July 23, 20242 yr 13 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said: Love me some Lawrence O'Donnell. He worked in the Senate for a while and was a writer/producer for The West Wing, so he not only knows the battle lines and how the game is played on Washington, but also how to articulate, contextualize, and dramatize current events. I always thoroughly enjoy his perspective. I'm only vaguely familiar with him but I hear his name brought up a lot (even recently by Penn Jillette when he did Maher's podcast.) But yeah, I thought it was a good piece and I liked the personal connections he spoke about.
July 23, 20242 yr 10 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said: Joe sounds rough. I know he's still dealing with Covid, but his drawl is so slow. It sounded like he had something in his mouth. Sounded worse, but was actually way more clear/concise in his call with Kamala than most times we've seen him at the podium lately.
July 24, 20242 yr 1 minute ago, toolg said: Honestly, if it comes out years later in a memoir that he had decided to drop out the week prior, but held off to make announcenment to blunt the impact of the RNC, that would be master class level of politcal gamesmanship. I don't think that's what happened, but would be hilarious if he did.
July 24, 20242 yr 2 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said: Honestly, if it comes out years later in a memoir that he had decided to drop out the week prior, but held off to make announcenment to blunt the impact of the RNC, that would be master class level of politcal gamesmanship. I don't think that's what happened, but would be hilarious if he did. I don't think he made the decision to drop out until last weekend... But I do believe he was going to decide, one way or the other, in the period after RNC before DNC.
July 24, 20242 yr 2 minutes ago, toolg said: I don't think he made the decision to drop out until last weekend... But I do believe he was going to decide, one way or the other, in the period after RNC before DNC. Roll call was scheduled for Aug 1st, so it had to be prior to that. And cutting it too close would risk not having enough time for Harris to build support as the presumptive nominee.
July 24, 20242 yr 3 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: Roll call was scheduled for Aug 1st, so it had to be prior to that. And cutting it too close would risk not having enough time for Harris to build support as the presumptive nominee. Looks like he could've done it on July 30th and still had plenty of time to build her support. She works fast.
July 24, 20242 yr 3 minutes ago, VanHammersly said: Looks like he could've done it on July 30th and still had plenty of time to build her support. She works fast. Gotta admit, I was shocked at how fast everyone rallied behind her. I was half expecting the Dems to F that up far worse than the way it turned out after they pushed Uncle Joe down the stairs.
July 25, 20242 yr He didn't go into depth on what led him to the decision but he did mention that he needed to unite his own party. Hopefully it was good enough to pull everyone together to cast their ballot for Harris. Regardless of whether you agreed with his record or not, it's obvious he's a good, decent man, who genuinely wants what's best for this country. Something you'll never be able to say about his opponent.
July 25, 20242 yr 8 minutes ago, lynched1 said: He'll be dead of whatever is ailing him by November. And Trump will lose the election for president yet again.
July 25, 20242 yr 14 minutes ago, barho said: And Trump will lose the election for president yet again. I give Kamala a week, maybe two. That's as long a honeymoon as she gets. Her record is atrocious in DC and California. Trump managed to run and win a presidential primary race to win the nomination. Kamala never managed to do that. She lost to Biden and pulled out after the first round. There's a reason for that.
July 25, 20242 yr "Joe Biden did not voluntarily step away from anything. Joe Biden was forced out of the race by people like David Axelrod, Obama, and Nancy Pelosi because they knew he was going to lose."
July 25, 20242 yr 8 hours ago, we_gotta_believe said: He didn't go into depth on what led him to the decision but he did mention that he needed to unite his own party. Hopefully it was good enough to pull everyone together to cast their ballot for Harris. Regardless of whether you agreed with his record or not, it's obvious he's a good, decent man, who genuinely wants what's best for this country. Something you'll never be able to say about his opponent.
July 25, 20242 yr 8 hours ago, lynched1 said: I give Kamala a week, maybe two. That's as long a honeymoon as she gets. Her record is atrocious in DC and California. Trump managed to run and win a presidential primary race to win the nomination. Kamala never managed to do that. She lost to Biden and pulled out after the first round. There's a reason for that. Enjoy president Harris, you slob
July 25, 20242 yr 9 hours ago, Gannan said: I for one will miss Joe’s ability to trigger the Trumptards Thats not going away
July 25, 20242 yr I tried to play "both sides” by calling for both sides to tone it down after the shooting. I now believe that is an intellectually lazy position in regards to the violent and divisive rhetoric. It’s not even close.
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