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What do they classify as events? SocialDemocrat61 Oct 2024 #1
Public campaign events including remarks, rallies, press conferences and town halls. clutterbox1830 Oct 2024 #2
Thanks! SocialDemocrat61 Oct 2024 #10
This OP isn't that accurate. VP Harris was just on "The View"... brush Oct 2024 #59
I've been seeing this pattern myself. servermsh Oct 2024 #3
This is what I've been saying! servermsh Oct 2024 #4
Could the size of the events affect the number? Logistics is an issue Raven123 Oct 2024 #5
She was not doing that many interviews in September, the PR blitz started in October krawhitham Oct 2024 #11
Americans have short attention spans kimbutgar Oct 2024 #60
RSO rso Oct 2024 #6
My counter argument to that is it clearly has not since he has been gaining in the pools ever since the debates. clutterbox1830 Oct 2024 #13
RSO rso Oct 2024 #17
the more he's out there the more he's hated... agingdem Oct 2024 #53
I want Harris and Vance out there more too..If they expect us to wotk helpisontheway Oct 2024 #7
lawd bigtree Oct 2024 #14
This: CrispyQ Oct 2024 #36
And half a dozen or more Senators and Governors who displacedvermoter Oct 2024 #55
Katie Phang said "Trust the vibe, not the polls." CrispyQ Oct 2024 #58
I don't even want to imagine how hard she has been working since July! displacedvermoter Oct 2024 #18
I totally agree! CrispyQ Oct 2024 #41
well said clutterbox1830 Oct 2024 #23
pathetic attempt in this report to boost Trump bigtree Oct 2024 #8
Obama did more campaign events and he was a sitting president. He also had to deal with a hurricane disaster too. clutterbox1830 Oct 2024 #16
not in the same amount of time this VP has in this campaign bigtree Oct 2024 #22
This might be the campaign that knocks legacy media down a peg or two. -nt CrispyQ Oct 2024 #43
Oh please which rallies has the people walking out of it before it is done? Which rally has to Botany Oct 2024 #9
She's Adjusting in Real Time Aepps22 Oct 2024 #12
shithole is crazier and spouting more violence................ Lovie777 Oct 2024 #15
Post removed Post removed Oct 2024 #20
He is not gaining in the polls, MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2024 #26
Talking point from RWers.................... Lovie777 Oct 2024 #27
she has a regular job, which we all should expect her to attend to with as much diligence she gives to campaigning bigtree Oct 2024 #33
Circles, immigrants eating dogs & cats, Hannibal Lecter. Oh, & the rapist thinks he's a protector of women. CrispyQ Oct 2024 #46
All you armchair campaign strategy experts better get busy Ocelot II Oct 2024 #19
Sometimes this place resembles an ESPN chat room more than a political forum. Fiendish Thingy Oct 2024 #45
There is going to be a big Blue bus tour in the Blue Wall States all next week Quiet Em Oct 2024 #21
The Women's March on 11/2 will surely be a good thing as well. OrlandoDem2 Oct 2024 #32
Oh I didn't know about that. Quiet Em Oct 2024 #35
I hadn't heard of it either!! CrispyQ Oct 2024 #47
Thank you!!! Quiet Em Oct 2024 #54
she'll be in NC tomorrow. Her ***19th*** visit to the state this election cycle bigtree Oct 2024 #37
More opportunities for people to see Trump's mental decline on full display. GoCubsGo Oct 2024 #24
And he's going to a lot of Dem strongholds which will probably dampen some of our numbers ColinC Oct 2024 #25
True. I find that Harris strong ground game to be her camp saving grace. clutterbox1830 Oct 2024 #31
Ground games will make or break a candidate ColinC Oct 2024 #42
Trump & Vance are damaging themselves so it's best to let them have the floor bucolic_frolic Oct 2024 #28
We had an exchange couple of days about Harris needing to do rallies kansasobama Oct 2024 #29
If you believe Trump has "caught up" and it's as close as the media says it is, you're drinking the koolaide. lees1975 Oct 2024 #49
Not seeing the Correlation Aepps22 Oct 2024 #57
Walz has said we can sleep after the election. I hope OrlandoDem2 Oct 2024 #30
Exactly! clutterbox1830 Oct 2024 #34
So apparently you think you know better what needs to be done MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2024 #38
Perhaps you should tell that to the Harris campaign Keepthesoulalive Oct 2024 #39
What happened to the rallies? onandup Oct 2024 #40
I don't believe those numbers. Fiendish Thingy Oct 2024 #44
She appeared on The View, on 60 Minutes and Call Her Daddy lees1975 Oct 2024 #48
Might have something to do with... 2naSalit Oct 2024 #50
This OP is a troll. Pototan Oct 2024 #51
I count 22 in September for Harris. NYC Liberal Oct 2024 #52
Desperado Dotard is so verile and fleet in his little golf cart Blue Owl Oct 2024 #56
The Arrow of Time! (Or, "Bad reporters. Bad, Bad.") dpibel Oct 2024 #61
This bdamomma Oct 2024 #62

clutterbox1830

(456 posts)
2. Public campaign events including remarks, rallies, press conferences and town halls.
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:12 AM
Oct 2024

According to the article

brush

(58,662 posts)
59. This OP isn't that accurate. VP Harris was just on "The View"...
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 12:43 PM
Oct 2024

"Howard Stern", "The Late Show" with Steven Colbert, "The Breakfast Club" with Charlemagne Tha God, "60 Minutes", on the cover of "Vanity Fair" magazine, with more to come with her media blitz.

All of those appearances garner way more eyeballs than trump's rallies, which is why VP Harris advises people to pay attention to trump's rallies, where more and more audience members are leaving his long, meandering, word salad spews, so they can see his mental decline for themselves.

There are more ways to get your policies out to voters than rallies.

It was said she wasn't doing enough media appearances so now she's doing them. Now it's being said she's not doing enough rallies.

Seems she can't win, but IMO she is as new polls announced on "Morning Joe" this morning show that she's more that caught up with trump since starting behind with Biden numbers. She's ahead or even with trump, even in the battleground states.

servermsh

(1,406 posts)
3. I've been seeing this pattern myself.
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:13 AM
Oct 2024

Just go to C-SPAN's schedule page and go over the past three weeks.

servermsh

(1,406 posts)
4. This is what I've been saying!
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:14 AM
Oct 2024

Trump is out there getting coverage of his speeches every day. Day after day.

Anyone can just go to C-SPAN's schedule page to see it for themselves! The Harris campaign needs to do more.

Raven123

(6,306 posts)
5. Could the size of the events affect the number? Logistics is an issue
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:16 AM
Oct 2024

Also, Harris is doing a lit of interviews. TFG supposedly is not.

kimbutgar

(23,997 posts)
60. Americans have short attention spans
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 12:50 PM
Oct 2024

Makes sense to do more events this month and grab the headlines and tv news.

And the orange turds rallies are the same old shit of him complaining how he is persecuted and immigrants are bad and he is the greatest blah blah blah shit.



rso

(2,529 posts)
6. RSO
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:17 AM
Oct 2024

Sure, but one can easily make the argument that the things that Trump says during his events are far more damaging to him than helpful.

clutterbox1830

(456 posts)
13. My counter argument to that is it clearly has not since he has been gaining in the pools ever since the debates.
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:22 AM
Oct 2024

Also, do you expect Harris to say damaging stuff to her campaign. It is better for her to go out there then do less.

rso

(2,529 posts)
17. RSO
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:28 AM
Oct 2024

I agree that Harris and Walz need to get out there more, all I’m saying is that Donnie does himself more damage the more events he does.

agingdem

(8,541 posts)
53. the more he's out there the more he's hated...
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 11:30 AM
Oct 2024

his profanity laced whines and Hitler-speak appeals to his base...and his base is stagnant...Trump's everywhere/all at once playbook makes him look desperate and unhinged...when his minders are advising him to tone down his murderous immigrants/bad genes/vermin/mass deportation rhetoric they know he's losing voters not because they will vote for Kamala but because they will stay home and not vote at all..

helpisontheway

(5,304 posts)
7. I want Harris and Vance out there more too..If they expect us to wotk
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:18 AM
Oct 2024

hard to get her elected then I want them out there working harder. I want them to do a few rallies a day. Then if she loses she will be able to say that she did everything possible. Now if she loses I will wonder, what if she spent more time in PA? What if she did a few more rallies in Michigan? I’m not talking about last month! Kamala and Walz were doing debate prep. However, they and young and there is no excuse to slow down during the final weeks of this election. Three more weeks..Work hard and rest later..

bigtree

(90,752 posts)
14. lawd
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:23 AM
Oct 2024

...no one is working harder than the Harris campaign.

Tim is out there EVERY DAY, and there are dozens of high profile surrogates out there right now, fanning out across the country in big rallies that aren't reported.

Trump has ZERO surrogates holding rallies for him, and his VP pick can't manage a crowd larger than the reporters following him.

CrispyQ

(38,946 posts)
36. This:
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:55 AM
Oct 2024
Trump has ZERO surrogates holding rallies for him, and his VP pick can't manage a crowd larger than the reporters following him.


And not just any surrogates, either! Two ex-presidents plus a high-level republican.

displacedvermoter

(3,419 posts)
55. And half a dozen or more Senators and Governors who
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 11:35 AM
Oct 2024

conceivably could be party nominees themselves down the road. They are going all hands on deck, drawing big crowds in their own right and generating excitement as well as more volunteers and donations.

I am forced to agree, we seem unwilling to show any confidence in our candidates or our own efforts. We keep waiting for something bad, instead of something wonderful, to happen. We are like our own NY Times Dems in Disarray headline.

CrispyQ

(38,946 posts)
58. Katie Phang said "Trust the vibe, not the polls."
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 12:11 PM
Oct 2024

There's a woman's march on November 2. We're not going back!!

https://wewontgoback.com/march

displacedvermoter

(3,419 posts)
18. I don't even want to imagine how hard she has been working since July!
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:31 AM
Oct 2024

Last edited Sat Oct 12, 2024, 11:38 AM - Edit history (1)

Goodness, you likely have no clue what is being done, or will be done, in this final three weeks.

I have yet to see a misstep since she became the nominee, and anticipate continued efficiency and energy.

Keep up all your hard work, and I believe all will be well.

CrispyQ

(38,946 posts)
41. I totally agree!
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 11:00 AM
Oct 2024

I call the blitz of interviews & media appearances last week 'getting out there.' Tim Walz even had a twitch event on screen at one of his events!

bigtree

(90,752 posts)
8. pathetic attempt in this report to boost Trump
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:19 AM
Oct 2024

...everyone needs to remember that the VP isn't just gallivanting around the country. She's a sitting VP with more responsibilities than campaigning.

That said, it can't be discounted how influential and impressive it's been watching the VP perform any of her myriad duties, like the hurricane relief efforts she was bolstering the past weeks with her presence and encouragement in the states affected, broadcasted around the country in repeating reports.

Besides, these rallies attract a mere fractio9n of the views that social media and tv appearances generate. This isn't the 50's where retail politics was novel and more influential than media. This is still a media campaign, and nothing is going to attract more voters than what's on the tube or people's phones.

Trump is racking up fart reports and attacks on people living in America. And, after all, it was the VP herself who suggested folks watch these lurid and shameful rallies of his where he talks about everyone but himself..

clutterbox1830

(456 posts)
16. Obama did more campaign events and he was a sitting president. He also had to deal with a hurricane disaster too.
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:25 AM
Oct 2024

Ok he didn't have 2 hurricanes in 2 weeks, but Obama had arguably more on his plate because he was the sitting president.

bigtree

(90,752 posts)
22. not in the same amount of time this VP has in this campaign
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:39 AM
Oct 2024

...the comparison is absurd.

We need to stop pretending that these rally appearances are more important than media coverage in generating support in this modern political age.

Trump can't match VP Harris in major media appearances because, he's afraid to show up, and she has the benefit of generating even more coverage based on her official duties and the gravitas that affords the VP.

Botany

(73,058 posts)
9. Oh please which rallies has the people walking out of it before it is done? Which rally has to
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:19 AM
Oct 2024

… pay people to attend. Which rally does not have full houses? Which rally has non stop
lies? Which rally has the main speaker shitting into his underwear? Which rallies are filled
with joy, love, positive energy & ideas, and has ,LA and the Coach?

Aepps22

(336 posts)
12. She's Adjusting in Real Time
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:22 AM
Oct 2024

Back when she first started campaigning she was doing more rallies but the feedback was that people needed to know more about her and she needed to do more interviews in traditional and non traditional media outlets. She did that. Rallies are important but I trust her and her team that they know what they’re doing

Lovie777

(16,259 posts)
15. shithole is crazier and spouting more violence................
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:25 AM
Oct 2024

even Republicans are getting tired of this shit.

Response to Lovie777 (Reply #15)

MarineCombatEngineer

(14,739 posts)
26. He is not gaining in the polls,
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:43 AM
Oct 2024

those "polls" are pure bullshit.
Stop spreading RW talking points.

bigtree

(90,752 posts)
33. she has a regular job, which we all should expect her to attend to with as much diligence she gives to campaigning
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:50 AM
Oct 2024

...October:



















Kamala Harris kicks off a busy week of media appearances, from 'Call Her Daddy' to Howard Stern and 'The View'
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/kamala-harris-kicks-off-a-busy-week-of-media-appearances-from-call-her-daddy-to-howard-stern-and-the-view/ar-AA1rNdaM


Harris Visits Georgia After Hurricane Helene, Promising Federal Help
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/02/us/politics/harris-georgia-hurricane-helene.html

Kamala Harris Visits North Carolina to Check on Hurricane Response
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/05/us/politics/kamala-harris-north-carolina-hurricane-helene.html

CrispyQ

(38,946 posts)
46. Circles, immigrants eating dogs & cats, Hannibal Lecter. Oh, & the rapist thinks he's a protector of women.
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 11:12 AM
Oct 2024


Watch the video on this DU post. It's a red mirage.

https://democraticunderground.com/100219559067

Ocelot II

(122,644 posts)
19. All you armchair campaign strategy experts better get busy
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:32 AM
Oct 2024

and volunteer to advise the Harris campaign, since clearly you know more about how to do it than they do - Assuming you're getting your expertise from *sigh* the Beltway geniuses at Politico.

Fiendish Thingy

(19,023 posts)
45. Sometimes this place resembles an ESPN chat room more than a political forum.
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 11:07 AM
Oct 2024

Everybody knows better than the coach and the quarterback.

Quiet Em

(1,524 posts)
21. There is going to be a big Blue bus tour in the Blue Wall States all next week
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:33 AM
Oct 2024

Whitmer, Shapiro, Evers, Walz. It's going to be great.

bigtree

(90,752 posts)
37. she'll be in NC tomorrow. Her ***19th*** visit to the state this election cycle
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:55 AM
Oct 2024

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WTVD) -- Vice President Kamala Harris will return to North Carolina this weekend.

Her campaign said she would host a campaign rally in Greenville on Sunday afternoon. She will arrive in the city at around 11 a.m. and will deliver remarks at around 4:40 p.m. at the event.

This will be her 19th visit to the Tar Heel state this election cycle.

https://abc11.com/post/2024-election-vice-president-kamala-harris-hosts-campaign-rally-greenville-north-carolina-sunday/15416095/

GoCubsGo

(33,406 posts)
24. More opportunities for people to see Trump's mental decline on full display.
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:42 AM
Oct 2024

And, more opportunities for JP/JD Mandel...errr...Vance, or whatever name he is currently going by, to show what a creepy, fascist weirdo he is. I don't think their constantly being in peoples' faces is going to help them in the long run. Lots of people are already sick of Trump, as it is. This will just add to the numbers.

As for Harris and Walz, they've been going where they're going to reach the people they most need to reach. That's why they've been on the late night shows, The View, The Howard Stern Show, various highly popular podcasts... I'd rather they spent their funds and time on that, ads, and other means of reaching the largest audiences than on rallies.

ColinC

(11,098 posts)
25. And he's going to a lot of Dem strongholds which will probably dampen some of our numbers
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:42 AM
Oct 2024

But probably not going to make up for their lack of a strong ground game.

clutterbox1830

(456 posts)
31. True. I find that Harris strong ground game to be her camp saving grace.
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:48 AM
Oct 2024

I don't see any harm if they sent at least Walz to other "R strongholds" like Florida, Iowa, or Texas. It is probably too late for that and clearly not in their campaign strategy.

ColinC

(11,098 posts)
42. Ground games will make or break a candidate
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 11:00 AM
Oct 2024

They can also make the difference between winning by a hair or losing by a landslide (and vice versa)

kansasobama

(1,589 posts)
29. We had an exchange couple of days about Harris needing to do rallies
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:45 AM
Oct 2024

Many disagreed when I said that couple of days ago. But, look at the fact. Harris was ahead when she did rallies. Trump has caught up, not overtaken, as he has started doing rallies when Harris is not doing it. She is in TV interviews. This is not sufficient.

Hope she does more rallies and we will see her regain couple of points.

Having said that, bottom line is many our countrymen are racists and misogynists. Obama pretty much said misogyny dominates across races. Pathetic if at least 45% of the people are that.

lees1975

(6,223 posts)
49. If you believe Trump has "caught up" and it's as close as the media says it is, you're drinking the koolaide.
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 11:18 AM
Oct 2024

There are more than 20 right wing, Republican or Trump campaign funded "polls" factoring into the averages.

The billionaires who support him are finding a lot of ways to use their money and dropping propaganda like this is one of them.

Aepps22

(336 posts)
57. Not seeing the Correlation
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 12:01 PM
Oct 2024

I’m not seeing the correlation between her not doing as many rallies to changing polls. The biggest factor IMO are the hurricanes and the rightful coverage of them. When Trump’s crazy isn’t being covered the polling seems to swing. His largest leads were when he was silent during the summer when Joe was still the nominee and the party was trying to pivot.

OrlandoDem2

(2,426 posts)
30. Walz has said we can sleep after the election. I hope
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:46 AM
Oct 2024

Team Harris/Walz has more energy than a 78 year old man. Whether media/podcaat/rallies we need to be working 24-7!

clutterbox1830

(456 posts)
34. Exactly!
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:51 AM
Oct 2024

I didn't make this post to be a "Negative Nancy". I want Harris to do anything possible within their means to win this election. Do more events or media tours are always an option imo.

MarineCombatEngineer

(14,739 posts)
38. So apparently you think you know better what needs to be done
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:56 AM
Oct 2024

than the Harris/Walz campaign?
Better get in touch with them and advise them that they're not doing enough according to you.

Keepthesoulalive

(985 posts)
39. Perhaps you should tell that to the Harris campaign
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 10:59 AM
Oct 2024

Because we have nothing to do with how they choose to run their campaign. And maybe they know something about campaigning that we don’t.

Fiendish Thingy

(19,023 posts)
44. I don't believe those numbers.
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 11:04 AM
Oct 2024

Unless I can see a list of each date and place and nature of the event, I’m calling bullshit.

IIRC, in early September, there were articles saying Trump was only scheduled for 1-2 events per week, so show me the data. Appearing in front of a dozen people claiming to be auto workers, who are actually paid actors, is not the same as holding a rally for 20,000 people.

lees1975

(6,223 posts)
48. She appeared on The View, on 60 Minutes and Call Her Daddy
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 11:16 AM
Oct 2024

which reached somewhere in the neighborhood of 60 million people combined, far more than the number of people who show up at Trump's rallies. She had three appearances in one day in Arizona, while Walz did, too, so I wonder, who put this list together and how credible is it really. She was somewhere doing something every day of the month so this looks like more of the same media bias that we have been seeing all along, they're pissed because she wants to control her schedule, not him. Better those major appearances than the rallies where Vance gets a couple hundred and Trump maybe 1,500 or 2,000. And I really don't think this is an accurate list, given the fact that she was in the news every day during the month speaking somewhere, doing something. She made three campaign appearances in one day, in Phoenix, Tucson and Douglas, Arizona, so I think this is a media biased bogus way of categorizing "events".

Walz made three appearances in Wisconsin one day last month, and three in one day in Pennsylvania.





NYC Liberal

(20,375 posts)
52. I count 22 in September for Harris.
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 11:28 AM
Oct 2024

That’s not including Walz or surrogates, so there are even more.

Sep 02, 2024 - Campaign Event in Detroit, Michigan
Sep 02, 2024 - Campaign Event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sep 04, 2024 - Campaign Event in North Hampton, New Hampshire
Sep 10, 2024 - Campaign Event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 12, 2024 - Campaign Event in Greensboro, North Carolina
Sep 12, 2024 - Campaign Event in Charlotte, North Carolina
Sep 13, 2024 - Campaign Event in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Sep 14, 2024 - Political Event
Sep 14, 2024 - 2024 Phoenix Awards Dinner
Sep 17, 2024 - Conversation with the National Association of Black Journalists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 17, 2024 - Voter Registration Event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sep 18, 2024 - Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute's 47th Annual Leadership Conference
Sep 19, 2024 - Moderated Conversation with Oprah Winfrey at a Unite for America 2024 Event in Farmington Hills, Michigan
Sep 20, 2024 - Campaign Event in Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 22, 2024 - Political Event in New York City
Sep 25, 2024 - Campaign Event in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sep 27, 2024 - Campaign Event in Douglas, Arizona
Sep 28, 2024 - Political Event in San Francisco, California
Sep 29, 2024 - Political Event in Los Angeles, California
Sep 29, 2024 - Campaign Event in Las Vegas, Nevada

Source: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/advanced-search?field-keywords=&field-keywords2=&field-keywords3=&from%5Bdate%5D=09-01-2024&to%5Bdate%5D=10-01-2024&person2=&category2%5B0%5D=8&category2%5B1%5D=68&category2%5B2%5D=56&items_per_page=100&f%5B0%5D=field_docs_person%3A342180

dpibel

(3,496 posts)
61. The Arrow of Time! (Or, "Bad reporters. Bad, Bad.")
Sat Oct 12, 2024, 07:53 PM
Oct 2024

I know, I know. This is ABC. It is, therefore, impeccable and unimpeachable.

But, gosh. Here is a paragraph from the ABC article linked in the OP:

Recently, however, the Harris-Walz campaign has announced a series of media interviews including appearances on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, ABC's "The View," CBS News' "60 Minutes," and the "Howard Stern Show" for Harris. Walz is set to do interviews on the "Smartless" podcast and "Jimmy Kimmel Live" this week.


So the reporters here use the term "has announced," which implies that the announced event hasn't happened yet. They also say "Walz is set," which is a clear, unambiguous statement that they are talking about something that has not yet happened.

Superfun fact: The date of the ABC article is October 10!!!

Oh.

Why is that a superfun fact?

Because every single one of those future engagements mentioned in the ABC article (pretty much labeled as "a feeble effort to catch up with the energetic and vital True President) had already happened when the article was published.

I'd submit that any reporters who can't figure out which direction time goes (earlier things happen before later things, gang!) might not be entirely trustworthy in their analysis.

Sure. They wrote a draft before the events happened. But if you're an actual professional, one of the things you do is fix that kind of stuff before you publish your article.

As for the rest of this blather, it's not new reporting. It's news analysis, bordering on straight op-ed.

And, as a DU sleuth has noted in another post in this thread, the numbers appear to be bogus.
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