lennybird @ lennybird @lemmy.world

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So this is to energize his base, for this doesn't seem to be targeting those low-info swingvoters in battleground states.

It's hard to say. A combination of factors. Knowing them all really well, sincerely loving them and wishing to see the best of them all. Trying to act as a sort of translator for incessant miscommunications between them... As though people are operating on different frequencies. Addressing secondary factors that were contributing to stress or altered mental states... Also just a lot of time. These things can't be rushed and resolution probably couldn't have ever happened under a quicker timeline than 2-3 years with baby-steps and leaps of faith at the same time. It's very delicate and you're right there are unhealthy ways that force people back into things they were uncomfortable with. I made an effort to avoid that. I bore witness to my older sister going through this when my parents separated in earlier years and I learned a lot about how people argue and in different ways and what they're really after. Long discussions, 6-8 hours long for weeks on end. Standing up to my parents at different times. I probably stopped my dad's suicide or worse and I stopped my mom from her own downward spiral of depression.

Anyways, yeah those were hard times. Combine with my wife being pregnant with our first born and raising a newborn during this time, during covid, while we both work at hospitals — while my parents were living under our roof — was the extra cherry on top lol... I think we all came out better in the end, though.

Both my wife and I come from divorced parents and make a concerted effort to never do that kind of shit and to never let our children suffer from that. I'm very fortunate in that respect as well.

A specific day? I'm not sure. But I helped put my family back together after an absolutely brutal year that went straight into the pandemic. I brought my divorced parents back together. Not together-together, but they're friends and we all hang out together. I care for my mom with my wife and sister's help; got her much healthier and off alcohol. I care for my dad and got him independent. I helped mend their relationship. I mended my relationship with my brother who I didn't speak to for years in lieu of this fallout and after battling it out with literally hundreds of thousands of words back and forth in letters.

I have one last puzzle to solve. In time, hopefully...

I've been so happy and grateful to spend time with my family largely as a whole again. To see my parents brighten up so much while playing with their grandkids is something I'll always have as a core memory. Takes me back to my own childhood, too.

When asked if I'm better off now than I was 4 years ago, I can't answer more instantly and definitely yes. I never want to go back to those terrible years, where covid was the least of my issues. Sure there is a lot of chaos in the world right now and this election is making me anxious, but I know my kids and family are much better off than what people are dealing with elsewhere in the world right now and I refuse to take that for granted.

So I guess I'm expressing a more slow burn of contentment.

C'mon, didn't you wanna see Oppenheimer reach criticality?

No "all of the above" choice? Haha... Hah...:(

Most crosstabs in polling that specifically ask, "what single issue is so important to you that it will drive your vote?" or something similar, show that the single biggest issue (plurality, not majority) is abortion.

I think women are going to show up. I don't think this gamble with young men is going to match polling. Women as a group outnumber men, out-register men, and always show up to the polls in greater numbers.

Last I checked Harris has a larger lead with women than does Trump with men, with a smaller population size to boot.

No? He's closer to Canada's Obama.

I'm sure this will do wonders for reducing radicalization in the region... /s

Beautiful.

Multiple events canceled. Harris campaign must seize on this.

Don't you think he looks tired?

tHE uS iS a RoGUE cOUnTRY

Finally. A sensible decision.

I've been watching politics for decades and have been on both sides of the political spectrum.

Nearly every politician is instructed to "answer the question you wish they had asked first." Why? Because, usually, interviewers especially on Fox News are not interested in asking legitimately good questions, but rather asking "gotcha" questions to drum up attention. This was not a good faith interview by Fox by any means. Some of these questions are Loaded, which answering directly either yes/no can be framed negatively with clips later on.

That being said, if you've watched as many Harris interviews as I have, she has a tendency to first answer the question broadly by giving context, and then usually circles back to the question at hand.

As the other user said, a professional interviewer acting in good with will still let the politician finish their train of thought — or even finish their sentence — before circling back to the question if they felt it wasn't answered directly enough.

I’m seeing a wide array of opinions - r/conservative, while not swing voters are also not liberal voters, claim she was destroyed. I haven’t watched enough to say.

All due respect but who gives a flying fuck what r/conservative thinks? The problem is they don't think. They're cheering for their side and would lick dogshit if the pile said Dems bad. They have a clear motive to frame everything as Donald being perfect and Harris stumbling at every turn.

Idk how any swing voter doesn't come away from that interview thinking Harris did very well, and the interviewer was beyond incompetent with his interruptions.

The Moca cognitive test is a complete joke.

I've seen older family members have to take a neuropsych exam that lasted 6-8 hours and there's no spoofing that.

Harris should hound Trump to take it.

Car dealer has been begging me for my Tacoma since I bought it just pre-pandemic and with how low mileage it is.

I enjoy the calls, lol.

Carte blanche for the defender to commit as many atrocities in return, is that right?

The dude is getting absolutely destroyed in fundraising.

Lmfao golden considering the amount of imports and exploitation of 3rd world nations as you drain their resources dry and exploit their cheap labor. Have some humility, buddy.