“Real Gs move in silence like lasagna” - 6’7’, Lil Wayne

Not sure if that’s what they’re referencing though.

Mike Gallagher from Wisconsin also dipping

A good ol fashioned French protest is really the only way to get through to those assholes.

Can we GoFundMe a private investigator?

He’s absolutely right. To people paying attention the Democracy message probably resonates. Most people aren’t paying that close of attention. They’ve been failed by the system we have set up. You just aren’t going to get the results you want if your message to people who have been failed by the system is “save the system!”

Where have I said we shouldn’t demand more from Biden and the Democrats? I would argue the opposite. Biden didn’t get my vote in the primary. My claim is that voting against the Democrats in the general election does not get you more from the Democrats, it enables the party trying to make our lives significantly worse.

You can criticize the party while still voting for them when the alternative is a party bent on ending democracy. You can also primary all the candidates that don’t represent your values. I would encourage it. I don’t understand why it’s so difficult to acknowledge Democrats both need to improve the party AND win every election against every GOP candidate possible.

You want to enlighten me then? Please explain how we benefit from Trump winning the general election. That’s the direct result of Joe Biden receiving less votes. How specifically do we benefit? There’s only 2 possible results in November, why do you favor the result you favor?

It’s not true. Voting isn’t a moral calculation, it’s a strategic one. I absolutely agree that the onus is on Biden to bring people into the tent, but anyone that isn’t going to vote for him because “he hasn’t done enough” or “both sides are the same” (which are objectively untrue) is making a poor strategic decision that is against their own interests and supporting Conservatives. People should understand that. They should understand why their protest vote in a general election isn’t a protest vote and how it damages their own cause.

Take the golf courses first, I think that would piss him off the most.

Alright someone text his neighbor, he knows how to deal with Rand Paul.

I don’t like Biden. That being said, he’s definitely exceeded my admittedly low expectations. The fact that he’s been able to get ANYTHING done with the GOP controlling the house and the barest majority possible in the Senate is impressive. I think he’s easier to push left than I expected and has generally surrounded himself with reasonable people. Having to compare Biden to Trump is absurd. There’s nothing that comes close to making Biden a worse choice.

I mean, I’d personally be pretty excited to not have to put my head in a gas stove when the odds are 50/50.

Oh I’m not saying every article/comment needs to be about solutions at all. That would be ridiculous and wholly stupid, I agree. But someone posting negative articles and comments about the Democrats all day long and acting like theyre doing it out of concern is absurd (so is the “you guys take all the positive ones so that’s all that’s left over” thing). It’s doing nothing but creating more apathy and depressing engagement. It’s a very clear pattern with obvious results so I don’t see how it isn’t a conscious effort.

So where’s that $400 million in cash you claimed to have in a deposition, under oath? Not willing to put up your own cash or did someone committ a little extra perjury?

What’s really unfortunate for him is that he claimed in depositions that he had $400 million cash on hand. So either he does have the cash or he committed perjury.

Because you don’t offer any solutions. Saying “Democrats bad” does absolutely nothing to further the conversation or help steer them in the right direction. If something is dire enough to require all these “warnings” then it should be paired with actions people can take to improve the situation. It is not difficult to say “Democrats bad, Republicans are worse, here’s how we fix it”. If you don’t feel those extra steps are necessary I would argue your concern isn’t very genuine.

Yes there are people in the party that don’t support progressive change. All I’m saying is get rid of those assholes. It seems like you’re saying the entire party falls in that bucket or that everyone is taking turns killing progressive legislation. I don’t see any evidence of that. They have not had the votes to do the things we want. Manchin/Sinema isn’t a surprise hurdle, we’ve known they weren’t going to vote to remove the filibuster. Moderates blocking stuff isn’t new, it’s been a hurdle with every single bit of progress we’ve ever achieved.

The solution is to get more seats filled with progressives and make it so we don’t need to rely on their votes (or any moderate Democrat). Your rhetoric seems to imply that project is pointless and drives people away from putting in the necessary groundwork to enact real change. That’s all I’m saying. If you have a better solution I’m all ears.

I play MTG so I’m technically a sorcerer?

I’m a Booster Gold man myself.

How exactly do Democrats pass legislation when we elect people to block said legislation? They literally do not have the legislative power to pass the stuff you’re claiming they secretly oppose. The solution here is to get rid of the assholes. The majority of Democrats don’t fall in that category.