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[–] [email protected] 70 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I swear, the "no criticism during an election year", someone graphed it out, and when you take into account the campaign before the actual election, the primaries before that, midterms, off year local and municipal elections, special elections etc etc, there's never any time you're allowed to criticize. Which is the point but I felt like explaining it.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 10 months ago (1 children)

left-of-center

The overton window is so fucked.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Biden is only left of center in the fucking antebellum South

[–] [email protected] 56 points 10 months ago

Like all good Democrats, he is strongly committed to the idea that the only acceptable time to apply pressure is after surrendering any and all power or bargaining chips. liberalism

[–] [email protected] 41 points 10 months ago

no one's ever going to coalition with you

That might be a meaningful threat had we not seen what they'd done to Bernie

[–] [email protected] 38 points 10 months ago

data-revolutionary I'm not interested in trading horses.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago

There is a five-minute window every four years in which you are allowed to silently think critical thoughts about Democrats. No, we're not telling you when it is

[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago

"do not ___ make" is one of those dead giveaway turns-of-phrase that the person using it is a shitlib

[–] [email protected] 26 points 10 months ago

"Left-of-center" lmao

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago

If your rection to genocide is to call it left-of-center, nobody's gping to coilition with you either.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

Barack Obama described his politics as Reagan Republican and he chose Joe Biden to be his conservative leaning running mate

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Coalition? What is he talking about? Does he mean AOC? Lol.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

He’s talking about the football Lucy is holding

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Are we sure its not a troll? He's using an avi of Will Stancil another obnoxious liberal that a bunch of left twitter users keep feuding with.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I honestly wonder how childish libs are to believe that this is a smart political person

also I said it once and i'll say it again: American 'Center Left' Politician turns out to be a reactionary, happens every single time

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

Center left of who? Fucking Bush?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

"Noo you're driving all the responsible dumbass adults in the room whose ideology lead to this away from your organizing!"

Good