It was a good speech, but you wonder just how “complicated” his “big beautiful blended family” is … https://t.co/3mByvde3F4

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 21, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 11:07PM
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This guy is totally imitating Josh Shapiro

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 21, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 11:05PM
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PS If you read the lyrics you discover it’s a song about fake joy.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 21, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 10:12PM
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What was the over/under for plays of “Walking on Sunshine”?

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Aug 21, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 10:07PM
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Here is the poll: https://t.co/LzZSoLEbtX “Walz sitting at 34% favorable/51% unfavorable and Vance at 32% favorable/55% unfavorable.” Nobody really wants the lovable, bouncy dad they never had?

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 21, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 09:59PM
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“This is the first state poll to show Tim Walz’s popularity deep underwater (negative 17 points, just six points better than JD Vance).” @daveweigel notices something about the latest Roanoke poll in Virginia. https://t.co/h0t8ZkfrrQ

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 21, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 09:56PM
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For Schumer the campaign seems to be mostly about the rest of BBB. Seems less than compelling. A bunch of incremental benefits for the middle class. It’s enough to give Meachamism fresh appeal–at least that was an issue big enough for a national election.

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Aug 21, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 09:41PM
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Fake roll call for fake candidates? https://t.co/ZOEBxGlMgm

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Aug 21, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 08:21PM
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The good part of Biden’s speech. Aside from these sentences it seemed a cut and paste of save-get Biden paragraphs. https://t.co/qui1vlYMM7

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 20, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 06:59PM
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Does the humiliation of Biden help Dems in the election? My guess is yes. (Not saying it’s intentional, but it’s maybe a form of penance to the electorate.) https://t.co/MZoJwnsJlB

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 20, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 06:43PM
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The old South Carolina jibe “He went to Harvard and it took” (directed, I believe, at Pug Ravenel) was both more succinct and more benign–it accepts that the target was an OK local before the Ivies warped his outlook, and doesn’t resent him simply for succees. https://t.co/8N27UxV66i

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 20, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 06:06PM
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Note: In Free Beacon report (https://t.co/rOUSRdZmhD) Walz’s misrepresenations were way more frequent than detailed in this initial NYT story https://t.co/KBcOrspimt

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Aug 20, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 05:49PM
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So they can promote AI and squelch doomerist criticism in one fell swoop? https://t.co/Ekpx0ADHCQ

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Aug 20, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 05:37PM
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Similar to Biden’s falsehoods–latching onto any useful story, true or not. Next he’ll be talking about his ancestors coming up out of the mines and playing football. https://t.co/IX0IV7tuJP But this seems more coldly calculated. https://t.co/NM6bZ0BIA3

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 20, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 05:32PM
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Especially cheesy given that Walz is the one pushing the policies (eg more immigration, Ukraine, various forms of wokeism, UBI-style checks to non-workers, SCOTUS as liberal legislator of last resort) favored by the Ivy League elite. https://t.co/cuHyGmO0SS

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 20, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 05:19PM
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Biden: “[W]e know Kamala and Doug are people of character.” OK! There is some discordant evidence regarding Doug. A man of character would come clean regarding this (e.g. is there an NDA?) > https://t.co/NWacxKUkOt

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Aug 20, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 12:27PM
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Biden: “[W]e know Kamala and Doug are people of character.” OK! There is some discordant evidence regarding Doug. A man of character would come clean-regarding this (e.g. is there an NDA?) > https://t.co/NWacxKUSE1

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 20, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 12:21PM
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It may have been 15 seconds.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 20, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 11:44AM
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I listened to Biden’s speech on the radio. But now I’ve seen it on video and Good Lord he seems angry. (Not without reason.)

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Aug 20, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 04:32AM
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Biden also said “Kamala and I are committed to strengthening illegal immigration.” An admirable moment of candor. https://t.co/CFhbEGtjRy [27:18 in]

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Aug 20, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 04:26AM
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This was after charging that “Trump continues to lie about the border.” …. https://t.co/8BmHszEtDt

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 20, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 04:21AM
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In his DNC speech, Biden said, of the Lankford border bill, that “once it passed” Trump killed it. https://t.co/CFhbEGtjRy [25:51 in] Huh? It didn’t pass anything. Not the House. Not the Senate. Biden seems to believe his improved version of reality–ie a fantasy.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 20, 2024

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August 20, 2024 at 04:19AM
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Isn’t the obvious problem with telling Trump to be more disciplined that he wants to entertain his audiences and anecdotal tangents are how he does it. If he delivered the message speech word for word it would be boring. If he did that and *then* did some entertaining, the press… https://t.co/lHsWz3k6Ui

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 19, 2024

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August 19, 2024 at 04:24PM
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Biden’s Day of Joy is finally here! https://t.co/FEAqCvJZCO

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 19, 2024

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August 19, 2024 at 04:14PM
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I was in brief 5 minute debate segment on one of his shows around 1980. Two unexpected things: 1) He was exceptionally smart and asked sharp legal questions on esoteric points; 2) He didn’t tell us to relax. He basically said ‘You have 30 seconds to make your point. You will… https://t.co/YhFY6OVge9 https://t.co/iMwbUOW9mf

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 19, 2024

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August 19, 2024 at 04:04PM
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