Political Irony

Stranger than fiction: A Christian who thinks ALL women shouldn’t vote, wants to bring back slavery, calls himself a “Black Nazi”, and spends a lot of time watching porn. And he’s running to be the governor of North Carolina (he’s currently the Lt. Governor).

We’ve heard this before: Rudy Giuliani stumps for Trump. Yawn.

Pretty much everything that JD Vance says, is a lie, and he even admits it.

I love the Daily Show. No pets were eaten creating this blog post.

Jordan Klepper from the Daily Show points out the amazing irony of the right’s reaction to Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Harris/Walz, Marjorie Taylor Greene attacking conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer’s racist post, and VP candidate JD Vance pointing out that we shouldn’t pay any attention to what billionaire celebrities say or do… like, say, Donald Trump. But the best part is Joe Biden making friends with a Trump supporter.

On Monday, I mused that Trump would end up being a sad joke, and that it seems to be happening now. I managed to time that right on the mark.

At the debate last night, not only did Trump tell lie after lie, but he must have run out of lies to tell, because he kept repeating the same lies over and over again. He even repeated the lie about immigrants stealing pets to eat them, after the moderators pointed out that it was not true. But Trump just had to argue with them, blurting out that he “saw it on TV”. That’s Trump’s idea of a debate?

Harris killed. Even Fox News couldn’t spin the debate for Trump. After the debate, Fox host Jesse Watters tried to claim that there were “no winners”, but acknowledged “This was rough. This was pretty intense at times.” Watters also admitted “This race just got tighter.”

The chief political analyst for Fox, Brit Hume, was more direct. “This was pretty much her night”. Hume also admitted that Trump was baited by Harris, and took the bait every time (he just can’t help himself). Trump fell back on being the complaining victim, which Hume called “the old grievances that we had long thought Trump had learned were not winners politically.”

Hume also complimented Harris, saying, “She kept her cool.” Host Bret Baier asked Hume, “You’re saying she had a good night?” to which Hume retorted, “I’m saying she certainly did.”

I wish there was some way to determine if the debate actually changed the trajectory of the presidential race. Or at least causing some Magat to rethink their tattoo.

Trump’s rally on Sept 8 in Wisconsin is showing Donald Trump’s increasingly stinking of desperation. And it is driving him into an apocalyptic fantasy world where it is not clear whether he can remember anything. In his speech, he forgot the name of North Dakota governor Doug Burgum, who was one of the people he considered for his VP. And he strangely called Elon Musk by the name of “Leon”. He also started attacking his own lawyers. Things were so crazy that his attendees started leaving early.

Historian Heather Cox Richardson has a full article about it.

I’ve long thought that Trump would end up being a sad joke, and it seems to be happening now.

Me thinks he protests WAY too much!

I’m happy to have Jimmy Kimmel back.

This is an incredibly powerful video from the Lincoln Project. It points out graphically what Republicans would have to do to enforce their bans on abortion. They would have to take away your rights and freedom. Which is exactly what Project 2025 plans to implement.

Trump claims (lies) that he knows nothing about Project 2025, but he just yesterday he gave a speech at a conference sponsored by The Heritage Foundation, who wrote Project 2025. The Heritage Foundation also sponsored the Republican Convention. And much of Project 2025 was written by Trump’s associates, including JD Vance, who wrote the forward for it.