First debate between VP Harris and Trump...The only one? Tues 10 Sept 2024, 9pm EDT

What did Dubya say about the American Carnage speech? "That was some weird shit"

 

So I'm guessing Trump was making Lionel Hutz look like a better option?

Letting Trump speak is good because he comes across as unhinged. Whenever he speaks, he reminds people that might not pay attention to politics that whoa, this guy is unhinged. I mean, remember his Covid speeches?

I mentioned it before, but in 2018, 19, I was at work watching him give a news conference. He got that angry sniffy tone, a colleague and I, a colleague I had only spoken with once, just looked at each other in disbelief.

 

So, this is good news for John McCain, right?

 

"They're eating the dogs and they're eating the cats!"

Reply with "Donald, I'm concerned. Sounds like RFK Jr's brain-eating worm is contagious. There is nobody, anywhere who's . . ."

 

I think she was outstanding. Calm, adult, forward looking, positive. The contrast with Trump made her look even better. She reached out to the middle and I think some undecideds will like what they saw. Her team prepared her well, can't think of one question where she was uncomfortable. Even the weaknesses like economy and immigration she had solid answers for.

 

IOW what most presidential candidates are expected to do. He's such a freak and she didn't let it get to her.

Moderators being praised on MSNBC

 

BTW - doesn’t his J6 line about he had nothing to do with it kinda box him in on the immunity defense?

Chris Hayes just made a great point.

She responded. Made a point…then baited the hook. Every time. And every time…he went for the bait.

So true.

 

As far as a second debate goes…Harris just took the free chip the casino gave her, and bet it on 36, which then came up.

Should she take her winnings and call it a night, or go double or nothing?

She clearly won the night. She has the upper hand now.

 

She crushed it. I won’t be surprised if she sees a little polling bump but it won’t be much, there aren’t that many votes in play.

 

I feel so much better after this debate than I did the last one.

 

GOP types don't' think he did well. There's a GOP strategist and Trump transition team member, Bryan Lanza, on the BBC going on about it being "a wash", with "no real knockout blow" repeatedly.

Others are freaking out

 

Taylor Swift may have just endorsed Kamala (the Bulwark people were reading a tweet from her supporting Kamala)

 

I only heard about 10 minutes of the last one and it was utter dejection compared with now, utter elation.

she looked and sounded presidential.

if the election was tomorrow I think she’d win.

 

FYP

 

One of the great moments in American oratory pic.twitter.com/8uW6y4EIFL

— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) September 11, 2024

 

I shared on a different thread that I’ve been getting texts from the Trump campaign. Well this is how they’re playing the post-debate. I guess there’s nowhere else to go but diving further into the unreality of the base.

 

I agree on the candidates but thought ABC was good. They raised a number of issues I didn’t expect and corrected his lies several times.