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Stinky The Clown

(68,428 posts)
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 04:43 PM Jul 2024

It is taking all I've got not to be . . . . .

. . . . . overconfident.

I have NEVER seen a presidential candidate set the entire political world ON FIRE so quickly.

AMAZINGLY, the Democratic cats have been herded (including the righteously angry childless cat ladies) in a party membership ready to enthusiastically rock and roll.

I have never seen a campaign's coffers swell as fast and as full as now.

I have never witnessed former Republican rank and file members and activists endorse a candidate of ours so quickly and so full throatedly.

I have never seen young people move from Meh to I'm Voting.

I have never seen Dismal Don at such a loss for words and insult names as he is now. Nothing but childish taunts and recycled insults as he struggles for attention.

Rare are the days the DEMOCRAT was the one consuming all the oxygen in the room. But there it is. Non Stop!



Maybe this is simply the boomerang for the despair some felt for Biden's campaign. But I don't think so.

This feels REAL.



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It is taking all I've got not to be . . . . . (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Jul 2024 OP
Yep claudette Jul 2024 #1
K&R Think. Again. Jul 2024 #2
Confidence yes, complacency no central scrutinizer Jul 2024 #3
Exactly right Seinan Sensei Jul 2024 #42
YES! Well said! nt CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2024 #4
I have no problem being overconfident gab13by13 Jul 2024 #5
If this is the swell before the wave... MiHale Jul 2024 #6
I know, right? Still, the ground game is critical. ananda Jul 2024 #7
Voter roll purges. We need to get lawyers and door knockers haele Jul 2024 #16
Yes, getting voters unpurged is so important! ananda Jul 2024 #28
Tell your friends to go to vote.org Qutzupalotl Jul 2024 #43
Feels REAL... mamajudi Jul 2024 #8
I had the same thought. Sky Jewels Jul 2024 #35
I was tired of him after 2000 ArkansasDemocrat1 Jul 2024 #57
anyone to beat dismal don. (i love that) AllaN01Bear Jul 2024 #9
I love that, too. Excellent use of alliteration. ShazzieB Jul 2024 #21
Dementia Don Bundbuster Jul 2024 #22
Oh yeah! ShazzieB Jul 2024 #27
Donald Duck Qutzupalotl Jul 2024 #44
reply to shazzieb anti-repub Jul 2024 #49
Some more... BrianTheEVGuy Jul 2024 #61
angry cat ladies , ill sick the watch cat on ya AllaN01Bear Jul 2024 #10
Our long national nightmare could be over so quickly. Demobrat Jul 2024 #11
Nine horrible years. Sky Jewels Jul 2024 #36
I like when he was just a cheap reality character Dem4life1234 Jul 2024 #47
Except the wardens. Nt spooky3 Jul 2024 #51
What A Ride, Eh ??? Rubyshoo Jul 2024 #12
I wish I could feel the same. maxsolomon Jul 2024 #13
Polls of ME and NH released today showed a big jump. Sky Jewels Jul 2024 #37
Polls have a lag time of 3-4 days Metaphorical Jul 2024 #53
Exactly. You said it wordstroken Jul 2024 #14
Dismal Don....PERFECT. K&R spanone Jul 2024 #15
I hear ya... SalviaBlue Jul 2024 #17
I signed up for various volunteer roles today - I know TX is not truly a swing state TBF Jul 2024 #18
Yes yes and yes!! WVGal1963 Jul 2024 #19
Kamala will defeat Trump Sessuch Jul 2024 #20
And flip some state legislatures. Sky Jewels Jul 2024 #39
Give it some time...... flying-skeleton Jul 2024 #23
If they needlessly attack her, ban them from the WH Press Pool n/t ArkansasDemocrat1 Jul 2024 #59
Right there with ya. TomSlick Jul 2024 #24
I wouldn't say I'm feeling "overconfident" orange jar Jul 2024 #25
On Insta the other night PlutosHeart Jul 2024 #26
Just getting started! Dems and many goprs alike are fearful of and disgusted by TSF. There's wiggs Jul 2024 #29
Even though DownriverDem Jul 2024 #30
She will be a great president! Dave Bowman Jul 2024 #31
Question For The Next Debate... Mr Know-It-All Jul 2024 #32
Don't f-$% with cats, women, and children... Bluethroughu Jul 2024 #33
100% agreed relayerbob Jul 2024 #34
Yep.. I think we are all feeling it. honest.abe Jul 2024 #38
That's because the right has become totally stuck with TFG Warpy Jul 2024 #40
Have been hearing the term Pro Enoki33 Jul 2024 #41
Do not talk yourself out of it Tweedy Jul 2024 #45
This feels so surreal Dem4life1234 Jul 2024 #46
What's the opposite of a nighmarish feeling? Sky Jewels Jul 2024 #48
Euphoric? Nt spooky3 Jul 2024 #52
Yes, that fits! Sky Jewels Jul 2024 #58
It's too early to be confident SpankMe Jul 2024 #50
The best part is Kamala Harris is getting the media coverage she deserves. LiberalBrooke Jul 2024 #54
But... czarjak Jul 2024 #55
But... czarjak Jul 2024 #56
It is indeed REAL -- real confidence comes from COMPETENCE. Harris has more than any ancianita Jul 2024 #60
It's real peggysue2 Jul 2024 #62
My twist Grins Jul 2024 #63
Seriously. Who wants old Dumpty Trump and weirdo Vance at this point? LymphocyteLover Jul 2024 #64

Seinan Sensei

(671 posts)
42. Exactly right
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 09:08 PM
Jul 2024

But never forget that team tRump is full of Bad Actors
Like Chris LaCivita, the guy who Swift-boated John Kerry
Sooo ...
Enjoy the ride
Remain ever-vigilant
And keep your hands inside the car

ananda

(30,444 posts)
7. I know, right? Still, the ground game is critical.
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 05:37 PM
Jul 2024

Not just GOTV, but also poll watching and nipping
Republican shenanigans as soon as they happen.

haele

(13,379 posts)
16. Voter roll purges. We need to get lawyers and door knockers
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:11 PM
Jul 2024

To re-register anyone purged who wants to vote. Many states have a deadline for registration 60 to 90 days before an election.

Haele

Qutzupalotl

(15,041 posts)
43. Tell your friends to go to vote.org
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 09:15 PM
Jul 2024

(because it's easy to remember) or any of the sites in my sig line. Check repeatedly!

mamajudi

(48 posts)
8. Feels REAL...
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 05:41 PM
Jul 2024

To me too!! Love what you said.. Ari is back and has Carville on....first off, he was saying something similar but sounded way to 'Debbie downer' to me. Why we listen to him anymore is a mystery to me. That said, Ari broke to listen to our Kamala speak live after the war monger, Netanyaho spoke. And James was GIDDY over what she said. Ooh, boy. This is gonna be fun!! Being a Californian, I just love her and always our Joe...

Sky Jewels

(8,747 posts)
35. I had the same thought.
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 07:30 PM
Jul 2024

WHY is James Carville still flapping his jaws at us?! I wish he would just GO AWAY for good.

ShazzieB

(18,444 posts)
21. I love that, too. Excellent use of alliteration.
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:29 PM
Jul 2024

There are lots of other possibilities as well:

Dismal Don
Dirty Don
Dreary Don
Dorky Don
Devious Don
Disreputable Don
Dastardly Don
Duplicitous Don
Deplorable Don
Despicable Don
Detestable Don
Disgraceful Don
Disgusting Don
Defective Don
Deficient Don
Disastrous Don
Detrimental Don
Damnable Don

The list goes on and on.


Demobrat

(9,705 posts)
11. Our long national nightmare could be over so quickly.
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 05:44 PM
Jul 2024

We could wake up the morning after the election in a world where nobody gives a flying Fock at the moon about TFG.

Where he’s yesterday’s news and there’s nothing more to say. And it could be in a matter of weeks. Seems almost surreal after the all Trump all the time coverage we’ve had shoved down our throats for years now.

Dem4life1234

(868 posts)
47. I like when he was just a cheap reality character
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 09:36 AM
Jul 2024

When I was a kid he was just some random rich guy.

He needs to stay out of politics.

 

Rubyshoo

(1,959 posts)
12. What A Ride, Eh ???
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 05:44 PM
Jul 2024

Now if we can get everybody to play nice at the convention...


No ´68 Chicago redux please.



maxsolomon

(34,930 posts)
13. I wish I could feel the same.
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:02 PM
Jul 2024

The polling hasn't shifted much yet. There is renewed energy on the Dem side, yes, but the moment remains fraught.

The race will still be decided by the least-informed voters: flibbertigibbets who vote based on whims and illogical biases.

Metaphorical

(2,205 posts)
53. Polls have a lag time of 3-4 days
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 11:30 AM
Jul 2024

Write, poll, collate, analyze, publish. It's Friday, meaning that what you're seeing in the polls was probably done Monday, when people were still processing what had happened Sunday night. I fully expect that the polls next week will see a significant jump.

SalviaBlue

(3,023 posts)
17. I hear ya...
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:15 PM
Jul 2024

I’m kinda giddy. I didn’t want Joe to step down, but now we have Kamala and I feel really good about our chances.

TBF

(34,022 posts)
18. I signed up for various volunteer roles today - I know TX is not truly a swing state
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:15 PM
Jul 2024

so I hope the rest of you have picked a few things you can do as well! There is lots of online work for folks who are savvy on online media, etc..., along with traditional walking, calling folks, etc

WVGal1963

(179 posts)
19. Yes yes and yes!!
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:16 PM
Jul 2024

We have MUCH work to do, including GOTV. There is a lot of time before Election Day. There is a lot of time for narratives to change. There is a lot of time for WHO KNOWS WHAT???

All that said - - OMG YES YES YES!! The energy is amazing. SHE IS our WINNER!! Because as she says - -

“When we fight, we WIN!!” Oh I just LOVE THAT!!

And I will be eternally grateful to Joe Biden on so many levels for so many things. But as his final GIFT to us all? And as for his amazing STRATEGIC TIMING???

(Yeah, well…..that’s our seasoned, intellectual, perfectly poised PRESIDENT pulling off the greatest COUP ever - -RIGHT?? LOVE to Joe!!! Well done, CIC!!)

Kamala! Kamala! Kamala!

And thank YOU, Mr. President…..thank YOU!!

Woot woot. We’ve got this, DU Family. We’ve got this. And it feels amazing.

Sessuch

(147 posts)
20. Kamala will defeat Trump
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:23 PM
Jul 2024

Now we have to get the down ballot candidates winning big to have majority in House and Senate.

flying-skeleton

(749 posts)
23. Give it some time......
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:40 PM
Jul 2024

For the corporate media to receive their orders and instructions for a Trump unifying message to attack Kamala Harris. It's a matter of time.

orange jar

(816 posts)
25. I wouldn't say I'm feeling "overconfident"
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:45 PM
Jul 2024

more so cautiously optimistic. We still have months to go and lots of hard work to get done, but things seem to be looking up (so far).

If we can keep the same energy until November, as well as expand our base/support (and get them to VOTE!), then I think we will have a reason to feel confident on election day. I feel better now than I did on the few days leading up to Biden's withdrawal from the race.

PlutosHeart

(1,445 posts)
26. On Insta the other night
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:51 PM
Jul 2024

pictures of people of all ages telling their diverse stories kept popping up all over the place with the words "I understand the assignment". From all over the world including the US in support of Harris. In support of our democracy.

I almost cried.

wiggs

(8,028 posts)
29. Just getting started! Dems and many goprs alike are fearful of and disgusted by TSF. There's
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 07:07 PM
Jul 2024

nothing TSF can do but double down on the Trumpism and repel more people. And the more enthusiasm/money/endorsements/visibility Kamala generates the angrier, more desperate, more whiney, more Trumpy he will get until even Fox will cringe. And then he will get worse again.

If faced with likely defeat...what will a person with his toxic, disordered brain do? Scene like Fargo with William Macy?



DownriverDem

(6,585 posts)
30. Even though
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 07:16 PM
Jul 2024

the issues are the same, folks wanted a younger candidate. Millenials & GenZs will help us save our democracy. We need everyone to stop MAGA.

Mr Know-It-All

(6 posts)
32. Question For The Next Debate...
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 07:22 PM
Jul 2024

Thanks Stinky, spot on as usual...

Here's a question a moderator could ask Trump at the next debate;

Do they have a cell at Rikers big enough for the resolute desk and a couch?

Bluethroughu

(5,645 posts)
33. Don't f-$% with cats, women, and children...
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 07:24 PM
Jul 2024

Everyone will come out for at least one or all.

Everyone with any value or morals.

relayerbob

(6,958 posts)
34. 100% agreed
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 07:28 PM
Jul 2024

We need a full court press to take it over the finish line, in such huge numbers that MAGA is humiliated and repudiated back into the their basements and white hoods.

We can debate policy later ... otherwise they may not be debates

Warpy

(113,093 posts)
40. That's because the right has become totally stuck with TFG
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 07:49 PM
Jul 2024

and now they can't deflect serious questions about his mental state by pointing their fingers at Biden. Plus, TFG now has Project 2025 hung around his bg, fat neck, competing with the long red tie pointing to his dick, something he should have reconsidered when El Jean Carroll won both her cases against him for not keeping that thing zipped, along with his mouth.

About the best they can do is call Harris a whore in Netspeak, as was done by a big blowhard on Pox News.

They've all been seriously wrong footed and it's glorious to see, even though we know it won't last. It never does. It is going to be great to hear our candidate speak while Fatso is speechless.

It's not going to be a fun job to convinc4 TFG he's no longer running against Biden. They still haven't managed to get through to him that he never ran against Obama. This is going to be one totally screwy election season.

Enoki33

(1,605 posts)
41. Have been hearing the term Pro
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 07:56 PM
Jul 2024

Democracy Coalition frequently now. It seems to be a very real coming together in quest of defeating the monster.

SpankMe

(3,215 posts)
50. It's too early to be confident
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 11:21 AM
Jul 2024

I'm not counting my chickens. We've got to focus on young voters in swing states. That should be 70% of our focus, with the other 30% on down-ticket Dems in less competitive states to maintain visibility. (We'll never take Montana, for example. But, there's a shot at keeping Jon Tester in office.)

We shouldn't consume resources in places like Utah or Alabama or Mississippi.

ancianita

(38,102 posts)
60. It is indeed REAL -- real confidence comes from COMPETENCE. Harris has more than any
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 01:38 PM
Jul 2024

candidate four cycles before Joe Biden. She brought competence to the vice presidency, and now has grown into the competency of the presidency.

Non-voters love competent candidates, and Kamala's competence stands out as a lighthouse in the darkness.

And she laughs. She shines.

The next 102 days will likely go down in democracy history.

peggysue2

(11,453 posts)
62. It's real
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 02:16 PM
Jul 2024

Doesn't mean there won't be bumps and rattles along the way but . . .

Right now the Democratic Party and this election are on an upswing. We need to ride the enthusiasm for everything it's worth. Which is a lot.

The ugliness is coming but we're building the armor to move forward because:

We. Won't .Go. Back.

Grins

(7,848 posts)
63. My twist
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 02:41 PM
Jul 2024
“ …never seen a presidential candidate set the world ON FIRE so quickly”…since the last time he did it when the “Access Hollywood” video came out.
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