• SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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    3 hours ago

    I am really hoping for Kamala to lose this one. Dems should be actively punished for committing genocide as well as all the other stuff. Just saying 'other stuff' because their poor handling of railways, labor rights, trans rights, and now what's going on with the hurricane just sort of fades into the background of a fucking holocaust.

    • arbitrary@lemmygrad.ml
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      3 hours ago

      Do they actually care if they lose, is it really a punishment? Feels like they'll just continue Republican policies whenever they're next in power and keep willingly being dragged to the right.

      • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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        2 hours ago

        This time, I actually think they do. They actually seem to be trying this time, presumably because they're scared of Trump with presidential immunity, and it's quickly approaching "and then they came for me".

      • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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        3 hours ago

        It mostly punishes the libs putting Kamala signs all over their front lawns. The Dem politicians are only punished in the sense of losing more people to socialist ideas.

      • hypercracker [he/him]
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        3 hours ago

        Yeah it comes down to two case:

        1. Dems care whether they lose -> okay so they should lose so they don't think they can just enthusiastically prosecute a genocide and still win
        2. Dems don't care whether they lose -> cool I will treat them similarly and simply not vote for a party that does not care about winning
    • Roonerino [they/them]
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      3 hours ago

      As a bonus, you get to punish Trump by making him be president for 4 years and constantly worry about getting capped by his own fanatics. It's a lose/lose.

  • HiImThomasPynchon [des/pair, it/its]
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    4 hours ago

    It won't be the electora college, it'll be a handful of Republican strongholds refusing to certify. It'll play out like a repeat of Gore v Bush except the GOP's argument will be way dumber.

    The Supreme Court will hand it to Trump 6-3 and the Dems will still blame Jill Stein.

    • wild_dog [they/them]
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      1 hour ago

      The Supreme Court will hand it to Trump 6-3 and the Dems will still blame Jill Stein.

      I kind of think they'll blame Chappell Roan and use it as an excuse to be homophobic.

    • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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      2 hours ago

      It won't be a repeat of Bush v. Gore, because that election was actually pretty close. This will be one of the most hilariously lopsided elections in history, where Kamala wins like 75% of the vote, and wins every single swing state (along with at least one red state no one expected to go blue), but the GOP makes a dumb argument and the Supreme Court forces Trump to win.

    • Hexboare [they/them]
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      4 hours ago

      Now the U.S. Supreme Court has spoken. Let there be no doubt, while I strongly disagree with the court’s decision, I accept it. I accept the finality of this outcome which will be ratified next Monday in the Electoral College. And tonight, for the sake of our unity of the people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.

      Show

      (On the Green Party)

      But many progressives are lukewarm about Nader's candidacy, and some are downright hostile. There are a variety of reasons for this, but the most important one, by far, is the notion that Nader will steal votes from Gore, the lesser of the two mainstream evils.

    • CthulhusIntern [he/him]
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      1 hour ago

      Which would be funnier, President Trump with VP Walz, or President Kamala with VP Vance?

    • KoboldKomrade [he/him]
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      3 hours ago

      watch a bunch of them switch their votes. Guy A switches Trump to Kopmala, guy B switches Kopmala to Trump, etc. Ends up being the same but everyone has to add a little "*Electors 20, 30, 29, 19, 92, and 340 voted wrong."

  • sweatersocialist [comrade/them]
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    4 hours ago

    honestly i hope this does happen. it might be the one thing that would make libs wake up. then again, didn't bush steal an election and the dems just kinda said "ah drats! well, next time then!"?

  • hypercracker [he/him]
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    6 hours ago

    the parliamentarian beheads kamala and declares the beginning of a thousand year burgerreich. libs have no choice but to follow procedure.

    • NPa [he/him]
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      4 hours ago

      yeah we'd love to pass this single payer thing but the parliamentarian is just going nuts with a pair of metal nun chucks in there

    • hexinvictus [he/him]
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      edit-2
      4 hours ago
      • Jill Stein
      • College protests or college students with a spine who don't understand democracy
      • TikTok
      • Russia
      • China

      Take your pick.