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I feel like this is a smart move by Donald because we’re still in this fugue state where we’re almost certain Kamala is the nominee but we’re not even sure, and the DNC is literally 3 weeks away with the actual election fast approaching lmao. Nobody has seen Kamala on the campaign trail, people barely know her and the debate would be giving her added publicity.

On the other hand it might be a good thing for her, noone knows her so she’s just some generic Dem candidate vs bigbad baby that you can just VoteBlue for

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[-] [email protected] 79 points 10 months ago

The weirdest thing about Kamala is that in the context of like, cross examining (see her in Senate hearings for examples of this) she's pretty competent, she stays on topic, she sounds normal and good at her job. When she's talking off the cuff she sounds like a crazy person. I remember her dunking on Biden pretty hard in the 2020 debates, so maybe she would be able to bring that kind of cross-examining lawyer vibe to a Trump debate. She could also just lose the plot entirely and laugh awkwardly while avoiding direct questions.

[-] [email protected] 75 points 10 months ago

She just needs to imagine Donnie is a poor black woman whose child skipped school, and then the killer instincts will kick in

[-] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago

Well some of his kids definitely skipped school

[-] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

I’m don’t know that this the real offence in the eyes of the law

[-] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago

To the blue MAGA crowd, skipping school is literally worse than bombing one.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago

Uvalde cops would have been there faster if someone said a kid was truant instead of that there was an active shooter

[-] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

Kamala in the first debate absolutely embarrassed Biden, so bad that he still hasn’t forgiven her for it. Subsequent debates she seemed different, and was nowhere near as compelling.

I’m really hoping to see more of Kamala from the first debate in this election cycle. So far it’s looking pretty good.

[-] [email protected] 75 points 10 months ago

Retreating from debates is definitely the right move for him. Kamala is evil but her brain is functional and she's a perfectly competent debater (former prosecutor and all). It may have been overshadowed by Biden's on-stage brain death, but Trump's brain is also only operating at about 20% capacity on a good day. He would've looked like a mess.

[-] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago

People keep saying this, but I remember her sounding as bad as the other 2. Either because she is always high as fuck or a particularly bad case of long covid. Being a successful prosecutor does not mean you have the debating skills of Cicero, it mean the states machinery is working to fuck over some random kid and you take credit for it.

[-] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago

Being a successful prosecutor does not mean you have the debating skills of Cicero

She does have the debating skills of Cicero. Unfortunately, it's this Cicero:

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[-] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago

Seriously, we already saw her in debates.

Her only moment that broke through was when she called Biden a racist, and now there's a video clip of her saying that nothing she says in debates actually means anything while laughing.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Don’t forget, “Um, Mr. Vice-president? I’m speaking.” Libs were quoting that stupid comment for at least a week after that.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

It really is frustrating to watch this shit and be like "what baby brained dumbass is this horseshit working on?"

And then the next monologue on Colbert is "kamala slay-ris spills the tea" with 10 million views.

Although I'm one of the views so maybe the masochist demo is being under accounted for.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago

American elections are won and lost on turnout, and the vibes-based voters are the most likely to stay at home. All those people who said the main reason they didn't approve of Biden because of his age will vote for Kamala as long as she doesn't fuck it up. Plus there are a lot of libs that are currently convincing themselves Kamala will be better policy wise, anything she says will make things worse.

My opinion is that to win, all Kamala has to do is not be Biden. Go hide and say nothing. She's not going to do anything in a debate with Trump that's going to win votes, but she could do something to fuck it up.

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[-] [email protected] 74 points 10 months ago

Rant time. Every time I turn on npr I want to smash my head through the windshield. Listening to that station is self harm. People were calling in to talk about how they were excited about the kamala pick and haven't been this energized since Obama. Apparently it's so ironic that she would be able to beat Trump after him bragging about grabbing women. Apparently Biden is strong, wise, and looking out for the nation for knowing when to step down.

No talk about continuing business as usual in Gaza. No talk about her policies as a prosecutor. No talk of improving material conditions. Pure liberal idealism. Don't look at a single thing she's doing or even said she'll do. Absolutely manifesting good vibes only.

[-] [email protected] 55 points 10 months ago

The terrible candidate that polled 6th in her home state before dropping out before primaries began is a historical world figure

kamala-coconut-tree

History began yesterday, and we were retroactively correct about it

liberalism

I hate those fuckers so goddamn much

[-] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

Holy fuck is Kamala the American Churchill?

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[-] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago

The Kamala enthusiasm is the most obviously manufactured narrative since the 40 beheaded babies

[-] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago

That doesn't mean that it's not going to work. People like to support someone other people support. Most western politicians are off-putting losers and whether one of them is popular or not depends more on who is favoured by the consent manufacturing machine than on their individual merits.

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[-] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I want to ask these people if they remember 4 years ago when they were all crying tears of joy at Biden's inauguration. I don't think they were necessarily excited to vote for him, but after the inauguration they were all giving us that teary-eyed "I haven't felt this way about our country since Obama" and "We finally have a country again." How did that work out?

While we're at it I ALSO want to ask these people if they remember 8 years ago when they were all fawning over JD Vance's book as the skeleton key that explains the rise of Trump

[-] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

As much as I agree with you, targeted media's purpose is getting people to vote in their favor. Given the condition of the average American political environment where less than half of the eligible population actually votes, the vibes maintain tiny attention spans. The game fucking sucks

[-] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Are these callers stupid, evil, or both?

[-] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

Stupid. Stupid by a mile they're so fucking dumb even the hosts talk to their callers like little babies

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[-] [email protected] 46 points 10 months ago

he can only debate a dementia patient.

[-] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago

It's probably a strategic maneuver, but I hope it's actually because he's taking a turn for the worse, and the republicans are also going to have to awkwardly shuffle him off for some random candidate. It would be so funny.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago

No way the republicans can change him, the chuds would probably set fire to the party

[-] [email protected] 29 points 10 months ago

I know, wouldn't that be a hoot?

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[-] [email protected] 33 points 10 months ago

lol, I wonder how many oblivious folk will go prepared to vote for Biden and get upset that he's not on their ballot

[-] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago

Libs are so braindead. I helped a bit with a candidate running against Ronny Jackson in TX and was following Jackson's Twitter feed religiously. So many people told him they were voting for Beto instead. Beto was running against Abbott.

[-] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago

If Kamala/staff had any sense, they could just keep talking about how scared Trump is to debate her. Fill up the news cycles with Trump losing his shit and her just laughing at his Freedom Social posts. She'd be able to blunt a bit of the negative press for being a younger pro-genocide candidate.

[-] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago

little baby coward

[-] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago

Dang, I actually wanted this debate to happen lol.

[-] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago

rfk is polling high enough and is on the ballot in enough states now that he meets the eligibility criteria for the next debate

kamala should announce that she'll debate rfk if trump doesn't show up, i bet trump would change his mind and join in then

[-] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago

"Eligibility requirements" are a joke, they'll add some loophole to the rules at the last minute to lock out third-party candidates

[-] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

"Sorry folks, the Election Parliamentarian says so."

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[-] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago

the only positive thing about presidential debates is that both war criminals are in the same place and one minecraft TNT block should do

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[-] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

BIG WET COWARD contextphobic

[-] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago

For a WWE hall of fame heel to turn down a match like is this a sad. I get we can't stay on top forever but this hurts a bit

[-] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago

It's a classic weasel heel bit to talk a big game and then slink away from a match when the opponent shows they want the smoke. "You actually thought I would give you a match against me on cable TV? Here in Trailer Trash Town, Tennessee?? Naw, these people don't deserve to see that!"

[-] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Oh damn, that is a pretty good bit.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

It turns out Donald Trump is a little piss baby

[-] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

It’s probably the right move in general, but it’s absolutely gonna be spun as “Donnie is afraid of Kamala” and further add to her support among liberals as the only person who can defeat trump.

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago

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