alabama calling california a third world country is fucking hilarious
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They are literally known as "incest capital of the world" and think they have any right to criticize anyone.
the stoopid gene amplifies when your family tree is a wreath
It's funny, because alabama (or maybe a part of it?) has (had?) the highest density of Ph.D.s in the country because of research and government (I think a NASA facility). I wonder, with our current bullshit about research funding and our government's anti-truth approach to things that don't make companies money, if there is already a notable reduction in educated folks in these already education-barren locations.
I’m an Okie. My great great grandfather raped and impregnated his daughter, which no one had a real issue with or did anything about.
But you can be damn sure any gay man in eastern Oklahoma at that time was going to end up in a ditch.
I was researching for a best man speech and saw that statistically West Virginia takes the title but hey, they're close behind I'm sure [no pun intended]
Ok I'm curious, how do incest statistics work their way into a best man speech
"We're here to celebrate the union of my best bro with his fiancee, who is statistically my step-sister and his step-mother..."
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They have a laughable GDP on the world stage. California could be it's own country and be in the top 5
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At this point maybe California should just become independent. Giving their money to states like Alabama is just a waste of resources.
I don't like letting the literal Russian psyops win but at a certain maybe it's time to admit they did and cut our losses
i mean, we eventually did that with Bin Laden
Any southern state really. Not one of them have room to talk. And for GA and NC I can say that from first hand experience.
Turns out people don’t like it when you kidnap their friends and family.
Of course, perhaps conservatives don’t understand this.
That's because conservatives think they'll always be the kidnappers.
Imagine if Obama did this exact same series of events. He wouldn't have gotten this far, because he'd be assassinated, or at the very least impeached, by now.
Because the rules for conservative and liberals are very different.
Democrats, by in large, respect the rule of law and their base will reject candidates that don't. Conservatives simply want to be the ones giving orders and not necessarily following them. So the Venn diagram of mutual interests only intersects when a democrat does something that both sides disagree with.
Republicans cry foul whenever a Democrat exceeds the debt ceiling but you don't hear a fucking peep from them when Trump causes the national debt to lower our credit rating.
We need to purge ourselves from conservatives. And the window to do so is closing quickly.
Losing friends and family is normal to a conservative.
“Alabama has 3X the homicide rate of California,” Newsom wrote Monday in a post to X.
Meanwhile, over here in California, kids are literate. Alabama can't claim that.
Fuck you, Tommy, you stupid piece of shit. I don't love my gov (I quite dislike him, though he's been all right in the last two days). At least his name doesn't sound childish: Tommy Tuberville, the guy who held up military promotions because he's a bigot. Get fucked, bud.
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Oh fuck. They're gonna force Newsom for 2028 aren't they.
If he were to get elected in 2028, the 2032 election is guaranteed a Nazi win with a leader that isn't wholly incompetent the next time. No one should primary that shit stain.
I mean, he probably would have won in 2024. Would be better than what we're seeing now.
He wouldnhave ran the exact same campaign as Harris, who ran the exact same campaign as Clinton. Why do you think Newsom would do any better?
Penis. He would've done better because he has one, and a non-negligible percentage of our voters are sexist.
Biden was fairly popular in 2020 and only squeaked out a victory because the morgues were literally overflowing with dead bodies from COVID. Until the Democrats start advocating for total reforms, they will continue to lose elections.
Assuming the exact campaign, which I'm not even conceeding here. What percentage of votes do you think a white male who hasn't thrown people in jail for drugs as a prosecutor could have drummed up?
I'm thinking there's a 5 - 15% spread there, easy.
He's also got a lot more wit and charisma, so even the same "Trump bad" campaign would have been more effective.
While I liked both Harris and Biden, this last election proved you need to be a white make and you need to be loud and argumentative. Policies, intelligence, ethics, competence are no longer important. Biden biggest mistake was laying out the foundation that would make america better over a decade, when people are clamoring for immediate action, or at least noise and chaos. Newsom can stand there and argue with the fascists.
Libs have never met a white male moderate they wouldn't vote for over any woman of color or socialist.
Honestly it's charisma more than anything. JFK, Johnson Clinton, gore doesn't have it, Kerry doesn't have it, Obama has it, Hillary doesn't have it, Biden doesn't really but post trump litterally a walking corpse worked. Kamala doesn't have it, and people have goldfish memories.
Ok, but let's not pretend gore didn't win. It was just close enough in the final state that the supreme court gave it to Bush rather than keep recounting
This seems a little begging the question.
Even if it wasn't, it's a little damning to liberals who now seem to only like a candidate if they think they are "charismatic", which seems suspiciously ill-defined.
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Exactly what it looks like. He is becoming the face of the opposition. Just another establishment candidate. 🙄
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If things keep escalating it'll be interesting to see who is still alive to run in 2028
LA is a third world country.
Louisiana, that is.
Can't be, third world countries often have publicly funded healthcare
I was in Louisiana for work a few times last year, my first visits to the state. I can't stand their politics, but their music and food are first rate. I could live there if their politics weren't so offensive.
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Tuberville did accidentally make one valid point. The rule of law is indeed non-existent. Just look at that convicted felon in the White House and all the illegal stuff he's still doing.
“Alabama has 3X the homicide rate of California,” Newsom wrote Monday in a post to X.
“Its murder rate is ranked third in the entire country. Stick to football, bro.”
California is not even in the top 20 (homicide rates, FBI data).
Alabama #4, California #25
Birmingham #6, Oakland, #37 LA #41
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Fucking tuberville doesn't even understand what the rule of law means. He thinks it's people respecting police or something.
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