During the debate, I wish Kamala had said this ...

[Jeebo]

When the orange con man said, "They're eating the dogs and cats!" she laughed. I wish she had said, TO HIS FACE, "Oh, come on, Donald, do you really BELIEVE that stupid shit? Are you really that fucking GULLIBLE? You're almost 80 years old, man. GROW UP! We should be discussing SERIOUS topics and instead you bring up that ridiculous NONSENSE?" I know she is capable of using that kind of language, and I think that kind of language would have been perfectly appropriate when the orange anus started bringing up that stupid shit. If she had said something like that, I think it would have been a memorable Joseph Welch-Joe McCarthy kind of moment. "Have you no sense of DECENCY, sir?" And I think hearing her use that kind of language also might have opened up a bit of a connection at some level with his brain-dead cult followers. That's the level they exist on. When you're trying to talk to them, use the language they understand. Maybe they're too far gone for that to be possible, but, well, I think that would have been a Joseph Welch-Joe McCarthy kind of moment. One of those moments worked in 1945, in the sense that it helped to begin to restore some measure of SANITY to the body politic, and I think it probably would have helped her in some circles. In fact, I think we need to start resorting to moments like this now in dealing with these CRAZY right-wingers. The more I think about it, the more I think she would have WON if she had said something like this to the Mango Mussolini, in front of a live national TV audience. What do y'all think?

— Ron

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Too late

And nothing she said or did will overcome the core nature of the insidious evil that has a stranglehold on Amerikkka.

[Jeebo]

2. It's not too late to start confronting them like this.

Confront them FORCEFULLY, like this, at EVERY opportunity. At campaign stops, debates, media interviews, every opportunity. These right-wingers have been playing the long game for decades. It's time for us to start pushing back, using language and tactics that they understand. Seize every opportunity for a Joseph Welch-Joe McCarty moment. Don't hold back. Don't pull our punches.

— Ron

[JustAnotherGen]

3. I need to see a monumental

Number of non black people stand up and do the work first.

I'm tired like Rosa, sitting down, and resting in black spaces.

ETA -

We told America in 2016. They didn't listen.

We told America in 2024. They didn't listen.

Black women and men told this country and the dominant culture didn't listen.

I'm not lifting a finger until I see the white men risk their lives for it.

[sciencescience]

4. It might have won over low information and independent voters

who vote based on who seems the least like an empty suit and more real.