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Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#332926: Oct 9th 2020 at 12:31:14 PM

There's a reason their first attack on Biden was to commit impeachable offenses to extort an ally for a smear campaign.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#332927: Oct 9th 2020 at 12:33:02 PM

I'm just saying, Biden isn't THAT likable, so it's weird they think he's some sort of unassailable Jimmy Stewart character.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#332928: Oct 9th 2020 at 12:34:58 PM

That depends on who you're talking to.

i'm tired, my friend
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#332929: Oct 9th 2020 at 12:35:24 PM

[up][up] He's an old white guy. As far as the GOP's concerned , that means he is unassailable. Especially after the whole "He's got dementia" thing fell flat on its face.

Edited by DrunkenNordmann on Oct 9th 2020 at 9:35:51 PM

We learn from history that we do not learn from history
CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#332930: Oct 9th 2020 at 12:38:27 PM

True. Every single thing they'd criticize Biden for is something that would shoot them in the foot.

The debate was especially bad as only one person on that stage looked like John Worfen doing Discount Mussolini (double points if you get that reference).

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#332931: Oct 9th 2020 at 12:39:40 PM

The GOP is still partying like it's 2016.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#332932: Oct 9th 2020 at 12:40:48 PM

They can't stop going after Hilary because they're desperate to repeat history,it's like they're stuck in groundhog day loop.

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Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#332933: Oct 9th 2020 at 12:41:10 PM

Sounds like a shitty version of Majora's Mask

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#332934: Oct 9th 2020 at 12:45:41 PM

If only we could banish them to some alternate realm while they're stuck in the loop..

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ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#332935: Oct 9th 2020 at 12:46:16 PM

[up][up]

You've met with a terrible fate, haven't you?

Edited by ironballs16 on Oct 9th 2020 at 3:46:24 PM

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#332936: Oct 9th 2020 at 12:49:29 PM

The GOP sold what remained of it to win in 2016 and is stuck in a giant And Then What? since then.

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#332937: Oct 9th 2020 at 12:53:50 PM

HOUSE OF CARDS did an actually interesting follow up to The Bad Guy Wins as the protagonist (played by someone who is now an unperson to me) finds himself President of the United States—and has absolutely no policies or plans. He is destined to be a lame duck president because he never bothered to think about what he wanted to be President FOR other than revenge.

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Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#332938: Oct 9th 2020 at 1:14:16 PM

I'm expecting them to bring back the MEXICO WILL PAY FOR THE WALL next.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
ScubaWolf from South Carolina Since: Feb, 2020
#332939: Oct 9th 2020 at 1:25:34 PM

[up] You're thinking too small. Clearly the next line of attack is, "Why didn't Obama do anything when the virus broke out!?

"In a move surprising absolutely no one"
Steven (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#332940: Oct 9th 2020 at 1:26:16 PM

That's after the Mexico wall. Have to go in reverse order.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.
Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#332942: Oct 9th 2020 at 1:30:01 PM

So the Mike Lee's comment on democracy has already been mentioned here but here's a Vox article of where the mindset comes from, and some subtleties that might be lost, but are still pretty dangerous.

The short of it is that since the 50s and 60s American Conservatives have been using a specific definition of "democracy" that they created by misinterpreted certain the Founding Fathers said about a specific form of democracy, and use that to retroactively justify both their rule by minority support and the measures they take to keep it in place.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#332943: Oct 9th 2020 at 1:41:06 PM

Actually, they're already trying out the "Why didn't Obama do anything about [X]?" line with Biden.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
ironballs16 Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Owner of a lonely heart
#332944: Oct 9th 2020 at 1:57:44 PM

[up]

The two I saw pop up at the debate were about H 1 N 1 (which I genuinely didn't know got that widespread in the US) and the mask stockpile - the latter of which, at least, Trump had 3 years to address beforehand.

[down]

I looked it up - H1N1 did indeed infect ~60 million US citizens, but the actual harm that flu did was far lower. I was only commenting about how widespread it was.

Edited by ironballs16 on Oct 9th 2020 at 5:03:51 AM

"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#332945: Oct 9th 2020 at 2:01:29 PM

It didn't, it was a hypothetical what-if scenario, to show that Obama totally would have bungled a pandemic had it happened to him. As for the mask stockpile, that is of course just ignoring the fact that they didn't do anything about it themselves.

Basically, they are trying to blame Obama for everything going wrong now.

Edited by Redmess on Oct 9th 2020 at 11:02:31 AM

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Nerevarine Since: Mar, 2016
#332946: Oct 9th 2020 at 2:01:40 PM

Mc Connell has already blamed Obama for "not leaving a plan" for Trump. Except he actually did have an pandemic plan that even named coronavirus as a potential epidemic. To his credit, he did take it back.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/14/mcconnell-obama-playbook-pandemic-259969

astrokitty Happiness is a cup of tea from Somewhere Out There Since: May, 2014 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Happiness is a cup of tea
#332947: Oct 9th 2020 at 2:22:34 PM

Apparently, Trump dropped the F-Bomb during Rush Limbaugh's live radio show while discussing stuff about Iran.

According to Politico, he said the following towards the Iran Republic: "If you f—- around with us, if you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before."

So, how much of this is 'roid rage and how much of this is Trump being Trump?

Edited by astrokitty on Oct 9th 2020 at 5:22:50 AM

Somebody once told me the world was macaroni, I took a bite out of a tree
Xopher001 Since: Jul, 2012
#332948: Oct 9th 2020 at 2:25:07 PM

Wait, is that word still actively censored?

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#332949: Oct 9th 2020 at 2:26:30 PM

Eh, people say "fuck" all the time. I'm more shocked that with all his loss of filter he hasn't dropped the N word or other obvious slurs.

Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#332950: Oct 9th 2020 at 2:28:43 PM

[up]x2 Yes. Can't upset the soccer moms.


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