Heather Cox Richardson points to what the Harris campaign says as Trump tries to weasel out of debating Harris:
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Heather Cox Richardson points to what the Harris campaign says as Trump tries to weasel out of debating Harris:
“Our understanding is that Trump’s handlers prefer the muted microphone because they don’t think their candidate can act presidential for 90 minutes on his own.”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#KamalaHarris #Trump #debate #MentalStability #MentalAcuity
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Over the past few years, observers who have been paying attention to Trump have noted that he appeared to be sliding mentally and warned that when voters saw him again outside his Mar-a-Lago cocoon and his rallies they would be shocked. That prediction appears to have come true."
#KamalaHarris #Trump #debate #MentalStability #MentalAcuity
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Trump seems to have little interest in doing the actual work of campaigning, instead swinging between grievance-filled rants and flat recitations of his apocalyptic worldview, trying to stay in the center of public consciousness with outrageous lies and, as he did in his suggestion that he would not debate Harris, telling people to 'stay tuned!'”
#KamalaHarris #Trump #debate #MentalStability #MentalAcuity
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"It’s clear that millions of Americans don’t care that Trump is ostensibly mentally unfit to be president. Neither do the leaders of his party. But if American democracy winds up surviving this existential jousting, the public should demand that measures be put in place to avoid allowing mentally unstable or cognitively unwell people to sit behind the most powerful desk in the world ever again."
~ Kim Wehle
#KamalaHarris #Trump #debate #MentalStability #MentalAcuity
/4https://www.thebulwark.com/p/cognitive-fitness-mental-health-test-president-trump-biden
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Roger Moorereplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
I would like a news crew to watch each candidate for an entire day on the campaign trail. The Trump campaign would never allow it because it would show he's only able to function for a few hours a day. -
William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Mike Luckovich's commentary on the debate dodger.
#KamalaHarris #Trump #debate
/5https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/8/27/2265919/-Cartoon-Debate-dodger
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MylesRydenreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Perfect, except maybe the note should start, "Little Donnie..."
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milkmanreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy
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Yes, and I feel that there should be age limits too. Even normal age related cognitive decline can blur some of the intricate details that so many policies have, causing politicians to sign/not sign them into law without understanding the broader scope of effects.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to JohnW last edited by
@the_Effekt I suppose I'd be quicker to endorse mental health tests than age limits, since imposing age limits seems to me to reinforce ageism that is already a toxic feature of our culture. I'm more inclined to celebrate the many cultures that link age to wisdom and cherish the elderly for that reason.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to milkman last edited by
@milkman Yes — and perhaps the best measure is already in place: we can stop subscribing to tell them we won't buy their garbage any longer.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Roger Moore last edited by
@VATVSLPR A great suggestion. And you're right, his campaign wouldn't allow it. There's a reason they're trying to keep him in the shadows and carefully controlled when he's in public.
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NeadReportreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy I think the size of his hands in this cartoon is the 2nd most funny thing.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to NeadReport last edited by
@NeadReport For sure.
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JohnWreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
I did think about that too, but in this particular case I felt like an exception was needed.
Decisions with age related mental decline could impact millions of people. If it were me personally, I'd back down if I had to make a decision like that and I was slowing down.
Not everyone is aware of their mental status though, so someone stepping in is sometimes necessary.
I know it's not a favorable POV, but that's my position on this particular matter.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to JohnW last edited by
@the_Effekt I do continue to think that our throwaway society is especially savage when it comes to elderly people, who can have so much to offer all of us, when they're valued and their lives are made secure and comfortable in their senior years.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
"I don’t think that even the outlets that recognize the troll are giving the Kamala Harris campaign enough credit for the jujitsu they’re engaged in with the debate. …
Because of a decision Joe Biden made, Donald Trump has lost the ability to choose whether he wants to face someone like Kamala Harris."
~ Marcy Wheeler
#KamalaHarris #Trump #debate
/6https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/08/27/kamalas-campaign-pushes-trumps-impulse-control-problems/
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"And he’s stuck: The thing his MAGAts like about him is his spontaneous riffs, many of which rely on the humiliation of others. But if he calls the Vice President the N-word or bitch publicly, it’ll further sink him in the polls.
At least from the moment that Kamala started to put on campaign events that Trump would love to pull off, the campaign has been damaging Trump’s ego."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Undoubtedly Michelle and Barack Obama (among others) made that worse at the DNC. And all that makes some outburst that could doom his campaign more likely."