2024 Election

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Like so many military veterans, the ageing group of men and women adorned with badges of fighting forces and theaters of war hesitated to talk about their past lives. But after one finally spoke up to denounce the man they called “the devil”, the floodgates opened to an anger and alarm that went far beyond normal political discourse.

The veterans turned out on a warm evening to phone-bank for Kamala Harris in Saginaw, Michigan - a swing county in a key battleground state. But first they got to tell each other about where they served and the ways in which that shapes how they see next week’s presidential election.

Most enlisted decades ago, some for only a few years. But that was long enough when fighting in Korea or Vietnam to have marked out the course of their lives and shaped their views of the world. From that vantage point, the veterans look upon Donald Trump with undisguised disgust.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/26/michigan-veterans-harris-phone-bank

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Just when you think the schmuck can’t get any more offensive…

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Hillbilly Vance on CNN being questioned by Jake Tapper. What a lying POS.

Vance defends Trump’s ‘enemies within’ comments; Harris reaches out to Black voters in Philadelphia

In a contentious CNN interview, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said Donald Trump would use the military against Americans who riot and oppose his policies, defining them as “left-wing lunatics.” In the past month, Trump has repeatedly vowed to pursue “the enemy within,” identifying Democratic leaders in Congress as part of this group.

In an interview with Fox News this month, Trump said he would deploy the National Guard or the military on “radical-left lunatics” whom he also described as being “the enemy from within.”

www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/10/27/2024-election-campaign-updates-harris-trump/

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The Mango Moron

Harris adopts Trump’s playbook as she targets his age and competence

When Donald Trump abruptly ended a recent Pennsylvania town hall to sway and dance to his self-curated playlist for 39 minutes, Kamala Harris posted a three-word response on social media: “Hope he’s okay.”

After the former president proclaimed himself “the father of IVF” before an all-female audience in Georgia, a bemused Harris rolled the Fox clip at her own rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin: “What does that even mean?” she asked her audience with an incredulous laugh.

Harris is portraying Trump not only as old, but also as unstable, unhinged and intent on amassing “unchecked power” — a figure whose thirst for control would endanger both democracy and the safety of the American people.

For Harris, there is the added benefit of deliberately trolling Trump and getting under his skin, in part because he often takes the bait. The former president defined the terms of the presidential contest, making it a referendum on age and fitness for office, and now the Harris team is just playing on his turf, the Harris aide said.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/27/harris-trump-age-competence/

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Nice positive message here:

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Oct 27, 2024 17:39:16 GMT -5 DanMcQ said:

Nice positive message here:

This seems more of a call to violence than anything Democrats have said. But I guarantee those Republican hypocrites will clutch those pearls whenever they hear “Trump is a fascist”.

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Oct 27, 2024 17:39:16 GMT -5 DanMcQ said:

Nice positive message here:

I thought the "Republicans" were blaming the Dems for the dangerous rhetoric. Oddly, they seem less concerned about their own. So on brand. Elvado must feel right at home and happy to have found his tribe.