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[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 69 points 2 weeks ago

Isn't that what put this idiot into office in the first place?

Not to mention the non-turnout of the low-info dipshit that thinks bleating "both sides" is the height of political savvy?

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 61 points 2 weeks ago

“I love the poorly educated” -dipshit donnie, feb 2016

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

And he got away with it. Twice.

[-] hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

One of the few times he wasn't lying.

[-] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 31 points 2 weeks ago

Wow, never thought I would be nodding along as I read the crap dribbling out of Steve Brannon's mouth. But, the GOP's only hope is people who are so ignorant of reality that they can't see the obvious lies right in front of them.

Of course, one should never underestimate the Democrats' ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. I could certainly see the DNC sorting out a way to fuck over more populist candidates, handing seats to the GOP.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Of course, one should never underestimate the Democrats’ ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. I could certainly see the DNC sorting out a way to fuck over more populist candidates, handing seats to the GOP.

Honestly, some of the apparent positions of the likes of Chevalier is going to be something the far right tries to smear anyone to the left of Rush Limbaugh with...they spent years acting like "defund the police" ( 🙄 ) was something not only every progressive was for, but was a plank of the Democratic Party. And of course, that phrase was easily distorted into the worst caricature of the left.

I'm just saying - sure, the "centrists" might easily fuck it all up for everyone, but don't underestimate the power of the terminally online leftist brigade to really fuck it all up, too.

America tends to poll progressive on the issues, but there are certain online types that then do a great job of stepping on rakes and giving the right their talking points.

[-] bluegreenpurplepink@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago

If this is true, then maybe we should start thinking about events that could be held during voting times that would distract these "lower information" voters from voting. Any suggestions for such events?

[-] gdog05@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago

A big rally promoting sibling marriage.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

24 hour Dale Earnhardt marathon on Fox. All commercials will be replaced with live gun show coverage. Tickets to said gun show are free, and outdoors at a large venue to handle as many people as possible. Ideally somewhere in the Midwest to minimize travel for people coming in. Free flag to all attendees.

[-] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 weeks ago

You leave Dale out of this just because they love him doesn’t mean he wasn’t awesome as fuck!

Dude came from fucking nothing, hated rich people; he famously ran a rich local car dealer and racer off the track on the last lap of a small local race for like $100 prize(more than Dale had to his name) and when asked why “I’m broke he’s not FUCK HIM”, multiple stories of him standing up against bigotry and racism in his crew.

Dale was a fucking asshole redneck but he wasn’t an asshole for being a hateful piece of shit

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

No shade against Dale. He's just good for a honeypot, and your comment illustrates his badassery so it could work. His redneck image is enough to not also draw in casual liberals.

[-] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Proceed my friend, 3 would approve of this

Edit: sorry for presuming the worst, I wish more folks knew how fucking awesome he was. I grew up a yeehaw fuck the law southerner if you couldn’t tell

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

It would be unfortunate to tarnish his legacy with that of a conservative gathering, but if it's for the greater good, I think he'd approve of the sacrifice.

[-] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

If there’s one thing Dale Earnhardt was about, it was spite, bet your ass he would

Raise hell, Praise Dale

[-] Heikki2@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago

Garage sale on the Whitehouse lawn?

[-] TronBronson@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Might as well do a swap meet

[-] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago

That’s a rather genius idea. A big free circus with bread.

[-] humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Grindr data leak.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I was thinking tractor pull.

Or just about any event where you eat some deep fried dead animal that was put on a stick and/or made into something phallic.

[-] hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Election Day all-day NASCAR and monster truck rally. Anyone who says it should be on a different day is trying to steal your FREEDOM.

[-] MIDItheKID@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Family reunion speed dating

[-] cattywampas@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago
[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

LOL, what paywall? If I hit one, I either prefix it with unwall.app/ or right click and have it search archives... https://archive.ph/st1UJ

I guess actually trying to use the 'net kinda sucks on things like ios (and I don't use Android much, but I think the range of browsers and their features there tend to be better), but on the desktop, paywall is not that much of a thing, except for maybe a handful of places, like maybe substack.

[-] X@piefed.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I either prefix it with unwall.app/

Well isn’t that handy as shit. On iOS I’m frequently able to circumvent paywalls with Safari’s “hide distracting items”, and others with adblockers, but there are some exceptions that this seems to work well for. Thanks for sharing that tip!

[-] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

TIL about unwall.app

[-] bridgeburner@lemmy.world 15 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah midterms are gonne be rigged then

[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 8 points 2 weeks ago

Save GOP? They won. Liberal propaganda to get you to calm down and think things are gonna get better soon.

[-] jobbies@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago

Given the cyclical nature of American politics and the fact tromp isn't running again means its likely the democrats will win the next election.

[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 5 points 2 weeks ago

You think Trump isn’t going to run again—or try to?

The next President will be a Republican because democrats have nothing to offer. The best case scenario is a pause to the free fall. But no backing up.

My bet is on Bovino if Trump doesn’t wiggle his way into a third term. If he gets elected, he’s gonna kill a lot of people.

[-] jobbies@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

You think Trump isn’t going to run again—or try to?

Even if he was allowed to run he'd need the backing of the GOP and the money boys. GOP knows he's old, failing and unpopular. Donors will have realised he can't be controlled and for many reasons it would be throwing good money after bad. I just don't see it.

The next President will be a Republican because democrats have nothing to offer

At this rate would they have to offer anything?

My bet is on Bovino

As a candidate maybe, but the man is a joke. How you rally people around that? Plus you're gonna have half the cabinet scrapping it out for the nomination. It'll be Vance, Rubio, or maybe Hegseth on the ticket. And they're all problematic.

[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 2 points 2 weeks ago

How are they going to rally people around something worse than Trump? They love Trump. They want Trump on crack. 30% of the country. They’re gonna vote.

The US is done for.

And, I think Bovino is the “perfect” GOP candidate after Trump. Absolutely gonna slaughter people in the street (more so than now). The GOP is salivating.

[-] BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Trump may try to run, but it won't happen. Even if a corrupt SCOTUS allowed it, some states would for sure fight that since elections are state level, and he doesn't have the support required to win the general. He'd get his fanatics, but even many staunch conservatives are fed up with his shit. I think him being the top candidate in the general would create apathy amongst Republican voters enough that he wouldn't win a swing state at the same time bolstering the opposition vote.

Dems have to put up someone not named Harris or Newsome and they'll have a chance to get people to the polls for something instead of against something. With the way progressive candidates have succeeded in the past couple of weeks, there are signs of possible change. I don't believe we're there yet, but it's better than the same shit again.

Also, Bovino has no support other than the extreme cases. He doesn't have whatever that charisma is that Trump has, and he's pissed off everyone. Him getting the nom would be great for democrats.

[-] BigMacHole@thelemmy.club 8 points 2 weeks ago

Have the GOP tried Politely asking the DEMOCRAT MACHINE to Help them Win? THATS been a GREAT Strategy so Far!

[-] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Sadly, there's dozens of millions of those.

[-] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago

Lucky them, we're crawling with low information people and making more every day.

[-] moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago

He’s right in that lower information voters are voters too and need a party that represents them.

He’s wrong in the implied solution that lying to low information voters and screwing them over is the best way to serve them.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

There is no such thing as a "low information" voter. Someone who votes because Mars in retrograde is just as legitimate as the vote cast by the head of the dep. of Political Science. The idea that some votes are more legitimate or should count more (or at all), is authoritarianism and anti-democracy.

[-] ericatty@infosec.pub 10 points 2 weeks ago

Low information doesn't mean low value or less value. It just means they are voting without knowing what they are actually for and how it will affect them. For whatever reasons that may be.

Low information voters are incredibly valuable if you can get them to vote "your way"

There very much are many low information voters of all stripes, on both sides or thinking they are centrist.

And they are very, very valuable if you can get them to vote or not vote through throwing out distractions. While their participation or lack of lets your guy win.

[-] yesman@lemmy.world 0 points 2 weeks ago

There is no such thing as a "low information" voter. Someone who votes because Mars in retrograde is just as legitimate as the vote cast by the head of the dep. of Political Science. The idea that some votes are more legitimate or should count more (or at all), is authoritarianism and anti-democracy.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, we know that their low information vote counts just as much as someone that is informed.

It doesn't mean that they don't exist, though. I'm running across low info voters all the time IRL.

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