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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months ago

Poll suggests GOP effort to smear Tim Walz didn’t work at all

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Poll suggests GOP effort to smear Tim Walz didn’t work at all

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usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months ago
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With six weeks to go before Election Day, Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz enjoys surprising levels of support. JD Vance does not.
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    BUT MUH TAMPON TIM MEMES

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      Anecdotal, but relevant: I had forgotten what the “smears” were supposed to be until I saw this and went “oh, right, they did that”.

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      When I first saw it, I thought it was in suport of him until I realized who was posting it

      Same thing for “all lives matter” where I thought it was someone agreeing with black lives matter the first time I heard it. Didn’t realize someone could get so close to the point and miss it there

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        Same, I didn’t get why All Lives Matter was a bad thing at first. I’m like “yes! we’re all humans and everyone matters!” Then I saw who was posting it and had to reaccess.

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    not that great still maybe Democrats should stop acting like Republicans

    would not have to put out so much effort to make themselves look good if they would just support the people

    Tim Walz: 40% positive, 33% negative

    Taylor Swift: 33% positive, 27% negative

    Kamala Harris: 48% positive, 45% negative

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      ? Walz has gotten tons of progressive policies through with a single seat majority in his state

      Gauranteed paid family and medical leave, universal free lunches, passed protections for trans people, put over a billion into affordable housing development, taxes corporations more, expanded union protections, and more

      Not only that, but

      He was a faculity advisor of a gay-straight alliance in the 90s when that was not very socially acceptable at all

      He’s got a strong pro-union background

      He has not acted like a republican

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      It’s nice to be able to rely on having dog shit stupid takes from the same username all the time. Consistency is key. Keep it up.

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    The father we all wish we had.

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      I appreciate that, I guess meme, going around that the reason he resonates with so many of us is because he’s the father we could have had if Fox News hadn’t corrupted him.

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        👆💯👆

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    The gop only does four things effectively:

    1. Shoots kids
    2. Sexually assaults kids
    3. Accuses others of abusing kids
    4. Avoids discussing all of those dead kids
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      Also their main purpose for existing: Benefitting the ownership class. They do that the best.

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    It was hard for Republicans to compete with The Onion’s devastating exposé alleging that Walz’ “aw, shucks” persona is merely a facade concealing his true “gee whiz” tendencies.

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      Link to the article in case anyone else hasn’t seen it yet.

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        When reached for comment, a spokesperson for the Harris-Walz campaign denied the governor had ever lost his temper and told anyone to hold their horses.

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    A friend of mine was telling me about it, said Fox News was going on about how they “don’t like the way he moves.” Whatever that means.

    “Twitchy Tim” is what Fox News decided on.

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      Why do these people always have to have some stupidass nickname for someone that’s not based on anything related to their platform or policies?

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        I will admit I found “Tampon Tim” funny, but that was because of the irony in how it was meant to make fun of him but instead it helped spread the word about his history of progressive policies.

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        Because some of them mentally never left high school. So they pick 'insults" that were “funny” and made them “cool”, back when they peaked, and those appeal to the rest of the faux-news followers who did the same.

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          Yeah it was a rhetorical question. I wonder if anyone has ever attempted to point out to them that the “other side” doesn’t use these kinds of nicknames?

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            There’s many such nickname based on trumps fake tan. We can’t really claim superiority on the nickname thing. It IS funny though.

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              Right online and in memes. Are those used by cable news networks and candidates at their rallies?

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                They don’t know the difference and will claim that they do anyway

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        Retards like to hear it.

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        Because their god emperor TruMp likes those elementary school names and so they must follow

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        Because they don’t want to talk about truth, the programs, policies etc.

        Also how the hell do you sell Trump otherwise? He can’t even align a coherent phrase to explicit anything.

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    BUT…. HE FED HUNGRY CHILDREN!!!😡😡😡

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      The other argument I saw against him was he admitted when he made a mistake one time. I just remember it cause that struck me as so strange. Like… Yeah that’s awesome. Admitting you were wrong and trying to fix your mistake is a pretty damn good quality. It would be so annoying if he thought he knew everything about everything and never ever admitted he was wrong about anything even when he- oooooh it makes sense now.

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    Among all of the people included in the survey, no one finished below Vance.

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      The couch did.

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        You think he could finish a couch? I think it would eventually fake it, tell him what a good boy he was, and then roll over and let him sleep in the wet spot.

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          Like my mom!

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            That’s a good boy!

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            Your mom never tells me she’s proud of me… She just talks about how much better you are than I am.

            My mom too…

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              Aww, buddy I hope you know that you’re the best!

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                I’m just grateful for my participation trophy!

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                I’m gonna get diabetes from all this wholesomeness.

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            I’ve never had a problem finishing your mom, not sure what you’re doing wrong

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        Vance never lets the couch finish.

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    The bar was so low all he had to do was order donuts without acting like a serial killer

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      I’m JD Vance, I’m uh running for Vice President.

      …

      …

      Okay

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        And how long have you had this account on Lemmy?

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          Okay

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        Lmao for real that clip was almost as awkward as Scott’s Tots

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          It reminded me of a clip of mitt Romney greeting a woman saying something like “Hello, I like the weather when it’s…nice outside.” So robotic and strange. I knew right then he was one of the lizard people. Possibly a robot.

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    According to a poll I saw a while ago he’s MORE POPULAR THAN TAYLOR SWIFT.

    I was not aware such a feat was possible.

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      He should drop an album while he’s on top!

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        He’s repairing cars while talking policy.

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          He never did show us how to replace the vacuum-operated cruise control in his Scout. I was looking forward to seeing how it compared to the same system in my old Jetta.

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    It worked in making them seem like douche-bags.

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      Like they needed any help with that lol

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    What about the time he stopped to help an old lady push her car out of a snowbank? Did they even think to criticize him for that? I swear, GOP opposition research has gotten lazy.

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      Lol this was a lot more wholesome than I expected

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        I think it’s hilarious somebody pointed out that he’s younger than Weird Al.

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          This messes with my head a bit tbh…

          We grow up so fast… 🥺

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        Yeah but so is he

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