Random Politics Thread

[Merced]

All cops are bad. Point, blank, period.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

How I feel now:

 

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

All cops are bad. Point, blank, period.

Yeah

Except for me

 

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

How I feel now:

Steve Jobs had such a dramatic way of firing people.

 

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

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Hipster Bernie^

 

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

I think it suits him lol

 

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

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Can’t wait to see Amy’s beard XD

Oh she already has one. Seems like a nice guy

 

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

 

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

 

[Virtual ghost]

I think it suits him lol

This picture is very good example of how powerful Photoshop really is if you don't know the facts.

 

[The Cat]

I wish all these men had beards now. Bernie is a gods damned silver fox. Fuck now Im having a Kreiger moment.

 

[ceecee]

I think it suits him lol

I don't think he can grow facial hair - I don't think he has much body hair at all. Seriously, have you ever even seen stubble on his face?

 

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

I don't think he can grow facial hair - I don't think he has much body hair at all. Seriously, have you ever even seen stubble on his face?

He probably waxed his face for years. He's pretty vain. Just saying, the natural look would suit him better. I saw one image of him with shaved head and a natural grey goatee. Looked a hell of a lot better than a 70 year old dying his skin and hair in a vain effort to appear 35.

Trump makes George Hamilton look albino in comparison. He looks like if Robert Redford had a baby with an orangutan

 

[Kingu Kurimuzon]

I wish all these men had beards now. Bernie is a gods damned silver fox. Fuck now Im having a Kreiger moment.

I know, politicians in the mid to late 1800s at least had some stylish facial hair.

It is odd, given how much facial hair has made a comeback, that the politicians haven't followed the trend. It used to be common for them to follow popular trends (i.e. congressmen in the 70s sporting sideburns and wide lapels). Seems Teddy and Taft were the last to sport any sort of prominent facial hair.

 

[The Cat]

I know, politicians in the mid to late 1800s at least had some stylish facial hair.

It is odd, given how much facial hair has made a comeback, that the politicians haven't followed the trend. It used to be common for them to follow popular trends (i.e. congressmen in the 70s sporting sideburns and wide lapels). Seems Teddy and Taft were the last to sport any sort of prominent facial hair.

politics and politicians is still trying to play the greatest generation card.

 

[The Cat]

 

[Totenkindly]

Hair today, gone tomorrow....





j/k -- actually, most of 'em look a lot better with facial hair. Although Biden's looking a little Klausy.

 

[ceecee]

He probably waxed his face for years. He's pretty vain. Just saying, the natural look would suit him better. I saw one image of him with shaved head and a natural grey goatee. Looked a hell of a lot better than a 70 year old dying his skin and hair in a vain effort to appear 35.

Trump makes George Hamilton look albino in comparison. He looks like if Robert Redford had a baby with an orangutan

So many of the MAGA chuds sport that look, Trump should adopt it. It would really help when he has that - I despise you fucking rubes but you're great props and you pay my legal fees - look on his face at his rallies.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

I approached 2016 entirely differently. I was essentially exhausted and burnt out. I wanted to do the bare minimum and focus on getting into and starting grad school. I'd heard of Bernie before, and I liked what I knew of him, but I thought he would pull out early. The fact that the race was competitive caused me to re-evaluate my understanding of the American electorate and that more of them were on the same page as me then I thought. Even so, I didn't expect him to win, and wasn't particularly bitter when he didn't win. I didn't really follow the primary process closely enough, anyway. I also had reservations about his success in the general election, although I did vote for him regardless.

Clinton ended up wining the nomination as I'd anticipated. Personally, I was not much of a fan for reasons articulated elsewhere, but I refrained from criticizing her. I don't think I was vocal about my opinions of her at all until 2017 at the earliest. Certainly her constantly weighing on this primary has not endeared her to me any further. The fact hat she lost, though... I think that was the last straw for me and the Democratic establishment. What is the point of suppressing my own voice in favor of "electable" candidates who can't get elected? Why should I make things easy for people who take my vote for granted?

My thinking boils down to this: We tried the "electable centrist" route in 2016. I was reluctantly on board for that. I am not willing to try that again. We might as well try something different, and there are lots of reasons why I now think it will actually work.

See, the thing that's become apparent to me since 2016 is that I'm not the only one. I'm not a voice crying out in the wilderness; that's just what people wanted me to think. There are lots of other people who think the way I do. There are lots of other people who are tired of being ignored by the Democratic party. Who are tired of being taken for granted. We're tired of being called "fringe lunatics" for not backing endless unwinnable wars or wanting things that every other developed country has. We're tired of falling in line for arrogant bozos who not only fuck up and give us 4 more years of Bush or President Trump, but have the nerve to blame it on everything else, from internet trolls to people who (*gasp*) wanted a positive vision for the country instead of empty posturing about "experience" and "norms."

I realize I'm not alone, and that's what gives me courage. It isn't just me. It never was. If we work for it, if we make our voices heard, we will beat all of this.

 

[Maou]

I just made the amusing observation that I'm probably one of the most radical people here, and yet I rarely if ever get in hot water with the mods in this subforum.

If you are radical, so am I. At least you have given me room to talk lol. You are far less radical than some people here.

So many of the MAGA chuds sport that look, Trump should adopt it. It would really help when he has that - I despise you fucking rubes but you're great props and you pay my legal fees - look on his face at his rallies.

Trump with a beard just sounds weird haha.