wonderwoman1951
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fallout from the biden/pelosi drama. gift link biden/pelosi
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in total agreement with everything you said! yes, it was difficult — even painful — to watch. but i don’t think it was unfair, unkind, or in anyway diminishes our appreciation of the president. much as we love our elders, sometimes we have to take away the car keys. of course, seniors age differently — look at june squibb. and while the president was pitch perfect welcoming the russian hostages, after the debate performance, it would have been too much of a risk for him to continue. and in an ass backwards kind of way, i think the timing worked out perfectly. waiting until after the republican convention for biden to step down, left trump, et al flailing. whether planned or happenstance, it turned out to be a stroke of genius.
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when gabby giffords was shot in 2011, reports started appearing online that she had been killed. as i recall, the report originated at npr and was picked up by virtually every mainstream media site — except for the new york times. and so i shall wait. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/06/us/kamala-harris-vp-trump-election#trump-elon-musk-interview something to look forward to…
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when gabby giffords was shot in 2011, reports started appearing online that she had been killed. as i recall, the report originated at npr and was picked up by virtually every mainstream media site — except for the new york times. and so i shall wait. eta: ny times confirms @ 9:10am eta: actually, they didn’t “confirm: Tim Walz Is Said to Be Kamala Harris’s Choice for Vice President: Live Election Updates
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“Donald Trump, seeking William Faulkner's endorsement.” took me a second to catch the reference. then i remembered a lit professor in college who lectured the way faulkner wrote. we’d sit there, pen in hand, waiting in frustration and futility for a verb.
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I didn't see this up, so here's the very in-depth WSJ story on the prisoner swap. one thing caught my eye. evan’s mother was the driving force, so there was a lot about her. but, it was also, “her husband, mikhail,” never “evan’s father.” so much so that i checked to see if mikhail was evan’s stepfather. but mikhail is indeed evan’s father. very strange.
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well… sure, it galvinizes his base and if they were the only ones listening. but what he doesn’t seem to realize is that people who are on the fence are listening too. same with ‘never have to vote again’ . upthread, someone asked why is his campaign signing off on his bullshit — and who — inquiring minds want to know. i’ve had a hard time watching her since that 2016 60 minutes piece where she badgered valerie jarrett. https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/05/please-enough-schmooziness-theory-presidential-power/
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for the record, that’s new york magazine, not the new yorker. here’s the new yorker’s current cover: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine re trump’s ‘won’t have to vote’ comment: there’s was a time when something like that would have been met with a 40-point headline and editorials from major publications expressing outrage. instead: To the Editor: “Trump Tells Christians, Vote ‘Just This Time’” (news article, July 29) contained critical information about the threat that Donald Trump poses to our democracy. Mr. Trump’s quoted statement was an admission that his plan is to subvert the democratic process and lead our country into authoritarianism: “Christians, get out and vote. Just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore, you know what? Four more years, it’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.” The reporting was clear, concise and easy for any reader to understand. Unfortunately, this article was buried on Page A15 of your newspaper. Can I ask, What is more important for a free press to publish on the front page than this direct and clear attack on our democracy by one of our two presidential candidates? Robin Perls-Shultis Shokan, N.Y.
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from the ny times: deeply disturbing how little importance the new paper of record, at least east of the mississipi, attached to this existential threat to the american way of life. To the Editor: “Trump Tells Christians, Vote ‘Just This Time’” (news article, July 29) contained critical information about the threat that Donald Trump poses to our democracy. Mr. Trump’s quoted statement was an admission that his plan is to subvert the democratic process and lead our country into authoritarianism: “Christians, get out and vote. Just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore, you know what? Four more years, it’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.” The reporting was clear, concise and easy for any reader to understand. Unfortunately, this article was buried on Page A15 of your newspaper. Can I ask, What is more important for a free press to publish on the front page than this direct and clear attack on our democracy by one of our two presidential candidates? Robin Perls-Shultis Shokan, N.Y.
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re trump’s “won’t need to vote again…” i had dinner with friends last night who pointed out that there wa a time when a. comment like that would have been met with 40-point headlines and editorials in major newspapers expressing outrage. but the news cycle is so crowded, it’s loss in the shuffle. but, you gotta love this from lindsey graham. lindsey graham huff post
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some thoughts on the vp derby: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/28/us/politics/kamala-harris-vice-president-attorney-general.html?smid=url-share
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setting aside the delay, the whole thing just has an odd, hokey vibe to it. even if the obamas were in different locations, there was more than enough time to record a proper endorsement. here’s the ny times take: ”Somehow, the Biden-turned-Harris campaign managed to make former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, once America’s coolest political couple, sound like parents in a Lifetime movie calling their child at summer camp.” wonder if there’s some subtext that will eventually emerge.
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exactly! why waste money in a state you know you can’t win. but, as i said, new hampshire is a swing state next to a blue state. so in a presidential election year, we here in eastern massachusetts are barraged with political ads, both for the primary and general election. can’t wait for what’s coming:)
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agreed. however, this isn’t just about gender. i live in massachusetts — a very blue state — but new hampshire, a swing state, is in the boston media market. and in 2016 hillary’s ads were nothing more than how catastrophic trump would be — nothing about what she would do as president — just that she wasn’t him. and her campaign carpet-bombed the media with those ads — sometimes 6 in an hour — so much so that for some undecided voters they may well have been counter-productive and they either voted for trump, or not at all. assuming this was the case in other swing states — this strategy may well have played a significant role in her defeat
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yes, we do! kamala has really learned from hillary’s missteps in 2016: this ad is such a striking contrast to hillary’s in 2016, which focused only the threat trump presented — absolutely nothing about why to vote for her
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yes — and i hope that along with the bidens understandable frustration, anger, and disappointment, there’s also some sense of relief.
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Was that when Corday declared war on SOW because they named the Gina and Submarine sex stuff as Worst Story of 1999 and was mad SOW kept pointing out the plummeting ratings? don’t remember the details — it’s been a while:) — but certainly could be.
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iirc, it was ken corday @ days…
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as the world turns: jessica and duncan 1992
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free link. not mentioned, one of my favorite roles: the father in ‘dirty sexy money.’ donald sutherland’s ny times obit
