US Politics Megathread

[fightinfrenchman]

@fightinfrenchman So when are you running for Attorney General of Pennsylvania?

I'm gonna run for Senate when I'm old enough

[Amsel_]

@fightinfrenchman So when are you running for Attorney General of Pennsylvania?

I'm gonna run for Senate when I'm old enough

Senator? More like Senatear.

[n0el]

[Amsel_]

Imagine being a giant anthropomorphic ear and running for Senate on the slogan "Your voice will be heard."

[fightinfrenchman]

Imagine being a giant anthropomorphic ear and running for Senate on the slogan "Your voice will be heard."

Imagine an ear "cupping itself"

[bittersalt123]

I don't get if you're saying these things sarcastically since you voted for him

People shoulda chosen Bernie and we wouldn't of ever seen Trump.

Consequences are a bitch lol @fightinfrenchman

[fightinfrenchman]

I don't get if you're saying these things sarcastically since you voted for him

People shoulda chosen Bernie and we wouldn't of ever seen Trump.

Trump was the Republican nominee in 2016. He would have been seen regardless

[bittersalt123]

I don't get if you're saying these things sarcastically since you voted for him

People shoulda chosen Bernie and we wouldn't of ever seen Trump.

Trump was the Republican nominee in 2016. He would have been seen regardless

Bernie would have beaten him in the general election.

[fightinfrenchman]

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I don't get if you're saying these things sarcastically since you voted for him

People shoulda chosen Bernie and we wouldn't of ever seen Trump.

Trump was the Republican nominee in 2016. He would have been seen regardless

Bernie would have beaten him in the general election.

So would Martin O'Malley

[bittersalt123]

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I don't get if you're saying these things sarcastically since you voted for him

People shoulda chosen Bernie and we wouldn't of ever seen Trump.

Trump was the Republican nominee in 2016. He would have been seen regardless

Bernie would have beaten him in the general election.

So would Martin O'Malley

Who?

[fightinfrenchman]

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I don't get if you're saying these things sarcastically since you voted for him

People shoulda chosen Bernie and we wouldn't of ever seen Trump.

Trump was the Republican nominee in 2016. He would have been seen regardless

Bernie would have beaten him in the general election.

So would Martin O'Malley

Who?

What?

[bittersalt123]

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I don't get if you're saying these things sarcastically since you voted for him

People shoulda chosen Bernie and we wouldn't of ever seen Trump.

Trump was the Republican nominee in 2016. He would have been seen regardless

Bernie would have beaten him in the general election.

So would Martin O'Malley

Who?

What?

Never heard of that guy lol

[Amsel_]

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I don't get if you're saying these things sarcastically since you voted for him

People shoulda chosen Bernie and we wouldn't of ever seen Trump.

Trump was the Republican nominee in 2016. He would have been seen regardless

Bernie would have beaten him in the general election.

So would Martin O'Malley

Who?

What?

My name is
Slim Shady.

[fightinfrenchman]

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I don't get if you're saying these things sarcastically since you voted for him

People shoulda chosen Bernie and we wouldn't of ever seen Trump.

Trump was the Republican nominee in 2016. He would have been seen regardless

Bernie would have beaten him in the general election.

So would Martin O'Malley

Who?

What?

Never heard of that guy lol

Makes sense

[bittersalt123]

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I don't get if you're saying these things sarcastically since you voted for him

People shoulda chosen Bernie and we wouldn't of ever seen Trump.

Trump was the Republican nominee in 2016. He would have been seen regardless

Bernie would have beaten him in the general election.

So would Martin O'Malley

Who?

What?

Never heard of that guy lol

Makes sense

I don't know who that guy is. Martin O'Malley

[fightinfrenchman]

Show hidden quotes

I don't get if you're saying these things sarcastically since you voted for him

People shoulda chosen Bernie and we wouldn't of ever seen Trump.

Trump was the Republican nominee in 2016. He would have been seen regardless

Bernie would have beaten him in the general election.

So would Martin O'Malley

Who?

What?

Never heard of that guy lol

Makes sense

I don't know who that guy is.

Google it

[bittersalt123]

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I don't get if you're saying these things sarcastically since you voted for him

People shoulda chosen Bernie and we wouldn't of ever seen Trump.

Trump was the Republican nominee in 2016. He would have been seen regardless

Bernie would have beaten him in the general election.

So would Martin O'Malley

Who?

What?

Never heard of that guy lol

Makes sense

I don't know who that guy is.

Google it

I did and didn't recognize him.

[fightinfrenchman]

Larry Summers a Biden advisor. Not off to a great start.

What's wrong with watching Food Network's "Unwrapped"

[Dolan]

Larry Summers a Biden advisor. Not off to a great start.

Wait wtf. Why would anyone appoint Summers in their political team in 2020.

After the mess he made as Harvard president, Obama hesitated to nominate him to the Fed and just gave him a job as an advisor, during the bailout period.
He's the voice behind bank deregulation before the 2008 crisis hit.
A paid Wall Street consultant for Citigroup, hedge fund DE Shaw and JP Morgan.

Does he know economics? You bet he does. Is he a Wall Street shill? You bet he is.

I mean, in April 2008, what was Summers doing? Can you guess? Holding a paid speech at Leh­man Brothers, for $67,500. I'm sure Summers has great ideas on how to regulate what's wrong with Wall Street, given how much he's in their pockets. Might as well appoint a former oil executive at the environmental agency.

[fightinfrenchman]

Larry Summers a Biden advisor. Not off to a great start.

Wait wtf. Why would anyone appoint Summers in their political team in 2020.

After the mess he made as Harvard president, Obama hesitated to nominate him to the Fed and just gave him a job as an advisor, during the bailout period.
He's the voice behind bank deregulation before the 2008 crisis hit.
A paid Wall Street consultant for Citigroup, hedge fund DE Shaw and JP Morgan.

Does he know economics? You bet he does. Is he a Wall Street shill? You bet he is.

I mean, in April 2008, what was Summers doing? Can you guess? Holding a paid speech at Leh­man Brothers, for $67,500. I'm sure Summers has great ideas on how to regulate what's wrong with Wall Street, given how much he's in their pockets.

In April 2008 I was sitting in my room enjoying my life. Three months later I was forced to move to a new house because my family was evicted and we had to move to a new home in Lititz because my dad got laid off. 12 years later I'm no longer thinking about that because I'm currently losing my health insurance since I'm turning 26 and there's a new Great Depression and I am legally forbidden from hanging out with my friends.

[Dolan]

Well, if Summers (and others) wasn't so influential in pushing bank deregulation in the 2000s, maybe the financial crisis wouldn't have taken place and your dad wouldn't have lost his job. And you wouldn't be in such a dire situation if overall things wouldn't have gotten so much worse for everyone, except the well-connected who got rescued with your tax money.

[fightinfrenchman]

Well, if Summers (and others) wasn't so influential in pushing bank deregulation in the 2000s, maybe the financial crisis wouldn't have taken place and your dad wouldn't have lost his job. And you wouldn't be in such a dire situation if overall things wouldn't have gotten so much worse for everyone, except the well-connected who got rescued with your tax money.

It's 2020. I don't give a shit about 2008, I just want to meet up with my friends and have a nice meal at a local restaurant. Literally nothing else matters to me at this point

[wardyb1]

Well, if Summers (and others) wasn't so influential in pushing bank deregulation in the 2000s, maybe the financial crisis wouldn't have taken place and your dad wouldn't have lost his job. And you wouldn't be in such a dire situation if overall things wouldn't have gotten so much worse for everyone, except the well-connected who got rescued with your tax money.

It's 2020. I don't give a shit about 2008, I just want to meet up with my friends and have a nice meal at a local restaurant. Literally nothing else matters to me at this point

This is such an American take.

[fightinfrenchman]

Well, if Summers (and others) wasn't so influential in pushing bank deregulation in the 2000s, maybe the financial crisis wouldn't have taken place and your dad wouldn't have lost his job. And you wouldn't be in such a dire situation if overall things wouldn't have gotten so much worse for everyone, except the well-connected who got rescued with your tax money.

It's 2020. I don't give a shit about 2008, I just want to meet up with my friends and have a nice meal at a local restaurant. Literally nothing else matters to me at this point

This is such an American take.

Thank you for openly admitting that you have no idea what's going on. It helps a lot tbh

[Dolan]

You can invite your friends over to your place and have the meal delivered from that restaurant. They can pretend they're walking their pet fish around the block and then stealthily get in your house, through a back window.