Rock the Vote '24: update (10/14) - Harris to be interviewed by Fox News on Wednesday

[Fizzzzle]

9 minutes ago, SuperSpreader said:

Joe Rogan and his followers represent basic bitch men. They aren't smart and if you talk to them you can walk them through things and help them make sense and feel better about it. They're really dumb and insecure and lash out against anything they don't get that isn't oooga booga ignorant shit.

To be honest, a lot of that stems from the fact that 99% of scientists and experts in general are really, really bad communicators. Joe Rogan has platformed Graham Hancock and all of his bullshit to hell and back, but when he has an actual archaeologist like Flint Dibble on who actually IS a great communicator, who can actually contextualize really complex topics in a way that makes sense to us dummies, it does so much to dispel a lot of conspiracies and misinformation.

 

When the real answer is too complex for our smooth brains to figure out, we'll turn to the closest answer we have that explains things in a way we understand, which is usually conspiracy theories. Or the opposite is true - when we don't want to face the reality that sometimes a group of assholes really did just hijack some planes and kill a bunch of people, we invent a conspiracy to give the world order.

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

6 minutes ago, Signifyin(g)Monkey said:

She needs to have a good answer if he asks her about her background prosecuting weed-related offenses in Cali, though.  It shouldn't be too hard, but she's flubbed some responses to some obvious questions already. (particularly about what she'd do differently from Biden, I'm kind of floored she didn't have a solid answer ready to go when she was asked about it)

 

Just spout some shit about "At the time I was the DA and my job was to prosecute the laws of my state, wrong or right, but if I'm elected president I'm going to be working for all Americans, not just for one state, and I don't think cracking down on weed is going to help the country as a whole", and you're good.  

Nah, outright call for legalization. It’s actually good politics

[Jwheel86]

I don't think the Rogan interview will happen. The fact that we all think it is a good idea means Rogan is probably getting a million calls from his chud buddies to not do it. That said, if it does happen, does Trump do it too? 

[Fizzzzle]

Honestly I think Harris going on Rogan could be alright. Rogan generally doesn't challenge the people he interviews very much. A long-form format that could allow Kamala to be like "no, I'm not going to turn your kids' dicks into vaginas" in an approachable way could actually get people on her side, or (more likely) get the people who were militantly going to vote for Trump to just stay home.

 

"No, we're not trying to turn your kids into white-hating trans people, we never have been. No, we're not Marxist, we never have been, in fact we LOVE big business. Fuck, we'll shoot people on sight at the border. And the fact that Republicans keep trying to tell you that's what we're about shows that they don't have any plans, so they have to invent things to scare you into paying attention because they think you're scared little babies."

 

That should be an easy move.

[5timechamp]

45 minutes ago, Fizzzzle said:

To be honest, a lot of that stems from the fact that 99% of scientists and experts in general are really, really bad communicators.

 

Yup, you see that everywhere, the folks that are proficient and experts in their field arent always the best at presenting or communicating what they do to others…

   A good half informed communicator will be more effective than a knowledgeable bore.. 

  Hell being louder and interrupting is the go to political tool of our time

[Best]

I honestly don't see an issue with Harris going on Rogan. He's not confrontational and is pretty layed back (because he's usually high). 

 

It could only help her at this point. 

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

Reagan sold a generation a bunch of bullshit because (in part) he was a polished actor and there’s a reason he was dubbed “the great communicator” and it’s also a very big reason for the success of Obama and Bill Clinton

[Spork3245]

 

Da fuq

 

EDIT: sorry, this is likely fake  

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

18 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

 

Da fuq

He will always be the bitch losing his mind on air when Obama rolled to reelection in ‘12

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

Going back a decade and telling my past self I’d be voting for the same candidate as Karl rove and Liz Cheney and I would have absolutely lost my goddamn mind and wondered where I went wrong in life

[TUFKAK]

29 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Going back a decade and telling my past self I’d be voting for the same candidate as Karl rove and Liz Cheney and I would have absolutely lost my goddamn mind and wondered where I went wrong in life

I’m just really glad I’m drinking at a lounge reading this

[Reputator]

41 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Going back a decade and telling my past self I’d be voting for the same candidate as Karl rove and Liz Cheney and I would have absolutely lost my goddamn mind and wondered where I went wrong in life

 

It's making me start to question if she's actually a good candidate. 

 

 

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

1 hour ago, Spork3245 said:

 

Da fuq

 

There is ABSOLUTELY ZERO EVIDENCE for this whatsoever.  None at all.

 

If Karl Rove was "rallying support" for Harris, wouldn't that headline be plastered over every media source?

 

Jesus Christ Almighty - this is making seriously reconsider my recent leniency in allowing the posting of ANYTHING from Xwitter at all.

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

I really don't want to sound like an angry old man (though both are absolutely true!), but this is exactly the type of disinformation that's causing the breakdown of practically everything around us and why I genuinely wanted to keep this site free from it as much as I can.

[MarSolo]

Yeah, the closest I could find about Karl Rove saying anything in favor of Kamala was him commenting on the debate: “If Kamala Harris is ‘dumb as rocks’, then what does that make Trump?”

 

And yeah, the Rogan interview is a GREAT idea. Go on Hawk Tuah girl’s podcast and Hot Ones and Kamala has this in the bag.

[mclumber1]

She needs to go on Between Two Ferns

[Reputator]

10 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

There is ABSOLUTELY ZERO EVIDENCE for this whatsoever.  None at all.

 

If Karl Rove was "rallying support" for Harris, wouldn't that be headline that would be plastered over every media source?

 

In this timeline? At this time of year? In this part of the country? Localized entirely on the internet?

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

3 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Go on Rogan and talk about legalizing weed and he will do more than half the talking for you here. 

 

Her campaign just posted "Legalize Recreational Marijuana" on its social media sites about 20 minutes ago.

[MarSolo]

3 minutes ago, Reputator said:

 

In this timeline? At this time of year? In this part of the country? Localized entirely on the internet?

Can I see it?

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

2 minutes ago, Reputator said:

 

In this timeline? At this time of year? In this part of the country? Localized entirely on the internet?

 

Even in our fractured media environment, a Karl Rove endorsement of Harris would be such a "BFD" that it would be completely impossible to avoid!

[Spork3245]

22 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

There is ABSOLUTELY ZERO EVIDENCE for this whatsoever.  None at all.

 

If Karl Rove was "rallying support" for Harris, wouldn't that headline be plastered over every media source?

 

Jesus Christ Almighty - this is making seriously reconsider my recent leniency in allowing the posting of ANYTHING from Xwitter at all.

 

10 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

I really don't want to sound like an angry old man (though both are absolutely true!), but this is exactly the type of disinformation that's causing the breakdown of practically everything around us and why I genuinely wanted to keep this site free from it as much as I can.

It’s not my screen grab.  

Usually I double check these things before posting, but I was too “wtf” about the sentient ham potentially endorsing Kamala, apologies 

[Spork3245]

1 minute ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

Even in our fractured media environment, a Karl Rove endorsement of Harris would be such a "BFD" that it would be completely impossible to avoid!

That was a simpson’s reference regarding steamed hams.

 

2 minutes ago, MarSolo said:

Can I see it?

… No

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

(rubs temples)

[MarSolo]

Just now, Spork3245 said:

That was a simpson’s reference regarding steamed hams.

 

… No

 

Well, Spork, you are an odd follow… but I must say, you steam a good ham.

[SuperSpreader]

Maybe she's campaigning too much

[Reputator]

Just now, SuperSpreader said:

Maybe she's campaigning too much

 

Ok, NYT pitchbot.

[SuperSpreader]

Just now, MarSolo said:

 

Well, Spork, you are an odd follow… but I must say, you steam a good ham.

 

[Spork3245]

7 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

(rubs temples)

I know you don’t like The Simpson’s, but give this less than 3 minute short a chance  

 

 

[GeneticBlueprint]

4 minutes ago, Spork3245 said:

I know you don’t like The Simpson’s, but give this less than 3 minute short a chance  

 

 

 

Funny regardless but definitely hits harder when you are intimately familiar with the dynamic between these two characters.

[CitizenVectron]

[CitizenVectron]

In outreach to Black men, Harris to vow to legalize weed, protect crypto

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Polls show that some Black men may be gravitating toward former President Trump or not vote at all. Vice President Harris and other prominent Democrats are trying to counter that.

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

This is an op-ed piece that discusses this past weekend's NYT/Siena surveys of Black and Latin voters and the "political misdiagnosis" that the Democratic Party (and many others) made that the "browning" of America would ultimately result in a "permanent" Democratic majority:

 

A Political Misdiagnosis - The New York Times

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Democrats imagined that they would become the majority party as America became more racially diverse. It’s not working out that way.

 

Twenty years ago, this book The Emerging Democratic Majority became the core text for this notion.  However, just last year, the authors released a follow-up book Where Have All the Democrats Gone? that essentially acts as repudiation of their original text.

[Reputator]

1 minute ago, CitizenVectron said:

In outreach to Black men, Harris to vow to legalize weed, protect crypto

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Polls show that some Black men may be gravitating toward former President Trump or not vote at all. Vice President Harris and other prominent Democrats are trying to counter that.

 

 

Apparently I missed something somewhere. Why is crypto particularly appealing to blacks?

[TUFKAK]

Just now, Reputator said:

 

Apparently I missed something somewhere. Why is crypto particularly appealing to blacks?

[MarSolo]

So, apparently Trump’s town hall yesterday was just him standing on stage swaying to music after two people had to be hospitalized.