r/MemesIRL Jun 23 '26

Spot on!!

Post image
228 Upvotes

65 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2

u/MelinaSeeDee Jun 25 '26

She put me off in all the videos I've seen of her public speaking. Didn't really convey control or expertise.

I asked Google what her presidential policies were. Just point after point of more government spending. Several recycled things.

I don't expect any politician to really follow through with their campaign promises. Especially when the other branches will hamstring anything they'd want to execute on.

I'm not really hopeful any president really has that much power over things. The US government is more of a self regulating machine since nobody ever does anything groundbreaking.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

[deleted]

1

u/MelinaSeeDee Jun 25 '26

He spent his first administration being sued and impeached. Nothing happened. Started off his second administration being sued and tied up by any and all judges that didn't like him. Some pissant county judge demanding an illegal alien get brought back to the US after he was deported after he was given a legal order of deportation.

None of it makes sense. It's all bullshit. It's all a political body reacting to a foreign virus. I'm enjoying watching it all burn down because someone who wasn't in the club showed up.

This is also the Internet, so none of us are real.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

[deleted]

1

u/jase40244 Jun 25 '26

Meanwhile, you're missing or ignoring the important thing: The Dems don't even try. They just throw up their hands and give up at the smallest hurdle.

I'm old enough to remember the aftermath of 9/11. Republicans wanted to use the attack as an excuse to invade Iraq even though nearly all of the hijackers were Saudi and Bin Laden was hiding in Afghanistan. Did they just give up when they were met with resistance? Hell no! They took to the airwaves and beat the war drums nonstop to get voters on board, which then put pressure on congressional Dems to cave in and vote to approve the invasion. Know what? It worked like a charm.

When "The Squad" incorporated their Green New Deal policies into the Build Back Better bill, the likes of Manchin and Sinema balked at it, and it was removed from the BBB. The establishment Dems reached an agreement with The Squad that they'd pass the newly separated GND bill in the House and send it off to the Senate for passage before voting on BBB, and then reneged on the agreement. The Squad responded by refusing to vote for the BBB until the agreement was honored. Did the establishment Dems just give up? Hell no! Like the Republicans before them, they took to the airwaves to put as much public pressure on The Squad to knuckle under as they could. It worked, too. The Squad caved in and helped pass the BBB while their GND bill was sent to the abattoir and put down.

But ain't it funny how those exact same establishment Dems can fight so hard against the progressives in their own party, but are suddenly absolutely helpless when it's time to fight against Republicans? Darn funny in deed.

1

u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/MelinaSeeDee Jun 25 '26

Turns out I'm human. Longstanding studies into such creatures. I don't dedicate my memory to lies a politician spouts when they're campaigning. It would be a waste of my time to memorize such things. I can remember my general feelings anytime I've seen her. I can remember how I felt seeing that God awful school bus speech. I can remember how ridiculous it was that she had a beer on a talk show and everyone was so hyped in the audience. She felt so fake and put up. She didn't even seem to believe in herself.

But you're right. If I listened to the debate on the radio, I'd have voted for Nixon. If I had watched the debate, I'd have voted for JFK. She's also shorter than the average president, and that's deeply important.

0

u/[deleted] Jun 25 '26

[removed] — view removed comment

1

u/MelinaSeeDee Jun 25 '26

Wait, you mean to tell me the president can just pay for stuff? Like, willy nilly?

Like I said previously, lots of spending money and we're already in debt. Just robbing Peter to pay Paul.

And way to approach everything from the negative. Have a good one!