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      Some libs on Twitter legitimately think he’d lose if he changed his VP. Purely because he changed it, nothing to do with the actual person.

      Of course they also don’t listen when we tell them changing from Harris would only help his chances of winning. People are legitimately worried about Biden dying in office because of how old he is, so his VP is pretty damn important and no one likes Harris.

      Anyway he should make Hillary his VP, obviously.

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      On the other hand, if it were to happen, he can champion another cynical diversity hire

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      Yup can’t set the precedent of not doing something just because 80% of your voters oppose it.

      Bidens campaign message is literally “fuck you, vote for me idiot”

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      It would be funnier if he made it Hilldawg and then she runs again as an incumbent in 2028 and loses again so that when she dies she has to sit with Gerald Ford in hell’s cafeteria.

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      I’ve always said I was going to be so pissed if this is how we get our first female president. It would be way cooler if someone got in on their merits, instead of through the backdoor of the dying president.

      Something about that cheapens the whole thing even more than it it already is. Which I didn’t think was possible.

      Trump being president should have opened so many peoples eyes to the fact that presidents are fucking meaningless.

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          Well, yeah. It’s not.like anyone good is ever going to be president.

          It’s just “more female war criminals!”

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        Yeah, that’s may not be anywhere near the main reasons I hate Hochul but the fact that she only became governor due to Cuomo getting caught being a creep feels like the most antifeminist way we could’ve gotten our first woman governor

        Not that any of that shit even matters

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        That’s basically how Canada got their first female PM, in the 90’s their PM died or resigned or some shit so she became PM for like 4 months

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      It’s hilarious how much of an about-face they’ve done on her just because she’s running against Trump.

      She was his UN mouthpiece during his term and they all hated her then, she was pleased about Trump moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, announced the US was pulling out of the UN Human Rights Council, and a few other things libs lost their shit about. Really shows you just how much of a role media plays in manipulating so many people; I’d be more surprised by this if we hadn’t seen the same thing happen with Mitt Romney years ago.

      Forget materialism, these people lack object permanence.

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        I do remember libs smugly loved reminding everyone that “Uh did you know her real name is Nimarata?” to curiously appeal to MAGA chuds racism

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      maybe-later-kiddo When the only opposition is fascism, then you must compromise with fascists. That’s how the world works sweetie.

      anakin-padme-2 Ok, well have you considered helping or not interfering with opposition from the left so you don’t have to become fascists yourselves? Wouldn’t you think that’s pragmatic?

      maybe-later-honey We’re not communists you selfish child!

      shrug-outta-hecks Well I guess there’s no point in voting for you. I don’t support fascists.

      angery Stoopid purity ponies!

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      It’s hilarious this guy thinks abandoning all your principles to empower fascists to help yourself politically is a new idea for liberals.

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    The president asks his favorite Secret Service guy to come into the Oval.

    “Have a seat, Mickey.”

    “Sir?”

    “Sit.”

    “I… Um… You want me to sit here?”

    “Yeah. Right there across from me at the Resolute Desk.”

    “But I…”

    “My, my - you have a very Irish face. When did your people come from the old country to the US?”

    “Around 1900.”

    “Good, good. What are you doing still standing there. I’m telling you to sit, son.”

    He does as he is told.

    “Good, good. So - I know you got contacts at the CIA. Deep contacts. Your dad reports directly to the director, right?”

    “Yes, sir.” He’s feeling very uncomfortable sitting down in front of the president.

    “You’re going to take care of something for me. A serious problem. You will remove a serious stumbling block, Mikey.”

    Agent Murphy just blinks.

    “You, me, and your father are going to be like a family of sorts. Utmost loyalty and infinite discretion.” The president starts ranting to himself. “I need Kamala off the ticket. I need her off. Off… the… ticket.” The president has a blank stare.

    Agent Murphy is worried that the president is having another “episode”.

    After about ten seconds expression returns to the president’s face. “What happened? What happened? How long was I out?.. No. Don’t tell me what happened. I remember. Utmost loyalty and infinite discretion.” Without realizing it - the president is using his negotiation voice: “Here’s the thing. Your father’s gonna get you the heart attack gun and you’re going to be my angel of salvation so I can put Nikki on the ticket.”

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    Biden will move heaven and earth to try and attract all seven Haley voters, but will tell millions of people in his base that are angry about the genocide he is committing to F off.

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    Funniest outcome - they drop Harris from the ticket and add Haley, Trump beats them in the general election, both Trump and Biden die before January 2025, we get whatever clown Trump chose as vp for president.

    A true victory for uncommitted if ever there were one.

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      That would destroy comedy because nothing would be funnier. Maybe the /r/politics meltdown…