Everything posted by Chuckie Finster
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The Way Too Early 2028 Democratic Presidential Candidate Thread
The straight white male candidate needs to be the Trojan horse for the policies. They aren’t getting past the gate otherwise.
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The Way Too Early 2028 Democratic Presidential Candidate Thread
The smartest thing the Democratic Party could do in 2028 is ignore the opinions of anyone with a Bluesky account.
- Austin Regional Thread
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
Texas A&M baseball retaining Michael Earley, AD Trev Alberts 'Fully support his vision' https://www.statesman.com/story/sports/college/aggies/2025/05/30/michael-earley-texas-am-aggies-baseball/83903048007/
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The Way Too Early 2028 Democratic Presidential Candidate Thread
Personally, I think Pete is by far the most electable option at this point (and I've seen him have weird, inexplicable crossover appeal to a lot of Republican voters like my parents) but there is a key Democratic demographic that really does not seem to be on board with him to date, and I have no idea how he wins them over. (most electable does not necessarily mean I think he would win, FWIW)
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The Way Too Early 2028 Democratic Presidential Candidate Thread
White guy under 55 who is capable of holding a conversation with stupid people. Aka a unicorn in Democratic circles.
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Trump’s America
The fact that millions of Americans DON'T find this shit embarrassing is such a horrific indictment of this country.
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The Trump Economy
Correct. Dems need to hammer the Taco thing until it kills him. Reactions like the one yesterday are not sustainable.
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Survivor 48...place your bets
Or maybe players will be buddy buddy with him to try and score one of the Survivor cameos he gives out each season. I'm genuinely shocked he is coming back.
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Survivor 48...place your bets
So tomorrow morning they announce the returning players that will make up the cast of Survivor 50, but it sounds like the list got spoiled:
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I want to embrace my country again
Fox News also is the reason I’m bad at math. Jokes aside, I’m not necessarily saying folks watching that specific channel is the issue. But the absolute polarization that has resulted from the way they cover politics and how it has seeped into all corners of political discourse is the root cause of most of this.
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I want to embrace my country again
9 elections ago = 1996. You’ll never guess what year Fox News was founded… I know it seems too easy of an explanation, but there really is a clear inflection point of how we got here.
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Texas Offseason 2025 - Archmania Is Upon Us
I'm still bitter about having to play 'Bama at fucking 11am in Texas in early September.
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Trump’s America
I know logic left the chat a long time ago, but worth pointing out that his military parade is estimated to cost the country about half of this "completely unacceptable" trade deficit.
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Trump’s America
I hate him so much. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Negative Recruiting Your Own School: The aggy Screenshot Megathread
“We have fuck you money, they have cartel money” Maybe the greatest sentence I’ve ever seen on that website.
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The Democratic Party
"X is bad because they endorsed Donald Trump" is the type of shit that will continue to lose Dems elections. You admit that he has "seemingly progressive views." A competent party would see that as an opportunity. He isn't Ben Shapiro who is a Republican at his core. He's absolutely capable of being won over with the proper messaging. For someone who expressed the need for Democrats to "fight" earlier in this thread, writing off all Trump voters as "bad" is the definition of surrendering. And again, this isn't a desire to move the platform to the center or to pull a Newsom. It's making the effort to put the widely popular platform in front of people who wouldn't encounter it otherwise. (And I agree with all of the "creating a left Rogan is a bad idea" takes. That will win over 0 voters.)
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Survivor 48...place your bets
Been rooting for Joe just because we haven’t seen an old school game like his in a while, but Kyle absolutely deserved the win.
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The Democratic Party
The first 40-something straight, white male who can talk like AOC while also being able to shoot the shit with guy podcasters will be the next Democratic political star. Kind of alarming that there isn’t one that comes to mind.
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The Democratic Party
It means don’t be scared to go into “unfriendly” spaces to pitch your ideas to that audience. And not implicating that this is what you are saying, but assuming that your third paragraph describes every male Republican voter is the opposite of fighting. It’s giving up. It’s the easy conclusion. It’s exactly how you lose an entire generation of potential voters.
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The Democratic Party
I think we are largely aligned: you are absolutely correct, Dems should not try and win over the lost souls. Where we disagree, I think, is I do not agree that every “white kid spawned by Republicans” is a lost soul, nor do I agree that attempting to meet them where they are is a lost cause. If anything, that line of thinking is a self-fulfilling prophecy, as we have seen over the last decade. Many of them merely just want to felt heard, which only one group is even attempting at this point. And Dems don’t even need to change their messaging: their platform on employment, healthcare, education, etc. is widely popular… they just have to figure out how to effectively get their ideas to that audience. Honestly, writing them completely off proves that the bullshit they’ve been told about Democrats over the last decade by the bad faith right wing commentators is not all wrong.
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The Democratic Party
Writing off an entire generation is as useless as the shit Schumer is doing. Yes, there are kids that are unreachable and make great Comedy Central clips. Those have existed in every generation since the dawn of time. But there’s a fuckton more who are merely voting for the only side that has actually made an effort to court their vote. They can be won back, but it won’t be accomplished by lumping them together with the truly lost ones.
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The Democratic Party
"You are filled with hatred because they *point to Republican opponent* want you to be." 1) Gives everyone a common target and 2) eliminates personal accountability.
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2025 SEC Tournament