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rpannier

(24,328 posts)
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 01:40 AM Apr 2020

I will consider the position of those who say don't vote Biden. But I require a few things

1. You have to prove that AJ RBG will not have to leave the bench (either as the result of death or some illness)
2. You have to prove that AJ Thomas will not resign or die
3. You have to be able to prove that il douce will not continue to place wholly unqualified hacks onto the bench
4. You have to prove that he won't continue damaging the environment
5. You have to prove that he won't keep marginalizing the LGBT community
6. You have to prove that he will get rid of the worst Attorney General in U.S. history
7. You have to prove that il douche-bag will act presidential
8. You have to prove the he'll stop spending huge amounts of tax dollars enriching himself, his family and his friends
9. You have to prove that he'll stop undermining the medical community
10. You have to prove that he'll listen to the advice of people who actually know what they're talking about
11. You have to prove he will stop acting like an insane, narcissistic, petulant, obnoxious, psychotic three year old.
12. You have to prove he'll stop eroding women's rights
13. You'll have to prove he will stop making excuses for racists and other bigots
14. You have to prove he'll stop listening to people like Falwell, Jeffries and Graham
15. You have to prove he'll stop watching TV and actually work
16. You have to prove he'll read the daily briefings, instead of winging it
17. You have to prove he'll stop picking fights with our allies/strategic partners
18. You have to prove he'll actually take responsibility for his mistakes
19. You have to prove he'll stop lying
20. You have to prove he'll stop taking advice from Hannity, Dobbs and the couch sitters.

If you can prove to me that these few things will happen (all of them, not some), then we can talk

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I will consider the position of those who say don't vote Biden. But I require a few things (Original Post) rpannier Apr 2020 OP
Defeating trump is the only thing that matters Gothmog Apr 2020 #1
Agreed rpannier Apr 2020 #2
Devil's advocate: If you live in state like NY or CA, which Trump will lose no matter what... thesquanderer Apr 2020 #19
Yep. The ONLY thing that matters. calimary Apr 2020 #17
A most excellent and reasonable list. I would add, "You will have to prove that he will stop niyad Apr 2020 #3
That's a fair and sober addition rpannier Apr 2020 #4
How about if I just promise to bring you a sample of dark matter? mr_lebowski Apr 2020 #5
Yeah. You are right rpannier Apr 2020 #6
That's right, and I am not excited about voting for him, though I will certainly vote for him. rusty quoin Apr 2020 #7
If you don't vote for Joe Biden MoonlitKnight Apr 2020 #8
We all vote for Biden. It is easy. rusty quoin Apr 2020 #9
There won't be any on this Cha Apr 2020 #10
Agree rpannier Apr 2020 #16
Zero option to vote anything but Democratic. PufPuf23 Apr 2020 #11
Yes, I'd like to know how such people know the future. betsuni Apr 2020 #12
yeah. but we're SO tired of the neo-libs and corporate Dems! stopdiggin Apr 2020 #13
That is a first DFW Apr 2020 #15
People who are determined not to vote Biden at THIS point? DFW Apr 2020 #14
Ain't it the truth rpannier Apr 2020 #18

rpannier

(24,328 posts)
2. Agreed
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 01:48 AM
Apr 2020

Which is the point of my list
1. They cannot prove any of those things would happen
2. The list is very, very, very long and contains the traits that make trump such an ass.
3. He is unable to do one of them

thesquanderer

(11,972 posts)
19. Devil's advocate: If you live in state like NY or CA, which Trump will lose no matter what...
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 09:19 AM
Apr 2020

...then you arguably have the luxury of making some other statement with your vote, if you so choose.

niyad

(113,092 posts)
3. A most excellent and reasonable list. I would add, "You will have to prove that he will stop
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 01:48 AM
Apr 2020

consorting with dictators and autocrats, lusting after their power.

 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
5. How about if I just promise to bring you a sample of dark matter?
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 01:57 AM
Apr 2020

I'm thinking that's less ambitious.

rpannier

(24,328 posts)
6. Yeah. You are right
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 02:00 AM
Apr 2020

But with that, I want the trump Klan blasted into a black hole
If I'm going to ask the impossible, I might as well go big

 

rusty quoin

(6,133 posts)
7. That's right, and I am not excited about voting for him, though I will certainly vote for him.
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 02:41 AM
Apr 2020

So will my wife and son. We have another son who is old enough...18. And there my daughter and boyfriend who are practically socialist living in Richmond, VA. They will vote for him.

rpannier

(24,328 posts)
16. Agree
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 04:04 AM
Apr 2020

There is zero chance il douche will do even one of those I listed
But, that's sort of my point.
It's just a small list of what's wrong with il douche trumpolini and his maladministration
It breaks down a small part, sadly only a small part, of what is wrong with him
Any other administration 20 things would be around the max of what is seriously wrong
With trump it's the middle of a very large barrel
People who tell me they won't vote for Biden because of X, Y and Z, this is one of the lists I throw at them when they start on it
I had another I posted a few days ago
Another thing I resort to is showing them videos of trump's rallies
They almost always get the message
I find using lists like this force them to take some perspective
I'll listen to what you have to say if you can guarantee these things.
They can't. So, I'm not interested

PufPuf23

(8,756 posts)
11. Zero option to vote anything but Democratic.
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 02:55 AM
Apr 2020

Just want the election and transition to happen and to go as smooth as possible.

betsuni

(25,380 posts)
12. Yes, I'd like to know how such people know the future.
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 02:58 AM
Apr 2020

And why they're so sure of the both-sides thing and what Biden would do as president, just like they were so sure of all the terrible things the Democratic nominee was going to do last time. Because a Democratic president won't transform the U.S. into a different country by some miraculous means, I guess is the problem. Anyone working in government wants to fix problems to improve it (unless they're Republicans). Activists work outside the system, that's different. American culture isn't going to fundamentally change right now and is complicated. Know your own country.

Was just skimming Naomi Klein's 2017 book and sometimes she's fine, but then starts in on both-sides and how Democrats are neoliberal-status quo and totalitarian-fascist-oligarchs this and that. How ironic for someone who wrote the book "No Logo" about brands sticks these mindless brand labels onto Democrats.

Also read some of Chris Hedges' 2009 "Empire of Illusion" and sometimes he's fine, then the both-sides-elitist-privilege-entitlement-wealth blah blah blah happens. He thinks the idiot children of families like the Bush's and Trump's are the same as the Clintons and Obamas because they all went to Ivy League schools. Oh, come on. Can't tell the difference?

stopdiggin

(11,254 posts)
13. yeah. but we're SO tired of the neo-libs and corporate Dems!
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 03:22 AM
Apr 2020

don't cha' know?
(and really .. there isn't that much difference between the two establishment parties, right?)

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DFW

(54,302 posts)
14. People who are determined not to vote Biden at THIS point?
Mon Apr 27, 2020, 03:31 AM
Apr 2020

If they had stage 4 terminal cancer, and Joe Biden could cure it, they STILL wouldn't vote for him.

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