rolling “Trump is gonna win” containment thread

yeah this codpiece slander is not welcome here

Trump Promises Vivek An Administration Position Running The White House 7-Eleven https://t.co/1cYOX4IWUx pic.twitter.com/SojL5OZDAj

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) January 16, 2024

gosh you just hate to see stuff like this

Painfully unfunny

Babylon Bee makes Borowitz look like Richard Pryor

Babylon Bee is a right-wing version of The Onion if any of you didn't know it already

right-wing and racist, it would seem

the people who don't know the Bee is satire are usually conservatives, cos their satire style has no flair or subtlety whatsoever, and these people are really dumb.

there was this unhinged older lady named Li$a who used to do some of the Follies shows at the local community theatre and she had some of the worst brainworms and was often getting in arguments with other theatre people about politics online. one day she pulled out a Babylon Bee article as evidence that she was right, and I pointed out that it was a satire site, and she said "oh bullshit, who are YOU, Neanderthal, to tell me this is satire? who says?". I said "literally the front page of the website says". she kept insisting that it was not satire even after having that pointed out.

didn't elon buy twitter in part bc he was outraged that the babylon bee had been banned?

another brilliant business decision

Babylon Bee is a right-wing version of The Onion if any of you didn't know it already

― Dan S, Tuesday, January 16, 2024 8:09 PM (forty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

right-wing and racist, it would seem

― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, January 16, 2024 8:10 PM (forty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I think we all know this. what makes it funny is vivek getting racisted by the racists he tried so hard to court

idk

cc Bobby Jindal

Who, tbf, is a wretched human being

it’s a lot funnier w/ vivek for obvious reasons

what makes it funny is vivek getting racisted by the racists he tried so hard to court

definitely not

Amanda Marcotte on the evangelicals that went big for Trump in Iowa.

"Landslide" is hyperbolic considering low turnout and just breaking 50% which is the bare minimum for the almighty orange Jesus.

Talking of evangelicals I was listening to an interview with Tim Alberta who has wrote a book on evangelical voters in the Trump era from the perspective of someone who was brought up in that community and was the son of a preacher man, ooh yes he was. He's a really neat and considered speaker though, without knowing anything about his politics which may be dreadful idk.

idk what conclusions you can draw from this, I mean for one none of the other candidates are serious people, none of them are willing to attack him for his many many weaknesses, none of them are even willing to acknowledge that he's a criminal, every one of them said unequivocally they would pardon him, the only reason they are still running is in case he dies or actually does go to prison

They're not just unserious, they are profoundly dishonest, toadies and lickspittles feigning the pose of challenger while also feigning the role of Trump supporter. Humiliating for them all, and ridiculous for the GOP. What future does it have, post-Trump?

Who cares? Fuck'em.

Not much of one at all, which may help explain why they are still somehow rallying around this piece of garbage. Pushing all their chips in the space marked, "get Trump to win and let him knock down the remaining pillars of democracy for us".

Chris Christie tried the approach of actually attacking Trump. It didn’t work out for him. Maybe a flawed messenger.

i learned from clicking through that Amanda Marcotte piece about the cravenness of Iowa evangelicals that Adam Kinzinger said _rump literally smells like a butt and frankly, I enjoyed that. There's no way he smells anything but terrible.

idk why i clicked on this thread but part of it was because the press was being extremely hyperbolic about the overwhelmingness of this win. 51% is not a landslide.

Yup. And 31% of Republicans said they wouldn't vote for him in the general if he's convicted.

La Lechera, watch that Hayes clip to which I linked. He agrees with you.

In the 1992 Iowa Democratic caucus Tom Harkin won with 76%. Bill Clinton received 3%. That was a landslide.

Who cares? Fuck'em.

I mean, not even with your dick. But yeah, while I'm happy to see em burn in hell, it's genuinely baffling what they imagine the future holds for them, though their stock-in-trade bigotry is an enduring product, obvs.

Alfred's right. I grew up in a Republican-domianted state (until Blagojevich, Illinois was a reliably Republican state once you got away from Chicago) and I honestly think one of the big reasons it's become solidly Democratic is because the relatively moderate Republican platform that governed Illinois for decades no longer exists for the Republican party anywhere in America. Yes, George Ryan got nailed for corruption, but Blagojevich didn't turn out well either. When Jim Ryan (no relation) lost to Blagojevich in 2002, former governor Jim Edgar was at the newsdesk on one of the major channels to provide commentary, and an anchor asked him if Jim Ryan's staunch pro-life stance ended up hurting his campaign. Without hesitation, Edgar gave a firm yes, adding "if you want to be governor of Illinois, you HAVE to be in the middle, you HAVE to be pro-choice." Two years later, when all the controversy with Jack Ryan's divorce (no relation - too many Ryans in the GOP at the time) caused him to drop out, the national GOP installed Alan Keyes, a batshit insane candidate who now seems par-for-the-course compared to the GOP today. He was so bad, every major Illinois Republican in state office - including former governor Jim Thompson, Judy Baar Topinka, etc. - immediately condemned the shit he spewed on television and without hesitation endorsed Obama, saying they'd vote for him. I remember thinking, maybe the national GOP will take a lesson from this instead of continuing down the same dark path, but they've left a cinder block on the accelerator ever since.

i learned from clicking through that Amanda Marcotte piece about the cravenness of Iowa evangelicals that Adam Kinzinger said _rump literally smells like a butt

So does Iowa, much of the year. Pig butt, specifically

Breaded pig butt, specifically.

With a slight tang of Diet Coke

And a soupçon of loose meat

Loose beef in a ziploc labeled “LOOSE BEEF” plus the date

Alfred's right. I grew up in a Republican-domianted state (until Blagojevich, Illinois was a reliably Republican state once you got away from Chicago) and I honestly think one of the big reasons it's become solidly Democratic is because the relatively moderate Republican platform that governed Illinois for decades no longer exists for the Republican party anywhere in America.

I grew up close to suburban DuPage County, which was always considered a reliable Republican vote going back to the 19th century. Since 2008, when it flipped blue, the only Republican candidate who's had a chance there since was Romney in 2012, who lost by a percentage point. Meanwhile, the county went for Biden by 18 points in 2020.

After Barrett replaced Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, I had a depressing discussion with a friend that it might've been better if Obama somehow lost in 2012. At minimum, we'd be speculating the possibility that the GOP would be less crazy without Trump's shit show and that a Democrat could win back the White House in 2016.

(And we'd have a 5-4 instead of a 6-3 conservative-to-liberal split on the Supreme Court.)

rump always smells like a butt

(And we'd have a 5-4 instead of a 6-3 conservative-to-liberal split on the Supreme Court.)

We could've had this without the trauma of an Obama loss if RBG had just effing retired at 85 or whatever.

i feel like the way this country is set up, this situation was inevitable. the aging-out and dying off of SC justices means that it's always been a matter of luck and timing and strategy as to who would wind up being selected. it's not something to feel good about, in fact it's a very helpless feeling to know that you can make remarkable progress and if things happen to line up badly, you're fucked as far as the judicial system.

If Romney had won in '12, he probably would have won again against Hilary or whoever the Dems would have run in '16.

Yes, we wouldn't have gotten Trump then, but the Supreme Court situation would have played out the same, except that Scalia would have been replaced quicker, and different chuds would be up there instead of Kavenaugh & ACB.

If Romney had won in '12, Sanderes might have gotten the nod in '16

Isn't this a fun exercise?

if Romney had won in 2012, Balthazar Getty may have stormed the White House with a wagon full of grilled cheese sandwiches

If Aaron Burr hadn't killed Alexander Hamilton, Estelle Getty would be president now.

if Jeb had used a time machine to kill baby Hitler, John Connor would be president

if Estelle Getty had killed Rue McClanahan, we may have had Ruth Bader Ginsberg on Golden Girls

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I'll punch your heart out Ha-Ha!

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