I try to avoid responding to Freder but his angry stupidity is hard to resist. He knows nothing and proves it everyday.
In 2020 the Republican Party ran on no platform whatsoever, and to hear Donald Trump tell it, that’s the year he won the Presidency by millions of votes. So I think withholding substance can be an effective strategy.
Trump may be short on the how, but Harris doesn't even have the what.
Agree completely.
Only a piddling 74% of violent crime is NYC is committed by "migrants," guys, so it's not an epidemic.
The Harris campaign is a sham campaign. It’s sole purpose it to raise money and send it to the down ballot races. $25m just a couple days ago. They can’t allow Trump to have both the House and the Senate when he wins back the WH.
It saddens me greatly that this strategy might work. What a bunch of sheep.
You mean Trump never mentioned the border in 2016? News to me.
What "platform" did Trump need in 2020- he was the actual President and did promise to follow the same plans from 2017-2021. Harris could do that but she isn't. Now, the GOP did run without a platform in 2022 and that didn't work out so well.
The New Republic is more in the bubble, or cocoon, or silo than it used to be. Fewer people read it now -- like Spinal Tap they have become more selective -- so they don't have to write for people outside the bubble, or even take their existence into account.
Is the premise correct, though? It seems like every day Harris is promising something new, some new pot of money to be bestowed somewhere on somebody or something. Not setting these offers down on a web page lets the campaign and the press pull promises out of the bag, show them to the crowd, and stuff them back into the bag as they see fit.
"Gore won on substance ..."
Did you know, that the North Pole will be ice-free by 2013? Al Gore won a Nobel prize for pointing that out. Smart guy.
Admittedly it's a small sample size but why are the crazy progressives on here acting crazier than usual? Maybe they realize the campaign about nothing isn't doing so well, that her high point was before her speech at the convention. That is her peak polling took place mid-week and has steadily eroded since then. Even the darling of Inga, Nate Silver, has Trump projected to win after the brief 5-point "lead" Kamala held for a day (a whole day!) is now showing her trailing by 5 and dropping in every poll. She didn't even get the post-DNC "bounce" they all predicted. Her appearance there was the exact point where the free fall accelerated. Now she's running behind both Hillary and Biden compared to 2016 and 2020 respectively.
Maybe Will Rogers (and whoever he riffed on) was correct: You can't beat something with nothing. Actually, with anchor weight Tim "Tampon" Walz she has less than nothing to work with. He's losing support in MN the state that knows him best.
In the early days of the American Republic, it was considered unseemly for any candidate to make any overt attempt to secure election. One "sat" for election. One did not publicly campaign. Of course, plenty of campaigning went on behind closed doors.
Maybe the system is working as designed.
Now now Yancey. Remember, Earnest Prole is just your everyday, run of the mill, "neutral", above-it-all, just-calling-balls-and-strikes observer of the political scene.....who takes every opportunity to turn threads regarding democratical foilbles and screwups and failures and issues and turns them into a commentary about Trump.
Precisely the way any "neutral" observer would................
Yes, the chart at the link shows Trump participating in all but one of the 2016 primary debates. There were separate debates for the first and second tier candidates at the beginning. They came in pairs on the same date in the same place and under the same auspices but at different times. Trump obviously wasn't at the debates for second tier candidates, but the record shows that he only missed one of the primary debate nights in that election cycle.
Foibles and screwups and failures? Withholding substance is a strategy that appears to be working for Democrats in 2024 just as it did for Trump and the Republicans in 2020.
That ridiculous assertion is based on a quote by some anonymous cop in New York: A Midtown officer added:
"I would say about 75 percent of the arrests in Midtown Manhattan are migrants, mostly for robberies, assaults, domestic incidents and selling counterfeit items."
He estimated this figure because "you can't be 100 percent sure [they're migrants] unless you arrest them in a shelter or they're dumb enough to give you a shelter address."
Don't rely on information you read in the Daily Mail (or the New York Post).
That is not actually a response, it is an ad hominem insult.
"What do I get?"
Given it's Freder, I'd say 'insulted'.
Original comment: "...democratical foilbles and screwups and failures and issues..."
Prole retelling: "Foibles and screwups and failures?"
Just another instance of Prole being your everyday, run of the mill, "neutral", above-it-all, just-calling-balls-and-strikes observer of the political scene.
So you are admitting that you have no proof? Even Bill Barr agreed that there was no evidence of significant fraud.
One piece of evidence is that level of fraud alleged by Bruce Hayden (one million fraudulent votes just in Pennsylvania, so I am assuming he believes the 20 million+ nationwide assertion) could not be carried out by a handful of people. It would involve hundreds, if not thousands, of people in a massive nationwide conspiracy. Are you telling me no one involved had a fit of conscience, or at least greed, and spilled the beans about the fraud.
"Kamala isn't going to debate Trump and she doesn't have to "pull out" of the debate. They intend to put Trump in jail."
I believe whether or not Trump gets sentenced to jail depends heavily on how the debate goes.
I am constantly disappointed in the electorate, but I would hope Harris pulling out of the one debate would doom her chances.
During my long life I have see Democrat party bosses and the leftmedia influence elections. I have never before seen them actually superintend a significant portion of the electorate. Orwell would probably be surprised it took this long.
This is fucking awesome! The entire Walz family from Nebraska just endorsed Trump!
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1831345408607736091
No, Sebastian, it's "enough" right now.
Maybe.
The problem she and the Dems face is that the same voters who don't believe the gov't economy numbers over their own lying eyes, are going to get tired of Kamala always hiding.
What the Democrat shills are doing is confusing "patiences" with "acceptance."
The voters are patiently waiting for Kamala to tell them where she stands. That doesn't mean they accept that she's never going to tell them.
I expect that Althouse is right Kamala is going to skip the debate. But I also expect Kamala's numbers will start to tank after she does so
IMAO it's a lose-lose for the Dems
If she does appear, Trump will expose her as an idiot
If she doesn't, she exposes herself as an entitled idiot
God I hope they try to put Trump in jail.
That would be the complete death knell for the Dems
1: It would force SCOTUS to get involved, and they will utterly trash the trial (the Stormy Daniels testimony in and of itself is guaranteed to get it tossed on appeal)
2: It guarantees every Trump person shows up and votes
3: It shows the Dems for the utter corrupt scum that they are
Dixcus: doesn't work in a country where Twitter isn't on their side
News of the not-too-distant-future:
The entire Walz family from Nebraska was welcomed to the Happy Valley Reeducation Camp in northern Minnesota today where they hope for new lives of service to the Party.
Bruce: Vance actually went to Iraq, and actually carried a "weapon of war" while there
If the Dems let Vance debate Blue Falcon Walz, JD will destroy him
The battle of the young Marine vs the old traitor and Communist tool would be the death knell for the Harris-Walz campaign
Garland and DOJ warn Russia and Iran are “working to disrupt election”.
I guess they are upset that foreign governments are now doing what the DOJ has done, among others, for the last 8 years.
Gore “won on substance”?
He lost with the lisp, combined with his mincing about the “lockbox”. A real Tennessee poofter…
I'd almost buy Amazon's whole "Ooops, it was a glitch" claim...if the glitch EVER went the other way.
It does not. It never does. It never will.
Althouse: your "theme" retort is now in my Top Ten Althouse Retorts of All Time; I wasn't keeping track of your too-infrequent responses but now I am. Bravo!
This claim has been debunked repeatedly.
The Republican National Committee's Executive Committee voted on June 10, 2020, to adopt the same platform the party used in 2016. The decision accompanied a series of adjustments to the itinerary and location of the Republican National Convention due to the coronavirus pandemic, including reducing the number of in-person delegates attending the convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 2,500 to 336, and canceling the meeting of the Platform Committee.
Politico reported that both conservative and moderate Republicans were dissatisfied with the decision: "Social conservatives wanted new language on gender identity and late-term abortions. Social moderates said the current platform could alienate suburbanites."
Responding to criticism, RNC national press secretary Mandi Merritt said, "It would not be right for a very small group to craft a new platform without all of the delegates present." On June 12, 2020, President Donald Trump (R) called for a new and updated platform.
The Republican National Committee adopted a resolution regarding the platform on August 22, 2020, that reiterated that the party would not adopt a new platform because "it did not want a small contingent of delegates formulating a new platform without the breadth of perspectives within the ever-growing Republican movement." The resolution also noted the party's continued support for Trump's America First agenda.
On August 23, 2020, Trump released a list of his core priorities for a second term in office.
https://ballotpedia.org/The_Republican_Party_Platform,_2020
what's the big deal?
SURELY, We Can ALL Agree; that if Trump was to refuse to talk to the press;
and refuse to debate,
and had to bus in paid people to fill his rallies,
and gave the same speech.. Word for Word; at each rally..
The press would give him the same treatment they're giving Kamela..
Wouldn't They?
I mean, a fair and impartial press uses the same treatment for All candidates..
Don't They?
And I love how the cop included "selling counterfeit items" in his list of crimes migrants are responsible for. I would imagine more than half of all the arrests he makes are for selling counterfeit items. Midtown is one of the safest parts of NYC, which means it is also one of the safest urban areas in the country, and also one of the richest (median income is $120,000). Selling fake Louis Vuitton purses and Rolex watches on the street hardly rises to the level of crime which would deter anyone from visiting the area.
The Walz family Thanksgiving is shaping up to be epic this year.
Keep whistling past the polling place Fred. Biden had the FBI stop keeping crime statistics by nationality because even they know the numbers make them look bad. When you leave the door open bad hombres come in. Sweden is now gun crime capitol of Europe, because of immigration. Think it ain't happening here?
All I have seen from Harris in my X and YouTube feeds is her trying to shake me down for a donation.
Looks like even his Mom! His mom won't even endorse him! But hey Kamala got one of the lesser McCain kids to repudiate Trump. (Meghan OTOH was on Sean Hannity saying Kamala "is dangerous" and now she's doing everything she can to make sure Kamala is NOT elected. You never can tell which way those mavericks are going to end up.)
"All I have seen from Harris in my X and YouTube feeds is her trying to shake me down for a donation."
The money to bail out her Antifa pals isn't going to just magically appear and it's certainly not coming out of her wallet, you know.
Correction to my guess above: "The photo shared by former Nebraska GOP gubernatorial candidate Charles W. Herbster shows eight people wearing “Nebraska Walz’s [sic] for Trump” t-shirts. A representative for Herbster told DailyMail.com those posing are related to Walz through his grandfather’s brother."
Prole: "In 2020 the Republican Party ran on no platform whatsoever...."
Christopher B: "This claim has been debunked repeatedly.
The Republican National Committee's Executive Committee voted on June 10, 2020, to adopt the same platform the party used in 2016."
Nonsense!
There is no way possible such an honorable, straight shootin', everyday, run of the mill, "neutral", above-it-all, just-calling-balls-and-strikes observer of the political scene like Earnest Prole would get something so basic so wrong while deflecting from the nothingness of the Kamala campaign!
Yesterday I asked You Tube to show me the news. Among a few other stories, about ten clips of Joe Biden praising Kamala at a rally and saying we should vote for her. Nothing of any substance while she watched, all smiles. The clips of Trump acitivity were of him bashing and inslulting Kamala, at least that was the headline. Oh, boy....
" Are you telling me no one involved had a fit of conscience, or at least greed, and spilled the beans about the fraud." Not if the DNC checks cleared.
Have the lefties here seen Nate Silver lately ? Here it is . Enjoy.
I would hope Harris pulling out of the one debate would doom her chances.
I have the opposite opinion. I think that Kamala-lala-dingdong remaining in the debate(s) will doom her chances.
She is an empty vessel for the Left. The more she talks, the more her stupidity and emptiness come out. Sorta like you know you on this blog.
"Make America Great Again"
There's your theme.
Debate will go forward as scheduled unless one gets covid. No precedent othwrwise.
The negative repercussions of putting Trump in jail outweigh the positives for the Dems. Surely they understand that. Therefore I am sure that if they go for jail they intend to kill him right away and call it a heart attack or stroke. Explains the rabid lunacy against Vance once they saw he was the VP choice.
Earnie Vole for the L!
I think it is extremely unlikely that the NY judge will send Trump directly to jail, even if he imposes a prison term.
If he does then it may be time to put Dixcus in charge of the response.
Seems the dems are all big Depeche Mode fans. Kamala's campaign slogan should be "Enjoy the Silence".
Words like violence
Break the silence
Come crashing in
Into my little world
Painful to me
Pierce right through me
Can't you understand?
Oh, my little girl
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm
Vows are spoken
To be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain
So does the pain
Words are meaningless
And forgettable
Obama wasn't afraid to debate.
How on earth did you come up with Trump participating in 30+ debates?
Notice what Freder focuses on and what he ignores.
It would be shocking for the Democrats to sabotage the presidential debate, as they sabotaged their own primary. It would be very anti-democratic.
really, really interesting interview, Weinstein is super smart. Thanks!
Kamala's kampaign is less substantial than kotton kandy.
It depends on what percentage of the voters get their news from ABC/CBS/NBCTV. I fear that's at least 51% of voters. They'll blame Trump for Kamala not debating.
Mike, Of course Kamala is running on a crazy platform. Her supporters' position is that Kamala is the only legitimate (non-fascist) candidate.
All she needs to become President is the minions who collect the mail in ballots. And she's got them, by the tens of thousands. I've got $100 on her winning, and I loathe the idea.
"Harris’s vibes-based, personality-based approach to the first six weeks of this mad dash of a campaign is clearly working.... Harris should hang out in the coconut tree and not release any economic plans that can’t fit within a Venn diagram."
Her plan is clearly not working.
Also, there's that racist "coconut" reference again.
AP has Harris campaign letter to ABC News accepting all its terms to the debate.
If 51% let their minds be controlled by the MSM, they'd believe the economy was good, and illegal immigration isn't a problem
I gotta give Freder some credit here. He's at least making an attempt to engage. I accept that.
I'll address a question he adnanced before. "How is Trump going to seal the boarder and prevent illegal immigration. First off by letting the Boarder patrol and ICE do their jobs. Like before, state and local police will be asked to help. Once most illegal immigants realize this is serious they realize it isn't worth their while to stick around.
Freder Frederson
"You have zero proof of this assertion."
In Wisconsin they found over 100,000 illegal votes were cast. In Green Bay the fraud was so pervasive the woman in charge of overseeing the vote resigned. The local DNC took over the job. With predictable results. Look it up.
No thoughts, Freder?
Feel free to comment, Freder.
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