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kage69

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I feel like there is a chance someone, either Trump or Walz, will have a "health issue" due to the stress and stakes.

Hoping it's Trump. Sounds like he's barely getting enough oxygen to what's left of his brain, looks like he has the cardio health of Jabba the Hutt. His vocabulary continues to shrink and his slurring and incoherent rambling is getting worse, which on top of all the grease he sweats out mixing with his bronzer, ugh! It's like an overflowing dumpster fire, that lies.

Walz looks tired and nervous lately, I think I'm starting to worry about his ticker. If I was Kamala I'd give him some quick shore leave, tell him to focus on kid time and relax for a couple days. No election work. But then it's balls to walz until it's over. Home stretch coming up.
 
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Jaskalas

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Watching trumps rally yesterday…. He is totally getting more and more crazy. His rant against Kamala, the fly, the illegal immigrates phone app…

My bet is he is going to blurt out the something horrific that will hurt his campaign that he will not be able to recover from
He has repeatedly vowed to end our bill of rights in various ways. To attack his enemies and anyone not MAGA.
He has vowed to bypass Congress to be dictator.
He has vowed to raise the cost of everything via tariffs.

There is nothing left for him to say that his supporters would care about.
Independents... if they were capable of paying attention, they're no longer independent. So I'm not sure what, if anything, could get through to those who remain ignorant.

On that thought, anyone so disconnected has GOT to be the perfect target audience for fake AI videos.
 

Muse

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I feel like there is a chance someone, either Trump or Walz, will have a "health issue" due to the stress and stakes.

Hoping it's Trump. Sounds like he's barely getting enough oxygen to what's left of his brain, looks like he has the cardio health of Jabba the Hutt. His vocabulary continues to shrink and his slurring and incoherent rambling is getting worse, which on top of all the grease he sweats out mixing with his bronzer, ugh! It's like an overflowing dumpster fire, that lies.

Walz looks tired and nervous lately, I think I'm starting to worry about his ticker. If I was Kamala I'd give him some quick shore leave, tell him to focus on kid time and relax for a couple days. No election work. But then it's balls to walz until it's over. Home stretch coming up.
Walz said after the convention "we'll sleep when we're dead." I thought that kind of not a good thought to be having going into the last few months of the campaign. He needs to get enough good sleep (and whatever else is requisite) to function at a high level. Kamala should tell him that (and do that for herself, of course).
 
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kage69

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Magats trying to act like they GAF about qualifications - you're Trump voters, assholes! You've long since wiped your asses with the entire concept of merit.

Or did I miss Clark's shock and criticism when Amy Coney Barrett was headed to the SCROTUS? lol

Perhaps the most unqualified justice ever. Never served as a judge, never worked in the government as a prosecutor, defense lawyer, solicitor general, or attorney general, or served as counsel to any legislative body.

Pound it up your ass Jeff Clark.
 

akenbennu

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Watching trumps rally yesterday…. He is totally getting more and more crazy. His rant against Kamala, the fly, the illegal immigrates phone app…

My bet is he is going to blurt out the something horrific that will hurt his campaign that he will not be able to recover from
If the stuff he's said so far hasn't hurt him, I don't think it's going to matter over the next month.
 

Muse

Lifer
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If the stuff he's said so far hasn't hurt him, I don't think it's going to matter over the next month.
The sad truth for many, but some of the stuff he's said has hurt him. Kamala is still asking for a 2nd debate and Trump gives the lamest of excuses, "there's not enough time." He knows he'd get his ass handed to him like last time. Instead he says shit, it's all he's got and he's got millions hypnotized, they don't have the will or ability to process the information they're getting. It's not in their wheelhouse. The TV ads will probably help Kamala going into the last month. There's a whole lot of clips to choose from, it's mind boggling.

1/2 the nation (well, more) is not in his camp. Turnout is key.
 

Amused

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Well...there's this:



Is it an issue? I dunno...but apparently many of the righties are grasping at it.

Schrodinger's prosecutor. Simultaneously convicting innocent black men of crimes while never prosecuting a case.

They can't keep their claims straight.

Also, elected DAs and AGs seldom sit first chair. They're managers overseeing the attorneys trying the cases. They direct strategy and decide which cases to pursue.
This is an intentionally deceptive non-starter appealing to ignorance.
 

Indus

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May 11, 2002
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The sad truth for many, but some of the stuff he's said has hurt him. Kamala is still asking for a 2nd debate and Trump gives the lamest of excuses, "there's not enough time." He knows he'd get his ass handed to him like last time. Instead he says shit, it's all he's got and he's got millions hypnotized, they don't have the will or ability to process the information they're getting. It's not in their wheelhouse. The TV ads will probably help Kamala going into the last month. There's a whole lot of clips to choose from, it's mind boggling.

1/2 the nation (well, more) is not in his camp. Turnout is key.

I think it's clear the country is in an anti-establishment mood over inflation and the winds of change are blowing.. all over Europe, Canada..

The real question is can Kamala get through and make a case for.. we had Trump inflation.. it's time to try something new.
 

BoomerD

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SURPRISE!!! Tim Walz is really a Chinese communist in disguise!!!!


If this goes like any of the other investigations Comer has run, then it ought to be fun!!!
Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter whether there’s anything there or not…the uneducated Trumptards will accept it as the truth…and far too many people who really don’t follow politics very close may see it and assume it’s got truth in it.
 

nakedfrog

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Lee Greenwood releases "God Bless JD Vance", the song tops the country charts, Vance uses the leverage to knock Trump off the top of the ticket, Stephen Miller becomes the VP pick. Through a the utter incompetence of the Republican Party, they anoint the wrong guy and Steve Miller beats Vance to death with his guitar. Cal Thomas writes a moving piece about the satanic nature of Lisa Frank notebooks.
Steve Miller: "Looks like it's time to take you down to Swingtown!"

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WelshBloke

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Watching trumps rally yesterday…. He is totally getting more and more crazy. His rant against Kamala, the fly, the illegal immigrates phone app…

My bet is he is going to blurt out the something horrific that will hurt his campaign that he will not be able to recover from
Trump is... well he's certainly not not looking or sounding well at this moment in time.
I was happy to call out it being time for Biden to pass the baton on when he started looking a bit doddery. Trump is beyond that, Biden was just not so sharp in his public speaking, Trump sounds totally deranged recently. Like he's not even starting to make a rational point before getting distracted by the butterflies in his mind!
 

Muse

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Trump is... well he's certainly not not looking or sounding well at this moment in time.
I was happy to call out it being time for Biden to pass the baton on when he started looking a bit doddery. Trump is beyond that, Biden was just not so sharp in his public speaking, Trump sounds totally deranged recently. Like he's not even starting to make a rational point before getting distracted by the butterflies in his mind!
It would be wonderful if it gets a lot worse by November to the point where nobody can understand a thing he says. Did he say change my diaper or was it Chas looks dapper?

I've been at the point where I am revolted by every single utterance I hear (and see) him make for years now. I'm fully allergic to him.
 

emperus

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Watching trumps rally yesterday…. He is totally getting more and more crazy. His rant against Kamala, the fly, the illegal immigrates phone app…

My bet is he is going to blurt out the something horrific that will hurt his campaign that he will not be able to recover from

It's a given.
Can you imagine the pressure he is under. If he loses the race he will most likely be in Jail.
And right now he looks like he's losing.
Can see a health issue in his future.

We are seeing part of that October Surprise now with Israel's war. It shouldn't be a surprise to anyone following the trajectory. But, I'm sure it was timed to hurt Harris 'advantage' Trump.

Also, I feel there may be more documents being held back from Trump's hack waiting to be released. There may be something particularly damaging in there.