***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[RustyShackleford]

I didn't say "she did nothing." I said "we need more."

yes, in my belief we need elected officials who claim to be on our side to make it constantly clear what our will consists of.

I don't want to hear "significant," I want to hear "inadequate."

I don't want a victory lap, I want an apology, expressions of sincere regret that more could not be done.

I don't wanna hear "both teams played hard."

I want to hear people openly condemn bad faith actors in every word on the subject.

I want FIRE.

now, it doesn't always matter what I want I guess, and hell they have my vote anyway.

...but who am I supposed to convert with "hey, we actually did pretty good overall!"

But my point is, she gave you more for months. She gave you the fire.

In her press conference, she said the bill is not enough and more needs to be needed. She called it a first step. She especially criticized the GOP demanding that anything specific to minority communities hurt by the pandemic get gutted too.

Yet, your criticism of her is based on a 17 clip on Twitter, from a speech that was over 20 mins? A speech where she calls of all the ways this bill should have done more. Again saying this bill is not enough in many ways. Calling out the GOP's ******* on the liability shield, the FED language nad generally holding it up.



No one is asking to say they did well overall, and that's that. Not even Pelosi is doing that. You're just using a 17-second clip to act like she is.

 

[RustyShackleford]

Aint gone lie. The Kente Cloth pic had me chuckling. I know they got the pass from the CBC but seeing Chuck and Nancy was too much for me

Matthew Yglesias had the best Tweet about it

He said something like "imagine if a Republican went into a coma on the day Pelosi announced Trump's impeachment, then wakes up months later, and this is the first thing they see on the TV"...

 

[kungfu koala]

 

[RustyShackleford]

...and Kamala didn't say that she listened to Pac before Pac was out or do I have that wrong? that is wack, wouldn't discard her for it but it's perfectly fair to clown.

You have that wrong.

Fact check: Kamala Harris did not say she listened to Snoop Dogg and Tupac while smoking marijuana in college

Social media users have been sharing a quote online claiming Kamala Harris said she listened to Snoop Dogg and Tupac while smoking marijuana in college. Users have questioned this statement and the claim is being used to discredit Harris, because both artists’ first albums...

www.reuters.com

The quote refers to an interview Harris did in February 2019 with The Breakfast Club, a morning radio show about Black culture, politics and more. Hosts Charlamagne Tha God and DJ Envy asked Harris questions on various topics. The full interview can be seen youtu.be/Kh_wQUjeaTk .

In the interview, Charlamagne Tha God asks Harris if she has ever smoked marijuana and Harris responds that she has ( youtu.be/Kh_wQUjeaTk?t=2193 ). Later in the interview, DJ Envy asks Harris what music she listens to. Before she has a chance to answer, Charlamagne Tha God interrupts by asking what music Harris listened to while smoking marijuana in college ( youtu.be/Kh_wQUjeaTk?t=2288 ).

Harris laughs but ignores Charlamagne Tha God’s question and responds to the original query of what music she listens to by saying “Snoop Dogg”, “Tupac” and adds that she loves “Cardi B”.

Without seeing the interview, the audio can lead a listener to believe Harris was responding to the marijuana question. In the video, she is looking at DJ Envy and responding to his original question about music.

Fox News discussed the interview and the misunderstanding, stating that Snoop Dogg and Tupac had not released albums when Harris was in college. Both hosts of The Breakfast Club show appeare

 

[IATT]

 

[elpablo21]

Warren Aide/Former Obama official

 

[af1 1982]

They really used the election has an excuse to delay the Stimulus. When in actuality they we’re waiting for the vaccine so they could give us less

and then they taunt it in our face by every single one of them filming themselves getting vaccinated. Biden included

it is sooooooo weird to me

 

[gry60]

"PAT ROBERTSON CALLS FOR BIDEN'S DEATH, SAYS KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE PRESIDENT"

Time to twist them words the way they do it...

 

[dacomeup]

and then they taunt it in our face by every single one of them filming themselves getting vaccinated. Biden included

That’s absolutely not why Biden is televising his vaccination. It’s to signal the safety of the vaccine to the public.

 

[cosmiccoffee9]

huh, I'll take my loss on being wrong about the Kamala/Pac thing...guess now she's only wack for becoming a prosecutor.

But my point is, she gave you more for months. She gave you the fire.

In her press conference, she said the bill is not enough and more needs to be needed. She called it a first step. She especially criticized the GOP demanding that anything specific to minority communities hurt by the pandemic get gutted too.

Yet, your criticism of her is based on a 17 clip on Twitter, from a speech that was over 20 mins? A speech where she calls of all the ways this bill should have done more. Again saying this bill is not enough in many ways. Calling out the GOP's ****ery on the liability shield, the FED language nad generally holding it up.



No one is asking to say they duhid well overall. Not even Pelosi is doing that.

yeah but all jokes aside the thing is we're not convincing me to keep the faith.

I guess my point is that a small slip-up (if we're gonna agree to call it that) in a 20 minute speech may not breed my apathy, but it sure will in others.

like, I care. I have hope. it's not gonna be ME out on the streets next month, dumpster diving behind Panera and moving in with a Tinder date while working up the courage to stick up a 7-11 with my $600 stimulus piece.

hell, we're both in a political thread on a sneaker website. we both give more ****s than most, and have an idea of who to give them to.

...but does someone whose life is falling apart want to hear "significant" even once? did even one blue vote slip away with that careless phrase?

inspiring hope is definitely part of the job description...maybe I put a lot of weight on that, but I believe it is.

 

[af1 1982]

That’s absolutely not why Biden is televising his vaccination. It’s to signal the safety of the vaccine to the public.

I know I know, I’m just putting my tin foil hat on

 

[RustyShackleford]

The best way to inspire confidence about the vaccine is to give it to the entire NY Knicks roster.

Then pay other teams off, so the trash Knicks can make the playoffs.

When folk see that miracle, they will think Pfizer made a magical performance-enhancing elixir and will be racing to take it

 

[biggie62]

The best way to inspire confidence about the vaccine is to give it to the entire NY Knicks roster.

Then pay teams off so their trash team can make the playoffs.

When folk see that miracle, they will think Pfizer made a magical performance-enhancing elixir

Or just give it to all the Xbox fanboys since they need something to cheer them up about using an inferior system for these past 2 decades.

 

[elpablo21]

 

[RustyShackleford]

Or just give it to all the Xbox fanboys since they need something to cheer them up about using an inferior system for these past 2 decades.

Or inject the PSN servers with it, so maybe that can stop them from crashing, going offline for weeks at a time, and letting hackers run off with customer data.

Ain't these ya mans....

 

[biggie62]

Or maybe inject the PSN servers with it, so maybe that can stop them from crashing, going offline for weeks at a time, and letting hackers run off with customer data.

Ain't these ya mans....

Im team Pc right now so I wouldn’t know

 

[tomdiginson]

 

[RustyShackleford]

Im team Pc right now so I wouldn’t know

Funny how you go from....


Then I mention the servers and it is....

 

[dmbrhs]

Two weeks ago he said the election was a fraud and Trump would be President again. They can't keep their stories straight.

 

[IATT]

 

[tomdiginson]

Or maybe inject the PSN servers with it, so maybe that can stop them from crashing, going offline for weeks at a time, and letting hackers run off with customer data.

Ain't these ya mans....

Didn't some teenagers go to jail for hacking the xbox?

 

[RustyShackleford]

Didn't some teenagers go to jail for hacking the xbox?

Yeah, I think I heard about that a few years back.

 

[rexanglorum]

Dude wants a financial system based on Krugerrands and IOUs issued by small town banks without a website. In his mind, using fiat currency to get idle resources into use is crazy.



Let’s get Rene reading some Kelton.

 

[Upptempo]

Funny that he stopped at $2000. He knew if he was like "why not $2000? Why not $200,000??" people would've been like "YEAH WHAT ABOUT $200,000. DO IT"

 

[Mark Antony]

"PAT ROBERTSON CALLS FOR BIDEN'S DEATH, SAYS KAMALA HARRIS WILL BE PRESIDENT"

Time to twist them words the way they do it...

Caught that too but thought it was pretty funny coming from a 90 year old.