Paying very close attention to the primaries in 2020 is what convinced me to never engage with electoralism in any capacity ever again
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same, first and only time, it was very educational
Even it they held primary elections, they would rig them so Genocide Joe would win.
They might rig it for someone else if Joe looks like he’s going to eat shit. I could see him bowing out for “health reasons” or whatever right before the general and then having the party anoint his successor unilaterally due to the lack of time for a democratic process. It wouldn’t be the weirdest thing to happen in American politics. But yes, rig it they will.
There has not been one case of an important democrat bowing out for health reasons, multiple high profile disasters due to them not though
Dying can be seen as the ultimate form of bowing out
uhh sweaty I'll have you know Diane Feinstein bowed out in the middle of her term, which is ackshully before her next primary.
It could be whatever excuse they want. Health just seems convenient. The point is that I could see Biden stepping down at the eleventh hour so that they can replace him without consulting the unwashed masses.
you are a russian
They call me Lev Parnas ~~aww fuck who was that guy? The "we got him now check out this guys testimony trump did it!" guy? fuck I totally forget his name it was like 3.5 years ago~~
Lev Parnas?
Yeah!!!
Lmfao that fuckin guy
Robert Mueller?
Naw definitely not, he was like a weird grifter guy, Idk I've completely forgotten
Im losing my mind, who was the like, russian mobster type cretin of a guy who was the last blast of russia gate shit? I haven't thought about it for so long I feel like Im goin nuts
Edit: It was Rudy gulianis weird gremlin Lev Parnas
Virgil Texas
if only we had the option of voting in Mr. Genocide 2 or perhaps even Mrs. Genocide
It is her turn after all
Mrs. Genocide
You rang?
I was gonna vote in the primary but then they denied me so I won’t vote in November. It’s their fault
NO INVESTIGATION (into who the candidate is via a primary process)
NO RIGHT TO SPEAK (via a vote at the ballot box)
sorry libs, I don't make the rules
Apparently I might be able to vote in British elections, so I get to vote for two heads of state
I've started using the phrase "unsanctioned democracy" when people start telling me the time to express my preferences is only in the primaries or when they talk about how we shouldn't have primaries because we have an incumbent
Keep on posting comrade. This is how we get to the promised land.
"Vote for whoever you support in the primaries but then you have to vote for the nominee in the general." - libs
"Fuck you, were not having a primary were nominating biden." - the state of New York the last two elections
I had a dream a night or two ago where there was a Democratic primary and Biden only got 10% of the votes. Newsom and someone else got 20-30%.
Sometimes these dreams are way too convincing.
For the sake of your soul, log off. No one should be dreaming about primary results
I'm not sure that would help. I'd have equally corny dreams either way.
Wait, did the Democrats cancel their primary? I thought Dean Phillips and Orb Lady were running
They didn't like announce that they aren't doing one, they're just kind of quietly not doing a real primary
Kinda like bidens campaign strategy in 2020 of hide and quietly do nothing
That's kind of how it always is with an incumbent. The 2012 democratic primary for instance had several states (including New York) cancel their primary entirely. Although that one was funny because Obama nearly lost West Virginia to a prison inmate named "Dark Priest" and there were like 20 declared candidates in New Hampshire. The 2020 Republican primary was also a joke. Several states cancelled and a few changed to a winner take all tally rather than proportional delegates.
There's never been an incumbent president who lost a primary nomination. The closest two things that come to mind are how Ted Kennedy got 37% of the vote in the Democratic primary in 1980, which caused the race to still be contested on the convention floor. But the nomination ultimately went to Jimmy Carter. There's also John Tyler, who was kicked out of his party while the incumbent in 1841 (The Whigs) because he annexed Texas. Then the Whigs nominated Henry Clay in 1845 even though it was still Tyler's first term.
prison inmate named "Dark Priest"
Keith Russell Judd (born May 23, 1958) is an American convicted criminal and perennial candidate for political office. His nicknames include "Dark Priest"[1] and "Mtr. President".[2] He claims to have run for president of the United States in every election since 1996. In the 2012 Democratic primary in West Virginia, Judd won 41% of the vote against incumbent Barack Obama, then the highest single-state vote share that any of Obama's primary opponents had achieved in 2012.
This owns.
He was in jail in the first place for a dispute over a refund or something from some university. He kept sending them threatening letters saying like "give me the money or die. Last chance." And he'd include semen stains on the letters and I think one time he sent a knife. Absolutely unhinged but I gotta respect the hustle. Then he nearly got delegates on the floor of the DNC lmao
I remember being obsessed with this guy in 2012
Dudes rock
Lyndon B. Johnson didn't run in '68 because his approval rating had fallen too much.
back when baby boomers opposed genocide 
Nah, they just didn't want to be the ones fighting. Had the government of the US done the same things it did, but only let the South Vietnamese + henchmen like Australia fight, the support of the Vietnam war would have remained high or indifferent.
This doesnt even make sense
Like really I have no words not even in the most ironic way possible
We love it folks
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