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[–] style99@lemm.ee 174 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Kamala should really be doing much better going against a despicable convicted rapist and a couch fucker.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 143 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

She will be.

I'm increasingly confident about a blue wave this election. First multiracial female president in a time when bodily autonomy is under attack.

And that's all without taking into account who and what she is running against.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 86 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Don’t get overconfident. Remember to vote!

[–] Signtist@lemm.ee 32 points 3 months ago

Can't have a blue wave without a blue vote.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Remind yourself that overconfidence is a slow and insidious killer.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I was told fear is the little death that will bring total obliteration and so far that seems to be holding true.

[–] lemmylommy@lemmy.world 68 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Biden should have done better. Anyone who is not a rapist felon should be doing better.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 63 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's insane how much of politics comes down to ~vibes~. Yeah Biden was too old, but I still can't fathom how many were ready to let Trump win just because voting for a tired grandpa "didn't feel good".

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

America is increasingly an aesthetic country IMO.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

America is increasingly an ignorant country IMO. Probably because half of our politicians are actively trying to dismantle public education.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The exasperating part is that the aesthetics of a hellscape running under the thumb of these radically right wing creeps and weirdoes will some of the very worst...

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Yes, I'm partially referring to the dichotomy Kierkegaard lays out in Either/Or between an aesthetic life and an ethical one. It's clear to me that we discarded the possibility of ethics a few decades ago.

But then I'm also referring to what you're talking about and I totally agree that the fascist aesthetics are terrible as well.

However, they're also increasingly popular for some reason...cars that look like they'll be used exclusively for transport to a black site, hideous people deforming themselves with clownish cosmetic procedures, every iteration of an American flag except the regular one, the fucking cyber truck...there are more examples...fucking ick.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Well it always comes down to the margins.

Most voters just always vote the same way because it's how their parents voted. Sad, but true. Then you have a band of voters that actually will vote based on the party platforms and the track record of who's running. But all of these voters are easy to predict, set the platform accordingly and you know how many votes to expect. And that's not a bad thing if an issue is important to voters and the politicians know this and can get those votes by promising to do something about it and have a fairly good track record on fulfilling their promises, everything goes smoothly.

But then you're left with a small percentage of people who will vote based on who they'd like to have a beer with, which one is more handsome, which one reminds them of one of their relatives or whatever.

It comes down to the margins, and the margins are random as fuck.

[–] USSMojave@startrek.website 23 points 3 months ago

Since her campaign is only a week old, it will take some time for polling to catch up, but hopefully not much longer 🤞

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a 1970s small venue wrestling tag team

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but the side kick keeps hitting the opponent with couch cushions instead of steel chairs and that's not very effective.

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

that's not very effective

Speak for yourself 💎💎🤤

[–] MTK@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Don't forget about the whole "probably a pedophile who wanted to fuck his daughter since she was a child"

[–] x4740N@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm just curious but where did the couch fucker thing come from because I saw memes of it on lemmy but don't know where it came from

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Apparently Trump's vp pick has a book where he discussed sex with furniture.

[–] LittleBorat2@lemmy.ml -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The rapist is pretty much confirmed but I doubt that someone ever fucked a couch. Not even I fucked a couch, so I am sceptical.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, the couch-fucking is a bogus story. You don't need to make up embarrassing shit about JD Vance. There's plenty of it that's true. And there will be more coming out as the campaign progresses.