The moderator and Biden will do everything possible to push Trump’s buttons tonight. Biden can’t out-smartass Trump and he knows it, despite a life lived as a massive and malicious smartass. His only option is to play up the helpless paw-paw optic as much as possible … /1
They need Trump to be humorlessly aggressive. Trump is his best as a happy warrior who ridicules with humor and a smile. Biden can't compete with that. Trump should wait to invoke Hunter and when he does, do it subtly. Let his surrogates get in the weeds ... /2
Bringing Bobulinski as a guest is brilliant. Referring to Biden as "Big Guy" or "The Chairman" a couple times is funny. It needn't be overt, people will get it. Contrast hard on economy, bring it back to economy, foreign policy successes every single time ... /3
If he does something like this during any tense times with the mute button, it becomes a Reagan moment
Biden has more to lose tonight than Trump does. Trump just has to watch aggression. Biden has to watch his own aggression, and keep his stories straight. It's also harder to inspire confidence than it is to rein in overconfidence. /end
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I said the other day on air that this whole thing reminds me of the John Edwards National Enquirer story. Remember when the other outlets wouldn't report on his affair, baby, Mellon money? NE did, the outlets who passed dismissed their scoop as trash gossip … /1
because the scoop didn't appear in a more "reputable" publication (as if they still had credibility, passing due to politics). But the story was true nonetheless, and no amount of insulting NE's rep changed the images of Edwards and Hunter at the Hilton ... /2
After spending weeks denying it and trying to suppress it, the overwhelming public interest and dogged reporting from some still dedicated to truth forced it mainstream and ended his political career ... /3
Seriously, did producers not tell @SavannahGuthrie that Trump denounced white supremacy 18, 19 times now, most of it on tape? How many times are we doing this garbage?
When will these self-sanctified journos ask the klan evangelizing and segregation championing Joe Biden whether or not he denounces his past record and “racial jungle” remark or any of this ?
So glad that we have this NBC townhall where they are interested in the q anon stuff than anything on foreign policy, taxes, his America First gov’t purchase policy. Also, voters all take off their masks to talk into what may be the same mic.
Patrick Leahy is having a Biden moment while questioning ACB. Voters are owed better than a hyper partisan, confused, mumbling senator who can barely articulate a clear question.
Leahy is demanding personal belief as opposed to adherence to law so he can loudly complain if she does.
Great points from @JohnCornyn here on the propaganda about perceived conservative judges and the results, i.e. Roberts on ACA, etc.
Get it right. He rode the horse ill-equipped to be on pavement to the point of DEATH where the horse was BLEEDING PROFUSELY AND MAY HAVE TO BE EUTHANIZED you abusive morons.
Don’t sugarcoat this sick crap:
"NuNu collapsed at one point, but Hollingsworth whipped it to keep it moving, Deboni said. Two veterinarians who later examined the horse said it “suffered greatly, bled profusely” cwbchicago.com/2020/09/census…
"the horse remains in critical condition. It “will never be deemed suitable to ride again, and euthanasia may be utilized for humane reasons due to the suffering the animal will likely endure for the rest of its life”
But yeah, giddy-up with this mind-numbingly stupid headline
“I think the entire thing will hinge upon whether or not Rittenhouse was the aggressor and whether or not the prosecution can prove that Rittenhouse’s use of deadly force was unreasonable ...”
“Let’s dispense w this silly argument that a supporter of law enforcement immediately translates to mass murderer. I see a lot of write-ups suggesting that bcse Rittenhouse had Blue Lives Matter stuff on his Instagram he was angling for retribution ...”
“Why the hell was a 17 year-old out on the streets at night during a riot? I’m not asking this as a Second Amendment advocate, I’m asking this as a mother who is also a Second Amendment advocate ...”
FLASHBACK: The MSD Public Safety Commission concluded that Israel's disastrous leadership and failed policy contributed to the massacre: apnews.com/4e49873f94964b…
FLASHBACK: FL SUN SENTINEL (before their partisan knee-bending): "Sheriff Scott Israel: Big talker, disastrous response in Parkland shooting”
cc @ScottJIsrael