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Democratic Leaders Stand Real Still In Hopes No One Notices Them (theonion.com)

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[–] lemminator@lemmy.today 12 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

They offered a genocidist, who campaigned with the Cheneys. Maybe next time, the Democrats could offer a candidate that the people actually want.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I liked Kamala Harris. But getting the Cheneys on her side made me wonder if we were the baddies.

[–] lemminator@lemmy.today 2 points 15 hours ago

I'm not a Democrat, so take this with a grain of salt: I think the Democratic leadership are indeed the baddies (just like the Republican leadership). I think most Democratic voters are well-intentioned people, who've been suckered into beliving the lies leadership.

It's OK to be suckered in. I've been suckered into a lot of things. To broadly paraphrase: The best time to realize you've been suckered is yesterday. The next best time to realize is today.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world -3 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

What the people wanted:

an elitist 34-time felon who victimized women, who tried quid-pro-quo for aid relief, incited insurrection and then pardoned people collectively guilty of terrorism and felony murder, stole and hid secret documents, and engaged in keystone conspiracy to avoid prosecution and return of those docs

Better than that genocidist bitch!

"You can have an American cheese sandwich with mayo or eat literal shit and elect a fascist. What doncha want?"

^This asshole: I wasn't given a solid choice!

[–] lemminator@lemmy.today -1 points 16 hours ago

I'm not sure most people did want Trump. His approval rating is terrible, and the majority of people didn't vote for him.

I think a better analogy would be: Do you want a shit-sandwich, or a shit-sandwich with rainbow sprinkles.

Are the rainbow sprinkles better? I guess yeah, techinically. But I'm still not eating the sandwich. Maybe next time, the Democrats should leave the shit out of the sandwhich.