I wrote a paper in high school about why Dewey lost the election of 1948. One of the big turning points was Truman's July -October Whistle Stop campaign. "I want to see the people," he had said. During the tour, Harry Truman was presented to the people as a candidate who spoke their language and understood their needs. I love that Harris/Waltz has taken a page out of a successful playbook.
NBC reported today that the campaign of Kamala Harris raised over $300 million in August. The other side raised one-half of that amount. The Harris campaign will start running ads on Sunday on football games and then during the week on afternoon talk shows, such as Jennifer Hudson, explaining Project 2025. (JD Vance wrote the introduction to Project 2025). The debate will undoubtedly be the "nail on the coffin" for trump. He's just going around making senseless statements and rambling incoherently while she is preparing to shred him in the debate. I will follow the debate on a live blog. I can't stand looking at his horribly ugly face. It makes me nauseous.
"To his campaign’s likely dismay, Trump can’t help publicly boasting about it."
I'm guessing there's been a LOT of dismay floating around Trump's campaign lately.
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"Trump has been trying to walk this line between placating his far-right base and not seeming like a far-right radical himself for months[.]"
That's what happens when you promote a policy your base wants, (without whom you have no path to victory,) but is despised by the rest of us, (without whom you have no path to victory.)
Trump, Vance and Republicans have seriously underestimated women to no one's surprise. They also seem to think that we don't remember his 30,000+ lies while he was in the White House. According to Vance I'm evil (retired professor), I've ruined the country because I'm a single cat lady, and as a post-menopausal woman who does not yet have grandchildren I'm worthless. He forgets that as a Boomer I always vote. I live in MO where we have one of the abortion rights voter ballot initiatives for November. I find it hard to believe that anyone who votes for one of these abortion rights initiatives will turn around and vote for Trump-Vance knowing that they will vote for a national abortion ban and enforcing the Comstock Act. I can't wait to see the final gender gap between Harris-Walz and Trump-Vance in November.
I want to send you guys this meme but couldn’t figure out how to post it on Substack…so with the site formerly known as Twitter gyrations - here it is!
Perhaps they could team up with Planned Parenthood and have a van follow them to provide information, if not necessarily the free vasectomies and abortion information as they did outside the Democrat’s Convention in Chicago.
I like the slogan that Harris /Walz are spreading " we are not going back " ! Why would anyone want to go back to a time that the man went to work while the woman stayed home and dealt with the rearing of children and caring for the house ! I have no problem with any woman that wishes to be a homemaker as it is an all consuming job , my mother was a homemaker with 5 kids with a dad in the military ! We survived but in this day and age , it takes 2 to work and hopefully make a life for oneself and family to survive . Today in 2024 , however , it appears one needs to be a millionaire to survive in this world and as such the oligarchs and corporations want to " rule the world " and everyone else will work to provide them with all the money and power ! Now you have 2 candidates , one who wants to keep the rights of women and others who have been disenfranchised, help the average American with housing , jobs and such . The other one wants to cut taxes for the wealthy , get rid of all regulations for corporations so they can continue to rape the country! I know who I would vote for . Do you ?
One of the problems of being a liar, is the difficulty in maintaining your story. The Rs are now in trouble over garbled and mixed messages abou Child Care. The Ds need to keep hammering this message every chance they get, especially during the debate!
I'm glad to see that the bus's name focuses not only on abortion, but the whole topic of reproduction. I have conflicted feelings about how the word 'abortion' is used as a kind of blanket term for 'reproductive health, gynecological medical treatment, etc.' I have a deep regard for the sanctity of life, a position that has been coopted by the political right-to-life people. But to boil down the entire complicated collection of issues as 'abortion' has allowed the the single issue voters to actually vote FOR risking the health and fertility of mothers. They are voting FOR ignoring sound medical treatment of conditions that don't involve removing a fetus from the womb. They are voting FOR letting judges, state DAs, or federal judges making decisions for which they have no training. They are voting FOR letting women face potentially insurmountable challenges relating to the care of medically complex children with no support other than what they can find for themselves. I can't think of any decision a woman has to make that is more personal, more fraught with lifelong issues including mental health, or that can easily effect her family in unimaginable ways.
I'm old enough that abortion is something I need to worry about for myself. (Oh no- what are post-menopausal women good for if they don't have grandkids??) But I have a clear recollection of how much I worried about my healthy child's care. What if I had been alone and without the resources I had? Is it not possible for the average American voter to think more broadly and more empathetically?
I'm a generally moderate independent voter, and I find myself having been pushed farther and farther to the left on this issue. Not because I now favor pregnancy termination more than ever, but because this issue is the ultimate argument for smaller governmental regulation - a decidedly conservative position. (I thought)
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The Reform Movement through RAC-FL and Women of Reform Judaism is partnering with the "YES on 4, Floridians Protecting Freedom" campaign to protect reproductive freedom through a November ballot amendment.
An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilized egg implants in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus. Such pregnancies will burst the fallopian tube, risking the mother’s health and often decreasing future fertility if not medically aborted.
A mother carrying a dead fetus that has not spontaneously aborted needs medical treatment - an abortion - to remove the dead fetus. Without medical care, the rotting tissue will lead to sepsis, a life threatening condition. With no heartbeat, this shouldn’t be an issue. But doctors and hospitals have been leery of performing the proper procedures due to fuzzy laws. A complete ban on abortion would be clear: saving the mother isn’t allowed.
Amniocentesis results sometimes show the pregnancy will not produce a viable newborn. Should those mothers be forced to continue a pregnancy because there’s a heartbeat? Some want to carry the nail the fetus is dead. Others don’t; having people congratulate you while you know the sorrow to come is gut-wrenching and shouldn’t be forced on anyone.
Three distinct examples of a need to keep abortion as a valid medical treatment option.
I wrote a paper in high school about why Dewey lost the election of 1948. One of the big turning points was Truman's July -October Whistle Stop campaign. "I want to see the people," he had said. During the tour, Harry Truman was presented to the people as a candidate who spoke their language and understood their needs. I love that Harris/Waltz has taken a page out of a successful playbook.
We look to the past to learn for the future!
Love that!
NBC reported today that the campaign of Kamala Harris raised over $300 million in August. The other side raised one-half of that amount. The Harris campaign will start running ads on Sunday on football games and then during the week on afternoon talk shows, such as Jennifer Hudson, explaining Project 2025. (JD Vance wrote the introduction to Project 2025). The debate will undoubtedly be the "nail on the coffin" for trump. He's just going around making senseless statements and rambling incoherently while she is preparing to shred him in the debate. I will follow the debate on a live blog. I can't stand looking at his horribly ugly face. It makes me nauseous.
👏👏👏
"To his campaign’s likely dismay, Trump can’t help publicly boasting about it."
I'm guessing there's been a LOT of dismay floating around Trump's campaign lately.
.
"Trump has been trying to walk this line between placating his far-right base and not seeming like a far-right radical himself for months[.]"
That's what happens when you promote a policy your base wants, (without whom you have no path to victory,) but is despised by the rest of us, (without whom you have no path to victory.)
Well said
Trump, Vance and Republicans have seriously underestimated women to no one's surprise. They also seem to think that we don't remember his 30,000+ lies while he was in the White House. According to Vance I'm evil (retired professor), I've ruined the country because I'm a single cat lady, and as a post-menopausal woman who does not yet have grandchildren I'm worthless. He forgets that as a Boomer I always vote. I live in MO where we have one of the abortion rights voter ballot initiatives for November. I find it hard to believe that anyone who votes for one of these abortion rights initiatives will turn around and vote for Trump-Vance knowing that they will vote for a national abortion ban and enforcing the Comstock Act. I can't wait to see the final gender gap between Harris-Walz and Trump-Vance in November.
We Boomers have fought for Reproductive Rights before. We won. We demand these rights just as we did then. And we will win again!
That makes two of us only I’m in NC. Were the dreaded voting Boomers and damn proud of it.
I’m hoping that 57% is undercounted. There are republican women who will vote for issue 4 but won’t admit it.
Florida is home to the largest colleges in the country.
Cmon college students- this affects YOU.
Vote!
Thanks for the excellent and encouraging letter.
I want to send you guys this meme but couldn’t figure out how to post it on Substack…so with the site formerly known as Twitter gyrations - here it is!
https://x.com/granmaree/status/1831836523077234807?s=46
Or Karma-la?
😂
Perhaps they could team up with Planned Parenthood and have a van follow them to provide information, if not necessarily the free vasectomies and abortion information as they did outside the Democrat’s Convention in Chicago.
I like the slogan that Harris /Walz are spreading " we are not going back " ! Why would anyone want to go back to a time that the man went to work while the woman stayed home and dealt with the rearing of children and caring for the house ! I have no problem with any woman that wishes to be a homemaker as it is an all consuming job , my mother was a homemaker with 5 kids with a dad in the military ! We survived but in this day and age , it takes 2 to work and hopefully make a life for oneself and family to survive . Today in 2024 , however , it appears one needs to be a millionaire to survive in this world and as such the oligarchs and corporations want to " rule the world " and everyone else will work to provide them with all the money and power ! Now you have 2 candidates , one who wants to keep the rights of women and others who have been disenfranchised, help the average American with housing , jobs and such . The other one wants to cut taxes for the wealthy , get rid of all regulations for corporations so they can continue to rape the country! I know who I would vote for . Do you ?
One of the problems of being a liar, is the difficulty in maintaining your story. The Rs are now in trouble over garbled and mixed messages abou Child Care. The Ds need to keep hammering this message every chance they get, especially during the debate!
I'm glad to see that the bus's name focuses not only on abortion, but the whole topic of reproduction. I have conflicted feelings about how the word 'abortion' is used as a kind of blanket term for 'reproductive health, gynecological medical treatment, etc.' I have a deep regard for the sanctity of life, a position that has been coopted by the political right-to-life people. But to boil down the entire complicated collection of issues as 'abortion' has allowed the the single issue voters to actually vote FOR risking the health and fertility of mothers. They are voting FOR ignoring sound medical treatment of conditions that don't involve removing a fetus from the womb. They are voting FOR letting judges, state DAs, or federal judges making decisions for which they have no training. They are voting FOR letting women face potentially insurmountable challenges relating to the care of medically complex children with no support other than what they can find for themselves. I can't think of any decision a woman has to make that is more personal, more fraught with lifelong issues including mental health, or that can easily effect her family in unimaginable ways.
I'm old enough that abortion is something I need to worry about for myself. (Oh no- what are post-menopausal women good for if they don't have grandkids??) But I have a clear recollection of how much I worried about my healthy child's care. What if I had been alone and without the resources I had? Is it not possible for the average American voter to think more broadly and more empathetically?
I'm a generally moderate independent voter, and I find myself having been pushed farther and farther to the left on this issue. Not because I now favor pregnancy termination more than ever, but because this issue is the ultimate argument for smaller governmental regulation - a decidedly conservative position. (I thought)
Go ,La and Coach. Canada is routing for you.
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Abortion should be banned at the national level, which Dobbs made much more difficult.
It's not "the woman's body"; it's not "a clump of cells" (or, any less than the rest of us clumps of cells).
Child sacrifice is barbaric and should be criminalized.
An ectopic pregnancy is when a fertilized egg implants in the fallopian tube instead of the uterus. Such pregnancies will burst the fallopian tube, risking the mother’s health and often decreasing future fertility if not medically aborted.
A mother carrying a dead fetus that has not spontaneously aborted needs medical treatment - an abortion - to remove the dead fetus. Without medical care, the rotting tissue will lead to sepsis, a life threatening condition. With no heartbeat, this shouldn’t be an issue. But doctors and hospitals have been leery of performing the proper procedures due to fuzzy laws. A complete ban on abortion would be clear: saving the mother isn’t allowed.
Amniocentesis results sometimes show the pregnancy will not produce a viable newborn. Should those mothers be forced to continue a pregnancy because there’s a heartbeat? Some want to carry the nail the fetus is dead. Others don’t; having people congratulate you while you know the sorrow to come is gut-wrenching and shouldn’t be forced on anyone.
Three distinct examples of a need to keep abortion as a valid medical treatment option.
If only your logic were as good as your writing!
The second example completely disqualifies you from any serious discussion. Dead fetus --> not pregnant --> not an abortion.
You are so fanatical about killing unborn humans that you grasp at straws.
Than6k you Todd. Great post!
I have that t-shirt. I get comments wherever I go. All positive 🤗