• JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world
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    A friend of mine was telling me about it, said Fox News was going on about how they “don’t like the way he moves.” Whatever that means.

    “Twitchy Tim” is what Fox News decided on.

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      Why do these people always have to have some stupidass nickname for someone that’s not based on anything related to their platform or policies?

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        1 month ago

        Because their god emperor TruMp likes those elementary school names and so they must follow

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        Because they don’t want to talk about truth, the programs, policies etc.

        Also how the hell do you sell Trump otherwise? He can’t even align a coherent phrase to explicit anything.

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        I will admit I found “Tampon Tim” funny, but that was because of the irony in how it was meant to make fun of him but instead it helped spread the word about his history of progressive policies.

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        Because some of them mentally never left high school. So they pick 'insults" that were “funny” and made them “cool”, back when they peaked, and those appeal to the rest of the faux-news followers who did the same.

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          Yeah it was a rhetorical question. I wonder if anyone has ever attempted to point out to them that the “other side” doesn’t use these kinds of nicknames?

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            There’s many such nickname based on trumps fake tan. We can’t really claim superiority on the nickname thing. It IS funny though.

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              Right online and in memes. Are those used by cable news networks and candidates at their rallies?

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    It was hard for Republicans to compete with The Onion’s devastating exposé alleging that Walz’ “aw, shucks” persona is merely a facade concealing his true “gee whiz” tendencies.

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    According to a poll I saw a while ago he’s MORE POPULAR THAN TAYLOR SWIFT.

    I was not aware such a feat was possible.

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    What about the time he stopped to help an old lady push her car out of a snowbank? Did they even think to criticize him for that? I swear, GOP opposition research has gotten lazy.

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    not that great still maybe Democrats should stop acting like Republicans

    would not have to put out so much effort to make themselves look good if they would just support the people

    Tim Walz: 40% positive, 33% negative

    Taylor Swift: 33% positive, 27% negative

    Kamala Harris: 48% positive, 45% negative

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      It’s nice to be able to rely on having dog shit stupid takes from the same username all the time. Consistency is key. Keep it up.

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      ? Walz has gotten tons of progressive policies through with a single seat majority in his state

      Not only that, but

      He was a faculity advisor of a gay-straight alliance in the 90s when that was not very socially at all

      He’s got a strong pro-union background

      He has not acted like a republican

  • How are they going to smear a guy that pulled over to ask if I had everything I needed when he saw me changing my tire, checked again on his way back and handed me a cup of coffee with pastry?

    Later, he was my neighbor for a while. Came over when he saw me working on projects, let me borrow tools I didn’t have, and occasionally he’d borrow one of my tools. Such as a little trailer I had, and one tire had a slow leak, and when he brought it back he had replaced the valve stem and greased the wheel bearings, pumped up all four tires, and took it through the wash.

    None of that is true, but like you could try to talk shit about that guy like Walz, but to anyone that knows him you sound fucking dumb and weird.

    You know when like some new friend comes along and privately tries to talk shit to you about one of your old friends, not knowing that you’re old friends? That’s how it feels hearing any of these god damn super weirdos talk shit about a genuinely nice, honorable dude like Walz.

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    The gop only does four things effectively:

    1. Shoots kids
    2. Sexually assaults kids
    3. Accuses others of abusing kids
    4. Avoids discussing all of those dead kids
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      Also their main purpose for existing: Benefitting the ownership class. They do that the best.

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      Anecdotal, but relevant: I had forgotten what the “smears” were supposed to be until I saw this and went “oh, right, they did that”.

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      When I first saw it, I thought it was in suport of him until I realized who was posting it

      Same thing for “all lives matter” where I thought it was someone agreeing with black lives matter the first time I heard it. Didn’t realize someone could get so close to the point and miss it there

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        Same, I didn’t get why All Lives Matter was a bad thing at first. I’m like “yes! we’re all humans and everyone matters!” Then I saw who was posting it and had to reaccess.

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        There are campgain signs out that say “Law and Order Matters”

        … sponsored by the local Republicans.

        I assumed it was a Dem sign then I saw who sponsored it, then I assumed it was a joke, then I realized that no, it’s real and they are just that deluded.

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      The other argument I saw against him was he admitted when he made a mistake one time. I just remember it cause that struck me as so strange. Like… Yeah that’s awesome. Admitting you were wrong and trying to fix your mistake is a pretty damn good quality. It would be so annoying if he thought he knew everything about everything and never ever admitted he was wrong about anything even when he- oooooh it makes sense now.