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To: mbrfl

I’m glad to hear you say that. I was traumatized by the Wallace-arranged disorder and the lack of decorum that proved an insult to this great country and our president.

I wouldn’t watch that saloon brawl twice and will not be planning to watch future debates, if they dare to occur. Better to just read about the nasty things, after the fact, or view a highlight or two and Move On, for me.

Wallace is dead to me, along with Joe Scar Burro
and his nag, Mika the Mouth.


907 posted on 09/30/2020 9:55:33 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey! Publik Skules/Academia -> The Farm team, for more Marxists coming. Infinitum.)
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To: RitaOK

To summarize Bongino’s analysis, he’s basically saying that this year’s election is a base election, meaning whoever can excite his base enough to come out and vote in large numbers will win. Unlike most elections, the undecideds don’t play a decisive role in base elections.

The electorate is roughly 40% Republican, 40% Democrat and 20% Independent. Rather than trying to win over the remaining undecideds among the independents (who are probably fairly few at this point) the strategy of a base election is to fire up his base (the 40% of Republicans) enough to get a huge turnout while encouraging the opponents base to stay home in large numbers. If 80% of his base turns out to vote and 30% of Biden’s base turns out to vote, the independents don’t really matter.

Trump’s main strategy in the debate was to discourage Biden’s base while firing up his own. Towards that end he was successful. Trump’s main goal was to get Biden to disavow the left wing of his party, and he succeeded in doing that. The more Biden equivocates on whether he’s a moderate or radical, the more he alienates both wings of the Democrat party and encourages them to stay home.

Any way, that’s just a summary, and Bongino included many clips and examples from last night’s debate to help make his case. It’s worth the watch.


920 posted on 09/30/2020 10:17:24 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: RitaOK

To summarize Bongino’s analysis, he’s basically saying that this year’s election is a base election, meaning whoever can excite his base enough to come out and vote in large numbers will win. Unlike most elections, the undecideds don’t play a decisive role in base elections.

The electorate is roughly 40% Republican, 40% Democrat and 20% Independent. Rather than trying to win over the remaining undecideds among the independents (who are probably fairly few at this point) the strategy of a base election is to fire up his base (the 40% of Republicans) enough to get a huge turnout while encouraging the opponents base to stay home in large numbers. If 80% of his base turns out to vote and 30% of Biden’s base turns out to vote, the independents don’t really matter.

Trump’s main strategy in the debate was to discourage Biden’s base while firing up his own. Towards that end he was successful. Trump’s main goal was to get Biden to disavow the left wing of his party, and he succeeded in doing that. The more Biden equivocates on whether he’s a moderate or radical, the more he alienates both wings of the Democrat party and encourages them to stay home.

Any way, that’s just a summary, and Bongino included many clips and examples from last night’s debate to help make his case. It’s worth the watch.


921 posted on 09/30/2020 10:17:25 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: RitaOK

his nag..

Bawaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Rita that was hilarious.


1,039 posted on 10/01/2020 7:21:58 AM PDT by Cats Pajamas
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To: RitaOK

Yeah I can’t watch that stuff either. Gets me too churned up. I’m glad Our President pounded his dotardness but I only hope it doesn’t start looking like he’s “punching down” though I don’t think that’s happened yet.


1,051 posted on 10/01/2020 7:46:11 AM PDT by ichabod1 (He's a vindictive SOB but he's *our* vindictive SOB)
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