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[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My second favorite horseshit that a republican has said.

My first favorite is Mark Robinson who was recorded saying "Abortion in this country is not about protecting the lives of mothers. It is about killing the child because you weren’t responsible enough to keep your skirt down

All they have to do is keep talking and this going to be an easy win for the democrats

[–] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 41 points 1 month ago (2 children)

All they have to do is keep talking and this going to be an easy win for the democrats

Democrats still have to offer something. Republicans have been saying loony shit forever.

[–] EABOD25@lemm.ee 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"This isn't rocket science here." -- Tom Daschle, U.S. senator from South Dakota, denouncing spending on space-based missile defense

"If the King's English was good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me." -- Miriam "Ma" Ferguson, Texas governor

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 31 points 1 month ago

Yeah, they've been saying loony shit forever.

[–] AmericaDeserved711@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

not really, Biden didn't offer shit and still won

[–] MarxMadness@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 month ago

He promised a lot, including a $2000 covid check (of which he delivered $1400). And he barely scraped by one of the weakest incumbents in modern history. You're not dead in the water with a "let them just say weird shit" strategy, it's just not a very good one.

The covid factor really can't be understated, too. Hard to draw any firm conclusions from 2020 due to that.

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 33 points 1 month ago

All they have to do is keep talking and this going to be an easy win for the democrats

People say this every election cycle and I think its demonstrably false by now

[–] TechnoUnionTypeBeat@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago

All they have to do is keep talking and this going to be an easy win for the democrats

This is the exact opposite of what the Democrats need to do to win and is a huge factor in why Hillary got BTFO in 2016

Turns out you can't just sit back and let your opponent control the messaging on the off chance they say something that turns off a swing voter once in a while