Since you posted this earlier ant, more people need to see.
Originally posted by AncientPower
"Pokémon Go.. to the polls." R.I.P Hillary Clinton campaign 2016-2016.
Sheer brilliance, tbh
@ ant: the video posted above looks like a 4/10 cringe, but lasts for only a moment before she goes back to talking to the crowd. My parents have done much more embarrassing things than that, even if we restrict to physical comedy. The video editing ads maybe .5 to the cringe, but it seemed like a forced meme than an actual Hillary is a robot opportunity for memeing.
Lemme pull up a better one:
http://sandandglass.tumblr.com/post/147695107122/thebeachboys-oddbagel-as-millennial-she-has
Link. Read the comments. The narration really parallels the facial tics and pushes the meme into new territory. I'd say this is an 8.5 or 9 out of 10, with the dank point average for Hillary memes hovering around a 6 (she's an easy target).
Obama's foreign policy has regained much of the international goodwill lost during the Iraq invasion, while implementing some pretty invasive drone strikes all around the world. He's held the South China Sea despite increasingly aggressive posturing from China. Even his negotiations with Iran have slowed their nuclear program, as far as I'm aware. (He imposed unprecedented sanctions that resulted in a re-opening of UN inspections for nuclear plants, iirc.) I think it would be difficult to call his presidency a goddamn disaster.
My concerns about Trump diplomacy center around the times when he can't get his way. I was thinking mostly about domestic negotiations, where he has more power nominally but the other party can veto things. What if Nancy Pelosi arranges a filibuster for a measure he supports, will he have all of her measures blocked in retaliation?
On the international stage, my concern is mostly about ignorance. Trump hasn't ever negotiated with the leverage of the United States behind him. He's already talking about throwing our economic weight at Mexico to fund the wall. That kind of maneuvering has real costs to both sides of the border. In a unified company, economic losses from one division can be made up by another. In a country, when one group or demographic suffers they don't get their losses underwritten by corporate. (This is without even mentioning Trump's record of bankruptcies!)
So there's two things that I'm seeing here-- Hillary isn't a compelling campaigner, and Hillary isn't very popular. I think that being a great campaigner is not necessary to be a great president. With regards to the popularity, there's been about two decades of concerted attacks on her and her character. Something about her really lends itself to political attacks. And yet, the testimony of her colleagues who actually work with her is overwhelmingly positive:
If we get down to cold logic and ignore emotional appeal or revulsion to either candidate, can you really say that Trump is better prepared or equipped to be president than Clinton?No, but that wasn't my argument and you know that. My argument was given what we already know, I'm willing to take my chances with Trump.
More importantly, I'm not sure he's willing to learn
See above. Trump has already offered to delegate Foreign policy and Domestic policy to Pence. Would you like to have a conversation about whether Pence would be a good president?
Even if you don't take that bait, I'd love to get a feel about which of Donald's specific accomplishments make you think that he is a satisfactory candidate. Ignore Hillary for a second. Just tell me why you're willing to conceive of him sitting in the Oval Office (right next to the red button).
1. I'm interested to see how Trump can repeal Obamacare, yet expand health care coverage with lower costs (costs have skyrocketed with Obamacare/ACA).
2. I support his VA reforms
3. I'm VERY interested in seeing how his negotiations with China will go regarding fair trade. He has a point as well regarding China's years of currency manipulation. I think we owe $5 trillion to China, so in theory, some of our national debt could be wiped out with proper negotiations (you can argue if Trump is the right negotiator). When it comes to money, I want him at my negotiating table.
4. I know economics but I don't understand how Trump plans to lower taxes, increase spending, AND lower our debt/deficit. Those numbers don't add up to me. His detailed tax plan IS interesting but I don't undertand that 1 major detail because the math doesn't add up.
5. As an immigrant myself, I'm against completely open borders. That hasn't worked out for Europe and that's not going to work here. I support deporting illegal aliens that have committed felonies in this country. I also support getting rid of these ridiculous sanctuary cities.
6. I'm not sure how you feel about nationalism because technically speaking, that hasn't really been the "American way", but based on where we are with the economy, as well as losing American jobs to outsourcing and dealing with a fluctuating dollar/currency manipulation with our creditors, I'm all for "putting Americans" first, whatever that means in practice. At least until our economy has rebounded and is steady.
7. I'm not a fan of the $15 minimum wage. We've seen the shitstorm in Seattle.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-minimum-wage-impacts-20160421-snap-htmlstory.html
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/will-raising-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour-kill-jobs/
To be fair, I don't have an alternative either. I just don't think this one will work, and it hasn't thus far.
Originally posted by Zampanó
http://sandandglass.tumblr.com/post/147695107122/thebeachboys-oddbagel-as-millennial-she-hasLink. Read the comments. The narration really parallels the facial tics and pushes the meme into new territory. I'd say this is an 8.5 or 9 out of 10, with the dank point average for Hillary memes hovering around a 6 (she's an easy target).
Its not worse then this
Originally posted by Time-Immemorial
Since you posted this earlier ant, more people need to see.