Motor City Sonics

Another thing dawned on me the other day 16 years ago on the night that Obama was accepting the nomination, it was the 45th anniversary of the I Have A Dream speech and McCain ran an ad during the DNC congratulating Obama on that historic moment. Wow, has that party changed. I didn't like them back then, but wow, that was a very classy move by McCain.

I really don't get where the JD Vance and sofa thing comes from.............but I am enjoying it. I was at a Lemon Twigs concert last night - and they were beyond awesome. I missed Biden's speech, so I watched some of it this morning and what I came away with was how Trump was probably losing his mind while watching it......totally freaking out..........and that made it one of the best speeches ever.

The Lincoln Project folks are going to have a Field Day with this.

I wonder if some think that Joe is going to resign the Presidency tonight. I get why he'd want to maybe help Kamala by giving her the chance to have that title going in, but the biggest risk to that is MAGA Mike would be the next one up and we can't risk that. Joe can stay in DC and get the job done.

Have you ever looked at the 1968 Democratic Primary results? Robert Kennedy Sr. (the sane RFK) didn't even enter the race until March 16th. Eugene McCarthy was leading. He had the most votes and the most delegates overall Then Kennedy got the momentum. Humphrey entered late. Going into the conventioin McCarthy 38% Kennedy 30% LBJ 5% Humphrey 2% And conventional wisdom would lead you to believe that at least 2/3rds of Kennedy's votes would have gone to McCarthy, probably more, so it wasn't even close, the Democratic voters wanted McCarthy, the power brokers thought he was too liberal. Look, Kennedy and McCarthy appealed to the same type of voter, but Kennedy jumped in because he didn't think McCarthy had the charisma to go all the way. I think Bobby would have trounced Nixon. But once he and MLK died and the Democrats went to the cynical old establishment, their voters felt abandoned, so they abandoned the party in return. They nominated Humphrey (and got their asses kicked). They would have lost with McCarthy too, but maybe not as much. I'm just saying that you don't need to have Primaries to pick your nominee. Can't think of a more uninspiring choice than Hubert Humphrey. Talk about dry white toast.

But it seems to me that there are several versions of BLM run by several different people with differing agendas. There is no name representing it and until it gets organized that way, can it be taken all that seriously? I think this was brought up in the TV series "Newsroom" when Jeff Daniels challenged a 99%'er by saying You have no face, you have no message. You need to congeal your movement into one message with one spokesperson and a few surrogates - or else you're all just yelling into the wind. That's BLM. There are realistic and pragmatic wings and there are radical wings. And the radical wing will never be happy with anything anyone ever does. I understand why they exist, but the execution is a mess. They need their MLK. They needs someone that speaks for them with one unifying message and that doesn't seem to be happening. So what is BLM? It's an acronym with a bunch of people yelling into the wind. If they are not happy, they can run their own candidate. See, the problem wasn't the job Biden has done. He's done an excellent job. Has he botched a few things? Yes, he's human, but overall he's done a very good job and that work needs to continue, but seeing his debate performance and his slowing physical movements in recent months, it was clouding the message. Now the legacy can continue with someone more vibrant and inspiring for a wide swath of younger voters. He simply is too old for a second term. It's just the truth. That job ages people and he was older to begin with - so passing the torch to the VP, which is a little unusual, makes perfect sense. It's like a logo re-branding, with the product being the same - you just needed to modernize. They have and it has galvanized the movement and completely cut the legs out from under the singular Republican strategy of "HE'S OLD!". Actually, it's flipped it on it's head. Both Trump and Biden are too old but now only Trump has to deal with that. The new Republican strategy of the whole DEI thing is only working with the people that are already on board. Let them continue on that path.

Any Democrat can post a challenge at any time they like. She's not the official nominee yet. Who is BLM anyway? Is there any true organization behind it? Black Lives are gonna matter a whole lot more under a President Harris than whatever the Republicans throw out there.

Tie that in with the whole Black Jobs thing.

Another great thing is that ALL the attention is on Harris now - Trump is barely getting any attention and he's sitting there watching TV obsessively, as always, and not seeing himself come first and he is livid and it's great. Lots of **** is getting thrown.

I'm feeling a lot better today than I was last Friday. There's massive energy now. The VP pick is important. I like Kelly because he was in the military (and Trump insults the military) but he's also a great speaker who has some clout when it comes to immigration and he's for sensible gun control while still being a 2nd amendment supporter and when he talks about that it has meaning. He leans a little more conservative than Kamala, which is a good thing, you don't need a carbon copy like Trump/Vance. There's about to be a Youthquake. And guys like Trump (and many Republican men) don't like strong, smart or confident women - because they're horribly insecure. They're pathetic. Let them keep attacking. I agree with that statement Let Their Racism (and Misogyny) Be YOUR Rocket Fuel. BLAST OFF ! It's so enjoyable to see them freaking out. Makes them look so weak and unprepared.

My driveway is wet

Thing with Biden's age is that he might still be sharp mentally but watching him move was not encouraging. Did you see the movie The Irishman? They de-aged Robert DeNiro in several scenes. Then they used what was supposed to be 40-year old DeNiro beating up someone at a grocery store, but instead of using a body double for the long shot, they used DeNiro, who did not move like anyone under 70 and it was the biggest bum note in the movie.

Hasn't Trump promised to make electric cars illegal?

The Cybertruck is the ugliest motor vehicle I've ever seen. Uglier than those rolling toaster-looking vans.

MCS VEEP RANKINGS 1 - Mark Kelly - can't worry about 2026 right now, it's too important. checks off a lot of boxes 2 - Josh Shapiro - some say he's only 2 years into his post, but Trump had 0 going in and Vance only has 2 years 3 - Roy Cooper - I don't think he swings NC, but he might play well in a few other states. 4 - Andy Beshear - Wouldn't win Kentucky, but could help elsewhere and younger than Cooper I think it's one of those 4. I don't think Gretchen gets the nod because two women is pretty risky in our unenlightened country, but I think she gets a cabinet position if she wants one.

An honest politician is refreshing.

He got tips from Mike Ehrmantraut Are we sure this is a NEW picha?

Training camps are starting. I think it's fair to start a new thread. NFL Coach Hot Seat Rankings 1. Robert Saleh, Jets. I don't think it's fair and I think he's a good coach, but the second they signed Aaron Rodgers, Robert was on the hot seat. He'll get another chance. The Jets are a disgrace. 2. Dennis Allen, Saints. It's a weak division and he seemed an un-inspired choice from the start. If they hadn't won their last two, he'd be gone already 3. Nick Siriani , Eagles. My, how quickly we've fallen. The Eagles crumbled last year and he didn't do himself any favors by making Matt Patricia the defacto DC. Bad judgement 4. Matt Eberflus, Bears. He can't blame the QB anymore. He's got his guy now. But a rookie QB? Tough to hitch your star to that after a 10-24 career start and now the Bears actually have expectations 5. Mike McCarthy, Cowboys. Surprised he's back, but unless the Cowboys are under .500 halfway in (and they won't be), then he won't lose his job, but if they don't win a playoff game, might we see Bill Belichick? Bubbling under - Brian Daboll, Giants - but I think he gets a full year no matter what. Sean McDermott, Bills - seems like it's Super Bowl or Bust. Kevin Stefanski, Browns - he can't take a big step backwards. Jonathan Gannon, Cardinals - I don't think he gets much more rope. Dan Quinn, Commanders - A bad hire. Smells like a potential one-and-done.

It's called "I'm a gun-loving patriot who **** my pants to avoid getting drafted"

Y'alls desperation is entertaining.

I was thinking about this very low unemployment we're having and something has really been annoying me lately. People begging for money. At the Ann Arbor Art Fair there is a guy who sits on the bench outside the Walgreen's at State St & N. University and every time someone comes out of the Walgreen's it's "Hey, can you help me out?". I mean he is out there all day every day (not just during Art Fair). The Walgreen's, as well as dozens of other business in Ann Arbor have Help Wanted signs in the window. I work my arse off. I work 7 days a week. Yes, I love what I do, but it took a long time to get here and I worked a lot of jobs I didn't like to get by. Why should I give someone money when they can go work. People beg for money at the base of the Hill shopping center in Allen Park and I think pretty much everyone is hiring at that shopping center. I try to have some sympathy, but I just feel like these are folks that just refuse to work. I don't have a lot of sympathy for that. Millions of Americans work jobs they don't like. Makes me sound like a Republican, but I would have more sympathy if there were no jobs.

The entire Republican platform is "He's too old" and now that has been taken away and now they scramble. But what is their platform? Do they ever talk about jobs? I mean, unemployment is about as low as it's ever been since they've kept records. They're platform is hating everyone that's not like them. Their platform is attacking women and immigrants. That's about it. So now, they are quickly trying to come up with ways to attack Kamala and they have and will continue to insult all women with the things they say. Well, the insult women crowd were already in your corner, you are not winning anyone new with that. You are not appealing to the middle with that. Harris & Co. need to put The Lincoln Project folks in charge of her media campaign. They're really good at crafting a message in 30 or 60 seconds.

Remember in the Godfather II when Michael tells Sonny that he's enlisted in the Marines and Sonny goes off about what a sucker Michael is? Sonny is Donald Trump. In fact, Trump actually talks like Sonny Corleone and he's reactionary and dumb like Sonny too.

“The problem with JD Vance is he has no conviction, but I guess his running mate has 34.” - Andy Beshear, Kentucky Governor and potential VP pick.

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