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[–] [email protected] 128 points 1 month ago (2 children)

To save some people a click

The Harris campaign has arranged to have a small plane fly over Tuscaloosa during the game with a banner declaring, “Trump’s Punting on 2nd Debate.”

[...]

The Harris campaign will also air a national ad during one of the most highly anticipated games of college football where she calls on the former president to meet her on the debate stage one more time.

“Winners never back down from a challenge,” the ad’s narrator says. “Champions know it’s any time, any place. But losers, they whine and waffle and take their ball home.”

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

“Your 'best'! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"I married the prom queen."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

"Karla was prom queen" was the line

Earlier, Connery's character had asked "who's Karla?"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Your 'besht'! Loshers alwaysh whine about their besht. Winnersh go home and fuck the prom queen.

FTFY

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago

Shit that last line hits hard.

The gloves have come off and I love it.

[–] [email protected] 58 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He’ll take the bait. That’s what Cluster B personality disorders do, especially NPD. She’s playing him. And it will work.

I read a news article that billboards were placed around the debate venue criticizing trumps crowd sizes. So he went into that debate pre-baited.

She has his playbook. We all do. It’s called the DSM-5-TR. Cluster B.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

We can only hope, but at this point I think it's quite unlikely given how even Fox News Republicans recognize that the first didn't go well.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Despite what he’s said publicly, Trump has privately flirted with the idea of meeting Harris on the debate stage one more time, sources tell CNN. Several of his advisers have argued that it could serve as a way to make his case to the American people that Harris has had more than four years in office to fulfill the campaign promises she’s making now, a message that some of Trump’s allies didn’t think he pushed hard enough when they debated earlier this month in Philadelphia. [emphasis mine]

Because the VP is in charge and gets to decide policy, not a mostly ceremonial role.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

meanwhile, the former president:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Point taken, but there is a whole lot of “it depends” to consider here. How ceremonial would you call Dick Cheney’s tenure as VP?

To be fair, W and Biden are very different presidents. Still, Cheney proved a determined VP can achieve much of their agenda if they so desired.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Cheney had the benefit of hardcore "murrica eagle caws freedum" sentiments where they could do little wrong

Hell, the Dixie chicks got cancelled because they said "I'm not super fond of war, actually"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

ca-CAW!! 🦅

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Gotta concede that point. Cheney seems to have been quite effective at getting things done.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 month ago

Lmao. Fucking brilliant. The weak fucker won't be enjoying the game at all not like a looser like him ever could.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Where's this guy when you need him?

Where's this guy when you need him?