• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    My absolute favorite thing about this country is that nearly everyone votes for who the news networks tell them to vote for, even if the candidate is in clear cognitive decline.

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    Oh I’ve seen this one. It’s the Patriot’s vs the Stealers, He is just going to record a new trump item to sell. Maybe Trump beer?

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      1 month ago

      Why did you put an apostrophe in the Patriots, which is not possessive?

      Also it’s Steelers, not Stealers fyi.

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        I suspect they were trying to make a joke about how the MAGA people like to think they’re patriots fighting against the Democrats who stole the election.

        The apostrophe was probably a typo.

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    Assuming this trend continues and isn’t media cherrypicking an illusion to start a narratice, or just Trump being under the weather temporarily, would you rather have Trump as president in a diminished and confused state, or Vance as president after Trump leaves office due to the condition?

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      Vance as president after Trump leaves office due to the condition?

      For so many reasons Vance as president.

      First, there is a zero percent chance Trump gives up the presidency. So the more time can be spent infighting, embarrassing themselves and getting nothing done, the better.

      Second, Vance as president won’t have the same level of cult following him. If Vance pushes Trump out, he’ll make enemies. If Trump somehow leaves, the moment Vance fucks up the smallest thing, Trump will shit on him.

      Third, Vance doesn’t have the Trump “charisma”. Vance isn’t going to be able to convince people to follow his lead. Vance is a yes man, not a leader.

      Fourth, Anything Vance does, he has to take responsibility for. If Trump is “in charge” then Vance can always come along later and say “oh, I actually disagreed, but I trusted in Trump”. If Vance is in charge then he has to support his decisions. (And yes I know neither of them will actually take responsibility. Supporters won’t care. But the margins that decide elections will and that’s enough).


      Of course that’s all hypothetical and in the terrible future. Harris/Walz let’s us avoid that unnecessary pain and chaos.

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        I mean, which is preferable. Which do you think the country would survive more easily? I also would prefer neither but I find it helpful to imagine worst case scenarios out so I can try to prepare for them.

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    It’s Saturday, no NFL. All you had to do was say “go Knights” and that would’ve covered LV and UCF, upping your chances.

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      He doesn’t seem clever enough for it to have been a sly allusion to “stop the steal”, I think he’s just lost it.

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    He might have just said a team name he’s heard of to try to win points with the sports crowd. Arrogance, not dementia. My guess.