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   Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 10:37:48 JST Ian Bicking

   Debate posting!

   I love Kamala's intense stare at Trump. A man could never do that, it would read wildly differently.

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     powersoffour (powersoffour@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 10:37:46 JST powersoffour

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     @ianbicking this is such a perfect summation of how I'm feeling just now, too.

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 10:37:47 JST Ian Bicking

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     Trump is definitely getting shook.

     I realize I am not worried about Kamala making any big misstep in the debate. She might do better or worse but she isn't going to make a mistake.

     It was a fair critique that I couldn't say that for Biden, and it does seem like a good qualification for a president

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:25 JST Ian Bicking

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     And it's over! I could not tell you a single thing about those closing arguments. But perhaps because the rest of the debate was so strong.

     I'm very disappointed that this will probably be the only debate. Unless somehow the Harris campaign manages to bait him, which isn't out of the question after tonight

     Paul Cantrell repeated this.
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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:25 JST Ian Bicking

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     I really want Walz to say something like this in his first remarks at the Walz/Vance debate:

     Vice President debates didn't usually mean much. And if Kamala Harris is elected it's her character that will define the presidency, not mine. But you should pay attention tonight. Because if Donald Trump wins the election you can be pretty confident that within two years, when Trump's mental decline can no longer be ignored, the man next to me will inherit the presidency. #debatefanfic

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:26 JST Ian Bicking

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     Just for the lulz... https://theonion.com/so-which-ones-yours-asks-doug-emhoff-trying-to-make-small-talk-with-melania-backstage/

     (I'd be a little surprised if Melania is attending)

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:26 JST Ian Bicking

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     Totally off topic, but the real downside of Tim Walz getting the VP nomination instead of Pete Buttigieg is that Doug Emhoff and Chasten Buttigieg would have been a great first/second gentlemen team/bromance comedy

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:27 JST Ian Bicking

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     Trump is really embracing his silly faces. Probably a better choice than the alternative

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:27 JST Ian Bicking

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     Of course his babbling is already priced in

     I really wish Kamala had pushed harder on Trump to answer the abortion ban veto question. It could have been a moment, because any answer will hurt him a lot

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:28 JST Ian Bicking

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     Harris is going down the non-grievance path on race... Nate Silver will be excited (ala https://www.natesilver.net/p/kamala-harris-is-not-going-back-to )

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:29 JST Ian Bicking

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     "This... ... ... former president"

     Mmm, I feel ya

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:29 JST Ian Bicking

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     Realistically barely anyone thinks about our involvement in Afghanistan anymore unless it is brought up for other reasons.

     Maybe we should? I don't know, maybe not?

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:30 JST Ian Bicking

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     Phew, commercial break.

     Great moderation! I should learn the journalists' names

     Edit: ABC News' David Muir and Linsey Davis

     It's like their names rhyme!

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:30 JST Ian Bicking

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     He totally forgot to talk about Afghanistan because he was obsessed with Russia. He WANTS to talk about Afghanistan.

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:31 JST Ian Bicking

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     Complimenting Orban: "They call him a strong man"

     His ignorance/mental deficiency is really coming out

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:31 JST Ian Bicking

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     Trump has had a lot more rebuttals than Harris, right?

     She's not as reactive so it's harder for me to tell which of her times are rebuttals

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:32 JST Ian Bicking

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     What does "peacefully and patriotically" mean?

     I feel like Charlottesville is a bit overdone though. She should have named one of the officers who died

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:33 JST Ian Bicking

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     Kamala's little jabs are great chaff. But I'm surprised Trump was able to move on from the crowd size as quickly as he did

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:33 JST Ian Bicking

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     "I'm talking now, does that sound familiar?" WTF?

     Trump is getting actively dumber through this

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     Ian Bicking (ianbicking@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Sep-2024 13:52:34 JST Ian Bicking

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     I did gasp when Trump brought up eating dogs, and then defended it because it was on TV. He really is running on an old-man-yelling-at-the-television platform.