• overthere@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      17 days ago

      You can represent your own citizens or you can represent the interests of a foreign nation.

      I’m still not sure how swearing fealty to another country isn’t political suicide.

  • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    17 days ago

    These motherfuckers see reports about how the Iran debacle is tanking Republican support, and they panic like “oh shit, how can we make sure to lose anyway??”

    • I_Jedi@lemmy.today
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      17 days ago

      Folks like you made me realize that you would willingly vote for Trump if he became the “lesser evil” candidate.

      “Yes, Trump is a rapist, a pedophile, and a narcissist who only cares about himself. But consider the alternative! The other guy openly admitted to launching gas attacks against Europe during his campaign, and says he’ll nuke Iran the second he becomes president. Trump never did that! Trump 20XX!”

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      17 days ago

      There is no internal reform. Once they’re elected and there’s not much you can do until the next reelection. If you can’t affect senior leadership due to seniority it takes fucking forever for any meaningful change to come. The system is designed to move slowly And resist change.

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        17 days ago

        The primaries are where we push the internal reform. The pitifully low primary turnout is what allows unpopular incumbents to coast on autopilot to the right for the donor money.

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          17 days ago

          Yeah, tell me how that fixes someone like John Fetterman? What do you do when someone turns out to be a horrible asshole? They get to continue to fuck you over for the rest of their term? Or what about someone like Joe Manchin or Krysten Sinema? What are you doing in entire state keeps voting the same asshole in to office?

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    17 days ago

    Well, slap my ass and call me Sally, I swear I was just reading about how the DNC has been reformed and now it’s no longer the same worthless sell-out bunch of triangulating weasels it used to be.