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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Goofyhoofy 🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Re: Bash and Tapper get an A,
Date: 06/28/24 12:19 PM
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So you’ve had the benefit of waking up and absorbing info I didn’t have at 2am. And thanks for being a jerk about it and piling on. I’ll remember.

It’s hardly “piling on” to post the above-the-fold, top-of-the-page headlines from the most prestigious newspapers in the country. The less prestigious ones are saying the same thing, only louder:

USA Today: Is a Reckoning Afoot for Biden After He Falters in Debate with Trump?
USA Today: Election News & Analysis: Candidates, Issues & Results

Los Angeles Times:
Biden Debate Performance Pushes Dems to Consider the Once Unthinkable: Casting Him Aside
latimes.com - Bidens debate performance pushes dems to consider the once unthinkable casting him aside

I’d copy headlines from some of the biggest online news providers, but it would be more of the same. Also Facebook, Twitter, and the usual Right Wing suspects. Also all of Talk Radio and Podcasts. Heck, even Jon Stewart and Rachael Madoff couldn’t find anything good to say.

By the way, I knew this 5 minutes into the debate. It does not matter “if he got better at the end”, by then minds were made up - or rather “confirmed” as to the Right Wing lie that they’ve been spinning for the past year. “He’s old! He’s feeble! He drools!” If you already believed it, it was confirmed. If you were in the middle, it was confirmed. Only die hards are going to say “Well, I’ll go down with the ship.”

When a pitcher is struggling you replace the pitcher, you don’t say “Well, he was fine for the first 2 innings.” It’s not pleasant, and it might not work, but it’s better than burying your head in the sand.

Oh, since I’ve pasted headlines from the Top 5 Newspapers in the US (WSJ, NYT, WaPo, USAToday, and LA Times, in that order, here’s more from #5:)

Biden’s Debate Game West Spectacularly Wrong
Oh, and
A Tongue Tied Octogenarian Debates A Pathological Liar. Nobody Won But Biden Clearly Lost.
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