• Boomer Humor Doomergod
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    3 days ago

    Counterpoint: John Fetterman

    Counterpoint: Kirsten Sinema

    Counterpoint: Joe Manchin

    Counterpoint: Joe Lieberman

    • @gAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldOP
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      23 days ago

      Yeah, fair, but those are all step 2 problems. Like, Fetterman has been infuriatingly awful, but Dr. Oz would have been at least as bad.

      • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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        133 days ago

        We never get to step 2 because like clockwork they lose seats every couple years and we need those assholes just to keep a slim majority.

        It’s been this way my entire life. Step 2 will never come.

        • @gAlienLifeform@lemmy.worldOP
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          33 days ago

          It’s been this way my entire life

          Same. FWIW, I felt totally alone when I was complaining about this stuff decades ago, now even the most moderate people I know will say things about Republicans that I wouldn’t repeat on public forums.

          Step 2 will never come.

          Honestly, I don’t know if you’re right or not, but I do know that they will make it feel impossible right up until it actually happens, and I just don’t think there’s any better way forward than this (admittedly difficult) one

          • Boomer Humor Doomergod
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            43 days ago

            There’s no “they” doing it. It’s a fact of the structure of the government and 250 years of cruft. We can’t not vote for the democrats, no matter how bad they are, which means they don’t need to care what we think.