Communion Posted July 2 Posted July 2 4 minutes ago, Espresso said: I'll just re-post my earlier I guess… Oh sis, I am definitely #TeamDestroyTheTwink. I even shared a dossier back in 2022! On 7/5/2022 at 12:25 AM, Communion said: Let me copy and paste this from another forum I shared it to back in 2020 to remind the girls. Peter Buttigieg... Hates Poor People: Backtracked his support on Medicare for All and stole the name to help promote his nonsense healthcare plan that profits for-profit healthcare and burdened the average American with navigating a nonsense system of taxes, tax credits and premiums-as-percent-of-income. Attacked Medicare For All and Free College For All with right-wing talking points over spending. As mayor of South Bend, dealt with the town's homelessness problem via the common destruction and bulldozing of homeless encampments, even in the middle of winter. He and the South Bend city council closed a public library for renovations in the middle of winter knowing it was a harsh weather shelter for the homeless and did not bother to find an adequate replacement. This directly led to a man named Anthony Young dying in the middle of the night from sleeping out in the cold. Prioritized Affluent Elites over the Black Working Class: Ushered in a gentrifying housing project that amounted to bulldozing poor black people's homes In a hasty desire to make South Bend an adjacent college town that left many black families losing the sole asset they had to their name because they could not afford to upkeep it to the city's demands to avoid demolition. Antagonistic to Black Lives Matter organizers in South Bend and refused to meet with them, even when they flew out to LA to protest what they saw as a PR attempt in him touring a homeless shelter there as a homeless man just died in his own town. The issue with the South Bend police force is long and complex in the horrors and corruption it exposed, but it ranges from Pete either being so awful of a mayor that he was easily duped by a gang of racist cops into firing a black police chief.... to his largest donors working him into helping racist cops oust the first black police chief while continuing to ignore hate crimes like a lynching happening in his town. His campaign was criticized for having leaked an internal poll that they commissioned amongst South Carolina voters to try and shift the discussion towards the narrative that black voters had an issue with Pete, not due to his policy, but due to homophobia. Has the same views as Trump re: the border and McCain re: foreign policy: Bonded with Maddow over their shared support for conscription and tying things like financial aid to college and the like to enlistment and service. This long-format interview with Vox basically shows Buttigieg laying out his right-wing views on foreign policy like thinking the US has the duty and responsibility to decide how world politics play out. He uses terms like "American values" as dog whistles for what right-wingers would flat out refer to as "Judeo-Christian Western values". Essentialist fear-mongering over China. Hardliner defending Israel and its continued apartheid against the Palestinian people. Condemned Trump for not supporting more sanctions on the DPRK Yet supports Trump and other neo-cons in keeping the Israel embassy in Jerusalem Argued that the US must keep its troops in Syria Supported the attempted-and-failed coup in Venezuela. Wanted to use US Military to strong-arm and invade Mexico over the US-Mexico border Pink-washed for Israel when Ilhan Omar condemned them for killing Palestinians. Is a reactionary in every sense of the word: Argued that "Blues Lives Matter" came from an equal place of concern as "Black Lives Matter" in order to defend his staying neutral of on a local cop selling merch mocking Eric Garner's death Condemning the clemency of whistleblowers like Chelsea Manning Argued for religious exemptions for vaccines and only walked it back after immediate backlash. Called boycotts against Chick-Fil-A's political donations "misguided virtue signaling" Mocked student activists at his college protesting for higher wages for custodial staff as "social justice warriors" in his own book. and is as corrupt as all the rest of the swamp: Met with top DNC officials in secret backdoor meeting early on to discuss ways to stop Bernie. Spent months refusing to speak on what his work at McKinsey included. Which ended up being that his work included pushing for privatizing the USPS. And advising BCBS to both raise premiums and lay-off workers to increase profits. Was for months the only candidate in the race funded largely by dark money and lobbyists. Even more evidence of him swimming in the swamp. Accused by watchdog groups of participating in Pay-For-Play bribery practices. Still courted dark money from PACs while seeking to be part of Biden's administration. 1 1
ClashAndBurn Posted July 2 Posted July 2 36 minutes ago, Communion said: Buttigieg is the only one who the "untested" criticisms apply for. He collapsed in polling amongst black voters during the primary and leftists would be more than willing to re-air his past to already exploit a fissure from him pushing aside the first black female candidate for president. Yeah, this. I could get over my hatred of the current state of the Democratic Party and bring myself to vote for Kamala Harris, Whitmer, or even Beshear. Genocide Joe Biden, Pete "Let's mandate National Service!" Buttigieg, and Gavin "French Laundry" Newsom are about my only red lines
Communion Posted July 2 Posted July 2 3 minutes ago, ClashAndBurn said: Yeah, this. I could get over my hatred of the current state of the Democratic Party and bring myself to vote for Kamala Harris, Whitmer, or even Beshear. Genocide Joe Biden, Pete "Let's mandate National Service!" Buttigieg, and Gavin "French Laundry" Newsom are about my only red lines The way in comparison Kamala's biggest controversy is being a main pop girl and having accusations of #fuckingherwaytothetop. They hate to see black girl magic. (In seriousness though, if my memory serves me right, the below is probably the most cumulative summary of Kamala's career that came out during the 2020 primary and the widest coverage of possible controversies she'd still have in her closet left untouched: Feels like a convenient time to also remind everyone that Amy Klobuchar was complicit in the murder of George Floyd by being the DA to not press charges against Derek Chauvin for previous instances of police brutality before people just start now throwing any crazy ass name out of a hat.) 1 1
byzantium Posted July 2 Posted July 2 22 minutes ago, Redstreak said: Is this our best excuse or? If someone like Taylor swift can travel the world and then put on a 3 hour concert, I think it is fair for the American people to expect the President of the U.S. to be able to travel and still be able to string words together for 90 minutes. 2
GhostBox Posted July 2 Posted July 2 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Redstreak said: Is this our best excuse or? I mean he was home for about 10 days so you'd think he would be back to normal and his jet lag would be good by then. But he's 82 and went through like what 15 time zones. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some ounce of truth there. But that's not a good excuse. Just say you ****** up and did bad. People are more forgivable with blunt honesty. Edited July 2 by GhostBox
Communion Posted July 2 Posted July 2 (edited) Oh she really was the greatest rising political star that never was. Raised by Marxist academics and intellectuals. Representing Modern America as a biracial, multifaith (...bisexual? give us a surprise, queen!), pop culture figure. Magnetic charisma for days and a just kind of inherent likability. Every heterosexual man in the California capitol and in DC admitting to getting a chub when seeing her, including thee Obama. Probably would be president right now if she could have committed to the bit of one coherent political ideology (any, really) instead of giving into the DGAF wars when they asked her what her opinion was about private insurance and Medicare For All. Edited July 2 by Communion
shelven Posted July 2 Posted July 2 Obviously this entire situation is far from ideal, but a small part of me is really enjoying watching centrist Twitter lose their minds over how dEepLy uNfAiR and aNtiDeMocRaTiC it is that donors and the media are coordinating a campaign to get Biden to drop out when those exact same donor and media classes were the same people who forced the "Biden is the only person who can beat Trump" narrative on everyone in 2020 and these same centrist Twitter people were basically telling everyone rightfully complaining about it to cope and seethe. Truly the Dems' version of "I didn't realize the leopards would eat MY face!" 3 2
Vermillion Posted July 2 Posted July 2 The Biden White House single-handedly elevating Pod Save America and Jake Tapper destroying any remaining credibility he may have had in two days were not on my bingo card 3
Bamboo Posted July 2 Posted July 2 2 minutes ago, byzantium said: If someone like Taylor swift can travel the world and then put on a 3 hour concert, I think it is fair for the American people to expect the President of the U.S. to be able to travel and still be able to string words together for 90 minutes. Honestly run her as a Dem at this point what do we have to lose
GhostBox Posted July 2 Posted July 2 5 minutes ago, Espresso said: The Biden White House single-handedly elevating Pod Save America and Jake Tapper destroying any remaining credibility he may have had in two days were not on my bingo card When people in the media are in such a rush to one up each other what happened to tapper today seems to happen. 1
ZeroSuitBritney Posted July 2 Posted July 2 Step aside, Biden, it is #KHive time! #KamalaHarris #CopalaHarris 1
GhostBox Posted July 3 Posted July 3 (edited) Speaking of Tapper 💀 As always the goal posts keep moving 🥅 Edited July 3 by GhostBox
ATRL Moderator Bloo Posted July 3 ATRL Moderator Posted July 3 20 minutes ago, VOSS said: I really think it's Michelle's turn. Y’all really need to leave that woman alone. She’s said countless times she has no interest in running for any political office. 5 1
Vermillion Posted July 3 Posted July 3 Our country is a joke. If Biden picked Doug Jones for attorney general as was widely rumored instead of Federalist Society member Merrick Garland out of a guilt trip for Mitch's ****ery we very likely wouldn't even be having this conversation. What is even the point of this reporting? To emphasize the cases are gone once he's in? Motivate more fear in the base for this admin's mistakes? Until inauguration - yes, no **** Sherlock.
Vermillion Posted July 3 Posted July 3 9 minutes ago, Living To Tell said: Oh god this woman. Last I heard from her she was defending the rights of companies making faulty lumbersaws cutting off worker's hands. She's not taking any brave stance in WA-3 which has always been an R+5 district. She doesn't have a choice, really, to say this, but I've always been so sick of her BS so she's not getting my kudos.
If U Seek Amy Posted July 3 Posted July 3 44 minutes ago, GhostBox said: Speaking of Tapper 💀 As always the goal posts keep moving 🥅 The media is for sure to me now suspicious. Every post just being an entire fear mongering false piece. I was JUST saying how this year has been tamer than normal even as early as it is for an election year. But I see we are in full annoying swing as always if not worse 💀 1
If U Seek Amy Posted July 3 Posted July 3 44 minutes ago, GhostBox said: Speaking of Tapper 💀 As always the goal posts keep moving 🥅 The media is for sure to me now suspicious. Every post just being an entire fear mongering false piece. I was JUST saying how this year has been tamer than normal even as early as it is for an election year. But I see we are in full annoying swing as always if not worse 💀
If U Seek Amy Posted July 3 Posted July 3 44 minutes ago, GhostBox said: Speaking of Tapper 💀 As always the goal posts keep moving 🥅 The media is for sure to me now suspicious. Every post just being an entire fear mongering false piece. I was JUST saying how this year has been tamer than normal even as early as it is for an election year. But I see we are in full annoying swing as always if not worse 💀
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