• mateomaui@reddthat.com
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      11 months ago

      Overall in total, I probably agree, but the raw quote of saying that he’d probably not be running if Trump wasn’t running is giving certain groups too much ammo. They won’t present or repeat everything said, just that tiny quote or versions of it.

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        11 months ago

        OTOH if the GOP wants Biden to drop out all they have to do is get Trump to do the same. So it’s on them. They want Biden out all Trump has to do is continue to shit his pants in FL and never run again.

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        He didn’t say probably. He said he wasn’t sure. Those are two vastly different things.

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          11 months ago

          Fine, the implication drawn by hand wringers and the GOP will be the same. They don’t care about your semantics.

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            11 months ago

            They don’t care about truth and reality either. If you play the game of addressing every GOP slander and lie you’ll lose every time. They just keep flinging crap at the wall in the hopes something sticks. They don’t care how many buckets it takes.

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              11 months ago

              addressing every GOP slander and lie

              I’m not doing that, I’m just saying it’s unhelpful to give them ammunition that is or could be specifically age-oriented or imply retirement, etc, when that’s the absolute number one attack point by the opposition, Dem or GOP. This isn’t hard to understand.

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                And I’m saying it’s pointless to worry about ammunition when they just make everything up anyway. Playing defense doesn’t work. You’re looking at this statement purely defensively. You need to look at it and spin it offensively. “I care so much about this country and protecting it from blatant fascism that I’m going into the breach once more.” That’s the sentiment.

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                  11 months ago

                  Goddamn some of you are exhausting. Since you can’t get over it, I’ll just block your dumb ass.