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« Reply #1860 on: August 31, 2022, 02:42:35 PM »
I suspect its probably going to be hard for any US poli never mind president to do well in non-local approval ratings tbh given the polarisation and then factions within the camps.

Some MAGA isn't going to give Biden his due, nor will the Bernard brother and so on.

Basically you have no more normies left :elon

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« Reply #1861 on: August 31, 2022, 02:49:22 PM »
What scares(?) me most is that these polls are usually conducted with +5 D samples because your average suburban family or retired boomers participate in the polls.
They aren't polling any Q's, Patriot Point collectors, crackheads or crypto miners.

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« Reply #1863 on: August 31, 2022, 07:22:45 PM »
Thank you for taking down the Deep State, Mr. Trump  :salute
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« Reply #1864 on: August 31, 2022, 08:03:31 PM »
For some reason Trumps main concern is that the documents were not lying on the floor  :lol

https://twitter.com/AndrewFeinberg/status/1565086491847573504

At least I guess we know now they're not going with the "the fbi planted them" defense.

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« Reply #1865 on: August 31, 2022, 08:05:34 PM »
 He thinks people don't know that the docs were placed there for the FBI to photograph?  :lol 

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« Reply #1867 on: August 31, 2022, 08:50:04 PM »
She must be the first Alaskan Democrat to be elected in like a century.   :lol


edit: oh yeah, that Gravel guy

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« Reply #1868 on: August 31, 2022, 08:55:40 PM »
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« Reply #1869 on: August 31, 2022, 09:25:37 PM »
He thinks people don't know that the docs were placed there for the FBI to photograph?  :lol

They weren't just "splayed about" on the floor for any cleaning lady to stumble on like the libs would have you believe. They were safely secured in cardboard boxes. And the lids were on, too.

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« Reply #1870 on: August 31, 2022, 09:48:54 PM »
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« Reply #1871 on: September 01, 2022, 12:09:04 AM »
https://twitter.com/DavidEdwards/status/1565027550430203907
Maybe ask your client about that Assange guy he hit with the "mundane" Espionage Act sometime?

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« Reply #1872 on: September 01, 2022, 12:11:49 AM »
She must be the first Alaskan Democrat to be elected in like a century.   :lol


edit: oh yeah, that Gravel guy
Alaska actually used to be a pretty Democratic state, it's just simply always been represented by Don Young, Ted Stevens or someone from the Murkoswski family since the 1970's until they started dying. Mark Begich was a member of the post-Obama Democratic supermajority in the Senate after winning in 2008.

Sarah Palin actually isn't all that popular in Alaska anymore, even among Republicans, they got upset at how she quit as Governor. I saw some stuff in this race about how Alaskans think she only got in it so she could run for President rather than actually be in the House. She only got 27% and 30% in the primary and 31% in this first-round. The other Republican in the race (Nick Begich) had enough of his supporters vote against her as the second choice which means they ranked Begich, Peltola, Palin in that order.
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« Reply #1873 on: September 01, 2022, 06:41:47 AM »
Oh right, they use rank choice up there.  More than a quarter of his voters ranked Peltola second.  :ohhh
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« Reply #1874 on: September 01, 2022, 09:16:09 AM »
The Deep State took them out of the cartons! :maf
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« Reply #1876 on: September 01, 2022, 01:49:03 PM »
MAGA: Making attorneys get attorneys.
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« Reply #1878 on: September 01, 2022, 02:54:09 PM »
Nothing to see here, Mr. Trump is so generous he gives them every day off. :trumps



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« Reply #1882 on: September 01, 2022, 05:19:50 PM »
Jimmy Dore will be sperging out hard over that :lol
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« Reply #1883 on: September 01, 2022, 05:27:45 PM »
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« Reply #1887 on: September 01, 2022, 06:42:05 PM »
Those documents definitely seem like the realest scandal Trump has faced. Not quite sure how he would be able to get out of it. Maybe blame it on some scapegoat?


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« Reply #1889 on: September 02, 2022, 01:17:16 AM »
The walls are closing in
https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1565313449575546881
"reportedly"?

Couldn't they check and get some examples? Then report that it happened rather than report that there are reports of it?

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« Reply #1890 on: September 02, 2022, 02:12:02 AM »
Dark Brandon intensifies

https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1565496344713859078

Those documents definitely seem like the realest scandal Trump has faced. Not quite sure how he would be able to get out of it. Maybe blame it on some scapegoat?
There are plenty of ways for him to stall the process and a number of people he can throw under the bus. And he's not wrong about the poll numbers, it will be very difficult to prosecute a Presidential front runner without making it a political process. Ironically he can hide behind the fact that Clinton got away with her server too. The espionage thing is the biggest question mark, that could potentally sink him.
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« Reply #1891 on: September 02, 2022, 07:58:42 AM »
Dark Brandon intensifies

https://twitter.com/townhallcom/status/1565496344713859078

Those documents definitely seem like the realest scandal Trump has faced. Not quite sure how he would be able to get out of it. Maybe blame it on some scapegoat?
There are plenty of ways for him to stall the process and a number of people he can throw under the bus. And he's not wrong about the poll numbers, it will be very difficult to prosecute a Presidential front runner without making it a political process. Ironically he can hide behind the fact that Clinton got away with her server too. The espionage thing is the biggest question mark, that could potentally sink him.

Now the millennial are killing cancer. When will their bloodlust be satiated?!

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« Reply #1893 on: September 02, 2022, 01:42:56 PM »
The folders were empty?

That clears the President, THANK YOU!
The right seems super shocked that their Dark Brandon fascism meme is actually real.

Look who's back

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1565752353277579269

More walls closing in
https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1565731351617277957
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« Reply #1894 on: September 02, 2022, 05:30:10 PM »
https://twitter.com/TristanSnell/status/1565755830204596225

Ah yes the afghan army would've been a formidable fighting force if the taliban weren't Mar a Lago regulars :dead
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« Reply #1895 on: September 02, 2022, 11:19:04 PM »
Dark Brandon meme is amazing.
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« Reply #1896 on: September 02, 2022, 11:34:43 PM »
Having a rough day at the retirement home

https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1565844646235979778

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« Reply #1897 on: September 02, 2022, 11:42:54 PM »
Republicans are really hammering it down with their stupid extremist abortion laws. Kansas voters, even majority Republican vote in favor of abortion? Have to see if the election results are real.

Democrats are really hammering it down with their stupid extremist anti-gun laws. SCOTUS tells New York state to fuck off with their stupid gun laws? Let's keep on keeping on.

Both want a perpetual nanny state in their own personal way. The state of American politics. Meanwhile, Sir. Benjamin's party has been taking over by those MISES quacks. Absolutely zero options every day Americans. Everyone tries to get votes from the extreme fringes that live on the gaddamn internet.

https://twitter.com/mattsheffield/status/1565830087911432192

:lol

Years of "Obama is a Marxist Muslim" and "MAGA are fascists!"  Just back and forth between two parties prattling like two children in the backseat when all you want is for them to eat their fucking food and shut the fuck up. "The election was stolen!" - Dems in 2000 and 2016. "The election was stolen!" Republicans in 2020. Just tiresome gay shit of the highest order.

https://twitter.com/JoshKraushaar/status/1565839407411757056

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The leader of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has been accused by former colleagues of stealing more than $10 million in donations from the organization for personal use, according to a lawsuit filed in court this week.

Shalomyah Bowers was called in the court filing as a “rogue administrator, a middle man turned usurper” who siphoned contributions to the nonprofit activist group to use as a “personal piggy bank,” according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Thursday.

Lmfao Professional Victims and Marxists really know how to grift. Identity politics is a con to milk money from dummies.
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« Reply #1898 on: September 03, 2022, 02:26:25 AM »
The year is 202X. The Republican party and BLM have joined  forces to defund the FBI, abolish the IRS and prevent abortions.

https://twitter.com/adegrandpre/status/1565816963091292160
Good, this hate speech is very dangerous and we all remember what happened in the 1930's

https://twitter.com/TheGoodLiars/status/1564983036474757123
Those classified documents really tie the room together :trumps
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« Reply #1899 on: September 03, 2022, 05:28:32 AM »
Benji, what are your thoughts on progressives pushing their climate agenda and forcing renewables on everyone? Why do you think they believe only their solutions to climate change will work when they can could have invested in nuclear 30 years ago?

"Here's a solution."

"No! It's not the one I like!"

The walls are closing in
https://twitter.com/MeetThePress/status/1565313449575546881
"reportedly"?

Couldn't they check and get some examples? Then report that it happened rather than report that there are reports of it?

No, see Benji. Modern "journalism" is a report of a report of a report with unsubstantiated sources you're just supposed to trust because Democracy Dies In Darkness. My source this morning confirmed that President Trump experienced massive blockage while on the toilet after his daily McDonald's trip.

https://twitter.com/TheGoodLiars/status/1564983036474757123
Those classified documents really tie the room together :trumps

Lmfao this incompetent turd bucket. How will he turn this into him being a victim this time? Bububu Obama

https://twitter.com/MarkJacob16/status/1565791560259739651

Do we have a soyjak emoji? MAGA are fascists! They're coming to kill us! Please ban guns! Liberals are so re re.
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« Reply #1900 on: September 03, 2022, 05:59:35 AM »
https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1565722798747705347

Someone bring signs that say Allahu Ackbar so they can kiss my ass. We will serve only dates and samosas for breakfast in this cafeteria!! And then one of the flags will be the Ottoman flag.

https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/1565826511751598080

Republicans: let's try to ban abortions despite most Americans supporting them within means.

Democrats: let's try to ban guns because we like to make policy that is utterly stupid and based off emotional blackmail.

Both want to lose midterms. It's pretty obvious. Whichever wins, Americans lose. Both want to force their fucking stupid bullshit on all of us. Both are ran by utter cunts and geriatrics.
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« Reply #1901 on: September 03, 2022, 06:34:30 AM »
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Why do you think they believe only their solutions to climate change will work when they can could have invested in nuclear 30 years ago?
It solves the energy problem leading to more production, consumption and emissions, what they want is people to consume less and change their habits.
"Energy poverty" is a policy to bring about the changes they think are necessary to save the climate. (closing factories, farms, replacing meat with bugs and soy, making cars and air travel unaffordable, working at home etc.)
Nuclear energy would not change consumption habits and destroy their bottom line as they mostly get money from donations and lawsuits against fossil fuel energy companies.

All those in favor of the 'pro-climate' policies have the same message, people have to consume less and change their way of living.

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Lmfao this incompetent turd bucket. How will he turn this into him being a victim this time?
The general consensus is that Mark Meadows flipped on him, who as Chief of Staff would've been responsible for this.

Trump seems to have wanted personal trinkets and souvenirs from his time at the White House to display and keep.
Considering the nature of classified information, that could've been literally anything. Those folders could've contained pictures of vehicles, transcripts of his meetings with Kim Jun Un, weather reports or flight plans.
99% of the items that get to the President's desk are probably classified in some form. Trump keeps saying it is his stuff so I expect it mostly has to do with things he was personally involved in and relate to things he has on display like foreign trips and the new Air Force One.
The fact that they returned expired passports is another sign that he was just hoarding stuff like he also did at Trump Tower.

The big question is if this is what his staff collected for him (which would make it difficult to claim espionage) or if he just randomly took stuff by himself not caring if it was classified or not or if he took certain items to sell or share.
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« Reply #1902 on: September 03, 2022, 06:50:42 AM »
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Why do you think they believe only their solutions to climate change will work when they can could have invested in nuclear 30 years ago?
It solves the energy problem leading to more production, consumption and emissions, what they want is people to consume less and change their habits.
"Energy poverty" is a policy to bring about the changes they think are necessary to save the climate. (closing factories, farms, replacing meat with bugs and soy, making cars and air travel unaffordable, working at home etc.)
Nuclear energy would not change consumption habits and destroy their bottom line as they mostly get money from donations and lawsuits against fossil fuel energy companies.

All those in favor of the 'pro-climate' policies have the same message, people have to consume less and change their way of living.

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Lmfao this incompetent turd bucket. How will he turn this into him being a victim this time?
The general consensus is that Mark Meadows flipped on him, who as Chief of Staff would've been responsible for this.

Trump seems to have wanted personal trinkets and souvenirs from his time at the White House to display and keep.
Considering the nature of classified information, that could've been literally anything. Those folders could've contained pictures of vehicles, transcripts of his meetings with Kim Jun Un, weather reports or flight plans.
99% of the items that get to the President's desk are probably classified in some form. Trump keeps saying it is his stuff so I expect it mostly has to do with things he was personally involved in and relate to things he has on display like foreign trips and the new Air Force One.
The fact that they returned expired passports is another sign that he was just hoarding stuff like he also did at Trump Tower.

The big question is if this is what his staff collected for him (which would make it difficult to claim espionage) or if he just randomly took stuff by himself not caring if it was classified or not or if he took certain items to sell or share.

Why does the every day person have to change our living and consumption when Taylor Swift puts out more emissions than any commoner combined and Hollywood elite can use up California's water at a surplus amid a drought? For a bunch of people that claim to talk about fighting against the 1% they sure do lick elitist boots that coincide with the powerfuls interests without pushing the elite to make these strides themselves in their overall consumption.

The every day person doesn't consume that much energy compared to the rich and famous. Why don't we start with those cunts? But nope,"we have to change" "please eat less meat".

https://twitter.com/BesDMarx/status/1553048359841169409

https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1562511355885674503

Why is up to me to change? How about they fuck off?

And despite all of this hooplah now Germany and Europe sits at an energy crisis despite their green and forward living. Lul. There's not even any evidence that renewable has long term fruit or works nearly as well as fossil fuel.

Sounds like more forcing a narrative and type of living on the rest of us to me. Isn't it funny how only their solutions is the only solution?

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« Reply #1903 on: September 03, 2022, 08:07:41 AM »
This is indeed most evident in Europe. There is no better word for it but the top of society resents the average middle class worker or rather they consider them masses in need of guidance and education and those that call out the failures of the institutions are extremists. The middle class has more or less eroded so you are either part of the 'club' of wealthy politicians, sustainable corporations, digital transformers, bankers, professors, scientists and NGO's or you are part of the lower classes who have to do what they say as they reshape the world and give you what you need. The biggest betrayal is that of the left wing parties, who no longer stand up for the workers but instead actively vote against their interests to keep the institutions in power.

From their perspective it makes sense because of goals they set for 2030 and 2050. In pursuit of those goals you should take action to make the world 'better'.
They don't see the current migration crisis as a crisis either, but more of a put up or shut up moment because their models predict that billions will have to move to other places because of global warming.
Europe shouldn't complain to take in ~10 million refugees, they should get used to it as 5 billion more are coming.

We joke about climate wars now but those could become a reality in the future. Ultimately they believe to be on a mission to save the planet.
I think their intentions aren't bad but I am against running society based on predictive models because those models are often wrong and focus on just one issue or scenario.
My view is that they are just one possible scenario and you can't predict the future like that and 100% prevent bad things from happening.
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« Reply #1904 on: September 03, 2022, 10:54:49 AM »
You ever notice the left calls the upper class the elite but most of the lefts agenda coincides with the elite?  Or am I reading the room wrong? This isn't to say all of the elites have left viewpoints but overwhelmingly it seems to stick from climate change (particularly solutions to climate change) to LGBTQ politics.
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« Reply #1905 on: September 03, 2022, 11:04:49 AM »
Da hell, thought we got 4 months off, smh

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« Reply #1906 on: September 03, 2022, 11:20:09 AM »
Da hell, thought we got 4 months off, smh

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« Reply #1907 on: September 03, 2022, 11:21:46 AM »
I think replying belies your lack of acknowledgment. Good luck on this run, tho

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« Reply #1908 on: September 03, 2022, 06:25:27 PM »
You ever notice the left calls the upper class the elite but most of the lefts agenda coincides with the elite?  Or am I reading the room wrong? This isn't to say all of the elites have left viewpoints but overwhelmingly it seems to stick from climate change (particularly solutions to climate change) to LGBTQ politics.
There's two different left wing movements though, you have the genuine left who sees the charade for what it is and the mainstream I suppose 'center' that consists of both left and right wing voices that simply repeat the same shit using the same words over and over.

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« Reply #1909 on: September 03, 2022, 06:56:15 PM »
The aesthetics of the Biden speech are absolutely terrifying. Red and black. Holy shit.
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« Reply #1910 on: September 03, 2022, 07:01:21 PM »
The speech does signify that the White House doesn't think they can get Trump with the Mar-A-Lago raid or that the Republicans will pick Cheney as their candidate.
This was basically Biden's speech in a bid for reelection directly attacking Trump.

Or maybe they are trying to get Trump to announce his run so the Republicans don't have a chance to replace him.
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« Reply #1911 on: September 04, 2022, 12:45:10 AM »
Benji, what are your thoughts on progressives pushing their climate agenda and forcing renewables on everyone? Why do you think they believe only their solutions to climate change will work when they can could have invested in nuclear 30 years ago?

"Here's a solution."

"No! It's not the one I like!"
I can't speak to the "normies" in the Democratic coalition as it doesn't make much sense and some of them whisper that they actually do support nuclear but "there's no support for it" because of the activists. The activists explanation, as much as I hate to say it, Nintex seems to have correct. They want degrowth, not abundant energy. Friends of the Earth, for example, calls nuclear a "false climate solution" on their website and seemingly wants all nuclear plants shut down:
Dirty, dangerous nukes have no role to play in a clean energy future. From start to finish, every segment of the nuclear industry is dangerous to communities and to future generations, from uranium mining to radioactive waste disposal — the most dangerous industrial byproduct in existence.

We are fighting to stop giant nuclear utilities from making electricity more expensive and slowing the deployment of cleaner, cheaper renewables.
For 40 years, Friends of the Earth has been a leading voice in the U.S. opposing nuclear reactors. We must move beyond this dangerous and dirty technology to the clean renewable energy and efficiency technologies of the 21st century.

Friends of the Earth’s nuclear campaign works to reduce risks for people and the environment by supporting efforts to close existing nuclear reactors and fighting proposals to design and build new ones.

The speech does signify that the White House doesn't think ... that the Republicans will pick Cheney as their candidate.
Nobody sane thinks Liz Cheney would be the Republican candidate in 2024.

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« Reply #1912 on: September 04, 2022, 07:33:39 AM »
LOL speaking of progressive deamnds. I wonder how long it'll take for California to rescind their 2035 ev mandate.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-03/california-power-officials-flex-alert-shut-down-electric-grid

Benji, what are your thoughts on progressives pushing their climate agenda and forcing renewables on everyone? Why do you think they believe only their solutions to climate change will work when they can could have invested in nuclear 30 years ago?

"Here's a solution."

"No! It's not the one I like!"
I can't speak to the "normies" in the Democratic coalition as it doesn't make much sense and some of them whisper that they actually do support nuclear but "there's no support for it" because of the activists. The activists explanation, as much as I hate to say it, Nintex seems to have correct. They want degrowth, not abundant energy. Friends of the Earth, for example, calls nuclear a "false climate solution" on their website and seemingly wants all nuclear plants shut down:
Dirty, dangerous nukes have no role to play in a clean energy future. From start to finish, every segment of the nuclear industry is dangerous to communities and to future generations, from uranium mining to radioactive waste disposal — the most dangerous industrial byproduct in existence.

We are fighting to stop giant nuclear utilities from making electricity more expensive and slowing the deployment of cleaner, cheaper renewables.
For 40 years, Friends of the Earth has been a leading voice in the U.S. opposing nuclear reactors. We must move beyond this dangerous and dirty technology to the clean renewable energy and efficiency technologies of the 21st century.

Friends of the Earth’s nuclear campaign works to reduce risks for people and the environment by supporting efforts to close existing nuclear reactors and fighting proposals to design and build new ones.

The speech does signify that the White House doesn't think ... that the Republicans will pick Cheney as their candidate.
Nobody sane thinks Liz Cheney would be the Republican candidate in 2024.

Is to be progressive to reject society no matter where it's going? Is this why progressivism is so reactionary?
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Re: USA Politics Thread |OT| Cleaning up the town
« Reply #1915 on: September 04, 2022, 10:43:34 AM »
:wut
I was going to ask if Joe Biden knew about this but after watching the clip I think it's a digression he's rambling onto after seeing whatever he's going to say about Zuckerberg and he's not actually saying this happened last week, he's saying "Mark Zuckerberg last week, [rambling digression], [then whatever he was supposed to be reading]" but I'd have to bother to try and look at the entire speech to know for sure. Rupar and some of these other Twitter guys do this constantly (Biden gets the same treatment from Republican accounts) and then it's just a meme forever repeated.

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Re: USA Politics Thread |OT| Cleaning up the town
« Reply #1916 on: September 04, 2022, 12:34:30 PM »
:wut
I was going to ask if Joe Biden knew about this but after watching the clip I think it's a digression he's rambling onto after seeing whatever he's going to say about Zuckerberg and he's not actually saying this happened last week, he's saying "Mark Zuckerberg last week, [rambling digression], [then whatever he was supposed to be reading]" but I'd have to bother to try and look at the entire speech to know for sure. Rupar and some of these other Twitter guys do this constantly (Biden gets the same treatment from Republican accounts) and then it's just a meme forever repeated.

Yeah liberal media made Trump what he is. Literally. They'd say he made fun of a disabled reporter and you'd watch the clip and he really didn't in the way they said he did. This is how Trump got a cult surrounded by him - because it made him sympathetic. I'm going to watch the clips myself. LOL you have to be a complete idiot to trust what the liberal media and especially people like Rupar have to say about Trump. Republicans have only taken the liberal media's tactics and do it to Biden. What's funny is how they get triggered by it despite starting it first. :sabu

Gotta admit "china dust" is pretty funny. I'm less sympathetic towards Trump China attacks these days because fuck China. I don't think he specifically says "Chinese people" which is what liberals lose their minds over and assume that's what he's doing. He just focuses on China as a nation.
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Re: USA Politics Thread |OT| Cleaning up the town
« Reply #1917 on: September 04, 2022, 12:46:53 PM »
Yep, Trump says 3 words of his teleprompter speech than he goes off script and returns back to his speech.
Last nights rally was 90% improv in that sense.

It's usually just certain words that trigger him, like when it's about corruption he throws in the Lock Her Up routine, when it's about migration he starts talking about the wall. Anything with the military or the wars usually gets him into a "sir" story. Climate and energy triggers the dead birds and wind turbines. He mostly does it when he notices the crowd is not responding to the prepared speech. As far as his mental state goes, he recalled the UN speech and the German response as well as his talks with Merkel and Xi.
He's also able to throw in new subjects like woke culture, mileage on electric cars and women sports as well as the FBI raid. I feel that is the biggest tell that he doesn't have dementia, because it would be fairly easy to learn a routine: wall, clinton, oil or whatever but very difficult to mix in new subjects, jokes and interact with the crowd. Especially the last part is something that not even all the big comedians can do very well. Most of them can only focus on 1 or 2 things at the same time. This is also his achilles heel though, like yesterday when he said: "[...] but we had to make your gas a bit more expensive so the oil companies could make a few bucks, right?".

With Biden it's different, sometimes he just 'switches off' and looks confused or even scared.
Unlike Trump he also brings up stuff that has no relation to the topic at hand. He weirdly repeats things and when asked about the things he just spoke about, he usually says the opposite.
He gave a speech about how Trump and MAGA Republicans were a threat to democracy and a day later he says that no Republican is a threat and he never said they were.
I'm not sure what the problem is but it's not just the stuttering.
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Re: USA Politics Thread |OT| Cleaning up the town
« Reply #1919 on: September 04, 2022, 01:25:27 PM »
Sounds like he got out of bed, took a bath, then took a trip to the Great Beyond  :rodney

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