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Post by easye on Jul 18, 2024 9:34:13 GMT -5
I am wondering what the feth is wrong with Democrats? They have to do four simple things to win, as they are coming at it with the electoral advantage: 1. Point out the economy is good, but not good enough for many Americans. This is what we are going to do about that 2. The GOP is bad for America because of their recent past in charge of the economy, COVID, Human Protections, and International Affairs 3. Bang the drum on Abortion, birth control, and IVF protections and most importantly of all.... 4. Rally around Biden and not form a circular firing squad! Apparently, these 4 simple points are too hard for them? Oh, to make things worse Biden has COVID right now. www.cnbc.com/2024/07/17/president-biden-tests-positive-for-covid-unidosus-leader-says.html
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Post by Disciple of Fate on Jul 18, 2024 9:37:01 GMT -5
Hey now, Russia worked very hard to achieve this, it's very dismissive of their efforts to put this on mere luck.
The tweet is known white supremacist Nick Fuentes questioning Vance's wife's Indian(?) heritage and their kid's name, heavily implying that Vance won't look out for his 'fellow whites'.
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Post by easye on Jul 18, 2024 9:54:41 GMT -5
Thanks Disciple. I should give the devil his due! I also can not forget that the Media is controlled by right-wing billionaires, and those same media groups are the ones setting the tone and what to report on. The recent NPR Editor claiming it was not "in touch with right leaning and conservative views" came at just the right time to chill the only independent, non-corporate news media available in the States. That editor coming out when they did.... almost feels strategic.... This whole line of thinking puts me in the realm of conspiracy theory though.
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Post by dabbler on Jul 18, 2024 10:59:41 GMT -5
Thanks Disciple. I should give the devil his due! I also can not forget that the Media is controlled by right-wing billionaires, and those same media groups are the ones setting the tone and what to report on. The recent NPR Editor claiming it was not "in touch with right leaning and conservative views" came at just the right time to chill the only independent, non-corporate news media available in the States. That editor coming out when they did.... almost feels strategic.... This whole line of thinking puts me in the realm of conspiracy theory though. People keep saying "why is CNN going so hard after Biden this time". They need to remember who runs CNN, and what they stand to gain as a network from Biden not making it in, how many more eyes they'll have on them as they cry "how could this have happened again" and declaim Trump... but only once he's in office. They need their golden goose
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Post by easye on Jul 18, 2024 11:04:19 GMT -5
As the Democrats do their best to look like a herd of ill-tempered cats, at the RNC...... Live on TV. This is the GOP, the party of Lincoln....
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Post by Peregrine on Jul 18, 2024 16:37:25 GMT -5
I am wondering what the feth is wrong with Democrats? They're a center right party committed to defending the status quo and their own privileged positions. Everything about their behavior makes perfect sense when you understand that they have more in common with the pre-Trump republican party than with the actual left. They're terrified of losing control of the party to a genuine leftist movement and they're terrified of acknowledging that their "civility at all costs" world no longer exists. Effectively governing and advancing their agenda comes a distant second to those things. It's the same thing that used to exist on dakka before the politics ban, directly calling someone a liar when they lie was a far worse offense than the lying because it threatened their "politeness at all costs" fantasy. And certain people took full advantage of that self-imposed limitation by incessantly lying and posting horrible opinions but without using any naughty words, scoring a major win just by having the appearance of their nonsense being taken seriously and put on equal grounds with the truth.
(And now the situation is even worse because you can't directly challenge the dog whistling and "just asking questions" and such, as long as the superficial politeness of "avoiding politics" is maintained nothing else matters.)
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Post by greyeminence on Jul 18, 2024 20:12:15 GMT -5
Mod edit - Nope.
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Post by Peregrine on Jul 18, 2024 22:39:23 GMT -5
I also can not forget that the Media is controlled by right-wing billionaires, and those same media groups are the ones setting the tone and what to report on. And also there's a simple profit motive involved. The media needs a close race to feed the 24/7 news cycle, if they say "JFC guys this isn't complicated, don't vote for the demented pedophile who wants to make himself dictator to get out of his felony charges" there's no reason to keep coming back. Trump is obviously horrifyingly bad and unfit for office, Biden isn't everyone's favorite candidate but his administration will run the government competently, now just make it official in November. But if it's a close 50/50 race then you have to keep F5ing the news sites all day because you don't want to miss the latest update and that puts more eyeballs on advertising and generates far more shareholder value. And since Trump is the obvious loser the media has to skew hard against Biden to close the gap. 10,000 articles about Biden's metal lapses, barely a word about Trump's worse mental lapses, all because shareholder value demands it.
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Post by bobtheinquisitor on Jul 19, 2024 5:45:24 GMT -5
I am wondering what the feth is wrong with Democrats? Your donor class, which is jewish, is not happy with your pro palestine base, so they're resigning themselves to Trump. Poor jews, they never suspected that they'd become white. This is some concentrated bigotry right here. PS: American Jews are less anti-Palestinian than American Evangelicals. American Jews under 60 don’t have the same relationship with Israel at all.
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Post by easye on Jul 19, 2024 8:53:51 GMT -5
I also can not forget that the Media is controlled by right-wing billionaires, and those same media groups are the ones setting the tone and what to report on. And also there's a simple profit motive involved. The media needs a close race to feed the 24/7 news cycle, if they say "JFC guys this isn't complicated, don't vote for the demented pedophile who wants to make himself dictator to get out of his felony charges" there's no reason to keep coming back. Trump is obviously horrifyingly bad and unfit for office, Biden isn't everyone's favorite candidate but his administration will run the government competently, now just make it official in November. But if it's a close 50/50 race then you have to keep F5ing the news sites all day because you don't want to miss the latest update and that puts more eyeballs on advertising and generates far more shareholder value. And since Trump is the obvious loser the media has to skew hard against Biden to close the gap. 10,000 articles about Biden's metal lapses, barely a word about Trump's worse mental lapses, all because shareholder value demands it. Yes, which makes me wonder how much of this is "real" or not. I have a feeling Biden will win the same states he did in 2020 and just walk-away with it. However, all this theatre is pissing me off. I think I will go on a media cleanse until August 20th, for my own state's primaries. Here there is a big battle between regular Republicans and MAGA Republicans. Democrats aren't even a factor in our races.
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Post by mdgv2 on Jul 19, 2024 8:58:38 GMT -5
Apparently, un-funny sex offender Russel “fucking” Brand was at the RNC.
Given it’s not that long ago he wrote an insipid book about why capitalism is bad (19.99 at all shit book shops, sorry no refunds) this only confirms my opinion the cunt is and always has been little more than a grifter.
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Post by pacific on Jul 19, 2024 9:21:28 GMT -5
We were talking about this in another thread mdgv2, he basically jumped up and switched sides the moment he realised the sexual assault allegations were about to come out. I don't think for one moment he, Truss, Farage believe some of the stuff they say, like you say they are just grifters hanging on to the coat-tails of the great orange one in an attempt to keep some relevance.
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Post by easye on Jul 19, 2024 9:24:01 GMT -5
.... and make $$$$!
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Post by mdgv2 on Jul 19, 2024 9:37:14 GMT -5
Oh, and don’t forget he’s gone all anti-vax as well. Because I guess when the populace realises you’re not funny, and a raging ego isn’t in fact a substitute for talent and charisma, you gotta do something to appeal to wankers.
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Post by easye on Jul 19, 2024 10:59:12 GMT -5
The RNC is over, so it is time to talk about your favorite moments....
- I think my favorite was when Turtle Mitch got booed
You?
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