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[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 28 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Yeah coconut brat summer works for the immediate, but summer’s ending soon and her campaign is going to start looking shallow if there’s no Big Idea policy proposal.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 31 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (4 children)

idunno, does ANYONE in the entire world not see the pattern of dems promising big policy idea and then not following through?

Fucks sake, the last 10 things they said they would do they went on to not fucking do

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 23 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] GlueBear@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I hate these graphics, good god they put down a scale but didn't label it or tell people what the fuck they're measuring.

It's all arbitrary

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ahem.

Promise Kept

maddened

lol, I like how the progress bar doesn't even put his face all the way to the right so it kinda seems like it's not a 100%.

[–] Acute_Engles@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I guarantee the end of the bar is "promise exceeded" or some other bs

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

lol, yeah. You're probably right!

[–] GlueBear@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But it's all very-normal anyway.

Do they think people don't think about these details?

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

A lot of people really don't! doomjak

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, but the billion dollar news conglomerates don't care

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 19 points 3 months ago

This is a call to action: Slap every liberal in your life in the face

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 9 points 3 months ago

biden-point I'm curing cancer Jack!

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Mind you I’m not talking about what an actual Harris presidency would accomplish, I’m talking about campaign marketing.

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Naw I know, I just was saying how people should be able to see past it and its frustrating that they dont

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Question is, which is more annoying? The people who care about policy but think democrats will actually make good on the promises? Or the people who don’t care and just want vibes?

The first group are showing more intellectual seriousness in caring about policy, but that they think democrats are serious about policy shows they’re either naive or only care about appearing serious. The vibes people are less serious on the surface, but it f it is all spectacle then there’s a realism to doubling down on the spectacle.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 20 points 3 months ago

Nah it's all vibes. Just say "I am not Donald Trump" and you're guaranteed at least half the votes.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 10 points 3 months ago

The Orange Drumpf must be stopped at all costs as well as whatever we find convenient to discard at the same time