CardinalBacker

Because legal fees paid to an attorney are tax deductible, and hush money payments are not. But since Trump didn’t keep legitimate financial records, no one knows where the money paid to Stormy originated. Once again, campaign contributions have to be spent and documented in a particular manner…. IF trump used campaign funds to pay off an individual, this campaign finance reports HAVE TO reflect that. It’s federal law.

Yep.., and republicans will be handing him/her the presidency on a silver platter by nominating Trump, who we already know can’t beat anybody.

Here’s the bigger problem, as I see it. Trump didn’t look great at that debate, either, but the optics were heavily in his favor because Biden did HORRIBLE. Does anybody on the right want to see President Newsome? Because he’s up by somewhere near 15 points over Trump in current polling. Biden may be terrible, but the majority of Americans don’t want Trump. If there’s an option that isn’t Biden, Trump is in big trouble. I was astounded that 33% of people polled felt like Biden won the debate. I was like “what the hell were you watching,” then I had a little bit of a revelation. Somebody on X (formerly known as Twitter) tweeted that they would “vote for Biden’s head in a jar” before they’d ever vote for Trump. If the Ds give people an option, they’re gonna take it. It’s a long ways to November.

Free ride? They impeached him for lying about it! At one point they were taking pictures of his genitals as evidence in different proceedings. The Dems might have given him the same pass that the Rs are giving to Trump, but a Clinton didn’t get a free ride. But you do have to wonder why Trump didn’t get up at his hush money trial and convince the jury that he’d “never had sex with that woman… Miss Daniels.” Because he wasn’t about to perjure himself. I’m confident that, much like Lewinsky, Daniels had proof of her encounter with Trump.

Clinton lied… he admitted that he lied. We all know that he lies (or lied… who knows?). On the other hand, Trump tells lie after lie, and his supporters are like “well, we all know that the economy wasn’t the best ever, but Trump just likes to exaggerate and use hyperbole.” Every single legal scholar was NOT in favor of returning abortion decisions back to the states. “Half of legal scholars” is probably a more accurate statement, but can’t be proven… but “all legal scholars” is instantly proven to be a lie. For whoever keeps posting “what lies?” The biggest lie of all was that there was widespread election fraud. He still repeats it to this day when there has never been one shred of proof that election fraud occurred. Just because he (and most of you) believe in it as much as you believe that Jesus Christ died for our sins doesn’t make it true. The actual truth is that the economy was doing pretty good during the first part of Trump’s administration, even if it was unsustainable because of ballooning deficits/debt. But the. COVID happened on his watch…. And as much as y’all would like to blame it on democrat governors for shutting down their states… most governors are Republican AND they couldn’t have shut things down if trump wasn’t signing spending bills that gave out trillions frivolously. Even if you want to blame everyone else, then you have to admit that trump was powerless to stop it from happening.

FWIW, not EVERYBODY was in favor of moving the decision to the states, lol. I’m telling you… this is the most sensible thing I’ve ever heard him say. And for those “I could never vote for someone who supports the murder of children” people…. Ya boi is down with it.

There was a lot of chatter and i don’t remember the specifics. In my mind those Uber-progressive “restrictions” were either I response to, or the cause of, the hard push from the right to get Roe v Wade overturned. I liked the way that Trump framed his beliefs (exceptions to abortion bans for specified reasons… rape, incest, health of the mother). His beliefs don’t line up with the radical right on the issue and for once it looked like he thought and tried to articulate his actual opinion instead of appeasing his followers. THAT dude would have more support.

And for what it’s worth, can we stop calling something we don’t agree with “a lie?” That’s literally what people are doing now, media included. If Trump says “I don’t think climate change is that big of a deal, some tree hugger will yell “he’s a liar!” And the talking heads will put another tic mark on the lie list. I saw the other day where some jerk researched trump’s presidency and said “he averaged 21 lies per day.” I agree that he’s a liar, but come on… 21 per day? They’re like “…then Trump said Biden is doing a bad job… another lie.”

That’s not a lie… in the buildup to the reversal of Roe v Wade, some states (like Texas) were putting in very restrictive abortion bans that would take effect on the off chance that Roe v Wade was overturned. Other states (like Virginia) set in place rules even less restrictive than the ones in Roe v Wade…. And the Governor of Virginia was proud to say that abortion was legal right up until the baby was born. [Hidden Content] FWIW, a state rep from Va authored a bill that would loosen restriction. Asked to clarify, she said that a woman who was actively dialated would be able to request an abortion. After an uproar, she backtracked. [Hidden Content] The headline of the article incorrectly states that trump’s statement was a lie… it’s not, IMO.

I’m not talking about today… I’m saying that IF Trump gets elected (which I doubt), the universe basically ensures that he (Trump) will be in even worse shape than Biden by the end of his term, if such a thing as karma actually exists…. That’s just the risk of mocking an old dude, while simultaneously picking an old dude to take his place.

Hear me out… Biden has been greatly diminished over the last four years. That’s painfully obvious. Age is relative. One person at 75 can mirror somebody else at 81… heck, a fifty-six year old with early onset dementia behaves like 81-year old Biden. But if there’s one thing I’m sure of, Karma exists, what comes around goes around, and the people calling names and laughing at Biden while simultaneously nominating an equally geriatric candidate will no doubt get a taste of their own medicine if he gets elected. It’s just the way that the world works.

I'm curious how many other people felt that way. I think the Ds have no other choice but to move Biden out of the way.

Yes, sir. It’s going to be an interesting few days. IMO the Ds have to either pick a different scrub (Harris/Newsom) or introduce America to someone completely new 18 weeks before the election. Interesting fact… Donald Trump is older than Bill Clinton-who retired 24 years ago.

Agreed… plenty of lies to go around.

Keeping trump from interrupting helped Trump. They’re calling for Biden to step aside.

Go watch liberal media… they’re freaking out.

My thoughts? Trump by a mile. I wish he’d have avoided the Hunter/Election stuff. The whole “I wouldn’t have been indicted if I weren’t running” works… “your son is a felon, too” might get MAGA to cheer, but not the people who aren’t committed. I wish he didn’t preach to the choir so much. By comparison, the non-partisans might feel like the better choice is Trump. Biden was so bad that I could see him stepping out or being forced out of the race. Here’s the big news… I’m hedging my bets somewhat. Pay attention. If Biden stays in, I like Trump’s chances better than I did before the debate. He had a really good performance. Kinda makes me wonder what would have happened if Trump had performed like this in ‘20.

Why not just lie?“ Sure- I’ll accept the results.” Biden’s attack at the end seemed desperate and weak.

Biden: “you have the morals of an alley cat.” Hes still swingin’

I think they’ll swing to trump’s extracurriculars towards the end.

Trump: "I really don't know what he just said in that last sentence."

Biden won’t be the dem nominee… he’s getting killed.

Trump needs to just be magnanimous for another hour or two. And Trump just gave the best answer I’ve ever heard a politician give on Abortion.

Y’all might not know this, but I can’t stand trump… but he’s beating the brakes off of Biden in appearance and perception. They’re both lobbing half truths and whole lies… Holy crap… that was horrible Biden just locked up

It’s true. With an asterisk.