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Post by Cornflake on Aug 2, 2024 17:44:09 GMT -5
Josh Shapiro cancelled several upcoming events, leading some pundits to conclude that he's her choice.
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Post by brucemacneill on Aug 2, 2024 18:07:40 GMT -5
Just remember, whatever she says is a lie. Short term memory loss is a symptom of dementia. You might want to have a test before it becomes a problem. |
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Post by howard lee on Aug 2, 2024 18:17:30 GMT -5
Short term memory loss is a symptom of dementia. You might want to have a test before it becomes a problem.
You should know, Bruce. I'd go head to head on a cognitive test against your candidate any day of the week. And three rounds in the ring.
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Post by kbcolorado on Aug 3, 2024 8:34:08 GMT -5
Josh Shapiro cancelled several upcoming events, leading some pundits to conclude that he's her choice.
There is a vetting/interview process this weekend that would explain the cancellations. I do think Shapiro's 60%+ approval rating in such a crucial state makes him "most likely." Each of those mentioned has a lot going for them. It's good to see the Harris camp putting in the work to make the best choice. Trump's seat of the pants personnel decision process, where the most important thing is a dedication to kissing his ass + looking good on TV got him a VP that, well ... let's just say he fits right in with the curious history of Republican VP candidates. Stockdale, Palin, Vance ... yikes.
I like Pete a lot, though he's not a good fit for the 2024 ticket. I very much like him on the front line of the campaign though.
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Post by dradtke on Aug 3, 2024 8:53:55 GMT -5
Josh Shapiro cancelled several upcoming events, leading some pundits to conclude that he's her choice. I believe all of the choices are clearing their calendars for next week on the chance they get it. |
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Aug 3, 2024 9:59:39 GMT -5
Josh Shapiro cancelled several upcoming events, leading some pundits to conclude that he's her choice. I believe all of the choices are clearing their calendars for next week on the chance they get it. I have physical therapy Monday and Friday plus I am getting the oil changed on the Buick Friday. |
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Post by epaul on Aug 3, 2024 10:16:33 GMT -5
Ok. Does Wednesday, 9:30 AM work for you? There is also a Thursday slot open at 2:00 PM. Pants required.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Aug 3, 2024 10:22:01 GMT -5
Ok. Does Wednesday, 9:30 AM work for you? There is also a Thursday slot open at 2:00 PM. Pants required. Thursday is a pantsless day for me. I could probably do the Wednesday time, though 9:30 is a little early for me. |
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Post by billhammond on Aug 3, 2024 14:46:01 GMT -5
CHAPIN, S.C. (AP excerpt) — Donald Trump says he is pulling out of a scheduled September debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on ABC and wants them to face off on Fox News, making it increasingly unlikely that the candidates will confront each other on stage before the November election.
In a series of Truth Social posts late Friday, the Republican nominee and former president said his agreement to a Sept. 10 debate on ABC “has been terminated” because he will no longer face Democratic President Joe Biden, who ended his campaign last month after a disastrous performance in their first debate.
Trump now says he will appear on Fox News on Sept. 4 in Pennsylvania with rules that he called “similar” to his debate with Biden, but with a full audience instead of a mostly empty studio. Trump said that if Harris, the likely Democratic nominee, does not agree to the new network and date, he will do a “major Town Hall” with Fox News.
Michael Tyler, a Harris spokesperson, said Trump “is running scared and trying to back out of the debate he already agreed to and running straight to Fox News to bail him out.”
It was not immediately clear whether ABC would turn its Sept. 10 event into a Harris town hall in Trump’s absence. Tyler said Harris is committed to the time slot and would appear “one way or the other to take the opportunity to speak to a prime time national audience.”
Trump has gone back and forth on debating with Harris since she entered the presidential race. He had told reporters he felt an obligation to debate but also said in a recent Fox News interview that he thought Americans “already know everything” about both candidates Harris has pressed Trump to keep the commitment he made when Biden was in the race. Noting Trump’s criticisms of her, Harris dared him recently to “say it to my face.”
In his Truth Social posts, Trump also cited his litigation against ABC News as “a conflict of interest” in his participation in the network’s debate. Trump sued the network in March following an assertion by anchor George Stephanopoulos that Trump had been found “liable for rape.” A New York jury found Trump liable for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll but rejected her claim that she was raped.
But Trump agreed, two months after filing his lawsuit, to the Sept. 10 debate on ABC, as well as the June 27 debate on CNN that helped knock Biden out of the race. David Muir and Linsey Davis, not Stephanopoulos, are set to be ABC’s debate moderators.
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Post by howard lee on Aug 3, 2024 15:30:43 GMT -5
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Post by james on Aug 3, 2024 20:01:16 GMT -5
Howard, maybe it's a geographical copyright issue but that YouTube video is unavailable and unidentifiable to me here.
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Post by coachdoc on Aug 3, 2024 21:03:16 GMT -5
If I’m not chosen, I will try to be gracious. it will be hard I’m sure. |
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Post by dradtke on Aug 3, 2024 21:07:51 GMT -5
Ok. Does Wednesday, 9:30 AM work for you? There is also a Thursday slot open at 2:00 PM. Pants required. Not to get personal here, but I've learned to be skeptical of epaul on which days are pants required or pantsless. I used to think maybe I just mis-heard or wrote it down wrong, and I don't think he would mislead me about something that important, but after it happens more than a few times, well, you know, I'm just saying. |
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Post by John B on Aug 3, 2024 23:07:51 GMT -5
Howard, maybe it's a geographical copyright issue but that YouTube video is unavailable and unidentifiable to me here. Renaissance, "Running Hard" from the album "Turn of the Cards." |
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Post by billhammond on Aug 6, 2024 8:39:46 GMT -5
Wow, she picked Walz, I'm surprised. My money was on Shapiro.
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Post by theevan on Aug 6, 2024 8:52:04 GMT -5
Wow, she picked Walz, I'm surprised. My money was on Shapiro. Me too. Shapiro is the obvious choice... popular governor of the most important swing state. Nothing wrong with Walz per se, but by comparison her climb to the top will be that much harder. My surmising: Why not Shapiro? He's Jewish and not fully on board with the Palestinian cause. Why Walz? I think it's a move to solidify her progressive base. Didn't need to...it's already solid. Eschewing Shapiro May also help her in Michigan. Dearborn and all that... |
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Post by james on Aug 6, 2024 9:19:13 GMT -5
I expected Walz.
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Post by kbcolorado on Aug 6, 2024 9:29:41 GMT -5
There were enough reasons to think Shapiro was the front runner that it will be interesting to find out more about why Harris chose Walz. If Trump would have put in the same amount of work in the VP vetting process I doubt he would have ended up with JD Vance.
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Post by dradtke on Aug 6, 2024 9:50:44 GMT -5
There were enough reasons to think Shapiro was the front runner that it will be interesting to find out more about why Harris chose Walz. If Trump would have put in the same amount of work in the VP vetting process I doubt he would have ended up with JD Vance. If Trump had put any work into his choice he wouldn't be Trump. |
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Post by james on Aug 6, 2024 9:57:59 GMT -5
Walz seems a quite genial guy. Some Bidenish qualities in his makeup. Looked to me like the more natural fit for Harris.
Shapiro for AG?
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