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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#329826: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:55:34 PM

100% serious smile

It could be an electoral risk, by choosing to be ambiguous Biden is leaving the options open. It's definitely better than his prior refusal and short of a radical like Warren the best we'd get. I view it as an encouraging sign.

Thanks. Like I said, with the internet it can be hard to tell sometimes.

Arctimon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#329827: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:55:57 PM

Biden has been good so far. Not great. He has been pushing back a lot on Trump, especially when he brought up his son, which is what he needed to do.

Trump...I just don't understand how anyone can look at him and say he's doing good. He's interrupting, he's sputtering, and he's talking like a toddler.

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#329828: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:56:20 PM

@FOFD: I'm actually not sure about the idea. I don't want the "they cut his mic to censor him!" people to be given any kind of legitimacy.

Edited by PhysicalStamina on Sep 29th 2020 at 9:56:55 AM

i'm tired, my friend
SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#329829: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:56:23 PM

Look, Biden already won the debate. Let’s be real.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#329830: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:56:41 PM

Biden's really sticking it to Trump on race.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#329831: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:57:49 PM

I'm honestly impressed with Biden. I just thought he'd trip over his own shoelaces like he's done so much in the past, but he's biting back.

The legend has returned.
Fourthspartan56 from Georgia, US Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#329832: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:57:50 PM

Thanks. Like I said, with the internet it can be hard to tell sometimes.

Understandable smile

"Einstein would turn over in his grave. Not only does God play dice, the dice are loaded." -Chairman Sheng-Ji Yang
SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#329833: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:58:28 PM

I keep on expecting Trump to spontaneously combust.

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#329834: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:59:06 PM

Expecting or hoping?

i'm tired, my friend
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#329835: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:59:27 PM

Trump is literally using the words "Law and Order!" like a mantra.

nombretomado (Season 1) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#329836: Sep 29th 2020 at 6:59:47 PM

[up][up]por que no los dos?

Edited by nombretomado on Sep 29th 2020 at 6:59:59 AM

SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#329838: Sep 29th 2020 at 7:03:07 PM

Oh, now it's the "Obama-Biden" administration.

i'm tired, my friend
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#329839: Sep 29th 2020 at 7:03:18 PM

"I ended it because it was racist"

O_O

Do not obey in advance.
Eschaton Since: Jul, 2010
#329840: Sep 29th 2020 at 7:03:43 PM

Not watching because I have better things to do with my time, but I'm gonna guess it's been Biden, who's putting in a major effort, vs. a guy who really just doesn't give a shit.

If true, does it really matter? "Who cares, fuck you" has been the fundamental linchpin of Trump's core appeal among his followers. Meanwhile, Biden just needs a single flub (real or otherwise) to be used against him, to "balance" things out. I just don't have much faith that this asymmetry will finally break among whatever voters who've been tuned out for the last 5 years (or are mistakenly under the impression that they were) and still need to make up their minds.

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#329841: Sep 29th 2020 at 7:04:10 PM

[up][up]And then he complains that the project was teaching people that America is racist. It's like a reverse No, You.

Edited by PhysicalStamina on Sep 29th 2020 at 10:04:21 AM

i'm tired, my friend
BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#329842: Sep 29th 2020 at 7:05:01 PM

@Physical Stamina: Yeah

Do not obey in advance.
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#329843: Sep 29th 2020 at 7:05:17 PM

Finally Wallace does something right, pointing out that Republican cities have gotten crime increased same as Democratic run cities.

Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#329844: Sep 29th 2020 at 7:06:21 PM

Back in 2016, one of the most overlooked but chilling things Trump said was that he was "the law and order candidate".

It's straight out of the playbook of modern Eastern European neofascist dictators who have parties named things like "Justice and Development" or "Law and Justice". It's very much an Asbestos-Free Cereal branding move that still says to anyone actually paying attention to what they mean that they will use the country's law enforcement in a heavy-handed manner.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#329845: Sep 29th 2020 at 7:07:15 PM

Yeah, Trump turned "law and order", which sounds reasonable on the surface, into a dog whistle

Do not obey in advance.
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#329846: Sep 29th 2020 at 7:07:26 PM

To Biden's point about suburbs: Montgomery County and Prince George's County, Maryland are pretty much all suburbs, and both have a high Black/Latino population, and in the former's case, a high Asian population as well.

Trump is starting to sound like an impression of himself.

Edited by PhysicalStamina on Sep 29th 2020 at 10:08:50 AM

i'm tired, my friend
AzurePaladin She/Her Pronouns from Forest of Magic Since: Apr, 2018 Relationship Status: Mu
She/Her Pronouns
#329847: Sep 29th 2020 at 7:08:38 PM

[up][up] Its been a dog-whistle since AT LEAST the days of Nixon, and I'm pretty sure it was even before that.

He literally just took this out of Nixon's Southern Strategy Handbook.

Edited by AzurePaladin on Sep 29th 2020 at 10:09:19 AM

The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer
TheAirman Brightness from The vicinity of an area adjacent to a location Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
Brightness
#329848: Sep 29th 2020 at 7:10:37 PM

Goddamn Wallace pull out the guns why don't you

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SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#329849: Sep 29th 2020 at 7:10:46 PM

It’s official, Trump supports white supremacy.

Cross (Don’t ask)
#329850: Sep 29th 2020 at 7:10:59 PM

Wow. Given an easy opportunity to call out white supremacists, egged on, and still couldn't do it.

Edited by Cross on Sep 29th 2020 at 10:12:37 AM


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