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[-] elpaso@hexbear.net 6 points 3 hours ago

just don't care about being nice anymore

Yeah because scolding the shit out of people to vote for your party with ass ideas helps convince people to vote for you. It's like a child having a temper tantrum because they didn't get their present. They will do ANYTHING but attempt policies that actually help people.

People don't interact with politicians, they interact with their supporters. Acting like an ass convinces no one to vote for you.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 15 points 4 hours ago

this election season, cast your vote for Phillips or Flathead

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 10 points 4 hours ago

"The teleprompter guy is worried but I gotta say something else. New thing because today is my inauguration for the second time on tv. It should be the third time but only second time on tv. Now - new branding. Much better. No more elephant. Republican symbol is the Flathead. The Flathead - strong and powerful. Best. The Phillips bad. Designed by Bad Holland Communists to break and destroy America like the democrats. They wanna screw you. They do. They do..."

[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 14 points 5 hours ago

If you can't personally eyeball the entire electorate, it doesn't count

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 3 points 5 hours ago

Rainman starts counting a visual representation of the vote where each vote is a toothpick. He begins counting Kamala's 74,563,603 votes but he suddenly stops at 8,713 and he starts yelling - "TOO MANY! TOO MANY! NO NO! UNDERWEAR ON THE HIGHWAY..."

[-] screaminginvoid@hexbear.net 8 points 5 hours ago

If screws could vote, and libs weren't a joke, then every day would be democracy day.

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 10 points 5 hours ago

I see both Trump and Harris both have some screws loose.

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 9 points 6 hours ago
[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 24 points 7 hours ago

Harris may have 8 of the 13 keys, but she only has 48 of the 99 screws

[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 9 points 5 hours ago

That's why Kamala is my Shoe-In of the Week!

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 25 points 7 hours ago

I forgot all about that guy and his keys! I googled.

'I admit I was wrong': Allan Lichtman explains why his election prediction failed

  • Lichtman attributed the inaccurate prediction to factors like disdain for the Biden administration and Harris' late campaign start.

  • Despite the miss, Lichtman stands by his "13 Keys to the White House" system, emphasizing its long-term accuracy.

  • He also criticized Nate Silver's polling-based prediction model, suggesting it relied heavily on chance.

Buy my book! It will help you predict a coin flip. Perhaps wrongly but still...!

This made me laugh.

"I don't think I called any (keys) wrong," Lichtman said. "The contest key was rendered problematic by what went on by the Democratic Party but I don't think you can say I called it wrong except for in retrospect. At the time it was the more reasonable call."

I'm stealing "render problematic" and "[My logic was not wrong]" and "I don't think you can say I called it wrong except [in] retrospect".

[-] Thallo@hexbear.net 8 points 5 hours ago

I was right until you proved me wrong

[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 20 points 7 hours ago

They keys did not fail, America failed the keys.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 14 points 6 hours ago

Look, the keys are still good and it's the locks that are wrong - if your spouse throws you out of the house and changes the locks because America is shacking up with Trump.

[-] miz@hexbear.net 5 points 5 hours ago

he'll NEVER make her happy!

[-] barrbaric@hexbear.net 14 points 7 hours ago

Hey, it worked for Reagan:

My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true. But the facts and evidence tell me it is not

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 10 points 5 hours ago

One of the most brazen things I ever heard. It is mind blowing that he weathered that scandal while his brain was turning into cheese

[-] Homer_Simpson@hexbear.net 19 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Well you see technically you're only allowed to use the term landslide if you're in the champagne region of France smug-explain

[-] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 49 points 9 hours ago

Wow this election really broke libs' brains, huh?

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 15 points 7 hours ago

They were already broken. Its 1984 except 2016

[-] AmericaDeserved711@hexbear.net 21 points 8 hours ago

that assumes their brains were in proper working order to begin with

[-] miz@hexbear.net 19 points 8 hours ago

babby's first political economy

[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 47 points 9 hours ago

then consider like half the people who could vote didn't for either. and that doesnt count the people excluded from voting, and you might start to realize you two Red Team vs. Blue Team are in the minority squabbling over petty distinctions without a material difference.

so who has the numbers? the people who find you both pointless.

[-] CantaloupeAss@hexbear.net 19 points 7 hours ago

"Nobody" won in a landslide with like 90 million votes

[-] x87_floatingpoint@hexbear.net 67 points 10 hours ago

We are many, we are angry and we are right

Then do something? All the lib officials have surrendered and say they'll peacefully hand over the power. What does this guy want to do now, Jan 6 reenactment but lib? That would have my support TBH, let them fight sit-back-and-enjoy

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 40 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

They are doing something. They're crying and moaning on Twitter while they wait in the drive though for their Starbucks! What more could you ask of them!

[-] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 31 points 9 hours ago

A lot of people call liberals complascent but they're anything except complacent! They're ready to vote right now if they could!

[-] AmericaDeserved711@hexbear.net 33 points 10 hours ago

They're crying and moaning on Twitter

that's where you're wrong, pal. they are crying and moaning on Bluesky

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 32 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Then do something?

I just realized that post-election - I haven't seen a single Bluesky post about any nuts-and-bolts efforts on stuff like voter outreach or voter registration. The libs entire worldview is ya gotta Vote(!) and then after the election - email your congresspeople to "keep the pressure on". It's going to be pretty funny when DC libs start strategically doing their norm of compromising in advance and doing nothing of importance to throw sand in the gears. And no amount of email is going to change that.

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Ninja edit

Hell, libs could even post about improving reading comprehension and literacy to serve as a bulwark for democracy. The average American reads at a sixth grade level. But libs would rather repost something from The Bulwark which is a right-wing concern troll site co-created by Bill Fucking Kristol.

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 19 points 7 hours ago

My mom is a fucking Turbo Lib and whenever I bring up something that could throw Trump in prison and remove him from office, her response is "That's not the proper procedure," or "We can't resort to violence," or whatever reason she can think of for Democrats to do nothing.

MLK didn't miss with Letter from a Birmingham Jail.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 12 points 7 hours ago

"That's not the proper procedure,"

Libs can really go off the deep end about procedure. It's so sad. Self-aggrandizement link - this my comment - https://hexbear.net/comment/5666718

ta;dc (too annoying; didn't click) - The Bluesky OP says...

Donald Trump cannot take any oath of office until he is granted amnesty for breaking the last one he swore. That’s just straight up in the Constitution. 2/3 of each House.

And they are full BlueAnon. They're going to post about this every day.

I’m going to be reposting my thread about Trump and Section 3 amnesty every day with quotes, evidence, and a call to action everyday because it is that important...

[-] roux@hexbear.net 40 points 9 hours ago

You know what, maybe my writing doesn't suck all that much.

But really, what the fuck analogy is this? "You think we are screwed? Well, have you considered screw sizes? Didn't think so..."

[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 6 points 4 hours ago

kind of looks like everyone gets screwed no matter what pile they're in!

[-] grandepequeno@hexbear.net 10 points 7 hours ago

Did he just not have beans in the house? This clearly should've been done with beans

[-] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 32 points 10 hours ago

Heh, sounds like Kamala

fidel-cool

Got screwed this election

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 35 points 10 hours ago

Now show the pile that didn't participate in this farce.

[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 23 points 10 hours ago

Bluesky libs have a "He didn't get 50%!" fetish. I wish Trump was holding steady at 50.1% so the libs would finally shut up about this.

Usually usually they do screengrabs of this page. - https://www.cookpolitical.com/vote-tracker/2024/electoral-college - current stats...

Trump: 49.86%
Harris: 48.26%

[-] Hexboare@hexbear.net 16 points 8 hours ago

JFK got and 49.72% and Nixon got 49.55% on 1960

Meanwhile Clinton won on 43.0% in 1992

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 17 points 9 hours ago

'Oh so Harris' number is still smaller, got it'

[-] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 17 points 10 hours ago
[-] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee -3 points 5 hours ago

I'll never understand why y'all are so pro Trump

[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 16 points 4 hours ago

because this is a republican web site. we like small business owners, hamburgers, and killing muslims, and abusing our kids. obviously.

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 10 points 4 hours ago
[-] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 13 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

soypoint-1 thicc-trumpsoypoint-2

We like that

[-] EpicKebabEater@hexbear.net 3 points 3 hours ago

People coming here to say this don't seem to understand we hate both candidates, vast majority of American politicians and the entire American political system.

I am personally not in the West and the identity of the president affects nothing here. I do know trans people in America and I was hoping Kamala would win, even if I was too disgusted by her stance on Palestine, until I learned her actions as a prosecutor and "we should follow the law" statement on trans people, showing she would not be a hardliner on trans issues. That was the one advantage she might've had over Trump.

It is because the candidates are both hateworthy and ghoulish that it's funny to laugh at people who are convinced one of them is morally pure or advantageous for the average person. We also had a few laughs at chuds who thought Trump was anti-war.

tl;dr Trump indeed bad. The issue isn't that Trump good but that acting like Trump is the worst person in American politics or a root cause of the current problems is rather bizarre.

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