2020 Democratic presidential primary

Fred c'mon fp for strawmanning? Strawmanning is a core ilx value

I said "there's not the kind of organized money and power behind the far left that exists for the center and the right" and you quoted just the last sentence of that post out of context and rebutted it with Chapo Trap House, so who's the one strawmanning here?

x-post: Well, yeah, but so is excessive fp'ing

Fred making a strong vmic return to US politics threads

fp'd fred for deviating from core ilx values but also because of ilx core values

I am somewhat encouraged by this basic truth getting through to a moderate who seems to be surrounded by a lot of DNC received wisdom types. He’s not a good candidate but the fact he thinks this is a sign of progress.

Pete Buttigieg: "If we adopt a platform that's way out to the left, [Republicans are] going to say we're socialists. If we adopt a more moderate or conservative platform, they're going to say we're socialists. So we might as well just do what we think is right." pic.twitter.com/rx4Ve6hoOh

— The Hill (@thehill) July 21, 2019

otm (to caek's thoughts)

caek, you are my president

Thank you you’re in the army now

sir, given my previous, regrettable attitude toward this nation i never really thought i'd be so proud to say this, but

USA forever, let the flag fly across the entire world! give me a gun and let's put some points on the board!

God damn it feels good to be right

Is there room for one more in god's country y/n

lol what an absolute dork

.@BetoORourke challenges staff to a push-up competition in SUX Airport. Our flight is delayed so he says “we gotta make use of this time.” pic.twitter.com/2NPdxmXZka

— Ben Pu (@BenPu_nbc) July 20, 2019

god, he really belongs in austin

the well-named SUX airport.

Well, I guess it got him in the news, sorta, which was probably his goal. Sucks to be in the news for being a dork though

Beto's dorkiness is kind of endearing, until you imagine him appointing a cabinet or presiding over the National Security Council, where it loses its charm in a hurry.

All Joe Biden has to do is not do this and he did this pic.twitter.com/3Lkmx3IZJn

— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) July 21, 2019

i can't take this year

It's Chinatown, Karl.

it's chinatown without all the things we love about chinatown

It is truly weird, isn't it?

Like, I am a middle-aged American man and like many middle-aged American men I am surrounded by middle-aged American men who sometimes say things like "who can KNOW what the RULES are anymore, something totally INNOCUOUS could get you CALLED ON THE CARPET," but... I feel like they're all paranoid about "what if I tell a lady her dress is nice and she gets mad," not "what if I kiss a random college student who's working for me on the lips in front of a crowd of people?" It's not some kind of 21st-century innovation that this isn't normal!

lol joe ffs

is that a family member? do we know who it is?

reply to the tweet says it's his granddaughter

it's the May Queen

still weird

it might not be how you kiss your own grandparent but I know ppl who do and sexualizing it is not okay

still weird

No, MUCH WEIRDER.

nope, no it's not. obviously

definitely a lot less weird, more like "that's not how my family rolls but i know families that do" and i feel like a dope for falling for the madtweet construction that allowed me to think it was a stranger who had just introduced him

there are plenty of reasons to run uncle joe out of this but pouncing on *every" physical expression of affection is stupid. We are ppl who use our bodies to express affection in sexual and nonsexual ways.

is that a family member? do we know who it is?

― The Ravishing of ROFL Stein (Hadrian VIII),

like basically I'm saying, "be like Hadrian even though the entire thing of Twitter is to try to trick you into not being like Hadrian"

I will not vote for a president who kisses his/her grandchildren on the lips. You all have your things, whatever they are; this is mine.

**ahem**

Caleb Hull - Political strategy and content. Avg. 150M video views per week on conservative videos. See website for business inquiries.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEZM92GtPno

like basically I'm saying, "be like Hadrian even though the entire thing of Twitter is to try to trick you into not being like Hadrian"

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Monday, July 22, 2019 3:35 PM (seven minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

barely preserving my invulnerabilty by limiting Twitter exposure to tweets posted on ILX

I scrolled through the rest of that guys twitter feed for about 5m before realizing I got played.

xxposts

I hate to sound like a paranoid nutter but we are going to see lots of right-wing operatives launching scrubbed online identities as "concerned liberals" to post shit like this

more than likely

FUCK THE PLANET, rages mayor pete

Pete Buttigieg has spent roughly $300,000 on private jet travel this year, more than any other Democrat running for the White House, according to an analysis of campaign finance data.

The expenditures have enabled the South Bend, Indiana, mayor to keep up an aggressive schedule, shuttling from his campaign headquarters in his hometown to fundraisers and political events across the country. But his reliance on charter flights contrasts sharply with his image as a Rust Belt mayor who embodies frugality and Midwestern modesty.

oh ffs

“Relatively unknown candidate spends money on personal appearances over online ads. The shocking details tonight at 11:00...”

Want to get anywhere but these places? You'll have a Chicago layover.

https://flysbn.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/SBN-Flight-map-Jan-2018-1024x660.png

wow a legible route map

I uh don't see any international destinations on there btw

detroit to windsor, only an extra 8 minutes added to your trip

Beto seems to be the only one doing proper trv kvlt push-ups in that clip, which probably makes it dorkier.

Read the Petey profile in last week's NYT Mag; he uses "model" as a verb like the marketing shitbird he is.

That's actually substantially more nonstop routes than I expected South Bend to have!

major university in town!!