speaking as a fellow Gen-Xer, i mean… come on. we’ve been here before. we KNOW why. Millennials have let us down before (2016). as a Gen-Xer, is there any reason to put full faith in theirs or Gen-Z’s turnout this cycle? nope. learned that lesson last time. they are all about show, not about turnout when it’s GO-time. so i can see why the party is putting tepid faith in their turnout, and instead appealing to people who have lived long enough to experience a fuller breadth of GOP damage.
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A pair of opinion pieces in the Week–notable for their juxtaposition, and perhaps little else.
perhaps it is best that we hope for Biden, and fight for the Senate.
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I think it’s because we’re so far out of step with what they are. We grew up with Reaganite Democrats on TV, the Anita Hill hearings coloring our view of Joe Biden. The first really big event in my political awareness was 9/11, then both parties moving lock step to put us into a forever war. Being told our entire adulthood that nothing can ever work for us - no college, no healthcare, no jobs - because there’s a war on and that any criticism is wrong because America is under attack.
They can’t win us without changing. So they aren’t going to try.
I mean, Gen X and the Boomers continually put Biden and Harris in the Senate. Why not trust they’ll put them in the White House? These are their candidates.
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This is the problem. It’s not just that they are overlooking the younger generations, it’s that they are ignoring all the generations except the Boomers.
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Then where does AOC fall? These things take time. And then you have this man, who may not rise to be a bright star, but comes from a line of progressive thinkers who aren’t afraid to work; and he’s big on education (he also does yoga).
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/andy_levin/412785
About:
And from last year:
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I’m still not sure whether to request a mail-in ballot, which may not be counted, or plan on in-person voting.
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Sounds like everyone on coke I’ve ever talked to. And the Youtube never-pausers who never give their viewers a chance to think about what the presenter is talking about. I haven’t watched; does Biden do that shit too?
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All I know is from the clips I saw, the DNC was a much happier event. The roll call ALONE was very well-done.
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Can someone help me with this? I recognize Thanos and Hela, but who-in-the-Jim-Starlin-universe are the other villains? I know who their “human” counterparts are, though.
Curiously, I recognized everyone in the DNC version (with small prompting of memory by my son):
And the end version of the DNC version, which starts at the point where I copied the link:
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That white supremacist who I have written about in the past talks like this too.
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I think that’s an aspect of poetry too, I don’t think it rises to that level until it’s weaponized through processing on a digital level by lazy functionaries.
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This is evil. The whole goddamn party is rotten. At all levels.
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In his own words:
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This is as complete as I could do.
In order, from the RNC video:
- Thanos: Donald Trump
- Chitauri gorilla (source): William Barr
- Chitauri: Rudy Giuliani(?)
- Proxima Midnight: Ivanka Trump
- Corvus Glaive: Jared Kushner
- Ebony Maw: Stephen Miller
- Hela: Melania Trump
- Red Skull: Mitch McConnell
- Mike Pence (Did I miss something on this one?)
- Batman:
DonaldEric TrumpJr.(?)
In order, from the DNC video:
- Captain America: Joe Biden
- Drax: Bernie Sanders
- Dr. Strange: Cory Booker
- Mantis: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- Rescue:Michelle Obama
- Spider-Man: Pete Buttigieg
- Iron Man: Barack Obama
- Scarlet Witch: Elizabeth Warren
- Captain Marvel: Kamala Harris
- Groot: John Kasich
- Hulk: Michael Bloomberg
ETA: Corrected Batman.