2020 US Election Thread

[jwb]

Originally Posted by elphenor

Yeah I mean it was worse than that, there was functionally no difference between the party and Clinton's campaign

the problem with putting this up like it's corrupt or some scandal is that it's pretty much standard practice

ofc they're going to support the Democrat over an independent trying to hjack the party

there was no other Democrat of note willing to run against her

That doesn't seem somewhat shady to you? The Clintons hold serious power and are notoriously corrupt and underhanded.

Also, with the independent thing, Bernie is functionally a Democrat and the DNC is supposed to be an impartial entity that selects the candidate based on who the voters support. That's how they present their role. So you're not even really saying they're not corrupt you're just saying you expect them to be corrupt.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by jwb

there was no other Democrat of note willing to run against her

That doesn't seem somewhat shady to you? The Clintons hold serious power and are notoriously corrupt and underhanded.

Also, with the independent thing, Bernie is functionally a Democrat and the DNC is supposed to be an impartial entity that selects the candidate based on who the voters support. That's how they present their role. So you're not even really saying they're not corrupt you're just saying you expect them to be corrupt.

I think that's what elph just said. Which makes me wonder why he doesn't rail against Hillary if he thinks she exemplifies everything that's horrible about the Democratic Party.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

I think that's what elph just said. Which makes me wonder why he doesn't rail against Hillary if he thinks she exemplifies everything that's horrible about the Democratic Party.

Lesser of two evils thinking

**** that’s why I voted for Biden

[Anteater]

Joe Biden calls son Hunter the 'smartest man he knows'

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Lesser of two evils thinking

**** that’s why I voted for Biden

Yeah but he doesn't come at it like that. He comes at it like he's looking for a hero which is just dumb.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

Yeah but he doesn't come at it like that. He comes at it like he's looking for a hero which is just dumb.

I think you’re underestimating how important it is to him that Republicans lose

[jwb]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

I think that's what elph just said. Which makes me wonder why he doesn't rail against Hillary if he thinks she exemplifies everything that's horrible about the Democratic Party.

well he said there's a problem with framing it as corruption cause it's standard practice. I'm saying that it might be standard practice but that doesn't make it any less corrupt.

[jwb]

Originally Posted by elphenor

I don't even think it was covered up

it was like "yeah the party is siding with our guy"

no.. . They maintain the front of basic impartiality which was only exposed officially as a farce due to the wikileaks hack. You can try to rewrite history all you want but people were fired over that ****.

[The Batlord]

Originally Posted by elphenor

I supported Bernie over her

Hillary had a more progressive platform than Obama

don't understand the rabid frothing hatred she inspires tbh

I dislike her in the same gist as I do Obama since I'm sure he would have voted for Iraq but Obama isn't married to someone he knows full welll is a rapist. I mean come on Hillary is clearly willing to ignore rape and child molestation to further her own career.

[jwb]

Originally Posted by elphenor

the wealthy are ****ing children constantly not even conspiratorially

but Hillary is not her husband

we all know that marriage is just optics

...the ****?

The Vatican covering up for pedo priests is also "optics"

You're saying as long as you're only doing it for personal gain that removes your moral culpability???