Yep
I struggle to see how the yanks tell the difference between the Republicans and the Democrats myself. An evil empire indeed.
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buffet_the_appetite_slayer ٩(●̮̃•)۶ jacked in to the ICE on, Tue 6 Oct 2020, 14:40,
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I cannot fathom how the Democrats, when coming up with a candidate to defeat Trump, chose Biden.
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Tue 6 Oct 2020, 16:27,
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Don't be too harsh
he's had to stand in for Pete Buttigieg at the last moment after all.
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I think it was a sense was that Trump was a formidable incumbent opponent who would be very good at exploiting fears over anyone he could paint as radical
that by running another old middle of the road white guy against him they might negate enough of the advantage he has with scared white suburbanites fearful of change and wanting a return to some imaginary past. That by simply not being shit he would contrast to Trump. I think sanders was the only one offering real change, but concepts like universal healthcare can be painted as communism to the thickos of middle america
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 7 Oct 2020, 2:00,
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I think it was also the sense
that a Sanders candidacy would have obliterated the cosy relationship between American liberalism and the military-industrial complex.
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this is only partially true. The dem have many source of funding, superPACs from the big end of town are one, but they have broader fundraising sources than the reps.
but they still have to win primaries, sanders had a sizable warchest himself, but many registered dem swung behind Biden. In the end they made a pragmatic choice that it was better to have a middle of the road candidate with a good chance of beating trump, than a more left one who had a slim chance. Not sure if they're right, but it's hard to blame them
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 7 Oct 2020, 10:15,
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I'm just guessing anyway. Often it's a mistake to assume people do things for rational reasons
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 7 Oct 2020, 14:45,
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It's an imaginary difference.
And ever since Reagan it has been that way. I was fooled for ages. I hate the term "center". Chomsky has it right when he calls Republicans "radical insurgents". But Dems slid so far to the right they'd make Eisenhower look like a progressive. Hell, they make Nixon look line one.
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cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Tue 6 Oct 2020, 19:51,
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Aye
'moderate' Dems would shoot down the mere suggestion of anything like a new Bank Secrecy Act, that's for sure.
Having said that, I hope and pray for the demise of the Orange-u-tan on a daily basis.
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Or public banking, god forbid.
Or making lobbying illegal again. Or a billion other things.
The instant karma Hillary received for stealing the 2016 presidential primary has relieved the emotional stress I would have otherwise felt towards Orange Julius Caesar.
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cowcat Bituminous squeegee, Tue 6 Oct 2020, 20:27,
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the accusations of that post are mostly furphys
The clinton foundation did take money from a bunch that includes questionable donors, such as the qatar, the saudis, the new zealand and australian governments, but there's not been any impropriety about how the registered charity spends it's money, which is mostly worthwhile causes and some kind of pointless stuff like awards. Her "private email server" was little more than a minor breach of security protocol milked for all it's worth by conspiracy theorists. I'm no big fan of Hilary, she was a mostly status quo candidate on some of the big issues like wealth disparity, and fairly hawkish on foreign policy. But still unarguably would have been streets ahead of the corrupt venal band of cunts headed by that orange racist bullshitter simply by her being status quo
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Tue 6 Oct 2020, 23:17,
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