Steve writes: "Kamala Harris popped the Trump balloon, and when all the raw sewage poured out of the carcass not a single drop slopped up on Kamala Harris, who did what none of the men Trump rolled over could do. She emasculated him, shamed him, humiliated him, held him to account, expressed contempt, dismay and wonderment, while dismissing him with a look that was worth ten million words."
Brilliant, Steve. Just freaking brilliant. Being an educator who needs to get up early to get to school, I had to wait until this morning to catch snippets of the debate. It was a wonderful morning, let me tell you!
Thanks for the transcript Steve, I prefer the written word to videos. Has it only been 10 years since the golden elevator? It feels like an eternity. Donald wrested 7 more minutes of talk time and squandered them all. Anyone who wants this man in charge of our nuclear codes, is insane. Congratulations Kamala!
We’re a nation of immigrants and in my family lore, these kinds of statements and claims and utter falsehoods were leveled at them. Many of these family members proudly served in the military, unlike the person spewing the falsehoods.
Last night, Kamala Harris said all the things that Americans who despise Donald J Trump and Trumpism needed to hear. We are exhausted by the coddling that Trump receives in the loving arms of mainstream media. She took him to the woodshed and gave him a thrashing, richly deserved and long overdue.
AND she was disciplined as so many of my friends and family and colleagues wrote in social media today: she so wanted to and almost said "motha-f---er" and we all would been right with her.
Could have 10 million MAGAts been converted? That would leave 50 million to go. But then, where do they get their news, and how much influence does the Kremlin have? I don't understand that cult stuff anyway.
TFG's brainwashing tactic overrides the prefrontal cortex part of the reasoning brain and appeals to the primitive brain, evoking fear and anger. Dark tactic. Abusive. Dangerous.
Your hyperbolic rhetoric is welcome and hilarious, and this election calls for it. I hope people swarm to the polls to build a protective net around our democracy and our institutions. This will lift the down ballot candidates. We need to clean the house ( and Senate) of the toxins that Trump's rot empowered.
Well said, Steve! Last night was an amazing display. But as you point out, "he is dangerous and unstable" and there still are a staggering number of deluded Americans who worship him and will still vote for him. We can gloat today, but we need to keep our focus on getting Kamala and Tim elected. I continue to be very nervous about the shenanigans MAGA will pull between now and January.
I too was a little surprised at how many MSM heads talked up his debate skills, i.e., he had more debate time than any previous president? No, he has had more time in front of a camera being a bully, not debating. Some had you thinking he was a master at debating, the correct description is more like a master at masturbating. He's one sick fuck.
I don't understand why so many think the ability to lie glibly makes a person a great debater. It just makes him a liar. I was delighted when both moderators called him out on obvious lies like unwanted infants being executed in some states and his claim to being sarcastic when finally admitting he lost (by a "whisker") to Joe Biden. They should have included his lie about the rising crime rate in our country. Also, on his lies about the horrible economy.
The moderators were very effective but I wish someone would have corrected trump on the price of eggs. They were up to $6 a dozen when he was president!
Yes, and he butted in on the moderators a number of times and had more talking time than Harris. He is a Bully. They should not have let him do that at all. Good job, though.
A former colleague of mine was a classmate of Trump at Wharton. He informed me that Trump’s nickname at Wharton was “the Worm”. Last night the Worm was repeatedly pierced on a fishhook each time Harris “baited” him. It’s time to cast him into the water and cut the line.
I smiled when I read smart Steve Schmidt say, "who did what none of the men Trump rolled over could do. She emasculated him, shamed him, humiliated him, held him to account, expressed contempt, dismay and wonderment, while dismissing him with a look that was worth ten million words." Again and again, women prove they have stuff that men don't have. Surprisingly, courage is one of those things. Maybe "survival of the fittest" has made women strong, because only the ones who survived the brutish behavior of so many men (and especially ones in political power) can carry the many torches that must be carried to protect their children. Taylor Swift put it well, too, when she said we need a champion to fight our battles, and that's what Kamala Harris, with the help of Tim Walz, can - and will - do! I never felt prouder being a woman than when I read the resounding praise from all corners being heaped on a woman!
I think Donald is trying to set up a insanity defense for his upcoming trials. He was not has been caught believing in interest conspiracies, he was reeled in like a behemoth alien from the deep by our next President on a fishing expedition. I went from slack jawed to outright burst of laughter with every rant coming out of his racist mouth. Donald's genius was shining through with such a brilliance that I could see 2 large men in white coats and a straight jacket in hand coming to take him away, ha ha, hee hee to funny farm where life is beautiful all the time. Oh Donald, they won't let you hang up your love letters from Kim Jung because you had them framed but they will let you read a facsimile of them if you are nice and take your medication.
While no black immigrants from Haiti are eating Americans’ pets, the daughter of a black Jamaican immigrant father and immigrant Asian Indian mother of color eviscerated the entrails of orange Donald Trump and had him for supper last night.
As long as all who believe in Harris-Walz VOTE and they are able to vote. I fear some of the new laws and changes of polling place locations disenfranchising people. Let's help everyone vote who plans to vote blue up and down ballots.
Steve writes: "Kamala Harris popped the Trump balloon, and when all the raw sewage poured out of the carcass not a single drop slopped up on Kamala Harris, who did what none of the men Trump rolled over could do. She emasculated him, shamed him, humiliated him, held him to account, expressed contempt, dismay and wonderment, while dismissing him with a look that was worth ten million words."
Brilliant, Steve. Just freaking brilliant. Being an educator who needs to get up early to get to school, I had to wait until this morning to catch snippets of the debate. It was a wonderful morning, let me tell you!
Thanks for the transcript Steve, I prefer the written word to videos. Has it only been 10 years since the golden elevator? It feels like an eternity. Donald wrested 7 more minutes of talk time and squandered them all. Anyone who wants this man in charge of our nuclear codes, is insane. Congratulations Kamala!
I also appreciate the transcript. Thank you, Steve.
Add "me too" to the written v. spoken word -- esp. after "living through" last night I needed quiet contemplation to read the commentary by so many. David Frum, a true Conservative, weighed in. Link in case you missed it: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/09/how-harris-roped-a-dope/679779/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=author-david-frum&utm_term=Author%20Following%20-%20David%20Frum
Unfortunately, this is behind a pay wall. Would have loved to read it. Just saw him on MSNBC.
I like both. I enjoy the immediacy of your response on camera as I think that is priceless and then I like to follow that up with the text.
We’re a nation of immigrants and in my family lore, these kinds of statements and claims and utter falsehoods were leveled at them. Many of these family members proudly served in the military, unlike the person spewing the falsehoods.
Last night, Kamala Harris said all the things that Americans who despise Donald J Trump and Trumpism needed to hear. We are exhausted by the coddling that Trump receives in the loving arms of mainstream media. She took him to the woodshed and gave him a thrashing, richly deserved and long overdue.
AND she was disciplined as so many of my friends and family and colleagues wrote in social media today: she so wanted to and almost said "motha-f---er" and we all would been right with her.
I was thinking the F "ing" word followed by idiot, but I'll go with your interpretation!!
Could have 10 million MAGAts been converted? That would leave 50 million to go. But then, where do they get their news, and how much influence does the Kremlin have? I don't understand that cult stuff anyway.
TFG's brainwashing tactic overrides the prefrontal cortex part of the reasoning brain and appeals to the primitive brain, evoking fear and anger. Dark tactic. Abusive. Dangerous.
Dark tactic indeed. Lizard brain $hit for sure. Thankfully, Kamala kicked TFG's a$$. He couldn't even look at her and she laughed at him to his face.
Yes, she didn't need to stalk him behind his podium. She punched him over and over again in his ass-inine face. It was something else...historical!
Your hyperbolic rhetoric is welcome and hilarious, and this election calls for it. I hope people swarm to the polls to build a protective net around our democracy and our institutions. This will lift the down ballot candidates. We need to clean the house ( and Senate) of the toxins that Trump's rot empowered.
Well said, Steve! Last night was an amazing display. But as you point out, "he is dangerous and unstable" and there still are a staggering number of deluded Americans who worship him and will still vote for him. We can gloat today, but we need to keep our focus on getting Kamala and Tim elected. I continue to be very nervous about the shenanigans MAGA will pull between now and January.
I too was a little surprised at how many MSM heads talked up his debate skills, i.e., he had more debate time than any previous president? No, he has had more time in front of a camera being a bully, not debating. Some had you thinking he was a master at debating, the correct description is more like a master at masturbating. He's one sick fuck.
I don't understand why so many think the ability to lie glibly makes a person a great debater. It just makes him a liar. I was delighted when both moderators called him out on obvious lies like unwanted infants being executed in some states and his claim to being sarcastic when finally admitting he lost (by a "whisker") to Joe Biden. They should have included his lie about the rising crime rate in our country. Also, on his lies about the horrible economy.
The moderators were very effective but I wish someone would have corrected trump on the price of eggs. They were up to $6 a dozen when he was president!
I watched Muir's jaw and thought that it would crack from control so hard was he clenching it. They both were superb.
I was pleasantly surprised with the mods. I'm used to all corporate media figures being totally in the tank for TFG.
Yes, and he butted in on the moderators a number of times and had more talking time than Harris. He is a Bully. They should not have let him do that at all. Good job, though.
Mohammad Ali?! He's looking down laughing his head off right now!
A former colleague of mine was a classmate of Trump at Wharton. He informed me that Trump’s nickname at Wharton was “the Worm”. Last night the Worm was repeatedly pierced on a fishhook each time Harris “baited” him. It’s time to cast him into the water and cut the line.
Maybe Trump was the brain worm that ate RFK Jr's brain?
Thanks for putting out the transcript. I read faster than I listen, and sometimes I don’t have time to watch the videos. Hope you do more of this.
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You can also put the recorded messages on via youtube and there is immediate captioning to read w/o the sound. It is also thus accessible.
Your last line is priceless.
That chewing you hear, is not immigrants eating our pets this morning; it's Donald Trump eating crow.
I smiled when I read smart Steve Schmidt say, "who did what none of the men Trump rolled over could do. She emasculated him, shamed him, humiliated him, held him to account, expressed contempt, dismay and wonderment, while dismissing him with a look that was worth ten million words." Again and again, women prove they have stuff that men don't have. Surprisingly, courage is one of those things. Maybe "survival of the fittest" has made women strong, because only the ones who survived the brutish behavior of so many men (and especially ones in political power) can carry the many torches that must be carried to protect their children. Taylor Swift put it well, too, when she said we need a champion to fight our battles, and that's what Kamala Harris, with the help of Tim Walz, can - and will - do! I never felt prouder being a woman than when I read the resounding praise from all corners being heaped on a woman!
I think Donald is trying to set up a insanity defense for his upcoming trials. He was not has been caught believing in interest conspiracies, he was reeled in like a behemoth alien from the deep by our next President on a fishing expedition. I went from slack jawed to outright burst of laughter with every rant coming out of his racist mouth. Donald's genius was shining through with such a brilliance that I could see 2 large men in white coats and a straight jacket in hand coming to take him away, ha ha, hee hee to funny farm where life is beautiful all the time. Oh Donald, they won't let you hang up your love letters from Kim Jung because you had them framed but they will let you read a facsimile of them if you are nice and take your medication.
Patrick great reference to "THey're coming to take me away, ha ha" (Jerry Samuels (billed as Napoleon XIV). Real ear worm in the '60's
While no black immigrants from Haiti are eating Americans’ pets, the daughter of a black Jamaican immigrant father and immigrant Asian Indian mother of color eviscerated the entrails of orange Donald Trump and had him for supper last night.
After last night’s debate, any news source that continues to fellate trump, has no credibility whatsoever.
He’s toast.
As long as all who believe in Harris-Walz VOTE and they are able to vote. I fear some of the new laws and changes of polling place locations disenfranchising people. Let's help everyone vote who plans to vote blue up and down ballots.