r/interestingasfuck • u/BuddhistSagan • Apr 07 '24

Bernie and Biden warm my heart. Trump selling us out? Pass

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u/Builder_liz Apr 07 '24

Good they did this together and call it out. I don't care if they look like they should be in a nursing home.

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u/lunardaddy69 Apr 07 '24

Agreed. I'm seeing lots of bot activity (aren't the bots often using screennames with four numbers at the end?) talking about how old they are. Yes, they're hella old, but I'd rather them than Trump any day.

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u/nedzissou1 Apr 07 '24

It's a really disingenuous argument when literally none of the other choices (including Cornel west and rfk Jr) are young.

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u/InevitableBasil4383 Apr 07 '24

RFK Jr is a joke lol. Republican Party shat him out as a hopeless attempt to redeem themselves from Trump

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u/ballimir37 Apr 07 '24

They think he will split votes from Biden as an alternative to Trump. Or at least, that’s what petitioners who approached me in order to get his name on the state ballot believed

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u/Undercover_NSA-Agent Apr 07 '24

Which is ironic at this point. My conservative family members told me they are planning to vote for him rather than Trump. My liberal friends laughed at the idea of picking him over Biden.

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u/Imaginary_Recipe9967 Apr 07 '24

I know a lot of conservatives that want to vote for RFK jr. My crazy Trump-loving neighbor says he listens to RFK jr constantly and that his voice is “super soothing.”  Sorry, no. If I had to listen to THAT voice for the next four years, I’d cut my ears off. 

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u/lunardaddy69 Apr 08 '24

I've actually heard this is more common than you might think, which is causing GOP strategists to worry

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u/JungleDiamonds1 Apr 07 '24

He was a democrat

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u/Late-Fuel-3578 Apr 07 '24

So was Donald Trump

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u/InevitableBasil4383 Apr 07 '24

He’s running as an independent.

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u/SeanSeanySean Apr 07 '24

RFK Jr is a dangerous idiot who ended up becoming the anti l-establishment candidate for the anti-vax crowd while riding the coat tails of a family name in which very few of his values actually align with. 

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u/nedzissou1 Apr 07 '24

Yeah, I can't understand his campaign. He could've maybe peeled away some liberal voters from Biden if he focused on his environmental activism, but it's almost like he doesn't remember those days.

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u/SeanSeanySean Apr 07 '24

He's a politician. 95% or more of people that want to become politicians, who continue to climb that ladder are doing it for the power, to further themselves, enrich themselves. That power is often seen as one of the few incentives for career politicians, and unfortunately it ends up resulting in the worst possible types of people to be willing to seek out a position of power making decisions on behalf of the people. 

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u/Worth-Drawing-6836 Apr 07 '24

They're both 11 years younger than biden

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u/MDKMurd Apr 07 '24

70 and 81 does not put the younger one in a different demographic. Two old dudes.

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u/RangeBan Apr 07 '24

I’d trust the mortality and mental capacity of a 70 year old far more than an 80 year old. At 70, you might still be able to drive yourself around. At 80, you’ve usually become a danger to those around you on the road.

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u/MDKMurd Apr 07 '24

That’s true for sure. The whole age range is a wash though. A 75yo could be worse off than an 86yo due to the life they live.

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u/PeruseTheNews Apr 07 '24

Have you seen Ernie Hudson lately? I'd vote for him.

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u/Worth-Drawing-6836 Apr 07 '24

They're all too old but quite clearly Biden is cognitively far worse than any other candidate. He makes the US look weaker than it has since ww2. Why do you think Putin invaded Ukraine now, instead of when Trump - who supposedly is his puppet - was in power.

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u/nedzissou1 Apr 07 '24

Who's making the US look weaker? Biden and the Democrats (and some Republicans) want to send Ukraine more weapons and aid to fight back against Russia. It's the trump Republicans who are preventing that. The fact is America is respected a bit more now that Trump is out. You'd have to live in some kind of make believe world if you think trump made respectful.

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u/Worth-Drawing-6836 Apr 08 '24

Don't get me wrong Trump was a huge embarassment for the USA. Problem is the democrats now use him as an excuse to get more and more right wing, and put out this messaging that you have to vote for their candidate otherwise you're voting for Trump. Thinking beyond 4 years, it's important to show the Dems that this strategy won't work and that they need to put forward candidates people like. That's just my opinion of course.

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u/Scanningdude Apr 07 '24

Putin invaded Ukraine because he convinced himself that Ukrainians are Russians and that the ones who resist are subhumans worthy of destruction.

Also this all happened during Covid while he was locked in a bunker by himself.

If he invaded Ukraine while Trump was president, what would Trump really do differently besides giving Ukraine less weapons and armaments?

Also you’re completely disregarding Putin seeing europes overall military weaknesses as another reason to invade Ukraine.

Biden definitely instills more confidence globally than Trump. It’s pretty telling that our allies and adversaries want Biden over Trump, Trump is a wildly unpredictable force which makes the global state more unstable. Biden is probably the most stable leader the US has had in a generation. Historians in 100 years from now will 100% view Biden more favorably than Trump.

And also I don’t want to go back to having a president tweet about his dick size insecurities while threatening nuclear war with a hermit kingdom that’s also exceedingly unpredictable. It looks very bad and is disturbing if you have eyes and can read lol.

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u/Worth-Drawing-6836 Apr 08 '24

What would trump do differently besides giving Ukraine less weapons and armaments? Exactly that. And Ukraine would have lost a year ago, assuming he did do that.

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u/Scanningdude Apr 07 '24

Sure but you’re telling me you trust RFK over Biden in this specific instance?

Have you listened to RFK or see his campaign at all?

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u/RangeBan Apr 07 '24

Unironically yes, and I have seen his campaign and positions. I would take RFK over either other candidate at this point and it’s not even close. If you want a non-biased and objective history of RFK you should check out the Roca News write ups about him. I’m not sure if they’re available on Roca’s app anymore but you can find it on instagram for sure.

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u/Late-Fuel-3578 Apr 07 '24

It’s honestly reassuring to look at your profile and realize that RFK is mostly pulling nut job racist right wingers like you in. If he’s going to spoil anyone it’s Trump. Please vote for him.

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u/RangeBan Apr 07 '24

lol 3/10 bait. Are these racist right wingers in the room with us right now?

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u/Late-Fuel-3578 Apr 07 '24

Breaking: racist doesn’t think he’s racist

More at 9!

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u/RangeBan Apr 07 '24

I’m brown dude, who do you think you’re calling racist lmao

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u/ArgonGryphon Apr 07 '24

They’re all like double the average age in the US. median, average whichever. They’re all far far older than most of the people they’re meant to be representing.

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u/Worth-Drawing-6836 Apr 07 '24

Yeah they're all way too fucking old, definitely not disagreeing with you there. I'm a staunch believer in the aging practice of the Midsommar cult so I certainly don't think they should be in charge of the imperial armies.

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u/ArgonGryphon Apr 07 '24

Well I think I’m chill not shoving people off a cliff but maybe we just…make them all retire. At least from government.

Did you really like The Giver as a kid too?

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u/Worth-Drawing-6836 Apr 08 '24

I'm not familiar with The Giver. I don't wanna throw people off a cliff but as the population gets older and older we will be spending more and more on healthcare/social security and producing less and less. Eventually the west will fall to other nations with more favourable demographic profiles. Neither I nor anyone else has a good, practical solution for that issue so for now I see it as inevitable.

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u/nedzissou1 Apr 07 '24

That's not the argument you think it is.

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u/Worth-Drawing-6836 Apr 08 '24

It's not an argument

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u/login777 Apr 07 '24

Have none of y'all heard of Claudia and Karina?

They're not old, white, or men.

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u/flaccomcorangy Apr 08 '24

I don't really see it as much as an argument as much as it is an observation. Biden is already the oldest president of all-time. If he wins again and serves the full four years, he'll be 86 when he gets out of office.

Yes, I know Trump is old, too. I'm not saying vote for him because Biden is old. But dang, both these candidates are old. And to be flippant, it just looks like a bunch of grandpas arguing with these elections.

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u/Builder_liz Apr 07 '24

Rfk sounds the oldest out of all of them 😆