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Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#328076: Sep 20th 2020 at 12:03:57 AM

You mean with the KPD backing the Nazis rather than working with the SPD, only to be purged the moment they outlived their usefulness?

DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#328077: Sep 20th 2020 at 12:08:20 AM

Basically, yes.

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Ramidel Since: Jan, 2001
#328078: Sep 20th 2020 at 12:15:14 AM

Trump eulogizes RBG, says that his nominee will be a woman in an attempt to deflect from the fact that he's ramming an unwanted Justice through.

Edited by Ramidel on Sep 20th 2020 at 11:15:26 AM

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#328079: Sep 20th 2020 at 12:26:30 AM

So probably thingy then, the completely unqualified person he appointed to some lower court far too recently.

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#328080: Sep 20th 2020 at 12:27:08 AM

Who wants to bet that he'll go back on that, too? The potential Justice being a woman, I mean.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#328081: Sep 20th 2020 at 12:28:01 AM

Given how Trump is I'm a bit surprised he's not all like "I'll wait until after the election, because there's no way I'm gonna lose anyway!"

It's his typical bluster fused with an attempt to win points.

DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#328082: Sep 20th 2020 at 12:30:55 AM

[up] Trump has the patience and restraint of Veruca Salt, of course he wouldn't wait.

Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Sep 20th 2020 at 9:31:06 PM

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TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#328083: Sep 20th 2020 at 1:01:26 AM

Knowing Trump, he'll definitely not even bother read anything in regards to background and pick the first female judge (that lack any dignity and self-respect), who is willing to go down and lick his boots while on tv, like Barr did to get his so-called "job"

If worst comes to worst, he might try and pick one of the people at Fox for it.

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#328084: Sep 20th 2020 at 1:04:15 AM

Oh god, the third woman ever to the SC could be a pro-life wingnut Karen. God help us all.

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Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#328085: Sep 20th 2020 at 1:05:40 AM

'Liberal' means something different in the context of american politics. There, it has become pretty much synonymous with 'Progressive'.

Here in Germany, Liberals (the FDP, to be precise) are basically the Centrist Party.

Edited by Forenperser on Sep 20th 2020 at 11:29:00 AM

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#328086: Sep 20th 2020 at 1:47:04 AM

oh thats giving them too much credit, the FDP has no longer principles, only election goals.

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#328087: Sep 20th 2020 at 2:56:01 AM

Liberal in American politics is broadly synonymous with “socially liberal”, and that’s why Republicans use it to describe anyone Left of them. Leftist circles (i.e. the anti-capitalist Left) use Liberal in the older sense to mean people who defend and uphold the institution of Liberalism - more or less synonymous with anyone socially liberal who aren’t anti-capitalist. This definition catches anyone between Bernie and AOC all the way to many Republicans, depending on how charitable or uncharitable you’re willing to ascribe their aims.

“Progressive” can refer to either Liberals or Leftists but generally refer to that wing of the Dem party and the broader Left that are pushing for more radical change than the moderate/corporate Dems are willing to push for.

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Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#328088: Sep 20th 2020 at 3:08:27 AM

Yeah, I mean Republicans decry pretty much anybody left of Reagan as "Socialist", be it Obama, Biden, Clinton, Sanders or whoever else, they'll mash them all together, no matter how little sense it makes.

Edited by Forenperser on Sep 20th 2020 at 12:08:42 PM

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SpookyMask Since: Jan, 2011
#328089: Sep 20th 2020 at 4:28:10 AM

@Raineh: Two days late, but just wanted to point out that "Why would you see any country as positive force" is just like saying "Both sides are just as bad" or "all humans are terrible any anybody who says otherwise is hypocrite" tongue

Its something people say to deflect "Well we aren't THAT bad, everybody else is just as bad or worse!"

Edited by SpookyMask on Sep 20th 2020 at 2:28:39 PM

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#328090: Sep 20th 2020 at 5:16:06 AM

Trump has the patience and restraint of Veruca Salt, of course he wouldn't wait.
That said, he could possibly be attacked on this. "So you think you'll lose?"

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#328091: Sep 20th 2020 at 5:37:13 AM

So betting on the nominee being either Trump’s sister or Jeanine Pirro?

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#328092: Sep 20th 2020 at 5:41:38 AM

Trump's sister is retired.

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nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#328093: Sep 20th 2020 at 5:42:59 AM

Didn't Trump's sister blast him in an interview/tapes?

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#328094: Sep 20th 2020 at 5:43:13 AM

Maryanne Trump Barry for those wondering.

-skims reads wikipedia page-

[up] Yup,said he had no principles

I think it's unlikely given her past criticism of him,Jeanine Pirro is a little more likely

Edited by Ultimatum on Sep 20th 2020 at 12:43:54 PM

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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#328095: Sep 20th 2020 at 6:27:02 AM

Today in "things Trump said", suggesting signing an executive order that Biden couldn't be president.

Just as a reminder what sort of fascist we're dealing with.

Horrifying statement. Barr is probably already looking for some loophole or justification to allow him to do it. He was not joking when he said that- he wants to be prez for life and will do anything to accomplish it. BELIEVE. THE. AUTOCRAT.

Edited by speedyboris on Sep 20th 2020 at 6:28:22 AM

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#328096: Sep 20th 2020 at 6:27:52 AM

Yeah, I don't really like the liberals in my country, and neither would you, I imagine. Our conservative-liberal prime minister, Rutte, thinks Zwarte Piet (you know, the blackface helper of our version of Santa) is not a big deal, even talking about the character in diminutive terms in one debate (which didn't even get called out, I might add). So yeah, liberal does not necessarily equal progressive over here.

Add to that the routine defunding of education and healthcare (basically telling the handicapped they should depend more on their social circle rather than professional health care), adopting an American-style loan system for students, and various other things, and I must conclude that I am not a liberal, at least not in the European sense. I am more generally left wing progressive, closer to socialism.

And if socialism wasn't such a dirty word in the US, I'd wager most of you would be calling yourself socialists too. The word liberal in the US has been hollowed out to the point that it means little more than "left wing". So perhaps we should be more careful about how we use that word in discussions.

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#328097: Sep 20th 2020 at 6:30:33 AM

[up][up] This is why executive orders are a bad idea. Their scope and power is just too broad, and invites abuse of power. And a tthe same time they are flimsy legally, and can be overturned at the whim of a successor, as Obama found out after his presidency.

Edited by Redmess on Sep 20th 2020 at 4:27:27 PM

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singularityshot Since: Dec, 2012
#328098: Sep 20th 2020 at 6:31:40 AM

When asked about replacing RBG, Trump said "It should be a woman," whilst making an hourglass shape with his hands.

So, at least we now know what he's looking for in his nominee. Forget their judicial record, it's all about their cup size and waist to hip ratio.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#328099: Sep 20th 2020 at 6:33:13 AM

First thing Biden needs to do once he's President is sign an executive order that Republicans are banned from ever holding office again

/joking not joking

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#328100: Sep 20th 2020 at 6:34:24 AM

I was going to make some crack about how Trump would probably want to personally interview the woman he nominates for the SC, but, yeah...

Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.

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