The Daily Broadside

Tuesday

Posted on 08/15/2023 5.00 AM

JCM 8/12/2023 7:42:10 PM

Posted by: JCM

vxbush 8/15/2023 5:44:06 AM
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Good morning, campers.

The latest indictment against Trump isn’t intended to become a media circus. Oh, no. How could you think that?

Unlike the past indictments of the former president, where the judges took care to not turn the actual in-court proceedings into a spectacle (i.e. by not allowing cameras), this latest indictment turned into a low-budget reality show. The star of the show was the Fulton County court clerk, who welcomed a gaggle of media to follow her around the halls of the court as she solemnly walked the paperwork to her office, surrounded by armed guards. It was reminiscent of Nancy Pelosi marching Trump's articles of impeachment through the Capitol Building. Everyone knows what's really going on.
vxbush 8/15/2023 5:48:10 AM
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San Francisco’s Nancy Pelosi Federal Building Is So Dangerous That Employees Are Told to Work at Home

I’m surprised they don’t have certain liquors on tap in the building. 
vxbush 8/15/2023 6:13:43 AM
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Q: why on earth is Gov. Newsom agreeing to a debate with Gov. DeSantis? What is the motivation? Everyone is writing about the debate, but the genesis of the debate is barely discussed. Apparently it started with Sean Hannity when he interviewed Newsom, but why would Sean ask for this? Why seek a debate with someone who hasn’t gone through the steps to become a presidential candidate? I know there is speculation that he will swoop in after Biden gets either removed from the race (via any number of scenarios) or convinced not to run, but the optics of this are really weird. 

I didn’t think Hannity had this kind of sway with a Democrat governor (and it is odd that Newsom agreed to go on his show). I didn’t think the Democrat leadership had lost this much control, unless this is intentional. This doesn’t look like 3D chess.
JCM 8/15/2023 6:57:20 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 3:

The cynical old bastard in me says, the election is fixed, all the rest is matryoshka to give the illusion of a race and election.

vxbush 8/15/2023 7:29:46 AM
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Reply to JCM in 4: The cynical old bastard in me says, the election is fixed, all the rest is matryoshka to give the illusion of a race and election.

Oh, I am pretty much right there with you. So I'm trying to understand the thinking (not reason, so far as I can tell) that makes the ones making the decision (be it Newsom or someone else) into why they think this is the right next step. If I can understand this, maybe I will be better able to predict future moves. 

Maybe. 

JCM 8/15/2023 8:09:35 AM
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Trump Georgia election indictment.

Can some explain how what Trump said is any different from want Abrams said or did?

buzzsawmonkey 8/15/2023 9:02:28 AM
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In #6 JCM said: Can some explain how what Trump said is any different from want Abrams said or did?

Forget Abrams; what about Gore claiming Bush stole the election, Kerry and Hillary Clinton claiming the same?

JCM 8/15/2023 9:11:46 AM
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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 7:

Gore even went farther than talking overturning the results... he filed lawsuits.

buzzsawmonkey 8/15/2023 9:19:31 AM
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Reply to JCM in 8:

Gore-blimey, as the British say...

Kosh's Shadow 8/15/2023 8:21:38 PM
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24 thousand light years to go
I want to be abducted
Put me on that UFO and take me to your home
I want to be abducted

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