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        6 days ago

        the dems have managed to do it twice.

        Nearly three times. Biden only won by 40k votes across three states. Anyone who thinks he was a lock could have been proven wrong by some bad weather or a marginal (.3%) shift in public sentiment.

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        That, or being attacked from two sides. Or maybe americans just like trump. Enjoy the 2 dollars gas.

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          Lmao, if the “attacks” from the left (people saying they won’t vote for someone committing a genocide) is what Kamala lose, then maybe she should’ve listened to what people were saying. Which again means she sucked, just like Hillary.

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            Thankfully that stopped the genocide and now the middle east is free and prosperous.

            Or did it cause a new war, more conflict, even more genocide and spilled over to other regions?

            I’m sure the parents of the dead Iranian girls are very thankful for your service.

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                Did I kill those girls in Iran? I just supported the candidate with the least amount of expected deaths, y’all supported the other guy because the first candidate wasn’t 0. Who is the enabler now?

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                  Your support of US imperialists did kill those girls in Iran, and countless people around the world.

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                    I love the defensive. I just told people that trump would cause more wars and more deaths. Americans voted for trump. Trump caused more wars. People died in the tens of thousands. If your conscience is heavy feel free to lash out.

                    I’m just enjoying my high horse (and my universal Healthcare) over here, flexing my “I told you so”.

                    And apparently americans learned nothing, and are already threatening to let republicans win if the democrats don’t elect a candidate that passes their purity test.

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      What caused the president to win, was forcing uneectable candidates on the dems and then shouting down all criticism of them, as if pretending they aren’t worthless worked.

      Get off your high horse, we knew what the republicans were, and what the democrats were, and we trusted the opposition to what is beyond any doubt the Controlled Opposition of the Oligarchy.

      Anyone with a brain would’ve known anointed kamala with no contest was handing the election to the now president. Everyone. Oh, you weren’t one? What does that say about your understanding?

      No offense but I don’t want to wade through your shit again forcing another doomed to fail dem on us.

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        What caused the president to win is people voted for him. After 4 years of scandals, corruption and a million deaths. Appealing to “anyone with a brain” is a losing strategy.

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        By definition, voters caused that. Enjoy the consequences, I guess. In 6 years they will vote for republicans again anyway.

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        Democrats don’t really have clear messaging. Are we pro Muslim? Are we pro LGBT? Are we pro Marxism? Pro working class? Where do we stand on taxes? Equality? DEI? At this point I could tell you a lot more about what we’re against.

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          I like how the replies to this message are almost identical, starting word for word the same. Some needs to increase the temperature a little bit.

          Being against burning the country and all alliances just to make 6 people rich is enough of a message for me Ina 2 party system. As a bonus on top, not hating mexicans, muslims and gays. I know it sounds like a low bar, but bar is very much that low.

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        It’s there all the time, you just don’t notice when popular media hasn’t primed your brain to tune into politics every two years.

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          I am very interested in politics year around, and as a small reminder: the world exists out of america, each country with their own elections. The two year cycle is just in the US. There’s also popular media outside of the us.