The Frankish Reich

Sorry, I can't agree with doubling down on the progressive side. Ever since Trump took over the Republican Party the middle has been wide open. Progressives will turn out; Trump as the candidate assures that. The key is convincing the very small percentage of voters in the middle (and on the RFK "a pox on both their houses" fringe) that the Democrats won't tack wildly to the left. The Governors and Kelly help there.

Trump's makeup is curiously close to Kamala's natural skin tone.

And Astro was restored to his prior status as the Jetsons' dog!

Sorry, I'll let you get back to this.

Wow, that's really damning. Sounds like a VP tasked with raising morale to DOS employees at the Embassy in Manila. This will swing the election!

Oooh, someone has a thing for the Trump Girls ...

I have a weird reaction to the new JD Vance. I think at his core he is smart and has some sound ideas on policy. But he's trying too hard to sound like Trump or Tucker Carlson. This is what did in Ron DeSantis. Be yourself, even if it isn't in lockstep with Trump. He needs to be himself. DARVO. I was unfamiliar with that. Explains a lot.

And to think that his uncle was an MIT physicist…

Holy Kamala, Batgirl! https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harris-leads-trump-44-42-us-presidential-race-reutersipsos-poll-finds-2024-07-23/

Hey Irv, didn't I just see a Biden Proof of Life video? Are you gonna retitle that thread?

I would love to see a Republican (old school) unity ticket thing. Condi Rice, where are you? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you. (will never happen)

Trump may just open up a wormhole to the void if he isn't careful.

Speaking of touch, Trump is losing his. "Lyin' Kamala?" That's the best you can do? Recycling Lyin' Ted? He actually hasn't had a good one since Low Energy Jeb.

I'm kind of worried about this "void" concept. Sounds all alternate dimension-y.

I hated when they replaced him with Lectronimo, the robot dog. (Actually our Astro does great training camp reports. Really, a blogger is now lower status than a podcaster?)

Well thank you. I try hard to wring a laugh out of you guys. Tough crowd.

B-Man, it's ok to take your ear bandage off now that Trump has removed his. Be careful not to pull your hearing aid off with it! (that's me ... the "edgy" guy)

You mean Biden has been spotted? He's not dead? Not a body double? Remember this is the "reliable mainstream media" thread. Unless you prove otherwise, I'm gonna have to go with Mainstream Media 1 (Biden real and alive; talk to him, he'll talk back to you!) vs. Alt Right Media 0 (Biden dead or on life support)

I'd dump her right away for her Veep pick. There's still time before the election! Maybe I'd dump that Veep pick for that Veep pick too.

Didn't even know about Montel. Forgot he even existed ...

OK. That's just weird. "Love, Lake and Vivek."

Based on what? It's fair to talk about her romance with a powerful man, Willie Brown. That boosted her career beyond that of a line Assistant DA. So fire away. But this is just stupid and apparently sexist.

I thought it was because he's dead. Or brain dead. I read that right here.

Appointing Kamala as the person in charge of "examining the root causes of the Central American immigration surge" (not the "Border Czar") always struck me as a way for Biden to make Kamala look worse, lest she attempt to take his job. It was a totally thankless tasking that she avoided like the plague. Yet still it hangs around her neck with the "Border Czar" title.