Absolutely!! I was looking at the crowd at one of the Harris/Walz rallies last week and just thought to myself, look at that beautiful rainbow of smiling, joyful people. At TRump rallies all you see is a sea of angry white faces. Change is coming! πΊπ²πΊπ²πΊπ²
Absolutely correct, and check your registration if you think you miight have gotten removed, or you have moved and not updated your information, please do so.
Call me stupid or what, we have snowbird status, live partly in Canada and a few months in Florida.
God willing will be there well before 5th to vote. I am saying βgodwillingβ because nothing happens without HIS GRACE. And I mean the Almighty, not the Orange Felon
So true! Kamala & Waltz are gushing positivity and laying out some policies for the administrative goal. That is what America needs! No name calling needed! Only truths!
Harris and Walz have a lot of gall coming out and acting all happy when we know America is a dying country being run by the WORST president EVER!! I read it on the internet AND Trump said it so it's gotta be true.
This is part of the problem with NOT fact checking T***p in real time!!! I know you are being sarcastic, but his lies get out there and spread BEFORE the real facts are able to counter the lies. Journalists and theMSM need to do a better job of calling out his and his sorry running mate in real time.
I agree. They are calling him out quietly but that's not loud enough. Those of us listening know the truth. Somehow the media needs to talk loud enough for his constituents to hear, if they will listen. He constantly lies and has not been held accountable. January 6th is so important to me, and I'm sure he will never be held accountable for his part.
He (trump) is on record as saying (paraphrased)" if you repeat things often enough, they will believe you". And it certainly works for him w/ his minions
Thanks for the tip! All you have to do is enter βjoyful warriorβ in the search box and LOTS of options immediately emerge. Apparently, thereβs a big demand. π
Etsy has the beaded Harris - Walz bracelets also. I ordered them today for myself my daughter and my granddaughter. I also sent my grandchildren Kamalaβs book for children on Superheroes.
I found a few , one of my favorites included RBG! Pretty creative! I'll have to check out that book for my grandchildren. When they were little I was fortunate to procure a few written & signed by Julian Lennon re: our precious earth. Thanks, I'll check etsy!
The words of newscaster/journalist Yamiche Alcindor's grandmother have never been better guides: Be Steady; Stay Focused; Remember Your Purpose; Always Press Forward. All now thankfully amidst Joy and Smiles!
Yep. So tired of trump's angry politics. Just plain old tired of him. I hope Harris and Walz can stay genuine and not get tempted to get down in the dirt with him. Just tell us what your policies are and how you'll accomplish them. That's all voters really want.
I think the way Harris and Walz have been handling the TRump campaign trying to smear them has been classy yet effective. They're definitely not gutter snipes like the TRump team. πΊπ²
Indeed, I've seen and heard enough greased-pig wrestling contests in my life. Were I Harris, I would have demurred about debates. The Donald will do everything he can to make them into cage fights. I'm not sure that any moderators will have the courage to insist that he answer questions and shut off his mic if he constantly reverts to character assassination as his debate thesis. That kind of performance isn't a "debate" and it doesn't serve the public's need to know candidate's positions on policy. Then, tfg's policy position is whatever pops off the top of his head in the moment, so that won't be helpful either. What would be most helpful is if he flies back to Florida, sits down and shuts up.
Yes, fly back to Florida and we never hear from him again. That would be the best. Since he hates democracy so much, maybe he should fly to one of those dictator-led countries he loves so much,
I live in Florida so I realΔΊy hope he does not fly back here. He should fly out of the country to one of the countries run by a dictator he loves and admires.
no, then he might not ever be held accountable for all the pain and grief and for thevJan. 6th attack on our Capitol. Etc etc etc. Many of the judges are as corrupt as he is, and none of them should get away with what they have done. We have suffered because of him, and that is wrong.
Iβm SO happy to see candidates for public office who are positive, focused, congenial, and all while laying the ground work for a better four years ahead.
Trump is a βone trick ponyβ of the lying nature, and I just donβt think that trick is gonna work for the majority of Americans.
TRump is toast. If Kamala has already pulled ahead of him in just 3 weeks, I can't imagine what the polls will say in the next almost 3 months!πΊπ²πβΊοΈ
A deciding moment in American politics. Harris and Walz WILL have the policies. They already have them--Biden's immensely successful policies (sadly derided and unrecognized by many) and Walz's own "best in healthcare," etc., Minnesota policies.
President Biden's policies and work for our nation have been mostly ignored by the media, so I fault those who have fixated on horrible Trump stories while ignoring what our nation has been needing to know along with positive outcomes.
As always - thank you. It is a breath of fresh air - and while I am most grateful to President Biden and feel badly that the press annihilated him - and have said nothing about the clearly lying, crazy Trump - this is a campaign with a real chance! Go Dems!!
As I see it Dan, when Trump entered politics the first time (I'm with those who saw it as a publicity-stunt by a reality show sleaze) nobody told him that having ideas of his own, policy initiatives of his own and vision of leadership or a country; you know, a message worth following. Now that the Harris/Biden switch-around is three weeks old, the Donald still has his small hands grasping for a clue, a principle, and any evidence of integrity of leadership acumen. The only thing he can reach for as counter-point are his old reliables: denial, lies, bullying, disrespect and pandering. He's not done, and the Republicans who want a party remaining at the end will react and try hard to salvage something to show for it, but I'd bet the only methodology Trump will embrace are Nixon-era dirty tricks.
TRump first talked about running for president clear back in the 80's, but got serious about it in 2012, speaking for the first time at the CPAC. Since 2015, I feel like I've been living in an alt-right universe and can't get out! I feel like I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel now.πΊπ²
Unlike today, politicians worried that if bad behavior slipped into public view, voters would turn on a candidate or the entire party. That tends to temper behavior. GOP leaders informed Nixon the House would vote overwhelmingly to impeach & he had only a dozen or so votes in the Senate against conviction. No one was coming to his rescue.
I wonder if Nixon would behave differently in todayβs environment.
It is telling that Nixon and DJT became pals after Nixon left office. (Letters between them are in the Nixon Library.) DJT thought Nixon should have destroyed the tapes. Probably a reason he destroyed so many records while he was in the WH. They shared the same view of presidents as all powerful. They shared traits like paranoia, grievance, racism, hostility toward the media & ruthless ambition. In other ways they were not alike. Highly intelligent, Nixon strove for political & policy accomplishments. Maybe it was Nixonβs Quaker background that gave him more concern for mundane things like paying his bills.
One thing about Trump is that he keeps hoping that next time he'll be a winner. He's had so many failures, from marriages to businesses, that he really wants to have one more big victory. He'll cheat, he'll lie, he'll connive. If he doesn't know it, those around him know it: he's losing his cognitive abilities. So folks like Musk, Thiel, the Uileins, Schwarzman, etc. see opportunity. If they can help steal just one more election for tfg, tfg will be theirs to command for the rest of his life. That's pretty intoxicating for all involved.
TRump is a loser who can't handle losing. He's pathetic and small. I can't wait to be rid of him and of his hate-filled Cult 45 members. Good riddance!!
We need to stay on task; I don't trust that the Republicans will simply "hope for the best" I believe they will use any means necessary - and by that I mean cheating - to swing the election to them. They will disrupt/purge voter registration databases and then make it harder for people to vote or to re-register. They're like toddlers, when they're quiet you have to worry what they're doing.
Plus the very real possibility that Trumpβs buddies/henchmen may realize he canβt govern, but will be helping him win so that they can call the shots and make the government what THEY want, through him. Ugly thought, but possible.
I feel Harris and Walz are bringing the key democratic issues along with their great joy! Trump just doesnβt have any positive issues/plans to bring forward!
Yes! The horrible Project 2025, which he alternately denies knowing and disapproves of some of it, is hardly a positive plan, but should he get elected, (voters forbid) he would certainly take credit for iti and make it his own.
βJoyful warriorsβ, I love this! They are running a campaign from recalled my younger years. Good riddance to the anger and hate-filled atmosphere of DT.
Mr. Rather will remember this better than I will. But the last time there was a ticket with two people who enjoyed campaigning--with the exception of 2020, when COVID kept Biden and Harris from doing that--was LBJ and Humphrey in 1964. They loved pressing the flesh. Since then? Some great flesh-pressers, so to speak, but not a team.
Itβs like weβve been in an abusive relationship since that infamous escalator ride. So long the angry rants, lies revolving doors of tRump presidency & then the 1/6 insurrection & de-evolution of the whole Republican Partyβ¦.Iβm so tired!!
But this new ticket gives me such HOPE & happiness! I hope we can ride this wave till the election! (We know tRump/GOP are up to no good w/respect to the election-deep breath!) but today!? JOY.
They have brought back kindness and hope. Both sorely needed.
Absolutely!! I was looking at the crowd at one of the Harris/Walz rallies last week and just thought to myself, look at that beautiful rainbow of smiling, joyful people. At TRump rallies all you see is a sea of angry white faces. Change is coming! πΊπ²πΊπ²πΊπ²
Change is already here. All we need to do is keep it alive through election day. We can do it if we all get together and get out and vote.
Exactly, Steve. Come to think of it, it is very simple. Get out the vote, on the 5th.
Thank you
Yes! Vote any way you can. Vote early, vote by mail, or show up at your precinct polling place. The saying "let's get it done" fits.
Sure, and if it
ββ Fits he shouldnβt be acquitββ.
OJ slogan in the reverse, lol
Plus, encourage everyone to register to vote. Please π
Absolutely correct, and check your registration if you think you miight have gotten removed, or you have moved and not updated your information, please do so.
Call me stupid or what, we have snowbird status, live partly in Canada and a few months in Florida.
God willing will be there well before 5th to vote. I am saying βgodwillingβ because nothing happens without HIS GRACE. And I mean the Almighty, not the Orange Felon
Would not ever think HIS GRACE would be about trump in any way
So true! Kamala & Waltz are gushing positivity and laying out some policies for the administrative goal. That is what America needs! No name calling needed! Only truths!
Thatβs how I felt. All the colors, everybody united and happy, which isnβt a word Iβve used for a while.
All Cheetoliniβs rallyβs are white and brainwashed.
That's hilarious, I've not heard "Cheetolini" before!! π
I canβt take credit for this. I saw it on a post and told the poster I was stealing it.
Angry, jeering and disparaging. Also, vacuous.
Harris and Walz have a lot of gall coming out and acting all happy when we know America is a dying country being run by the WORST president EVER!! I read it on the internet AND Trump said it so it's gotta be true.
This is part of the problem with NOT fact checking T***p in real time!!! I know you are being sarcastic, but his lies get out there and spread BEFORE the real facts are able to counter the lies. Journalists and theMSM need to do a better job of calling out his and his sorry running mate in real time.
I agree. They are calling him out quietly but that's not loud enough. Those of us listening know the truth. Somehow the media needs to talk loud enough for his constituents to hear, if they will listen. He constantly lies and has not been held accountable. January 6th is so important to me, and I'm sure he will never be held accountable for his part.
He (trump) is on record as saying (paraphrased)" if you repeat things often enough, they will believe you". And it certainly works for him w/ his minions
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Did any of you peoplegraduates kindergarten to face the hard nosed realism of 1st grade?
Always the right commentary for the moment, Dan! Thank youππΌβοΈπΊπΈ
I want a βJoyful Warriorβ tshirt!!
I just found one on Etsy!
Thanks for the tip! All you have to do is enter βjoyful warriorβ in the search box and LOTS of options immediately emerge. Apparently, thereβs a big demand. π
YAY!!
Send link?
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1774900073/joyful-warrior-harris-walz-tshirt-harris?msockid=3f8c233438bf65472d9732d739b864a8
Thank you!
Thanks! I just ordered one. In blue. ;-*}.
Same!
Thank you! I just ordered one! π
I'm looking for it!
Me tooooo!
Great idea. Great idea! I hope someone that produces these has the same thought. And I hope I find one!
I saw some interesting tshirts on tiktok.
Etsy has the beaded Harris - Walz bracelets also. I ordered them today for myself my daughter and my granddaughter. I also sent my grandchildren Kamalaβs book for children on Superheroes.
I found a few , one of my favorites included RBG! Pretty creative! I'll have to check out that book for my grandchildren. When they were little I was fortunate to procure a few written & signed by Julian Lennon re: our precious earth. Thanks, I'll check etsy!
Of course I am sure, if eligible, they all know who to vote for.
Thank you
Here is the link for the beaded Harris Waltz bracelet. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1773318541/harris-walz-kamala-harris-political?click_key=e03ece99f17a02345a7b33f2e151457715152135%3A1773318541&click_sum=4bab7cc8&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=beaded+Harris+Waltz&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&organic_search_click=1&bes=1&content_source=5633d8e1302d9b1fe6acacc1c122a357c6cc94d6%253A1773318541
ME TOO! Someone who is a savvy at marketing should get on that! πΊπ²
Me,too!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1774900073/joyful-warrior-harris-walz-tshirt-harris?msockid=3f8c233438bf65472d9732d739b864a8
I got one from Amazon!
Me too, Jennifer!
The words of newscaster/journalist Yamiche Alcindor's grandmother have never been better guides: Be Steady; Stay Focused; Remember Your Purpose; Always Press Forward. All now thankfully amidst Joy and Smiles!
This is absolutely the ticket to ride! The perfect policy, combined with two committed people who can carry it out. Harris-Walzβ¦you got this!π
Amen.
Yep. So tired of trump's angry politics. Just plain old tired of him. I hope Harris and Walz can stay genuine and not get tempted to get down in the dirt with him. Just tell us what your policies are and how you'll accomplish them. That's all voters really want.
I think the way Harris and Walz have been handling the TRump campaign trying to smear them has been classy yet effective. They're definitely not gutter snipes like the TRump team. πΊπ²
Indeed, I've seen and heard enough greased-pig wrestling contests in my life. Were I Harris, I would have demurred about debates. The Donald will do everything he can to make them into cage fights. I'm not sure that any moderators will have the courage to insist that he answer questions and shut off his mic if he constantly reverts to character assassination as his debate thesis. That kind of performance isn't a "debate" and it doesn't serve the public's need to know candidate's positions on policy. Then, tfg's policy position is whatever pops off the top of his head in the moment, so that won't be helpful either. What would be most helpful is if he flies back to Florida, sits down and shuts up.
From your mouth to G-dβs ear!
Amen
Yes, fly back to Florida and we never hear from him again. That would be the best. Since he hates democracy so much, maybe he should fly to one of those dictator-led countries he loves so much,
I live in Florida so I realΔΊy hope he does not fly back here. He should fly out of the country to one of the countries run by a dictator he loves and admires.
no, then he might not ever be held accountable for all the pain and grief and for thevJan. 6th attack on our Capitol. Etc etc etc. Many of the judges are as corrupt as he is, and none of them should get away with what they have done. We have suffered because of him, and that is wrong.
I've been thinking that for awhile! Go hang out with your pal Putin. Maybe Kim Jong Un needs some company. βΊοΈ
I really hope, she wins Ohio. It is game over for the Orange Felon.
Thank you
Iβm SO happy to see candidates for public office who are positive, focused, congenial, and all while laying the ground work for a better four years ahead.
Trump is a βone trick ponyβ of the lying nature, and I just donβt think that trick is gonna work for the majority of Americans.
It's so refreshing to feel happy again!!
I do hope you're right!
TRump is toast. If Kamala has already pulled ahead of him in just 3 weeks, I can't imagine what the polls will say in the next almost 3 months!πΊπ²πβΊοΈ
Trump's trick didn't work in 2020, so let's make sure it doesn't again in 2024.
She just has to win big, Steve. No margin and or room for error.
We are on pins and needles till then.
This is a very consequential contest. I hope the evils lose.
Absolutely!!!
The "trick" is how to feed'm horseshit and make them think it's pastry. Doesn't work for most of us.
Your columns always give me hope - and a smile. Thank you!
" Harris / Walz
For Goodness Sake!"
A deciding moment in American politics. Harris and Walz WILL have the policies. They already have them--Biden's immensely successful policies (sadly derided and unrecognized by many) and Walz's own "best in healthcare," etc., Minnesota policies.
President Biden's policies and work for our nation have been mostly ignored by the media, so I fault those who have fixated on horrible Trump stories while ignoring what our nation has been needing to know along with positive outcomes.
As always - thank you. It is a breath of fresh air - and while I am most grateful to President Biden and feel badly that the press annihilated him - and have said nothing about the clearly lying, crazy Trump - this is a campaign with a real chance! Go Dems!!
I love & respect President Biden. He is one in a million. Bless him!
Me too, President Biden has been great, he has done a wonderful job and he has made a great sacrifice for our country! Thank you President Biden!
As I see it Dan, when Trump entered politics the first time (I'm with those who saw it as a publicity-stunt by a reality show sleaze) nobody told him that having ideas of his own, policy initiatives of his own and vision of leadership or a country; you know, a message worth following. Now that the Harris/Biden switch-around is three weeks old, the Donald still has his small hands grasping for a clue, a principle, and any evidence of integrity of leadership acumen. The only thing he can reach for as counter-point are his old reliables: denial, lies, bullying, disrespect and pandering. He's not done, and the Republicans who want a party remaining at the end will react and try hard to salvage something to show for it, but I'd bet the only methodology Trump will embrace are Nixon-era dirty tricks.
TRump first talked about running for president clear back in the 80's, but got serious about it in 2012, speaking for the first time at the CPAC. Since 2015, I feel like I've been living in an alt-right universe and can't get out! I feel like I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel now.πΊπ²
Nixon was a saint compared to DJT.
As Granny Clampett used to say, 'lower than a rattlesnake in a wagon rut.
Unlike today, politicians worried that if bad behavior slipped into public view, voters would turn on a candidate or the entire party. That tends to temper behavior. GOP leaders informed Nixon the House would vote overwhelmingly to impeach & he had only a dozen or so votes in the Senate against conviction. No one was coming to his rescue.
I wonder if Nixon would behave differently in todayβs environment.
It is telling that Nixon and DJT became pals after Nixon left office. (Letters between them are in the Nixon Library.) DJT thought Nixon should have destroyed the tapes. Probably a reason he destroyed so many records while he was in the WH. They shared the same view of presidents as all powerful. They shared traits like paranoia, grievance, racism, hostility toward the media & ruthless ambition. In other ways they were not alike. Highly intelligent, Nixon strove for political & policy accomplishments. Maybe it was Nixonβs Quaker background that gave him more concern for mundane things like paying his bills.
One thing about Trump is that he keeps hoping that next time he'll be a winner. He's had so many failures, from marriages to businesses, that he really wants to have one more big victory. He'll cheat, he'll lie, he'll connive. If he doesn't know it, those around him know it: he's losing his cognitive abilities. So folks like Musk, Thiel, the Uileins, Schwarzman, etc. see opportunity. If they can help steal just one more election for tfg, tfg will be theirs to command for the rest of his life. That's pretty intoxicating for all involved.
TRump is a loser who can't handle losing. He's pathetic and small. I can't wait to be rid of him and of his hate-filled Cult 45 members. Good riddance!!
We need to stay on task; I don't trust that the Republicans will simply "hope for the best" I believe they will use any means necessary - and by that I mean cheating - to swing the election to them. They will disrupt/purge voter registration databases and then make it harder for people to vote or to re-register. They're like toddlers, when they're quiet you have to worry what they're doing.
You nailed it!
Plus the very real possibility that Trumpβs buddies/henchmen may realize he canβt govern, but will be helping him win so that they can call the shots and make the government what THEY want, through him. Ugly thought, but possible.
Probable, not just possible.
They βdonβt play well in the sandboxβ
In other words, TFG is a used car salesman.
Be kind to used-car salespeople!
Correction, he sells lemonβs, lol
So true.
I feel Harris and Walz are bringing the key democratic issues along with their great joy! Trump just doesnβt have any positive issues/plans to bring forward!
Yes! The horrible Project 2025, which he alternately denies knowing and disapproves of some of it, is hardly a positive plan, but should he get elected, (voters forbid) he would certainly take credit for iti and make it his own.
βJoyful warriorsβ, I love this! They are running a campaign from recalled my younger years. Good riddance to the anger and hate-filled atmosphere of DT.
Mr. Rather will remember this better than I will. But the last time there was a ticket with two people who enjoyed campaigning--with the exception of 2020, when COVID kept Biden and Harris from doing that--was LBJ and Humphrey in 1964. They loved pressing the flesh. Since then? Some great flesh-pressers, so to speak, but not a team.
Itβs like weβve been in an abusive relationship since that infamous escalator ride. So long the angry rants, lies revolving doors of tRump presidency & then the 1/6 insurrection & de-evolution of the whole Republican Partyβ¦.Iβm so tired!!
But this new ticket gives me such HOPE & happiness! I hope we can ride this wave till the election! (We know tRump/GOP are up to no good w/respect to the election-deep breath!) but today!? JOY.
Well said!