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Gino Belgeri's avatar

"But of course you can’t blame voters if you’re a Democrat, because it’s bad politics and feeds into the belief the party only caters to tabby-loving vegetarian transgender volleyball players."

Fuckin' watch me. Not supposed to punch down? These assholes are BEGGING for that punch.

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Barry Friedman's avatar

"Atta boy!" as my father would say.

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Kevin Chambers's avatar

“It’s not the messaging, it’s not the messenger — it’s a country that’s getting darker, dumber, and losing its mind … and proud of it.” No one has hit it on the head better or said it better. Devo called it “de-evolution”.

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Barry Friedman's avatar

Thanks for the good words, Kevin. It means much.

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Frankie Two Bits's avatar

If your opponent has no soul don't send a priest to their house--can't exorcise a demon that is also the host.

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Barry Friedman's avatar

I suppose you could but that priest is gonna be extra money. Such an exorcism is never part of the Standard package.

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Kent Anderson's avatar

What still gets to me is that otherwise rational, loving people, people we have known for most of our lives, could vote for this asshole. Three times. I spoke to a friend recently and she, at the end of our conversation, asked me, "would your life be any better with Harris?" I responded, "It would be less stressful."

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Barry Friedman's avatar

And anybody care about your stress, or unhappiness, or predicament? Not enough people to sway the election unfortunately.

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heydave56's avatar

Sadly, the last of shit excuses for 'why they lost' can get even longer, depending on who you talk to. But so surprisingly, the rationale reveals the underlying prejudices.

Fuck people.

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Barry Friedman's avatar

That's right, ladies and gentlemen, all people.

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heydave56's avatar

Ok, fine. Most people.

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Kent Anderson's avatar

You forgot the 'beer' question, the joke about Al Gore and how he invented the internet*, wind surfing and Swift Boating, Obama/Osama, paling around with terrorists, birtherism, "But, Her Emails," Bill and Benghazi, "But Her Laugh."

*A few years ago, the Harvard professors who developed the basis for the internet told Vanity Fair that, indeed, Gore play a role in helping them devise internet 1.0.

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Robert Tetrault's avatar

The arc of worldwide political sanity is bent hard right. And with increasing scarcity? IGMFU

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Judy Clay's avatar

The Dems fucked up bad. But somebody casts those votes for TFG

And dems stayed home morally. TFG cheated. Not a lot this time. Prove it? Not me. The dems had resources and once again did nothing.And the fucking dems took the fainting chair from Mz Lindsay. I so fucking hate these people. You have a handful of dems who have anything resembling courage.

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Barry Friedman's avatar

Other than the Dems fucked up by not winning -- and in a sane world among sane people how could they not -- I still can't find a candidate who definitely beats Trump in 2016 or 2020. Sanders maybe if you buy into the notion that people stayed home because Clinton and Harris weren't "Dem" enough, but Biden beat Trump and he wasn't a firebrand. There's something else going on in America.

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Scott M. Krasner's avatar

Nothing. That's gut check time.

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