Kansas Crimson

ousdahl wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:58 pm I see this from a few angles.

I dunno if it’s a huge deal to not talk to the press. I also saw talking points like “but lots of other candidates have done the same.”

But at the very least, a candidate not talking to the press does nothing to help the “but I’m the one here to save democracy” sorts of points.

And, maybe I’m reading into it too far, but it might be a sign of uncertainty, even weakness, that Kamala and/or her handlers might be afraid she’s vulnerable to a potential press conference gaffe.

ousdahl wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:58 pm And, maybe I’m reading into it too far, but it might be a sign of uncertainty, even weakness, that Kamala and/or her handlers might be afraid she’s vulnerable to a potential press conference gaffe.

ousdahl wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:58 pm I see this from a few angles.

I dunno if it’s a huge deal to not talk to the press. I also saw talking points like “but lots of other candidates have done the same.”

But at the very least, a candidate not talking to the press does nothing to help the “but I’m the one here to save democracy” sorts of points.

And, maybe I’m reading into it too far, but it might be a sign of uncertainty, even weakness, that Kamala and/or her handlers might be afraid she’s vulnerable to a potential press conference gaffe.

zsn wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 4:43 pm

ousdahl wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 3:58 pm I see this from a few angles.

I dunno if it’s a huge deal to not talk to the press. I also saw talking points like “but lots of other candidates have done the same.”

But at the very least, a candidate not talking to the press does nothing to help the “but I’m the one here to save democracy” sorts of points.

And, maybe I’m reading into it too far, but it might be a sign of uncertainty, even weakness, that Kamala and/or her handlers might be afraid she’s vulnerable to a potential press conference gaffe.

You mean how Trump’s last two public appearances have gone?

ousdahl wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:20 pm I mean, Trump is much more the known commodity. Everyone expects his “interviews” to be thinly-veiled pep rallies, and for him to spew dumb shit.

Kamala’s the shiny new option, with comparatively fewer gaffes to date, particularly since she became the candidate for the big chair.

In that sense, she may have more to loose from a foot in the mouth.

And I hope this equivalency isn’t false to suggest, every candidate should submit to a flogging (from a free press)

That’s kind of an important part of, like, democracy.

ousdahl wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:20 pm I mean, Trump is much more the known commodity. Everyone expects his “interviews” to be thinly-veiled pep rallies, and for him to spew dumb shit.

Kamala’s the shiny new option, with comparatively fewer gaffes to date, particularly since she became the candidate for the big chair.

In that sense, she may have more to loose from a foot in the mouth.

And I hope this equivalency isn’t false to suggest, every candidate should submit to a flogging (from a free press)

That’s kind of an important part of, like, democracy.

MICHHAWK wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:44 pm there is nothing shiny and new about ch. we know exactly what she is all about.

to suggest otherwise is rubbish.

zsn wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:47 pm

ousdahl wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 5:20 pm I mean, Trump is much more the known commodity. Everyone expects his “interviews” to be thinly-veiled pep rallies, and for him to spew dumb shit.

Kamala’s the shiny new option, with comparatively fewer gaffes to date, particularly since she became the candidate for the big chair.

In that sense, she may have more to loose from a foot in the mouth.

And I hope this equivalency isn’t false to suggest, every candidate should submit to a flogging (from a free press)

That’s kind of an important part of, like, democracy.

“Free press”…..as DC would say……lulz

KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 6:07 pm it sucks that the media hasn’t, and likely won’t in the future, treat both candidates equally

jfish26 wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 6:11 pm

KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 6:07 pm it sucks that the media hasn’t, and likely won’t in the future, treat both candidates equally

It's all fun and games here on the Pols bored, but the failure to do this in 2016 probably cost hundreds of thousands of American lives.

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 7:43 pm I'm going to guess 90% of you having the KH circle jerk are voting against Trump more than you're voting for her.
How many of you will/would admit it? I'm going to guess 5%.

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 7:43 pm I'm going to guess 90% of you having the KH circle jerk are voting against Trump more than you're voting for her.
How many of you will/would admit it? I'm going to guess 5%.

KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 8:49 pm the last 2 elections i voted against trump, but also for the democratic platform

neither clinton nor Biden were my preferred D candidate in ‘16 and ‘20

jfish26 wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2024 7:23 am

KUTradition wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 8:49 pm the last 2 elections i voted against trump, but also for the democratic platform

neither clinton nor Biden were my preferred D candidate in ‘16 and ‘20

Same principle. I don’t recall where exactly I was on Joe during 2020 primaries. I think I preferred Klobuchar and Gillibrand.