“Moderated” by Hannity. What’s the fucking point?

  • Zeppo
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    161 year ago

    Is Newsom angling for VP, or is he hoping Biden drops out of the race or something?

    • Flying SquidOP
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      291 year ago

      I think he’s prepping for 2028. I still don’t see the point here though.

      • themeatbridge
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        221 year ago

        I think this sends a few messages. It’s not that dems are afraid to debate DeSantis, but it is beneath even the vice president to bother. Meanwhile, it keeps DeSantis alive longer, which creates turmoil in the GOP as allegiances are divided. And Gavin wants to raise his own profile so that people know who he is and he can skip the introductions should Harris need to pick a VP in the near future.

        The only thing Newsom could do wrong is be unprepared for the debate.

        • @[email protected]
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          111 year ago

          The only thing Newsom could do wrong is be unprepared for the debate.

          Would be an impressive flop for him, given how well he managed Hannity in their last 1:1. He came very prepared to that, I’d expect nothing less for this “debate”

          • themeatbridge
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            101 year ago

            Oh yeah, I think it’s going to be a win, but then again DeSantis could shit his pants on tv and claim he won the debate, and his supporters would believe it.

            • @ohlaph
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              71 year ago

              They would probably shit their pants* in support.

              *more.

              • themeatbridge
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                21 year ago

                He has an alarming number of supporters. Florida is crazy.

                • @[email protected]
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                  11 year ago

                  I know. He’s got more support than trump in some states, it seems. However, his campaign is floundering and he’s losing ground not making it. He’s not a real candidate any more. If he has charisma and ideas, perhaps it could turn around as people learn who he is. He has the opposite effect.

    • @[email protected]
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      101 year ago

      He’ll finish the terms in California by 2028, so prepping for that I would assume so dems have SOMEONE who is ANYONE. As I’m sick of the “omg Biden is the ONLY NAME AT ALL so it HAS TO BE HIM.”

    • @Hazdaz
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      21 year ago

      He is waiting 4 years. The problem is that CA already has a ton of problems that he should be back home and solving, and instead he’s wasting his time and everyone else’s by doing these stupid debates. If he can solve the many problems that CA has in 4 years, he’s a shoo-in to win the Democratic nomination in 2028.

    • @[email protected]
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      01 year ago

      Maybe providing an alternative candidate to pivot away from Biden if he continues polling so poorly against Trump?

      Also, DeSantis is polling so far behind Trump currently, why should Biden go work ‘em over? Send out Newsom to handle the light work.

      • Zeppo
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        81 year ago

        DeSantis could be seen as an alternative candidate if say, Trump ends up in prison, or has a health problem, and they decide not to run him this time. Seems unlikely Trump would ever agree to that, though.

        • @[email protected]
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          -11 year ago

          Agreed. I can’t see the GOP pivoting away from Trump voluntarily nor Trump voluntarily agreeing to be off ballot.

          It’s funny, I specifically remember Biden saying he was going to be a 1-term president and that he wouldn’t run for a second term, handing off to a younger person to take up the proverbial torch. I think it was in relation to debate questions about his age.

          Sad to see that isn’t panning out.

          • @dezmd
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            81 year ago

            When the hell did Biden say that?

              • @dezmd
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                11 year ago

                I specifically remember Biden saying

                Scary how easily misinformation and negative sentiment is spread by confidence in a memory of something that didn’t happen.

  • @Etterra
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    141 year ago

    Ratings. The point is ratings.

    • mommykink
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      21 year ago

      Newsom looks like an alien wearing a tight human skin suit and DeSantis looks like an escaped mannequin from a wax museum.

  • @xc2215x
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    41 year ago

    Should be a good debate.