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“There is a strong sense by many in the Democrat Party - namely Barack Hussein Obama - that Kamala Harris is a Marxist fraud who cannot beat President Trump, and they are still holding out for someone ‘better.’ Therefore, it would be inappropriate to schedule things with Harris because Democrats very well could still change their minds,” the statement said.

This is a statement from a presidential campaign.

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The quote should be put with spoiler tags and a surgeon general’s warning that reading the contents has been shown to lower your IQ by at least four percentage points, and prolonged exposure to even seeing the words on the screen could cause permanent brain damage.

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66 points

It’s okay I already have permanent brain damage, I can translate for everyone.

It says,

Donald Trump is tired of changing his pants every time someone mentions debating Harris, so we respectfully decline.

Thank you,

Your future inmate president.

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34 points

Implying Trump changes when he shits himself is far too generous. People literally say he smells of shit.

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25 points

This quote goes in the square hole.

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9 points

Little late now, now all I want is a truck at 37%, Trump president and strangely threatened by accomplished women.

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8 points

Yeah it says “remember that old racist dog whistle we used to use with the previous minority president? Let’s try that again, but throw in a little McCarthyism.”

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87 points

am I reading this right? Republicans are saying that Obama thinks Kamala Harris is too Marxist to beat Trump?

what, and I cannot stress this enough:

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What if she started roasting things. Completely breaking down the things they say in front of a whiteboard. I want that to be her entire campaign just… Letting them talk and then talk about it

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9 points

I get the strategic value, but I’d rather she run on actual policies that help people.

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12 points

Because what it says literally doesn’t matter, it’s just a perfectly crafted stew of buzzwords to stroke the right. We have to stop reading this shit as normal language and start understanding the code they use. It’s just about saying Obama, in their eyes an evil black muslim terrorist (hence HUSSEIN), still holds sway over the democrats, meaning the institution as a whole is infected with his evil muslim blackness, and is acknowledging Marxism, the big bad enemy of good Christian values, in a way that simultaneously aligns it with party ideology AND presents Kamala as an even-greater looming threat. This isn’t nonsense word salad, it’s meticulously crafted fearmongering to the ignorant party base whose lack of literacy they have cultivated by design.

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53 points

Their campaign is literally saying shit that I would normally expect to hear from the mouths of 3rd world dictators. The GOP is now conspiracy theory bullshit from stem to stern.

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15 points

Well, yeah

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49 points

Cocaine induced circle jerk

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Removed by mod
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42 points

It’s wild how frequently they just… make shit up and say it like it’s factual.

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Yeah I was just trying to imagine living that way, so bizarre… Nothing is concrete and reality can be anything.

Well, not anything… Only the things that the fake billionaire reality TV personality (who was unironically the basis for every movie and cartoon villain throughout the 90s), tells me. Because that’s a totally rational way to behave.

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26 points

Barack Hussein Obama

Gotta get his middle name in there

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19 points

Without birtherism Trump never runs in 2016.

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7 points

Without Obama making fun of him at a correspondents dinner…

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I said this in deeper reply, but I think it bears repeating, so I’m quoting myself here:

Because what it says literally doesn’t matter, it’s just a perfectly crafted stew of buzzwords to stroke the right. We have to stop reading this shit as normal language and start understanding the code they use. It’s just about saying Obama, in their eyes an evil black muslim terrorist (hence HUSSEIN), still holds sway over the democrats, meaning the institution as a whole is infected with his evil muslim blackness, and is acknowledging Marxism, the big bad enemy of good Christian values, in a way that simultaneously aligns it with party ideology AND presents Kamala as an even-greater looming threat. This isn’t nonsense word salad, it’s meticulously crafted fearmongering to the ignorant party base whose lack of literacy they have cultivated by design.

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I made a similar comment above.

You missed the attempt at a subtle dig at the Democratic party by calling them “the Democrat party” (https://www.factcheck.org/2007/12/the-democratic-or-democrat-party/ )

They love to see shit like this because when they see those (fucking stupid) terms used, they get to feel like they have some kind of secret, inside knowledge. For a brief moment, they get to forget that they’ve alienated all of their friends and their entire family over this, and get to feel like they’re part of something.

But only for a brief moment… As a single tear drops into his Healthy Choice frozen microwave dinner and he turns on Duck Dynasty.

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You missed the attempt at a subtle dig at the Democratic party by calling them “the Democrat party” (https://www.factcheck.org/2007/12/the-democratic-or-democrat-party/ )

Wow, yep, that one is new to me; thank you for educating me!. God these people and their doublespeak are exhausting.

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It’s not for us. It’s for his minions. Part of the conservative bubble.

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21 points

It’s not even a good excuse because even if they did change their minds, he could still attempt to debate whoever it is on the scheduled date.

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Obama’s forthcoming speech endorsing Harris will be worth watching I think

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8 points

I hope there’s a forthcoming lawsuit against the Trump campaign, because I am very, very sure that Obama is not on record publicly nor privately saying Kamala Harris is a “Marxist fraud.”

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Obama will take the high road. A lawsuit would just make him martyr and give some semblance of evidence to the radical left trying to silence him and his right to free speech like the gag order. Obama really has nothing to gain but a lot to lose. He’s more coy than that based on his prior actions. I suspect that he’ll sit on that for awhile, give it its time in the media to get as widespread attention as it can, then release a statement enthusiastically endorsing her while citing her policy and character.

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10 points

“there are many” - continues to name one.

Yeah yeah sorry! I know I tried to search for logic in a statement from that guy…!

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7 points

Ha ha “many” followed by one guy.

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6 points

I’m sorry what?

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This just feels like a shitpost

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3 points

James Donald Bowman

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3 points

In the strictest technical sense.

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Interesting that they are still today apparently served by mentioning Obama’s middle name.

Whenever I see Obama referred to by his full name, I instantly know that the author is pushing manipulative islamaphobic dog-whistle propaganda and everything else by such authors automatically has zero credibility, lacks substance, and the drivel is a waste of time to finish reading. I wonder if that manipulation attempt is still largely unknown, or if the rt-wing nut jobs are really just out of touch with the pursuadables they are trying to reach and thus shooting themselves in the foot.

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Trumpism at its “finest”. Still, Obama’s call for an open convention does open exactly this kind of attack. I’ve certainly BIPOC talk about it as a typically “not really culturally BIPOC” move from Obama that betrays his predominantly white cultural upbringing. Sometimes unity is better than whatever else you have in mind.

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42 points

… Did you just suggest that Obama isn’t “black enough?”

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So, what you’d say if I’m literally just echoing what I’ve seen other BIPOC people say?

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-49 points

He’s half African and was raised by his white mother and grandparents. He’s not really culturally ADOS (African descendant of slaves).

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5 points

Reporting has been he will endorse her relatively soon, now that it’s clear she has the votes to win.

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1 point

Oh I’m sure. Still seems like he missed the cue that everyone else hit on time.

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243 points

Brave Sir Donald ran away.

Bravely ran away away.

When danger reared it’s ugly head,

He bravely turned his tail and fled.

Yes, brave Sir Donald turned about

And gallantly he chickened out.

Gingerly taking to his feet,

He beat a very brave retreat.

Bravest of the brave, Sir Donald!

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9 points

Brave Sir Donald, indeed.

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3 points

Should have replaced “danger reared its ugly head” with. “logic needed to be said”

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1 point

Sir?

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36 points

You…

You get the joke, right?

I’d say in this very specific context, it’s appropriate.

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25 points

I think its Monty Python but not 100%

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144 points

If it was any other, normal country, the debate schedule would not be based on whether someone wants to show up or not.

If a canditate doesn’t show up, the other candidate gets to talk about their campaign.

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46 points

The US is bizarro world in so many aspects. Political Supreme Court appointees that are appointed for life (!), two party system, the electoral college, the absurdly long election cycles…

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The fact that the first lady does speeches and the presidents family is in the spotlight at all. (Rather dynastic for a democracy)

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The fact that our election is held on one day and that day happens to be a Tuesday. 😡

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4 points

Come on now we can’t have the poors voting now can we??

How are we supposed to keep our stranglehold on wealth the country if we allowed the poors to have their say!?

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Political Supreme Court appointees that are appointed for life (!),

Judges are appointed for life, so they can be impartial and don’t need to worry about who won’t hire them after their term ends if they made unfavorable decisions.

the absurdly long election cycles…

4 years is absurdly long to you? Getting things done in politics takes time. How long should the cycle be in your opinion?

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The “political” before “Supreme Court apointees” implies a lack of impartiality.

“Election cycle” and “term of office” aren’t synonymous.

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Judges are appointed for life, so they can be impartial and don’t need to worry about who won’t hire them after their term ends if they made unfavorable decisions.

Brother I’m not talking about letting the new president fire them at will, I’m talking about term limits and retirement ages.

4 years is absurdly long to you?

This one is maybe on me since my word choice was possibly ambiguous, but I was referring to the campaign cycle - not the length of the term.

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The US supreme court judges are appointed by politicians: They are political appointees. In a lot of other countries supreme court judges are selected by a non-political committee, like every other non-political appointee.

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14 points

In a normal country an insurrectionist and rapist would not be a candidate, let alone in the top two. We are already well beyond rational thinking about any of this.

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140 points

Trump is a PUSSY

BOK BOK BOK 🐓🍗🐔

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He’s such a giant pussy that he can’t debate Harris because he’ll be furiously grabbing himself for the foreseeable future.

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25 points

What a terrible day to be literate

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10 points

When he gets taken to the police car he’ll cry “when she’s president, she’ll let me do it”

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17 points

Pussies are wonderful though. Trump is a humorless clown.

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12 points

Clowns are wonderful though. He is a decroded piece of crap.

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5 points

I didn’t really like Napoleon Dynamite all that much. But I like the quote.

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6 points

It’s meow meow meow.

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4 points

🐔 🐔 🐔 🐔 🐔 🐔

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a felon running away from a prosecutor

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Why did trump cross the road?

To get away from the prosecutor.

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17 points

that works really well because he just proved he is a chicken

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