What is democracy

29 points

I legit thought he was gonna die on stage

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I don’t remember where I heard it but there was something about reporters complaining about not being let in the studio with them because they thought there would likely be a medical emergency that they would want to cover.

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22 points

Would’ve been far funnier than what we got, that’s for sure.

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4 points

Tbf what we did get was a lot funnier than I expected.

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19 points

like that one Ukranian nazi from several years ago who just fell over and died mid sentence

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There’s another debate in September, don’t give up hope yet

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16 points

Zero Candidates Kamala has been one heartbeat from the presidency for years because in a Democracy…?

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All the VPs who later became presidents were the worst presidents.

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I don’t think this is really that great of an “electoralism is fuck” argument, since Harris is literally on the ballot.

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Yeah. It’s not a case like how Truss and Sunak became British prime ministers.

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5 points

Plus The Simpsons Gerald Ford already did it

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9 points

She’s on it cause Biden put her there, not because anyone voted for her. She didn’t win a single delegate.

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she dropped out before several weeks before iowa and was polling fourth in her home state of california if I recall correctly

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8 points

Yeah she clearly had no chance at becoming president because no one wanted her to win, and yet thanks to democracy she will probably get to hold that position anyway.

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4 points

Biden just needs to start World War III and win the election and he’ll get the FDR achievement.

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