Lord Raven
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15 hours ago, Excellen Browning said:
That might apply to Roberts, but don't bet on Gorsuch. His judicial philosophy can have him go either way.
Unfortunately, we all have to bet on him short of an uprising.
Although, ideally a blue tidal wave will make it impossible for even Clarence to fuck this up.
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3 hours ago, Tryhard said:
I was looking at some estimations about possible outcomes for the election and saw the concept of a 'red mirage' being likely on the election night because of current circumstances. Basically, Democrats are going to be far more likely to send mail-in ballots as we've already seen whereas Republicans will disproportionally vote in person. What this may lead to is that on election night Trump appears to win in early projections, but as more and more mail-in ballots are counted over the course of a few days, it may then show that is potentially not the case.
Considering Trump has already purposely being stirring the pot regarding voter fraud, if that does turn out to be the case, then I guarantee he will try to spin the narrative that the election is fraudulent after losing an early lead if that does occur. And that does not bode well for any potential violence that may happen as a result of that.
There's not really anything that can be done about that, but it could be a very ugly situation to the point where the 2000 election will seem minor in comparison (where the result was still unknown for some time).
Yeah, but then that's cancelled out by the secret service, neil gorsuch, and john roberts not at all being on trump's side
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6 hours ago, sinfonic18 said:
Why bring politics into a forum about Fire Emblem? Just why?
Politics, the starter of wars, destroyer of friendships and family.To shelter yourself from politics is to shelter yourself from a grander equity to give people a better life.
It destroys friendships and family when, you know, one side votes for a wannabe outright racist autocrat who gases protesters and shits on anyone who disagrees with him. The reason why the world is burning right now is because people like you insist that the absence of conflict is peace, rather than those of us who see a police officer and don't know if the fine will make them miss rent, who are overworked and underpaid and don't have the time to the energy to protest their rights. And can't quit because we're working our ass off at the end of a gun.
But sure, destroys (presumably middle class, who really appear to be the least affected by politics if I'm being honest) friendships and family, we shouldn't discuss this.
Quote“True peace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.”
If you believe your politics leads to tensions within your friendships and family, you and your family need to learn how to do better, because you're actively making it taboo to talk about issues that affect everyone's everyday life and, ultimately, convinced 43% of this country to vote for an imbecile that's fucking up the pandemic. And inspiring nihilism because it's uncomfortable. Don't force your immaturity onto the rest of us.
People even on this forum disagree with each other and are totally fine with each other for the most part. We don't start getting cruel and mean until we actually deal with fucking racists lol
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4 hours ago, Slumber said:
I dunno, a republican pouring money into literally the bluest part of the country sounds like a good idea to me.
I'm all for it. It gives me lots of hope to see him turn that 98% into a 95%.
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I think trump not doing the town hall debate is basically his camp realizing interacting with swing voters is baaaaad for the campaign. So bidens doing one in PA by himself.
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There's more coming too. Trump is putting campaign funds out of swing states and into fucking DC, which went 98% for Clinton (and neighboring areas, including my parents county, being around 90-95%).
You're talking about voter apathy, 8 million people had voted as of last Friday. That number was 500k four years ago.
Mobilization is up. 6.7% of the 2016 electorate has already voted, and something like a factor of 20 difference at equal points.
McConnell fears the tidal wave. Lindsay Grahams seat is in trouble. Texas is purple. Biden's lead has been massive and steady. I have hope. This is seeming like the most inspiring election of my lifetime.
1 hour ago, Tryhard said:Then again, Dubya got elected for the second time and that's when I lost all hope.
That demographic has dwindled. Especially since the war on terror was a major issue at the time, even though it was gradually becoming clearer the Iraq War was bullshit. Given the atmosphere of the country at the time, stability was valued much more than what Kerry offered (Kerry having a history of pissing off military vets for having a purple heart and being anti-war). My family voted for Kerry and my dad was involved with a few of the locals in MD to complain about voting in Ohio to the point where our news caught up on it, though... But it was really clear from the outset it was gonna be Bush.
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Being muted is not a concern for anyone but Trump, who just wants to dominate with zero substance.
He's really just a fucking coward. There's no chess moves involved. He knows he was a shitter in the first debate, he knows he doesn't know how to talk to fucking constituents in a town hall anywhere close to how Biden does, and he knows that the deck is stacked against him -- not because he's a Republican or because he's Trump -- but because he is one of the shittiest and most incompetent human beings on the planet, and the debates try to go for decency with some modicum of substance. He lacks both entirely.
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I wouldn't compare him in sheer magnitude.
After his tax returns came out, it's very obvious to me he seized upon nationalism mixed with his own simpleton brand of racism / functioning to basically funnel shitloads of money towards his debts. He wants to keep being president to keep from paying his debts. He's very much the kind of person who would be the antagonist of Marge vs. the Monorail.
But this has still gotten 200k people killed, he wants power so he refuses to strike down white supremacists, lots of people have the plague (including him), and he ramped up bombing and drone strikes in the middle east by a shitload. He's also a huge sexual predator on top of being a con man, etc etc I really don't feel bad he has COVID.
My ideal situation is that he lives long enough to be prosecuted by the state of New York. Optimal humor is that he turns into the sick kid in the South Park episode Stanley's Cup, and I'll leave you guys to look that up.
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I'll give the season till Week 5. Relatively large possible COVID outbreak with the Patriots. Patient Zero is unknown, but Cam Newton tested positive.
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2 hours ago, indigoasis said:
I'm probably gonna upset someone and get a lengthy reply, but here goes:
I understand that Trump may not be the nicest person, and he's done good and bad things in his presidency, but as a human being, I don't think that anyone should have to go through any pain or sickness. Saying it bluntly, it sucks. However, that's not the kind of world we live in, and it may be too late to say that considering how many people have already left us due to complications with the virus. A lot believe believe that Trump has caused many unnecessary deaths due to his negligence, and I can understand that and perhaps agree, but I don't think that he or anyone else deserves to contract this virus.
I'm both worried and saddened. I'm worried because of how uncertain the future of our country has become in recent times. I'm also saddened by how indifferent people seem to be about the situation. Maybe he's finally getting his just desserts, I don't really know. I do know that people will be quick to point to how much death he may have caused that could have been prevented, which I guess makes what's happening ironic in that way. I'm not very interested in the politics of the situation; I'm more concerned about the health of another human being, which may be hard for others to consider given his position of power and what he's done with it and how much negative publicity he has. I don't think I've ever seen so much contempt for a single person, and quite frankly, I'm not really interested in how justified others believe they are in their contempt.
At the end of the day, I sincerely hope that all of us affected by this virus can continue to pull through, whether it be to help and care for those who are infected or to support those who have lost loved ones. If you've got a scrape on the knee or are missing an entire leg; if you got a mild cough or are vomiting up your lungs; you have my sympathy and support to make it through whatever may be afflicting you.
And unless this is some kind of divine trial to test humanity, I really hope that this all goes away soon. I know it's most likely a faulty sentiment, but I want things to go back to normal.
It's all been going downhill ever since I graduated high school; I always knew that growing up sucks, smh dude. Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED talk.I think he stays alive to see us as Americans rebuke his bullshit. But I hope he suffers through it every step of the way.
He could be calm and still be suffering. But right now I bet it's killing him that he can't have a rally. Either way, many of us can argue that the last four years let alone the preceding decades were disqualifying for Trump to receive sympathy from people. Especially since this is some cosmic irony for perpetually downplaying COVID so he could blame Democrats.
He knew what he signed up for.
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Reportedly, it's spreading through the Senate.
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11 hours ago, Glennstavos said:
I won't watch any of the debates because I don't get off on fascist manifestos like your average historian does. The Stand Back and Stand By comment is quite terrifying, I won't downplay it. But the quote that most surprised me is Biden saying "Antifa is an idea not an organization".
Whoa. That's MY dog whistle. My ears are PERKED. I know the context is technically quoting somebody else, but it's still stated frankly. There is no centrist or "both sides" debate being suggested behind that statement. It's not something an "establishment dem" would ever say in a debate where candidates must check their "radicalisms" at the door.
I loved how Biden responded to "Law & Order" with "Law & Order & Justice and being treated fairly" or something. He definitely understands.
Was he quoting someone else? Trump was basically attacking antifa and told Biden to talk them down if Trump was going to talk down nazis. Biden's basically like "they're not an organization, bro." I heard that and went like "Oh, thank god" honestly so I see what you mean.
EDIT: THAT FUCKER TRUMP! Biden was quoting the FBI Director yes! I had to read the transcript to figure it out. But Trump wouldn't shut the fuck up. And Biden is correct.
On 9/30/2020 at 12:07 PM, Tryhard said:I wasn't expecting anything else, but Trump mocking Biden's son for drug addiction after he was just talking about his other dead son was also very low. As if the opioid crisis doesn't exist under Trump and such addictions don't affect a lot of families with at least someone they know. Trump's own brother died from alcoholism, you think he should actually maybe give a fuck. That is, if he did care about anyone other than himself.
Here's hoping Biden's compassion in depending his son resonates with people. I actually cried a bit when I listen to podcasts that mentioned that moment, because if this piece of shit attacks your son and you say you love your son for overcoming everything he's gone through and all his mistakes and he's proud of his son.
If the Trump kids had any shred of humanity, they would turn on Trump now too, to be honest. (Spoiler: they don't).
Biden largely avoided bad soundbites, too. I look forward to the Town Hall.
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It's not. Chris Wallace had no control over that fuckhead.
This cunt talked over Joe talking about Beau to attack Hunters addiction. I'm glad he went to bat for both his sons, especially Hunter. He said on TV how proud he was of Hunter.
It's rest despicable. I was told Trumpees were too sad and addicted to opium, and Trump is mocking someone who overcame addiction issues?
Fuck this cunt.
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1 hour ago, Excellen Browning said:
For what it's worth, there's this: https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/policy/technology/518118-disinformation-qanon-efforts-targeting-latino-voters-ramp-up-ahead-of%3famp
I was listening about this and there's just massive conspiratorial targeting towards spanish speaking social media, especially in Florida and texas. WhatsApp is a huge one.
I really wonder how much is lost in translation too. I don't think translators can really capture that nonsense. It's been a uniquely american experience.
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what? Biden's was nowhere close to Trump.
I thought Biden had moments where he was sharp and moments where Trump would not shut the fuck up. He made some strong statements, but sadly undecided voters are fucking idiots and will probably go over to Trump briefly after that.
Trump said "stand back and stand by" to white supremacists instead of denouncing them. Sirius, no offense, but you're way better than this; doing anything resembling equivocating the bullshit we saw on TV.
Trump told his guys to stand by the polls too, whereas Biden said to trust the process and the ballots. And you're saying that they were both equal in any way, shape, or form? The only thing comparable about them is their age, race, and the fact that they're from the northeast.
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The thing is that some undecideds will eat the Trump shit up.
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that shits a good idea, i think that would make other sports catch on in serenes forest, unlike mark andrews, who seems to hate catching shit against the chiefs
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1 hour ago, Excellen Browning said:
I'm not going to watch the debate, just not my style, and there's never substantive talk about policies. But I expect Trump to get crushed.
i only watch it for the shitflinging. the debates don't matter at all, they're just arguing platitudes and not policy
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@Slumber keep in mind the Iraq war was at worst the president lying to the senate with phony intel and at best a massive intelligence failure (which probably involved a lot of lying from the Bush admin). I would bet that anyone would defend their vote at the time in 2008, but I would also bet that given the hellhole we've turned Iraq into it's extremely irresponsible to pull people out en masse. As was the view at the time.
Given how Obama still didn't pull us out of Iraq, I'm pretty confident that this ended up being an eternal quagmire that's the MIC's big wet dream, and that it was pretty much impossible to do it so quickly.
Even still, in 2008 Iraq was still a radioactive issue. The invasion and regime change. The unpopularity of the Iraq War mixed with the economic crash mixed with the incumbent party disadvantage of 2008 led to Obama destroying McCain.
Obama holding their feet to the fire about Iraq definitely won him the candidacy because of anti-Iraq War sentiments of the population. I took your post as implying it was brave to speak out against the Iraq War, when it really wasn't in the face of the populace and the media. It was braver in 2003, in 2008 it was mainstream.
8 hours ago, Excellen Browning said:Trump angling to be president for life to sustain a life of luxury because he bankrupted himself makes a lot of sense to me, weirdly.
Yeah, he's bankrolling golf trips with government money, has his own security with government money, and shit like that. Dude's lizard brained and doesn't think about jack shit. Anyone who thinks he's ideological is a fucking idiot lol
At this point the presidency is all that keeps him from ruin. We need to keep shouting that from the rooftops to make sure people go out and vote. The NY AG is compiling a massive case against this cunt as we speak, that way he can't be federally pardoned.
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16 hours ago, Tryhard said:
Until that time, I'm inclined to believe Don is a welfare queen that is subsidised by the American government.
i made 48 million more dollars than trump in 2018
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idk but they lost the stanley cup a few years ago 😄 😄 😄
today was a crazy ass day of football
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1 hour ago, Tryhard said:
Her appointment wouldn't look out of place in a theocracy like Iran. Just a different religion.
It's a mix of this and like... South Korea of a few years ago.
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Oh sweet I love the handmaid's tale
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Well, they've lost the popular vote once since 1992. Clinton and Obama both won two terms; Gore lost in the supreme court, Kerry mostly just lost Ohio.
In which case, Clinton lost 3 states by 80k votes total. And the popular vote by 3 million. Sure, they fucked up the campaign, but presumably the candidate was more than good enough to win, just unfortunate since it was so slim. Especially in a disadvantageous election cycle for a Democrat.
This is definitely somewhat of a disadvantageous cycle for Democrats, but the fact that Trump is doing so poorly is the only reason they have a chance, really. Turns out the son of a blue collar guy from Scranton is probably the best appeal to the midwest, since they're really focused on identity politics.
I don't think the democratic establishment really is a thing you can pin down. They are clearly fluid enough to, say, change the superdelegate system when an outsider complains about it. And allow outsiders to run even if they really don't have a chance and still absorb their platform in.
I really do think COVID was cataclysmic enough to shift everything significantly, and from what I'm seeing it has.
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Well, I was gauging the temperature of the take. What you're actually believing is much less hot than what I perceived. I do this a lot.
My ultimate stance is: I don't think "moderate Dems" are trying to lose, and I don't think they're really "moderate" which was the major point in all of this that I'm contending, since there's around 2-3 people in the thread who brought up similar points around the same time. I'm high and it's 3am and I'm not scrolling up to look.
You're not the only person I'm really responding to, even if your points are what I'm direclty quoting. And I'd rather talk about shit like this than anything related to the Republican Party, since they're toxic pieces of shit and they've made talking about anything politics related seeming like a dissuasion from voting. I think too hard all the time, this challenges me and makes me either understand what i think from a different point of view or help formulate what part of the issue actually is. Sometimes just talking about shit they say is horrible to me lol, because I refuse to grant it legitimacy. (In general, I don't think there's many conservatives or non-voters that are going to be in this thread or browsing this thread, so are we just going to outrage jerk or hopefully either strengthen arguments against voting / bring up what's fucked up in the world and needs fixing? / etc?)
I'm really not trying to "win" or whatever, I just poke aggressively. Winning/losing arguments is just another toxic feature of political discussion that is a massive part of our political system and I'm never actively trying to pretend that we're in CNN's Crossfire or going to a Ben Shapiro rally.
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I think McConnell can abort a fetus during a debate and win Kentucky.