Gramsci wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2024 2:37 pm It might semantic but I don’t regard liberals are The Left.

They're not, they're centrists. At least that's what they would be called in the UK.

They're essential to maintaining the status quo because the overton window points at them and declares that there is left wing opposition to the right, when in reality that is as far left as capitalism and the establishment are comfortable with, and it's really the centre. Chomsky talked about this, saying there is a narrow window of acceptable thought, but by maintaining vigorous discussion within that window the public are led to believe there is a broader political spectrum than there actually is.

It should also be noted that when push comes to shove, centrists always align with the right wing over the true left.

They absolutely aren’t

I hope Trump becomes president of the prison dance troupe.

Let's hear it for all that stamina.

With less than three weeks to go before the 2024 presidential election, both Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have been doing a barrage of media interviews and political events in addition to their campaign rallies.

But several interviews that Trump had scheduled this week were scrapped, including an interview with NBC and an appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box. And a sit-down with the Shade Room, a cultural website with a predominantly young Black audience that recently interviewed Harris, was reportedly nixed because, according to a Trump adviser, the Republican nominee was “exhausted.”

Trump is reducing his exposure on national media outlets because he thinks (correctly) that he is winning.
Relatedly, the more Kamala talks the less people like her.

pb183max wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 7:39 am Trump is reducing his exposure on national media outlets because he thinks (correctly) that he is winning.

I say let him think that, the same way we were supposed to see that Red Wave in 2022.

penningtron wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 8:04 am

pb183max wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 7:39 am Trump is reducing his exposure on national media outlets because he thinks (correctly) that he is winning.

I say let him think that, the same way we were supposed to see that Red Wave in 2022.

Also with the whole thing supposedly on a knife's edge his campaign can't afford to turn off even a tiny percentage of voters with his increasingly bizarre behavior. Stopping questions at a town hall to dance for 40 minutes, musing about the size of Arnold Palmers cock, these are not the actions of a coherent mind.

Trump's new campaign banner is a big cock and balls teabagging an enormous golf tee.

Trump is:
1 - a brand (hats, t-shirts, coins, stickers, flags, etc.)
2 - unapologetic
3 - self aggrandizing and show boater
4 - gut feelings over critical thinking
5 - LOUD and boorish
6 - a die hard capitalist with no scruples
7 - paranoid/racist
8 - punishment over rehabilitation
9 - pro 2nd amendment


Perfect candidate for the QVC, TBN, Limbaugh, crime show and football crowds. That's quite a large segment of the US there. Also add in the others who think the cost of living is dropping back to the "good old days" if he's elected.

pb183max wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 7:39 am Trump is reducing his exposure on national media outlets because he thinks (correctly) that he is winning.

Nope. He's exhausted, which has been confirmned by his team, who are probably leveraging this to keep him out of the spotlight since his behaviour becomes more erratic and bizarre by the day.

pb183max wrote: Mon Oct 21, 2024 7:39 am Relatedly, the more Kamala talks the less people like her.

You must frequent the same right wing places that Hbof does.