John Oliver FINALLY gets it: “I am mad for trans people who’ve been threatened. I’m disgusted at the prospect of mass deportation. I’m furious at Biden for not dropping out earlier and that the egos and inaction of two men older than credit cards themselves have led us to this point,”
Still arguing both sides are the same, eh John?
This is why Trump is President-Elect. You should have picked a side. Instead you decided to go with blaming Democrats.
Own it.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-oliver-trump-job_n_6731a09de4b052f25adcc234
@feloneouscat
When was John Oliver a both sides guy? Sounds more like Jon Stewart.
@Helical_Code @feloneouscat He isn't. Neither is Jon Stewart. This is a mischaracterization.
He isn't remotely saying they are equivalent. He IS SAYING Biden let his own ego get in front of what was best for the country.
Pelosi was right. He started implying he was a transition president, making way for someone else. Then he reneged and it took too damned long to accept reality and step down.
Biden did a lot of good. But he also contributed to this massive failure being stubborn.
@Helical_Code @feloneouscat We needed a vigorous primary, not a "Oh shit, we have to appoint someone and make up lost ground!"
But don't get it twisted that people worried about this outcome weren’t the problem. The U.S. government should look like America.
Wait until the conservatives replace their older justices with 40 year olds so we are stuck for several generations.
Both John Oliver and Jon Stewart both sides it.
Oliver trying to make it Biden’s fault… except the STATES are the ones that get to make that decision… Huh… Maybe Oliver’s crew need to read the fucking Constitution instead of Wikipedia:
https://www.thewrap.com/john-oliver-calls-out-biden-on-voter-suppression-video/
Stewart:
https://www.businessinsider.com/jon-stewart-slams-democrats-for-fear-mongering-about-migrants-2024-3
"I’m furious at Biden for not dropping out earlier and that the egos and inaction of two men older than credit cards themselves have led us to this point”
Okay, here is the point: Trump is the WORST CANDIDATE in the history of the Presidency. He is a rapist, a convict an insurrectionist, he stole government documents, he tried to get a state to change the votes, he applied pressure on a foreign government, he was impeached twice.
@feloneouscat
I think Trump is the worst person to ever have run for any office in the US. I'm having a hard time coming up with anyone in the US in public life who is a worse human being.
So, what it boils down to is not, “How could Harris done better” — she couldn’t, Trump started out as a horrible human being, has terrible policies and is just a dumb human being.
Anyone could have won with that combo.
So it had to be something OTHER than Harris’ qualities.
So what do you do when you have a defective product? You advertise that it is NOT defective.
PR, propaganda, whatever you want to call it.
And get news orgs to participate.
I’m not saying it was a EXPLICIT coordination effort, but an implicit one.
Except for WaPo, that was pretty damning. But it shows you that there was some top-down push to assure a Trump win.
I think at the heart was a fear that Harris would force the rich to pay what they owe in taxes.
Funny how the news seemed to gloss over that. Almost as if they didn’t want voters to know it.