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madaboutharry

(42,033 posts)
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 10:23 AM Sep 2023

Seeing the polling Steve Kornacki just presented on MSNBC...

Has confirmed my opinion that the American people are idiots.

74% of people concerned about Biden's age and fitness and 47% are concerned about Trump's age and fitness.

Tied at 46% - 46%
Give me a fucking break!

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Joe Cool

(1,093 posts)
1. The reason why about Trump is...
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 10:26 AM
Sep 2023

...that the media isn't incessantly drilling into people's heads that Trump is both old and fat. He's in way worse shape than Biden.
What sane person would actually believe Trump is 6'3" and 215 lbs.?

spooky3

(38,634 posts)
6. And while fat shaming in generally wrong, why is it considered
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 10:34 AM
Sep 2023

Acceptable to criticize a candidate’s age, despite his achievements, but it is not acceptable to point out the risks of obesity at Trump’s age?

 
2. Korn-whacky is a symptom of the gaslighting MSM
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 10:27 AM
Sep 2023

They got nothin'. They're desperate to paint the bulbous orange traitor as some defiant rebel to keep their faux horserace scam going.

pwb

(12,669 posts)
3. They forgot to poll the young and Women.
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 10:29 AM
Sep 2023

Obviously another fake election horse race. No, Wealth owned media, Democrats will win big in 2024 all across the country. IMO.

Recycle_Guru

(2,973 posts)
8. all we have to do is imagine what th super wealthy want to happen
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 10:38 AM
Sep 2023

and then see why certain things happen the way tjey do in this country and around the world.

Normal people stop when they get to a comfortable living. People lusting for more power, wealth and control are mot satisfied with millions..no, they want hundreds of millions, billions. To get and keep that wealth they will stack the deck against regular people and harm others rather than truly work for the good of society.

drray23

(8,759 posts)
5. what it confirms to me is that flinging bullshit works
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 10:31 AM
Sep 2023

that's what the magats are doing and some of it sticks.
Until we stop treating it like a normal campaign and start hitting hard it will be like that.

President Biden campaign surrogates need to be flooding the talk shows, take every opportunity to be in front of microphones, hit back hard.

All we see are Trump , Mtg, Gaetz, McCarthy antics. Acting like the reasonable people in the room and dismissing them is not working.
The so-call going high when they go low no longer works.

For example, recently Trump was saying Miley should be executed, why don't we have a hard push back instead of not responding to because it's so out there?



 

JohnSJ

(98,883 posts)
9. First of all, the MSM has been harping for some time how Biden is too old, and how people don't
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 10:44 AM
Sep 2023

like Harris.

What else would one expect?

How many people answer calls from numbers they don’t recognize with all the spam going on? I suspect it would be mostly an older demographic that answer those calls.

How many progressives would answer they are particularly favorable toward but would vote for him against trump in a general election? I suspect most would vote for Biden in that category.

While most conservatives will say they approve of trump and will vote for him.

The fact that this is a national poll does not accurately reflect how a president is elected.

How many red states, blue states, purple states were polled?

How many women, young people, old people, etc. were polled?

What were those polled views on abortion, the environment, civil rights, crime, etc.

Would they vote for someone who tried to overthrow the government?

That this poll reflects a tie, demonstrates just how screwed up the Washington Post/ABC poll which showed trump ahead by 10 points was.

Pay attention to state polls, not national polls. That is how presidents are elected

A NH poll a couple of days ago reflected Biden ahead by 10 points.

Funny that there was not much fanfare about that poll, The bogus WP/ABC poll got more attention then that one.








PCIntern

(28,369 posts)
12. Please allow me to briefly discuss "being concerned "...
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 10:54 AM
Sep 2023

Of course, I am concerned about his age, but that doesn’t translate into me not voting for the best candidate, or in this case, one who is not facing 91 felony charges.

I am concerned about a lot of things, including my own age and health, but I’m not preoccupied by it to the exclusion of living my life.

The question should be: given that the two nominees are Biden and (Motherfucker), would the age of either be a primary, singular factor in your decision between the two?

Of course…there are a thousand reasons for not asking that question in that manner. None good…

jcgoldie

(12,046 posts)
13. Biden is soft spoken and chooses his words, Trump is an obnoxious loudmouth
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 10:57 AM
Sep 2023

The polling reflects that Trump's issues do not align with common stereotypes of aging despite the fact that he spouts nonsense 95% of the time.

comradebillyboy

(10,955 posts)
15. I don't waste my time with Kornholio's horse race
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 01:26 PM
Sep 2023

blather. He will play up any close poll no matter how unreliable it might be.

Talitha

(7,988 posts)
17. They sure as hell never polled me.
Mon Sep 25, 2023, 04:24 PM
Sep 2023

I'm going to be 71 soon and have NEVER been polled. Ever.

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