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[–] daisy@hexbear.net 72 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is going to be the funniest American presidential election ever.

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)

There's still room for improvement. For example - Biden actually dies of old age and after a bruising battle - Kamala takes over.

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Could get better if Trump has to run from prison and then hand over the Presidency to his VP after winning.

I'm very excited to live through "The Year of Four Presidents"

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

his VP

I wonder who that will be. My money is still on Nikki Haley. Although it would be much better if Trump went goblin mode and chose somebody like Kid Rock.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Vice President Kid Rock shooting a pallet of Bud Light cans with his assault rifle on the White House Lawn

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

And he's rappin'...

It's me - VeePee Kid Rock
on the Big House Lawn
'Bout to shoot half a dozen pallets of Bud Light
With my VeePee Kid Rock Licensed FreedomAssaultRifles
177.6 dollars at Walmart with da heavy "I love Trump" discount
You get for buyin' Jan. 6 TrumpBullets

Locked and loaded.... Here we go!

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sarah Palin, back for more

[–] D61@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Nope, she's too much of a loser and whiner. I could have seen Ann Coulter if she hadn't jumped on the "anybody but Trump train."

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Biden dies, and hillary comes back for round 2

[–] Bnova@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Kamala's on the debate stage with Trump, Hillary then pushes her off the stage and takes her podium asserting herself as the alpha creton.

[–] D61@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

"New Challenger!"

"Fight!"

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Egon@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ever, because it will also be the last

[–] zifnab25@hexbear.net 60 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“The data does show some bright lights. In the early states, Trump polls at least 10 points below his national numbers,” said Chris Sununu, the Republican governor of New Hampshire and a critic of Mr Trump.

Man who has 40-50% of the total vote only has 30-40% of the vote in a contest where the next highest guy is lucky to break 15%.

cope

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 41 points 2 years ago (3 children)

r/politics likes to upvote articles that quote Sununu because he's always saying stuff like "The Trump Brand Just Doesn't Work".

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

I mean to be fair, trump was never president or able to incite violence at a government building.

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

r/politics has issues with object permanence, so...

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 47 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Democracy is when you get to choose between the same two loathed pudding brained octogenarians

[–] duderium@hexbear.net 40 points 2 years ago (1 children)

“Why won’t our Republican friends understand that Trump is a criminal? Once ole donnie is behind bars, surely THAT will break the spell and definitely not drive these reasonable moderate Republicans into an orgiastic suicidal frenzy of destruction? America is like an airplane, it needs two wings, the Democrats and Republicans, to fly!” — libs

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 48 points 2 years ago

it needs two wings, the Democrats and Republicans, to fly!

How can Air USA fly with two right wings?

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago
[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 33 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Luckily I took Journalism in high school. "News" is reporting of facts. News articles do not mention accusations, or supposition, or opinions - except reported as a fact, such as "Guiliani stated that people were unfairly attacking him". Not "People are unfairly attacking Guliani", which is opinion. Editorial, opinion, etc. are supposed (in newspapers) to be clearly stated as such. There is a big difference. The problem with Fox "News" is first that it calls itself "news" which is mostly false. Second, I do see some (surprising) actual news, but it's always during low viewership time periods. During any time there is significant viewership, it is nonstop opinion, editorial, etc. - and it is all one-sided. Heck, they've paid hundreds of $millions for outright lying to viewers. They are almost all right wing propaganda.

Even when they think they're being oppositional, liberals are completely helpless in the face of propaganda, the myths they tell themselves about objectivity leaves them unable to articulate any position that can't be reduced to vague credentialism

[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I watched 9/11 while I was in the Marine corps. I knew I was going to be deployed, away from family and friends. Maybe killed or maimed. It was an act of war on our homeland. I watched 1/6 and that was so much worse. It pissed me off so much more. It's our own citizens turning against our government, orchestrated by a traitor who shouldn't have been president, and should've been removed several times during his term. 1/6 was the worst event in modern history. Everyone associated with orchestrating it should be fully punished. Those who support it, I wish they could be punished as well.

michael-laugh

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago

We're in the middle of a fucking pandemic where people are still dying. But yes, Hog-Con was the worst thing to happen in recent memory.

[–] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

5 Deaths vs 2,996 (not counting the number of people who died in war on "terror")

[–] radiofreeval@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago

War of terror

[–] SeventyTwoTrillion@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

most connected to reality liberal

[–] Finger@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Their day is coming. There'll be justice.

[–] PaulSmackage@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

This person just pulled out the

[–] SuperSleuth@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

78% percent of how many and where, because that article lists neither. So for all I know it's made up.

And it's paywalled.

[–] circuitfarmer 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The thing is, it's not really about Trump or Biden anymore. People on all sides are fed up with the government, lack of representation, wealth disparity, and a whole host of other issues.

The I just want to watch the world burn vote is a thing, and it could be a reason for the wild fluctuations in polling recently.

[–] D61@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

:snake-pliskin:

"They told us to "vote" so we did. Now they're pitchin a fit like a buncha babies."

[–] D61@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

I actually saw a right wing super pack YouTube advertisement recently talking about how "If Trump runs the Biden wins. You wouldn't want that now, would you? Vote for one of the other right wing ass-hats to ensure Biden loses... and America wins"