The Debates — Page 5

Bwaygurl2 said: "Jay Lerner-Z said: "Uncle Sam got you good."

What an awful thing to say to a veteran. You masquerade as a moral person. In reality you are a smug key board warrior who doesn't even contribute anything worthwhile to an Internet conversation, let alone contribute to your country. I can assure you none of us would miss you if you stopped posting."

Thank you. And I say that on behalf of all veterans who, like me, sometimes find ourselves the target of internet trolls and bullies who ridicule and demean our military service.

Bwaygurl2 said: "I can assure you none of us would miss you if you stopped posting."

Your assurances would be erroneous. I disagree with Jay more than you'd probably expect, but I appreciate his very pointed and distinctive takes on a lot of topics.

And while I wouldn't have used quite the same words that he used, I agree with him that the other poster's apparent condemnation of Muhammad Ali as a coward is severely misguided.

Updated On: 9/14/24 at 05:22 PM

“Uncle Sam got you good"

Just in case my comment has been misunderstood, I am referring to the military propaganda machine. I want YOU. Etc.

My feeling is that it is more disrespectful to veterans of Vietnam to keep pretending that the war was a good thing. I would never be disrespectful or ridiculing or demeaning to these people, who I see as victims. This truth should be recognized.

I fail to even see how HG could possibly take offense at this.

Updated On: 9/15/24 at 11:19 AM

I’m not your biggest fan either.

I'm just reflecting on the hate-filled abuse I suffered here yesterday.

I fail to understand it. I'd like to remind folks that "victim" is not an insult in any way, or derogatory in any way. I thought everybody knew this, but seemingly not. I'd also like to stress that "victim" and "hero" are in no way mutually exclusive.

And, Rachel Maddow will interview Hillary Clinton tonight (MSNBC, 9 PM ET). Hillary was part of the team to help Kamala prepare for the Presidential Debate. Shows the AMAZING work that can be accomplished when two strong women (one a woman of color) come together to triumph over a COWARDLY MAGA SEXUAL ABUSER.

Wouldn’t NLB be kinda wasted on Herbie? Not much comedy to mine, or maybe I’m wrong.

EDIT… sorry, wrong thread, wrong BOARD… like how?

Updated On: 9/18/24 at 07:00 PM

They need a “star”, or a “celebrity”?

Not the same thing. Daniel Radcliffe is a lovely and decent guy, but to me at least he is not a star.

Apparently, the Convicted Felon is claiming that the Presidential Debate audience "went crazy" for him. There was no audience.

Hmmm.

Kamala Harris has accepted an invitation from CNN for a second Presidential Debate on October 23rd. Same rules as for the first debate. Nothing from the other side.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/21/politics/presidential-debate-harris-trump-cnn/index.html

The Convicted Felon has said "No" to a second debate with Kamala Harris because "it's too late".

Uh-Huh

Updated On: 9/22/24 at 06:17 PM

That was an interesting debate. Both candidates seemed decent, warm, and likeable. I say seemed. Obviously one is not. There were hints of the evil lurking underneath at times , but overall I’d say JD Vance came out of that quite well. Unfortunately.

Can we just skip to November 6 already?

It was nice to actually have a debate where one of the candidates doesn't resort to name calling for 90 minutes. It was fairly civil, too. Vance lied for the majority of the debate while Walz was clearly nervous for the first 30 minutes or so. Nothing groundbreaking from either but Vance, at the end, still won't admit that #45 lost the 2020 election.