The Real timschochet

You know who else was betting on the young people? Obama. And he was right to do so.

No. All the young people.

Did you watch Trump’s convention speech?

I think Grandfather Trump would be more accurate.

Anecdotal I know- but my daughters are telling me that TikTok is absolutely exploding for Kamala.

No you don’t.

I think she could win Georgia. The key is if she can re-energize the Stacy Abrams black vote that caused Georgia to go blue in 2020- that’s what’s been lacking for Biden in 2024. Harris could get that back…maybe.

Kamala heavily tied to Wall Street: https://fortune.com/2024/07/22/kamala-harris-endorsements-wall-street-billionaires-donors/ So much for her supposedly being a Marxist.

They will change. Give it a few weeks.

She was never the “border czar”- that’s a term that Republicans came up with. She was put in charge of investigating the entire undocumented immigration situation- not making decisions but investigating it and coming up with proposals. What she came up with is that the entire system needs to be overhauled and that no amount of border security would solve the issue. She is correct about this. All the pollsters say this issue is her biggest weakness, but I think she can turn it right around on Trump. Not only did he instruct his guys in Congress to kill the proposed border bill, Trump’s stated solution (forcibly round up and deport 15 million people) is popular with the MAGA crowd built with nobody else.

Does Trump count?

It’s really irrelevant. Kamala Harris is about to be exposed to the American public in a way she never has before: interviews, press conferences, speeches, hopefully a debate or two. People will be able to tell how intelligent she is. The smartest President in modern American history was Jimmy Carter- he was a nuclear physicist. I don’t regard him as a very good President. I think these things are difficult to measure.

I think the discussion here has been very good, and there’s a lot of thoughtful input, including from some people I normally disagree with on these subjects.

The question is not if Kamala Harris is ready for the Presidency- she clearly is. The question is: is America ready for Kamala Harris? We have such a long history of racism and misogyny we might not be willing to accept a woman of color as President. Have we grown enough, are we mature enough to do so? Time will tell.

Your name seems to fit.

And ai was ribbing you back. Though I would have bet you if you had accepted. I don’t care about “fitting in the bored” or understanding it or whatever. I’m here to have discussion. There’s a lot of trolling and personal attacks and that bores me. You bore me often. But there’s also some good discussion and that makes it worth it for me, at least for now. The rest is nonsense.

Putting his country before himself. I know it’s not something you guys are used to…

OK but only with you. $3000 says Kamala wins the election. Even money. I won’t bet with anyone else. Winner paid day after the election by Venmo. Agreed?

Dont give them ideas.

I give her about a 55-60% chance of winning. No more bets though; I’m tapped out.

I didn’t hear it from her. I certainly hope it’s wrong. I would love to see them debate.

I thought that Biden would beat Trump and said so. I wasn’t sure. After the debate I thought Trump would beat Biden and said so. I wasn’t sure. Now I think Harris will beat Trump. I feel pretty good about it. I’m not sure.

The wager that Biden would win the election was offered at even odds.

Biden will address the nation tomorrow night. Sorry to spoil your guys latest BS conspiracy.

Insider reporting is that Trump will refuse to debate, offering the excuse that Kamala is an “illegitimate candidate” because of the way she was chosen.