Kamala Harris

[PPT]

So the latest leftie hero, well let’s just say ‘embellished’ his military record?
#leftyliar

 

[moomba]

So the latest leftie hero, well let’s just say ‘embellished’ his military record?
#leftyliar

Not really sure why the Republicans are playing this game, but the last few weeks have been a disaster for them so I guess it's fitting they keep making stupid decisions.

Harris /Walz have vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a smart campaign. This isn't one of them.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

So the latest leftie hero, well let’s just say ‘embellished’ his military record?
#leftyliar

Where's the evidence? Hunter's laptop?

 

[ChicagoBlue]

So the latest leftie hero, well let’s just say ‘embellished’ his military record?
#leftyliar

Too funny!

Captain BoneSpurs campaign is going to try to undermine Walz’s TWENTY FOUR YEARS of service?

Good luck with that!

As for #leftyliar, we can do the #leftyliar vs #rightyliar comparison if you’d like?

HAHAHAHAHA!!

What’s that I smell?
Oh yeah, I recognize that smell now… it’s DESPERATION!!

While I hate to even bring it up, my father-in-law would like a word. He flew transport aircraft in support of the Vietnam War effort. Never saw Vietnam, as he flew into Japan and the Philippines, yet he’s pretty sure he served in the USAF in support of the Vietnam War!

Also, you might want to listen to Republican Adam Kinzinger on military service, what it means, and how spitting mad he is at this disgraceful denigration of 24 fucking years of military service.

Just in case you didn’t know and are simply a parrot, Walz served 24 years. That’s 4 more years than most National Guardsmen, because at 20 yrs you can retire with a full pension.

At 24 years, Walz wanted to run for Congress, so he retired as a Sergeant Major, after reaching the HIGHEST rank of an enlisted serviceman.

Funny, though, isn’t it, that the self-described, flag waving “patriots” are the ones who like to “Swift Boat” people who actually served FOR the flag, while they not only never served, but ran away from the draft?!

And, before you tell me about Vance’s stint “in theatre,” he was a Press Liaison Officer. I’m not knocking his willingness to serve, just keeping it real.

The Right Wing fear is palpable!

 

[west didsblue]

Not really sure why the Republicans are playing this game, but the last few weeks have been a disaster for them so I guess it's fitting they keep making stupid decisions.

Harris /Walz have vulnerabilities that could be exploited by a smart campaign. This isn't one of them.

A focus on the candidates military service records won’t be something that plays out well for former President Bone Spurs.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Where's the evidence? Hunter's laptop?

It’s an old story from almost 20 yrs ago. He served in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Right wingers said he was embellishing his service because he was not stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan, but in Italy! Plenty of people were sent to support the mission at Aviano.

I “served” the war effort, too. Never went to Iraq or Afghanistan, but I airlifted troops to and from their initial staging at Hahn, before they headed to the M.E. (Kuwait, IIRC). Never wore a military uniform, but we did MAC (Military Air Charter) flights in the 747 between the USA-Germany-Kuwait.

Under Trump, am I now a “loser,” or does the fact that I didn’t get shot down make me OK?!

That’s how stupidly pathetic this whole thing is! All they know is ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK, regardless of how stupid it sounds or how vulnerable they are to the same attack. They always want to put Democrats on the defensive so they are put in the position of having to answer their attacks, while Democrats have literally decided “No! This time, WE are going on the attack, because YOU are the ones who need to answer for your weirdness, Project 2025, your record from 2017-2021, and your complete lack of mainstream ideas for ACTUALLY making America what you think makes it great!!”

Strap in, because Harris & Walz are loaded for bear!

 

[Kippaxpete]

The election boards report to the state attorney general, who certifies the state results to congress. The election boards have no discretion but must carry out this ministerial action. They just make sure the returns are all present and added up correctly and attempts to delay certification will be met with arrest in states where it is a crime to refuse certification and emergency court action where it is not.
Just this week Maga passed a new ‘rule’ in Georgia for their election board making it easier to delay certification. But Georgia state law renders such “rules” nugatory and the AG will not act on them.
Marc Elias, asked what would happen in these circumstances, said: “We need to be vigilant but I promise you they will not succeed.”
Elias has dedicated his law firm to the defence of democracy and to the upholding of voter rights. For example he has won numerous cases to defeat gerrymandered districts.
To follow this saga, Google ‘Democracy Docket’ and sign up for regular emails from them.

Informative and insightful post. Oh and I learned a new word, Nugatory. Who knew?

 

[The Future’s Blue!]

It’s an old story from almost 20 yrs ago. He served in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Right wingers said he was embellishing his service because he was not stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan, but in Italy! Plenty of people were sent to support the mission at Aviano.

I “served” the war effort, too. Never went to Iraq or Afghanistan, but I airlifted troops to and from their initial staging at Hahn, before they headed to the M.E. (Kuwait, IIRC). Never wore a military uniform, but we did MAC (Military Air Charter) flights in the 747 between the USA-Germany-Kuwait.

Under Trump, am I now a “loser,” or does the fact that I didn’t get shot down make me OK?!

That’s how stupidly pathetic this whole thing is! All they know is ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK, regardless of how stupid it sounds or how vulnerable they are to the same attack. They always want to put Democrats on the defensive so they are put in the position of having to answer their attacks, while Democrats have literally decided “No! This time, WE are going on the attack, because YOU are the ones who need to answer for your weirdness, Project 2025, your record from 2017-2021, and your complete lack of mainstream ideas for ACTUALLY making America what you think makes it great!!”

Strap in, because Harris & Walz are loaded for bear!

It’s a pathetic attempt to try to soil what he has achieved. It’s simple, his hard work, fortitude and commitment to service saw him to one of the highest positions in soldier service. With an impeccable record, this should be the last thing the MAGA/ GOP should be talking about.

 

[Vienna_70]

Too funny!

Captain BoneSpurs campaign is going to try to undermine Walz’s TWENTY FOUR YEARS of service?

Good luck with that!

As for #leftyliar, we can do the #leftyliar vs #rightyliar comparison if you’d like?

HAHAHAHAHA!!

What’s that I smell?
Oh yeah, I recognize that smell now… it’s DESPERATION!!

While I hate to even bring it up, my father-in-law would like a word. He flew transport aircraft in support of the Vietnam War effort. Never saw Vietnam, as he flew into Japan and the Philippines, yet he’s pretty sure he served in the USAF in support of the Vietnam War!

Also, you might want to listen to Republican Adam Kinzinger on military service, what it means, and how spitting mad he is at this disgraceful denigration of 24 fucking years of military service.

Just in case you didn’t know and are simply a parrot, Walz served 24 years. That’s 4 more years than most National Guardsmen, because at 20 yrs you can retire with a full pension.

At 24 years, Walz wanted to run for Congress, so he retired as a Sergeant Major, after reaching the HIGHEST rank of an enlisted serviceman.

Funny, though, isn’t it, that the self-described, flag waving “patriots” are the ones who like to “Swift Boat” people who actually served FOR the flag, while they not only didn’t served, but ran away from the draft?!

And, before you tell me about Vance’s stint “in theatre,” he was a Press Liaison Officer. I’m not knocking his willingness to serve, just keeping it real.

The Right Wing fear is palpable!

That’s a great response, mate.

 

[lloydie]

So the latest leftie hero, well let’s just say ‘embellished’ his military record?
#leftyliar

Strange attack from a supporter of a coward for whom they had to invent a new metric of dishonesty, LPM.

 

[Vienna_70]

It’s an old story from almost 20 yrs ago. He served in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Right wingers said he was embellishing his service because he was not stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan, but in Italy! Plenty of people were sent to support the mission at Aviano.

I “served” the war effort, too. Never went to Iraq or Afghanistan, but I airlifted troops to and from their initial staging at Hahn, before they headed to the M.E. (Kuwait, IIRC). Never wore a military uniform, but we did MAC (Military Air Charter) flights in the 747 between the USA-Germany-Kuwait.

Under Trump, am I now a “loser,” or does the fact that I didn’t get shot down make me OK?!

That’s how stupidly pathetic this whole thing is! All they know is ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK, regardless of how stupid it sounds or how vulnerable they are to the same attack. They always want to put Democrats on the defensive so they are put in the position of having to answer their attacks, while Democrats have literally decided “No! This time, WE are going on the attack, because YOU are the ones who need to answer for your weirdness, Project 2025, your record from 2017-2021, and your complete lack of mainstream ideas for ACTUALLY making America what you think makes it great!!”

Strap in, because Harris & Walz are loaded for bear!

Talking of the Republicans' record from 17-21, in the run-up to the 2016 election, they were all over repealing the Affordable Care Act, probably because it was brought into law by a black man.

Eight years later, it’s still in place.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

It’s a pathetic attempt to try to soil what he has achieved. It’s simple, his hard work, fortitude and commitment to service saw him to one of the highest positions in soldier service. With an impeccable record, this should be the last thing the MAGA/ GOP should be talking about.

Don’t worry, it’s going to turn off older Americans especially, and that’s their base.

Thankfully, my old Republican MIL & FIL (retired Air Force Academy Flight Officer) are so repulsed by Trump and what he stands for, they simply can’t vote for him. Oh, and that hasn’t changed from the last time, when he wasn’t a convicted felon yet, hadn’t taken the $10M from Egypt, etc…

I honestly don’t think Trump will get as many votes as he did when he won or lost! 20 million Boomers are dead and there are now 40 million new Millennials & Gen Z who are of voting age since he won in 2016.

He looks defeated. He sounds delusional. And, America has simply decided he’s not the Trump of old, he’s just old!

 

[somapop]

That’s a good map. I used to live right where the Haight, Cole Valley and the Castro meet. Went to high school in the outer Sunset. Still work in the Financial District but live across the GGB in Marin County. I drive across it 2x a day!

I never made it to the GGB for some reason (but it felt omnipresent, although less so than the Oakland Bay bridge).

By the way, my (genuinely) other favourite movie is Coppola's The Conversation. Also set in SF and centered on Union Square. On my second visit (with my ex) on the first night we bumped into the filming of Nash Bridges if anyone remembers that!

I'd imagine Marin County is an amazing place to live and I'd personally love that commute (my heart straddles big city vibes and beautiful countryside).

 

[KS55]

Don’t worry, it’s going to turn off older Americans especially, and that’s their base.

Thankfully, my old Republican MIL & FIL (retired Air Force Academy Flight Officer) are so repulsed by Trump and what he stands for, they simply can’t vote for him. Oh, and that hasn’t changed from the last time, when he wasn’t a convicted felon yet, hadn’t taken the $10M from Egypt, etc…

I honestly don’t think Trump will get as many votes as he did when he won or lost! 20 million Boomers are dead and there are now 40 million new Millennials & Gen Z who are of voting age since he won in 2016.

He looks defeated. He sounds delusional. And, America has simply decided he’s not the Trump of old, he’s just old!

Polls of independents moving heavily in favour of Harris. Trump is toast.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Talking of the Republicans' record from 17-21, in the run-up to the 2016 election, they were all over repealing the Affordable Care Act, probably because it was brought into law by a black man.

Eight years later, it’s still in place.

We are going to do 3 big things when Trump is President in 2025:

1) Repeal ObamaCare with something much bigger, better and cheaper. That plan will be out in about 2 weeks,

2) Have Infrastructure Week the first week,

3) Have Mexico finish building the rest of the Border Wall.

After FOUR LONG YEARS of telling us he was going all of these things, he accomplished NONE OF THEM, but he did take over women’s bodies and made money equal free speech, and thus allow billionaires to buy the SCOTUS he and the writers of Project 2025 built!

For context on just the Border Wall…

There is a 1,954 mile border. Before Trump came into office there were walls or barriers along 649 miles of it, mostly in and around the border cities and known crossing points.

Trump added 52 (yes, FIFTY TWO) miles of additional wall, after all of his bragging and bluster.

Quietly, Biden has added a further 20 miles in Yuma, AZ, a recent hotspot.

1,954 miles of Mexican border, 721 down only 1,233 miles to go.

If Trump is elected, at his previous new wall build rate, he will be done in 24 years, or SIX Presidential Terms! No wonder he wants to be President for life, because he’ll be dead before he gets 10% more built!!!

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Polls of independents moving heavily in favour of Harris. Trump is toast.

Marist poll of LIKELY VOTERS have her up by EIGHT POINTS!! Not sure I believe it’s that much, but I’ll take it!

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Marist poll of LIKELY VOTERS have her up by EIGHT POINTS!! Not sure I believe it’s that much, but I’ll take it!

Long ways to go.

How accurate are the polls. Who knows? Can I believe Trump is falling behind absolutely.

A big issue I see for Trump is that he has been rinsing his supporters for months. Trying to get the vibe up and get a lead in the polls and trying to get money. I sence exhaustion on there side. He just doesn't have good material and his rambling hours long speeches are getting really tired. And who knows where the money has gone.

On the Dems side. It all feels new. It is new and unexpected. And it has a genuine excitement to it.

I can only assume the polls will keep moving to the dems. And Trump's seems to react badly to losing ground and then responds in a self destructive way, so maybe a doom loop starting to emerge for him. But dems will never forget that Trump won from behind in 2016. So no complacency.

 

[Vienna_70]

Long ways to go.

How accurate are the polls. Who knows? Can I believe Trump is falling behind absolutely.

A big issue I see for Trump is that he has been rinsing his supporters for months. Trying to get the vibe up and get a lead in the polls and trying to get money. I sence exhaustion on there side. He just doesn't have good material and his rambling hours long speeches are getting really tired. And who knows where the money has gone.

On the Dems side. It all feels new. It is new and unexpected. And it has a genuine excitement to it.

I can only assume the polls will keep moving to the dems. And Trump's seems to react badly to losing ground and then responds in a self destructive way, so maybe a doom loop starting to emerge for him. But dems will never forget that Trump won from behind in 2016. So no complacency.

The FBI reopening the investigation into Hillary's emails just days before the election didn’t help her cause, and gave the idiot a fillip.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

What is this $10m from Egypt thing for Trump?

 

[Elbow beards]

It’s an old story from almost 20 yrs ago. He served in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Right wingers said he was embellishing his service because he was not stationed in Iraq or Afghanistan, but in Italy! Plenty of people were sent to support the mission at Aviano.

I “served” the war effort, too. Never went to Iraq or Afghanistan, but I airlifted troops to and from their initial staging at Hahn, before they headed to the M.E. (Kuwait, IIRC). Never wore a military uniform, but we did MAC (Military Air Charter) flights in the 747 between the USA-Germany-Kuwait.

Under Trump, am I now a “loser,” or does the fact that I didn’t get shot down make me OK?!

That’s how stupidly pathetic this whole thing is! All they know is ATTACK ATTACK ATTACK, regardless of how stupid it sounds or how vulnerable they are to the same attack. They always want to put Democrats on the defensive so they are put in the position of having to answer their attacks, while Democrats have literally decided “No! This time, WE are going on the attack, because YOU are the ones who need to answer for your weirdness, Project 2025, your record from 2017-2021, and your complete lack of mainstream ideas for ACTUALLY making America what you think makes it great!!”

Strap in, because Harris & Walz are loaded for bear!

Man, you've had some career, you must be so proud. Wouldn't be surprised if you wore a fedora and a bull whip. :)