Trump claimed on Fox News that the debate was rigged, he was always being corrected but she wasn’t.
As to Taylor Swift, she’s a liberal, liberals always vote Dem. But she’ll get her come uppance in the market place
( not his exact words).
Stewart’s closing remarks, beginning at 16:00, are poignant
Kamala sliced Trump like sashimi, when he wasn’t doing it himself
Bruce Wolpe
Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer
September 11, 2024 — 2.07pm
The prosecutor put the convicted felon away.
First, Kamala Harris made her case on where she wants to take the country. The polls have been telling Harris the voters do not know her well enough. She got the message and provided more depth on the economy, on energy, and on America’s leadership abroad. She attacked the “Trump sales tax” from his tariffs. She was relentless on what Trump did to abortion rights.
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Then she sliced Trump like sashimi. Harris used ridicule as her weapon of choice. “The American people are exhausted. World leaders are laughing at you. Putin is a dictator who would eat you for lunch.” Trump, she said, is “a weak, pathetic man”.
Trump wanted to monster her off the stage by defining her as the radical, elite, Marxist, immigrant, extremist – and he called her that. Trump always goes on the offensive but his heavy hand boomeranged. “Biden hates her and can’t stand her.” Trump went on rants that had dead ends. Illegal immigrants are eating cats in Ohio, apparently.
So how does Trump win from here?
He does not change strategy or tactics. Vindicated by the latest polls going into the debate that showed him as popular as ever and more trusted on the hot-button issues of inflation and immigration, Trump will continue to double down. He echoed throughout the debate what he told Sean Hannity on Fox News: “You gotta vote for me – even if you don’t like me … We can’t be politically correct any more … Make America great again – that’s all we have to do … She has no idea what the hell she is doing … We’re headed into World War III territory.”
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A month after Harris came out of the box at warp speed, Trump gave up the wild hope that he could flip Democratic states like Virginia, New Hampshire and Minnesota. He is back to going all-out on the states be won in 2016 – Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia – and making a big play for Nevada, Arizona and North Carolina. If Trump can win Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina – even if it means ceding the rest of the swing states to Harris – Trump wins.
Trump will keep hammering Harris on inflation and soaring prices, immigration and crime. The message from the debate: I am far better at managing these issues than she is, and you know it.
Trump will seal the deal with nonstop playing of the race card and the sex card. He believes that just as America had had enough of eight years of Barack Obama before granting him the presidency, that in 2024 the country is not viscerally ready for a black female president. Trump knows that his voters do not want or respect Kamala Harris, that she makes his base uneasy, and he knows they want to vote for him to evict her from the White House.
How does Harris win from here?
The first meeting of the two candidates got fiery quickly.Credit:AP
The ground game is everything for Harris. Trump has a ceiling of 45-47 per cent of the popular vote. Harris must keep him there. What is particularly daunting is that almost all the polls in 2016 and 2020 undercounted the Trump vote by two to three points nationally. In 2020, Trump won 46.9 per cent of the popular vote; the poll averages had him at 44 per cent. Biden won enough – 51 per cent of the vote – to beat him.
But Harris is still short. While she’s winning back the Democratic voters who gave up on Biden, she still trails the support Biden had in 2020 from under-30 voters by 12 percentage points. She is still 10 points under Biden’s support from black voters, six points under Biden with Latino voters, four points under Biden with men, and – still – two points under Biden with female voters. Harris’ trajectory is on course, but she has not yet locked in those votes.
This debate will help her do that.
Harris is also targeting more voters who are not committed to Trump, especially women on abortion rights. For women under 45, abortion rights – not the economy – is their No.1 issue. Harris wants to garner some of the 15 per cent of Republicans who did not vote for Trump in the primaries. The endorsements from staunch conservative Republicans Liz Cheney and her father, former vice president ■■■■ Cheney, will help.
Harris reached those voters in this debate and gave them reasons to break with Trump.
Harris is carpet bombing her campaign with the jet fuel of politics: money. She raised US$361 million in August (US$230 million more than Trump). She has US$110 million more in cash on hand. This means she can fund the field offices and armies of volunteers in the suburbs and exurbs of Republican states to cut Trump’s margin, if not beat him outright. If Harris carries Pennsylvania and Georgia, she is all but assured of victory.
Trump saved his best – his most effective remarks – for last: that Harris has had three and a half years to do all the things she talked about, “but you haven’t done it”.
It’s a great argument. But it was too late to recover from what will go down as a genuinely shocking performance.
Taylor Swift agrees
Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight. If you haven’t already, now is a great time to do your research on the issues at hand and the stances these candidates take on the topics that matter to you the most. As a voter, I make sure to watch and read everything I can about their proposed policies and plans for this country.
Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site. It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter. The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth.
I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. I was so heartened and impressed by her selection of running mate @timwalz, who has been standing up for LGBTQ+ rights, IVF, and a woman’s right to her own body for decades.
I’ve done my research, and I’ve made my choice. Your research is all yours to do, and the choice is yours to make. I also want to say, especially to first time voters: Remember that in order to vote, you have to be registered! I also find it’s much easier to vote early. I’ll link where to register and find early voting dates and info in my story.
With love and hope,
Taylor Swift
Childless Cat Lady
Fair to say, the Trumper’s aren’t taking the Taylor Swift news well.
That’ll work
Isn’t that a parody account?
It’s a parody account, but the video is real as I understand it.
Interesting.
During the debate Trump admitted to meeting with Putin after he left office.
This is the guy who took classified documents with him and left them randomly around his house and refused to return them.
It’s also the guy who Russia worked overtime to get elected in 2016.
It’s the guy who has suggested several times that he could end the war in a day with his “plan” ( suggested to be trading off Ukraine land and forcing them into it by removing military aid) , and who couldn’t answer that he wanted Ukraine to win the war.
As dodgy as you can possibly imagine. But again, nothing new here…
JD is “this close” to getting it.
All these ■■■■■■■ tools - including Trump - reference the danger and violence supposedly attached to Venezuelans - whilst completely ignoring that Trump has recently praised Venezuela as more law abiding and safer and a place he might to move to. 
Like on everything else, Trumps position is entirely self contradictory and shambolic.
Venezuelan reporter knows how to interview. Miller ( Donald Trump’s # 1 domestic policy-maker and speechwriter) blows his stack.
How long before the electoral rolls close for registration to vote?
Every state is different. GOP strongholds will be closing as soon as they can.
We will save the lives of these children from illegal immigrant gangs and let them get back to being slain in their schools by real Americans.
What about the pets?
Who will save them?
If Trump were in office, they wouldn’t even be a problem…
It’s amazing how often he used that to explain how he’d resolve something.
But I get it. People are as likely to engage with someone when there is someone to blame, than listen for a solution and wait to see if it actually works.
He’s working to his playbook. And it’s the only way he wins. So he’s sticking to his strengths.
Hopefully, he doesn’t get elected. It’s pretty clear who was trying to resolve issues and who was trying to find someone to blame for it.
