• Railcar8095@lemm.ee
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    1 month ago

    I think Trump’s strategy was “I’m going to sound so crazy every Democrat will assume I’ll lose and don’t bother voting”.

    And it worked.

    TWICE

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      1 month ago

      both times dem consultants took the bait and courted republicans. Though this is the first time right wing immigration policies were pushed by the democrat.

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        1 month ago

        Hillary campaigns with Kissinger, Harris campaigns with the Cheneys, and then Democrats wonder why no one trusts them.

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          The only reason the DNC couldn’t get Kissinger for this election is that he couldn’t get a weekend pass from hell.

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      Well, at a certain point, “just don’t be that big a dumbass” has to happen because things really can’t stay together otherwise. Assuming he couldn’t win is a perfectly sensible assumption. You can lead 73 million horses to water but you can’t make them drink.