• @0110010001100010
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    Ok, bye! Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on your way out.

    • FuglyDuck
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      436 months ago

      no no. please do let the door hit [vivek] on the way out. Preferably multiple times.

        • FuglyDuck
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          26 months ago

          Naw. not really. he’d enjoy that too much.

          Unless I were to be paid enough… (and to be perfectly blunt, I don’t think he has enough money to pay “enough”)

  • @RapidcreekOP
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    5 voters will be disappointed

  • @runswithjedi
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    1056 months ago

    So to sum up his argument, “because someone is suffering the consequences of breaking the law, I voluntarily won’t run for office.” Ok, you do you, bud.

  • @Son_of_dad
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    1016 months ago

    To prove that Donald Trump is indeed a manly man, Vivek Ramaswamy will suck every cock in Maine.

  • qevlarr
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    946 months ago

    Don’t threaten me with a good time!

    • @cheese_greater
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      Always such a joy when we get to bust that one out :)

      Its like, "Wait, you’re threatening me with 1) having my cake and 2) getting to eat it too?

      Where do I sign?!

    • @cheese_greater
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      Genuine question: what do righty folks actually think of him? Like its painful to watch him act like he’s part of the gang…

      • @Gruntyfish
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        Anecdotal, but my grandma who is very racist and conservative was confused why he was running because only natural born citizens can be president. Needless to say she was disappointed when I told her that he was born in Cincinnati.

        • @chiliedogg
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          After Herman Cain died from COVID he caught at a Trump rally, the GOP never mentioned him again.

          He ceased to be a useful black man, so he ceased to exist at all.

      • @ChickenLadyLovesLife
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        Louisiana rednecks loved themselves some Bobby Jindal (former Republican governor of LA of subcontinental extraction). It doesn’t really surprise me when racists are illogical about their racism - since racism is a fundamentally illogical thing in the first place.

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        They don’t think, that’s the problem isn’t it?

        • @cheese_greater
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          K but all pithyness aside, how do they actually feel about him? It must be super weird to agree with someone who’s parroting your nonsense but also that person’s very existence and social worth is an object of your hatred

          • WorldFrog
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            26 months ago

            I suspect that while most conservatives would prefer someone more ‘close to home’, there’s two things that may appeal:

            1. They may reference him to stave off claims of racism. “See? I woulda voted for him if Trump weren’t running, you can’t call me racist!”
            2. He says the right things, and he’s independently wealthy, which gives him that ‘outsider’ status that they also bestow upon Trump. With those two things, he might be deemed ‘one of the good ones’.

            Ultimately, few will opt for him over Trump, and their allegiance to him would likely be far more fickle, as they cannot identify with him as much.

            • @cheese_greater
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              What I found most plausible was the notion that he was running to soften Trump’s image or something. Like he seemed even more over the top than even Trump and I don’t know how any serious person pulls that off unless there’s another orthogonal angle

          • @ChickenLadyLovesLife
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            26 months ago

            I have two cousins who are half-Thai (their mother was a Thai woman brought to America by my uncle) who are virulent anti-immigrant white supremacists. It’s especially weird because not only have they been the frequent victims of anti-asian discrimination, they also happen to look central american and have been the frequent victims of discrimination against that as well. I think the only thing that explains it is that they are absolutely dirt stupid.

      • @[email protected]
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        I think people saw promise, he is clearly personally smart, but he has proven himself not up to the job at the debates. I think he’ll get the Buttigieg treatment if Trump wins, set him up with some resume fodder and hope he runs in 12 years or something.

        • @cheese_greater
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          He comes across as beyond desperate. All of them do because they have very few facts on their side on most issues, I find. It would be torture to me to have to argue such absurd cases, they are basically paid actors.

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    You gotta hand it to the guy for getting his entry in for “least menacing threat of 2023” just under the wire.

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      he’s hoping Trump will look at all his loyalty and overlook the fact that his skin is the wrong shade, and ask him to be his VP.

      the thing is, Trump is a racist and will never over look that, the other thing is, Vivek is primarying against trump, and he’s going to not over look that too.

        • FuglyDuck
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          56 months ago

          Is Vivek really praising him? I mean, that’s a hell of a way to primary against a guy, right?

            • FuglyDuck
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              36 months ago

              I wonder if we should tell him, that Trump selects VP’s by who gives the best BJ.

              (pence… was surprising.)

              • Flying Squid
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                26 months ago

                I’m guessing he knows and has his knee pads ready.

                • FuglyDuck
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                  46 months ago

                  gonna need more than knee pads.

                  Tiger balm under the lip will help with the odor… then there’s the grease… and all the STDs…

        • FuglyDuck
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          86 months ago

          Trump probably just signed some stuff that was stuck in front of him. and by signed, I mean, pulled out his stamp collection and stamped it.

          he probably has absolutely no idea who Ajit Pai is, or what the FCC is or, you know. anything else like that.

  • @[email protected]
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    Yeah! The GOP candidates should all show some solidarity and remove themselves from the electoral process completely! Stick it to the libs!

  • The Barto
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    This guys political moves are based on this meme.

    • @cogman
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      496 months ago

      He knows he’s not winning. This is either to try and be Trumps VP, or is to promote his books and podcast (or both).

    • @[email protected]
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      This makes no sense in the context. Being on the me ballot doesn’t win him anything, and might anger the maga base, or even trump himself, so it would hurt him. It’s a no brainer from a political perspective to say he wouldnt go on the ballot.

  • @Bwaz
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    556 months ago

    Two turds, one stone.

  • @Furedadmins
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    536 months ago

    He will get the same number of votes either way.

    • El Barto
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      I want to upvote you, but goddamn do I hate that “cuck” word so much!

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          That’s why I said that I wanted to upvote, because I know it’s mocking.

          But the extreme right used that word so much and for so long that, ugh… it’s so icky to read.

          • @cheese_greater
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            Just remember its all projection/confession. Everything they say and do is