Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place.
Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I'm still puzzled how this doesn't hand more votes to Trump.
Why would it? Surely most people who were planning to vote for Biden are already on Team Vote Blue No Matter Who, right? I think a shakeup has the potential to draw in more people who were unenthused about either Biden or Trump. Not to say I'm not super nervous still, and I certainly agree that Biden choosing not to run again last year would have been much better, but I think at this point he was pretty much toast and stepping down was the right (and almost inevitable) choice.
I really think that all the people who are going to vote for Trump are already accounted for. I don't think anyone is undecided between Trump and [Democratic candidate]; I think they've been undecided between Biden and [not voting]. So this may push some of those anti-Biden undecideds from [not voting] to [Democratic candidate].
There are more than a few apathetic bigots who’ve never voted in their lives who will crawl out from under whatever slimy rock they call home to keep a Black woman out of office.
There are more than a few apathetic bigots who’ve never voted in their lives who will crawl out from under whatever slimy rock they call home to keep a Black woman out of office.
That's my fear. And I, too, want to know why the hell the whole party wasn't persuading him this way two or three years ago. It's not like he was going to get younger. I can't help feeling like this is all too late.
My mom is 81 (and actually went to high school with Biden, good old tiny Delaware) and while she's energetic enough to do some things, she can't work a whole day anymore, and in the evenings she gets fuzzy and forgetful. Aging happens differently to different people in a lot of ways, and sometimes it happens pretty suddenly.
I wish we could have Hillary. I also wish I could wrangle a medically induced coma starting in mid-October.
I was already going to vote Blue, but I have to admit I’ll be doing so more enthusiastically now. I can see where Harris could get some folks who wouldn’t bother for Biden to the polls.
Like Whitmer a lot. She’s doing some great stuff in Michigan. It helps that the MI leg went Democrat, too, so she can actually get stuff done. MI has put more money towards schools, the environment, and I think they’re working to make it so a handful of old rich people who find windmills and solar panels “unsightly” can’t block green energy projects.
Amy, I bet our families know each other. Delaware!
I can see where Harris could get some folks who wouldn’t bother for Biden to the polls.
This is the case. Also, there will be much more interest in an election season that a large percentage wasn't paying attention to. Yes, there may be some who come out to vote against her, but if they are that passionately bigoted they were already going to vote for Trump. There are a lot more people who were completely numb to the election that now have a choice they can get behind.
As for the VP pick, I am hoping that the best strategic minds will help figure this one out. There are some good choices. I just want whichever one helps keep the Oval, House, and Senate.
Also, Machin, really. Why are you on my screen again?
I can see where Harris could get some folks who wouldn’t bother for Biden to the polls.
This is the case.
I really think she has a better chance of getting younger people to the polls, which is desperately needed.
That's a good way to look at it, Laura. Fingers crossed!
Lisah, what's even funnier is my ex's family has roots in Delaware, too! For a really small state, it's got fingers in a lot of pies.
I really think she has a better chance of getting younger people to the polls, which is desperately needed.
Yes, this. I keep switching from being really hopefully to really anxious about all of this, but I still think this is right.
ltc is in dance camp this week, and I'm home with a migraine today. About to do a virtual therapy appointment so that I don't have to drive.
Someone pointed out that the tRump cultists who are going around with gauze/tissue taped to their ears are largely the people who were making fun of people who wore masks.
And Calli's post about preferring her cat's hairball to tRump is my quote of the week - at least hairballs don't involve large quantities of hair spray.
