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@RLLD I like you. I find you thoughtful in your posts though I usually disagree with you. I enjoy discussing ideas with you. BUT- In another thread today you wrote that you regard Donald Trump as fundamentally honest. Now you’re asserting here that the MSM is fundamentally dishonest. It’s hard for me to take you seriously after these two statements (unless, perhaps, the word “honesty” has a completely different meaning to you than it does to me?)

This will always be true of some Democrats. It’s not true of me. I voted for Mitt Romney in 2012, and I might do so again. I regard Donald Trump as uniquely awful. Furthermore I regard your argument as an excuse to avoid the truth of Donald Trump’s unique awfulness.

I get that it seems dumb but the problem with counting mail in voting prior to Election Day is that it might depress voters on the side who is behind, and they will stay home as a result.

I don’t think it will break in her favor until Election Day. Before that the polls will show it tight. On Election Day people here will be stunned as she starts winning.

He will hurt Republicans and conservatives far more than liberals. Liberals have more money so we can survive the recession better.

Walter White endorses Kamala: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/bryan-cranston-harris-trump-endorsement-abortion-b2628822.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=related&utm_campaign=embed1

Two new national polls this morning: https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/10/16/trump-vs-harris-2024-polls-harris-leads-by-2-points-in-latest-survey/ Marist College: Harris 52%, Trump 47% Economist/YouGov: Harris 49%, Trump 45% And before I get accused by @Strike of cherry-picking again, these are the polls that are out as of this morning. Yes the betting odds say something different, but that’s who gamblers think is going to win while polls are supposed to be a survey of those who will actually decide. So I’m sure you guys will take all of this with a grain of salt but the polls consistently show Kamala Harris with a national lead of 3-4 points. If she has that lead on Election Day (a big if) she will win.

I’m never all in on anything. I note them here when they make a difference. The betting markets are often very accurate but they rarely stray from the polling. This time they have. I think it’s reasonable to try and figure out why. Care to retract your defense of the Trump sh!tshow from Monday night? You took what the campaign said and repeated it like a lemming.

Yeah no. You might want to pay more attention to early voting. Kamala may very well win Georgia. There’s a lot of speculation about these betting markets. Apparently a couple of huge bets for Trump have skewed the results, along with a comment from fascist fan Elon. I wouldn’t depend too much on them.

You obviously didn’t even listen to it.

All of you who think she’s buying votes- did by of you listen to the podcast interview from yesterday? I’m guessing no, because if you had you would realize how knowledgeable she is about these issues, how it’s not a sudden thing. Kamala Harris is so much better prepared for the Presidency than Donald Trump could ever hope to be. It’s not even particularly close. And as she is a pro-business centrist, I don’t understand why more conservatives don’t flock to her. Hopefully some will,

As I come from California I have a lot of votes to sell. I vote early and often.

You and @Hardcore troubadour keep bringing up the trannies. You’re obsessed with them. Why don’t the two of you get together and transition already and then the rest of us won’t have to hear about it all the time?

I never bought into the Trump has lost it stuff but after last night I’m seriously wondering.

Tell her you have priorities! j/k. Good luck and congrats!

I talked you into Kamala didn’t I? I have skills like that.

This is stupid. Trump isn’t going to ban video games. There’s enough to dislike him for without worrying about crap like this.

But I don’t hear any of that when I hear her speak. Exactly the opposite: she is charismatic, she inspires me, she is believable and I DO know her history. I approve of many of her plans, I think they will work. All I have to do is listen to her speak. But none of that is why she is, IMO, going to be our next President. It’s because she’s not Donald Trump. He is so awful, such a complete disaster, that she would have to be the preference even if she was all the things you wrote. Thankfully though she isn’t.

Yeah @Strike the ignorant want to know.

As I just wrote I heard her say it in the interview. It’s available by podcast if you want to hear it. I never make things up.

If you won’t answer my questions why should I answer yours? Thats what she said today, that these are things she has been proposing for some time. I’m Not going to bother to look it up. The point is it’s not a bribe and it’s also not a bad idea.

These proposed voter laws hurt rural blacks in particular who don’t use IDs on a regular basis. That’s by design. In Georgia in particular efforts by amazing organizers like Stacey Abrams have managed to overcome these restrictions but they’re still a hindrance- and completely unnecessary because there is no significant voter fraud and never has been.

Can you imagine if Joe Biden had done this?

Wait- Trump staged a townhall last night and then refused to take any questions? Just started swaying to music? Wtf??

Wow- 250,000 people voted in Georgia today- a record for the first day of early voting. Very hopeful news for Harris.