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captain queeg

(10,308 posts)
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:14 PM Jul 2020

I had a disturbing exchange with an older sister today

I know she hates trump and won’t vote for him but she says she’s afraid trump will win in November (she’s from Ohio). Then she told me she’s afraid Biden will pick a woman running mate. Apparently there are still people, including women, that think the VP ought to be a man. The way she said it; he ought to pick a strong forceful man made me realize there are still people who buy trumps TV persona in spite of all he’s done and said. Then to top it off she wondered why Biden isn’t making public appearance; is there something cognitively wrong with him? That was her concern. I really had to bite my tongue and remind her of the pandemic and that Joe is just doing what everyone should be. Also sent her a sarcastic video of trumps recent gloating about his cognitive test. It really bothered me that she’d even give any credence to those ideas.

Fortunately some posted the new version of the liar tweets tonight and got me feeling better. I tried to put a link below if you haven’t seen it yet.
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I had a disturbing exchange with an older sister today (Original Post) captain queeg Jul 2020 OP
Biden committed to selecting a woman quite a while ago. maxsolomon Jul 2020 #1
Joe is in a very high risk age group Skittles Jul 2020 #2
Also, he's giving speeches-- just did the conversation with Obama dawg day Jul 2020 #5
And Trump Ohiogal Jul 2020 #3
I think that extra air time is working against Trump now Skittles Jul 2020 #6
I guess she didn't see his press conference yesterday kimbutgar Jul 2020 #4
Some have trouble moving forward...she has a conservative streak in her, though. Karadeniz Jul 2020 #7

maxsolomon

(33,473 posts)
1. Biden committed to selecting a woman quite a while ago.
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:19 PM
Jul 2020

Did she miss that?

Since I'm from there, I wouldn't be surprised. Ohio is not a good place to get accurate information easily. She's probably hearing a barrage of absolute crackers CT horseshit from every white suburbanite she knows.

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
5. Also, he's giving speeches-- just did the conversation with Obama
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 09:01 PM
Jul 2020

Biden can get through an entire speech without any Trumpisms= no insults, no nasty racist grams, no references to how many times he has to flush the toilet.

He seems fine to me.

Ohiogal

(32,209 posts)
3. And Trump
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 08:33 PM
Jul 2020

Gets so much free media coverage and air time. His ugly mug is ALWAYS on the tee vee. They don’t give Biden a fraction of the air time.

Skittles

(153,316 posts)
6. I think that extra air time is working against Trump now
Wed Jul 29, 2020, 09:25 PM
Jul 2020

he's becoming more of a caricature every day

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