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[–] 261 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (35 children)

It’s hilarious that the entire point was to draw focus on how Biden fucked up the withdrawal from Afghanistan (while following Trump & literal Taliban combined plan), but all anybody is talking about now is how disrespectful Trump & company is. His purpose for doing this is entirely lost now.

Edit: taliban not isis

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  • [–] 103 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States–Taliban_deal which was entirely negotiated and ratified by the Trump administration 🙄

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  • [–] 96 points 2 years ago (24 children)

    Donald Trump is not a smart man. He didn't become the threat that he is due to his own skilful manoeuvring. He became a threat because the institutions that are supposed to oppose people like him have failed.

    Now that, for the first time in his political career, he's up against an opponent with basic competence he can't do anything other than flail impotently.

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  • [–] 51 points 2 years ago (18 children)

    I didn't care for her, but Clinton I would say had more than basic competence, though she didn't really have much charisma, is pretty unlikable, forced out Bernie Sanders, chose a completely forgettable running mate, was running as an establishment candidate in a "change" election, and has a blatant desire for power. It all worked against her, though she did still win the popular vote. Still fairly competent though.

    I would argue Harris is in a similar situation as Clinton, though she apparently had the sense to at least pick someone more likable than herself and her almost invisible tenure as VP actually may work to her advantage. Otherwise, she's not incredibly charismatic on her own and could be in trouble at the debate with Trump, though his elderly, stroke-addled brain may help her out.

    But if it gets into the same sort of thing like in his debate with Biden, where Trump is just throwing out BS bombs left and right, and all Kamala does is just uselessly flail around trying to address his BS points one by one, I think she'll be in trouble. She needs to cut through the BS and present herself as the adult in the room, and make Trump seem infantile and ridiculous.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Wait. Who was her running mate in 2016? I legitimately don't remember. Wow.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    All agreed. The Clinton's are political animals, best of the best at the game, but Hilary doesn't share her husband's over-the-top charisma. She works best behind the scenes, not on camera kissing babies.

    And this hilarious meme hit far too close to home.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    Literally been screaming this since her time as SoS... Hill-Dawg should have run in NY's bluest blueberry of a US House district and then taken the reigns from Pelosi in 2022. She's masterful at running the inner party show... she got that "do it or I'll burn your house down" energy so few people have (liken to LBJ, Pelosi, Cave Johnson, etc).

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (8 children)

    I was expecting a major crisis when Harris took over since she did abysmally in the 2020 primary. She was one of the first "serious" candidate to drop out, not even making it to 2020. Shes essentially just cruising on "not an old white guy"

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I actually remember her being a standout at the debates until Tulsi Gabbard managed to latch onto a line of attack that hurt her credibility as the progressive candidate that she was presenting herself as. Shortly after that traction was lost I think she saw the writing on the wall and exited gracefully, which obviously worked in her favor because it made it easy for Biden to tap her for VP.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago

    Even if it worked, that's just more hypocritical nonsense.

    "Biden messed up, these 13 Americans are dead. Not quite as many people as I killed by messing up a pandemic response, or by blowing the cover of American spies, but if I get in office again I'm sure my decisions will kill a lot more people. What were we talking about again?"

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    literal Isis

    You mean the Taliban's plan, the US negotiated the withdrawal with the Taliban.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    It is crazy to expect the Afghanistan military to fight when the US president negotiated handover of Afghanistan with the Taliban

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I mean the afghan military was only marginally less awful than the Taliban, sometimes significantly worse, and they weren't exclusive evils to the afghan people. Turns out giving money and arms to the worst psychopaths you can find to fight the other group of psychopaths you gave money and arms to doesn't have a good outcome.

    To quote an afghan before the withdrawal: We have three problems, Kabul, the Taliban, and the Americans. When the Americans leave, we will have two problems.

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  • [–] 138 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Please please please start another speakership crisis 🙏

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  • [+] 105 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 100 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Man, ever since Biden dropped out, the fascists have been even more incompetent than usual. I'm gonna assume it's from them panicking.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    Here's the thing, a weak Democrat candidate meant the GOP could ride the curtail of a natural red wave born from voter dissatisfaction into another Trump presidency. They didn't have to try faced with Biden so they didn't have as many opportunities to show their incompetence.

    Now democrats have rallied and the writing is on the wall that Trump isn't good enough just by the virtue of being the republican choice. He actually has to try, which he hasn't done since 2016, and he's pretty bad at trying.

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  • [–] 73 points 2 years ago

    That is just Trump showing his usual respect for the military and especially the "losers" (according to him) - those who paid the ultimate price to protect the country.

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  • [–] 70 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Using dead soldiers as a political prop. Keep it classy, Republicans.

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  • [–] 60 points 2 years ago

    I hope this thing has legs and plagues them endlessly.

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    This is another guy I feel is untrustworthy just based on his face alone.

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    [–] 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Then his smarmy ass is just as guilty

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago

    ahahahahahahahahahahaha

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago (17 children)

    What's with the devil horn finger gesture two women are making in the picture?

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    Fuck Ron Johnson.

    Yes, I know it's the wrong Johnson but, still, it needs to be said.

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    [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But they loooooove the troops, right? Right?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    If only avoiding Trump was as easy as avoiding porn!

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I feel bad for the Marckesano family. It's so hard to bury a loved one who served our country, with all the pressures and hardships involved. It's an unfair and unexpected addition to a hard time like this.

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