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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209872</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 23:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Caddy,

I&#039;m not really serious about removing Kamala from the ticket.

I just wanted to counter all the complete nonsense coming from otherwise serious people about efforts to remove Biden!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Caddy,</p>
<p>I'm not really serious about removing Kamala from the ticket.</p>
<p>I just wanted to counter all the complete nonsense coming from otherwise serious people about efforts to remove Biden!</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209871</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 23:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Caddy,

There always has to be a scapegoat, hasn&#039;t there...

I don&#039;t think you can blame that debate performance on anyone but Biden. He admitted as much at his Great Rebound Rally today.

he just needs to have many more outings like today - in the form of rallies ... and, mini pressers at the WH on a near weekly basis.

You know, formal debate settings have NEVER been his preferred venue. Some people can excel under those conditions and some cannot. Count Biden in the latter camp.

There won&#039;t be any more debates, right?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Caddy,</p>
<p>There always has to be a scapegoat, hasn't there...</p>
<p>I don't think you can blame that debate performance on anyone but Biden. He admitted as much at his Great Rebound Rally today.</p>
<p>he just needs to have many more outings like today - in the form of rallies ... and, mini pressers at the WH on a near weekly basis.</p>
<p>You know, formal debate settings have NEVER been his preferred venue. Some people can excel under those conditions and some cannot. Count Biden in the latter camp.</p>
<p>There won't be any more debates, right?</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209870</link>
		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 23:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nothing about Trump and this race changed last night. Trump did nothing to try to reach the Haley voters last night nevermind independents. And he’s still a felon. There is no reason for Joe to do anything besides order Seal Team 6 to execute his debate prep team. With pain, even.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nothing about Trump and this race changed last night. Trump did nothing to try to reach the Haley voters last night nevermind independents. And he’s still a felon. There is no reason for Joe to do anything besides order Seal Team 6 to execute his debate prep team. With pain, even.</p>
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		<title>By: dsws</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209869</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 22:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I consider it extremely unlikely that Biden would step aside in any scenario I can imagine.  But if he did, and recruited someone electorally viable to take his place (who would not be Kamala Harris), how would that play out?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I consider it extremely unlikely that Biden would step aside in any scenario I can imagine.  But if he did, and recruited someone electorally viable to take his place (who would not be Kamala Harris), how would that play out?</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209868</link>
		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 19:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Elizabeth




Dumping Kamala wouldn’t win Joe a single vote and can only hurt him with the base.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Elizabeth</p>
<p>Dumping Kamala wouldn’t win Joe a single vote and can only hurt him with the base.</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209867</link>
		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 19:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would say that some heads have GOT to roll in the Biden campaign for how this debate went down. You have simply must do better with a week’s preparation. How was Joe not ready for Trump’s Gish gallop

&lt;i&gt;a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm their opponent by providing an excessive number of arguments with no regard for the accuracy or strength of those arguments. Gish galloping prioritizes the quantity of the galloper&#039;s arguments at the expense of their quality. The term was coined in 1994 by anthropologist Eugenie Scott, who named it after American creationist Duane Gish and argued that Gish used the technique frequently when challenging the scientific fact of evolution.&lt;/i&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would say that some heads have GOT to roll in the Biden campaign for how this debate went down. You have simply must do better with a week’s preparation. How was Joe not ready for Trump’s Gish gallop</p>
<p><i>a rhetorical technique in which a person in a debate attempts to overwhelm their opponent by providing an excessive number of arguments with no regard for the accuracy or strength of those arguments. Gish galloping prioritizes the quantity of the galloper's arguments at the expense of their quality. The term was coined in 1994 by anthropologist Eugenie Scott, who named it after American creationist Duane Gish and argued that Gish used the technique frequently when challenging the scientific fact of evolution.</i></p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209866</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 18:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Democrats need to watch the Great Rebound Rally! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Democrats need to watch the Great Rebound Rally! :)</p>
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		<title>By: ListenWhenYouHear</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 18:37:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>OK, that could have gone better!  Actually, that sucked.  Biden was obviously sick.  Trump was lying with every answer he gave, and he didn&#039;t answer any question he was asked!  Here’s what it comes down to: Biden answered honestly and Trump continued lying.  Democrats need to take a deep breath and unclinch their anuses.  Focus on what was said and not how it was said.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, that could have gone better!  Actually, that sucked.  Biden was obviously sick.  Trump was lying with every answer he gave, and he didn't answer any question he was asked!  Here’s what it comes down to: Biden answered honestly and Trump continued lying.  Democrats need to take a deep breath and unclinch their anuses.  Focus on what was said and not how it was said.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 17:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Joe Biden - the Rebound Kid.

I love it!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joe Biden - the Rebound Kid.</p>
<p>I love it!</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209863</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:06:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That wouldn&#039;t necessarily mean that her career in politics would be over. In fact, I could see her replace Merrick Garland before the election.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That wouldn't necessarily mean that her career in politics would be over. In fact, I could see her replace Merrick Garland before the election.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209862</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>She could say that she advised Biden to step down but he refused/ And, so, consequently, she feels she must resign.

There are a number of people who I think Democratic voters would like to see as Biden&#039;s running mate.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She could say that she advised Biden to step down but he refused/ And, so, consequently, she feels she must resign.</p>
<p>There are a number of people who I think Democratic voters would like to see as Biden's running mate.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209861</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 15:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If anyone is to be replaced on the Democratic ticket, then it should be her.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If anyone is to be replaced on the Democratic ticket, then it should be her.</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209860</link>
		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 14:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What should Kamala be afraid of?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What should Kamala be afraid of?</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209858</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 12:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The only Democrat that should be really worried this morning after is Kamala Harris.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The only Democrat that should be really worried this morning after is Kamala Harris.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209857</link>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 12:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;s okay, Chris ... 

I couldn&#039;t wait any longer and had to press the play button. I got through the first 12 minutes before I pressed the delete button.

Worst debate performance ever. From just the first few minutes I got the distinct impression that Biden was just waiting for Trump to self-destruct and putting no effort into anything. Which was a pipe dream, at best.

So, now what?

Now, Biden has to go before the cameras and the press at least once a week and take a few questions in a very, very, very choreographed way. Because the WH press corps are essentially a bunch of ignorant loudmouths interested only in getting their own voices on the record.

Biden has to make the case for why Democrats need to win the House, Senate and WH if there is any hope for Democratic policy imperatives to be realized.

As for Biden bowing out of the race ... well, THAT would be a definite disaster, any way you slice it! Biden may not be the best option for the Democratic nominee but, he is the ONLY one there can be.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That's okay, Chris ... </p>
<p>I couldn't wait any longer and had to press the play button. I got through the first 12 minutes before I pressed the delete button.</p>
<p>Worst debate performance ever. From just the first few minutes I got the distinct impression that Biden was just waiting for Trump to self-destruct and putting no effort into anything. Which was a pipe dream, at best.</p>
<p>So, now what?</p>
<p>Now, Biden has to go before the cameras and the press at least once a week and take a few questions in a very, very, very choreographed way. Because the WH press corps are essentially a bunch of ignorant loudmouths interested only in getting their own voices on the record.</p>
<p>Biden has to make the case for why Democrats need to win the House, Senate and WH if there is any hope for Democratic policy imperatives to be realized.</p>
<p>As for Biden bowing out of the race ... well, THAT would be a definite disaster, any way you slice it! Biden may not be the best option for the Democratic nominee but, he is the ONLY one there can be.</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209856</link>
		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 03:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>CNN seems to think the volcano won.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>CNN seems to think the volcano won.</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/06/27/debate-prep-2/#comment-209855</link>
		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 02:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, then. THAT was cringeworthy, Joe. I still watch a lot of Trump film and a lot of this was straight out of his stump speech. Should have been no surprises, Sir. Of course, The Donald loooves to improvise (as a Jazz bassist I can get behind that) so there were a couple new Trumpian gems in there. It looked like Trump blew your mind by his deluge of lies. You appeared overwhelmed and befuddled — where to start with all the lies?




You never found your footing, Mr. President.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, then. THAT was cringeworthy, Joe. I still watch a lot of Trump film and a lot of this was straight out of his stump speech. Should have been no surprises, Sir. Of course, The Donald loooves to improvise (as a Jazz bassist I can get behind that) so there were a couple new Trumpian gems in there. It looked like Trump blew your mind by his deluge of lies. You appeared overwhelmed and befuddled — where to start with all the lies?</p>
<p>You never found your footing, Mr. President.</p>
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		<title>By: MtnCaddy</title>
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		<dc:creator>MtnCaddy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 02:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nope. Trump will save his announcement for right about sentencing day, in two weeks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nope. Trump will save his announcement for right about sentencing day, in two weeks.</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 02:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>nypoet22 
4

I noticed that too. Biden is getting better as I am getting worse. No more drinks. 

Trump just took credit for lowering the price of insulin... another absolute bullshit LIE. That insulin reduction was signed into law by Biden with the Inflation Reduction Act. Daft Donald keeps claiming illegals are being put on Social Security. That&#039;s utter asinine bullshit.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>nypoet22<br />
4</p>
<p>I noticed that too. Biden is getting better as I am getting worse. No more drinks. </p>
<p>Trump just took credit for lowering the price of insulin... another absolute bullshit LIE. That insulin reduction was signed into law by Biden with the Inflation Reduction Act. Daft Donald keeps claiming illegals are being put on Social Security. That's utter asinine bullshit.</p>
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		<title>By: Kick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 02:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was dared to take a drink every time the convicted felon told a lie and foolishly accepted the challenge. 

I&#039;m wasted already. 

Trump is absolutely batshit nuts. He literally just claimed the price of food has doubled, tripled, quadripled. Nope.

Not drinking anymore. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was dared to take a drink every time the convicted felon told a lie and foolishly accepted the challenge. </p>
<p>I'm wasted already. </p>
<p>Trump is absolutely batshit nuts. He literally just claimed the price of food has doubled, tripled, quadripled. Nope.</p>
<p>Not drinking anymore. :)</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
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		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 01:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>at the start I was seriously worried. Biden was mumbling a lot of statistics and Trump&#039;s lies weren&#039;t being countered by either Biden or the moderators. an hour in, biden is now answering more coherently and concisely.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>at the start I was seriously worried. Biden was mumbling a lot of statistics and Trump's lies weren't being countered by either Biden or the moderators. an hour in, biden is now answering more coherently and concisely.</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
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		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 01:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>no Donald, our allies do like and respect us. it&#039;s you they don&#039;t like or respect.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>no Donald, our allies do like and respect us. it's you they don't like or respect.</p>
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		<title>By: nypoet22</title>
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		<dc:creator>nypoet22</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jun 2024 01:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>a lot of missed opportunities, especially near the beginning. trump basically kept accusing Biden of all the things he himself did, or wanted to do.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>a lot of missed opportunities, especially near the beginning. trump basically kept accusing Biden of all the things he himself did, or wanted to do.</p>
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		<title>By: Elizabeth Miller</title>
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		<dc:creator>Elizabeth Miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jun 2024 23:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Interesting. 

Well, Chris, my recording is all set and I await your reaction. So, until then, I&#039;ll be watching one of my favourite old movies tonight and listening to some favourite old tunes.

Feel free to put your quick snap reaction right here in the comments section and then I&#039;ll either go watch it ... or delete it. :-)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Interesting. </p>
<p>Well, Chris, my recording is all set and I await your reaction. So, until then, I'll be watching one of my favourite old movies tonight and listening to some favourite old tunes.</p>
<p>Feel free to put your quick snap reaction right here in the comments section and then I'll either go watch it ... or delete it. :-)</p>
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