President Biden: The NEW one and only politics thread

Didn’t watch.

Who beat?

 

My dad was raised without indoor plumbing.

Vance is the broiest of bros.

 

I was rooting for a Lloyd Bentsen moment that never came. So this one's a push. Won't move the needle.

 

Whitman rights etc.

 

Not surprised by this. There are no undecided voters, just uninformed ones or people unwilling to acknowledge they've made up their minds.

I don't believe in widespread media bias, but I believe political journalists have conditioned themselves to hold normal politicians to a different standard than the batshit ones.

As mentioned earlier, the fact that Vance wasn't feral on stage should not be the bar to say he did well. If you're going to hold Walz/Harris accountable for any deviations from facts they may use, do the same with Vance and Trump.

CBS' debate process was an abject failure. Presidential and vice presidential candidates should be grilled by informed moderators like they are on a witness stand where they can't plead the fifth. We have the technology to fact check in real time. Use it. Hell, have a designated fact checker as moderator. If it's a repeated lie, like the Haitian immigrant bullshit, you know it's coming. If it's a new lie, carve out time for corrections.

My frustration with this election is boiling over because the American public is too stupid and selfish to understand or care they're being lied to, and the media is terrified of holding anyone accountable.

To slightly modify a rant from Bruno Gianelli from the West Wing...

Instead of saying, "Well, excuse me, you right-wing, reactionary, xenophobic, homophobic, anti-education, anti-choice, pro-gun, Leave It To Beaver trip back to the Fifties...!", the media has cowered in the corner, and said, "Please. Don't. Hurt. Me."