Taking the day off

[Doctor Phibes]

@Mik said in Taking the day off:

I have a feeling they are going to be victim to the sae thing they were in 2016 - hubris.

Well, thank God Mr. Trump is never guilty of that particular sin.

[Mik]

He's not in this case. The man is working hard at being reelected. The same cannot be said for Biden.

[Doctor Phibes]

@Mik said in Taking the day off:

He's not in this case. The man is working hard at being reelected. The same cannot be said for Biden.

I suspect Trump loves campaigning at least partly because it allows him to go on about how freaking awesome he is. He's had rallies for his entire presidency.

I'm not defending Biden, he's a piss-poor candidate. But let's not pretend that Trump is a modest man working humbly away to get elected by an electorate he respects and wishes to serve.

[Larry]

You know... actually he does respect the people and want to serve us. Thats a big error all Trump bashers make about the man. And it's not like it's hard to tell.

[Mik]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Taking the day off:

@Mik said in Taking the day off:

He's not in this case. The man is working hard at being reelected. The same cannot be said for Biden.

I suspect Trump loves campaigning at least partly because it allows him to go on about how freaking awesome he is. He's had rallies for his entire presidency.

I'm not defending Biden, he's a piss-poor candidate. But let's not pretend that Trump is a modest man working humbly away to get elected by an electorate he respects and wishes to serve.

You projected that. It's not what I said at all. I said he's working hard to get re-elected. while Joe sits in his basement.

[Doctor Phibes]

My point was about hubris. There's certainly no shortage.

[Mik]

No one said there wasn't. My comment referred to the Democrats assuming they are going to win, four years after making the same mistake.

[Doctor Phibes]

I suspect this time around it's because somebody has said 'let's let Trump shoot himself in the foot, whilst simultaneously stepping on his dick', and assumed they'd win based on not being the last person to say/Tweet something stoopid.

I also think it's a mistake, as it happens.

[George K]

More debate prep, no doubt:

[Klaus]

Regardless of the specifics of this election, I wonder how much influence these election events all over the US have.

I'd guess that a person who buys tickets to an event like that has already made up his or her mind. Would somebody who sits on the fence buy a ticket for an event and be convinced by the speech or something?

[Axtremus]

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/25/biden-campaign-lid-trump-421824

[Loki]

@Klaus said in Taking the day off:

Regardless of the specifics of this election, I wonder how much influence these election events all over the US have.

I'd guess that a person who buys tickets to an event like that has already made up his or her mind. Would somebody who sits on the fence buy a ticket for an event and be convinced by the speech or something?

There are massive get out the vote drives. It’s pretty easy to identify people by party now, those with a low propensity to vote. You get a knock on the door by someone who looks like you or something in the mail handwritten and mailed by a volunteer who gets a packet of people to send a mailing to.

Minds are made up but getting them to vote is still in the balance.

[George K]

Another day of prep:

[Klaus]

Where does this strange phrase "call a lid" suddenly come from?

[LuFins Dad]

[Doctor Phibes]

@Klaus said in Taking the day off:

Where does this strange phrase "call a lid" suddenly come from?

America.

I could list a bunch of other fucking stupid phrases they've come up with, but I'm a guest here and don't want to be rude.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Klaus said in Taking the day off:

Where does this strange phrase "call a lid" suddenly come from?

It's not sudden, it's been part of White House journo speak since the start of the press corps.

It means that after the lid's called, the White House has no intention of releasing any kind of policy updates or other bullshit, so the journalists covering the White House can get to work on whatever stories they have without worrying about something more important being released later, to the extent possible.

It's good for the journalists because it allows them to plan better, and it's good for the White House because it's a way of controlling the news cycle on their end. So overall, it's very bad for journalism and it's another reason why the White House is actually a shit beat. You're either a glorified stenographer or a gossip columnist.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Taking the day off:

don't want to be rude

Why stop now?

[Loki]

There is a nontrivial chance Biden wouldn’t make four years and Kamala would have to step in. That said even if inevitable it wouldn’t change one vote and might actually help in the voting.

[Copper]

Obviously

She has the two most important characteristics for a president to have