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SiubhanDuinne
Oh, thanks! I was going to request a thread for the Biden-Harris event.
Mike in NC
Ordered two bumper stickers from them last night and just mailed my first contribution. I’m 65 years old and this is without a doubt the most important election of my lifetime. Will be looking to do much more to dislodge Putin’s flabby puppet.
Mary G
Today’s fundraising email from Adam Schiff:
Lots of praise for Kamala, battle for the soul of our nation, then asks to contribution to be split 50/50.
jl
Biden Harris sounds like a good name for a 100 percent Ivy League white shoe law firm, which never take Trump as a client.
Emily68
Has Mike Pence ever in his life looked as happy as Kamala Harris looks most of the time? (The rest of the time Harris looks determined.)
jl
@Mary G: In countering Trump BS and gaslighting Harris can be a combination of pile driver, steam roller, and blast furnace, and implacable vice. When he gets in the mood Biden can do a lot of that too.
So, at least will be some gratifying moments when those two go to work on Trumpster sneers and smears, lies, nonsense and generalized disinformation.
mrmoshpotato
@Emily68: Someone doesn’t know about the sooper seekret stockpile of Smiling Pence photos.
jl
@Emily68: Odd, I’m drawing a perfect blank on Pence right now. I’ll have to remind myself of what his expression is like. Seems to happen a lot.
mrmoshpotato
@jl: Well played.
germy
@Emily68:
I really like Harris. I supported her in the primary, and when she dropped out I hoped she’d join Biden’s ticket.
For some reason she reminds me of Pokey (Gumby, the animated clay character’s friend) but in a nice way. It’ll be great to have someone competent, tough, smart and funny as VP.
narya
@Emily68: That’s one of the things I like about the whole ticket–they look genuinely happy, and likely have a genuine sense of humor. There’s just . . . JOY there, not smug satisfaction, not sneering contempt, but joy and determination.
germy
@jl:
Squints and shakes his head slowly during debates, or when looking at North Korea.
Tries for a “Make my day” expression, but fails.
cmorenc
@Mike in NC:
Second here from a fellow NC native.
We’re going to get both bumper-stickers AND a yard-sign – the latter, however raises the practical matter that as was the case four years ago, if we leave them out overnight, local TrumpAssHoles will likely steal them and discard them. An alternative notion I’ve mulled over, but not really come up with a practical solution to implement, is if there was some way I could embed an ink-filled membrane around the edges and supports of a yard sign that I would leave out at night, which would spill (not explode, just spill) loads of harmless but indelible ink that isn’t washable all over the perp’s hands and arms. Something that they could only effectively rid themselves of by the natural process of skin wear and replacement. I have locations in my yard where though what the sign is (Biden-Harris) would still be obvious at night, yet dark enough that the ink enhanced membrane wouldn’t be visible until too late until the perp has marked themselves. What exactly could they complain / explain to police about, since they were trespassing to steal something?
randy khan
@jl:
“A perfect blank” *is* his expression.
Aleta
@Emily68: Now that you mention it I’ll bet on his happiest day he never looked as happy as she would look waking up with a headache.
Baud
OMG, they’re in DuPont stadium! SELLOUTS!
dmsilev
@Baud: In the pockets of Big Teflon.
JPL
@dmsilev: They’re bird killers aren’t they.
cmorenc
President Cheeto-hair won’t be able to tolerate letting Biden & Harris have the spotlight for very long without doing something asshole-ish to draw media attention back to his narcissistic self. Only question is: what will it be and how soon will he put on a toxic clown act to try to steal the show from them?
Dorothy A. Winsor
I like the circles establishing the social distancing for reporters.
dmsilev
@cmorenc: Is he scheduled to give another press rant-and-rave this afternoon?
trollhattan
@jl:
Start with assuming he “Likes lamp” and an image should quickly resolve itself.
SiubhanDuinne
Joe and Kamala “in the building,” per MSNBC.
dmsilev
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Also serves double duty as three-point lines for really really bad basketball players.
mali muso
Fired up and ready to go here!
Elizabelle
I like the music as we wait.
Beats Trump stealing music from the Rolling Stones and other groups that would not touch him with a ten-foot pole.
Patricia Kayden
He will also run on his racism (Brown children locked in cages, Muslim ban, sh*thole countries, sons of b*tches) and his anti-transgender policies.
SiubhanDuinne
@randy khan:
You, sir, have made my afternoon.
geg6
@cmorenc:
He’s still furious that the announcement and following analysis crowded out his stupid press conference yesterday. He’ll surely do or say something crazy at today’s.
JPL
@dmsilev: Yes.. It’s a campaign rally.
Elizabelle
@mali muso: Me too! And the music is “I wanna take you higher.”
Which would be nice. Enough of circling the drain with
trumpfor too long now.dmsilev
They’re seven minutes late. I’m voting Libertarian in protest.
Wapiti
Grumble. Timeliness, people!
mrmoshpotato
@Elizabelle: I’m not the only one dancing?
geg6
@dmsilev:
Yes. Just announced a little while ago. You know he’s been pounding the Resolute desk with his minuscule hands and stomping his little feet over being upstaged yesterday. As soon as he knew Biden/Harris were coming on, he insisted on grabbing the cameras. I’d feel bad for his staff if they weren’t all shit people.
JPL
Before they start, the local news just said that a local Cherokee Cty HS was closing because of the virus. I din’t catch how long. Fulton Cty who is doing online, must be laughing the asses off.
mrmoshpotato
@Wapiti: Got a plane to catch?
Patricia Kayden
mali muso
This is what really infuriates me about my leftier-than-thou friends who were ranting about withholding their precious votes last night on FB. Like…really? Look at the alternative. If you can’t find a reason to vote against that horror, then there are some major issues with your value system.
Wapiti
@JPL: That HS in Georgia with the crowded hallways might change their mascot to “The F’ing Morons”.
Brachiator
@Elizabelle:
They were just playing some Sly and the Family Stone. A multicultural band out of San Francisco, California.
Good stuff.
dmsilev
@mali muso: Maybe it’s just me, but I’m seeing a lot less patience with “my precious vote must be coddled and catered to” now compared to four years ago. Not surprising, considering where we are now.
Wapiti
@mrmoshpotato: Lol, no. And this being the first event, I’m a bit forgiving, but… timeliness can indicate thoughtfulness for others, and a serious change from the plague king.
Elizabelle
@mrmoshpotato: Def foot tapping.
@Brachiator: Great choice. I think Sly was living in Northern VA, not so far from the anonymous NFL team’s park, last I heard …
PaulWartenberg
Is this concert going to be anything like Frampton Live?
laura
The walk on set list is so very good! Bay area bands Represent!
Brachiator
@jl:
Pence is like a political Ken doll. Only has one facial expression. Blank.
Miss Bianca
@germy: Oh, ha ha, that’s hysterical! I’m gonna be thinking of Biden/Harris as “Team Gumby and Pokey” now!
Baud
@dmsilev: Same here. Night and day from 2016.
dmsilev
@Brachiator: Don’t forget his “gaze of steely determination” that by itself was responsible for North Korea eliminating its nuclear program.
mali muso
@dmsilev: Agreed. This morning I was seeing a lot of posts from people on my FB timeline basically saying “you may not like everything about Biden or Harris, but gtfo with any talk about not voting”. I have been pleasantly surprised.
WaterGirl
@Elizabelle: Their choice of music is not doing it for me. I am muted. so someone please tell me when they are on. :-)
Elizabelle
Staple Singers. I’ll Take You There. First song I have recognized …
JPL
@Wapiti: Perfect! Where I live, you can hear the High School Band and taped music, there was a game against a north GA high school and they played Dueling Banjos. By they, I meant the local high school..
dmsilev
They’ve …unveiled the podium.
Progress!
James E Powell
@jl:
He’s constantly struggling to adopt a steely gaze, often looks like his mind is elsewhere.
Miss Bianca
@JPL: Where is Cherokee City?
James E Powell
@Elizabelle:
I want to know Joe’s all time top ten albums.
Baud
@jl:
Picture serene constipation.
Aleta
@JPL: They’re Cat People.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Miss Bianca: “I’m Gumby damn it!”
?BillinGlendaleCA
@dmsilev:
Did anyone tell North Korea about this?
mrmoshpotato
Sax it up!
Elizabelle
Are Joe and Kamala returning the favor of running this into
trump‘s “briefing.” Maybe waiting for the 5 pm news. LOL.And making them listen to soul music, in the meantime. Liking this.
Lacuna Synechdoche
@jl:
Joe had that famous line about Giuliani: Every sentence a noun, a verb, and 9/11.
I hope Kamala finds an opportunity to allude to Joe’s joke somehow – maybe an observation like: With Trump, his speech patterns are so slurred and broken, we’re lucky if he even gets a noun and a verb in the same sentence.
(I hereby license and transfer full rights to that joke to Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and the Biden for America Presidential Campaign.)
Aleta
@Elizabelle: An earlier one was the Pointer Sisters (Yes We Can Can).
JPL
@Miss Bianca: Cherokee County, GA sorry.. They opened all their schools and slowly are closing them for 2 to 4 weeks. It’s northwest of me.
Elizabelle
@Aleta: Missed that. Wonderful choice.
WaterGirl
@mrmoshpotato: I think you might have misspelled something there. :-)
JPL
Local CBS just started broadcasting live.. wahoo
Local Atlanta ABC and CBS.. so far not NBC
mrmoshpotato
@Elizabelle:
Never thought of that. But it would be HILARIOUS!
Elizabelle
And they’re up.
mali muso
@Elizabelle: Giving me some memories of being at some of the OG Obama-Biden rallies in ’08 and grooving to Stevie Wonder.
Ken
Dang, I knew they were forgetting something.
mrmoshpotato
@WaterGirl: LIVE!
Elizabelle
@mali muso: Signed, Sealed and DELIVERED!
WaterGirl
@mrmoshpotato: thank you!
Baud
Joe is so gallant.
b1narys3rf
Got the standard Leftist passing around of that idiot Brie Brie who Bernie hired, dumping all over Kamala and explaining how somehow hiring a cop is an insult to “the base”. When I point out that the base definitely overwhelmingly chose Biden, and that black lawmakers and Bernie voted for the 1994 crime bill, they get mad real quick and tell me how I’m somehow enabling fascism – lovely. Anyway, time to watch the event.
dmsilev
Biden: I approached this in a serious manner.
Jeez, that’s the fundamental distinction right there.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
ABC, NBC, CBS all carrying it live
JPL
@JPL: Local NBC station is showing it also.
PAM Dirac
@Brachiator:
And famous for being late. Very late, in all their concerts.
Elizabelle
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Yea! That’s wonderful news.
dmsilev
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: Yes, but what about Fox News and OANN?
Ken
@mrmoshpotato: The Biden campaign should schedule a briefing every day at 5:30, just so we can see what the networks choose to cover live.
mali muso
Her story is an American story.
YES!
Miss Bianca
@dmsilev:
Grey Steel!!
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
the rumors of Uncle Joe’s decline have been greatly exaggerated.
This speech and delivery is popping.
Cheryl Rofer
So good to hear someone who can speak in whole sentences with a normal adult vocabulary
Ken
Breaking news on Pizzagate and Hillary’s emails.
Kropacetic
In the day since Biden announced the Harris pick, I’ve gone from a daily routine of needing to persuade myself to do the right thing in November to legitimate, sustainable enthusiasm. I can’t wait for November.
But first, some research on September 1 local primaries.
zhena gogolia
“Whining is what Donald Trump does best, better than any president in history.”
mali muso
“Is anyone is surprised Donald Trump has a problem with strong women?”
LOL
dmsilev
“Whining is what Donald Trump does best”
Baud
“whining is what Donald Trump does best.”
Elizabelle
“Whining is what Donald Trump does best.”
LOL.
And you know he’s watching this.
Kropacetic
@zhena gogolia: @dmsilev: @Baud: Echo…echo…ec….o…o…o..
Elizabelle
I think we have the first of memorable lines from this speech.
ETA: Not the first. Talking about little black girls seeing this nomination … but I liked that stiletto.
zhena gogolia
@Kropacetic:
It’s a damn good line!
Ken
What are you inferring, you nasty woman?
dmsilev
@Elizabelle: He’ll probably whine about being called a whiner.
Patricia Kayden
Great speech from our next President. Go Biden/Harris!!
Miss Bianca
You know, I find myself shaking my damn head over some of my friends’ friends on FB – referring to Joe B as “the lesser evil”, and how they’re not going to sully themselves voting for “the lesser evil”. I just find myself thinking, “man, that’s a sign of someone who does not have enough ACTUAL PROBLEMS in their lives”.
Does anyone have a link, btw, to that LGM meme with the vapid white kids lying in bed saying something like, “my vote is embued with the spirits of love, laughter and generosity – it can’t be given away to just anybody”? It just so perfectly embodies my scorn for that kind of thinking, and I always mean to capture it when I see it over there…
mali muso
@dmsilev: Set your watch on it…
Baud
This is as strong a speech as I’ve seen Joe give.
Yutsano
Oh I love how he said “first woman”.
He put her womanhood first.
I’m in love.
Cheryl Rofer
@Ken: It’s a low bar. Biden is doing a great job on this. I don’t want anyone to think I’m damning with faint praise.
mali muso
Mocking Trump…I am so HERE FOR IT!
SiubhanDuinne
As the old saying goes, “Gimme a break.” I do love Droll Joe.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
Uncle Joe is on fire?- hammering Dump for his failed response and trying to kill Social Security — and for golfing!
mrmoshpotato
@Ken: CBS, NBC, ABC, WGN, PBS, and Fox are all carrying Biden in Chicago.
Elizabelle
Loving this. Joe connects. With voters and with Trump’s chin.
sdhays
Oh, that’s unfair. He also has “constipated”.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@dmsilev: Gotta go with one’s strengths.
zhena gogolia
“racist rhetoric and appeals to division”
Tell it!
randy
@PAM Dirac: Ruined it for me, Nebraska at Omaha, early 70’s
Kropacetic
He’s really laying into Trump, awesome.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@Baud: yup. it’s vintage Joe, circa a 2008 barn burner to the AFL-CIO
Yutsano
“He hasn’t even MET!” *slams podium* “with the leadership!”
BRING THAT FIRE JOE!!! Oh how I wish he could have an audience here.
SiubhanDuinne
@Baud:
Yes. It’s not high oratory, but it’s robust and honest. I’m liking this ticket more all the time.
dmsilev
Here I was thinking that the VP candidate was supposed to be the campaign attack dog…
Miss Bianca
Oh, he’s going there on Charlottesville!
JPL
@David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch: no shit.
Elizabelle
No gloves on Joe.
Good that all the networks are covering this. Joe has not said anything not true.
Cheryl Rofer
Charlottesville. Pulling out all the stops. He is very good at this, clearly angry.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
OOOOOOOOOOOF! ??
He’s hammering Dump on Charlottesville and for being a Nazi apologist
dmsilev
@SiubhanDuinne: Biden will never be the soaring orator that Obama is; this speech is true to his self, and rings truer than reading some soaring words written by someone else.
Kropacetic
Just you wait…
Yutsano
@Cheryl Rofer: I’d love to see the “He’s mentally impaired!” people listen to this. Maybe they all fucking forgot what a complete sentence is.
OBAMA NAME DROP!!!
Baud
I think Charlottesville is what convinced Joe to run
Miss Bianca
“always tell me the truth, and she will”.
OK, I just got some dust in my eyes…
JPL
@SiubhanDuinne: Although he has a cadence of his own, part of the speech reminded me of Kevin Costner voice.
This is excellent.
Elizabelle
Last person in the room.
Totally different take on that from Joe. It’s sometimes true of
trumptoo, but not in a good way.zhena gogolia
I like that he correctly said “attorneys general” instead of “attorney generals.”
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
Make English Great Again!
Cheryl Rofer
Look at that smile! She is so happy!
Elizabelle
The opposite of “American carnage.”
Possibilties and inclusion vs. ugliness and QAnon from the GOP. And
trumpand his corruption, laziness, and lies, lies, lies.Yutsano
Kamala’s turn!
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
You can see Kamala swelling with pride
dmsilev
“Ambitious women”
Are we having a drinking game? We should.
Miss Bianca
“Heroic and ambitious women”!
b1narys3rf
OK, I don’t get how it’s safe for her to use the same podium he just did. Especially with what we know now about aerosolized transmission. Anyone?
SiubhanDuinne
@dmsilev:
Exactly. You made my point better than I did. Thanks.
Martin
@randy khan: If he were a spice, he’d be flour.
(Shamelessly stolen from Bob’s Burgers)
Baud
@Miss Bianca:
Reference to Hillary (among others)?
Yutsano
There’s the brio from Kamala!
mali muso
@b1narys3rf: I can’t imagine that they both (and everyone within their circle) hasn’t been tested.
SiubhanDuinne
@JPL:
I’ll have to rewatch it later with Kevin Costner in mind.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
Kamala calling Dump a failure.
Mary G
Love that they brought her a box to stand on. Joe’s speech was so well written.
Cheryl Rofer
@b1narys3rf: I’ll bet they are getting daily tests
Miss Bianca
@Baud: I sure hope so. I choose to see it that way, anyway.
Yutsano
I’m listening to her talking about Beau. WHO’S CHOPPING ONIONS???
SiubhanDuinne
In tears with Kamala talking about Beau. The love between father and son. Sob.
soga98
@b1narys3rf:
lectern
Elizabelle
Don’t make Joe cry. You are doing it.
mrmoshpotato
@Martin:
Do you remember which episode?
Baud
@Miss Bianca: I’m looking forward to her convention speech next week.
b1narys3rf
@Cheryl Rofer: yes, I thought of this too. But given how inaccurate they can be (see the recent incident with DeWine in Ohio) still doesn’t look good. Two podiums would send a far better message and be safer.
Really like Kamala’s persona. As I knew I would.
Elizabelle
@Baud: I hope so.
Not comfortable with the sit down, shut up Hillary crowd.
Cheryl Rofer
“Mamala”
“Family is everything to me”
Inoculating herself against some of the attacks
Elizabelle
Momola!
Yutsano
My God. The way her face lit up talking about her family…such a breath of fresh air.
EDIT: “Don’t sit around and complain about things. Do something!”
Ken
Will the Trump campaign steal this? I’m having trouble imagining Pence (or anyone) talking about the love between Donald and his sons, but Melania has practice with plagiarism and can probably fake her way through it.
Leto
@SiubhanDuinne: I think this is what put her ahead of everyone else. She had a huge head start in that regard.
Elizabelle
Equal justice. Under Law.
Kamala Harris. For the people.
Miss Bianca
ooh, call out to immigration and civil rights movements! Go, Kamala!
ETA: And owning her law career. “Fighting for the people”. There’s one in the collective eye for the “Kamala is a COP” crowd.
Elizabelle
The case against Donald Trump and Mike Pence is open and shut.
dmsilev
Remember Ebola? “That is what is called leadership”
Yutsano
Smacking around Dolt45 over the pandemic. And I can tell she’s just starting.
Mary G
“The case against Donald Trump and Mike Pence is open and shut.”
BOOM! ?
SiubhanDuinne
Speaking of Ebola. “Barack Obama and Joe Biden did their jobs.”
Baud
@Ken:
He can talk about Donald’s love for Ivanka.
Elizabelle
Good. She’s bringing up Ebola. Barack Obama. Two deaths in the US.
Other countries are following the science. Trump is following (quackery) he sees on Fox News.
Patricia Kayden
dmsilev
(takes out blowtorch, turns flame up to “Godzilla”)
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
It’s only 5 PM and the Trump Virus has already killed 1,100 people, today
?BillinGlendaleCA
@Baud:
It’s an unspeakable love.
dmsilev
“Like everything else he inherited, he ran it into the ground”.
Yutsano
@Leto: Everyone was talking about the head fake that was Susan Rice forgetting that Kamala had already made herself well-known to Joe.
EDIT: “build the country back better.” I like that.
John Lewis Voting Rights Act. I LIKE THAT BETTER!!!
Elizabelle
Trump is also the reason millions of Americans are now unemployed.
Can we just vote today? And inaugurate before the leaves fall?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
“like everything else he’s inherited, he ran it straight into the ground…”
will he go off the rails on camera? Or is Dr Feelgood there with the bull tranquilizer?
Martin
@mrmoshpotato: Slumber Party. Louise’s description of Jessica. “If she was a spice, she’d be flour. If she were a book, she’d be two books.”
JPL
@SiubhanDuinne: She is awesome and if I were Melania, I’d just lock my bedroom door tonight. Someone is gonna be raging.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
She’s carpet bombing Dump.
Mary G
I have chills. She’s crushing it. Even “let’s be clear” isn’t annoying me as much as usual.
Elizabelle
This is what happens when we elect a guy who just isn’t up to the job.
mrmoshpotato
RIP DUMP ON HIS PANDEMIC FAILURE, SENATOR!
SiubhanDuinne
“When we elect a guy who isn’t up to the job, our country ends up in tatters.”
Tatters!
SiubhanDuinne
Shoutout to John Lewis. This is good stuff.
Elizabelle
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I loved that!
Elizabelle
JOHN LEWIS VOTING RIGHTS ACT!
artem1s
@dmsilev:
looks like like Kamala and Joe are standing together. tag team the basterds.
SiubhanDuinne
@?BillinGlendaleCA:
LOL!
mrmoshpotato
@Martin: Thanks. I’ll have to toss in that DVD.
Elizabelle
I love the optimism.
Martin
The traditional role of the VP candidate is to attack the opposition. Kamala is a good choice.
terraformer
Kamala is bringing it.
I like Joe well enough, and he would be good as President/Statesman. But Kamala, her energy, intelligence, and conviction, carries a positive message quite well indeed.
Patricia Kayden
Senator Harris did a great job too!!
SiubhanDuinne
@JPL:
Youngest child: “How is this night different from all other nights?”
Yutsano
I’m sold!
And John Lewis Voting Rights Act sounds great to me!
Elizabelle
Isaac Hayes. Move on up.
JPL
Local Atlanta NBC is highlighting the John Lewis Voting Rights act.
gkoutnik
VOTE!
James E Powell
Curtis Mayfield is trending. It’s a crazy thing, but twitter can be so entertaining.
“Move On Up” was the song playing as Joe Biden began his victory speech in South Carolina.
Mary G
Doug is choked up. I just love him. He will be the nation’s first Jewish vice presidential spouse.
Miss Bianca
Damn, I feel like I’m way behind everyone here, because all of a sudden I’m getting big midstream interruptions during Kamala’s speech.
Elizabelle
@James E Powell: Curtis Mayfield? Not Isaac Hayes? I gotta get better at this! Lots of time to learn up, with watching this wonderful ticket.
Hoodie
Joe got himself a champion attack dog and a talented protege. I keep expecting him to screw up and maybe he still will, but you can learn a lot in 77 years if you’re not an asshole.
Patricia Kayden
Truth.
Elizabelle
LOL. Listening to C-Span. First GOP caller talks about “this so-called COVID” and the media jail — cuz their voices are locked out.
Cheryl Rofer
It is so good to begin to see a way through this mess.
Miss Bianca
Love the “you were great, honey!” vibe I’m getting from Kamala’s husband after the speeches.
b1narys3rf
Nice job they did. And no overstaying of welcome either. Yeah, Move On Up is a tune. Curtis’s self-titled album is all around brilliant too.
Elizabelle
@b1narys3rf: I will have to give it a listen. Do not know enough Curtis Mayfield. To remedy that.
Brachiator
@Elizabelle:
Curtis Mayfield
RedDirtGirl
Justice or Just Us?
It’s not Justice if it’s Just Us
Blow it up and make a profit.
The last source of profit for Disaster capitalism, baby.
SiubhanDuinne
@Mary G:
Eat your heart out, Hadassah Lieberman.
Elizabelle
@Brachiator: Yes. My bad. Curtis Mayfield, indeed.
Hoodie
@James E Powell: Definitely hope they keep that soundtrack, very Jackie Brown.
RedDirtGirl
@jl: Over on MockPaperScissors he is referred to as the walking termite buffet.
Ascap_scab
On FOX, Jeanine Pirro just called for Biden’s death.
Jinchi
I’ve never seen a picture of Pence with a genuine expression on his face. He’s always striking a pose like he expects this picture to be the one they cast his statue from.
Jinchi
?
b1narys3rf
@Ascap_scab: please tell me this has nothing to do with Q and is just her being on her second box of wine today.
SiubhanDuinne
@Ascap_scab:
WHUT
germy
Sperry is a Hoover Institution media fellow.
Patricia Kayden
dmsilev
Cameron
@Baud: Toilet Zen?
germy
She’s making a prediction:
Leto
@Jinchi: the programming always sticks just a little bit. Eventually we’ll work out the kinks and he’ll be a real boy.
?BillinGlendaleCA
@germy: So she’s on the second box of wine then.
AM in NC
@Elizabelle: Curtis mayfield
MomSense
I told all y’all. She’s the one. I may have to change my nym to Morpheus.
RedDirtGirl
@RedDirtGirl: it’s exciting to see a new generation come up. Great Oakland origin story. And Maya Rudolf will kill on SNL!
Ken
@germy: Considering how many of the Republican accusations about Obama, Biden, and Clinton have actually happened under Trump, she’s probably just tripled the odds of Trump having another stroke.
That would be on top of the doubling that’s already happened, if he watched any of today’s Biden/Harris speech.
WaterGirl
Can I get some quick feedback? Medium Cool is scheduled for right now, at its usual time, but everyone is pumped about Joe and Kamala – should I postpone for another time?
Elizabelle
@germy: Jeanne Pirro. What a whackaloon.
Frankensteinbeck
@germy:
Translated: We can’t make you scared of Biden, but imagine a black woman as president boogity boogity!
Elizabelle
@WaterGirl: We can manage two threads.
Maybe put up Medium Cool and a fresh open thread (since we’re at 240 with this one).
dmsilev
@WaterGirl: Push back an hour maybe?
RedDirtGirl
@MomSense:
That made me smile!
P.S. I thought of you. I was able to spend the month of July on MDI with family. Didn’t manage to see my friend in Falmouth. But quality time with elder parent and respite for the primary caregiver (my middle sister [big surprise there}). Now back to New York life.
Juju
@jl: if you can’t think of what Pence looks like just open and look into container of marshmallow fluff. Pretty much looks the same and has the same amount of substance.
Elizabelle
@Frankensteinbeck: Or it could be an oracle. For Trump.
Mary G
Sarah Cooper, who became a sensation by lip-syncing to Donald Trump on Twitter and TikTok, is getting her first comedy special thanks to Netflix.
RedDirtGirl
I’d say push back a bit too.
Let the people who didn’t watch, get a chance to catch up with this one.
JPL
@WaterGirl: yes
pat
I don’t often feel this way after watching some political speeches, but OMG what a pair. Awesome speeches, awesomely delivered. And her husband coming out at the end, and their obvious loving relationship.
Tearing up just a bit here.
frosty
@WaterGirl: :Postpone.
SiubhanDuinne
@WaterGirl: I think most of us can multitask, but I wouldn’t object if you were to delay it until 7:00 pm.
RedDirtGirl
@Juju: Who is it that calls Hugh Hewitt “a bowl of barely sentient cottage cheese”?
Fair Economist
@WaterGirl: Medium Cool is a respite threat, right? I don’t think it conflicts. Maybe put in a link to this thread to direct people who want to express how thrilled they are about our great team
Edit: Gosh, real resounding consensus on this one :-/
randy khan
@SiubhanDuinne:
Glad to have been of service.
JPL
I just switched to local ABC and CBS and both have trump. I listened for a few seconds and he’s doing that low energy breathing thing and talking about voter fraud. I think he mentioned GA, but that fraud helped Kemp win. I’m confused.
laura
I’m just still so buoyed by Senator Harris’ selection and their speeches delivered the right message, right tone, right time. If we could only vote today or even tomorrow I’d feel even more elated. But damn, it’s been the longest time since my rage and anxiety have abated – it’s a good feeling.
Aleta
Kamala doesn’t like to take prisoners.
https://twitter.com/someknew/status/1293531007400853510
(TW for Kavan.)
A bonus I hadn’t thought about: campaign videos of her will be an especially direct reminder of what Rs have done to the SC, and who Kav. is, and why we desperately need the Presidency and the Senate.
Leto
@Mary G: She guest hosted Jimmy Kimmel last night. She was very good :)
SiubhanDuinne
@Juju:
Except Marshmallow Fluff is yummy and delicious.
Well, it was, anyhow, the last time I had it, which was probably 1962.
WaterGirl
I pushed it back and hour or two – I’ll play the exact timing by ear – and put up a fresh thread so the mobile peeps don’t have to deal with a huge number of comments.
Brachiator
@Elizabelle:
No big deal. It’s funny. I had actually been listening to him performing the song the other day. But the YouTube comments reminded me that the history of popular music is pretty deep. Lots of good artists to try to remember or to keep track of.
Anyway, some good and inspiring speeches and great music. It’s been a good day.
RedDirtGirl
@Fair Economist: I like your idea too.
evodevo
@Ken: Hoping the Orange Mad King has the stroke the day after the election…
Ruckus
@James E Powell:
He’s constantly struggling to adopt a steely gaze, often looks like his mind is
elsewherenowhere. IOW, reality.Fixed it.
misterpuff
@Miss Bianca: “I’m POTUS, dammit”
MomSense
@RedDirtGirl:
I haven’t seen the spawn of your friend in Falmouth since the fall but I do hear their news and they are doing so well. A won an award at her graduation! I’ve got some happy news coming next month involving my son’s SO. He is coming up next week and I think they are going to get together- appropriately distanced and masked of course.
Juju
@RedDirtGirl: Betty Cracker.
Juju
@SiubhanDuinne: it’s still good with peanut butter.
jl
@Mary G: “Sarah Cooper… is getting her first comedy special thanks to Netflix.”
Been watching her other stuff after I started watching her political impressions. Besides her stand-up and her Trump, I think she did Cuomo and some other politician. She’s hilarious.
Only problem, which is becoming a big problem, is that whenever I watch Trump speak now, I see Cooper doing him. It’s even worse when I just hear Trump speaking, the image of Cooper impersonating him overwhelms my consciousness. I’ll either figure out a way to make that into a good thing, or slowly go mad. For some reason it’s very disturbing right now.
RedDirtGirl
@MomSense: That’s great! And although I didn’t see her mom, I actually managed to grab a swim with A in BH, at Lakewood Pond. I think she just got offered a great environmental organizing job
Uncle Cosmo
@jl: Google up a Presidential photo of Warren Gamaliel Harding, subtract about 10 years in appearance** and 20 IQ points.***
** In fact Pence at 61 is >3 years older than Harding was when he died; blame a century of advances in cosmetology.
*** Upon his demise, Harding was characterized by e. e. cummings as “the only man woman or child who wrote / a simple declarative sentence with seven grammatical / errors” … Yes, Virginia, Mikey Pence (during his time in Congress, the consensus Stupidest Member Of The House Of Representatives [SMOTHOR] even though Louie Gohmert was there!) is That Dense.
Uncle Cosmo
Not so close either. FedEx Field (often referred to as ExLax Field in deference to the quality of the resident team’s play) is actually in Prince Georges County, Maryland, ~5 miles east of the DC line and roughly 10 miles on the far side of the Potomac from NoVA. (And. just FTR, <40 miles SW of the home field of a much better [in every way] NFL franchise. :^D
RedDirtGirl
See you upstairs, maybe.
David ? ☘The Establishment☘? Koch
@jl: She guest hosted Jimmy Kimmel Show last nite. A natural.
Calouste
@evodevo: I’m actually hoping for a stroke the day after the convention. There would be so much infighting between Pence, trying to invoke the 25th, Jarvanka, playing the princelings of the royal court, and quite a few other Goopers trying to redo the nomination.