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Hillary crushed him too but here we are.

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Would love to see another debate between the two of them, but DT is already running away from that possibility. Even he knows he stank the place up last night.

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dear michael,

great piece! some of my favorite lines:

"Last night, all the old tricks stopped working; Trump was a magician whose cards kept falling out of his sleeve."

"Harris spoke to those who could be persuaded. Trump appeared to only be speaking to Alex Jones."

"Trump’s finest moments of the debate were when he wasn’t talking."

funny and meaningful, thank you for sharing!

love

myq

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Sep 11Liked by Michael Ian Black

I just laughed out loud when he shouted "they are going to take your guns!". Off topic and pathetic. Also his hyperbole is so cringy...the best, the greatest, the worst ever, terrible, disaster...they are meaningless (and untruthful) descriptors. And at this point, tiresome. But, quite a few people, given the poll numbers, like to hear that kind of thing. I will admit I do wish she had answered a couple of questions directly but between the two the choice is obvious, so it's a moot point to me. If elected I am sure she will make decisions I don't like but it will be infinitely better then anything he will do.

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So much stupidity crammed into so little time

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“I’ve been a leader on fertilization” was one of my faves. And it only took 30 minutes before he finally lost his shit entirely and started talking about immigrants eating pets! What a racist turd.

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Absolutely spot on!

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Totally agree!

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Agreed she totally kicked his flat wrinkly butt, but I wish whenever she is asked a question, she would answer directly before pivoting-as in the example you gave about Afghanistan. I do believe that would go a long way with those on the fence. Just a quick yes or no even before pivoting at least.

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I can't imagine anyone watching last night saying, "Trump did great, that's my guy!" but I'm sure someone did.

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Jessie Waters did! And he's totally a normal human being.

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he can’t be completely normal if he feels the way he does. There’s some psychopathology there somewhere.. But your point is well taken.

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Sorry my sarcasm may not have been clear, that guy would eat Trump's shit and say it's delicious - then tell everyone eating human shit is a good thing.

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It was clear. I think Larry is a literal guy.

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I wish it was just trump making up weird shit about black/brown folks eating pets or whatever. Unfortunately, it's a significant portion of high profile GOP politicians, including one JD Vance. Discourse Blog had a good write up on it, including that the point here is not to make a credible (or even sane) accusation; it's to foment violence, specifically against black/brown folks.

I'm glad Harris had a good performance last night and I don't mean to take away from that. But these are kinda terrifying days, so...

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Perfect example of how weird they are. They will say anything to justify their ends. I think they saw the public reaction to Gov Noem's bizarre pride in killing her own pet's and they were like "let's reflect our insanity on the most vulnerable, so we look justified in our hate".

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uh-Yup. Well said.

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