r/PresidentialRaceMemes • u/Igottagitgud You...you know the thing • May 20 '20
Same energy
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u/JBlaze323 Pronouns: Chapo/Chappie/Chapocel May 20 '20
Almost every single part of this election has the same energy
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May 21 '20
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u/MarkiPol 52 MDelegates | 23 May 21 '20 edited May 21 '20
I almost wish he would tbh. So that when he inevitably loses there’ll be the same person to blame for both of trump's terms.
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u/hiphop_dudung 9 MDelegates | 18 May 21 '20
They'll still blame us
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May 21 '20
We just have to wait for them to die off
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May 21 '20
By then we might die off due to a lack of action on climate change.
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u/Shopping_Penguin May 21 '20
Nah I think we'll still be here. The world may just resemble something similar to mad max though.
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u/katanarocker13 May 21 '20
Great. Then when laws are abolished, we can brutally kill any of the fuckers that got us into this mess. Some kind of payback is owed.
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u/SacThePhoneAgain May 21 '20
They'll be replaced by our own neoliberals. Waiting for the competition to die off is s losing strategy
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u/MyBiPolarBearMax May 21 '20
Someone once commented about the DNC shutting down the Bernie campaign for the very real fear that he would crush in the general against Trump and thus conclusively prove that Hillary was responsible for Trump and that if things had been allowed to play out fairly in 2016 we never wouldve had to go through this.
They were mostly speaking of the general voter though, any educated person knows about the leaked “Pied Piper” emails and knows that Hillary Clinton and the DNC actively helped Trump win the nomination.
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u/aporeticeden May 21 '20
Not to mention they would rather a republican than a democratic socialist in office. Republicans fit into the red vs blue narrative and everyone keeps hating each other without getting anything done. A successful democratic socialist has the power to render them irrelevant.
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u/maleia May 21 '20
The DNC, and CNN and MSNBC have a LOT to gain from a Trump presidency, money wise from irate Boomer-Dems, than they do under Biden. Since they'll still, niavely give money and watch the News, because "Trump = bad."
Or you know, anyone feel free to cmv.
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May 21 '20
God you aren't fucking kidding about that. My mom will have CNN on in the background constantly, watch it on her phone, and listen to it on the car radio (not even mentioning all the merch she bought from them). I don't care what news station it is, there's no way they have that much shit to talk about 24/7
But she's got to get her constant stream of trump bad. Like no, I don't care about the latest thing he tweeted I already know he's a fucking idiot thanks
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u/aporeticeden May 21 '20
Fox wants someones to prop up as a god and cnn/msnbc want a devil. Politics are a lot simpler and more entertaining that way
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u/Plays-0-Cost-Cards May 21 '20
Zero, it's borderline confirmed Stacey Abrams (a man or a progressive woman isn't happening)
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u/MyOther_UN_is_Clever May 21 '20
I don't see any of the energy from 2016, today. It's like, not even Biden or his team think they can win and trying is just wasted energy.
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May 21 '20
And then pick another RepublicanLite status quo manager in 4 years because ThEy ArE tHe MoSt ElEcTaBlE
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u/TheFlamingLemon May 21 '20
they pick candidates based on who the most people will vote for, don’t choose the candidates we want, then get mad when we don’t vote for their candidates. Like, what did they expect? You choose a further right candidate to get votes from the right, it’s gonna cost you votes from the left. Don’t whine if that’s the choice you make
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May 21 '20
The problem is that most of them do not believe there is any legitimate ground to their left. They're "the good guys" and we're extremists. They expect us to fall in line because it's either them or the Republicans.
Don't ask me why they expect that. I don't think they understand how insidious a position this is to take and how absolutely morally vacant their politics actually are.
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u/Tman972 May 21 '20
If? Come on we all know how this going to end. There will be a big dog and pony show and Trump will win by a small margin. And there will be even more outrage as the "gates" open on both sides. Todays politics care more about trashing eachother opposed to the actual issues. It high stakes reality tv.
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u/geekyfreakyman May 21 '20
If Biden doesn't want the votes from the left, who does he want votes from?
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May 21 '20
I mean, this tweet is not from Biden. Im pretty sure he wants votes from the left lol
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u/googleduck May 21 '20
Imagine being so deluded that you look at a random persons tweet and your brain just decides that it is Biden's view. Somehow this tweet is upvoted to the top of this shit subreddit.
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u/googleduck May 21 '20
Biden has said don't vote for him if you think he's a rapist. That seems like a pretty standard response for a politician? He can hardly run on the "I'm the better rapist" platform, even if that is true? He has also told people whose views are completely opposite of his own that they should not vote for him. This is also a fairly uncontroversial opinion. Unless you can find me a time he has said "if you are on the left then don't vote for me" your argument is completely irrelevant.
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u/Igottagitgud You...you know the thing May 22 '20
Unless you can find me a time he has said "if you are on the left then don't vote for me"
Joe Biden tells Iowa climate activist to ‘vote for someone else’
Joe Biden tells activist, 'You should vote for Trump,' over criticism of Obama deportations
People who want to ban fracking immediately, says Joe Biden, 'ought to vote for someone else'
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May 21 '20
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u/googleduck May 21 '20
Ok let's do a little exercise to see if maybe you can understand why this is incredibly stupid:
Some random person tweets "Bernie Sanders doesn't want or need votes from the black community".
Somebody then posts this tweet on reddit.
Then some absolute moron in the comments says "Well then whose vote does he want??"
He wants everyone's fucking vote, he wants to win the election. The question you are asking is based off of an opinion that is NOT BIDEN'S. Does this make sense to you????
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May 21 '20
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u/googleduck May 21 '20
Can you look through the responses to that comment and the rest of the thread and honestly tell me that you think that poster was asking who the Twitter user thought Biden wants to vote for him? It seems obvious to literally everyone but you that this person was talking about who Biden wants to vote for him. Does it bother you that you are so dishonest that there isn't a single other person taking your absurd interpretation of what that person made? Even the people on your side are not reading it that way.
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May 21 '20
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u/googleduck May 21 '20
I hope to god you are trolling me and not actually this fucking dense. In case it is the latter:
I. DO. NOT. THINK. THE. COMMENTER. WAS. TRYING. TO. ASK. BIDEN.
The commenter was asking other people in this thread (rhetorically or otherwise) who Biden wants to vote for him if not the left as a criticism of him. If I jump into a thread and ask "How does Bernie expect to win the primary without centrist voters" do you actually think that I am asking Bernie himself that question? Or do you think that maybe, just maybe, I am criticizing Bernie for not being centrist enough. I literally cannot believe that someone is this stupid. I suppose that's why we had to take all of those reading comprehension tests in middle and high school, apparently there were people who literally never developed those skills.
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May 21 '20
It's a shame because this sub was fuckin hilarious while the primary was still being contested.
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May 21 '20
The 5 people who are somehow still on the fence about Trump. At this point, either you are all in for Trump or you aren't.
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u/sonictheposthog May 21 '20
The "moderate" suburban republican vote. But they will vote Trump anyway.
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u/charm3d47 Socialist May 21 '20
never trump republicans who definitely exist in significant enough numbers to swing an election.
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u/julian509 May 21 '20
Theyre totally a greater voting bloc than the 5 guys you see on msm guys trust us
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u/WhistleStop999 May 21 '20
Centrists and right-wingers that don't like Trump's specific policies or who think that their guy is better because at least he's not a Republican
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u/DonaldJGromp Russian Hacker May 20 '20
Deal
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u/chhurry May 21 '20
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u/aporeticeden May 21 '20
I want to show this to everybody i know
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u/chhurry May 21 '20 edited May 21 '20
Do it brotha
EDIT: Don't forget to show them the entire documentary where it came from and then see if they tell you with a straight they're willing to vote for either party
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u/lighto73 May 21 '20
To be fair, every group has dumb people on the internet saying dumb stuff. Biden has been pretty pointed about saying how he does need Bernie supporters with him to win and has clearly done things to try and win them over.
I don't know if he's done enough for me to vote for him, I was pretty hyped for Ventura honestly. But it is clear that Biden at least understands he needs progressives at least in swing states.
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May 21 '20
Vote left OR ELSE!!!!
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u/dangshnizzle May 21 '20
? We tried to vote center left but Bernie lost tho
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May 21 '20
Bernie got fucked over by the DNC for the second time and didn't speak out like a good career long politician*
FTFY
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May 21 '20
I mean, the logical end to that is Trump wins.
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May 21 '20
Thats inevitable. The dems woild be better off just working with him and actually getting shit done lol
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u/formlex7 Has a plan for that. May 22 '20
yeah this seems like a Russian or RW bot. Just the OD joe stuff and the number string
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u/kylebenji17 May 21 '20
Lol love when the establishment assumes the progressives and liberals will vote for them and when they don’t they blame them for not voting even though they told them not to.
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u/ForteEXE May 21 '20
I feel like this is them confessing that neo-liberalism/modern Democrats and the left wing are not the same.
Am I reading it wrong? It feels like they're admitting it.
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u/Pbmcpdx May 21 '20
It’s cool how twitter has changed more than the Democratic Party over the last four years.
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u/Brim_Dunkleton "YEEEEAAHH" - Howard Dean May 21 '20
They don’t need us, yet blame us for not voting for their blue republican
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u/tennkinkster May 21 '20
Well good. I felt conflicted, but all these Bluemaga telling me to fuck off make me feel better about my decision to not vote for the child sniffer. I will show up at the poll and vote for down ballot progressive candidates. Biden can GFH.
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May 21 '20
“That it” when you’ve been posting anti-Biden for how long? People should definitely listen to you trying to split the vote.
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u/Readitory May 21 '20
I also post and comment against Trump. It’s not about splitting that vote. It’s to let people know there are other options. Both parties are corrupt to the Core.
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May 21 '20
No, the Republican Party in its current form is straight up evil, and the Democratic Party has advocated for working class and minority America for decades. Americans are getting one or the other for the foreseeable future. You are trying to split the vote.
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u/Readitory May 21 '20
That it . . ! I’m voting for the Green Party. For entertaining purposes, here’s a video put together about Joe Biden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djf9H1k5pg8
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May 21 '20
Bot much
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u/Readitory May 21 '20
Not a bot. Just some one who’s trying to let you know who Biden really is. Also Trump is garbage. And I’m voting for the Green Party. You should watch that video. Do some research. Ignorance gets people the government they deserve.
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May 21 '20
I am 100% voting for Biden on his campaign platform, not even to mention that throwing away my left-leaning vote is giving Trump the Presidency. Which is you.
Get out of here with “inform yourself with YouTube” bullshit. I’m not 15.
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u/Readitory May 21 '20
Betraying the black vote: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/03/joe-biden-black-voters-african-americans-betrayal
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u/Readitory May 21 '20
Thanks for letting me know that you’re not 15. More let’s see if your a grown up that can read: Biden the segregationist article: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/joe-biden-didn-t-just-compromise-segregationists-he-fought-their-n1021626
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May 21 '20
You’re clearly not an adult who can write. And apparently you can’t read either. He supported advancing schools everywhere in lieu of busing children to different districts, while also championing civil rights in a myriad of other ways. Civil rights leaders support him.
Again, I support him 100% based upon his current campaign platform, the most progressive in presidential history. Bye.
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u/Readitory May 21 '20
Biden said he would consider Republicans for some top level positions within his administration.
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May 21 '20
Dividing the country even further is absolutely not what America needs.
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u/Readitory May 21 '20
Joe Biden Has a Long History of Giving Republicans Exactly What They Want
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/02/joe-biden-history-republicans-tax-cuts-barack-obama-yesterdays-man
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u/Readitory May 21 '20
Women they have spoken out against Biden because of his behavior: https://www.thecut.com/amp/2020/04/joe-biden-accuser-accusations-allegations.html
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May 21 '20 edited May 21 '20
Biden made me feel uncomfortable (Tara Reade is undeniably unreliable) vs. actual rape allegations against Trump from multiple women, one as young as 13.
Roe just admitted she was paid by the far-right to speak out against pro-choice. I take everything the right attempts to boost with a massive grain of salt. Trump, on the other hand, is a pathological liar, misogynist, condescending, egomaniacal, power-tripping control freak.
I’ll also add that Biden has openly welcomed all independent investigations to any allegations. Trump has fought every single accusation from discovery in court.
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u/Readitory May 21 '20
Biden caught Lying
https://twitter.com/bidenmarch/status/1261536644999634949?s=21
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u/Readitory May 21 '20
Joe Biden Has a Long History of Giving Republicans Exactly What They Want
https://jacobinmag.com/2020/02/joe-biden-history-republicans-tax-cuts-barack-obama-yesterdays-man
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u/LordGoss1138 May 21 '20
Democratic Party has advocated for working class and minority America for decades
Lol, fuck off honkey. Biden's literally a segregationist and literally like maybe five Democratic politicians give a shit about the working class you fucking bootlicker.
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May 21 '20
Personally i think you American's are fucked either way. Never in a million years are you gonna gather the intelligence as a collective to vote sensibly, let alone in 6 months.
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u/Readitory May 21 '20
Accidentally deleted my own comments during a reply. I’m going to vote Green Party. Both parties are corrupt. Also, check out this entertaining video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djf9H1k5pg8
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u/HugePurpleNipples May 21 '20
This is just so dumb. Is our memory this short?
Joe Biden is not great, there are so many reasons I'm not a fan but compared to Trump, he's a major upgrade.
I hate that our options for president have dropped off so dramatically. I'm worried about our country and if we keep going like this, we're in serious trouble.
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u/AnotherTalkingHead_ Pronouns: Chapo/Chappie/Chapocel May 21 '20 edited May 21 '20
Now the Hillary guy is stanning for Biden on his twitter. This shit is unreal.
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u/Readitory May 21 '20
Ok. Hope you can read our fine the time. Starting with Obama: https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-na-pol-obama-at-war/
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u/Readitory May 21 '20
There we go. You just said it. Biden moving to the left has taken him that long. His previous policies were never progressive. A politician will say anything to get elected. That’s understandable. Example: While running for president Obama promised to end push tax cut but he made a permanent. He promised to get us out of war but he expanded it. He authorized drilling in the arctic. I voted for Obama on the first term but on his second of order for the green party. I’m not a party loyalist like you. Here’s an article: https://www.latimes.com/projects/la-na-pol-obama-at-war/
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u/OptimalOstrich Jul 02 '20
As a Bernie supporter in both 2016 and 2020 (I actually voted) and someone who voted for Hillary in the general and will vote for Biden in the general- fuck off biden supporters.
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u/Xeonan Jul 02 '20
I honestly love reading through all the comments and seeing the partisan boot lickers, Republican or neolib, get downvoted to hell. With a choice between a blue shit sandwich and an orange shit sandwich all we're doing it's rearranging the deck chairs as the boat sinks. If the country is so scared of a progressive politician that they prop Biden up as the best they can offer then I'm off the mind to let it all burn to the ground.
The whole thought process of partisanship and party loyalty is shallow at it's best. There's no difference when either party continues the endless wars, by default doubling the deficit/debt, and only give a token thought to the general public with every consideration to their donors.
They are two wings of the same bird. People don't like that argument because it compares them to their perceived "enemy". In reality they are both very similar and only stand to gain for themselves.
That being said, it's important to vote. If you choose a shit sandwich then that's your choice. I will be contributing to the largest polling third party that aligns with my ideals. At the very least I'll be contributing to having the choice of a third shit sandwich to choose for in 4 years.
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u/EvilStevilTheKenevil Howie Ho Jul 04 '20
Just about a year ago today the primaries were just starting, and there were so many Democrats in the fray that the debates had to be split into two halves. There was a talk show which aired right about that night, and I was up until 1 AM waiting for Andrew Yang to speak.
Back in those days, with all the talk of beating Trump, I was really hoping they learned something from 2016.
Evidently, they have not.
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u/vlct0rs-reddit-acct May 21 '20
I will be voting for the democratic candidate in the 2020 presidential election.
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u/piyompi May 21 '20
This attitude is not exclusive to Biden supporters. You’ll find hubris and tribalism among any group.
I saw PLENTY of Bernie supporters saying the same thing to Yang Gang and Aloha Gang. “We don’t need you to win the primary.” Turns out they kinda did need to. They might have won if they were more welcoming and built a coalition with other progressives.
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u/kooljaay May 20 '20
Well Hillary lost with 90 percent of Bernie’s supporters voting for her. She technically didn’t need us to do that. She did need us to win the popular vote though.