Reading is hard.

Otherwise known as trolling.

I agree with you. The headline makes it out for one thing and the article says another. That’s my only point. Downvotes are accepted if people don’t like it.

In fairness, Harris declined the same interview opportunity, according to the article.

I read the article about Trump “making fun” of his crowd about the weight loss thing. Please see my overall review of the event in another reply to this post for a good summary of what happened. This particular remark about the weight loss came off much more smoothly than the articles would have you believe. I agree they were damning and dumb remarks to make but they roll out of his mouth quite smoothly and nobody takes notice and it doesn’t seem as offensive as on paper.

The economy under the Biden/Harris administration was blamed for the reason the venue operator could “not afford” to properly air condition the space by Trump. Governor Noem agreed by saying “Kamala sucks”.

I don’t disagree, but I also don’t think he should be forced to weigh in. He is a former President, I get this, but that doesn’t obligate him to share how he votes or to re-inject himself or his family back into politics, which he left long enough ago.

I watched the whole thing with nominal amounts of “fast forwarding”. Trump came out after the first hour of his warm-up. He spoke a little bit and it was much of what you would expect. Then there were three “questions”, all of which were from guests that had been selected in advance. One was a gold star family that demanded a congressional hearing on the circumstances of their son’s death, which they stated was part of the largest single loss of life event in Afghanistan. Trump promised there would be one within a week of being elected but not within 1 day because he had already promised too many things would be fixed on day 1. In the midst of the 3 questions, two people passed out - literally back to back. Many attendees complained of the heat inside. Biden’s econcomy was blamed as the reason the venue operator could not afford to air condition it. Governor Noem, who served as Trump’s handler for the entirety of the event, shouted “Kamala sucks” to back up Trump’s statement. She also purposefully mispronounces her name, presumably because she is a Trump bootlicker. After the 2nd person was helped, Trump decided it was time for (more of the same) music, which they had also played while the two attendees were given medical aid. It was just a different rendition of the same song, as Trump’s team didn’t sufficiently please him with the version that lacked vocals. From then on it was more music and Trump swaying. Throughout the medical interventions, Trump insisted they would extend the event to take questions, but that wasn’t the case. As a result it appeared that many people stuck through the music portion expecting that he would take more questions, but he didn’t. Trump spoke for about 30 minutes total, which is basically a record minimum of minutes that he makes his people endure his dog shit excuses for speeches.

I don’t think Bush weighed in this election season, did he? I was pretty sure he sat this one out so far as endorsements and public statements of support go.

Neither was this post until the mods decided to change the rules.

I think we agree. I’m supportive of a viable third party if it creates more choice, but it’s not going to start with a presidential election. There are billions being spent keeping it the way it is. I’m sorry about it, but it’s the truth. I would encourage you to push for a 3rd party at the local level rather than to simply put up a protest vote at the national level. An example would be what’s happening in Nebraska where a 2 term Republican incumbent is at risk of losing to an Independent who successfully negotiated for striking cereal workers.

Maybe I misunderstood your comment, and I apologize if so. You said we would be voting in a two party system for another generation if we didn’t vote third party. I assumed that meant a 3rd party would have to win to break out of what we have today.

The rules are being changed because of this “person”. So the rules are apparently flexible and can be changed for the good of the community. OP has been downvoted heavily and has been shown that they post more than any real person could reasonably post in a lifetime. This was detailed earlier today by an observant reader.

He’s the mayor of New York. Of course he is a democrat.

Why not just ban OP? “They” clearly are not posting in good faith and it’s ruining the community. It’s not about differences in opinion, but instead because it’s widely accepted at this point that this is not a “real” person and they have an agenda that isn’t healthy for this community.

Congress extended it. Obama simply didn’t veto it. Perhaps that makes him complicit but it sailed through the Senate in a 67-32 vote which is likely to never happen ever again and a veto would only get overridden by Congress, which makes a President appear weak.

Cum again?

So if a 3rd party candidate was somehow elected then we would be forever freed from the two party system? I doubt it.

I think if a 3rd party is ever going to become something viable in a national election then it will have to start small at the state level and work its way up from there. And it’ll take a bunch of states doing that to create any kind of momentum needed to create anything viable at the national level.

I still think voting 3rd party in the presidential election is a monumentally poor choice. It’s a worthless protest vote at this point.

What a class act. It’s too bad the door swung so far in the other direction after he left.

Don’t forget about Gym Jordan you asshole!