Dueling Town Halls

[Muse]

On one channel we have Democracy

On another channel we have a combination of Lewis Carroll and H.G. Wells,

Edit: doh, I meant Orson Wells there (like in Citizen Kane).

 

[ecogen]

"leftist" NBC giving free publicity to a clown for no discernible reason.

 

[woolfe9998]

"leftist" NBC giving free publicity to a clown for no discernible reason.

That's one way to look at it. Another way is this: Trump is shitty at town halls. Meaning he is just as likely to harm himself with this as he is to help himself. Town halls are only good "publicity" for candidates who are proficient at them. According to that view, all NBC is doing is handing Trump some rope.

 

[alexruiz]

That's one way to look at it. Another way is this: Trump is shitty at town halls. Meaning he is just as likely to harm himself with this than he is to help himself. Town halls are only good "publicity" for candidates who are good at them.

I do hope that the "random" people invited by NBC hammer the cheeto on owing $400 million to putin, 220k dead, and how the most protected man on earth caught "a hoax"

 

[soundforbjt]

I do hope that the "random" people invited by NBC hammer the cheeto on owing $400 million to putin, 220k dead, and how the most protected man on earth caught "a hoax"

I doubt any of them will ask about the $400+ million, most of them probably aren't aware of it with all the crap Trump throws at the news.

 

[Zorba]

Really dumb that they set it up head to head. It's that damn liberal media again...

 

[Thump553]

Kind of funny watching the MSNBC hosts grumbling last night. Pointing out that it was a NBC event, not MSNBC (but will be simulcast on MSNBC) and pointedly mentioning the Biden town hall on ABC and the same time, etc.

Personally I'll treat a Trump town hall the same way I do Fox News-I'll let someone else endure it and give me the highlights.

 

[soundforbjt]

It's just so Trump can try to get a ratings win, I hope it fails.

 

[ecogen]

That's one way to look at it. Another way is this: Trump is shitty at town halls. Meaning he is just as likely to harm himself with this as he is to help himself. Town halls are only good "publicity" for candidates who are proficient at them. According to that view, all NBC is doing is handing Trump some rope.

Guess I should be more optimistic, but in my view this is giving him a chance to shake things up while no publicity keeps the race where it is.

 

[JTsyo]

What sucks is people in the middle will have to choose which to watch. Though this might be an election that there aren't that many undecided left.

 

[soundforbjt]

What sucks is people in the middle will have to choose which to watch. Though this might be an election that there aren't that many undecided left.

Surprisingly there are still some, though far less than in 2016.

 

[Gabe323]

Fuck NBC and Chuck Todd that shit was dirty. They're probably drooling all over Trump's junk just waiting to give him another show.

 

[woolfe9998]

Guess I should be more optimistic, but in my view this is giving him a chance to shake things up while no publicity keeps the race where it is.

Yes I see your logic. However, that sort of logic applies to a conventional race with conventional candidates. The problem with Trump is he can't control his worst impulses. Was watching a 538 podcast the other day and Nate Silver made this very point: that an ordinary candidate can better take advantage of opportunities to come from behind than Trump can because Trump is sort of stuck in a self-destructive loop that he is unable to extricate himself from.

That's why I predict, among other things, that the second debate (which used to be the third debate) will be a reprise of Trump behaving the same way as he did in the first. In spite of negative feedback and declining poll numbers after the first. Because he can't help himself. He only knows one way to behave.

 

[ecogen]

Yes I see your logic. However, that sort of logic applies to a conventional race with conventional candidates. The problem with Trump is he can't control his worst impulses. Was watching a 538 podcast the other day and Nate Silver made this very point: that an ordinary candidate can better take advantage of opportunities to come from behind than Trump can because Trump is sort of stuck in a self-destructive loop that he is unable to extricate himself from.

That's why I predict, among other things, that the second debate (which used to be the third debate) will be a reprise of Trump behaving the same way as he did in the first. In spite of negative feedback and declining poll numbers after the first. Because he can't help himself. He only knows one way to behave.

No, I definitely agree with this, I think I posted something similar in a different thread. I just see it as 90% chance of making things worse and 10% chance of making things better vs 100% chance of essentially keeping things the same. If you're behind at this point in the game imo the first option is the superior one.

 

[woolfe9998]

No, I definitely agree with this, I think I posted something similar in a different thread. I just see it as 90% chance of making things worse and 10% chance of making things better vs 100% chance of essentially keeping things the same. If you're behind at this point in the game imo the first option is the superior one.

Perhaps, but there is the chance that the polls are over-estimating Biden. And also keep in mind that we need this election to not even be close. So I'll take the 90% chance of Trump making it worse for himself.

 

[ecogen]

Perhaps, but there is the chance that the polls are over-estimating Biden. And also keep in mind that we need this election to not even be close. So I'll take the 90% chance of Trump making it worse for himself.

Your opinion is objectively wrong and I now hate you, forever.

Nah, I get where you're coming from and I might have agreed if Biden was polling at like +4-5, imo being up 10 in an aggregated average of polls seems enough to warrant being happy with the status quo of the race.

 

[Moonbeam]

What sucks is people in the middle will have to choose which to watch. Though this might be an election that there aren't that many undecided left.

Pardon me if I gag on the notion there could be even a single undecided or anything about which anybody would actually have to ponder to decide. There's the crazed narcissist and Biden. The problem is only that Trump is not the only one who is crazed. Life in the culture of disease that represents our modern state of America is like a scale that mechanically measures whether you fall into the crazed or still sane side of the balance.

 

[UNCjigga]

Not sure I’ll watch either, but we should all set our DVRs to record Biden’s town hall just to spite Trump and his endless pursuit of ratings.

 

[Moonbeam]

Your opinion is objectively wrong and I now hate you, forever.

Nah, I get where you're coming from and I might have agreed if Biden was polling at like +4-5, imo being up 10 in an aggregated average of polls seems enough to warrant being happy with the status quo of the race.

Republicans have helped forge an new motto among liberals today. When the conservatives are down be sure to kick them in teeth. It's the fear they deservedly created. Compassion is for those the evil who have collapsed and repented and given only one chance to make good on it. Compassion is only for those with a possibility of redemption and it would break compassion to allow unlimited chances to prove it. The wrath of God is real. Compassion is for the victim but what if it is a matter of the victimization of other victims or innocent children.

 

[ecogen]

Republicans have helped forge an new motto among liberals today. When the conservatives are down be sure to kick them in teeth. It's the fear they deservedly created. Compassion is for those the evil who have collapsed and repented and given only one chance to make good on it. Compassion is only for those with a possibility of redemption and it would break compassion to allow unlimited chances to prove it. The wrath of God is real. Compassion is for the victim but what if it is a matter of the victimization of other victims or innocent children.

I don't know if somehow my post indicated that the Dems should show compassion to the GOP, that wasn't my intention. If Dems take the senate they need to punch the GOPs teeth in, DC and PR statehood, SC expansion etc.

 

[woolfe9998]

Pardon me if I gag on the notion there could be even a single undecided or anything about which anybody would actually have to ponder to decide. There's the crazed narcissist and Biden. The problem is only that Trump is not the only one who is crazed. Life in the culture of disease that represents our modern state of America is like a scale that mechanically measures whether you fall into the crazed or still sane side of the balance.

Your remarks apply to people who actually follow politics. "Undecideds" are probably low information voters and/or first time voters. People who didn't get the memo that they needed to pay attention to politics until now. Polls show very few undecideds in this election, however, compared to past elections.

Your last sentence is very true, and nauseating.

 

[Muse]

I doubt any of them will ask about the $400+ million, most of them probably aren't aware of it with all the crap Trump throws at the news.

Yeah, I'm concerned that the Trump trusties have set up the questions, like only approved questions and all fed to the team ahead of time. So easy to imagine... you know this is exactly what they want.

 

[Muse]

Perhaps, but there is the chance that the polls are over-estimating Biden. And also keep in mind that we need this election to not even be close. So I'll take the 90% chance of Trump making it worse for himself.

Yeah, we need a landslide for the Democrats. We NEED A SHAKEUP.

 

[Muse]

Republicans have helped forge an new motto among liberals today. When the conservatives are down be sure to kick them in teeth. It's the fear they deservedly created. Compassion is for those the evil who have collapsed and repented and given only one chance to make good on it. Compassion is only for those with a possibility of redemption and it would break compassion to allow unlimited chances to prove it. The wrath of God is real. Compassion is for the victim but what if it is a matter of the victimization of other victims or innocent children.

The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. - William Blake

I find my wrath at Trump all but inexpressible and certainly infinite.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Trump is going to attack the attendees as plants isn't he?

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