Trump tailors his speeches to the audience. Listen to speeches he gives to the Economic Club of NY or others; he has command of a vocabulary to convey his thoughts well to whomever he speaks to.
Hayward's article was excellent. One of the many benefits of Don Surber's column are the links to articles and news I otherwise definitely would have missed.
Joe: The way I see it, the debate will have absolutely no effect on the election. Perhaps I'll be wrong on this one.
Moe: I agree. Those voting for Trump will still vote for him; likewise with Willie Brown’s mistress.
Joe: The only chance Kamala has of winning is if all of Willie Brown's mistresses vote for her.
ABC lost the debate. When you go lower than CNN to sway opinion you lose whatever race you're running in. Not only did Trump answer every question, no matter how flawed the premise, he had to start every answer knocking all the idiocy that Kamala was throwing out first. Kamala' set the pace with her first response to "Are we better off than fours ago?" 'I was raised by a single mom in a middleclass neighborhood' and went downhill from there with ABC greasing the skids. As I posted a few weeks ago, its all gone to shit since Obama showed up. This is just more of that. Isn't it ironic that Obama's entrance was endorsed by none other than Joe Biden calling him clean and articulate? And what a way for the Cheney brand to dissolve! yeesh! There's some sweet comedic irony going on and it is at least entertaining to watch the downfall of the charade we've tolerated for so long.
I've been recommending the Ruthless podcast from Sept 12, which analyzes the debate in detail. Lots of good insights from these guys (who as a bonus are quite funny).
Ever notice that we conservatives actually enjoy life and one another?!
Yeah, Dems would be thinking -- we can't have people working this hard, it's human rights abuse -- and if they do work that hard they should be taxed more.
I've just translated your cogent comment to a bumper sticker. Don't put it on your car, unless you need your car shot to pieces. (My dad was in the only Printers and Lithographers union that existed, but they slithered over into one of the other big unions that take $$ for protecting sloths.)
By “sloths the union protected” do you include the union bosses?
My husband had a childhood friend whose father “worked” as a Teamster’s leader—Italian neighborhood. He never “worked” a day in his life. Every Christmas that man received a bathrobe and slippers as his “work clothes.” My husband and his classmates still laugh about how well he provided for his family. Last we heard, Mr P lived in Las Vegas and still wore nothing but his jammies.
Disgraceful misuse of the union members who worked for their wages.
Shirley, surely, Lara Trump has engaged ‘consultants’ from Blackwater to a) disable or inconvenience criminal vote counters w suitcases of ballots like we saw in 2020, b) ‘entertain’ contract postal ballot truck drivers at truck sops or ‘nails on the road’ stops distributing ballots between and in various states, c) dropping off Carnival cruise Kalalau norovirus cupcakes at county voter admin offices, and any number of similar Lee Atwater, Carville & Begala dirty tricks to tie these True Facists’ shoe laces….this Time….Shirley….
I thought Dick Cheney and retard Bush were going to do more so in Iraq against the Iranian IED bomb builders, use Seal Teams, Drone Strikes, Mossad help.. to blow those bastards up (and hopefully as a bonus German/UK/US suppliers of embargoed IED electronic parts) but the greedy/stupid Pols let them keep blowing up our soldiers…
Worth it to look at the details of polling at RCP. They have a new feature which displays polling on this calendar day from 2016, 2020 and 2024. Those figures look pretty good.
And many of the polls are oversampling Ds.
That said, we all need to do everything we can to get our voters to the polls.
1. Chairman Xi is having your column translated right now. When he reads the part about Walz NOT being a Command Sergeant Major, I expect an explosion that will be picked up by seismologists in the USA: "You dunderheads! Who decided to invite the guy who was NOT a Command Sergeant Major? Bring me that nincompoop's head!"
2. The Haitians in Springfield, OH cannot be blamed on the open border: they were FLOWN into the country after filling out a questionnaire saying they feared for their safety in their own country. Of Course they feared for their own safety -- they are gang members and enemy gangs would kill them! So there -- they didn't have to cross the Darièn Gap and pay a coyote to make it into the country, they were welcomed with open arms by the USGovernment! And as for them eating ducks and geese -- that's karma. Have you ever tried to eat a duck? The word 'tough' was invented for ducks.
It is actually called Welsh RAREBIT, which is a dish of hot cheese sauce, often including ale, mustard, or Worcestershire sauce, served on toasted bread.
No “rabbit”.
I think there was an old Bugs Bunny cartoon that comically turned the dish’s name to “Rabbit” during one of his misadventures, but not 100% certain of that.
Thank you Suzie and Wim de Vriend. I started to write "rarebit," decided I didn't know the correct spelling, so abandoned the effort. I also thought it would damage my joke, and it was intended as a joke from the outset. I have actually eaten Welsh Rarebit and enjoyed it, but am suspicious of your tale of the origin of the term "rabbit." I suspect it is actually how people in Wales pronounce 'rabbit,' but I'm too lazy to look it up.
We should all celebrate, though, what is probably the only occurrence of the term "Welsh Rabbit" (or Rarebit) in Don Surber's column.
I thought so too, but Duck duck go noted that it was a jocular name for a meatless dish and could also be called Welsh rabbit. I love melted cheese, so the name machs no nix mitt me.
You may have something there. In the town where I used to live, on the coast, a story was told about the owner of its very first Chinese restaurant, running around in the park to catch the abundant ducks ...
City I live near had a restaurant inspection turn up a skinned cleaned nutria hanging in the cooler of a place known for fabulous burritos. No bueno !!
Albany must have at least 15 Mexican restaurants, or 20 if you count the food carts. BTW, have you checked out my Substack site? I've got half a dozen stories there now.
It was quite the stunning moment when, during the debate, Kamala rattled off the names of numerous people, including military types, who’d been part of Trump’s first administration who now endorse her.
Deep state traitors ALL, some of whom even worked against him from within the Whitehouse during his first term.
2016 began the exposé of the Uniparty during Trump’s run when soooooo many so-called conservatives aligned against him, (the whole crew at National Review to name just some).
They had been lying to their entire constituencies for decades about the values they proclaimed to share with us, but never had any intention of pursuing once they stole your vote through their duplicity. We’d been lied to for years right to our faces.
They undermined Trump from within and without during his entire term, and continue to do so to this day.
There really are no actual parties anymore - if there ever were.
The entire, once-upon-a-time two party system is a huge charade.
This election is between America First people and principles vs. the Global grifters, which is comprised of both Dems and Republicans.
But the process of turning the Republican Party into the MAGA party is well underway now. I'd say we're about 60-65% of the way to replacing the old RINO party.
You’re way more optimistic than I am about our elected representatives.
Watched a podcast the other day about the grip ($$$) Big Pharma has on them to prevent even hearings, forget legislation or court actions, about bad drugs, and the corruption deep in the CDC, FDA, etc., even when millions of lives are at stake.
98% of them - both parties + the media -take the money and bury the evidence.
And that’s just Pharma.
It’s the same with foreign government lobbies, and every other corporation, group, and industry there is.
The corruption is so deep, so widespread it is terminal.
I just can’t stop thinking about Stalin’s famous quote: “It’s not who votes that counts, but who counts the votes that count.” Don’t be shocked if we get a repeat of 2020.
And the Dems won't even be ashamed to do it! In 2020 voter turnout in several Philadelphia precincts exceeded the number of registered voters, and I think I was the only one to notice.
I think a lot of people noticed the excessive number of overcounted voters in many precincts but couldn't get the proper gub'ment agency to do anything about it
Our Governor, SAYS that he supports Trump/Vance. I saw a picture of him and Trump with the accompanying headline about “burying the hatchet.” My guess is that Kemp will support whoever benefits HIS political ambitions.
But the bigger question is who does our Secretary of State support? Raffensberger is the wild card.
Most assuredly they will try. The question is will we react any differently when it happens this time? 2020 has filled mang comment boards for the last four years but never had one minute in court viewing the evidence. Will we sit around and watch it replay?
Sure looks like there'll be two winners. Latching on to a better man so you never have to do anything ever again. KH has kept the veep job like a pitcher of warm spit (I know, that's a misspelling!)
I expect this is the funniest thing I will read all day. “Darth Cheney, you’re my only hope” and the entire paragraph that follows is pure comedy gold, and much like The Other Don, gets the point across quite sharply. Kudos again Don!
Something you wrote gave me that impression. But rest assured: I don't see it as anything disreputable. Except for some of those Popes like Alexander VI, who was a Borgia ... For details, see William Manchester: “A world lit only by fire — The medieval mind and the Renaissance — Portrait of an Age”, Boston: 1992, Little, Brown & Co., pp. 76-79..
Hey us Catholics don’t like some of them popes either—-take the current communist “in charge” rn. Encouraging Catholics to get the vax like a total lunatic. Excommunicating good men of faith for not swallowing his globalist garbage. And we certainly don’t agree that our church donations should be spent importing the third world. This being my impediment to donation. Or even going to church to listen to that garbage.
To be quite honest, a lot of co-called Protestant churches are led by similar morons. Like the Lutheran church that Timpon attends in Minnesota. As we've all been warned: "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves." Matthew 7:15.
The only thing I worry about in this election is the actual vote. "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
Steve Hayward wrote: "...Trump may not be sufficiently articulate..."
And, yet, I'll bet Hayward knows exactly what Trump says when he speaks.
The voters understand what Trump says.
Union people know what Trump says.
Business leaders know what Trump says.
World leaders know what Trump says.
And then there's little mizz "I'm speaking" word salad herself.
Trump says what he means and means what he says.
Democrats don't understand that.
Many Democrats don't understand the English language. That's why they're always making up new words or changing the definition of old ones.
Amen. Didn't Biden say the Inflation Reduction Act should have been named the Green New Deal-Part B? More accurate- The Income Reduction Act.
Trump tailors his speeches to the audience. Listen to speeches he gives to the Economic Club of NY or others; he has command of a vocabulary to convey his thoughts well to whomever he speaks to.
Exactly!
Hayward's article was excellent. One of the many benefits of Don Surber's column are the links to articles and news I otherwise definitely would have missed.
Joe: The way I see it, the debate will have absolutely no effect on the election. Perhaps I'll be wrong on this one.
Moe: I agree. Those voting for Trump will still vote for him; likewise with Willie Brown’s mistress.
Joe: The only chance Kamala has of winning is if all of Willie Brown's mistresses vote for her.
ABC lost the debate. When you go lower than CNN to sway opinion you lose whatever race you're running in. Not only did Trump answer every question, no matter how flawed the premise, he had to start every answer knocking all the idiocy that Kamala was throwing out first. Kamala' set the pace with her first response to "Are we better off than fours ago?" 'I was raised by a single mom in a middleclass neighborhood' and went downhill from there with ABC greasing the skids. As I posted a few weeks ago, its all gone to shit since Obama showed up. This is just more of that. Isn't it ironic that Obama's entrance was endorsed by none other than Joe Biden calling him clean and articulate? And what a way for the Cheney brand to dissolve! yeesh! There's some sweet comedic irony going on and it is at least entertaining to watch the downfall of the charade we've tolerated for so long.
100 likes!!!! Yes it’s all Obama all the time. Cheney is instantly irrelevant. Popping more popcorn…..
I've been recommending the Ruthless podcast from Sept 12, which analyzes the debate in detail. Lots of good insights from these guys (who as a bonus are quite funny).
Ever notice that we conservatives actually enjoy life and one another?!
Notice? It’s part of our DNA. We’re mature people who understand the difference between farce and reality. We’re the “joyful” ones. Soulful!
The other side is consumed by anger, disappointed and ultimately hatred. This, we know, will destroy your soul.
09/14/24: Well said. Thank you!
Later today.
Kamala announces no taxes on undertime.
Think that was a brilliant idea by Trump. An incentive and rewards the hardest workers.
He amazes me with these ideas, so simple but so effective.
Yeah, Dems would be thinking -- we can't have people working this hard, it's human rights abuse -- and if they do work that hard they should be taxed more.
They need the hard workers to pay the non workers.
Nearly 40 in a union and I can vouch we WORKERS carried the sloths the union protected.
I've just translated your cogent comment to a bumper sticker. Don't put it on your car, unless you need your car shot to pieces. (My dad was in the only Printers and Lithographers union that existed, but they slithered over into one of the other big unions that take $$ for protecting sloths.)
By “sloths the union protected” do you include the union bosses?
My husband had a childhood friend whose father “worked” as a Teamster’s leader—Italian neighborhood. He never “worked” a day in his life. Every Christmas that man received a bathrobe and slippers as his “work clothes.” My husband and his classmates still laugh about how well he provided for his family. Last we heard, Mr P lived in Las Vegas and still wore nothing but his jammies.
Disgraceful misuse of the union members who worked for their wages.
"... they should be taxed more."
The 'RATs never met a tax they didn't like.
Ha!
Cue LTCG but that is funny shit right there !
We all know Harris is worthless and should be destroyed in a landslide.
My question (concern) is - isthere really any number at which this election is "too big to steal"?
I have my doubts, Kamala's stupidity notwithstanding.
USPS has announced they will be losing ballots from Red States.
The USPS announcement certainly was a hint to nefarious acts in the near future.
For some reason they always tell us what they are gna do.
“Rubbing our noses in it” because we can do very little about it. And they laugh at us as they gleefully lead our country over that proverbial cliff.
When was the last time you got a peice of mail that was necessary. Could not have been done electronically ? Are they still needed ?
Shirley, surely, Lara Trump has engaged ‘consultants’ from Blackwater to a) disable or inconvenience criminal vote counters w suitcases of ballots like we saw in 2020, b) ‘entertain’ contract postal ballot truck drivers at truck sops or ‘nails on the road’ stops distributing ballots between and in various states, c) dropping off Carnival cruise Kalalau norovirus cupcakes at county voter admin offices, and any number of similar Lee Atwater, Carville & Begala dirty tricks to tie these True Facists’ shoe laces….this Time….Shirley….
I thought Dick Cheney and retard Bush were going to do more so in Iraq against the Iranian IED bomb builders, use Seal Teams, Drone Strikes, Mossad help.. to blow those bastards up (and hopefully as a bonus German/UK/US suppliers of embargoed IED electronic parts) but the greedy/stupid Pols let them keep blowing up our soldiers…
Worth it to look at the details of polling at RCP. They have a new feature which displays polling on this calendar day from 2016, 2020 and 2024. Those figures look pretty good.
And many of the polls are oversampling Ds.
That said, we all need to do everything we can to get our voters to the polls.
Two thoughts on this excellent column:
1. Chairman Xi is having your column translated right now. When he reads the part about Walz NOT being a Command Sergeant Major, I expect an explosion that will be picked up by seismologists in the USA: "You dunderheads! Who decided to invite the guy who was NOT a Command Sergeant Major? Bring me that nincompoop's head!"
2. The Haitians in Springfield, OH cannot be blamed on the open border: they were FLOWN into the country after filling out a questionnaire saying they feared for their safety in their own country. Of Course they feared for their own safety -- they are gang members and enemy gangs would kill them! So there -- they didn't have to cross the Darièn Gap and pay a coyote to make it into the country, they were welcomed with open arms by the USGovernment! And as for them eating ducks and geese -- that's karma. Have you ever tried to eat a duck? The word 'tough' was invented for ducks.
Yep, and somehow, the R was left out of geese!
Try a dish with "crispy duck" at a Thai restaurant. It's delicious.
You know, I suspect, that Welsh Rabbit contains no rabbit. What are the chances that crispy duck contains no duck? Kidding. I love Thai cuisine.
It is actually called Welsh RAREBIT, which is a dish of hot cheese sauce, often including ale, mustard, or Worcestershire sauce, served on toasted bread.
No “rabbit”.
I think there was an old Bugs Bunny cartoon that comically turned the dish’s name to “Rabbit” during one of his misadventures, but not 100% certain of that.
Thank you Suzie and Wim de Vriend. I started to write "rarebit," decided I didn't know the correct spelling, so abandoned the effort. I also thought it would damage my joke, and it was intended as a joke from the outset. I have actually eaten Welsh Rarebit and enjoyed it, but am suspicious of your tale of the origin of the term "rabbit." I suspect it is actually how people in Wales pronounce 'rabbit,' but I'm too lazy to look it up.
We should all celebrate, though, what is probably the only occurrence of the term "Welsh Rabbit" (or Rarebit) in Don Surber's column.
I'll take it in the jocular vein, please, brewmeister.
I thought so too, but Duck duck go noted that it was a jocular name for a meatless dish and could also be called Welsh rabbit. I love melted cheese, so the name machs no nix mitt me.
I was going to make the very same comment Suzie just made, so I won't. You stand sufficiently corrected.
You may have something there. In the town where I used to live, on the coast, a story was told about the owner of its very first Chinese restaurant, running around in the park to catch the abundant ducks ...
We have two city parks that have ducks in the ponds. So I know what that restaurant owner was slipping around in! LOL
Yes, and that was long before overeager health inspectors descended on always-innocent restaurant owners.
City I live near had a restaurant inspection turn up a skinned cleaned nutria hanging in the cooler of a place known for fabulous burritos. No bueno !!
Albany must have at least 15 Mexican restaurants, or 20 if you count the food carts. BTW, have you checked out my Substack site? I've got half a dozen stories there now.
Getting colder up north so these are the early birds coming south. I got to Texas a week ago and lots of ducks came with me.
It was quite the stunning moment when, during the debate, Kamala rattled off the names of numerous people, including military types, who’d been part of Trump’s first administration who now endorse her.
Deep state traitors ALL, some of whom even worked against him from within the Whitehouse during his first term.
2016 began the exposé of the Uniparty during Trump’s run when soooooo many so-called conservatives aligned against him, (the whole crew at National Review to name just some).
They had been lying to their entire constituencies for decades about the values they proclaimed to share with us, but never had any intention of pursuing once they stole your vote through their duplicity. We’d been lied to for years right to our faces.
They undermined Trump from within and without during his entire term, and continue to do so to this day.
There really are no actual parties anymore - if there ever were.
The entire, once-upon-a-time two party system is a huge charade.
This election is between America First people and principles vs. the Global grifters, which is comprised of both Dems and Republicans.
It is really good vs. evil.
It couldn’t be more clear.
But the process of turning the Republican Party into the MAGA party is well underway now. I'd say we're about 60-65% of the way to replacing the old RINO party.
You’re way more optimistic than I am about our elected representatives.
Watched a podcast the other day about the grip ($$$) Big Pharma has on them to prevent even hearings, forget legislation or court actions, about bad drugs, and the corruption deep in the CDC, FDA, etc., even when millions of lives are at stake.
98% of them - both parties + the media -take the money and bury the evidence.
And that’s just Pharma.
It’s the same with foreign government lobbies, and every other corporation, group, and industry there is.
The corruption is so deep, so widespread it is terminal.
P.S. case in point: a post noted AOC’s salary as a Representative when she began was approximately $105,000 per year.
Her net worth now is $29m.
Great gig if you can get it.
I think the majority of DC has been Epsteined, i.e. bought off with sex or money. Honey pots galore in DC....all the beautiful women.
Forgive me for repeating myself.
Vote Orange it's the new Purple.
U of Texas orange is a shade darker than U of Tennessee orange. Either one will do--they're both orange.
Well! No wonder she wanted notes and a pencil in that debate!
I just can’t stop thinking about Stalin’s famous quote: “It’s not who votes that counts, but who counts the votes that count.” Don’t be shocked if we get a repeat of 2020.
If they got 81 million votes once it sure seems that it’s a slam dunk to do it again. I wonder whose side Kemp is really on this year?
We will have the 1st ever presidential election with 150% turnout.
And the Dems won't even be ashamed to do it! In 2020 voter turnout in several Philadelphia precincts exceeded the number of registered voters, and I think I was the only one to notice.
I think a lot of people noticed the excessive number of overcounted voters in many precincts but couldn't get the proper gub'ment agency to do anything about it
Because every one of the thousands of gub'ment agencies are run by Dems.
I heard precincts in Detroit did this in the 2020 race.
vote early and often
Our Governor, SAYS that he supports Trump/Vance. I saw a picture of him and Trump with the accompanying headline about “burying the hatchet.” My guess is that Kemp will support whoever benefits HIS political ambitions.
But the bigger question is who does our Secretary of State support? Raffensberger is the wild card.
You and I see it the same.
Most assuredly they will try. The question is will we react any differently when it happens this time? 2020 has filled mang comment boards for the last four years but never had one minute in court viewing the evidence. Will we sit around and watch it replay?
Dick Cheney is simply a dick. A warmonger who has destroyed more lives than fentanyl. FJB
There is a place in Hell for both of them
Near the furnace, I hope. (King Nebuchadnezzar, call your office. We need the key to the furnace room.)
It seems that Kackles the Kommie and Meghan Markle-Farkle-Sparkle steal each other's script on How To Be The Most Unlikeable Person On Earth.
Sure looks like there'll be two winners. Latching on to a better man so you never have to do anything ever again. KH has kept the veep job like a pitcher of warm spit (I know, that's a misspelling!)
I am surprised Paul Ryan hasn't yet endorsed Kamala. Perhaps that one is coming closer to the election.
And Mittens?
I expect this is the funniest thing I will read all day. “Darth Cheney, you’re my only hope” and the entire paragraph that follows is pure comedy gold, and much like The Other Don, gets the point across quite sharply. Kudos again Don!
Apparently there isn't a PETA branch in Springfield OH - crickets on disappearing fowl.
PETA helps animals like Planned Parenthood helps babies.
QUOTE: "... the Lord did not deflect that bullet just to have The Donald lose on November 5th."
Don, I'm praying to have your faith. Though that doesn't mean I'm ready to turn Catholic.
I am not Catholic. I just like them.
My older brother had 5 girls and one boy. Someone asked if he was Catholic. He replied, "No, just passionate protestants."
Something you wrote gave me that impression. But rest assured: I don't see it as anything disreputable. Except for some of those Popes like Alexander VI, who was a Borgia ... For details, see William Manchester: “A world lit only by fire — The medieval mind and the Renaissance — Portrait of an Age”, Boston: 1992, Little, Brown & Co., pp. 76-79..
Hey us Catholics don’t like some of them popes either—-take the current communist “in charge” rn. Encouraging Catholics to get the vax like a total lunatic. Excommunicating good men of faith for not swallowing his globalist garbage. And we certainly don’t agree that our church donations should be spent importing the third world. This being my impediment to donation. Or even going to church to listen to that garbage.
To be quite honest, a lot of co-called Protestant churches are led by similar morons. Like the Lutheran church that Timpon attends in Minnesota. As we've all been warned: "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves." Matthew 7:15.
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Darth and Leia Cheney can’t save Kamala
The only thing I worry about in this election is the actual vote. "Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." - George Carlin
George Carlin was a cynic, by nature the glass is half empty.
I do not think the average person is stupid, but I believe more than half think the other half are. That makes them the "betters".
Kackles the Kommie is the DemocRAT's very own (Meghan) Markle-Farkle-Sparkle!