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hepcat wrote: Sat Jul 13, 2024 7:48 pm Let’s see how long it takes for Trump to blame Biden personally for the shooting.

In any case, it’s all over. Trump has just won.

Whew....this post is NOT aging well. That hepcat is such a loser.

I think I'm going to vote for Pritzker in this poll. I just have a hunch.

Holman wrote:Here's the first attack I've seen:

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1 ... 1252630805

Is the suggestion here that Walz is a creep because he... values childrens' education?

Ben Shapiro is weird.

It's a reference to a Chris Farley SNL skit because he's overweight...pretty weak attack.

Holman wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:37 am Here's the first attack I've seen:

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1 ... 1252630805

Is the suggestion here that Walz is a creep because he... values childrens' education?

Ben Shapiro is weird.

Oy.

https://twitter.com/ashleyfeinberg/stat ... 4498521288

Skinypupy wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:38 am Walz wasn’t on my radar at all when this process started (I knew very little about him) but the more I see of him the more I like.

Solid choice.

His post on changing his stance on gun safety after Sandy Hook is a glimpse into how you should be able to change your views when they're proven to be outdated.

https://twitter.com/Tim_Walz/status/1817345041318477937

disarm wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:52 am

Holman wrote:Here's the first attack I've seen:

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1 ... 1252630805

Is the suggestion here that Walz is a creep because he... values childrens' education?

Ben Shapiro is weird.

It's a reference to a Chris Farley SNL skit because he's overweight...pretty weak attack.

If it was coming from someone else, I'd just think it was an attempt at humor because he really does look like Farley playing that character in that photo. But from Ben Shapiro it's probably an attack. If that's all he's got, he's not got much.

Shapiro's only touchstone here is that Walz is overweight. He's making a fat joke. That's all he's got.

The Meal wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:48 am

Newcastle wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:45 am Now the hard work begins.

You’re not wrong.

It’s W-A-L-Z.

I know. Last set of misspellings was deliberate.

Comparing Walz to an incredibly beloved comedian in one of his most endearing SNL sketches is probably not the winning formula Ben Shapiro thinks it is.

YellowKing wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:40 am Comparing Walz to an incredibly beloved comedian in one of his most endearing SNL sketches is probably not the winning formula Ben Shapiro thinks it is.

This.

Skinypupy wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:38 am Walz wasn’t on my radar at all when this process started (I knew very little about him) but the more I see of him the more I like.

Solid choice.

The last couple pages of this thread convinced me that he's a good solid choice, so I'm pleased. Seems like he'll be a good campaigner and keep the momentum going.

I've had the business news on ever since the announcement. Normally, they are performing fellatio for the GOP propaganda machine with a bit of news thrown in and I turn it off in disgust. Today, nothing. No politics at all. When it's not mostly business news, it's the Olympics. This seems tacitly a good sign. No fanfare like with Vance but no "ZOMG! WHAT ARE HIS QUALIFICATIONS THE SOCIALIST BASTARD!" They had to have been digging for at least a week to be ready to carry out their orders but today, silence.

Holman wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:37 am Here's the first attack I've seen:

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1 ... 1252630805

Is the suggestion here that Walz is a creep because he... values childrens' education?

Ben Shapiro is weird.

With a belly like that I guarantee he drinks beer and we all know that Republicans want to vote for someone "they can drink a beer with". Or has the new fake criteria changed solely to someone who has a low golf handicap?

YES! Great choice. Walz is the man of the hour. Also it displays Harris' astuteness in her first big decision. She is in touch with the electorate.

Holman wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:07 am I'm so relieved! Walz is gonna be fun.

He is also very genuinely what JD Vance desperately pretends to be. I wonder if they'll even have a debate.

Not my choice, but I'm not upset by it either. I really liked Josh Shapiro for three things he brought to the table that Tim Walz does not: (1) Youth; (2) moderate liberal leanings; and (3) Pennsylvania.

I think he was most likely going to be the choice before the progressives deep-sixed him with "Genocide Josh" and some rather weak-tea accusations of not doing enough about sexual harassment in his administration.

That said, with those attack lines out there, I get why Harris went with Walz. It's probably the smart choice. While Walz seems to be the progressive darling right now, I haven't seen anything from him that really offends moderate sensibilities, and while MN is already solidly in the blue, I do buy the notion that his every man vibe and non-coastal home base might be an electoral draw for some undecideds in battleground states (I also think I believe everything I've read about the minimal impact of the VP pick on home state results).

In the end, I'm most bummed not to see a Harris/Shapiro ticket because it would have really projected relatively youthful vibrancy in a way that a Harris/Walz ticket doesn't. Picking Shapiro would have been a declaration that the Dems have an up-and-coming riser from a swing state. I think that would have been a powerful message to a lot of voters who are tired of leaders who look like their grandparents or great grandparents.

But I like what I've seen of Walz, so I'm not too bummed out. Maybe the right choice in the end.

Walz is one year older than Harris.

The Meal wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:58 am Walz is one year older than Harris.

Put a beard on him and he's Santa Claus.

That's not youthful vibrancy.

[Edited to add: Although, the Santa Claus angle might be a nice thing to play up. ]

LordMortis wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:47 am I've had the business news on ever since the announcement. Normally, they are performing fellatio for the GOP propaganda machine with a bit of news thrown in and I turn it off in disgust. Today, nothing. No politics at all. When it's not mostly business news, it's the Olympics. This seems tacitly a good sign. No fanfare like with Vance but no "ZOMG! WHAT ARE HIS QUALIFICATIONS THE SOCIALIST BASTARD!" They had to have been digging for at least a week to be ready to carry out their orders but today, silence.

And there it goes... Walz is an also ran. Harris didn't choose Shapiro, the real candidate, because she is part of the pro Palestinian extremist faction... It took until 11:00 Eastern. Now how often will this be repeat or will they look for something else to stick?

The Meal wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:58 am Walz is one year older than Harris.

I never would have guessed that.

From appearances only, I would have put him 8-10'ish years older (partly because Harris looks younger than 59).

hepcat wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:03 am Shapiro's only touchstone here is that Walz is overweight. He's making a fat joke. That's all he's got.

Thankfully for him, he can point to his own candidate's slim & trim figure as a stark contrast.

Holman wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:37 am Here's the first attack I've seen:

https://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1 ... 1252630805

Is the suggestion here that Walz is a creep because he... values childrens' education?

Ben Shapiro is weird.

We've analyzed their attack, sir, and there is a danger. I'm concerned their next image will show Walz dressed as a Chippendale's dancer.

Walz seems like a fine choice. My only worry with not going with Shapiro is are they leaving some number of small but potentially pivotal PA votes on the table.

But this stuff is hard to predict, and seems like a decent choice, so we'll see how it all plays out in the end.

Zaxxon wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 11:23 am

hepcat wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:03 am Shapiro's only touchstone here is that Walz is overweight. He's making a fat joke. That's all he's got.

Thankfully for him, he can point to his own candidate's slim & trim figure as a stark contrast.

True! I bought his NFT photo image!

hepcat wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 10:03 am Shapiro's only touchstone here is that Walz is overweight. He's making a fat joke. That's all he's got.

Walz and a large population of Americans are overweight. Since Republicans think providing meals for school kids is Socialism, getting rid of that will be the solution.

ImLawBoy wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 11:29 am
We've analyzed their attack, sir, and there is a danger. I'm concerned their next image will show Walz dressed as a Chippendale's dancer.

Hell, get him to do a surprise SNL appearance honoring the moment.

So you're going with this guy?

Isgrimnur wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 11:52 am

ImLawBoy wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 11:29 am
We've analyzed their attack, sir, and there is a danger. I'm concerned their next image will show Walz dressed as a Chippendale's dancer.

Hell, get him to do a surprise SNL appearance honoring the moment.

Now that would be a real surprise.

em2nought wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 11:53 am So you're going with this guy?

Why not? You're going with the couch fucker.

...

....that will NEVER get old for me. I could be at my funeral in the year 2050 (or 2025, the way things are going) and someone will say "sofa screwer" and you'll hear a chuckle from the coffin.

El Guapo wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 11:46 am Walz seems like a fine choice. My only worry with not going with Shapiro is are they leaving some number of small but potentially pivotal PA votes on the table.

But this stuff is hard to predict, and seems like a decent choice, so we'll see how it all plays out in the end.

If Shapiro falls in line and loudly supports Harris/Walz, I can't imagine there are too many PA votes they're going to lose.

em2nought wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 11:53 am So you're going with this guy?

This shows you're not a serious political commentator and are just trying to stir shit. You find a bit of a physical similarity and run with that and completely ignore the light years gap in communication ability between the two.

ImLawBoy wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 12:07 pm

em2nought wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 11:53 am So you're going with this guy?

This shows you're not a serious political commentator and are just trying to stir shit. You find a bit of a physical similarity and run with that and completely ignore the light years gap in communication ability between the two.

I don't think Admiral Stockdale is available anymore anyway. To use something JD Vance would probably say "There's more than one way to skin a cat."

em2nought wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 12:09 pm
I don't think Admiral Stockdale is available anymore anyway. To use something JD Vance would probably say "There's more than one way to skin a cat."

Finish his sentence, won't you? "Then AFTER you skin the cat, make a nice, sexy couch out of it...."

hepcat wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 12:13 pm

em2nought wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 12:09 pm
I don't think Admiral Stockdale is available anymore anyway. To use something JD Vance would probably say "There's more than one way to skin a cat."

Then AFTER you skin the cat, make a nice, sexy couch out of it....

...and anger all the single cat ladies out there too.

ImLawBoy wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 12:05 pm

El Guapo wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 11:46 am Walz seems like a fine choice. My only worry with not going with Shapiro is are they leaving some number of small but potentially pivotal PA votes on the table.

But this stuff is hard to predict, and seems like a decent choice, so we'll see how it all plays out in the end.

If Shapiro falls in line and loudly supports Harris/Walz, I can't imagine there are too many PA votes they're going to lose.

I don't think the number of voters overall is likely to change much. It's more that due to the wisdom of the Founding Fathers 50,000 voters in Pennsylvania matters a lot more than 50,000 voters in Minnesota.

em2nought wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 12:15 pm

hepcat wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 12:13 pm

em2nought wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 12:09 pm
I don't think Admiral Stockdale is available anymore anyway. To use something JD Vance would probably say "There's more than one way to skin a cat."

Then AFTER you skin the cat, make a nice, sexy couch out of it....

...and anger all the single cat ladies out there too.

Usha had to adopt because she looks like the wrong kind of Ottoman.

hepcat wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 12:15 pm

em2nought wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 12:15 pm

hepcat wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 12:13 pm

em2nought wrote: Tue Aug 06, 2024 12:09 pm
I don't think Admiral Stockdale is available anymore anyway. To use something JD Vance would probably say "There's more than one way to skin a cat."

Then AFTER you skin the cat, make a nice, sexy couch out of it....

...and anger all the single cat ladies out there too.

Usha had to adopt because she looks like the wrong kind of Ottoman.

That's a great one! She's my kind of Ottoman. Probably too smart for me, I'd bore her among other things.