And so... It begins.
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I like to think this is what they used to convince him to step down.
the reboot of XENA WARRIOR PRINCESS* we all wanted to see.
*Mary Walsh letting out an evil "I told you so" kackle
Not American, but “less worse than the other guy,” doesn’t seem like a winning argument to me.
This is how FPTP elections work, unfortunately, and this will always be the case unless we switch to parliamentary system elected by proportional voting.
Nah, Poland have that and we still get two ghouls plus some plankton every election. This will always be the case unless we switch to socialism.
Seems like that argument has won thousands of elections all over the world. This guy "less worse" seems very popular and speaks a crazy amount of languages.
How?
I'm in NZ, we have a whole bunch of politicians to choose from, and it always comes down to who is the least likely to fuck things up beyond repair. It is not often that an objectively good candidate, everyone has their flaws.
In this example the question is not is Harris an objectively good candidate, but is she objectively better than Trump?
In my opinion yes, yes she is! Trump is the worst, the way he has emboldened the far right world wide is truly terrible.
The US has a lower voter turnout than New Zealand (significantly so until recent elections) and holds its elections on a Tuesday as opposed to a Saturday. Despite both countries having non-compulsory voting, there is a greater amount of friction for a potential voter in the US so if the choice is between a bad candidate and a less bad candidate then for many the inconvenience of voting will outweigh any desire to see the less bad candidate win.
Sheesh. Don’t let the Americans know that hitler is an option
2024 election results: Harris sweeps the nation after MAGA vote split due to rumours they could vote in actual Hitler instead of his imitator who couldn't even properly burn down his own capital building.
did you buy a lottery ticket yet?
In US politics today, the main strike against Hitler would be that he was not a naturally born a US citizen.
Had he been born in Kentucky, he may have been able to unseat Trump. He would almost certainly be the front-runner vs Biden or Harris.
Well then, good news!
edit: this was originally in reply to a now-deleted comment about some challenges in changing the nominee, which would be resolved if Biden stepped down.
lol, yeah.
Put us in the c/agedlikemilk screenshot!
Is it not still accurate?
trump is pretty braindead at this point. I'm pretty sure if he was beheaded he would keep talking for several days but wouldn't make any less sense
Ah, but he's the antichrist and will bring in the apocalypse.
My death cult demands it and I'll be damned if I don't get Raptured!
Trump only raptures you if you're under 14
Ewwww
Thank you for showing me how simple and shallow the American mind is..
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