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[–] mkhopper 92 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Trump, Trump, Trump. "All these things Trump could do..."

How about, Biden could have Trump assassinated as a political rival.
Done and done.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Democrats won’t, they’re too busy “taking the high road”. And by “high road” I mean “bribe big enough to live comfortably in Thailand for the rest of their lives”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

To paraphrase and increase the accuracy of a deeply wrongheaded (imo) political slogan:

When they go low, we go die.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Biden could assassinate every billionaire in the country overnight.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why not order the NSA to hack their bank accounts and just take the money?

Everyone is going straight to assassinations, but there’s a whole lot that this immunity could accomplish before killing is needed.

None of it will happen with a democratic president, because of norms that they apparently haven’t realized mean fuck all to the other side.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

The president couldn't be charged for taking the billionaires' money but the money could still be returned. An assassination can't be undone.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago
[–] Rapidcreek 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well, the E-mail lady did warn us...

[–] oakey66 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Are we really still talking about how Clinton being one of the least popular politicians to run for president took it upon herself to tank a must win election? Really? I need this talking point to find its place in a grave. This is stupid.

Everyone knew Trump was a trainwreck. Clinton was so unpopular that people stayed home. She snubbed key states against campaign advice. She sucks. And she lost democracy for the US. We didn't owe Clinton a vote. Clinton needed people to vote for her. She didn't do enough to earn the votes. I voted for her begrudgingly. But Democrats turned their knives on Bernie harder than they did against Trump. And it turned a lot of people off from voting. At least Biden did some semblance of appeasement for the left populist wing of the Democrats in the first election.

[–] Rapidcreek -1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It was a pretty simple statement, I think. Certainly not worth the two paragraphs of dribble you delivered in response.