Trump was booed especially loudly when he called for the Libertarian Party to nominate him, instead of its own candidate, in the election.
“Or you can just keep getting your three percent”
Not that I care, but what the fuck was your plan here? Just roasting libertarians for the fun of it?
Which to be fair, is a hobby of mine.
He thought he could roll in and get their endorsement over their own candidate.
Say what you want about the Libertarians, they are not the drooling idiots of the MAGA crowd.
Yeah they’re not stupid, they’re selfish. So they’re not that different from some Republicans.
They’re not Repub-level stupid, but they do think libertarianism would work.
I mean I have different opinions than most Libertarians but I applaud the true Libertarian POV of “leave me the fuck alone”
If I lived alone on an island, I’d probably be one too.
But, considering the government (Republican or Democratic) will take whatever the fuck they want from my wages and then gouge me again on sales tax, I just want to dump as much of those taxes into helping others and the rest can go to helping to maintain and expand green spaces as well as infrastructure and roads.
Fun fact: most libertarians don’t want to be left alone. They don’t want to be regulated. They still want a society with rules, they just want those rules to be whatever they decide works for them, without regard to whether those rules would fuck over someone else.
Some so-called libertarians actually do want to live apart from society but at that point they’re just antisocial. Because being libertarian means you need to be part of a group, which is antithetical to the ethos of being left alone.
Both of these cohorts are no fun at parties.
Social libertarian, so many here seem to forget this label exists.
In honestly though, labels are fucking stupid. No one can directly fit under any of them, without a “but” clause stating the shit they don’t agree with.
I just use “pissed off Democrat”
There was zero plan as usual. The thing is, imagine what’s going to happen after Trump. Imagine someone who is actually charismatic and smart in Trump’s place who tows the same basic line. That’s what really scares me
I see this sentiment often, which has afforded me the chance to reflect on it. The hypothetical smarter, shrewder, Trump-like candidate would likely hold less appeal to the party. As it stands, aspiring connivers operate under the belief that they can exert enough control to get what they want, consequences be damned. Essentially, they are gambling that they can act as the ego to his id on matters that they prioritize. A more intelligent candidate would certainly have a higher degree of agency and thus would be of less value to the manipulators. Trump, and those who resemble him, are the most dangerous sort.
This is the best answer I’ve been able to formulate as to why those who present as fools and dunces form the face of the MAGA movement. These people are useful idiots who garner support from interested parties focused on specific goals.
I really do hope you’re right
Holy shit the projection is real.
“Don’t let the worst president in history to come back for the. Final nail”
The Fuck?
This is how Biden wins the election.
Not by convincing leftists to vote for Biden, but by convincing potential Trump supporters to not vote for Trump. For this election, “centrists” and “social liberal fiscal conservatives” matter a lot more than anyone here.
Say you’re a libertarian. It’s one corrupt big goverment guy running against another. Why vote for the guy who just insulted your beliefs? Doesn’t that make you one of his “cucks”?
It’s crazy this asshole is going to win again. Biden has done exponentially more for Americans than Trump but he’s still going to lose.
Crazy Town. Top to bottom.
This country is jam packed full of morons.
Democracy cannot fix idiotism. This is long in the making dumbing down of a population.
If you call the folks that you want to vote for your guy idiots, then they’re probably not going to vote for your guy.
Can you give me a list of things Biden did so I can point them out to my in-laws? Because all I’ve seen him do is support war so it’s hard to argue with them
He’s made a significant number of judicial appointments which will affect the judicial system for decades: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judicial-nominations-200-senate-confirmation-biden/
Despite having his student loan debt cancellation overturned he’s still managed to relieve $170 billion dollars of student loan debt: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/student-loan-forgiveness-7-7-billion-heres-who-qualifies-biden/
He was able to pass one of the largest bi partisan infrastructure bills in decades (which Trump promised to do for years and never delivered): https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/us/politics/infrastructure-bill-passes.html
This is just a few of his major achievements I can think of off the top of my head. There are way more accomplishments that he directly and people he has appointed have delivered than I can possibly list.
And anyone who thinks Trump would be better for the war in Gaza than Biden is delusional
His FCC brought back net Neutrality. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/net-neutrality-fcc/
His CFPB put up limits to anti-consumer terms for payday loans and bank fees. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-cfpb-is-cleaning-up-junk-fees/
His administration raised fees for oil drilling in several major areas, although he also approved a large number of drilling permits so this may be a wash. https://apnews.com/article/oil-gas-drilling-public-lands-interior-climate-ffc88438d6f9c5d48e9a8fc7cffc749a
The UAW endorsed Biden. This gets weird, because many blame Biden for ending the rail strike, which he did, and which echoes the Bush Sr. Foul play with ATCs and pilots. But in exchange for ending the strike they got nearly everything they were asking for in the first place. Fain plays hardball and has probably gotten more for unions and their members than almost anyone, if he’s okay with Biden, I’m inclined to agree.
https://uaw.org/uaw-endorses-joe-biden-for-president-of-the-united-states/
Thank you
Oh! And we may get rid of Non-compete agreements because the FTC just voted to recommend a ban.
To your last comment, they always go back to the one time trump was asked about the war and his response was “I just want people to stop dying” it doesn’t make any sense to me, if you’re going to hang on to a few words someone says than you should also hang on to EVERYTHING else they say too. But this will help me point to a few things instead of just saying he’s a better option than trump because of shit he’s done/said
Edit: thank you
He is so greasy, literally and figuratively.
Also shitty.
Article is def worth the read, short fast and made me smile.
Trump took the stage to “thunderous” boos, and ended his speech in a similar fashion this weekend.
Trump was booed especially loudly when he called for the Libertarian Party to nominate him, instead of its own candidate, in the election.
Trump repeated the nomination request as he left the stage, as well, resulting in some very loud boos as he stepped away from the podium.
Sounds like a hoot from start to finish!
How was he even planning to win them over? He’s not even a conservative Republican. Libertarians are split down the middle between Democrat and Republican, sharing the Democrat’s stance on civil liberty, and Republican’s stance on fiscal conservatism. Depending on an individual’s weight on social vs. economic policy, coupled with the well lubricated authoritarian slip n’ slide of the right, there’s honestly a better chance we’d see some defect left.
Good. The more groups he pisses off, the better.
