Apply #9 to both parties and we might actually get somewhere.

Wouldn't it be nice if everyone either didn't vote, or wrote in themselves or random candidates.

What would the news cycle sound like the next day? Would the RNC and DNC get a wake up call?

But instead we'll get Trump or Kamala... and four years from now they'll trot out more choices that are just as unappealing as what we have now.

Kamala doesn't have one ounce the capacity to communicate ideas of any form

Is probably more accurate.

I've just written him off... nothing surprises me with negatives, and I don't buy the positives. There is also plenty of meat on that bone already posted here too.

#36 and you're not excusing those things... you're trying to keep the bar high there.... Why just hand waive away hers?

#28 Censored and the moron who thinks that's newsworthy... does it hurt being so dense? I have never voted for or will vote for Trump.

It's possible to recognize them both has awful candidates.

can we get past Trump sucks, and just admit that you're choosing to vote for Kamala reluctantly?

It's okay to say... wow, I'm really disappointed that she plagiarized and that I feel I still have to vote for her.

But to downplay plagiarism as if it is no big deal, does the future no favors as we continually lower the bar.

It's becoming blatantly obvious that tiktok has an advers affect on kids, but try to say that tiktok is a part of a social contagion that is driving the uptick in kids suddenly feeling they are transgender, and you're an absurd bigot.

There's a huge disconnect that makes no sense.

Is that more clear?

But there definitely isn't any sort of social contagion with the rapid rise in gender dysphoria cases. TikTok is possible to harm aaaaaalllll the varieties of mental health issue EXCEPT gender dysphoria if you listen to the Drudge Retort echo chamber.

I'm pretty sure she is going to win, so I guess we'll get to see the ultimate answer to the debate. Does she get up there and lead, or look like a deer in the headlights.

Your problem is that you credit the actions of the DNC to Harris.

who would then say that person was "incompetent".... A person who watched her brain recreate the old Castrol GT motor commercials by over revving and seizing up while repeating the number 32 over and over because her teleprompter broke.

Again Tony you miss the point that everyone that roots for a team instead of examining the candidates makes. I'm trying to evaluate her as a candidate. You're just trying to build her up against Trump.

If you looked at her objectively, you'd probably see that she's not that great a candidate. She's better than Trump, but she doesn't deserve all the praise you're willing to dish out for her.

But who knows, I'm just ignorant apparently because I see different things when looking at her actions. The lovely left, love diversity, as long as it isn't different from their diversity.

I don't listen to Trump... So I don't know his talking points. What I do know is how Kamala reacts to questions.

"instead of spouting Trump's insipid talking points verbatim?"... Wrong, just because I don't carry her water, doesn't mean I'm carrying his.

Corky, I know you're a bit slow... it's been said a few times though...

This isn't about comparing her to Trump... it's about cheerleading for a mediocre candidate as if they were a world class statesman.

Tony have you never seen the person that has risen to a position above their level of competence? I'm sure she was a good enough DA. Doesn't mean she's not in over her head as President.

The funny thing is no one really thought to differently on this before Biden dropped out. There was plenty of talk about her being a burden on the ticket.... Now though, No one in almost a century is prepared as her. F'n laughable.

#73 excellent point Tony... She's probably excellent in a court room. That doesn't mean she knows jack s*** about ANYTHING else related to the presidency, and you can see it in her eyes every time she has to speak about anything related to THAT job.

"Being too precise with detail can constrain one in ways they'll later regret"... So when she was raised in a middle class house, over middle class day care, and knowing who runs a small business... That was her leaving herself not constrained to details on how she planned to lower prices.

Because it sure sounded to me like she doesn't have any plan or policies she wants to enact to meet that goal, and spewed a rehearsed line that she has trotted out many times.

You don't like Trump, but damn, you gotta stop carrying her water so badly.

Jesus Christ Tony you've gone off the deep end

'Kamala Harris is the most experienced person to run for the presidency since the 1930s. She's had over 30 years of government experience and 4 years of experience in the only job actually relevant to actually being President, the VP slot.'

I know plenty of empty suits in my field. Long careers, climbed the ladder... and are completely useless.

I know plenty of people whose main accomplishment in their career is showing up for the past 40 years.

She can't answer any simple question that isn't scripted. There's more to experience than being in the room.

#28 that might actually be an honest start. At least it isn't artificially inflating Kamala and points to the actual reason of her popularity.

You definitely have the ignoring their faults part down...

And in my opinion it's a big reason we are here with the parties almost challenging us with the level of incompetence they roll out. They know we've turned it into a teams sports and the 'fans' will cheer on whatever s**tshow they given us as our 'team'.

The only losers in this team sports debacle that's come to be are the people.

But go ahead and rah rah tripe like "America Is So Ready for Kamala Harris"

How about "Kamala Harris is the disaster we deserve", A more apropos title for an article.

So your evidence that you "got plenty" is to re-iterate that you have more of the same?

My point is that you can hate Trump and not cheerlead for Kamala, and demand more from our parties.

RIF I outright said in that same post... Not voting for Trump, and I don't understand why anyone Rah Rah's for either of these buffoons.

But go ahead and rip out your pom poms and cheer on Harris while she uhm's and ah's and 32s until her prepared speech pops back up for her.

Now Donner, do you have anything other than a weak deflection to Trump?

#13 you think that's the President you're getting in her...

This is her off script... this is what you'll be getting (have to re-iterate not a Trump supporter... why do we put up and rah rah any of these candidates).

But there definitely isn't any sort of social contagion with the rapid rise in gender dysphoria cases. TikTok is possible to harm aaaaaalllll the varieties of mental health issue EXCEPT gender dysphoria if you listen to the Drudge Retort echo chamber.

#21 and you call that out for being bad policy... why support bad policy here? Because a (D) proposed it?

How about going after the schools who have used guaranteed loans to skyrocket their tuition rates. If an educated populace is the goal, then choosing to give money to those that mad bad decisions while those of us went to cheaper schools and worked while we were in school is just creating a wedge issue with no real return on increasing the education level in the country.

But a Dem proposed it, so pull out the pom poms again.

How the hell did Tony go from a pretty level poster to a pom pom waiving cheerleader?

So then you're saying Joe was railroaded out.

What is it the Dems were right to insert an unelected candidate because Joe is senile or Joe is still a master statesmen and the DNC inserted their will with a non primaried candidate?

Can't have both.

We need to lose the mindset of curbing it, and invest in sequestration tech and investing in infrastructure upgrades. Once we started the industrial revolution the genie was out of the bottle. We are not going to tax our way out of this or ever have enough windmills.