Probably the stupidest thing I’ve seen on Ground News so far. lol

EDGE-IT: God I fucking love all of you.

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    This post made me think about how young Kamala is compared to other top level government officials, how gerontocracy is a problem people have been talking about lately, and the parallels to the late Soviet Union America has in this regard. What if she turns out to be our Gorbachev?

    2024 Kamala wins presidency

    2025 Economy crashes

    2026 Kamala passes big neoliberal reforms to fix economy

    2027 It becomes clear that it didn’t work. Trump dies.

    2028 Conservatives fail to rally behind a new leader, given the post-Trump split between the QAnoners, the Peter Thiel acolytes, and the Big Business types. Kamala wins in lowest turnout election ever.

    2029 Red states refuse to acknowledge election results, large swathes of the military and intelligence apparatus join them and attempt a coup. The coup is very slow, poorly coordinated, and largely unsuccessful due to their incompetence and the various factions that can’t unite.

    2030 It has become clear that the Kamala presidency has little actual power. Gavin Newsom talks to military officers currently attempting to carry out the coup in California, convinces them to switch sides.

    2031 A referendum is held on whether or not we should keep the United States, most people vote yes, but several states boycott the vote. Kamala, DC, and the northeastern states launch one last bid to keep the country together under a reformed constitution, which flops.

    2032 Gavin Newsom and Greg Abbot meet in Nevada, backed by the various coup-attempters that have slowly coalesced around them, and mutually agree to dissolve the federal government. The USA splits, with California, Texas, and New York being the capitals of three new countries: The American States, The States of America, and The United Americans.

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      No it looks like it writes the bullet points. The political lean is predetermined for each outlet reporting on it.

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    I love that all of the stuff telling us to vote for her are things like “She exists!” and “She isn’t likely to drop dead any time soon!”

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      This was posted here a couple days ago lmfao They are trying WAY TOO HARD

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    Some of the least worst (still bad war criminal) presidents were half dead while they did their job JFK, FDR, Grant etc

    Lenin and Andropov were chronically unwell, that sucks and history is poorer for their early deaths, but they were still good choices.

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      You know, I don’t really get what you’re saying. I’m kinda lost. But at the same time, I agree. Fucking power to you, homie. ✊🏼🫡

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        I’m saying all US presidents are awful. But some of better ones were pretty sick all the time FDR had a paralytic illness (polio or guillain-barre) and cardiac stuff, Grant had various complications of alcoholic liver disease and died out of office of throat cancer (probably related to his alcoholism), JFK had Addison diseases and his spine was Swiss cheese with fractures as a result.

        Lenin was Lenin, and he had a bunch of complications post being shot that led to his premature death. Andropov was less shit than Gorbachev and the fall of the USSR might have been different or softened by him at the helm but he died of kidney disease.

        Like this is ableist shit, the best leader isn’t the healthiest as long as the succession is safe if they croak.

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          Ahhh I get you. Sorry if I came off as snarky or rude, I’ve just been in a really jovial ‘I-don’t-give-a-fuck’ attitude tonight. Again, sorry.

          But answer me this: are you implying that Kamala will be absolutely awful because of this ‘fitness’ report?

          Because I do agree, she’ll be awful lmfao

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            I don’t think it’s exactly what he’s getting at. He’s mostly saying that even though someone can be ill, it doesn’t make them incapable of leading a country.

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              Absolutely agree with you. I just posted it because the desperation is PALPABLE. lol

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    I love that the past two presidents have been so past their primes that a “health check” is now a thing.

    Also lol at the political spectrum thing at the bottom.

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    Of course she’s fit all these neoliberal ghouls are obsessed with fitness and being healthy. I’m not shaming anyone who works out, but you’re likely to find these types micromanaging their health (because they can afford it) to live long healthy lives eating the poor.

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      What cracks me up the most is that SHE IS 59. Of course she is healthy and not deteriorating like the other fuckers. Such a fuckin’ non-story lmao

      But anything to show KillEmAla in a good light

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      What do you think is showing up? Meth or Coke? Weed or Benzos?

      If she turns up hot on LSD I might have to change my vote.

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      Nonono you don’t understand, their board of directors was pinky promised that AI=Futuristic by OpenCognos LLC or whoever, if they remove their redundant cleverbot plugin they’re gonna look like cavemen to their investors (who also happen to have their 401ks dependent on OpenCognos) and look gullible to themselves once they look back on themselves