No idea what he is talking about (I'm assuming, if true, he has been fed info a-la wikileaks in 2016) but I don't expect anything to move anything at this point. One, it's way too late. Two, nobody on his campaign bothered to pay attention to how Cal Cunningham's infidelity scandal knocked him out of the senate race.
Oh wait, I mean increased his lead. Right now, voters don't care so much. Their minds are made up and they are not going to change.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
That's the impression I get. I think the only thing they can hope for is dominating the headlines, and generating some negative press... I don't think it will do much to move any needles.
I've been interested to see the medias self control on the Hunter Biden story. It is rare to see, at this level and to this extent.
Wouldn't it be nice if the media waited until there was a fully sourced and verified "story" before reporting it. What a novel idea! I can't wait until libel laws start being enforced again. Unfortunately, the media is in a giant race to generate clicks so practices the ready, fire, aim form of journalism, and there are two different versions of the truth - one that largely existed for the first 200+ years of this country's existence, and another one.
I read a report today (can't find link at moment) about how the NY Post reporter who wrote it refused to have his byline included since he was not faithful that the story itself was true. It was pushed by the editors, and looked upon with disdain by the writers.
Edit..found the link. Unfortunately it is by the Times, so it is paywalled. (Try in a different browser, maybe will work sans cookies.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/18/b...ter-biden.html
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
As a long-time practicing member of the absolute lowest paying subspecialty on the planet (actually, people in my subspecialty get paid less than any practicing physicians in any primary care OR specialty practice, period), I can only HOPE that Biden upsets the apple cart. It can only benefit me!
"We are not provided with wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can take for us, an effort which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world." --M. Proust
It's not just that -- He said that there were Hillary emails with classified information on Anthony Weiner's computer, which emerged in the criminal investigations involving the former congressman. Pretty hard for that tidbit to slide past unnoticed.
Anyway, I agree that Biden doesn't need help from Hillary except in a very few places. The "sell-by date" for the Clintons was many years ago.
Sage Grouse
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'When I got on the bus for my first road game at Duke, I saw that every player was carrying textbooks or laptops. I coached in the SEC for 25 years, and I had never seen that before, not even once.' - David Cutcliffe to Duke alumni in Washington, DC, June 2013
Retiring GOP Senator Lamar Alexander responds to Trump attacking Fauci...
“Dr. Fauci is one of our country’s most distinguished public servants. He has served 6 presidents, starting with Ronald Reagan. If more Americans paid attention to his advice, we’d have fewer cases of COVID-19, & it would be safer to go back to school & back to work & out to eat.“
https://twitter.com/SenAlexander/sta...59834437906439
Meanwhile, President Trump keeps attacking Fauci, and “exposes” one of the main reasons I shake my head at him...
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...52740431155200
The fact that he struggles with basic written English is SUCH an affront to me. Exposing? Do you mean ESPOUSING?! I hate his improper grammar and terrible spelling... there is a certain level of intelligence and basic ability with language that should be a requirement of being President, and Trump does not have it.
The Trump campaign is now complaining about the topics chosen for Thursday's debate - they want the emphasis to be fully on foreign policy, stating that this is how it has always been done. If "foreign policy" was not meant as another way to say "Hunter Biden" I think people might be more understanding. One of the six topics is "national security" which I would interpret as basically being foreign policy.
https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...-debate-topics
Trump really has no leverage here and I don't think the American public will feel sympathy for him on this. He never got the memo on "you catch more flies with honey." Some people see this as strength, others see it as being a childish bully. The best thing that could happen to Biden is for Trump to bail. The commission was discussing the revised rules today - we'll see what they are and what kind of a reaction they generate. If I were Biden and Trump starts going on a monologue about Hunter, I would just say "I thought we were here to discuss policy, not our families," hold up a sign with the current COVID death toll, mic drop and walk off the stage.
Q "Why do you like Duke, you didn't even go there." A "Because my art school didn't have a basketball team."
Significant blow to the GOP in terms of stopping votes from being counted. The Supremes have weighed in.
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/19/92241...r-election-day
The 4-4 ruling means we revert to the lower court ruling (in this case the Penn Supreme Court). It is rulings like this that have the GOP foaming at the mouth to get ACB on the court so there are no more 4-4 votes.The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that election officials in Pennsylvania can count absentee ballots received as late as the Friday after Election Day so long as they are postmarked by Nov. 3.
The Court declined without comment to take up one of the highest-profile election law cases in the final stretch before Election. Pennsylvania Republicans had sought to block the counting of late-arriving ballots, which the state's Supreme Court had approved last month.
Republicans sought the emergency stay, arguing that it is up to the state's legislature — not the court — to set rules for how elections are conducted. They also said the court's ruling could allow ballots cast after Election Day to be counted.
The Court's most conservative justices, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas said they would have agreed to the stay request. But Chief Justice John Roberts joined the Court's three most liberal member to reject the request.
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Presidential debate commission says there will be muted mikes at this week's debate. Trump cannot be happy about that.
https://deadline.com/2020/10/donald-...es-1234600075/
To stop the dumpster fire lit by the constantly interrupting ex-Celebrity Apprentice host at the first meet-up between the candidates back on September 29, the Commission on Presidential Debates revealed today that they are going to turn off one contender’s microphone while the other speaks on Thursday in Nashville … all of which puts Trump’s already argumentative participation at likely risk just two weeks before Election Day.
“Under the agreed upon debate rules, each candidate is to have two minutes of uninterrupted time to make remarks at the beginning of each 15-minute segment of the debate,” the CPS said on Monday evening after a day of meetings on possible rule changes. “These remarks are to be followed by a period of open discussion.”
“Both campaigns this week again reaffirmed their agreement to the two-minute, uninterrupted rule,” the bi-partisan group added. “The Commission is announcing today that in order to enforce this agreed upon rule, the only candidate whose microphone will be open during these two-minute periods is the candidate who has the floor under the rules. For the balance of each segment, which by design is intended to be dedicated to open discussion, both candidates’ microphones will be open.”
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