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[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Lady has more turkey neck than Butterball Co.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

We the People do NOT want any olive branches! We do NOT want these people to have control of our lives anymore. Why the FUCK can't democrats figure that out???

I'm not supporting anyone who doesn't want to burn the shit out of those bridges. Absolute razed and salted, then have a fucking priest sprinkle holy water.

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Because they are working together for the pedophile class and they always will be until we force it to stop

The last election where a senator's seat was up for vote they through out a candidate that appealed to the "never Trumper" republicans and such. She failed abysmally so. The Democrats at best are idiots thinking you can work with Republicans, realistically they're just the same side of the coin.

[–] NM_Gringo@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

Democrats who are MAGA Lite are infuriating. Gabe Vasquez comes to mind.

[–] spacegoat@lemmy.world 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)
[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe 1 points 15 hours ago

Vichy left.

[–] chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

At this point it has to be self sabotage. The alternative is that they are too stupid to realize Republicans ain't trying to work together, and these people don't seem stupid to me

[–] Pollo_Jack@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Biden not hanging a single insurrectionist, including the dipshit, should tell you everything you need to know about conservative Dems. Progressive or bust.

[–] BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I have a news for you: It's really a corporate duopoly. Parties are nothing more than political corpos in US and you still vote like there's a difference between them.

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

I haven't voted for either shade of fascism for over 30 years.

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I hate the current crop of democrats. At least the republicans are up front about putting your neighbors in camps and denying your grandma medicine. The dems a like really bad friends who constantly stab you in the back.

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

Stabbing in the back isn't a recent phenomenon with liberals, they've always been that way.

Malcolm X Addressed this in the 60s

If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. And they haven't even pulled the knife out much less heal the wound.

Malcolm-X

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Remember, EVERY TIME they complain about that super majority hurdle to "overcome the filibuster", they can always make it a simple majority vote.

They call it the "nuclear option" ever since Trent Lott the Republican came up with the term in 2000s. bOtH pArTiEs immediately adopted the term, because it scares the ever-loving shit out of voters.

Before then, it was called the "constitutional option", since bills can always be passed with a simple majority vote.

They're not even hiding it... because it's that easy to manipulate the electorate. "nuclear option", check it out

[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Seriously? I mean a few decades ago you might have been able to feign ignorance about how corrupt and flat out evil the GOP is. Even then it was a bit of a stretch, but at least they had some semblance of decency.

But today? With ICE, Epstein, etc.? Everyone who wasn't evil would have left the party years ago - or would have been kicked out if they tried to change anything.

Yes, let's reach across the aisle, right into this pool of nazis, pedos and criminals! Sounds great! What exactly is it you are searching for?

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

If you sit at the table with Nazis, you're a Nazi, right?

Democrats sit at the table and vote with Republicans all of the time... just enough. Figure it out.

[–] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 55 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can understand the sentiment of "we're incredibly divided and this isn't healthy for our country's future", but you don't promise the kids that you're going to keep working on the marriage when he comes home drunk and beats everyone

[–] Quokka@quokk.au 28 points 2 days ago

This is more like he comes home drunk and you tag team beating the kids.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

By that logic, she should have a few Greens and Libertarians too, but nope, they won't allow third parties within sniffing distance of any meaningful position.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] alapakala@quokk.au 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Observing this with how Trump presented himself in 2014, and Fetterman.
Will Platner reengage this strat?

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I don't think so.

Both parties came out hard against Platner, and they only do that against people who they know mean it when they say they'll vote against the billionaires, like Sanders or Mamdani. They swift-boated Sanders as a supposed sexist and Mamdani as a supposed jihadist or whatever.

It's nice to see that all the shit-slinging by the Democrats and their buddies in the media hasn't amounted to anything.

[–] chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

Shit with mandami they went so far as to stage an independent general campaign. Literally threw all that vote blue no matter who garbage out the window as soon as it was convenient to them.

[–] alapakala@quokk.au 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You must have missed out on the 2014 campaign then. The GOP hated trump.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

True, but in 2014, Donald was a similar upstart candidate, and one with a history of supporting progressive causes and cozying up with Democrats.

We now know that Donald is whoever he surrounds himself with, but at the time, the politics made it make sense for Republicans to oppose him.

[–] alapakala@quokk.au 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Then please continue proceed with caution when someone promises to act in a progressive cause, all the while having populist power. As progressives, we have to be ready to oppose those that wish to oppress us.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

We can only act on information we have.

[–] alapakala@quokk.au 1 points 13 hours ago

Proactive caution is better than ignorance.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

They see that people view political polarization as an issue, so they decide to align themselves with the most polarizing people in order to reduce polarization. What could go wrong?

/s

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 16 points 2 days ago

Lots of democrats are controlled oppo, and the basic structure of US government has been hijacked by private interests masquerading as a duopoly, but I still think some genuine people get involved with their party, and in enough numbers they could have turned the tide.

I just think it's too little, too late. Much too late, now. I'd still vote for a Dem president, but only to ensure my good standing as a justified complainer.

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 10 points 1 day ago

Democrats in the US just like losing too much.

[–] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 9 points 2 days ago

This is the BEST Solution because Republicans who would LITERALLY RATHER DIE THAN VOTE DEMOCRAT will still Not Vote for you! But ALSO Democrats won't vote for you! She EARNED that Doctorate!

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -5 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] Nonconfrontational@lemmy.ml 0 points 12 hours ago

Which side is against the genocide in Gaza? Which side is against the war in Iran? Which side is beholden to billionaire donors, and not the voters?

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Both sides implies there are 2, there is one political party in the US