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[–] [email protected] 65 points 2 months ago (2 children)

He's a felon, she's a prosecutor. The only thing he knows about crime is how to commit it.

[–] aseriesoftubes 26 points 2 months ago

The only thing he knows about crime is how to commit it.

Goddamn, I hope she uses that line in the debate.

[–] FuglyDuck 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

And he’s not very good at it.

[–] AbidanYre 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He's not very good at anything.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He's good at being a fascist.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Unpopular opinion: he's pretty decent at it.

I'm not an asshole, so I don't even think of committing the crimes he's done, but I'm sure if I tried, I'd be in jail faster than a blink of an eye.

The fact that he's managed to do this repeatedly over the course of decades, out in the open where everyone is aware of it, and still only getting a slap on the wrist?

I'd say he's a pretty good crime guy

[–] FuglyDuck 1 points 2 months ago

This has more to do with how ineffective the justice system is when it comes to the very rich.

Remember… he inherited his wealth. Even with all his crime… he’s still mostly failing. He just had a lot more cushion to fail on.

[–] vegeta 47 points 2 months ago

not enough. vote

[–] Rapidcreek 20 points 2 months ago

Also...

A set of Fox News polls find a close, two-way Kamala Harris-Donald Trump race: Harris is up by 1 percentage point in Arizona and by 2 points in Georgia and Nevada, while Trump is ahead by 1 point in North Carolina. All are within the margin of sampling error.

[–] barsquid 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Donald took credit for Obama's economy. He is a complete fuckup and a fractal failure at business. By fractal failure, I mean at every scale. Personal finance, company finance, all the way up.

[–] JustZ 5 points 2 months ago

Zoom in, zoom out: failure.

[–] eran_morad 7 points 2 months ago

Oh he definitely has an edge on crime.

[–] beebarfbadger 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

He would have the vast majority of the nation's wealth on his side, due to the tax cuts and permissions to strip-mine the environment. Having half the nations capital on his side translates to like twelve people in total but as we all know, corporations are people (when convenient) and the worth of people is measured in $$$.

[–] MediaBiasFactChecker -5 points 2 months ago

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