Republicans would accuse Jesus of being a communist trans hippie before crucifying him again.

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    Boy am I glad a significant percentage of our population is glued to a 24/7 bigoted hate channel and too stupid to see it for what it clearly is.

    Imagine being so stupid you keep watching a “news” channel that settled for a record $800 million for lying to its viewers.

    Sorry y’all. This country ain’t gonna be fixed after the Pedo-In-Chief is gone. Not by a long shot. If anything, he just let all the other weasel leeches know how far they can push the envelope.

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    To be elected, someone needs to win the swing voters who aren’t rabid Republicans or rabid Democrats. Hillary Clinton’s candidacy, Obama’s presidency, and Kamala Harris’ run for office shows that a lot of those swing voters are racist and sexist.

    Even if Fox News went off the air tomorrow, along with Newsmax and all the various right-wing podcasts and streaming junk, there are a lot of swing voters who won’t vote for a woman, or won’t vote for a gay man, or won’t vote for someone without white skin. Many of them probably don’t even think of themselves as bigots. They just think things like “I support women, and I had no problem with Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, but commander in chief of the military is different, maybe if she had military experience…” Or, they’ll think “I have gay friends, and Mayor Pete seems like a great guy, he’s really smart and caring, but I don’t think people who choose that lifestyle really have the right values to lead the country”. Or they’ll think “I don’t have a problem with it, but people in Washington will, and they’ll never get anything done as president.”

    Of course outlets like Fox News are always going to go hard after every Democrat, even a straight, white, male, christian one. Maybe that will influence some swing voters. But, it’s more about energizing enraging their base. I don’t think your typical swing voter is a fox news addict.

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    Republicans get more mulligans than the South Boston phone directory. The media and the public seem just fine with that.

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    All they have are personal attacks. Can’t attack their policies cuz too many of their viewers would actually like them.

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      yes. all teachers are liberal commies and wannabe dictators. the only person in a position of authority that should be respected is cops, as they’re pure blooded americans saving us from the terrors of cyclists. also, members of the military should be fellated on sight, or at minimum given a discreet handy.

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        Correction: military personnel should be offered fellatio. If they accept, then they’re queer antifa commies who should stop asking for handouts. And they’re discharged.

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      I believe it’s actually a lower-grade of anti-intellectualism, and teachers are just catching stray shots. The apple-giving student is over-eager, an over-achiever. They are fastidious in proposing a squeaky-clean persona toward authority to get ahead (and they’ll probably lord it over you, the “normal” student, as a teacher’s pet).

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    Yes, BUT it’s sort of important to remember that huge numbers of voters are loosely, or not at all, aligned with either party. Binary vision has cost Democrats in recent election. That and assuming people won’t vote against their interests when they do it time and time again.

  • honestly, Trump is likely one of the worst and most corrupt humans in history. Like Roman emperor levels of inhumanity and insanity.

    Except accounts of bad Roman emperors are likely exaggerated accounts from their opposition, while Trump’s are well documented.

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    Pete is an excellent communicator but the problem isn’t that he is gay, he’s a Mckinsey stooge.

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    I WAS going to Vote for Him because Ken Paxton has made my life SHIT but NOW that Jesse Waters mentioned it I GUESS I have No Choice but to vote for Ken Paxton! THANK GOD for Rich people Looking Out for my BEST interests!