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President Biden pardoned his son Hunter and the GOP is upset. Can you believe the hypocrisy ??Link to tweet
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A jury weighed two counts of homicide, one count of attempted homicide, and two counts of reckless endangerment, and found Rittenhouse not guilty on all charges.[23][24][25][26][27] Public sentiment and media coverage of the shootings was polarized and politicized. An Economist/YouGov poll found that two-thirds of Republicans thought Rittenhouse should be acquitted while three-quarters of Democrats thought he should be convicted.[28]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Rittenhouse
claudette
(4,557 posts)kerouac2
(729 posts)So loaded with cry babies. The flaws in every one of these jerks are through the roof. Just a pathetic base of people. And they spend their time making fun of snow flakes and woke and blah blah blah. Never ending flow of childish blather from these wimpy knuckle draggers and the sad part is they are attracting and creating millions in their image. Irony is the false male bravado macho bro crap that is seeping into our young men because it comes from snivelling light weights with their chests puffed out. These faux big tough republi-bros couldn't even change a tire.
People, especially men, need to start being better fast or we are doomed.
Passages
(1,177 posts)If you honestly believe Biden is a hypocrite, ok, yet at least do so IF/WHEN you are even marginally consistent.... ethically speaking.
kerouac2
(729 posts)Of integrity and willingness to follow rules and laws. They essentially force actions due to their corruption. For all we know, then would sentence hunter to death.
Passages
(1,177 posts)Rittenhouse is what they support and what they have produced.
I have no issue with Biden's pardon.
kerouac2
(729 posts)They will no doubt have a circus of hateful revenge actions going on daily to distract as they enact their worst plans in the background.
kerry-is-my-prez
(9,287 posts)Wonder if labor camps are in project 2025 .
Mr. Mustard 2023
(243 posts)I have read this thread and the words "cry baby" appear often. That may be the phrase we need to lock in & use.
Like: "You won, now go govern stop being a cry baby and go make America great. You said you have all the answers, and we liberals are "bad" so - stop whining and lead. We are watching you."
Put it on them. Squarely on them, and do not get triggered by their tantrums and threats.
kerouac2
(729 posts)on even more, like cry babies, wimps and worse.
Can't use words like traitor, because that is in the eye of the beholder I guess - we say traitor, they say patriot. And they are a-ok with 'locker room talk' about women and way worse, so vulgarity is a non issue.
Cry babies, wimps, mamas boys - all those things that trigger the alpha male, macho bro wannabees.
Emile
(30,083 posts)Democrats about justice is hilarious.
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Passages
(1,177 posts)Scrivener7
(52,891 posts)Passages
(1,177 posts)I would have preferred Biden not to have said anything after the conviction. He had no way of knowing who would win the election.
I wish he had just done it and said, yes...damn right I am doing this for him, he is my son. Biden clearly believes he was maltreated, just be consistent about it.
Scrivener7
(52,891 posts)Passages
(1,177 posts)It is hard to imagine. In principle, I get it. In practice, this political party produced Rittenhouse, and more importantly, they want to keep it that way.
I want to see Republicans politically pulverized for at least a generation, they have proven they are unfit but in power, and that will take a great deal of grassroots efforts to undo. I'm a fighter, I never give up.
FSogol
(46,576 posts)in trouble for having a illegal weapon without a shooting or gun crime?
travelingthrulife
(796 posts)When you are a Democrat it is a crime.
Scrivener7
(52,891 posts)We don't need to make nice, we don't need to "try to understand them." They won and we're all fucked, but all we Democrats can do about it for the moment is watch what happens.
What we can - and SHOULD do - is point at them and laugh very loudly and unanimously when they pull this kind of shit. Because, seriously, you can't make it up.
Go, Hunter!
Passages
(1,177 posts)January 6th POTUS, 34 felony count POTUS, found responsible for sexual abuse POTUS.
Trainwreck POTUS 2025
Scrivener7
(52,891 posts)In the past we Democrats have always tried to be conciliatory. Now, that would be our worst mistake. We need to take every opportunity to point out, "RepubliQans are too stupid to breathe, have no morals, are criminals, are completely hypocritical and can't govern for shit. And if you are one of the ones who voted for this train wreck, this is YOUR fault. Asshole."
Those who vote for these people do so because they feel inferior and trump tells them they are superior. We need to make it accepted fact that falling for that con truly makes their inferiority shine out of them like a beacon.
There's a lot of easy psychology at work here. We could manipulate it. I can't for the life of me understand why we don't.
Mr. Mustard 2023
(243 posts)Laugh at them, tell them "stop whining, stop being a cry baby and go fix America like you said you would."
Do not let their outrage of the day go without laughing at it.
Let's point our fingers at them, and say "Look at you. Why are you whining? You're in charge, go make America great."
LilElf70
(476 posts)has been misused for as long as I can remember. Why stop now. Personally, I would have done the same thing. There is such a thing as a "Get out of jail free" card in this country.
enigmania
(219 posts)logical fallacies, what I hear from the right is wahh, wahh, my fee fees.
niyad
(120,281 posts)Towlie
(5,462 posts)niyad
(120,281 posts)mucholderthandirt
(1,185 posts)I'm glad he got pardoned. He deserved it more than anyone Trump or any other Republican ever pardoned.
Biden seems to be a man who tried hard, made mistakes, owned them, tried to do better. Can any of us say we're any different? I wish him the best, along will all his family. Stay safe, stay happy, let the Republicans piss themselves.
LilElf70
(476 posts)for the first time ever, it will most likely be used to pardon ones self. I'm guessing Jan 21 it will be a done deal. Just the thought of this is scary. I'm sure the framers did not expect it to be used this way. It makes our country look like corrupt fools.
Initech
(102,106 posts)surfered
(3,339 posts)TNNurse
(7,130 posts)will regret what they will hear from me. It will be long and filled with details.
travelingthrulife
(796 posts)Iris
(16,104 posts)LAS14
(14,712 posts)... the President's son. A pardon would be a no-brainer for anyone else in those circumstances.
Buttoneer
(670 posts)we didnt elect a felon rapist." - From The Feminist News on FB
GreenWave
(9,262 posts)republianmushroom
(17,811 posts)Passages
(1,177 posts)34 felony counts, responsible for sexual assault etc.
But why would any of that matter to a party that was already like Justice Roberts? Intellectually resigned to prop up corporate power at the expense of the citizenry. Trump is slimy-looking and crass, but underneath Robert's "civility" is a representation of the same thoroughly corrupt man selling out his countrymen.