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Trabisnikof
Dec 24, 2005

Also libs having to explain why it is important for me to vote for Biden when literally he’s the only candidate allowed to win my state.

“Just because Trump isn’t on the ballot, not voting is still voting for Trump”

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Mr. Sharps
Jul 30, 2006

The only true law is that which leads to freedom. There is no other.



not feeling the whole voting thing this year tbh 🫤

Horseshoe theory
Mar 7, 2005

Mr. Sharps posted:

not feeling the whole voting thing this year tbh 🫤

What part of "Vote or die" did you not get? :thunk:

Mr. Sharps
Jul 30, 2006

The only true law is that which leads to freedom. There is no other.



Willa Rogers
Mar 11, 2005

lmao that it wasn't even a judge barring trump from the maine ballot to preserve democracy but rather the unilateral decision of the secretary of state.



imagine if states had been doing this back when the kenyan usurper was running.

Willa Rogers
Mar 11, 2005

double lmao that she ran the state's ACLU chapter.

Horseshoe theory
Mar 7, 2005

Willa Rogers posted:

double lmao that she ran the state's ACLU chapter.

The ACLU is the Planned Parenthood of civil liberties litigation, OP.

Nothus
Feb 22, 2001

Buglord

Trabisnikof posted:

I kinda want Dems to get their way and end up with 2024 having “democracy on the ballot” but with voters only getting one person they’re allowed to vote for on the ballot.

I don't think they're self-aware enough to get the irony

Rectal Death Alert
Apr 2, 2021

the only thing that stops a bad dictator is a good dictator

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

Tbf I'm fine with keeping Trump out of power by whatever hosed up hypocritical quasi legal path is offered. Democracy is for nerds

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006

Rectal Death Alert posted:

the only thing that stops a bad dictator is a good dictator

Eastern front, 1941 to 1945

F_Shit_Fitzgerald
Feb 2, 2017



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3sxDlDxzac

Palpatine was just protecting democracy.

Zerg Mans
Oct 19, 2006


He did all the terrible poo poo to prepare for the Yuuzhan Vong

silicone thrills
Jan 9, 2008

I paint things
So what's the first state that will remove Biden from their ballot? You know just to kick things up another notch

Horseshoe theory
Mar 7, 2005

silicone thrills posted:

So what's the first state that will remove Biden from their ballot? You know just to kick things up another notch

Texas given that Dan Patrick already pitched doing it in retaliation.

Complications
Jun 19, 2014

Zerg Mans posted:

He did all the terrible poo poo to prepare for the Yuuzhan Vong
as the years have gone on the fact that the star wars novels ensured that the fascist empire that slaughtered billions on purpose was better than the feckless liberal new republic that let trillions die through inaction and incompetence has become funnier and funnier

the disney trilogy doing the new republic just as dirty after the great reset was the comedy cherry on top of the hilarity pie

perfect 10/10 there's no better alternative to fascism even in mainstream 'hopeful' scifi

Gunshow Poophole
Sep 14, 2008

OMBUDSMAN
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Clapping Larry

Willa Rogers posted:

lmao that it wasn't even a judge barring trump from the maine ballot to preserve democracy but rather the unilateral decision of the secretary of state.



imagine if states had been doing this back when the kenyan usurper was running.

epic democracy girlboss ftw

practically doing the goddamn dreamworks face

Uncle Boogeyman
Jul 22, 2007

silicone thrills posted:

So what's the first state that will remove Biden from their ballot? You know just to kick things up another notch

funniest option: New Hampshire

silicone thrills
Jan 9, 2008

I paint things
Im very excited that I get to be here with a front seat to watch the end of this farce of a democracy.

Lib and let die
Aug 26, 2004

silicone thrills posted:

Im very excited that I get to be here with a front seat to watch the end of this farce of a democracy.

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

The justification really does seem to be "Trump did a DOUBLE fascism when he riled up those guys to take an unlicensed tour of the capitol so the fascism when unelected officials bar him from the ballot doesn't count and is democracy in comparison"

sombrero
Oct 1, 2007

keeping trump off the ballot in states he can't win couldn't possibly energize his voters in every single swing state. democrats are very smart.

Rectal Death Alert
Apr 2, 2021

Complications posted:

as the years have gone on the fact that the star wars novels ensured that the fascist empire that slaughtered billions on purpose was better than the feckless liberal new republic that let trillions die through inaction and incompetence has become funnier and funnier

the disney trilogy doing the new republic just as dirty after the great reset was the comedy cherry on top of the hilarity pie

perfect 10/10 there's no better alternative to fascism even in mainstream 'hopeful' scifi

blue man bad

we must suspend elections and declare martial law in the core worlds to stop the influence of Thruwmp from spreading

the ignorant population seems to be responding to his message, claiming it's because we are corrupt and provide nothing for them but they are too stupid to see how great the Republic truly is. Don't they understand this could be the end of galactic democracy?

I think the people on Tatooine are too stupid to understand the galactic reports of average galactic wage increases. Do they not understand that the net worth of anyone with a moon has increased dramatically?! Blue milk price increases are down as well.

Rectal Death Alert has issued a correction as of 23:27 on Dec 29, 2023

WampaLord
Jan 14, 2010

Zerg Mans posted:

He did all the terrible poo poo to prepare for the Yuuzhan Vong

it was really funny when Han Solo says in the first novel of that series "oh so the aliens have a planet they all live on, sure would be nice if we had A DEATH STAR STILL HANGING AROUND, Palpatine had some good ideas after all"

Rochallor
Apr 23, 2010

ふっっっっっっっっっっっっck

sombrero posted:

keeping trump off the ballot in states he can't win couldn't possibly energize his voters in every single swing state. democrats are very smart.

This decision (assuming it isn't instantly overturned which it probably will be) does actually have the ability to affect the election because Maine is one of the two states that splits their electoral votes. I don't think it could lead to the comedy option of an electoral vote tie, but rather the even more comedic option of a 1 vote margin win due exclusively to the Maine decision.

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

Zerg Mans posted:

Tbf I'm fine with keeping Trump out of power by whatever hosed up hypocritical quasi legal path is offered. Democracy is for nerds

I know this is a zegermans post and everything but

This is probably where I'd be with it if the people pulling it were some manner of socialist and trying to ensure they can keep doing good poo poo, rather than blue-flavor market capitalists trying to make sure their kids are the ones getting the sinecures and not the red team's kids

aw frig aw dang it
Jun 1, 2018


zegermans is wise

speng31b
May 8, 2010

loquacius posted:

I know this is a zegermans post and everything but

This is probably where I'd be with it if the people pulling it were some manner of socialist and trying to ensure they can keep doing good poo poo, rather than blue-flavor market capitalists trying to make sure their kids are the ones getting the sinecures and not the red team's kids

dont worry about it the best we can do is the lesser evil by any means necessary

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy

Animal-Mother posted:

Best part is that Baskin Robbins is clearly open for business.

https://twitter.com/RichardSmiiith/status/1329873238336303106?t=2qtPtV2Jp7UhxdpW8e3lEQ&s=19

Trabisnikof
Dec 24, 2005

also the focus on preventing Trump from running in the primary, rather than preventing him running in the general, is funny in light of the whole "parties are private organizations who can do whatever they want with their nominating process" court rulings.


but it seems like the plan here is to allow the RNC to kick trump out of the primary while claiming the mean states tied their hands by banning him from the elections. the idea that they'd go to a convention where Trump wins a bunch of states but fails to achieve a majority of delegates because he was blocked from the ballot would be too stupid even for the RNC.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

We're always hiring!

Complications posted:

as the years have gone on the fact that the star wars novels ensured that the fascist empire that slaughtered billions on purpose was better than the feckless liberal new republic that let trillions die through inaction and incompetence has become funnier and funnier

the disney trilogy doing the new republic just as dirty after the great reset was the comedy cherry on top of the hilarity pie

perfect 10/10 there's no better alternative to fascism even in mainstream 'hopeful' scifi

One of the "new" novels, the ones with the Disney branding so they're actually canon, one of the first ones is centered around Leia.
Some rival politician finds out she's Vader's daughter, so everything she tries to do is met with "Yeah, but you're Vader's daughter, how do we know this isn't some Imperial plot?"

So, she has to make her own secret military on the down low because the acting government won't listen when she keeps trying to warn them about the bad guys getting ready to introduce episode 7.

And that's why it's still just a plucky resistance group going up against Palpatine's sockpuppet account.

the_steve has issued a correction as of 23:53 on Dec 29, 2023

gradenko_2000
Oct 5, 2010

HELL SERPENT
Lipstick Apathy
Maine went for Biden by 23 points in the 1st district, and went for Trump by 7 points in the 2nd district

super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009

silicone thrills posted:

So what's the first state that will remove Biden from their ballot? You know just to kick things up another notch

Florida! Florida! Florida!

FuzzySlippers
Feb 6, 2009

The important part is whether you accept Darth Vader as your lord and savior. Everyone in all the movies who doesn't accept Vader is bad in one way or another (which is nearly everyone).

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

Joe Biden is destroying the economy

Ham Equity
Apr 16, 2013

The first thing we do, let's kill all the cars.
Grimey Drawer

Trabisnikof posted:

I kinda want Dems to get their way and end up with 2024 having “democracy on the ballot” but with voters only getting one person they’re allowed to vote for on the ballot.

The 2024 ballot only has two elections on it, one for president where Biden is the only option, and another that just says "Democracy?" And the only option is "Democracy."

loquacius
Oct 21, 2008

we have literally done coups on countries because they only allow one name on the ballot

Excelzior
Jun 24, 2013

i'm gonna democracy so hard you guys

you just watch

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

We're always hiring!

loquacius posted:

we have literally done coups on countries because they only allow one name on the ballot

Yes, but you see, it's good when we do it and bad when they do it because reasons.

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Complications
Jun 19, 2014

the_steve posted:

Yes, but you see, it's good when we do it and bad when they do it because reasons.

Being a good person or nation is not about anything as materially banal as deeds, but about the values and virtues that nation believes in deep down. A nation that transcends the evils of the world by dint of this inherent grace rises above the concept of being bad.

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