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XMenMutant22 The Feline Follies of Felix the Cat Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#329926: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:25:55 PM

If you need a quick take on Mr. Scully, this a pretty useful look at him handling the strangest of calls for C-SPAN on political opinions:

RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#329927: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:26:07 PM

[up][up][up] The people you know are, frankly, idiots then.

Edited by RainehDaze on Sep 29th 2020 at 4:26:38 PM

SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#329928: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:28:15 PM

I have just made my first tweet, in order to urge people to vote on Election Day.

I am a Twitter newbie and have no followers. sad

[down]& [down][down][down] smile

Edited by SatoshiBakura on Sep 29th 2020 at 11:38:48 AM

Imca (Veteran)
#329930: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:30:55 PM

Trump's already flinging "Socialist!"

Have you not had the missfortune to see his adds? He has been doing that for weeks, literaly all his adds flat out say "President Trump is the only thing standing between Amercia and Socalisim, and that if you dont vote for him iillegal imigrants will take your job"

Like there not dog whistling it, there not implying it, there not saying other things that mean it.... they are using those exact fucking words, all of them.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#329931: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:31:20 PM

[up][up][up] I'll throw a follow your way, too, just so you have another follow you actually are acquainted with.

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#329932: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:31:31 PM

So a tie is a good thing- Trump has no chance of winning the popular vote without solid debate victories, which this was not. And with the popular vote off the table, Trump's already bleak chances of victory get cut in half.

Trump's playing to militias and refusing the respect the result are more concerning, but if you ask me, they have a small chance of mattering in the long term- the Republicans aren't behind him on that count, so at worst he can make a mess of things for a few months before the situation sorts itself out.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#329933: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:31:53 PM

I'm glad I missed the debates (the first I missed since 2008). They sounded like a crap show, but at least it sounds like Biden won. According to CBS, Viewers favored Biden over Trump 48%-41%, with 10% undecided.

XMenMutant22 The Feline Follies of Felix the Cat Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#329934: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:33:47 PM

According to NBC, The Proud Boys' social media account has heeded Trump's "Standing Down and Standing By" remark.

On the Proud Boys’ account on the social media app Telegram, the group appeared to take the statement as marching orders.

“Standing down and standing by sir,” the account wrote. The account then posted two videos of the answer, including one with the caption “God. Family. Brotherhood,” in which a man howled at the TV in response to Trump’s response.

Proud Boys organizer Joe Biggs also posted he was “standing by,” and said the president “basically said to go f—- them up.”

"President Trump told the proud boys to stand by because someone needs to deal with ANTIFA... well sir! we're ready!!" Biggs wrote.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#329935: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:37:13 PM

[up]I'll remind everyone that those people tried a call to arms to counter march somewhere, and the number of people who answered was so small that they ran away with their tail between their legs.

They are pathetic.

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#329937: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:42:46 PM

I'm glad I missed the debates (the first I missed since 2008). They sounded like a crap show, but at least it sounds like Biden won. According to CBS, Viewers favored Biden over Trump 48%-41%, with 10% undecided.

It looks almost exactly like the current gap in the national polls, suggesting no one was moved by the debate.

Imca (Veteran)
#329938: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:44:47 PM

Biden needs to declare some of these terrorist groups when he gets in.

They already are, the FBI declares domestic terrorism, not the president, and for the last few years they have loudly, and explicitly said that "White nationalism is the biggest domestic terrorism threat facing the US" while Trump sticks his fingers in his ears and goes "I cant hear you"

KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#329939: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:44:52 PM

I actually would like to address the earlier assertions that this debate may have persuaded some people not to vote at all. Is there evidence that this is a substantial sentiment at the moment? I'll admit that I find that worrying, but I also don't think we should be panicking over anecdotal evidence.

Oh God! Natural light!
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#329940: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:44:54 PM

[up][up][up]Which is exactly what most people were predicting, barring a major Biden implosion (which didn't happen).

That said, as usual, we will have to wait 1-2 weeks before we can conclude that there was any state/national level movement caused by this.

Also interesting to see the Orange House going into damage control tomorrow.

[up]It was a personal anecdote, so no.

[up][up]I suppose its a matter of enforcing it (and purging Trump's political appointees).

Edited by Rationalinsanity on Sep 29th 2020 at 12:46:09 PM

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#329941: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:46:28 PM

that 41% need mental help.

Probably should avoid statements like this. Stigmatizing mental health further doesn't hurt Trump.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#329942: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:49:18 PM

What Trump needed to do in this debate is to try to make himself look good somehow to improve his poll numbers.

I haven't seen the debate yet but judging from the reaction, he didn't manage to do that. Seriously, Trump promoted domestic terrorism and said he flat out wouldn't accept the result of the election unless it was in his favor. Anyone who isn't convinced to vote against him because of that, and everything else he's been doing for the last 4 years, was not going to vote for Biden anyway. Only people who are determined to not have an opinion and trump's hardcore base are gonna come away thinking both were equally bad or that trump did well.

Edited by Draghinazzo on Sep 29th 2020 at 12:50:09 PM

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#329943: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:50:25 PM

People need to accept that "evil" exists vs. saying mental illness is the only way to do bad things.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
mightymewtron Word Up from New New York Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Word Up
#329944: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:55:25 PM

Reminds me of how I've seen too many comments over the years trying to diagnose Trump as if his behavior isn't so obviously a reflection of external factors like being raised in extraordinary wealth by a family that encourages unethical business practices.

Edited by mightymewtron on Sep 29th 2020 at 11:56:11 AM

I do some cleanup and then I enjoy shows you probably think are cringe.
RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#329945: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:56:57 PM

Even by those standards he's extreme.

Take the entire debate, he constantly framed everything in terms of making him, specifically, look good.

SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#329946: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:58:57 PM

Remember that whether or not we like Biden (I would prefer someone more left), it is absolutely imperitive that we vote for him. Four more years of Trump is not an option.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#329947: Sep 29th 2020 at 8:59:04 PM

Trump is always like that. Wasn't there talk from people working close with him awhile ago who said he is literally incapable of separating what is personally good for him, from what's good from the office of the President.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#329948: Sep 29th 2020 at 9:08:06 PM

[up]That's how the GOP as a whole works now, really. Whatever keeps them in power is intrinsically good or at least acceptable even if involves cheating and antidemocratic measures.

smokeycut Since: Mar, 2013
#329949: Sep 29th 2020 at 9:08:36 PM

I know people have said it half jokingly, but the next debate NEEDS to have a way for them to make Trump shut up. Whether that’s muting his mic when its not his turn to talk (and doing the same to Biden for fairness’ sake), or the moderator calling him out and yelling at him to shut up, or even having security there to handle the situation if he gets to be too difficult. They just need something, anything, to prevent another disaster like tonight. For their own sake if nothing else.

ScubaWolf from South Carolina Since: Feb, 2020
#329950: Sep 29th 2020 at 9:10:36 PM

[up] I feel the disaster worked in our favor. It made Trump look like what we all know he was. A petulant child who acts like one. And everybody who was watching saw it in full action.

"In a move surprising absolutely no one"

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