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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Hell, I don't even view it as a Lesser of Two Evils. I view it as Black and White. Jedi vs Sith, Day vs Night,
Yeah. Every time we allow the argument to be framed as "The lesser of two evils," we are by definition validating the GOP's many assertions that Hillary is evil.
By accepting the narrative, we're conceding that everything they've ever said about her is true. And that, in turn, only fuels Trump supporters' belief that, at worst, Trump is the lesser of two evils because he's never done [insert thing Hillary is accused of here].
You don't beat a smear campaign by rolling around in the slime.
That's a bit disingenuous. He doesn't think the Swedes invented the charges. He knows damned well if he's guilty or not. He claims the Swedes invented the charges.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Fear, not excitement, driving Clinton and Trump supporters
Who is surprised by this?
I think they want to believe that.
They have different opinions about the economy:
Hartman, the retired rancher from Arizona who supports Trump, sees stagnation. "It just isn't as strong as everybody says," he says, saying the younger members of his extended family are "hurting" in a fragile economy. "I don't think we're in a recession, but we're definitely not in a recovery."
Meanwhile, my mom is excited for the upcoming debate. She seems to expect Clinton to hand Trump his ass, while Trump makes an ass out of himself.
I don't expect Trump to do well in the debates (unless, potentially, if both Stein and Johnson make it in and tag-team against Hillary). He did well in the GOP debates because none of the candidates could tear him down without harming themselves. That won't be an issue for Clinton, who has everything to gain by playing rough against him.
"Yeah. Every time we allow the argument to be framed as "The lesser of two evils," we are by definition validating the GOP's many assertions that Hillary is evil."
One of the worst things about this election is listening to female peers, otherwise liberal, parrot "criticisms" of Clinton's character that began life as part of a smear campaign on Limbaugh. They don't understand that they're being useful idiots for Trump.
"For all those whose cares have been our concern, the work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die."honestly, trying to pay attention, and be as open minded to the criticisms of Hillary as possible, I still don't understand a single assertion of her being any form of corrupt (or, at least no more corrupt than any career politician). she seems like a fairly reasonable, fairly open-minded career politician.
what I really hate is the cyclical nature of people demonizing her. someone posted an article earlier that put it far more eloquently, about how people "know" she's corrupt, thus any action she does only confirms what people "know" to be true.
edited 1st Sep '16 11:47:03 AM by Jetyl
I'm afraid I can't explain myself, sir. Because I am not myself, you see?National Review admits the conservative echo chamber hurts conservatives
The fact that a majority of average Americans has never even heard of the Right’s biggest stars like Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck is a perfect illustration that Republican political junkies live in a media bubble.
It later shows statistics from surveys showing that even 51% of Americans hadn't heard of Glenn Beck.
That's exactly what I was thinking many times. Conservatives like to brag sometimes that Fox News is the most watched news show. It's also got the least competition for its specific market share. That's like saying that Nintendo dominates the family-friendly games market; there's barely any competition there (and as an uncle to an 8-year-old and 4-year-old, don't I know it).
The article also shows a chart comparing the viewers of left-wing vs. right-wing shows, showing that left-wing news programs clearly have much more viewers.
It also listed polls and surveys showing that a majority of people who identified as "mostly conservative" didn't get their news from right-wing news sources.
More center-right media outlets could also have been able to detect that the GOP’s economically libertarian message has little to no popularity among average Americans. Since these journalistic structures did not exist, however, the popularity of Donald Trump’s abandonment of that orthodoxy took the Republican elite completely by surprise. It shouldn’t have.
I don't think we should be so quick to defend Clinton that we act like she has no flaws. She's done some stuff I'm not happy about. Of course this doesn't make the election a Black-and-Grey Morality thing like some are trying to frame it.
Every time Trump puts "The day I'm elected/inaugurated/take office" into his speech, all I can think is that either Trump desperately does not understand how politics work or, worse, he's planning on doing it extrajudicially.
Like, there's not actually a way to have ALL the immigrants kicked out on Day 1 of Trump Presidency unless he spends the months leading up to his taking office prepping his followers to stage a mass lynching.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.That National Review article is amusingly warped while still trying to discuss how warped their media space is, like the continued parroting of the idea that the mainstream media is anything but right-biased (look at the bullshit they're cooking up about Clinton, or the constant use of Golden Mean Fallacy).
And don't forget, he has the full might of the Justice Department at his beck and call. Ya'll realize we practically commit a felony of some sort, unintentionally, every week, right? Imagine him being vindictive and bringing criminal charges to everyone who's wronged him....legally.
And it gets worse, except for Roberts and Alito, the rest of the Conservative swing members are old...really old. Now, in addition to replacing Scalia, Republicans as a whole could "convince" Thomas and Kennedy to retire early, and coupled with the possibility of Ginsburg dying in office (how the woman is still alive is honestly a goddamn mystery to medicine) You'd have Trump potentially replacing the Supreme Court with young, late 30s, early 40s extremely right-wing justices who would be eager to prove their stripes so to speak and they begin to gut every single progressive agenda in the country. If you assume the average age of Supreme Court retirees age (78/79), the average age of newcomer justices (let's assume 42) and assume Trump manages to get his supermajority conservative court by the end of his first term then:
It won't be until the year 2057 that we'd be able to swing the court back to being progressive!! It doesn't matter if we elected a super young charismatic far-left Democrat. EVERY one of his bills he somehow gets past Congress is Dead on Arrival as soon at it hits the Highest Court in the land. In some ways, the GOP could allow the bill to pass, and then once they sue in court, the Supreme Court could land a ruling not only striking it down, but also making a judicial precedent for that type of legislation anywhere in the country.
Think this election doesn't matter? Ha! You fucking wish.
New Survey coming this weekend!Yup, there is no way that anyone can deport all immigrants on Day 1. It's impossible. It could even take years. Not to mention what should one do with the halves. If those alt-rights don't think it's morally reprehensible, it's also financially suicidal. It's even worse if Trump really want to build that wall. Have they forget that America is in recession. Heck, without China's financial help (it's China, so it's not a good thing), America is essentially in depression. There are also Brexit in UK, Duterte in Philippine, and so on. What happen to basic decency or at least common sense?
Only an experienced editor who has a name possesses the ability to truly understand my work - What 90% of writers I'm in charge of said.

The most substantial reason that isn't "fuck you, got mine" I've seen for these voters up until this very moment was that they believed that voting Republican would keep them well clear of any potential untowards consequences.
I have disagreed with her a lot, but comparing her to republicans and propagandists of dictatorships is really low. - An idiot