A debate between Biden and Trump would be the out of touch olympics. Though Trump would probably win since we wouldn't be able to understand his particular brand pf dementia.
You can get away with it if you're a shoe-in for the Democratic nomination. The DNC is very clearly pandering toward the Rust Belt with this election. They're counting on most Democrats asking themselves, "Am I really going to let Trump win again?". To be honest, I don't think it's a bad strategy. The contingent of voters like myaelf who would not vote/vote third party because they can't stand Trump or a typical establishment Democrat candidate is too small to make a difference. And let's be real: the Progressives hate Trump much more than they favor their own candidates winning.
Then again, I could be wrong. Who the fuck knows what will happen after 2016.
Weed turning people into red-eyed, lethargic, shambling zombies who contribute nothing to civilization would be much more noticeable if potheads weren't already like that in the first place.
“The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying? We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did” -- John Ehrlichman former domestic policy chief for Richard Nixon
I truly don't know if we'll ever seen an administration as purely Machiavellian as the Nixon white house ever again. Unironically there were a bunch of big brain geniuses in there as far as political machinations are concerned. Closest since then is probably Putin mostly in the sense that he has been able to project power or the appearance of power from a disadvantageous position, and mostly control his population despite how shit the former soviet union is in most respects.
Some individuals from the Reagan era come close, but the overall adminiatration still lacked the cohesive Machivellian nature that the Nixon's possessed.
The irony is that Nixon's Machivellianism was ultimately his undoing.
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1 -M-o-X- 2019-11-18
A debate between Biden and Trump would be the out of touch olympics. Though Trump would probably win since we wouldn't be able to understand his particular brand pf dementia.
1 Host_of_the_johnson 2019-11-18
Also at some point Biden would call Trump Reagan.
1 brapmaster3000 2019-11-18
Are you my son?! 👴🏻
1 HodorTheDoorHolder_ 2019-11-18
He didn’t really say that though. He said more research is needed blah blah blah... etc.
1 Tytos_Lannister 2019-11-18
you trying to alienate potheads even further
1 ponzishill 2019-11-18
Yeah, "more research needed" is the "covering bases" political cop-out answer everyone uses tbh, not that shocking.
1 UpvoteIfYouDare 2019-11-18
He's clearly trying to avoid losing conservative-leaning Rust Belt voters. Pothead states like Colorado and California are already in the bag.
1 Tytos_Lannister 2019-11-18
you do this stuff AFTER the primary, not during
1 UpvoteIfYouDare 2019-11-18
You can get away with it if you're a shoe-in for the Democratic nomination. The DNC is very clearly pandering toward the Rust Belt with this election. They're counting on most Democrats asking themselves, "Am I really going to let Trump win again?". To be honest, I don't think it's a bad strategy. The contingent of voters like myaelf who would not vote/vote third party because they can't stand Trump or a typical establishment Democrat candidate is too small to make a difference. And let's be real: the Progressives hate Trump much more than they favor their own candidates winning.
Then again, I could be wrong. Who the fuck knows what will happen after 2016.
1 Truffle_life 2019-11-18
haha hell yeah
1 Matues49 2019-11-18
Weed turning people into red-eyed, lethargic, shambling zombies who contribute nothing to civilization would be much more noticeable if potheads weren't already like that in the first place.
1 pogchamp123456 2019-11-18
“The Nixon campaign in 1968, and the Nixon White House after that, had two enemies: the antiwar left and black people. You understand what I’m saying? We knew we couldn’t make it illegal to be either against the war or black, but by getting the public to associate the hippies with marijuana and blacks with heroin, and then criminalizing both heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the drugs? Of course we did” -- John Ehrlichman former domestic policy chief for Richard Nixon
leftoids mad
1 duckraul2 2019-11-18
I truly don't know if we'll ever seen an administration as purely Machiavellian as the Nixon white house ever again. Unironically there were a bunch of big brain geniuses in there as far as political machinations are concerned. Closest since then is probably Putin mostly in the sense that he has been able to project power or the appearance of power from a disadvantageous position, and mostly control his population despite how shit the former soviet union is in most respects.
1 UpvoteIfYouDare 2019-11-18
Some individuals from the Reagan era come close, but the overall adminiatration still lacked the cohesive Machivellian nature that the Nixon's possessed.
The irony is that Nixon's Machivellianism was ultimately his undoing.
1 SeagullTrainer 2019-11-18
And of course all the replies are, "ok boomer." Jeez I wish that we didnt have the right to vote.