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That makes no sense. They ringing only landlines? How do you get this result with the most corrupt regime in history in charge? Just out in the open corruption, not even hiding it, bringing Teslas and market manipulators to the White House to celebrate. Fucken asinine.
All the Fox News, talk radio, Facebook algorithms, YouTube radicalization pipeline, conservative Twitter bots, and foreign influence campaigns are working, I guess.
Easy. Democratic voters can admit that some Democratic politicians are corrupt and that many more Republican politicians are corrupt. Republican voters will often only admit that there are corrupt Democratic politicians.
The correct answer. Like most things in life, it comes down to statistics
Republicans are definitely more corrupt, but Democrats are better at hiding it. In a way that makes them feel more corrupt. In a lot of ways, I prefer a straight up enemy to one that pretends to be a friend.
If I have to hear this stupid ass shit one more time in my life I'm going to lose it.
"Herp derp, they're probably really bad but just hiding it well. I don't have any actual data I'd like to present, just this stupid fucking conspiracy theory I can't support."
How about this. Obama let Wall Street completely off the hook for causing the 2008 mortgage crisis, then let them in the room for setting up his healthcare plan that financialized healthcare like never before, then collected over a million dollars in speaking fees from financial companies within weeks of leaving office. That do it for you?
Wanna talk about AIPAC, Israel, and genocide for Biden? Nah, I don't think you do. How about foreign donations to the Clinton foundation? Should we talk about Pelosi (among others) and inside trading? And then there is Joe Manchin, but it hardly seems fair to bring him up.
Democratic corruption is ultimately why we have Trump for president again.
Got it: Obama did some bad stuff, so that's why everyone voted for the very embodiment of bad almost a decade later.
No, it's not a direct line in the way you put it. With two corrupt parties cynicism grows, and fascism soon after. It's as predictable as death. Sooner or later that's where you end up with a population that feels trapped.
If you want a direct causal relationship, then I guess we should go into the Democratic consultant complex where nepotism thrives and utter failure gets rewarded with more and more responsibility. The consultants and culture that lost to Trump the first time around were still there to lose a second time. Power and advancement in the Democratic party are about who you know, not winning elections. If nepotism gives way to anything, it's raising money to spend on more useless consultants.
Well, you and Clarence Thomas have that one in common then I guess.
How so?
He’s quoted saying it in this podcast. A really good one if it sparks your interest. If not, then you’ll just have to take my word for it.
https://slate.com/podcasts/slow-burn/s8/becoming-justice-thomas
I mean, it's hardly that unique a trait that it makes sense to invoke him specifically. People hate enemy soldiers, but not with the kind of hate they reserve for traitors.
Apparently a lot of people think the party that backs independent Andrew Cuomo over Democrat Zohran Mamdani isn't corrupt to the core. Astounding.
ITT: no one saying Dems aren't corrupt.
JUST NOT AS corrupt. The difference between Obama and Trump is like black vs white ..trash.
"to the core" was an important emphasis.
Democrats are the "friends" that try to act like one of the bois but leaves when the weed is gone and complains that they're nervous that there is also shrooms on the table because they wouldnt want you getting into "hard stuff"