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An increasingly aggrieved Jonathan Martin, known for mocking the libs, vents the Beltway's frustration with Harris and the election narrative getting away from them. CNN may finally have to answer for their bullshit 'undecided voter' panels - this is damning at the link.

I agree. Perot dominated airtime he paid for, he was ubiquitous. I remember being baffled as a child that they gave him a half hour or whatever to ramble on, I couldn't understand it (and didn't know he'd bought it). Because of that he even made it into a ton of golden age SNL political coverage at the time. (Which just reminds me that I had the SNL inaugural/election special or whatever it was from '92/'93, where they showed like 20 years of SNL political sketches, recorded on my Mom's VCR to watch over and over for years.) But I don't think any third party candidate other than maybe Nader in 2000 has come even remotely close to Perot's actual impact since. When someone starts taking over huge chunks of nationwide TV time or appearing non-stop on SNL again, then I'll get nervous.

It's also not something only happening here. I know there used to be a troll on the Datalounge ranting away about SON and its poster base because a friend told me so some time ago. Why they went there I have no idea - I haven't really been to DL in over a decade or whenever they went pay to post, so it never came to my attention while it was happening. But I just assumed it's all the same longtime troll or trolls who have cultivated maybe half a dozen sockpuppet accounts on here, most of which have never been banned despite it being very obvious by their visual avatars alone what they are. If it's another active regular poster, I'm not aware of who it could be but IMO you should report it if it's a widespread suspicion.

Just as with his relentless attacks on Biden, Alex Thompson is now beyond desperate for anything to leave a mark on Harris/Walz, with considerably less result. His latest: Amplifying a nonsensical smear from the right-wing Washington Free Beacon.

But it won't be. Most people don't care about RFK. They find him creepy.

I think this thread may be of particular interest to @janea4old though it doesn't surprise me either:

Hilariously, CNN, CSPAN, Newsmax and Fox all cut away from both Trump and RFK's rambling speeches mid-stream today before they finished. Based on recent polling with him in or out of the race, it will actually hurt Trump. RFK was becoming a permission slip for stupid people to not have to vote for the Dem while avoiding Trump.

RFK has of course dropped out and endorsed Trump. I'm sure this tidal wave of charisma will be a massive boon to his campaign. JFC. No notes.

Back for JJ today!

Trump called Fox ranting and raving, got cut off. I believe he is now calling Newsmax.

Kamala just threaded the needle on both Israel and Gaza very explicitly and very well. No, it won't move the deadenders who suddenly demanded a convention slot yesterday after 1968 II flopped, but it will move the base that has sympathy for Palestinians as well as Israeli citizens.

That chick sucked.

Last night's Walz intro video.

Nonetheless, the kids were a hit and it's gone over well. Nobody made Gus do that.

That's just how those creeps are in that element, it's baked in sadly. But the larger public reaction has for the most part been very positive. I'm sure Trump will, and let him; it'll only hurt him more.

Meanwhile: @DRW50 will appreciate, as I do, a kid pranking the always-unctuous access king and Republican Congressional cheerelader Jake Sherman:

In case there's anyone left who hasn't seen the big moment with the Walzes last night from his great speech:

It may well be close, but they're saying that and continuing to talk about the underdog to keep people vigilant and focused. There is certainly work to do, but if we continue to accelerate like this I am not convinced it will be that close in the end. Like 2012 (or '08) I've had that feeling for a week or two now.

She never had much going on at either show AFAIC. I saw her supposedly 'fiery' role on AMC too and it went nowhere fast.