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Yuri Bezmenov's avatar

How obvious was the teleprompter? This is the most fake astroturfed campaign of all time. Hombres con Harris!

J. Matthews's avatar

Michael said that there wasn't a teleprompter. The rest of the event was fake enough.

Patricia's avatar

There were teleprompters that could be seen from the television. They weren’t for the entire event, only for the question/answer portion regarding policy.

mhj's avatar

They all lie, all the time. Just keep that in mind and you won't often go wrong.

Feral Finster's avatar

Duh. What does anyone propose to do about it?

Tardigrade's avatar

The more sunlight, the better.

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Oct 11, 2024
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Feral Finster's avatar

How many people here were going to vote for her, then changed their mind as the result of this latest PR stunt?

Diamond Boy's avatar

“ ours is a problem where deception has become organized and strong; where truth is poisoned at the source; one in which the skills of the shrewdest brains are devoted to misleading a bewildered public”

Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

I take exception to calling them "the shrewdest brains." I have never seen more deluded demagogues ever. Speeding us along the road to annihilation says exactly the opposite.

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Oct 11, 2024
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Feral Finster's avatar

You are probably right.

Yes, Harris' stunt is cynical. Start liking it, as we will see more and more cynicism, nigh unto full-blown sociopathy and nihilism.

None of this matters, if it gets the desired results.

Tardigrade's avatar

Post-election, we can see that it did *not* get the desired result. I like what Lionel Shriver had to say in July, after Joe went to bed but before Kamala was the official candidate:

"[Harris] comes across as a fake, and most voters — most people, even children — are keenly attuned to artifice. (Trump is an asshole, but at least he’s genuinely an asshole.)'

https://unherd.com/2024/07/kamala-harris-is-painfully-out-of-her-depth/

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Oct 11, 2024
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Maenad's avatar

@Michael Interesting that the fan procurement company does not hire disabled, which is federally prohibited discrimination :

“THE PRODUCTION AREA WE USE FOR CASTED AUDIENCE/SEATFILLER DOES NOT PROVIDE ADA SEATING AREA. ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST BE IN GOOD HEALTH AND PHYSICALLY ABLE TO STAND AND MOVE AROUND FREELY DURING THE TAPING OF THESE PRODUCTIONS.”

Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

I've got my ballot and am marking it for Dr. Jill Stein. If only we all would do that. What a shock to the system that would be. Plus we would be making it clear that we are not going to assist the MSM in silencing our voices.

gadflybytes's avatar

Kudos to your ability, Michael, to slog through the particulars of another dull and staged sideshow in the Kamala Circus.

BookWench's avatar

Fake "undecided candidates" and fake questions asked of a fake candidate.

Nothing to see here!

Jim S's avatar

Thank You Michael

Bix Noodleman's avatar

Thank you for using "myriad" correctly. Mad respect

Tardigrade's avatar

"Town Hall" along with "debate" and "vaccination" no longer have any relation to their original meaning. They've become euphemisms.

Tardigrade's avatar

Michael, I saw your coverage of this on Glenn Greenwald, and was floored that the production was even more staged than I already suspected. I do appreciate your work.

Tonya's avatar

"As the most trusted news source among U.S. Hispanics..."

Maybe their method of determining "trust" needs to be re-evaluated.

BookWench's avatar

Fake candidate has a fake town hall.

NothingButNet's avatar

All you have to remember is that she is Kamalama Ding Dong. A nitwit who can’t even run her mouth with competence.