#debate Harris was smart to immediately call for a second debate after her thumping of Trump last night. Puts the pressure on him, who will demand a Fox-sponsored debate with Hannity and Ingraham as moderators (which he’s already done, and that ain’t happening), or question why he needs to debate again, since it “was my best debate, and all the polls showed I won.” Not! Either way, he has an exit excuse which will make him look weak - again.

@TheresaVermont Exactly!

#debate Harris should be the one criticizing the ABC moderators, who let Trump have more time to argue anytime he wanted to when it wasn’t his turn to speak. The one time she wanted to rebut a lie Trump told about her, they wouldn’t let her. But, unlike Trump, she kept her cool.

Now that Taylor Swift has come out for Harris - forced to, because an AI-generated video showed her endorsing Trump - we’ll see if Republicans call for boycotting the Kansas City Chiefs. Wouldn’t surprise me.

I like Rachel Maddow. But why is she given the moderator spot in the presidential debate discussion on MSNBC? She’s essentially left the network to pursue personal career ambition. Lawrence O’Donnell would be a more appropriate pick, IMO.

@S_r_stone Shame has been eliminated since the advent of Trump.

@Marc_T_Benedict True! I’m taken back to the ‘30s, when prominent Americans, like Lindbergh and Joseph Kennedy were Nazi sympathizers. It’s always been there, and now millions of Americans have the “permission” to state their racist, autocratic, misogynistic views openly without fear of being relegated to the wacko, ignorable minority.

@S_r_stone The foghorn only works if there is a significant segment of the population who agrees with it. Sadly, that’s the case.

There was a book back in the ‘50s, I think, called The Ugly American. What made me think of that now? Because we have a presidential election in which one of the candidates is a liar, a sexual predator, a convicted felon, and the election polls say the race is tied. It makes me lose faith in the exceptionalism of America. That half of the country would vote for such an unworthy, vindictive, childish narcissist who wants to take away freedoms of the Constitution, depresses me all to hell.

I got it! I got the solution to chaos following a Trump loss in November. Harris should say, and keep saying it, that “If I lose to a convicted felon, a failed businessman, a twice-impeached former president, a philanderer and sexual abuser, and a fat, old incoherent man, there must have been massive fraud in the election!

@S_r_stone Reagan’s line was determinative, at least according to pundits today. And he was a beloved Republican. So I think that would be a good ploy, emphasizing Republican leaders coming out to endorse her.

No, she can’t get bogged down countering his many lies individually..That would favor Trump, who could then use that Reagan line himself.

#debate Here’s what I hope Harris says after a typical Trump rant in their debate: “To quote Ronald Reagan, ‘There you go again.’ You keep spouting lies, hoping that enough voters will believe you if you keep repeating them. None of what you just said is true and can easily be fact-checked. Now here are the real facts . . .”

The Fed waited too long!

Still another item in my series, Stock Market Analysts Don’t Know What They’re Talking About: A few days ago, when the market dipped, it was because investors were anxiously waiting on the Nvidia report, they said. That report was issued yesterday. Though positive, it was not as rosy as the experts wanted/expected. So what happened this morning? Nvidia stock went down, but the market as a whole went up. Go figure.

Trump is weaseling his way out of the debate with Harris. Surprise, surprise.

@Madken65 Yup.

@Madken65 I wonder if that amendment would pass today.