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In It to Win It

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22. Yes, exactly. I agree

Reply to Silent Type (Reply #21)

Sat Aug 23, 2025, 03:59 PM

Aug 23

Kamala Harris, obviously, was dealt a tough hand (maybe a losing hand) from the start. I think she did the best she could have under the circumstances.

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Bill Maher's New Rules hurt but important [View all] question everything Aug 23 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author CurtEastPoint Aug 23 #1

I have no interest in the comments of a trump pimp like Maher. Paladin Aug 23 #2

Watch Christopher Titus instead - he's the anti-Maher. Initech Aug 23 #4

Oh, he's already done that! imaginary girl Aug 23 #5

I agree, there is nothing he has to say that would get me to watch him. Bev54 Aug 23 #13

Minions gotta minion 😉 SocialDemocrat61 Aug 23 #35

Maher on Newsom "He's grasped the key to America, you don't try to outsmart people, you outstupid them." Swede Aug 23 #3

I have zero patience JustAnotherGen Aug 23 #6

Correlation does not equal causation. W_HAMILTON Aug 23 #7

Do they interview many workers that rely on tips? In It to Win It Aug 23 #17

Funny, most of the interviews I see of restaurant workers nowadays are how tourism has cratered... W_HAMILTON Aug 23 #19

Sure, but that's now... after the election is over. It's what attracted people to vote for him that's the issue. In It to Win It Aug 23 #23

It was mostly black men that are jealous of black women JI7 Aug 23 #24

Re Harris' no tax on tips In It to Win It Aug 23 #26

It was mostly a non issue and an excuse to vote for a bigot JI7 Aug 23 #29

So all of the new 2024 Trump voters that swung for him would have done so anyway In It to Win It Aug 23 #30

A younger white man or charismatic non white man like Obama JI7 Aug 23 #31

Thank you for a clear explanation. We should keep these examples for future campaigns question everything Aug 23 #34

If he's going to list things about Trump, and he doesn't mention 'immigration', 'race', 'LGBT', 'abortion', or 'woke' muriel_volestrangler Aug 23 #8

+1. Maher is right that voters preferred trump to what we were offering. Until we accept that, we'll keep losing. Silent Type Aug 23 #9

Where does that lead to though? AZProgressive Aug 23 #11

Pretty much agree. However, too many GOPers vote by mail for trump to pull that off. And let's say he does, if Silent Type Aug 23 #12

Then Democrats have to find a better response to the Trump offerings. Feel Good Inc Aug 23 #15

Sure, but Nevedans didn't know what "no tax on tips" would look like In It to Win It Aug 23 #16

"No tax on tips" is easier to sell than trying to explain unintended consequences. Plus, VP Harris jumped on it too, Silent Type Aug 23 #21

Yes, exactly. I agree In It to Win It Aug 23 #22

Democrats did little to explain it. In fact, Harris also supported no tax on tips. Feel Good Inc Aug 23 #33

Trump is still offering everything he did before the election and yet he is already back to being hated. W_HAMILTON Aug 23 #20

Can't wait to not watch the clip. BannonsLiver Aug 23 #10

I despise Bill Maher. Another attention thirsty "Libertarian" man-child. Greybnk48 Aug 23 #14

Usually, it means "Do your thing and leave me alone" TnDem Aug 23 #18

How much more money are people making with no tax on tips now ? JI7 Aug 23 #25

But this is the problem. We should not talk about facts and figures but images question everything Aug 23 #32

I see Bill Maher, i stop reading. dem4decades Aug 23 #27

Fuck Bill Maher Prairie Gates Aug 23 #28