Let the debate begin?

[Alan]

Ellen, I didn’t know she’d been placed on the TSA terror watchlist. That is…seemingly unseemingly.

Yes, the Quiet Skies Program which is a suspected terrorist watchlist. She and her family have been subjected to enhanced searches and surveillance by up to 3 Air Marshalls on each of the last 8 or so flights she's been on, without any prior notification or explanation from TSA. Weird huh?

[Tradd]

Originally Posted by frugal-one
Saw today that John McCain’s son is going to vote for Harris. The republican party is no longer getting his vote.



Political disagreements are as common as the family variety. Besides Tim Walz's brother being "100% opposed to my brother's politics", Newsweek is reporting his extended family in Nebraska seem to prefer Trump.

I'm surprised you guys didn't mention it.

Incorrect apostrophe use. Can’t take them seriously

[jp1]

What's weird about Tulsi Gabbard?

yeah, that was my immediate question too, why is Tulsi G weird?

I assume that neither of you finds JD Vance weird either.

[LDAHL]

So, basically, in doing so… you endorse trump.

I know you have had trouble making the distinction, but it is possible to support the Republican Party without supporting Trump. You can dislike Burger King without swearing off cheeseburgers.

I, for one, can’t support Trump and never did. But that doesn’t obligate me to vote for Democratic candidates I find every bit as objectionable (often for similar reasons).

[Alan]

I assume that neither of you finds JD Vance weird either.

I don't know about IL but I never got the memo instructing Democrats to refer to all perceived opponents as 'weird'. I have noticed that virtually all Democratic talking heads have started doing so without explanation why. Can you clear that up for me?

[LDAHL]

I don't know about IL but I never got the memo instructing Democrats to refer to all perceived opponents as 'weird'. I have noticed that virtually all Democratic talking heads have started doing so without explanation why. Can you clear that up for me?

It’s like they were all assimilated by the same hive mind simultaneously. Cut “fascist” and paste “weird”.

Not to say there isn’t a weird element out there. Brain worms, fake bear crime scenes and decapitated whales strike me as legitimately weird.

[Rogar]

I think they're all weird, GOP and dems alike to different degrees. But Trump is looney toons and JD is downright creepy.

[bae]

I know you have had trouble making the distinction, but it is possible to support the Republican Party without supporting Trump. You can dislike Burger King without swearing off cheeseburgers.

The Republican Party that I was a member of and supported most of my adult life seems to have vanished. What's left isn't really the same thing these days.

[jp1]

I don't know about IL but I never got the memo instructing Democrats to refer to all perceived opponents as 'weird'. I have noticed that virtually all Democratic talking heads have started doing so without explanation why. Can you clear that up for me?

I know you’ll find this difficult, if not impossible, to believe but he’s said an awful lot of creepy things about people who chose not to or aren’t able to have children. I would’ve gone with creepy instead of Walz’s weird but weird seems to have caught on so most likely (actually it’s almost certain that he does) Walz has better political instincts than I do. After all I’m just a childless cat man.

He’s also said stuff that indicates he doesn’t have a clue how federal income taxes are currently structured and he hasn’t voted on or for bills that would further things he claims to support, like lower taxes for families with children. This part isn’t particularly weird, it’s just an indication that he’s all talk and no action.

[frugal-one]

LOL, it's a little more complicated than that. Philosophically, I've never believed he is a Republican but rather a disillusioned old style Democrat with an outsized ego.

No matter, he is running as a republication and you endorsed that ideology.