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EdmondDantes_

(2,067 posts)
36. If he managed to do that, it would be a good thing
Fri Aug 15, 2025, 03:36 PM
Aug 2025

I am skeptical of his ability or desire to do so, but if he manages to do something good, then I'm with Clinton. There's no point in being reflexively every he could possibly do is bad. If he wakes up tomorrow and decides that trans people deserve protection and healthcare, I'm not going to suddenly be against trans people getting protection and healthcare.

Defining ourselves as anti-Trump isn't enough and is setting our morals aside just to center Trump. If all we are is frothing at the mouth Trump hate, what do we do in 3 years when he's no longer president or when he kicks the bucket?

And there's the issue of our credibility of the boy who cried wolf. If we're constantly just screaming everything Trump does is the end of the world, what happens when things manage to muddle along? How many months did we hear about how surely the Social Security checks won't get deposited this month? Turns out, pretty much nobody missed their Social Security check. When you use that tactic, it has to be right.

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If he didn't capitulate to Putin. BlueTsunami2018 Aug 2025 #1
Well if I climb Mt. Everest I will get some sort of mountain climbing medal dsc Aug 2025 #2
Just.... No. Hillary, please think about what you say and how it might affect morale. Don't normalize the pig, k? Blues Heron Aug 2025 #3
She's trolling Trump. emulatorloo Aug 2025 #6
Sarcasm doesn't always translate on the net, not a very wise thing to say. Bit of an own goal there. Blues Heron Aug 2025 #11
She's pretty clear. She's wiser than both you and me put together! emulatorloo Aug 2025 #12
Yeah, no Blues Heron Aug 2025 #13
I added the full quote. It is from a podcast appearance. You should take a look at it emulatorloo Aug 2025 #14
Some things should never be said, even in jest. Blues Heron Aug 2025 #18
Malarkey, but you do you. Her analysis of Trump is dead on. emulatorloo Aug 2025 #21
Back atcha bro Blues Heron Aug 2025 #23
... emulatorloo Aug 2025 #25
Yip. It's in-the-air that nothing constructive will be done or KRASNOV will do a giveaway. UTUSN Aug 2025 #32
It's hard to assume you read the entire article. n/t ariadne0614 Aug 2025 #15
You left out "if he brokered a peace deal that did not 'capitulate' to Putin" emulatorloo Aug 2025 #4
Hell, I'll nominate him for the Nobel for medicine if he guarantees healthcare for all trans people unblock Aug 2025 #5
yep...she knows he's worthless and weak democratsruletheday Aug 2025 #22
She knows it will never happen. Ocelot II Aug 2025 #7
I'll nominate Trump if he walks to the moon. yardwork Aug 2025 #8
With or without a helmet? DUU Aug 2025 #43
If you had even read the complete headline, you already have the explanation. n/t Ms. Toad Aug 2025 #9
People still have to shit on Hillary...nt LexVegas Aug 2025 #10
My guess was that she would wait for the Epstein files to be released and then no_hypocrisy Aug 2025 #16
Nobel prize in chemistry. usonian Aug 2025 #17
Read the whole article before dragging Hillary. Ocelot II Aug 2025 #19
Dismantling of USAID makes him ineligible lame54 Aug 2025 #20
I'm curious to know. . . ariadne0614 Aug 2025 #24
Who the ever-loving hell said that? It's not true & does not sound like our former Sec of State. Hekate Aug 2025 #35
It's further down in the article nt EX500rider Aug 2025 #37
David Dennison? MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2025 #40
The OP has done a hit&run, and all kinds of DUers are kicking the shit out of Hillary over a clickbait lie Hekate Aug 2025 #41
Seems to be happening almost daily MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2025 #42
I agree... Mike Nelson Aug 2025 #26
It's like she's saying, "If so and so happens, I'll eat my hat!" LudwigPastorius Aug 2025 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author Chasstev365 Aug 2025 #28
Did you read the article at the link? Because the title is clickbait & entirely unlike Sec. of State Clinton... Hekate Aug 2025 #34
I'll nominate Trump if he does a shark dive naked and without a cage. harumph Aug 2025 #29
Was the OP intended to be misleading? Cuz it is. Justice Aug 2025 #30
Yes, it was deliberate. nt LexVegas Aug 2025 #31
If what? You're allowed to post 4 paragraphs from your source. Did Hillary say he'd need a brain transplant? What? Hekate Aug 2025 #33
Guess! MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2025 #39
If he managed to do that, it would be a good thing EdmondDantes_ Aug 2025 #36
Won't click MorbidButterflyTat Aug 2025 #38
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE ACTUAL INTERVIEW, FOR THOSE WHO WANT THE TRUTH Hekate Aug 2025 #44
She KNEW it would NEVER happen Raine Aug 2025 #45
Clickbait Patton French Aug 2025 #46
Unrec. demmiblue Aug 2025 #47
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