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[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 38 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I keep thinking about that guy that had to shutter his political career because of one awkward yell at a campaign rally. Or Al Franken. How did we get from there to here?

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago

Don't forget Al "I invented the Internet" Gore. What actually happened was: Al Gore as a young senator was shown ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet. He then wrote the High Performance Computing Act of 1991 which led to the creation of the Internet as we know it today. During the 2000 presidential election cycle, he gave an interview in which he stated that he "took the initiative in creating the Internet" -- a perfectly reasonable claim that went unremarked upon at the time. Months later, Bush advisor Karl Rove dug up the interview and orchestrated a smear campaign through which Gore was supposed to have claimed to have "invented the Internet" and the rest is history.

Democrats do not sabotage their careers by yelling weirdly or being photographed with their tiny heads sticking out of tanks. They are assassinated (just politically, usually) by a savage and ruthless enemy.

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Imagine being 18 years old and this kind of insanity is all you’ve ever known.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 points 20 hours ago

My heart breaks for Zoomers and younger.

[–] Aeao@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

AND WERE GOONG TO WHITE HOUSE ! HEYAAH

Fucking classic

Honestly I’d give my left testicle to even have John McCain back in office. I didn’t like that guy but atleast when he talked about Obama he said something like “no he’s not a Muslim and he’s not going to ruin the country. He’s a fine man we just disagree “

Or something like that.

I’d trade trump for McCain right now if it was an option.

So I agree WTF happened to politics! They aren’t even trying to be shady anymore.

We know the government doesn’t have aliens now atleast because trump would have announced it, say he found them, and name the species after himself.

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Trump told a lot of stupid, hateful people that their bigotry and ignorance weren't merely justified, they were righteous in their beliefs

He told them that their hatred made them better than the people they fear

He promised them that he would hurt the people they dislike, and they're hoping that they'll get to hurt them too

And too many people in the US are stupid, ignorant, afraid and full of hatred

It was a different time back then.