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Rod Hoofhearted posted:The system is rigged in the Republicans’ favor, we call it the Electoral College. Imagine how many people out there feel exactly the way you do. They'll be out there on Election Day, too. Republicans however are being more and more convinced that voting is rigged, even though the many Trump challenges against this have proven just the opposite. 
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Feb 29, 2024 16:32
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ImpAtom posted:I mean they spent the last 3 years making the case because they wanted to assure that it would actually stand up legally because if they rushed it and made a stupid mistake then it would be worse. Garland dragged his heels as hard as he possibly could for as long as he possibly could. The only reason any federal charges were brought against Trump was because his withholding of classified docs eventually forced the appointment of a special prosecutor, who then said "Trump obviously broke the law on Jan 6 too, lets charge him with that." If Trump hadn't hosed around with the classified docs, no special prosecutor would ever have been appointed and he absolutely would not have been charged for Jan 6 ever by Garland. Garland was not 'carefully making his case' he was desperately delaying to hopefully never have to bring a case.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:33
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Pot Smoke Phoenix posted:Imagine how many people out there feel exactly the way you do. They'll be out there on Election Day, too. Hopefully they live in the right state
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Feb 29, 2024 16:33
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Rod Hoofhearted posted:He’s not losing Texas, but I do have my eye on Ohio. He won by 5.5% That's well within the margins that he is showing he is losing among his base. A 3% swing is all that would take to flip. And his #s of repub saying they won't vote for him are higher than that.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:34
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Waltzing Along posted:Naw. It's fine. He lost last time and is less popular now. Especially among the right wing. His only chance is rigged elections. Otherwise he is going to get shlonged and will even lose states like Texas that have been getting closer to blue but aren't quite competitive yet. All of my family and friends who voted for Trump last election are still voting for him again this election. Ironically almost every one of them has gone through IVF to conceive children, and are not bothered in the slightest by republican attempts to eliminate IVF access. I think the FYGM mentality is an impenetrable shield that prevents trumbo voters from making any kind of realization of the cognitive dissonance.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:34
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Rod Hoofhearted posted:Gonna be really funny if voters sweep Trump and the Republicans into power and then are still mad that IVF and abortion are banned. Argh, my face! Why, leopard, why?
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Feb 29, 2024 16:35
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real funny thing is if Trump gets sentenced to jail time in between being elected and inaugurated
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Feb 29, 2024 16:37
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DandyLion posted:All of my family and friends who voted for Trump last election are still voting for him again this election. Ironically almost every one of them has gone through IVF to conceive children, and are not bothered in the slightest by republican attempts to eliminate IVF access. I think the FYGM mentality is an impenetrable shield that prevents trumbo voters from making any kind of realization of the cognitive dissonance. Anecdotal + doomerism. Nice combo.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:38
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It's fascinating how Trump's '16 win has singlehandedly traumatized everyone into thinking he is some electorally invincible demiurge who will always win, no matter how seemingly unlikely or inexplicable. Like he can just summon up armies of registered voter demons from the Abyss at his command.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:39
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How stupid is the electoral college? It's this stupid:quote:What's the biggest margin by which you can lose the popular vote and still win the presidential election?
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Feb 29, 2024 16:39
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what happens when trump dies cus even if he does win, that husk is already out to pasture
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Feb 29, 2024 16:39
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Waltzing Along posted:Anecdotal + doomerism. Nice combo. What part of it is doomerism?
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Feb 29, 2024 16:40
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Asterite34 posted:It's fascinating how Trump's '16 win has singlehandedly traumatized everyone into thinking he is some electorally invincible demiurge who will always win, no matter how seemingly unlikely or inexplicable. Like he can just summon up armies of registered voter demons from the Abyss at his command. Yeah. They forget how hated Hillary is/was. We thought she'd walk into a win against such a terrible candidate but because of how insanely horrible she was, she lost against a clown. It was just bonkers that the DNC thought she would be okay. She is still massively hated. And always will be.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:42
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Waltzing Along posted:Anecdotal + doomerism. Nice combo. What's the over/under on doomerism in that post
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Feb 29, 2024 16:43
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Sedgr posted:Trump wealth confirmed to be lies and Mitch retiring. Here's why that's bad news for Biden in November! Dapper_Swindler posted:i mean i live in PA so ill volunteer where i live even if i think its gonna go biden/casey. Bold of Biden to choose Casey Desantis as his new running mate. Rod Hoofhearted posted:He’s not losing Texas, but I do have my eye on Ohio. C'mon, don't do that to yourself, nobody deserves that.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:43
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Crystal Thenis posted:what happens when trump dies cus even if he does win, that husk is already out to pasture The Russians try to pivot to some other asset, there's probably a struggle for power among the maga side, and most far right voters probably lose interest for a while because they needed trump's particular brand of rich trashy narcissist to get motivated to destroy democracy That's my guess anyway. Also I'll take a big wet poo poo and dedicate it to him.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:44
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Biden won in 2020 by a distressingly narrow margin even after 4 years of wolfshit craziness. That was probably Hillary's fault too.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:45
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Crystal Thenis posted:what happens when trump dies cus even if he does win, that husk is already out to pasture The white house doctor announces he is still the healthiest president of all time, it turns out it's against decorum to ask for proof that the president is alive, Stephen Miller sets up an elaborate Weekend at Bernies rig, and most people can't tell the difference because Trump still smells the same and talks just as coherently.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:45
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Waltzing Along posted:Anecdotal + doomerism. Nice combo. People conflate anecdotes with evidence all the time
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Feb 29, 2024 16:47
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SilvergunSuperman posted:Biden won in 2020 by a distressingly narrow margin even after 4 years of wolfshit craziness. Incumbency is such an enormous advantage. It's insane when "pundits" say Biden should give it up
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Feb 29, 2024 16:47
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Agents are GO! posted:C'mon, don't do that to yourself, nobody deserves that. In 2022, three U.S. House seats in Ohio that were on no one’s radar flipped to the Dems. Then, Ohio voters voted for abortion rights and legalized marijuana, which the GOP-dominated state government is resisting. Also, Obama won Ohio twice. It’s a better flip opportunity than Texas, and if Biden actually won it, the race would be called by 11pm EST.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:48
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Jeremor posted:The Russians try to pivot to some other asset, there's probably a struggle for power among the maga side, and most far right voters probably lose interest for a while because they needed trump's particular brand of rich trashy narcissist to get motivated to destroy democracy from the outside I just see all of this collapsing the moment he goes. nothing is organised, there is nobody to pass the torch to. his fans are going to be in depression comas and totally disengaged. if they are smart they will keep pressuring him till his heart explodes. problem solved.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:48
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kazil posted:Incumbency is such an enormous advantage. It's insane when "pundits" say Biden should give it up True.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:48
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kazil posted:Incumbency is such an enormous advantage. It's insane when "pundits" say Biden should give it up Which is why Trump won his re-election...
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Feb 29, 2024 16:48
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Waltzing Along posted:Yeah. They forget how hated Hillary is/was. We thought she'd walk into a win against such a terrible candidate but because of how insanely horrible she was, she lost against a clown. It was just bonkers that the DNC thought she would be okay. She is still massively hated. And always will be. She also ran maybe the shittiest campaign in modern politics, and she had a DOJ hitpiece come out two weeks before the election. Garland is a gently caress, but on October 16th he isn't going to suddenly release a press statement saying "Ya know, there might be something to this Biden Crime Family thing"
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Feb 29, 2024 16:49
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Scags McDouglas posted:Beetlejuice. I'm trying to figure out which part would get me aroused but I'm thinking around here. loving lmao. I was hoping to set up some gag about Starlight Express or something being like "that's disgusting!", but the reality is funnier than anything anyone could write.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:50
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So many people were sure there was no way Trump was going to win and he did and they were all taken aback so now they're afraid of the jinx is what I think it comes down to.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:50
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mobby_6kl posted:Which is why Trump won his re-election... No, it's why Trump was even close despite being Trump. That was the entire point of my reply.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:50
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DandyLion posted:All of my family and friends who voted for Trump last election are still voting for him again this election. Ironically almost every one of them has gone through IVF to conceive children, and are not bothered in the slightest by republican attempts to eliminate IVF access. I think the FYGM mentality is an impenetrable shield that prevents trumbo voters from making any kind of realization of the cognitive dissonance. They have to get hurt directly by something the R's or Trump does AND can be clearly and unambiguously be linked back to them in a big clear cut manner for it to start to move the needle. Not change their minds....just to start to make them doubt a bit. Tribal politics totally fucks with the ability to process information surrounding the group they think* they're a part of. Their brains are litterally going to edit anything they see or hear as they see or hear it in a way to present all the bad stuff in the best possible light by default. Then they'll start looking for any possible way to deflect blame on some other group. D's or immigrants or gays, etc. It doesn't matter that it doesn't make sense. Just that there is someone else to blame and get mad at so their anger is directed away from R's or Trump. What breaks them out of the tribalism is usually constant clear cut failure that they can't ignore coming from the R's or Trump that they will usually perceive as a betrayal of sorts. The emotional bomb that is betrayal is a big part of what finally gets them to abandon the tribe. But that can take a long time to occur. Years. Decades even. Some never have that event. Especially if all they watch is OAN or Fox where the R's and Trump are presented as perfect nearly all the time. Just google how they were presenting DeSantis' debate vs Newsom for example of how far and hard they're willing to lie about things. Or how they all suddenly began to say that it was really Antifa that was to blame for J6. They have no shame. They do not care about the truthfulness or consequences of what they're saying. Its all for the tribe. The good news is that Trump and the R's HAVE been failing at a lot of things that is clearly and unambiguously linked back to them. They can try to blame Biden and the D's but its clear even among their base that no one is buying it. And some of them really have gotten tired of the bullshit. It'll only be a small minority of R's that won't vote for Trump this time around but that is all that it will take to make Trump lose. I only hope that also becomes true for the downballot races. The D's need all the help they can get to hold onto the Senate or get a good number of seats in the HoR. *unless they're rich or powerful they're not really part of the group, just that groups useful idiots but you won't convince them of that either PC LOAD LETTER fucked around with this message at 16:56 on Feb 29, 2024 |
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Feb 29, 2024 16:51
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The biggest advantage Trump has is being a celebrity in the 80s. For some reason that poo poo is catnip to boomer brains. So your “next Trump” has to have been a main feature of tabloid newspapers in the grocery checkout aisle when that kind of thing existed. And they can’t be over 80-years-old.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:51
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Waltzing Along posted:He won by 5.5% That's well within the margins that he is showing he is losing among his base. A 3% swing is all that would take to flip. And his #s of repub saying they won't vote for him are higher than that. it’s February lol
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Feb 29, 2024 16:51
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Every fact I don't like is
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Feb 29, 2024 16:51
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mobby_6kl posted:Which is why Trump won his re-election... Which is why it's so shocking Trump lost You all want to loving lose so bad, I swear
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Feb 29, 2024 16:52
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Yeah, I mean, I'm worried Trump will win but I think Biden is going to squeek out a victory just barely.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:52
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Rod Hoofhearted posted:The biggest advantage Trump has is being a celebrity in the 80s. For some reason that poo poo is catnip to boomer brains. he won 9 years ago after time and Covid a lot of those people are dead now. this is a different reality and I don’t think old people or republicans understand.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:53
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big nipples big life posted:How stupid is the electoral college? It's this stupid: In practice, it's even dumber. Why we don't have a 1 person, 1 vote for the only elected national office I will never understand.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:53
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I mean all the Republicans retiring and leaving tells.me they're seeing internal polling and gtfo. McConnel leaving is a big sign that Trumps probably going to lose.
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Feb 29, 2024 16:54
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Nocheez posted:In practice, it's even dumber. Why we don't have a 1 person, 1 vote for the only elected national office I will never understand. Hicks need team balance
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Feb 29, 2024 16:55
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Mulaney Power Move posted:So many people were sure there was no way Trump was going to win and he did and they were all taken aback so now they're afraid of the jinx is what I think it comes down to. If you're not worried about a 2016 repeat in which the least popular presidential candidate in US history narrowly beat the second least most popular candidate in US history, then I don't know what to tell you. Yeah, this is Biden's election to lose, but Biden is kind of lovely and dems are great at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory...
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Hollismason posted:I mean all the Republicans retiring and leaving tells.me they're seeing internal polling and gtfo. McConnell stepping down as leader is him acknowledging that Republicans have been completely taken over by MAGA
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Feb 29, 2024 16:56
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