Did he do it for the memes?

  • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 年前

    Yeah, I’ll vote blue… But get this fucker off the ticket. I’d much rather it be Kamala, or like… Nearly anyone really.

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      Yeah, the question isn’t who Democrats will vote for. It’s who independents will vote for. And there are a lot of independents.

      Relying on the “Never Trump” vote to win this election feels like a terrible risk.

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        We don’t have democracy anymore.

        First, the SCOTUS ruling did away with that last week, but let’s ignore that for now…

        We have a fascist authoritarian in charge who refuses to even consider stepping down until he dies - certainly he is not going to let the people decide who gets to be the Democratic nominee - vs. someone who will become a dictator for life and do the same, but somehow much, MUCH worse.

        I hope that many people vote Blue No Matter Who… yet I fear that many independents won’t.

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        The question is who will turn out to vote. The number of “independents” who don’t overwhelmingly vote republican or democratic is vanishingly small. This is found time and time again. Ultimately it’s a question of which electorate turns out and which is demotivated enough not to.

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        Anyone supposedly independent or undecided at this point is and idgit voter who will either stay home or vote for Trump.

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      I’ve been trying to be positive about him but he’s really indefensible at this point.

      His hubris is very likely going to fuck things up for everyone.

      Any other candidate will wipe the floor with trump.

    • Jax@sh.itjust.works
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      I think Kamala would be one of the single worst candidates we could put forth, but what do I know? I only worked for the dumpster fire of a DoJ she was partly responsible for.

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        hey now, the US has a long and storied history of loving the fuck out of female presidential candidates.

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      Maybe. Though I say we just come together, get his ass in, and then in the first year also get his ass out and let the VP or Speaker step in. Like it or not, changing now IS risky and it is arguable whether it’s the better choice. I’ll go with what the majority chooses because fighting against Trump and the GOP is what’s important.

      Let me repeat: We are in the game where we must do what the Republicans do and come together against a common enemy. So I recommend everyone agree on a candidate then shut up and checkmark that box. We can go back to verbally juxtaposing our positions through digital larping, or whatever it is we do when most of us forget politics exist for four years.