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« Reply #4110 on: September 17, 2020, 10:44:31 AM »

This was strange.

There was a discussion yesterday on Fox about violence in US cities that ended very oddly.

Former Speaker (and disappointed Trump VP candidate) Newt Gingrich brought George Soros into it and was stamped on by the Fox representatives, Melissa Francis (Fox anchor and former child star on Little House On The Prairie) and Marie Harf (former Kerry and Obama aide and regular token liberal Fox contributor).

There was an awkward silence while Harris Faulkner received some off-screen instructions to close it down.

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« Reply #4111 on: September 18, 2020, 02:52:33 AM »

Oh boy! The Washington Post is reporting that the US Postal Service was planning to send five reusable masks to every residential address back in April, but was prevented from doing so directly by the White House - to avoid spreading alarm.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/17/white-house-abandoned-plan-to-deliver-650-million-face-masks-across-us-report-says.html

So Bob Woodward’s revelation that Trump knew how bad the virus is and did nothing about it is false - in fact he knew about it and took active steps to prevent it being addressed.

At least they avoided any panic.

Abandoned press release:

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« Reply #4112 on: September 18, 2020, 03:21:01 AM »

Oh dear, wonder what the anti-maskers and anti-everything will have to say about that.

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« Reply #4113 on: September 18, 2020, 04:42:15 AM »



Like House of Cards on steroids.
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« Reply #4114 on: September 19, 2020, 05:05:42 AM »

Robert Redfield, the Director of the CDC, said on Wednesday that wearing a facemask provides you with more protection against catching Covid than taking a vaccine.

He also said a vaccine won't be generally available for the public until at least mid 2021.

Trump then flat out said the Director was wrong on both points.

Whatever about the scientific issues, this is terrible politically for The President to be at war with his own scientists. He has had opportunities to look good on the virus, but he keeps blowing it.




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« Reply #4115 on: September 19, 2020, 05:06:25 AM »

Trump actually managed to appear Presidential for once when he was told about Ruth Ginsberg's death.



It's the calm before the storm - all Hell is going to break loose over filling this vacancy. Filling the Supreme Court is one of the biggest legacies a President can leave, with the effect lasting for decades. Mitch McConnell managed to prevent Obama from filling a Supreme Court vacancy in the last year of his Presidency on the pretext that "the American people should have a voice" in the selection. Now the boot is on the other foot, and everyone will take the opposite position to the one they expressed four years ago. This is about to get tasty.

McConnell has already said that he intends to fill the vacancy before the election and Chuck Schumer has tweeted Mitch's exact words from 2016:

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« Reply #4116 on: September 19, 2020, 11:47:25 AM »

Justice Ginsburg dictated a statement before her death: "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed."
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« Reply #4117 on: September 20, 2020, 01:51:21 AM »



Trump interviewed four candidates in 2018 and it was clear that Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett (the only woman interviewed) were the top two. Barrett is the hot favourite this time, but she is known for her very strong conservative and religious views (Catholic) and it seems that Barbara Lagoa, a Cuban-American from Florida, is being considered as an alternative as her appointment could help Trump in the election, plus she is likely to pass approval by the Senate more easily. Both are young (48 & 52) so, if the Republicans win this battle, they could have a stranglehold on the Court for decades. Democrats are already planning strategies to counteract this, such as increasing the number of Supreme Court Justices and pressing ahead with granting full representation to Puerto Rico and DC, thereby securing their hold on the legislature.
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« Reply #4118 on: September 20, 2020, 01:41:41 PM »

So com how they flip/flop when the shoe is on the other foot.
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« Reply #4119 on: September 20, 2020, 11:22:07 PM »



Trump is always entertaining, but Biden had a quick response. https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1307491919384260609

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« Reply #4120 on: September 20, 2020, 11:38:21 PM »



Trump is always entertaining, but Biden had a quick response. https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1307491919384260609

Haha! Going to be a funny 6 weeks.
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« Reply #4121 on: September 22, 2020, 03:45:22 PM »



Must be a pretty fun job putting these things together.
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« Reply #4122 on: September 27, 2020, 05:25:43 PM »

The Biden campaign has a lot of money at just the right time. After trailing Trump's receipts in July, they pulled in $364m in August, smashing the monthly record, helped by the Kamala unveiling. September was also going well and then, on the Sunday after Ginsburg's death, they raised $100m in one day.

The Trump campaign still seemed to have plenty. They still had $325m on hand at the end of August, compared with Biden's $466m. Both sides indicated that they had reserved over $200m of TV ads over the next two months. But Trump has been pulling ads in State after State. Now he has cancelled them in all the Swing States except Arizona (reinstated after being off for a while), Georgia and Florida. So the whole Rust Belt, the most crucial region, is left out. He spent $18m on TV ads last week, to Biden's $46m, with both targeting Florida in particular.



There are concerns that Donald's campaign is running out of money, though it could be that they are just spending it differently. They are significantly outspending Biden online on Google and Facebook ads and, of course, they are running much more of a traditional campaign, getting out to as many rallies as possible. This week, he campaigned in Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Florida and Virginia, while Biden only got to Wisconsin and North Carolina. He shines at those mass rallies, whereas it suits Joe to use Covid as a reason to keep out of trouble as much as possible. The underdog always needs to stir things up, whereas the favourite wants everything to stay calm, and there's no doubt that Trump is the underdog at this stage.

They are still producing terrible ads like this:




On the other hand, I think this one by Pence is powerful. It doesn't seem to be on YouTube, but it's on his Twitter.

https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence/status/1309481552338968578

I wonder which one would influence more voters.
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« Reply #4123 on: September 27, 2020, 05:30:01 PM »



He's off it, lol.
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« Reply #4124 on: September 27, 2020, 05:33:33 PM »

They are still producing terrible ads like this:




On the other hand, I think this one by Pence is powerful. It doesn't seem to be on YouTube, but it's on his Twitter.

https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence/status/1309481552338968578

I wonder which one would influence more voters.

The trouble is, a lot of people who see videos like that first one will believe every word.

Second one much better, as you say. Doesn't have the rhetoric and buzzwords, though.
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