#politics I hope to be proved wrong next month, but in the states that will decide the election, there seems to be more men who can’t stomach the idea of a woman president- and a Black one at that - then there are all other voters. How else to explain Trump, an old, misogynist, racist, lying, dictator-loving felon in cognitive decline, running even and even ahead of Harris in those states? Yikes! I fear for our country.

C’mon, Duck. You think the government would step in to limit purchases? Did it do that during the pandemic? No. Individual stores did it. And speaking of WWII rationing, there’s evidence that much of it was bogus - done for patriotic morale, so the nation would feel involved in the war effort. Anyway, until January, at least, the “crisis” is over.

Toilet paper? Really? It’s being hoarded again because of the longshoremen’s strike. TP does not come from overseas, people. It’s manufactured here in the U.S.A. We still cut down American forests to make it. Imported cheese and champagne - well, you’ll have to tough that out. Unless you want to try (gasp!) cheese from Vermont and Wisconsin and bubbly from California.

So what if Walz beats Vance in the debate, that most say he will? Big yawn. What does it matter? Answer: it doesn’t. Republicans will say Vance mopped the floor with Walz, and Democrats will say the opposite. But Vance is unpopular, right? One of the most awful picks for VP of all time? Who is saying that? Democrats. Well, duh.

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So Judge Cannon gets the would-be Trump assassin case. Wow. What a coincidence. I can predict his lawyers will try to get her removed because of obvious Trump bias on her part. Should be interesting.

Can someone explain to me why pro athletes get to live year-round in the U.S. and play against the U.S. in international competitions like the Olympics and the Presidents Cup? Jason Day hasn’t lived in Australia for decades, yet gets to play for Australia against us in the Presidents Cup. Will he be part of the mass deportation promised by Trump? Just wondering.

I had to laugh when I read what Harris said in response to a shooter on Trump’s golf course in Florida, apparently targeting him: “Violence has no place in America.” Well, such platitudes are expected, especially from the one running against Trump, but really? America is one of the most violent countries on Earth. Likewise, “This is not who we are.” It’s exactly who we are. Come to grips with it, people, and at least make it harder for the violent among us to commit mass violence.

The other day I was behind a box trailer being towed by a pickup waiting for the light to turn green. Subjected the whole time to a flag hanging from the trailer’s door handle proclaiming, “TRUMP. Fuck your feelings.” Now I’m not sure what that meant, but I have a good idea the truck driver was a Trump supporter. Who does stuff like that except Trump supporters? These in-your-face political statements? Signs of insecurity, maybe?

Hate to say this, but if the Republicans ran a convicted felon, a man deemed guilty of sexual assault, a man who favors the leader of one of our country’s enemies, the man who stole classified documents, a man who incited his followers to attack the Capitol to stop the new president from being certified, a man who says our country is a failing, third-world country, the election would still be close. Wait! That’s exactly what they did. And they could still win!

There are no “undecided” voters at this point in the election cycle. Those who claim to be either have already decided but don’t want to say, or don’t plan on voting.

“Coming up, Robbie Reporter talks to three people in Swing State X about what they think of the candidates for president.”

Who cares what three people sitting in a bar or ambushed off the street think? That would be a poll with a margin of error of +/- 10,000 %. Give me a break.

#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.

#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.

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!

#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 . . .”