Pragidealist

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This is actually completely wrong. If you’re in anyway sane or reasonable- you vote Harris. Doesn’t matter if you’re better off now or 4 years ago or not. Trump is senile, incompetent and completely immoral. There is no scenario he is better than an even an empty paper bag. That’s why even Cheney is voting Harris. Harris at her worst and even if you’re politically her opposite (as Cheney is) is magnitudes better than Trump. If you can’t understand that at this point- you’re hopeless and there’s no point in a conversation.

It was nuances like this that were most impressive. Many candidates get overloaded with details like this until you get a wooden, Hillary like performance. Harris not only executed a ton of details like this- she did it smoothy and naturally with little of it coming across forced or wooden. Just an impressive performance

It's probably 18 to 20 year olds and so probably- the post combined with the debate reminds them to register. Whatever works.

Whatever you think about the role celebrities should play in politics. Some make a difference. Taylor Swift Registers New Voters September 11, 2024 at 3:24 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment NPR reports that as of 11 a.m. ET today there have been 306,422 visitors to Vote.gov referred from Taylor Swifts’s Instagram post last night endorsing Kamala Harris for president.

I don't use cable news but this is so completely and absurdly false. Fox News is on another planet.

He was publicly humiliated. They are consistently and effectively attacking his psychopathology. He's probably having a melt down. It wouldn't surprise me if these attacks are why he can't do as many rallies. He's miserable. If it wasn't Trump, this would be a story about the prosecutor beating up an old handicap man until he's a gibbering mess, lacking coherent thought.

Peter Wehner: “I’ve been watching presidential debates since 1976, and I’ve even been peripherally involved in a few. And I’ve never seen a candidate execute a debate strategy as well as Harris did.” “The night, for Harris supporters, went better than even the most optimistic among them could have hoped. For Trump supporters, it was not just a defeat but a public humiliation, the crushing comeuppance they probably secretly feared might one day arrive but, until now, never quite had.” “What Harris appeared to understand, better than anyone else who has debated Trump, is that the key to defeating him is to trigger him psychologically.”

https://politicalwire.com/2024/09/11/will-the-debate-matter-in-such-a-close-race/ The continuing message is that its a tight race. That's fine. A message of a tight race ensures everyone votes. One of the reasons Trump over performed in 2016 is that many ppl thought it wasn't a close race and didn't turn out. I know you guys hate hearing this but its true and relevant. The polls suck. They were very wrong in 2022 and they were very wrong in elections for right wing candidates in Europe. If you ignore the polls, the race looks and feels like Harris is dominating this election. That "look and feel" is not as concrete and data driven as many of us highly prefer and even depend on in our day to day lives but its the best measure we have. My feel for this election says its going to be a surprising landslide victory for Harris just like we saw in Europe against the right wing candidates there. I don't think polls are accurately reflecting the likely voter. I don't think they are picking up Gen Z and younger (as they historically struggle to do). I don't think they are accurately reflecting the usual GOP voters who are going to stay home. I don't think they are accurately picking up the effect of Rove vs Wade and having abortion these ballots. (a we know they didn't do in 2022). I don't think they are picking up the excitement felt by many for the first woman, black president. I don't think the polls are picking up the excitement the country has on turning this page and dedication to shutting out far right weirdos (as we know they didn't do in Europe). I have heard no stories and seen no data on where any Biden supporters of 2020 are transitioning to Trump. I've seen no data or stories of voters who voted for Biden who are sitting this one out bc they are disenfranchised by the Harris/Walz ticket. I have seen stories and data on voters for Trump in 2016 who are voting for Harris. I have seen stories and data on voters who didn't vote in 2020 who are voting for Harris in 2020. We also know in 2016, the election when Trump barely won- he depended heavily on the boomer vote and we know from data those voters are millions fewer first from COVID but also just natural causes. Data does not rule over facts. Facts and data should validate each other. When the data is the opposite of every logical conclusion. When the data (polls) conflict with other data (fundraising disparity, rally disparity, news disparity, social media engagement disparity)- then you have to discard the outlier data source. I definitely could be wrong but I don't see how at this point. None that changes anything... we still need to vote and we have to hope against any unforeseen surprise.

Someone posted a video of that and said it was the same play they ran earlier. The read progression/options were levels on that left side. He probably could have hit Ridley but it likely wasn't where he was supposed to go. His eyes start there - my guess as more of a middirection on where he was planning to go. (he actually did that fairly well several times). This play isn't hard to understand. They used the exact play earlier to get about 8 yards. It was 3rd and 6 (I think). The line broke down quickly and he tried to hero ball- really really badly. There is a little halo effect going on with the analysis of Levis. He wasn't all bad. he hit some very good passes, made some good reads, did something like using his eyes to move defenders, etc. His bad was just so bad and they fit within common, unfixed problems that leaves you thinking he may (some could confidently say "probably") won't make it. Let's all hope we see a different Levis next game. BC seemed to think they fixed and worked on a lot of his issues. Let's hope the fixes stick better under pressure next game. Definitely valid though for anyone to choose to not go in with that hope.

Dems moved on from Biden bc they were afraid he was going to lose and bc he looked really bad in the debate. It still would have been very close. It would have come down to Trump vs Not Trump- just like it was in 2020. Weekend at Bernie's vs Trump is still a competitive race bc Trump and his cult is that bad. Its a good thing they changed. We have much much better candidate that inspires and excites a lot of ppl. Is Harris a perfect candidate? No. IMO- she's just not an exceptional politician. All the stuff where you can almost see her talking points and methods are signs of that. Its not a bad or evil thing. AT that level its all ploys and methods of communicating. Ppl prefer Reagan, Clinton, Bush Jr, Obama, Walz and Pete style communicators who have such skills in communicating that you can't see their methods or talking points as well. Harris isn't that. That doesnt' make her a bad person but an imperfect politician. It's why many voters didn't vote for her in the primaries the first time around. She's still done a very good job in her positioning and she's gotten a lot better and more natural on screen and in the public. She's not hillary bad but she'll never be as good as the ones mentioned above. But - just like any competition- you don't have to be the best. You have to be better than the opponent across from you. She obviously is that by huge magnitudes this election.

Guys- these guys are like Merc. They just need to be put on ignore. That's how we set the IQ standard for discussions. You can always "show their post" if you're curious what the idiot says but at least it flags and reminds you every time an idiot talks about anything.

Trump knew he got embarrassed- its why he immediately went to the spin room himself.

I think the comparison to Locker was apt. (except he's more accurate than Locker). Levis looked over excited and overwhelmed to the point that any coaching points and things they had worked on went out the window often and especially late. Is that just him or can he calm that down? Either opinion or guess at this point is valid. Betting money would be on that being him bc personal change, while under pressure is very difficult. *(but not impossible)

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