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Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · Jan 15

The policy not to prosecute sitting Presidents was and is a policy that Garland and Smith CHOSE to honor.

It isn’t in the Constitution. It isn’t a law.

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Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 57m

Is there anything in writing showing Menards demanded the video be destroyed?

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 59m

Personally? I would file a criminal complaint against Menards management for attempting to get me to destroy evidence.

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Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 1h

You didn’t answer my question. Instead, you posted irrelevant (and largely inaccurate) facts about drafting legislation.

Try again.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 2h

We keep going around in circles. Democrats can beat the GOP. They just need good candidates and good messages.

Instead of focusing on the work that needs to be done, you want to sit back and cry into your pillow about how life is unfair.

You know what? You’re right. Life isn’t fair. Tough shit.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 2h

LMFAO!!! You think Joe Biden would have won? You are hopeless.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 2h

Let me ask a question. If you have a crime problem in your neighborhood and you see police hanging out at the local Dunkin’ Donuts all day long, doing nothing, would you blame the police?

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 14h

So she shouldn't have been the nominee because she could not win? I disagree, but that obviously would reflect poorly on Biden, who made her the only option.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 14h

Once again, that is not the point. You asked why I started counting in 1992. It was because, for the most part, partisan affiliation was a poor indicator of racial views before then.

Plenty of racist whites voted for Carter in 1976 and 1980. Plenty of non-racist whites voted for Ford and Reagan.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 14h

I didn't ask you to care or not care. I said that the argument that it would have been obvious to a young, drunk Marine in Croatia is not a good one.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 14h

The artist was Croatian.

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Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 14h

This argument would be stronger if you named a movie or TV show made after he was born.

FWIW, I'm actually willing to buy that a young, drunk marine could have gotten it innocently. Just not that he kept it for years without hearing the truth.

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Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 14h

Funny. But I kind of feel stupid that I don't think I'd have any idea where to go in one of these situations.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 14h

I said from Day 1 that Biden should have agreed to one term and been out.

Yes, Biden bears substantial responsibility for the loss. He dragged the party down, failed to prosecute Trump quickly, and normalized Trump as a candidate.

In a perfect world, Dems nominate a more electable candidate.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 14h

She was also running against a felon and an adjudicated rapist. And yet she refused to hammer those points.

Did she say, "You're asking about the felon who is running to stay out of prison?" in response to every question about Trump? No.

Or "I will ask my DOJ to release the Epstein files"? No.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 14h

You're moving the goalposts. Your original point was about Presidential elections being a barometer of whether it was possible to overcome white racism.

But partisan affiliation did not strongly reflect racial beliefs before the 80s if not the 90s. Full stop.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 15h

I also love how you, as a Black person, declare yourself to be the only one who can have an informed opinion on anything that even tangentially relating to Black people. But when it comes to women, you have no problem "recognizing things when you see them."

Awfully convenient.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 15h

I'm old enough to remember when Posse Comitatus was a thing.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 15h

It is true that Trump has whipped his MAGA base into a racist fever. But that support remains in the minority. Which means that Democrats can still win, as they did in '20, as long as they turn out their own voters. Which Harris failed to do, in large part because of Biden's baggage.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 15h

So now, as a Black man, you are the authority on misogyny too?

Harris was handed a bad hand by Biden. No question. But she was running against a convicted felon who was under further indictment for inciting a coup. So it isn't like the deck was stacked entirely against her.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 15h

I didn't forget anything. It would have been stupid AF to assume in the 60s or 70s that any given Democrat or Republican was more or less racist than someone in the opposing party.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 16h

I'm guessing that if Pritsker stood in front of protestors he would be met with cheers.

Funny how one's behavior affects people's responses.

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Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 16h

When Dukakis, Gore, Kerry, and Hillary Clinton lost, their campaigns were all criticized even though they are all white. That's what happens when you lose.

Harris is no different. She lost a winnable election and her choices are going to be scrutinized whether you like it or not.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 16h

"Why limit the time to Clinton's elections?"

Because it would be historically stupid. At the time LBJ passed the civil rights bills, the Democratic Party was the party of racist Dixiecrats and the GOP had been the party of Lincoln. And it took about 30 years for the parties to realign.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 16h

You are conveniently ignoring what happens when politicians lose an election. Going forward, that politician (or another from the same party) will have to find new votes that did not show the last time.

Mayor of Slot Rocks @mayorofslotrocks.bsky.social · 16h

So even though the Democrats have won the majority of Presidential elections since 1992, it was unwinnable in 2024 because...?