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All politics is local

12 Thursday Sep 2024

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The debate watch at Johnson County Democratic Party headquarters in downtown Warrensburg on Tuesday night:

Campaign swag:

Downtown Warrensburg:

A post-debate endorsement of Kamala Harris (D)

10 Tuesday Sep 2024

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Kamala Harris (D) [2019 file photo].

This evening, on Instagram:

[….]
taylorswift

Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight. If you haven’t already, now is a great time to do your research on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter to you the most. As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed policies and plans for this country.

Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site. It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.

I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate @timwalz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.

I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice. Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make. I also want to say, especially to first time voters: Remember that in order to vote, you have to be registered! I also find it’s much easier to vote early. I’ll link where to register and find early voting dates and info in my story.

With love and hope,

Taylor Swift
Childless Cat Lady

There you go.

Donald Trump (r) is a maroon

10 Tuesday Sep 2024

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Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

“…Now she wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison…”

“…A lot of towns don’t want to talk about it because they’re so embarrassed by it…In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in, they’re eating the cats. They’re eating, they’re eating the pets of the people that live there….”

He’s a fucking idiot. If you’re voting for him, you are, too.

What happened to the flatbed?

07 Wednesday Aug 2024

Posted by Michael Bersin in Josh Hawley, social media, Uncategorized, US Senate

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debate, flatbed, Josh Hawley, Lucas Kunce, missouri, Missouri State Fair, social media, U.S. Senate, Virginia

The Ivy League vision of a flatbed truck. [2018 file photo]

Last night:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
Congrats to @LucasKunceMO – now let’s debate. Next week. MO State Fair, Sedalia. Thursday AM right after the Governor’s Ham Breakfast. No fancy studio or moderators. Just the two of us on a trailer. Lincoln-Douglas style. I’ll bring the trailer. I’ll even let Kunce go first
8:02 PM · Aug 6, 2024

Are ladders optional? Just asking.

And within twenty-four minutes:

Lucas Kunce @LucasKunceMO
Better idea — Fox News. First of five. Let every Missourian see it.
[….]
8:26 PM · Aug 6, 2024

Heh.

Previously:

Claire McCaskill (D) clubs a baby harp seal… (August 8, 2018)

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): opening day at the Missouri State Fair (August 9, 2018)

What passes for a flatbed truck at “…Yale, I think, or Harvard, one of those, one of those fancy ones…” (August 16, 2028)

About last night

28 Friday Jun 2024

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debate, Donald Trump, Gish Gallop, Joe Biden

Apparently old media handwringers believe incessant lying and gaslighting are a win for the attendee (never graduated) of The Nathan Thurm School of Discourse.

“…Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony…”

In debate the technique is called a “Gish Gallop”. You overwhelm your debate opponent with so much bullshit that it’s impossible for them to refute all of the garbage that is thrown against the wall.

NR_Garrett @NR_Garrett
White liberals I follow tonight: OMG we’re fn doomed

Black Democrats I follow tonight: Fuck that bum, let’s go Joe

Same Shit. Every. Single. Year
9:36 PM · Jun 27, 2024

Grow up. There’s work to be done. So do it.

Ron (r) trips on those really short coattails

28 Thursday Sep 2023

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debate, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, rnc, Ron Desantis, social media

Last night.

[image cropped]

Joe Biden @JoeBiden
Couldn’t agree more.

Biden-Harris HQ @BidenHQ

DeSantis: “[Donald Trump] owes it to you to defend his record where they added 7.8 trillion to the debt. That set the stage for the inflation that we have now”

8:28 PM · Sep 27, 2023

Heh.

Joe Biden (D) [2020 file photo].

It’s not like Eric Schmitt (r) was too busy going door-to-door

17 Saturday Sep 2022

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Or maybe he was filing another lawsuit against a Missouri public school district…

Yesterday afternoon:

Team Trudy @TeamTrudyBV
Looks like Eric got lost on his way to the @MissouriPress debate. So nice of them to leave him a podium in case he cares to show up.
[….]
2:03 PM · Sep 16, 2022

Someone wins the Internet:

Nice match with the empty suit we’ve had in the AG’s office for the last two terms.

And a few others:

A No show in the “Show Me” state. Sounds like a promising campaign slogan…

Don’t worry, he’ll tweet some self-serving, mean-spirited lie to let us know he’s still alive.

Yes, he is predictable.

Sycophants got to sycophant

09 Friday Oct 2020

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Corona virus, COVID-19, debate, Donald Trump, flatbed truck, Josh Hawley, missouri, pandemic, roid rage, social media, sycophant

The Ivy League vision of a flatbed truck.

Josh Hawley (r) can’t help himself:

Josh Hawley @HawleyMO
As Democrats have been hoping & begging for, the Commission on Presidential Debates cancelled in-person debates for the rest of campaign. Now cancel the Commission. It’s a disgrace #LetThemDebate
8:00 AM · Oct 8, 2020

Sycophants got to sycophant.

Some of the comments:

During a Kennedy-Nixon debate, each candidate was in a separate studio. Why do the debates have to be in-person? I guess because if the President can’t have it his way, he’ll take his ball and go home.

This is exactly why I left the Republican Party. The old white dudes will be gone soon enough, but the next generation of #GOP is even worse. Republicans are a party of the past – no forward thinking, no big tent. The party is about to implode & they refuse to see it.

The President (and a handful of his closest aids) contracted the coronavirus. Why on earth would you think it’s a good idea to debate in person? Uhh.

Are you serious? Trump has COVID. People who claim to be pro-life sure as hell are cavalier with the lives and health of others.

But they didn’t cancel the debate, Senator. It’s your guy who’s refusing to debate, no matter how you spin it, and he did it so fast that it looks like he’s relieved. Spin that.

Taking your ball and going home, Senator Karen?

Maybe you shoulda prayed harder.

The Commission made the correct decision here. This administration’s failure to be transparent about their positive diagnoses shows they cannot be trusted. No one should want to be near any of them right now.

You think Trump has them on the run after his tour de force performance in the first debate, huh?

Heh.

Tell us more about the “cancel culture”

Josh hasn’t heard that Trump has COVID.

Yeah, the whole “let’s not risk exposing debate teams, the crew setting up the debates, family and friends, to the coronavirus,” truly is a Dem thing.
How horrible, amiright?

He doesn’t want them to be able to cut him off and switch screens.

Do you just think COVID isn’t a thing?

I wouldn’t want to be in the same room as any soulless disease vectors either.

The president is infected with a contagious and deadly virus bc he did not follow safety guidelines that could have protected himself and others. But he feels 20 years younger bc he was injected with human embryonic stem cells. Thoughts?

Trump is the super spreader. You go stand by him and then go hug your family….is that a good idea?

Heh. Sen. Josh Hawley (r): you first, asshole (April 15, 2020)

The president still had Covid …..when was his last negative test ?

Your party, the Republican Party, is a super spreader. What did you expect?

We should defer to Hawley on this one; he’s a bit of an expert on disgraces.

Does this mean that you’ll only be appearing on Fox News if you can be in the studio?

Oooh. That one left a mark.

“The most dangerous place to stand in Washington D.C. is any place between Senator Josh Hawley and a live microphone” – Charles P. Pierce

Maybe y’all need to work on the whole “Our entire party is a biohazard” thing.

Do you ever say anything worthwhile?

If the #PlaguePresident can’t infect others, what’s the point?

Josh, he has Covid, he doesn’t shut up, no one wears a mask that is connected to him, he doesn’t think the rules apply to him, he doesn’t answer questions and really is anyone undecided still?

Wait a sec – I thought y’all were against “cancel culture” #ChickenTrump

Pro-COVID fascist has objections.

Wow. Trying to out Tweet the president this morning, Josh? You gotta pick up the pace and go ALL CAPS.

When was the last time the President tested negative for Covid?

You can cancel your presidential hopes, too.
It will never happen.

Heh.

Josh Hawley (r) [2016 file photo].

Bad combover. Check. Too long red tie. Check. Orange spray tan. Check. Tiny hands. Check. Cluelessness. Check…

About last night

08 Thursday Oct 2020

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Kamala Harris (D) [2019 file photo].

Obviously.

Ian Sams
@IanSams
NEW POLL OF CNN DEBATE WATCHERS:

Who won?

KAMALA 59%
Pence 38%
[….]
10:41 PM · Oct 7, 2020

Matt McDermott @mattmfm
2016 VP debate winner (CNN poll):
Pence 48%
Kaine 42%

2020 VP debate winner (CNN poll):
Harris 59%
Pence 38%
10:45 PM · Oct 7, 2020

There you go.

Momala!

07 Wednesday Oct 2020

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For the debate win:

Kamala Harris (D) [2019 file photo].

Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg
So proud of @KamalaHarris tonight.

She powerfully made the case for why we must end the chaos and restore decency by electing Joe Biden.

It was reality vs fantasy on health care, the economy, Covid, racial justice, climate and so much more.

We’re going to win this.
10:00 PM · Oct 7, 2020

The fly came in second. Mike Pence was atrocious. Mike Pence didn’t answer questions.

Mother Pence (r) didn’t wear her mask on stage. Contrary to the rules.

The moderator was useless. The final question was gaslighting writ large.

From the Biden/Harris campaign – rapid response:

Joe Biden @JoeBiden
Pitch in $5 to help this campaign fly.
[….]
9:33 PM · Oct 7, 2020

Jason Kander @JasonKander
That fly was in Pence’s hair a long time. It should quarantine.
9:20 PM · Oct 7, 2020

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