• Malyca@lemmy.zip
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    4 months ago

    I keep thinking about that guy that had to shutter his political career because of one awkward yell at a campaign rally. Or Al Franken. How did we get from there to here?

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      4 months ago

      Imagine being 18 years old and this kind of insanity is all you’ve ever known.

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      4 months ago

      AND WERE GOONG TO WHITE HOUSE ! HEYAAH

      Fucking classic

      Honestly I’d give my left testicle to even have John McCain back in office. I didn’t like that guy but atleast when he talked about Obama he said something like “no he’s not a Muslim and he’s not going to ruin the country. He’s a fine man we just disagree “

      Or something like that.

      I’d trade trump for McCain right now if it was an option.

      So I agree WTF happened to politics! They aren’t even trying to be shady anymore.

      We know the government doesn’t have aliens now atleast because trump would have announced it, say he found them, and name the species after himself.

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        4 months ago

        Trump told a lot of stupid, hateful people that their bigotry and ignorance weren’t merely justified, they were righteous in their beliefs

        He told them that their hatred made them better than the people they fear

        He promised them that he would hurt the people they dislike, and they’re hoping that they’ll get to hurt them too

        And too many people in the US are stupid, ignorant, afraid and full of hatred

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      4 months ago

      I wish I could find the video but I could swear I saw an interview with Dean admitting it wasn’t actually the scream that ended his campaign but instead was more traditional reasons like polling numbers. The media just sensationalized the scream. It may have been a daily show interview but i can 't definitively say.

      [edit] found it right around the 5:30 mark he explains the reasoning.