• Telorand@reddthat.com
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    9 months ago

    Honestly, it doesn’t matter at this point. The debates are only useful for sound bites and headlines.

    The other Republicans have no actual shot at winning; 82% still want Trump and don’t care about the Hitler larping or whether he’s a convicted criminal, a rapist, a fraudster, etc. He’s their guy, the monster they always wanted who will exact vengeance upon their always-nebulous “enemy” for a litany of misdirected and mostly-fictitious transgressions.

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      9 months ago

      Even if people watched the debate, Trump will just ramble on incoherently as Haley tries in vain to get out talking points and the whole thing will be absolute nonsensical babble.

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      9 months ago

      Back when there were four TV channels debates made sense. It allowed candidates to respond in real time to each other, and to address the American people directly.

      But thanks to social media they can respond to each other in real time right now, or let everyone know they’re chillin’ in Cedar Rapids without needing to appear on prime time.

      tl;dr - Unless the League of Women Voters is running the debate I honestly don’t care about them.

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      8 months ago

      I guess these twerking cretins don’t realize that Trump already considers them as his enemies because they ‘stood against him’. And that they will be some of the first facing his proverbial firing squad.

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      9 months ago

      The other Republicans have no actual shot at winning

      I mean, it’s not zero, Trump could have a heart attack or something tomorrow and it wouldn’t surprise me that much.

      Same goes for Biden, too, not sure VP Harris would make a compelling canidate. Maybe I’m wrong.

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        9 months ago

        Having VP Harris safely in the shadows like Mr Cheney was hasn’t been good for her exposure and for building cred. But they needed to do that to appease the racist rednecks … who weren’t going to vote for her anyway.