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[–] [email protected] 52 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Jesus. Thats all they got, huh?

Fighting "wokeness."

No jobs plan, no plan on Healthcare, no plan on education, no plan on housing, it's just wokeness. I hope Gen Z makes sure their registration is in perfect order next year.

[–] FlyingSquid 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The scary part is, it's working.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"ECONOMICS is a secondary matter. World history teaches us that no people became great through economics: it was economics that brought them to their ruin. A people died when its race was disintegrated. Germany, too, did not become great through economics."

  • Adolf Hitler
[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Yeah. Hitlers great notion that economics are a secondary matter killed millions, split the German country into two, destroyed the economy of Europe, and visited one of the greatest man made horrors on the world.

I'd pump the brakes on quoting the guy if that's your first thought about the upcoming presidential election.

[–] MonkRome 15 points 11 months ago

I imagine that was entirely their point.

[–] emax_gomax 12 points 11 months ago

I think the goal was to show political leaders who only focus on culture war issues are charlatans.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

You think I was comparing somebody to Hitler because I supported them?

[–] Redditsucks1 4 points 11 months ago

On Healthcare they have anti abortion. That's a positive in their eyes! Hopefully their clickbait tactics are losing touch with the voters.

[–] GiddyGap 3 points 11 months ago

It's easy to figure out what the Republican Party doesn't want. They never tell me what they actually want.

[–] TokenBoomer 2 points 11 months ago

Hard disagree. Neither party can spot a clue even if Steve helped.

[–] tallwookie 2 points 11 months ago

tldr

if KY voters care more about the gender issue than they do at the incumbent party's failed sky-is-falling economic policy, then KY will switch Red