Only if he talks about the big and beautiful dog that assisted in giving that bad hombre a dirt nap
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Shut up idiot.
Not sure who thatās for, just trying it out. Feels pretty good, tbh.
The best part is that it really wins people over and makes you a happier person all around. Itās just a win-win every which way.
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Theoretically between this and the redistricting news there might be a path to keeping Republicans to 280 seats instead of 300.
It seems likely to me that he gets primaried, but unlikely that itās successful. I think it would be a mistake for someone with future presidential aspirations to do it, so hopefully AOC wonāt. I could see Bernie doing it because fuck it, heās too old to run in 2028 anyway. Otherwise Iām not sure who lands at the intersection of progressive, credible challenger, and zero future presidential ambitions?
Every time I consider voting third party in 2024, I think of my girlfriend and how Trump and emboldened Trumpers make her feel, and of how much hassle the immigration process getting 5-10% worse could mean for her.
I get it though, emotionally, Iām very angry at Biden and want to vote third party. I just canāt do it.
See above. Iām showing up in every primary voting for the farthest left candidate with a chance, but itās hard for me to justify a Pennsylvania third party vote when it makes the most important person to meās life even slightly worse if Dems lose.
I didnāt expect this, but I expected basic human decency with regard to conditions and family separation and such. Like, shit, there was a lot of room between where we were at before and basic decency, and we didnāt even noticeably close the gap.
You know who youāre responding to right? Even self immolation would not be enough.
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Yeah Iām just curious if he can put together a reply that explains why I should vote in a way that harms my girlfriend and has a 0.0% chance of making a difference, and without calling me an idiot or telling me to fuck off.
Why the bolded? My gut feeling is that this is wrong, but Iād like to hear why you think that.
Man the media landscape is such a massive headwind. Itās the exact opposite of the GOP, every media source normie democrats consume promotes eDem bullshit.
Primarying the sitting president will hurt them so much in the party that theyāll be all but dead in any future presidential primaries. They wonāt be able to get endorsements or support from anyone in the party who even remotely tries to play ball with, fundraise with, etc, the establishment wing.
(Lincoln Project I know - sorry ā¦)
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This is all true but itās also already true for any progressive because eDems gonna eDem so might as well shoot your shot. Bernie wouldnāt have had nearly as much momentum in 2020 if he hadnāt gone up against the anointed HRC in 2016,
Right but while they line up against them in any primary and make sure they donāt win, they donāt ice them out for running, or ice out anyone who works with them. Like they didnāt begrudge Bernie his run in 2016, they were mad he stayed in too long in their view, but they probably wanted him to run initially - they didnāt want her anointed unopposed and he wasnāt viewed as a serious candidate.
What Iām saying is if AOC ran against a sitting president in the primary, she probably wouldnāt get endorsed by the Jayapalās and Khannaās of the world. Not in that run and never again unless/until she managed to take over the party herself.
Thatās all indictment of the system to some extent, although itās bad for any party to primary their own president, for obvious reasons, so I get it. Itās also an indictment of the majority of progressives in Congress who would rather play ball than stand up (which is why they alllllways get rolled on legislation), and itās also an indictment of the true motives of that class of progressives.
But thatās the way it is imo.
Weird I donāt recall that Trump press conference at all. Either I had the presence of mind to not watch it at the time, or that four years cost me more of my mind than I thought.
Youāre supposed to destroy your girlfriends life to prove that your purity is gleaming white. Until tomorrow and then youāll be told that itās still not enough and that you are a shitlib asshole fuckface moron.
Itās a fun game, try it!
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Also you canāt eat a nice meal or buy anything nice. Deal breakers.
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He gave a stupid press conference almost every day. But the time you might have heard about this really stupid press conference, he was probably half way through his next even stupider press conference.
The comparison video of that press conference to Obamas Bin Laden one is way better imo.
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