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#335976: Oct 29th 2020 at 7:10:34 AM

Apparently, maybe someone should listen to it to see what he actually says.

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Reflextion from a post-sanity world (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
#335977: Oct 29th 2020 at 7:10:43 AM

'He already said "good" in that last debate when someone mentioned that hundreds of kids are missing thanks to his border policies.'

'Wasn't that "good" a misinterpretation of something else he said?'

Allegedly he was telling the moderator "go ahead" (and I hate the fact that I unironically need to add that qualifier)

EDIT: New page, and [nja] mid-edit anyways

Edited by Reflextion on Oct 29th 2020 at 10:12:19 AM

Someone did tell me life was going to be this way.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#335978: Oct 29th 2020 at 7:10:44 AM

Ah, right. He said "go ahead", not "good". Just went to Reuters' Fact Check.

Edited by M84 on Oct 29th 2020 at 10:11:07 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#335979: Oct 29th 2020 at 7:21:27 AM

It is funny that apparently the Youth WILL turn out for someone.

Not Obama

Not Bernie

But Joe Biden

Let's be fair here, they're voting less for Joe Biden as they are voting against Donald Trump. That's why they didn't turn out for Bernie Sanders and Obama, neither were directly against Trump. Maybe 2024 we'll see the Youth vote for the person they actually want.

singularityshot Since: Dec, 2012
#335980: Oct 29th 2020 at 7:44:52 AM

Depends on which vote. I can't imagine that the GOP will be able to reinvent themselves to such a degree that the youth vote will en mass move to that party.

So in the general election one imagines the youth vote will still be implored to vote for the Democrat.

The primary contest, if there is one, may be more interesting if the party feels like electability is no longer such an important issue with the existential threat of Trump removed from the picture.

There's plenty of time however in the intervening years to push policy in a progressive direction, to the point where it won't matter who wins the primary as they will all be trusted to keep the progressive momentum going.

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#335981: Oct 29th 2020 at 7:48:08 AM

I just hope that, if the youth DOES turn out in this election in a significant way, that they stick around voting. I don't necessarily expect that to be likely but even if Biden wins it will be hard to keep doing things consistently if republicans just take back the other branches in the next midterms.

MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#335982: Oct 29th 2020 at 7:51:40 AM

I'm gonna quote Trump/the GOP's inspiration and do a little bit of recontextualizing. "There are no barriers to progress, but those we ourselves erect".

Now what does it mean when the President wants to erect literal barriers to progress, I think it is the goal of those on the Left to tear them down or prevent them form being erected and not to erect them themselves, thus Voting for the Democratic candidate no matter who they are would go a long way towards that goal.

The Right however, are currently in a position where they want to erect said barriers to progress. If they can keep progress out they can keep their own power and privilege in, in which case voting Trump would go a long way towards that goal.

I'm aware that a lot of people made up their mind and voted appropriately (myself included). But for those that haven't, know that Biden was accurate and saying this election if a war for the soul of the country and that her damnation lies to the right. Her salvation, to the left.

Edited by MorningStar1337 on Oct 29th 2020 at 7:51:56 AM

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Happiness is a cup of tea
#335984: Oct 29th 2020 at 8:36:44 AM

Apparently, hackers stole about 2.3 million dollars from Trump's re-election fund, according to the Wisconsin GOP. I don't really know how much 2.3 million is in the context of Trump's re-election fund, but it sounds like quite a bit.

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#335985: Oct 29th 2020 at 8:37:32 AM

He was at 69 million, last I heard.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#335986: Oct 29th 2020 at 8:38:55 AM

Yeah, that's not insignificant considering how depleted his reserves already are and how many fronts he's defending. To say nothing of Biden's substantial cash advantage.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
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#335987: Oct 29th 2020 at 8:40:09 AM

I saw that through Twitter. Obviously that's illegal and should be prosecuted, but I can't say I have much sympathy given how blatantly they have ignored and even encouraged hacking of Democratic groups.

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NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#335988: Oct 29th 2020 at 8:40:21 AM

God bless those white hats.

And was the password "maga2020" as well? lol

TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#335989: Oct 29th 2020 at 8:44:19 AM

That's karma.

Especially considering how he and the GOP has utterly refused to do anything in regards to sharpening the cyber-security of the election that could have dealt with these kinds of attacks in the first place.

Kaiseror Since: Jul, 2016
#335990: Oct 29th 2020 at 8:46:11 AM

I just hope that isn't blamed on (or worse, actually linked to) someone connected to Biden and his campaign.

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#335991: Oct 29th 2020 at 8:50:43 AM

Dont be too surprised if it was hacked to lead back to the Democrats

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#335992: Oct 29th 2020 at 8:53:03 AM

Eh, I think the perps would rather get away clean with a 7 figure haul than try a last minute easily discredited false flag attack.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#335993: Oct 29th 2020 at 8:53:24 AM

[up][up][up][up] It’s a funny bit of karma, but election cybersecurity initiatives wouldn’t have helped here. The hackers stole the money by manipulating invoices the Trump campaign was using to pay for merchandise so that the money came to them, and it was a phishing attack. That’s human error on the Trump campaign’s part, rather than an issue with the systems in place.

Edited by archonspeaks on Oct 29th 2020 at 8:53:40 AM

They should have sent a poet.
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Altris from the Vortex Since: Aug, 2019 Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
#335996: Oct 29th 2020 at 8:57:29 AM

Don't know if this was posted before, sorry if it was, but apparently Tucker Carlson lost his collection of "confidential documents related to the Biden family" in the mail.

The unnamed company "used pictures of what we had sent so that searchers would know what to look for" but it just raises the question of why not use email? Have the producer sending them scan the docs, make a throwaway email account or something and send it from there. Much easier than physically shipping them from New York to LA. Whole thing reeks of a desperate cover-up.

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#335997: Oct 29th 2020 at 8:58:48 AM

This is literally the same energy as "my dog ate my homework".

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#335998: Oct 29th 2020 at 9:11:44 AM

Damned Deep State Attack Dogs!

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#335999: Oct 29th 2020 at 9:15:16 AM

Gee, maybe the Trump administration shouldn't have cut the USPS' budget so much.

Disgusted, but not surprised
nrjxll Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Not war
#336000: Oct 29th 2020 at 9:30:27 AM

You know, I understand the desire to try and repeat the Comey thing. It's the same principle as why my gut reaction is still to subtract 5 from all of Biden's poll numbers. But at this point it really ought to be clear that no one gives a damn about this total nothing of a story. I'm not even sure it's energizing the Republican base in comparison to any of the other reasons they're worked into a frenzy about Biden.

I literally cannot guess why even Tucker Carlson would make up this nonsense instead of just letting it quietly die.


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