Imagine if all those Harris endorsements showed up on Foxy! The right-wing reaction to the Dems' messaging women married to Magas can discreetly vote for Harris without telling their partners shows just how much patriarchy still thrives in America. Thanks for letter, Heather, I hope those endorsements, both now and earlier, make a difference! This thing shouldn't seem too close to call!
Imagine if all those Harris endorsements showed up on Foxy! The right-wing reaction to the Dems' messaging women married to Magas can discreetly vote for Harris without telling their partners shows just how much patriarchy still thrives in America. Thanks for letter, Heather, I hope those endorsements, both now and earlier, make a difference! This thing shouldn't seem too close to call!
If a woman does not feel comfortable discussing who she intends to vote for with her partner, that is a problem with the relationship, not the Democratic party. When it comes to bodies and voting booths - mind your own damn business!
My sister had a husband who watched Fox News. Wanting peace at home she did naught. I came to visit one day to find him watching Fox hi volume. I Lost it and ordered him to turn it off immediately. As he did I said, “How can you watch that station with a wife you say you love knowing how awful it is for her?” He’s no longer in this realm. I like to imagine even he’d be disgusted with t& cronies.
Maybe he's tuned into the Fox Eternal channel, only in jest mind you. My neighbours have two tvs in the house, one for "her", one for "him", but they're both rabid Dem supports, more or less like myself.
Frank, we have one TV. We turn off the news when we can't stand like last night when we watched no national news. We are both ardent Ds and I can't even imagine living with a person voting for death star. As we have mail in ballots, we sometimes discuss how to vote especially on ballot measures. Across the street is our male R neighbor who doesn't speak to us and his D wife who loves to discuss politics and does when she is at our neighbors without him. He once told her to stop listening to some radio station that she liked and she told him to get lost.
We don't talk about it l, either. I'm almost certain he know how I feel/how I'll vote with how I've been clapping back at family, but he takes a "logical minded" approach and only looks at comparisons of candidates' policies and then votes for the one he likes most. His family is historically Republican, so he has a bias to get over as well that I don't think he acknowledges.
He doesn't follow news, social media, or, unfortunately, HCR.
I understand it, to some extent, and I would like that to be the way of things, but it isn't.
Hitler's policies sounded good on paper too - look where that got us.
Thinking I might need to have a conversation in my house and am dreading it. I hate conflict.
If I may presume to give you advice: approach it gently, and talk about how YOU feel without accusations. How you feel disrespected by TFG, scared about the future of women, etc. Bring "receipts" - proof of what he said, preferably videos. But mostly how he scares you (all of us) if he's elected. Good luck.
Thank you for the advice. We had a long, fraught conversation where neither of us changed each other's mind. He still believes that policy should be all the matters. He isn't a MAGA diehard, for which I am grateful, but he cannot conceive of voting Democrat because their core beliefs/platforms do not align with his. He said if he ends up not liking Republican policies when he looks them up in the next few days that he will vote 3rd party.
I am disheartened and greatly saddened, but not surprised.
You could share some/all of the major U.S. economic news magazine/publications headlines this week about how our current economic health is the envy of the world.
I have a Republican daughter and grandkids in TX, TJB, and we had some uncomfortable conversations a few months back. I learned today that they all voted early for Harris at the top, Allred for senate, Dems when they were on the ballot, and left blank any slots that had only Republican candidates. I don't take any credit for how they voted, but rather than attacking conservative policy, I mostly talked about E. Jean Carroll, the Access Hollywood tape, and Dobbs. I said more than half the people in America are female, and I couldn't trust anyone to be in charge of the whole country who disenfranchised the majority of us. It only points to someone who doesn't consider the whole picture, so how could any of us rely on any of his decisions or policies as sound? Don't know if that helps, but I hope it does.
I asked a dear friend if I really knew his heart like I thought I did. He seemed to think about it but got out of answering me when he died just before the 2016 election. I still wonder... I feel for your situation, such can rip you apart. in so many ways
Trump took Bernie's message to the working class, twisted it, and deployed it. The Democratic Party fenced Bernie out, and because Americans liked Trump's fake-gold bravado and bullying, we got as criminal as a result.
Still griping about 2016? Really? I supported Bernie then and did again in 2020 but he never could have won, he is simply too far left for even very liberal Democrats. It's sad but true. I would much prefer Bernie to any of the Democrats who have run in the past 8 years (including Harris) but I am also a political realist. What I favor doesn't win elections. I still think Harris can win this although I am not very confident. But PLEASE get over Bernie, it's a waste of psychic energy.
I was for Bernie, too, Jon. I still like his take on things, but like you I am a realist. I voted for Hillary, because I thought she could win and Bernie couldn't. I voted for Biden, because more TFG was unthinkable, and again for Harris for the same reason. As to getting to Bernie's goals, I think it's a slow process and won't happen in any one presidency, even his if he'd gotten the job. I do think Kamala's stated agenda will take us farther down the Sanders road, but we won't get there until a possible second term for her or even later. It will depend on how severe the backlash is to a female of color in the oval. We got TFG largely in response to the election of a black man, imho, so what happens after Harris will determine if we progress or regress.
I feel this way about my parents. They live 3 miles away and I haven't been able to bring myself to reach out to them for a month. Of course, they haven't reached out to me either.
I have the same situation. We finally discussed it civilly after a few years of screaming. He really believes the bullshit that Fox spews. I never thought i could be with someone like this but he's a 71 yo white male former construction worker so he's their demographic. I'd say I can't wait until this is over but it won't be over uuntil January. Gotta hang tight and keep the meds coming 🤪
LATE BREAKING NEWS BULLETIN : IN A SURPRISING TURN OF EVENTS, HALF OF DONALD TRUMP’s FACE FELL OFF AFTER HIS ORANGE MAKEUP HARDENED AND PULLED FROM HIS FACE REVEALING AN EMPTY CRANIAL CAVITY WHERE THE RESIDUE OF WORMS ONCE INCUBATED.
Yeah but isn't living in Texas pretty much the same thing? Maybe it's gotten better but when I was there in 2022, I felt the stifling effect of its leanings. I don't care how much financial benefit I could get over California (quite a bit as it turns out) I could never live there, sorry not meaning to offend you, just your state!
Apparently whatever women are doing, they are doing it in the voting booth in greater numbers than men. I appreciate the optimism, and here is more. 5 reasons for hope.
Considering what is "reported" as a weakness constituency for Harris, men who really love women should be kryptonite to maga's too. I know because I am a man who worships the fairer and stronger gender; of every size, shape, and ethnicity, and as a matter of record.
These men are when they vote. I know a lot who do not vote in the Millennial category. Too comfortable, too interested in making money, too caught up on YouTube. Their wives vote, and do not vote MAGA.
Gotta visit the Evangelical pews, Gary, though the joke is funny. also eg a dual citizen professional female in Toronto, Canada, was definitely voting Trump, no hesitation.
While volunteering to handout the Democratic slate pamphlet at an early voting site, I observed many maga couples walking male leading a few steps ahead of the female with adult children trailing!
I start my election polling work tomorrow morning….(Maricopa County), I’m sure I will see similar sights. I am always saddened by the ultra-MAGA women, especially when they bring their children with them…what messages What messages already imprinted.😢
I have a Dem activist friend who was visiting her brother in Scottsdale. She went to a small Kamala event a coupla days ago and to Penzey's yesterday... she said it felt good to feel safe and among friends. If you get overwhelmed, I suggest a trip to Penzey's, Carol. They sell a French herbs concoction that is to die for, and you'll like the vibe.
Campaigning here in Wisconsin. I've seen the oversize glossy flyers a GOP group is mailing out for Jill Stein. Front side environmental issue lies against Harris, backside environmental issue lies for Stein. I canvassed my first self identified Stein voter yesterday, a young woman living in an enclave of McMansions. She said 'sadly this time I'm not voting for any Democratic candidates.' She seemed uneasy but urging herself on. I don't try to dissuade any Trump aligned voters because they can get defensive and dig in. But, I did feel sad. I think her concerns may have to do with Gaza. Electing Trump won't help. Anything.
Trump's policy point-man on the NE - Jared Kushner - has proposed 'bulldozing the Negev desert, building camps for Palestinians' and developing valuable [and Palestinian free] Gaza waterfront property.' Exactly the solution racist right wing religious extremist real estate thugs would pursue.
Trump's solution to every war is capitulate to the "strong man" - Putin, Netanyahu - why bother fighting for silly intangibles like freedom, beliefs and principles?
I have a friend in a RED state who is voting for Stein; she wouldn't if she though it would affect anything..... BUT I've heard the Green Party statements that they are DELIBERATELY going after Harris/Walz and it sickens me...that's not issue driven, it's just hubris and stupid!
Pax, Stein voters will get drowned out so have no worry. It’s too bad that your friend cannot see that Stein is a Russian agent. Does she know her own kids won’t even speak to her and begged her not to run?
I wouldn't give even a half-penny's worth of thought to Stein or RFK Jr., Pax. They're misguided at best, malicious spoilers at worst, but fortunately neither has enough voters to make any difference. Stein's at less than 1%, and Bobby's at 1 or 2% since Harris got in and he got out of the race. Those percentages could make a difference in a swing state, but not in a reliably red or true blue state.
History very clearly shows that votes for 3rd party candidates are not only wasted, but wasted blindly in that there's no guarantee who the wasted vote will favor between the 2 mainstream parties; those waste factor possibilities should be shocking enough to dissuade. *edit - Furthermore, most 3rd party fliers "know" they have no chance of election. Some are put up to taking votes by one of the two mainstream parties.
And if she cares about the environment, one can point out how Jill Stein obviously doesn't if she is willing to risk throwing the election to the most anti-environmental president in history.
I am always careful on this "you're going to throw the election" argument. We argue that voting is the right of every citizen. If they truly believe in Jill (and I can understand why because she is really good left wing on most things) you will just piss them off with that approach. But if their position is to support the Palestinians in Gaza, there I would go full steam on pointing out how MUCH MORE Trump's position is bad for Gaza and how making a choice that is likely to minimize more hurt to the Palestinians is important. Sure Stein would be a better choice in the abstract but it will not help the Gazans of Trump wins. That's the best you can do, I think.
My friend was on the phone with such a person and asked why and gave responses that got the person to see things with new eyes, because they knew nothing.
I told my RFK supporting friend that no matter how much she likes his stands on the environment and vaccines, he doesn't have a prayer of winning, lin+. I said it will come down to TFG and Harris, even if Bobby's still on the ballot, which I believe he is in WI. I'd tell a Stein supporter something similar - that no matter how good Stein looks, she can't get enough electoral college votes to win, so it's better to vote for TFG or Harris, depending on which will be more helpful to Gaza, if that's her #1 issue. Harris supports a 2-state solution, TFG will refuse aid to Palestine and encourage Bibi to bomb it back to the stone age. There's video to support the latter remark, if you can get it teed up on your phone to show 3rd partiers.
History very clearly shows that votes for 3rd party candidates are not only wasted, but wasted blindly in that there's no guarantee who the wasted vote will favor between the 2 mainstream parties; those waste factor possibilities should be shocking enough to dissuade. *edit - Furthermore, most 3rd party fliers "know" they have no chance of election. Some are put up to taking votes by one of the two mainstream parties.
Sorry I generally think that's a bad argument. It makes sense and hopefully smart people will understand but to push it on people who are seriously opposed to Harris is counterproductive. Better to leave them alone and hope they will see the light.
No it's not stupidity. We spend years teaching kids about how serious voting your conscience is so why would we call it stupidity when kids actually learn the lesson and take it to heart? You can try to reason with them but better to leave them with "will at least promise me you won't vote for Trump and think hard about the consequences of your choice. " But too much pressure is highly counterproductive, at least in my estimation.
Your business is your business, but ... I'm a fast walker, too. When I am walking with someone I care about, I slow down to their pace. Just sayin' ...
I know that story, i'm inherently a little slower thanks to ageing hardware, but i smell "the roses" with camera in tow, pretty much umbilical at this stage.
My father-in-law was a slow walker and his girlfriend a fast walker. They lived in NYC and took a walk every day. She would walk her pace to the end of the block, then turn around and walk fast back to him, and so on. They lived together in a NYC apartment. They had plenty of together time.
It is the patriarchy in action. However, these are families that are voting in person so she can do what she wants in the voting booth, just to exercise a little power.
my ex wife tended to walk behind, hardly what i wanted, then she went off her meds, end of that story. Almost kidding. My current gf, hardly a rebel or "feminist", generally ends up maybe 3-4 paces ahead of me, mainly she can walk a little faster, me slower, and admittedly, with a camera in hand. Dont take this too seriously
I imagine he was a slow and patient walker. Until the crowds became too large and then climb into a boat, and speak without profanity to the burgeoning crowds. (grin)
The Roe decision was based on people's right to privacy, and so does the right to vote. MAGA doesn't respect privacy for anyone, but especially not for women. They want the government to monitor pregnancies! I wish everyone would mind their own damn business, Steve. They have no business in the bedroom, the doctor's office, or the voting booth. But try telling them that.
Steve, of course you are right. I'd voice my political opinions, regardless of what my husband thought, and woe be to anyone - man or woman - who demanded otherwise. Of course, I don't discuss controversial subjects or politics with people whose opinions differ from mine, or those who don't reveal their preferences. However, any woman who can't voice her political opinions to her spouse should find a good divorce lawyer.
That comment by that “Christian” pastor… My jaw hit the floor. In what day and age is that man living in?? In 1312 or something?? Vote, women of America, vote! Vote like your life depends on it (because it does)! Vote for Kamala, vote out the misogynist!
Some clear examples of why religion (patriarchy) and the R party aren’t rocking it with women. Waters of Fox said lying to your husband about whom you voted for is JUST LIKE having an affair!!! Oh please.
My thoughts exactly, Daniel, shouldn’t he, ahem, be visited by by the FBI for those clear threats of violence? He’s getting bolder, older, more “out there” and desperate by the minute. If he’s not careful the stress and all those “hamberders” will give him a Big MacAttack🍔!
He ought to be placed under a hold for psychiatric observation. An ordinary citizen making murderous insinuations is a danger to self and others. We all know these are dog whistles for his racist, misogynistic base to act on his behalf. Trump is a dangerous, demented man.
Well, Trump named her to the ambassadorship of the Vatican, so it’s unlikely he’d risk getting to live in luxury at some embassy or other in the next 4 years.
Rickey, I have long wondered why so many men—and some culturally ingrained misogynistic countries/cultures (women covered head-to-toe, can’t speak in public, travel w/o male accompaniment, etc.)—are so freakin’ scared of women that they have to keep their boot on women’s neck. Are they that weak that they can’t control themselves in women’s presence? Maybe I’m dense, but the root motivation for this confounds me and makes zero sense. I’ve posted this rec here before, but may I suggest the thought-experiment novel by Naomi Alderman “The Power”.
I've wondered the same... Maybe this is what we Dutchies call "de knuppel in het hoenderhok gooien", but are still so many men afraid of intelligent women, because they think they won't get any sex if women get to decide such things for themselves? It won't be any problem if you're interesting and self-conscious enough as a man, but maybe that's the point? They somehow sense their own insecurity and project that onto (their relationship with) women?
When you think of powerful Democratic men, behind almost all of them is a woman who is the smarter one in the relationship.
When you look at Republican politicians you see men who support the patriarchy. This is why there are so few Republican politicians relative to Democrat ones.
Barbara, many of the men around here on Cape Cod I meet, say their wives are smarter than they are. So. There’s hope? I think this attempt in our present world to go backwards culturally is the effect of the rise of women in not only politics but also in access to education. It reminds me of the rise of nationalism as the world is impacted by the internet and more that has virtually threatened cultural differences. Reflexive! Repressive. And yes deeply fearful. ‘Close the border, close the society!’ Who are The real Americans? Only the native Indians are as you know it, as most of us on this site know. My favorite saying (as a Winslow) is NO ONE INVITED US HERE!
🤮🤬……and here I wait and wait and wait….for the ERA to finally be ratified. Maybe once Harris is POTUS it will come to pass….kinda like folks have forgotten about it…. Not unlike how SCOTUS decimated the Voting Rights Act cuz “we’re all good now, right?”…..um, wrong…so wrong.
NPR contained an article with an interview with a pastor of a Pentacostal church. He played the ‘hate the sin, forgive the sinner card’ when he commented that
“And so you can have some people with some pretty deep moral struggles who are upholding a platform that we support. And I tell our people, don't pay as much attention to the struggles — pay attention to the platform. “
The words of Pentecostal church pastor Chad Harvey, whose sermons — often to weekly crowds of about 3,000 — usually feature on Cross Assembly's social media channels.
“And I tell our people, don't pay as much attention to the struggles — pay attention to the platform. Because here's what the Bible says: There's none righteous. No, not one. We're all messed-up people. “
“Some pretty deep moral struggles…”!! Seriously Chad!
Cheated on each of his 3 wives
Advocates sexual assault on women
Convicted of sexual assault
Convicted of financial fraud and election fraud
Deadly incompetent management of US policy during covid crisis leading to over 1,000,000 Americans death
Disdains laws that impede his pursuit of avaricious greed.
Lead and participated in the organization of the Jan 6 assault on our election process.
Dear Chad:
The creature trump is running for the office of POTUS not some low level municipal office!
‘We’re all messed…’ however your position is reckless!
Don't worry, Dutch. Women are voting in much greater numbers than men, and we know which side of the bread is buttered. We can listen to patriarchal pastors on Sunday to our heart's content and do as we wish on Tuesday.
You go, girls!! The world needs you. You need to ditch the COF and wannabe-emperor Musk, but I would also love to see a woman of colour be your president!
Dutch Mike, I’m with you on your political sentiments, but if your jaw is dropping to the floor due to the “Christian pastor’s” (my quotation marks includes pastor) comments, pick it up. It’s what the apostates like the religious misogynists commonly believe. It’s what I and others whose stumbling loyalties to Jesus abhor.
Frank, wishes do come true: George Conway (Kelly Anne’s ex,) who had been involved in the Lincoln Project, started the Anti-Psychopath PAC, and ran ads highlighting Trump’s cognitive decline on Fox; the Golf Channel and other networks he watches. Other ads, which some might find triggering, recount the words of women he (allegedly 🙄) assaulted. The pac specifically bought time in the Florida market including West Palm Beach. It also bought billboards reading “Attention golfers: Trump cheats,” visible from his golf courses in Florida and New Jersey. A similar one was also scheduled to be bought near Mara Largo this month.
I am amazed at how much better George looks! I don't like to judge people by their appearances, but he reminds me of when coworkers would retire, then come in to visit. We'd always remark how good retirement made them look! I think that Kellyanne must have been miserable to live with. Good for George!
PS.... how did i get up so early to be a "first commentator"! Well back to bed, my two kitties who moved out to the living room sofa, will likely follow suit. Still need another hour's zzz.
Frank, I call LFAA my Late Night University….. What I SHOULD learn is NOT to log on in the middle of the night when I awake & can’t fall back to sleep…but it’s not unlike cracking a good book…same “down the rabbit hole” results…enjoyable but tiring in the end!!! Good thing I’m retired!!!! [Some years ago I went to bed & picked up a book I’d been reading…read late-ish—11:00 or so—and thought uh-oh I need to get to sleep so I won’t be too tired at work……wait!!! OMG! I’m retired now and don’t have to be at work in the morning…lol….read until I finished the book…it was 4 a.m., and I then slept past noon. It was my first retirement epiphany!!!!😁]
Barbara, I used to have to get up anytime between 2:30 and 4:00 am to get to work. There are some difficult parts of this time of time, but oh boy do I love not worrying about the clock to head into work!!
lol. I'm still a "7 am" kind of riser, but pee breaks lead to 4am events. My watch says that even with a couple of them and an hour or so of looking at LFAA and commenting a little, i clocked nine hours 1 min zzzz . I'm not sure how accurate the gadget is, to be honest. I get back to sleep usually by putting on an audible, something not too intense or even boring. Put it on a timer, usually don't get through 30 minutes.
For me, Frank, it is my 3 yr old dogger, Piper (aka “hyper Piper”) who needs to do her “business” in the wee hours (see what I did there?) of the night. Now normally I’d just let her out for a bit, but she being all black & invisible at night in the yard, I have to shine a flashlight on her & follow her lest she make moves to run into the way-back yard where—oh my!—skunks and raccoons cavort in the night (ask me how I know about late night skunking’s!!!). So, by the time she has completed her ablutions in the glare of the flashlight, I am fully awake and falling back into restful sleep is elusive. LFAA to the rescue….sort of, as I read until my eyelids finally droop once again into sleep as dawn approaches.
There is no ♥ icon here, thanks for this, Barbara! I can just imagine the scene. No 4 am discovery of LFAA for me is the more customary routine. My current audible is Empire of the Steppes! Interesting but a bit in the weeds, LOTS of conquering warlords or at least the attempts. It's a 4500 year tale of how the various peoples of the Eurasian steppes interacted with the ancient and not so ancient empires surrounding them. If I'm too awake, Ill put on a more sleepifying Bible audible by Dave Suchet, a great reader, humanistic and human interest here is my game.
Satanic cults never sleep.......MAGA........Opus Die/Heritage Foundation are at the Gates of Hell right now, readiy to open the doors wide open..... after waiting and planning for decades. VOTE KAMALA HARRIS...YOUR LIFE IS ON THE LINE.
So does she sleep in? In Atlantic Canada, one hour ahead of Eastern, Heather's letters sometimes don't hit til 6 am. I was wondering if some kind of automation delay.
I suspect she's not in the Eastern Time Zone right now. My Letters, which usually arrive between 9-11 p.m. were arriving at 1 a.m. when she was in Portland, OR.
Once in a while my sleep clock goes haywire and I am awake when Heather posts her letter. Amazing how many of her followers are up. And how eager we seem to be to respond to her consistently excellent presentation of events tying them together. Enjoy your snooze.
I’ve commented in this forum before that it is the women of America that will save it. I fervently believe that and will remain grateful to them to the end of my days!
Glad to see you as first out of the gate, Frank. Honestly, I think the idea of patriarchy is overblown. I used to believe it until I did counter-insurgency field-work in Afghanistan and Iraq. Those experiences convinced me that, notwithstanding all the bluster by men, changing a culture entails working with the women.
Inasmuch as I differ on one word, Frank, my reaction about this essay coincides with yours, on the level of feeling. My exasperation with the large gender gap is that so many men still buy into candidate Trump's aggressively and Senator Shady J.D.'s pedantically macho-mouthed scheiße. The divide should be close and favouring President Harris.
For more reasons than just outreach to women, I thought that particular commercial was the best of the season. For instance, guess who doesn't consider how silly it is to post your election choices on FB or other social media ? The youth - young folks that grew up with FB ! The privacy of one's voting choice is sacrosanct; that's why there are curtains there for christmas sake !
Imagine if all those Harris endorsements showed up on Foxy! The right-wing reaction to the Dems' messaging women married to Magas can discreetly vote for Harris without telling their partners shows just how much patriarchy still thrives in America. Thanks for letter, Heather, I hope those endorsements, both now and earlier, make a difference! This thing shouldn't seem too close to call!
If a woman does not feel comfortable discussing who she intends to vote for with her partner, that is a problem with the relationship, not the Democratic party. When it comes to bodies and voting booths - mind your own damn business!
Can’ imagine being with someone who would vote chump. Hell in my home wouldn’t fly at all.
It’s tough — we don’t talk about it.. I can’t understand how he could go from supporting Bernie to the orange grifter - it’s like living w a traitor -
Oh, sorry, Susie! It must be tough!
Oh condolences 💐
My sister had a husband who watched Fox News. Wanting peace at home she did naught. I came to visit one day to find him watching Fox hi volume. I Lost it and ordered him to turn it off immediately. As he did I said, “How can you watch that station with a wife you say you love knowing how awful it is for her?” He’s no longer in this realm. I like to imagine even he’d be disgusted with t& cronies.
Maybe he's tuned into the Fox Eternal channel, only in jest mind you. My neighbours have two tvs in the house, one for "her", one for "him", but they're both rabid Dem supports, more or less like myself.
Frank, we have one TV. We turn off the news when we can't stand like last night when we watched no national news. We are both ardent Ds and I can't even imagine living with a person voting for death star. As we have mail in ballots, we sometimes discuss how to vote especially on ballot measures. Across the street is our male R neighbor who doesn't speak to us and his D wife who loves to discuss politics and does when she is at our neighbors without him. He once told her to stop listening to some radio station that she liked and she told him to get lost.
Weird humor, lost my sense of humor re Fox
Fix attracts men by showing sports.
We don't talk about it l, either. I'm almost certain he know how I feel/how I'll vote with how I've been clapping back at family, but he takes a "logical minded" approach and only looks at comparisons of candidates' policies and then votes for the one he likes most. His family is historically Republican, so he has a bias to get over as well that I don't think he acknowledges.
He doesn't follow news, social media, or, unfortunately, HCR.
I understand it, to some extent, and I would like that to be the way of things, but it isn't.
Hitler's policies sounded good on paper too - look where that got us.
Thinking I might need to have a conversation in my house and am dreading it. I hate conflict.
If I may presume to give you advice: approach it gently, and talk about how YOU feel without accusations. How you feel disrespected by TFG, scared about the future of women, etc. Bring "receipts" - proof of what he said, preferably videos. But mostly how he scares you (all of us) if he's elected. Good luck.
Maybe share with him the recent Economist endorsement for Harris, which cites the dangerousness of his policies for our economy.
Thank you for the advice. We had a long, fraught conversation where neither of us changed each other's mind. He still believes that policy should be all the matters. He isn't a MAGA diehard, for which I am grateful, but he cannot conceive of voting Democrat because their core beliefs/platforms do not align with his. He said if he ends up not liking Republican policies when he looks them up in the next few days that he will vote 3rd party.
I am disheartened and greatly saddened, but not surprised.
You could share some/all of the major U.S. economic news magazine/publications headlines this week about how our current economic health is the envy of the world.
I have a Republican daughter and grandkids in TX, TJB, and we had some uncomfortable conversations a few months back. I learned today that they all voted early for Harris at the top, Allred for senate, Dems when they were on the ballot, and left blank any slots that had only Republican candidates. I don't take any credit for how they voted, but rather than attacking conservative policy, I mostly talked about E. Jean Carroll, the Access Hollywood tape, and Dobbs. I said more than half the people in America are female, and I couldn't trust anyone to be in charge of the whole country who disenfranchised the majority of us. It only points to someone who doesn't consider the whole picture, so how could any of us rely on any of his decisions or policies as sound? Don't know if that helps, but I hope it does.
Thanks for sharing this about your life, TJB.
I hate caving worse
Absolutely; Nothing is worse than the gnawing of self loathing owing to fear.
I asked a dear friend if I really knew his heart like I thought I did. He seemed to think about it but got out of answering me when he died just before the 2016 election. I still wonder... I feel for your situation, such can rip you apart. in so many ways
Trump took Bernie's message to the working class, twisted it, and deployed it. The Democratic Party fenced Bernie out, and because Americans liked Trump's fake-gold bravado and bullying, we got as criminal as a result.
Still griping about 2016? Really? I supported Bernie then and did again in 2020 but he never could have won, he is simply too far left for even very liberal Democrats. It's sad but true. I would much prefer Bernie to any of the Democrats who have run in the past 8 years (including Harris) but I am also a political realist. What I favor doesn't win elections. I still think Harris can win this although I am not very confident. But PLEASE get over Bernie, it's a waste of psychic energy.
I was for Bernie, too, Jon. I still like his take on things, but like you I am a realist. I voted for Hillary, because I thought she could win and Bernie couldn't. I voted for Biden, because more TFG was unthinkable, and again for Harris for the same reason. As to getting to Bernie's goals, I think it's a slow process and won't happen in any one presidency, even his if he'd gotten the job. I do think Kamala's stated agenda will take us farther down the Sanders road, but we won't get there until a possible second term for her or even later. It will depend on how severe the backlash is to a female of color in the oval. We got TFG largely in response to the election of a black man, imho, so what happens after Harris will determine if we progress or regress.
I feel this way about my parents. They live 3 miles away and I haven't been able to bring myself to reach out to them for a month. Of course, they haven't reached out to me either.
Indeed it is. I am so sorry.
I have the same situation. We finally discussed it civilly after a few years of screaming. He really believes the bullshit that Fox spews. I never thought i could be with someone like this but he's a 71 yo white male former construction worker so he's their demographic. I'd say I can't wait until this is over but it won't be over uuntil January. Gotta hang tight and keep the meds coming 🤪
LATE BREAKING NEWS BULLETIN : IN A SURPRISING TURN OF EVENTS, HALF OF DONALD TRUMP’s FACE FELL OFF AFTER HIS ORANGE MAKEUP HARDENED AND PULLED FROM HIS FACE REVEALING AN EMPTY CRANIAL CAVITY WHERE THE RESIDUE OF WORMS ONCE INCUBATED.
MORE NEWS AT 11.
Empty suit, empty head. Sorry worms
Via proximity to kennedy
What a trio, chump, JD and RFK. Almost as bad as Tx
If only!
🤣🤣🤣! Thanks, Bill.
LOL, Bill.
oh Jeez, Bill lol
You mean MAGAts?
For me, it's a deal breaker. I'm a widow, but I wouldn't give the time of day to a trumper. Not one second.
Same here, it would be an assault on me, as a human being
Yeah but isn't living in Texas pretty much the same thing? Maybe it's gotten better but when I was there in 2022, I felt the stifling effect of its leanings. I don't care how much financial benefit I could get over California (quite a bit as it turns out) I could never live there, sorry not meaning to offend you, just your state!
Offend away, it used to be awesome. I’m too old to move, but would if I could. Has turned so hateful and ugly.
Apparently whatever women are doing, they are doing it in the voting booth in greater numbers than men. I appreciate the optimism, and here is more. 5 reasons for hope.
https://kamala4prez.substack.com/p/5-reasons-for-hope
He’s right…women ARE kryptonite to Repubs and especially to MAGA!
Considering what is "reported" as a weakness constituency for Harris, men who really love women should be kryptonite to maga's too. I know because I am a man who worships the fairer and stronger gender; of every size, shape, and ethnicity, and as a matter of record.
These men are when they vote. I know a lot who do not vote in the Millennial category. Too comfortable, too interested in making money, too caught up on YouTube. Their wives vote, and do not vote MAGA.
The joke from the 2016 and 2020 election cycle is still apropos-
A woman voting Republican is like a chicken voting for Colonel Sanders.
Gotta visit the Evangelical pews, Gary, though the joke is funny. also eg a dual citizen professional female in Toronto, Canada, was definitely voting Trump, no hesitation.
You did mean "They" know, didn't you Ryan ?
Thanks! I needed that.
Sure Chris! It helped me so I decided to spread it around. We need to stand together. When we vote we win!
Thanks for sharing this link, simple and powerful.
Men would have to get off the couch and turn off the football games. So probably not a likely event LOL
While volunteering to handout the Democratic slate pamphlet at an early voting site, I observed many maga couples walking male leading a few steps ahead of the female with adult children trailing!
I start my election polling work tomorrow morning….(Maricopa County), I’m sure I will see similar sights. I am always saddened by the ultra-MAGA women, especially when they bring their children with them…what messages What messages already imprinted.😢
Good luck and thank you for doing this.
I have a Dem activist friend who was visiting her brother in Scottsdale. She went to a small Kamala event a coupla days ago and to Penzey's yesterday... she said it felt good to feel safe and among friends. If you get overwhelmed, I suggest a trip to Penzey's, Carol. They sell a French herbs concoction that is to die for, and you'll like the vibe.
digging is the tribal name of the game here, Carol, i guess well you know.
I saw that too! I couldn’t help but feel a little pity.
Campaigning here in Wisconsin. I've seen the oversize glossy flyers a GOP group is mailing out for Jill Stein. Front side environmental issue lies against Harris, backside environmental issue lies for Stein. I canvassed my first self identified Stein voter yesterday, a young woman living in an enclave of McMansions. She said 'sadly this time I'm not voting for any Democratic candidates.' She seemed uneasy but urging herself on. I don't try to dissuade any Trump aligned voters because they can get defensive and dig in. But, I did feel sad. I think her concerns may have to do with Gaza. Electing Trump won't help. Anything.
If it was Gaza, she's about to get some hopes dashed. Some time ago he remarked, let the Israelis finish it....
Oh they went beyond 'finish it...'
Trump's policy point-man on the NE - Jared Kushner - has proposed 'bulldozing the Negev desert, building camps for Palestinians' and developing valuable [and Palestinian free] Gaza waterfront property.' Exactly the solution racist right wing religious extremist real estate thugs would pursue.
Trump's solution to every war is capitulate to the "strong man" - Putin, Netanyahu - why bother fighting for silly intangibles like freedom, beliefs and principles?
I have a friend in a RED state who is voting for Stein; she wouldn't if she though it would affect anything..... BUT I've heard the Green Party statements that they are DELIBERATELY going after Harris/Walz and it sickens me...that's not issue driven, it's just hubris and stupid!
Pax, Stein voters will get drowned out so have no worry. It’s too bad that your friend cannot see that Stein is a Russian agent. Does she know her own kids won’t even speak to her and begged her not to run?
I wouldn't give even a half-penny's worth of thought to Stein or RFK Jr., Pax. They're misguided at best, malicious spoilers at worst, but fortunately neither has enough voters to make any difference. Stein's at less than 1%, and Bobby's at 1 or 2% since Harris got in and he got out of the race. Those percentages could make a difference in a swing state, but not in a reliably red or true blue state.
History very clearly shows that votes for 3rd party candidates are not only wasted, but wasted blindly in that there's no guarantee who the wasted vote will favor between the 2 mainstream parties; those waste factor possibilities should be shocking enough to dissuade. *edit - Furthermore, most 3rd party fliers "know" they have no chance of election. Some are put up to taking votes by one of the two mainstream parties.
And if she cares about the environment, one can point out how Jill Stein obviously doesn't if she is willing to risk throwing the election to the most anti-environmental president in history.
I am always careful on this "you're going to throw the election" argument. We argue that voting is the right of every citizen. If they truly believe in Jill (and I can understand why because she is really good left wing on most things) you will just piss them off with that approach. But if their position is to support the Palestinians in Gaza, there I would go full steam on pointing out how MUCH MORE Trump's position is bad for Gaza and how making a choice that is likely to minimize more hurt to the Palestinians is important. Sure Stein would be a better choice in the abstract but it will not help the Gazans of Trump wins. That's the best you can do, I think.
My friend was on the phone with such a person and asked why and gave responses that got the person to see things with new eyes, because they knew nothing.
Sometimes that works but not always. And whatever they think, challenging their intelligence rarely works.
I told my RFK supporting friend that no matter how much she likes his stands on the environment and vaccines, he doesn't have a prayer of winning, lin+. I said it will come down to TFG and Harris, even if Bobby's still on the ballot, which I believe he is in WI. I'd tell a Stein supporter something similar - that no matter how good Stein looks, she can't get enough electoral college votes to win, so it's better to vote for TFG or Harris, depending on which will be more helpful to Gaza, if that's her #1 issue. Harris supports a 2-state solution, TFG will refuse aid to Palestine and encourage Bibi to bomb it back to the stone age. There's video to support the latter remark, if you can get it teed up on your phone to show 3rd partiers.
History very clearly shows that votes for 3rd party candidates are not only wasted, but wasted blindly in that there's no guarantee who the wasted vote will favor between the 2 mainstream parties; those waste factor possibilities should be shocking enough to dissuade. *edit - Furthermore, most 3rd party fliers "know" they have no chance of election. Some are put up to taking votes by one of the two mainstream parties.
Sorry I generally think that's a bad argument. It makes sense and hopefully smart people will understand but to push it on people who are seriously opposed to Harris is counterproductive. Better to leave them alone and hope they will see the light.
Deliberate stupidity
No it's not stupidity. We spend years teaching kids about how serious voting your conscience is so why would we call it stupidity when kids actually learn the lesson and take it to heart? You can try to reason with them but better to leave them with "will at least promise me you won't vote for Trump and think hard about the consequences of your choice. " But too much pressure is highly counterproductive, at least in my estimation.
We walk like this because my husband is a faster walker than I am and I like to take my time enjoying my surroundings. We are liberal voters.
Your business is your business, but ... I'm a fast walker, too. When I am walking with someone I care about, I slow down to their pace. Just sayin' ...
I know that story, i'm inherently a little slower thanks to ageing hardware, but i smell "the roses" with camera in tow, pretty much umbilical at this stage.
I’m gonna borrow “aging hardware”, Frank. I like that explanation. 👏🏼👏🏼
My father-in-law was a slow walker and his girlfriend a fast walker. They lived in NYC and took a walk every day. She would walk her pace to the end of the block, then turn around and walk fast back to him, and so on. They lived together in a NYC apartment. They had plenty of together time.
Carla, this is us. My hubby has long legs and he has always led because I refuse to run to keep up.
Well, perhaps his vote will be canceled out (and more) by his family.
It is the patriarchy in action. However, these are families that are voting in person so she can do what she wants in the voting booth, just to exercise a little power.
Amen, Linda. Just like in the Julia Roberts ad. What happens in the booth stays in the booth.
my ex wife tended to walk behind, hardly what i wanted, then she went off her meds, end of that story. Almost kidding. My current gf, hardly a rebel or "feminist", generally ends up maybe 3-4 paces ahead of me, mainly she can walk a little faster, me slower, and admittedly, with a camera in hand. Dont take this too seriously
Jeezus
I imagine he was a slow and patient walker. Until the crowds became too large and then climb into a boat, and speak without profanity to the burgeoning crowds. (grin)
They waste no time turning women into handmaidens!
The Roe decision was based on people's right to privacy, and so does the right to vote. MAGA doesn't respect privacy for anyone, but especially not for women. They want the government to monitor pregnancies! I wish everyone would mind their own damn business, Steve. They have no business in the bedroom, the doctor's office, or the voting booth. But try telling them that.
Steve, of course you are right. I'd voice my political opinions, regardless of what my husband thought, and woe be to anyone - man or woman - who demanded otherwise. Of course, I don't discuss controversial subjects or politics with people whose opinions differ from mine, or those who don't reveal their preferences. However, any woman who can't voice her political opinions to her spouse should find a good divorce lawyer.
Amen, brother! So true!!
Amen
Exactly!!!
That comment by that “Christian” pastor… My jaw hit the floor. In what day and age is that man living in?? In 1312 or something?? Vote, women of America, vote! Vote like your life depends on it (because it does)! Vote for Kamala, vote out the misogynist!
Some clear examples of why religion (patriarchy) and the R party aren’t rocking it with women. Waters of Fox said lying to your husband about whom you voted for is JUST LIKE having an affair!!! Oh please.
Right. But if you ACTUALLY cheat on your wife, you're qualified to be POTUS.
On Hallows Eve, Trump asked his people to execute his political enemies.
Trump on Liz Cheney: ‘Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her’ https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/10/31/2024-elections-live-coverage-updates-analysis/trump-rips-liz-cheney-00186693
Fight. https://events.democrats.org/
Yes, and if you or I made that same statement, we'd be arrested.
My thoughts exactly, Daniel, shouldn’t he, ahem, be visited by by the FBI for those clear threats of violence? He’s getting bolder, older, more “out there” and desperate by the minute. If he’s not careful the stress and all those “hamberders” will give him a Big MacAttack🍔!
Isn’t Trump on supervised release in NY prior to sentencing?
I saw an interview with the Attorney General of Arizona, Daniel, and she is looking into arresting TFG if the state laws support it.
In my business I am required to place a person on a mental health hold to be hospitalized if he/she threatens to kill someone.
problem is, this encourages wannabe proxies, often just the emotionally vexed, amped up by the endless rhetoric and grand standing.
He ought to be placed under a hold for psychiatric observation. An ordinary citizen making murderous insinuations is a danger to self and others. We all know these are dog whistles for his racist, misogynistic base to act on his behalf. Trump is a dangerous, demented man.
Exactly. He will never get his own chubby, tiny hands dirty...
I was hoping Foxy's dump would be something of an end to Tucker, foolish me!
At least if you are a republican....
Touche
Or be a host on Fox
Exactly!
I wonder if Gingrich has told his third wife that he's also cheated on her
Well, Trump named her to the ambassadorship of the Vatican, so it’s unlikely he’d risk getting to live in luxury at some embassy or other in the next 4 years.
Well he's an intellectual sinkhole, MLM. And a great one to talk about fidelity, since he was married when he met and courted his current wife.
Exactly! I felt i got swiped by a time warp.
What a detestable histrionic little man, it’s all for show and of course for a fat pay check.
Welcome to the world of weak men. Mark Cuban was right about these right wing men being scared of string intelligent women.
Rickey, I have long wondered why so many men—and some culturally ingrained misogynistic countries/cultures (women covered head-to-toe, can’t speak in public, travel w/o male accompaniment, etc.)—are so freakin’ scared of women that they have to keep their boot on women’s neck. Are they that weak that they can’t control themselves in women’s presence? Maybe I’m dense, but the root motivation for this confounds me and makes zero sense. I’ve posted this rec here before, but may I suggest the thought-experiment novel by Naomi Alderman “The Power”.
I've wondered the same... Maybe this is what we Dutchies call "de knuppel in het hoenderhok gooien", but are still so many men afraid of intelligent women, because they think they won't get any sex if women get to decide such things for themselves? It won't be any problem if you're interesting and self-conscious enough as a man, but maybe that's the point? They somehow sense their own insecurity and project that onto (their relationship with) women?
Dunno, DM, could it be as simple as this? (From Annie Get Your Gun) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn8PSd_6bq4
I dunno... That sounds to me like a competition. Imho, we should be here to support one another, using our inborn talents for the good of others.
When you think of powerful Democratic men, behind almost all of them is a woman who is the smarter one in the relationship.
When you look at Republican politicians you see men who support the patriarchy. This is why there are so few Republican politicians relative to Democrat ones.
How about "I'm far taller if I stand on you." By that, I suppose women are considered platform heels.
Barbara, many of the men around here on Cape Cod I meet, say their wives are smarter than they are. So. There’s hope? I think this attempt in our present world to go backwards culturally is the effect of the rise of women in not only politics but also in access to education. It reminds me of the rise of nationalism as the world is impacted by the internet and more that has virtually threatened cultural differences. Reflexive! Repressive. And yes deeply fearful. ‘Close the border, close the society!’ Who are The real Americans? Only the native Indians are as you know it, as most of us on this site know. My favorite saying (as a Winslow) is NO ONE INVITED US HERE!
Barbara, Samani, i think you're dead on about a massive cultural shift underway, and a lot of males are at sea.
I think you're pretty close dead on, they're manning the patriarchal ramparts.
That “Christian” pastor’s ‘father who art in heaven’ is patriarchal bullshit. The fear and dominance he’s spreading needs to die.
It was dieing for centuries but is not dead yet...
Keep sharing this 1 min video as Charlie Kirk,”Christian” pastor Webon and others say the silent part out loud ! 📣
https://x.com/senecaprojectus/status/1810372496878874790
🤮🤬……and here I wait and wait and wait….for the ERA to finally be ratified. Maybe once Harris is POTUS it will come to pass….kinda like folks have forgotten about it…. Not unlike how SCOTUS decimated the Voting Rights Act cuz “we’re all good now, right?”…..um, wrong…so wrong.
NPR contained an article with an interview with a pastor of a Pentacostal church. He played the ‘hate the sin, forgive the sinner card’ when he commented that
“And so you can have some people with some pretty deep moral struggles who are upholding a platform that we support. And I tell our people, don't pay as much attention to the struggles — pay attention to the platform. “
The words of Pentecostal church pastor Chad Harvey, whose sermons — often to weekly crowds of about 3,000 — usually feature on Cross Assembly's social media channels.
“And I tell our people, don't pay as much attention to the struggles — pay attention to the platform. Because here's what the Bible says: There's none righteous. No, not one. We're all messed-up people. “
“Some pretty deep moral struggles…”!! Seriously Chad!
Cheated on each of his 3 wives
Advocates sexual assault on women
Convicted of sexual assault
Convicted of financial fraud and election fraud
Deadly incompetent management of US policy during covid crisis leading to over 1,000,000 Americans death
Disdains laws that impede his pursuit of avaricious greed.
Lead and participated in the organization of the Jan 6 assault on our election process.
Dear Chad:
The creature trump is running for the office of POTUS not some low level municipal office!
‘We’re all messed…’ however your position is reckless!
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/29/nx-s1-5165535/trump-christians-evangelical-harris-support
Ahmahgerd... Being so misogynistic and on top of that he has the name "Chad", too? The guy is a living meme...
The living embodiment of toxic masculinity.
That is the Christian, patriarchal, literal Bible believing way of Christian nationalism. It’s a brain washing cult.
He's only 39 and a former "entrepreneur". That should tell you something.
Oh. A """"succesful"""" businessman like the Convicted Orange Felon, more likely...
Me too! I copied it and posted the comment on my FB feed with HCR credit of course.
Good on you! This blatant misogyny needs to be exposed as much as possible.
Don't worry, Dutch. Women are voting in much greater numbers than men, and we know which side of the bread is buttered. We can listen to patriarchal pastors on Sunday to our heart's content and do as we wish on Tuesday.
You go, girls!! The world needs you. You need to ditch the COF and wannabe-emperor Musk, but I would also love to see a woman of colour be your president!
Dutch Mike, I’m with you on your political sentiments, but if your jaw is dropping to the floor due to the “Christian pastor’s” (my quotation marks includes pastor) comments, pick it up. It’s what the apostates like the religious misogynists commonly believe. It’s what I and others whose stumbling loyalties to Jesus abhor.
That's what I mean: how on Earth can you profess to be a Christian and 'be with Jesus" when you tell people this kind of sh•t?
1312 or Idaho; same thing.
YES🤯
Frank, wishes do come true: George Conway (Kelly Anne’s ex,) who had been involved in the Lincoln Project, started the Anti-Psychopath PAC, and ran ads highlighting Trump’s cognitive decline on Fox; the Golf Channel and other networks he watches. Other ads, which some might find triggering, recount the words of women he (allegedly 🙄) assaulted. The pac specifically bought time in the Florida market including West Palm Beach. It also bought billboards reading “Attention golfers: Trump cheats,” visible from his golf courses in Florida and New Jersey. A similar one was also scheduled to be bought near Mara Largo this month.
https://www.psychopac.org
I always smile when I read anything about or by George Conway!
I am amazed at how much better George looks! I don't like to judge people by their appearances, but he reminds me of when coworkers would retire, then come in to visit. We'd always remark how good retirement made them look! I think that Kellyanne must have been miserable to live with. Good for George!
PS.... how did i get up so early to be a "first commentator"! Well back to bed, my two kitties who moved out to the living room sofa, will likely follow suit. Still need another hour's zzz.
Heh . . . I’m out in Hawai’i where it is 22:47 and I’m heading to bed! Nite! 💤
We need to start a Hawaii chapter of the Letters from an American club
Frank, I call LFAA my Late Night University….. What I SHOULD learn is NOT to log on in the middle of the night when I awake & can’t fall back to sleep…but it’s not unlike cracking a good book…same “down the rabbit hole” results…enjoyable but tiring in the end!!! Good thing I’m retired!!!! [Some years ago I went to bed & picked up a book I’d been reading…read late-ish—11:00 or so—and thought uh-oh I need to get to sleep so I won’t be too tired at work……wait!!! OMG! I’m retired now and don’t have to be at work in the morning…lol….read until I finished the book…it was 4 a.m., and I then slept past noon. It was my first retirement epiphany!!!!😁]
Barbara, I used to have to get up anytime between 2:30 and 4:00 am to get to work. There are some difficult parts of this time of time, but oh boy do I love not worrying about the clock to head into work!!
lol. I'm still a "7 am" kind of riser, but pee breaks lead to 4am events. My watch says that even with a couple of them and an hour or so of looking at LFAA and commenting a little, i clocked nine hours 1 min zzzz . I'm not sure how accurate the gadget is, to be honest. I get back to sleep usually by putting on an audible, something not too intense or even boring. Put it on a timer, usually don't get through 30 minutes.
For me, Frank, it is my 3 yr old dogger, Piper (aka “hyper Piper”) who needs to do her “business” in the wee hours (see what I did there?) of the night. Now normally I’d just let her out for a bit, but she being all black & invisible at night in the yard, I have to shine a flashlight on her & follow her lest she make moves to run into the way-back yard where—oh my!—skunks and raccoons cavort in the night (ask me how I know about late night skunking’s!!!). So, by the time she has completed her ablutions in the glare of the flashlight, I am fully awake and falling back into restful sleep is elusive. LFAA to the rescue….sort of, as I read until my eyelids finally droop once again into sleep as dawn approaches.
There is no ♥ icon here, thanks for this, Barbara! I can just imagine the scene. No 4 am discovery of LFAA for me is the more customary routine. My current audible is Empire of the Steppes! Interesting but a bit in the weeds, LOTS of conquering warlords or at least the attempts. It's a 4500 year tale of how the various peoples of the Eurasian steppes interacted with the ancient and not so ancient empires surrounding them. If I'm too awake, Ill put on a more sleepifying Bible audible by Dave Suchet, a great reader, humanistic and human interest here is my game.
It's not early in Hawai'i, but you still beat me ;-)
I'm currently in the UK
2:49 a.m. here in CA just about nodding off
Kitty!! Kitties!!
Late riser at 5, kitty on my lap. Enjoy
Hah! Right, does she not sleep? Either a strict Calvinist or on freebase (kidding!) Seriously though.
Satanic cults never sleep.......MAGA........Opus Die/Heritage Foundation are at the Gates of Hell right now, readiy to open the doors wide open..... after waiting and planning for decades. VOTE KAMALA HARRIS...YOUR LIFE IS ON THE LINE.
I think her hours must be somewhat vampiric these days!
So does she sleep in? In Atlantic Canada, one hour ahead of Eastern, Heather's letters sometimes don't hit til 6 am. I was wondering if some kind of automation delay.
I suspect she's not in the Eastern Time Zone right now. My Letters, which usually arrive between 9-11 p.m. were arriving at 1 a.m. when she was in Portland, OR.
Once in a while my sleep clock goes haywire and I am awake when Heather posts her letter. Amazing how many of her followers are up. And how eager we seem to be to respond to her consistently excellent presentation of events tying them together. Enjoy your snooze.
Having an enlarged prostate would explain....😄
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This article from Scientific American explains why polls are far less reliable these days:
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-election-polling-has-become-less-reliable/
Doug, thank you for this!
Many thanks, i've heard as much.
Thanks, I’ve been screaming this from the rooftops. Who under 30 has a landline?
I’ve commented in this forum before that it is the women of America that will save it. I fervently believe that and will remain grateful to them to the end of my days!
Glad to see you as first out of the gate, Frank. Honestly, I think the idea of patriarchy is overblown. I used to believe it until I did counter-insurgency field-work in Afghanistan and Iraq. Those experiences convinced me that, notwithstanding all the bluster by men, changing a culture entails working with the women.
Inasmuch as I differ on one word, Frank, my reaction about this essay coincides with yours, on the level of feeling. My exasperation with the large gender gap is that so many men still buy into candidate Trump's aggressively and Senator Shady J.D.'s pedantically macho-mouthed scheiße. The divide should be close and favouring President Harris.
@Frank Loomer. YOU can send them to Fox comments on their websites. On Fox social media. To Fox outlets. What's stopping you?
I believe women are doing something because here is a discussion of the early ballots called Trump's Turnout Troubles.
https://youtu.be/EZvQCIsu8Zs?si=PkMng4T0rMo3rsnL
For more reasons than just outreach to women, I thought that particular commercial was the best of the season. For instance, guess who doesn't consider how silly it is to post your election choices on FB or other social media ? The youth - young folks that grew up with FB ! The privacy of one's voting choice is sacrosanct; that's why there are curtains there for christmas sake !