I was gonna title this “And here I sit so patiently waiting to find out what price you have to pay to get out of going through all these things twice” and then write “Stuck inside of America with the fascism blues again” here, but I’m not sure if that comes off like gloating and that’s honestly the last thing I want to do this morning.

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    20 hours ago

    Nah you’re completely right. The appeal was that he’d push past the usual ineffectualness of politics and get things done.

    Bumble through the red tape too quickly for consequences to catch him while claiming everything as a win.

    The warping of reality hides what he’s actually doing/who he is and too many people are just red team vs blue now so will keep on supporting. They’ll think a win for him is a win for them and won’t look further to think otherwise (because who wants to think they’ve lost?).

    Almost wish Biden would’ve gone full Mr. Bean and just oopsied his way through using executive power. Oops, forgave student loans. Oops, taxed the rich. Oops, legal weed. Trump already showed the system is too slow to stop it and doing things that actually helped folks would be disastrous for any group trying to undo it once people felt the effects. Oh well…

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      19 hours ago

      Almost wish Biden would’ve gone full Mr. Bean and just oopsied his way through using executive power. Oops, forgave student loans. Oops, taxed the rich. Oops, legal weed. Trump already showed the system is too slow to stop it and doing things that actually helped folks would be disastrous for any group trying to undo it once people felt the effects. Oh well…

      He was trying to preserve the image of the US president as being dignified. measured and cognizant, but only now are we certain that’s not what voters want.

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            18 hours ago

            Haha maybe not my choice since his appeal is very focused to one group but maybe that’s a good thing? Would draw the young vote out at least. And we now know scandals aren’t something that affect eligibility.

            Either way, def time to find someone who grabs attention. Even the governator served two terms as an R in California (and wasn’t the worst all things considered)

            Ideally someone who could court the rural vote… but most famous dudes of that nature are staunch GOP