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When relegating oneself to a basement near 24/7, logic dictates the idiot needs to get his message out via television ads, yes?

[SmokingJoe]

Yes.
It’s all he’s got.
Apart from the media and big tech if course.
But I’ll go for good old fashioned campaign rallies like Trump is doing anytime.
That trumps a basement approach every single time. Not that anyone has ever hidden in their basement and won before.

[SmokingJoe]

To expand further.
As far as I know, no one has ever won the presidency with a basement dwelling campaign approach.
Closest I can see was the 1900 campaign between McKinley and William Jennings Bryant.
McKinley just stayed at home, yes, while Bryant traveled all over the country and campaigned hard. Bryant still lost.
But, McKinley had a very dynamic Theodore Roosevelt as his VP candidate and Roosevelt campaigned vigorously all over the country for McKinley. Roosevelt was simply bubbling with energy and still young.
Plus McKinley himself held big rallies from the front porch of his house.
By contrast, both Hiden Biden and Kamala are nowhere to be found.
That kind of approach is simply not going to do it. Just TV ads never won an election for anybody.