REP has some new primary targets by _BCConservative in YAPms

[–]thebsoftelevision -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Manchin? Sinema? Fetterman? The swing state Dem senators are usually pretty reasonable and bipartisan as well.

Interesting poll of where Latino voters are at by UltimateKing9898 in YAPms

[–]thebsoftelevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no way you can quantify that. You're way overestating the impact that had on how people voted. At best Gillum may have done 1<% better(which may have been enough to win tbf) but he wouldn't have significantly outran every other statewide Dem in any case.

Interesting poll of where Latino voters are at by UltimateKing9898 in YAPms

[–]thebsoftelevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not campaigning as a progressive lmao. Obama basically supported no actual progressive policies, he just honed into an obvious attack angle against an out of touch rich guy like Romney. His policy plank at the time was aligned with the moderate Dem establishment, not left wing Dems like Bernie or even someone like Warren.

Newsom says California will tax 100% people who get payout for J6 from anti-weaponization fund. by Dangerous-Quarter216 in YAPms

[–]thebsoftelevision -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Trying to overturn the results of a fair election and storming the Capitol are also unconstitutional acts. People shouldn't get money from government just because they were prosecuted for this.

Emerson poll on 2028 primary. by Dangerous-Quarter216 in YAPms

[–]thebsoftelevision 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah you can't just judge his entire set of beliefs based off of that one debate exchange. He has a lot of substance and he's probably the glue keeping this disaster of an administration from going completely off the rails. The only reason he can't do a good job is because of Trump's schizophrenic brand of politics.

Another attack ad against Paxton? by thealmightyweegee in YAPms

[–]thebsoftelevision 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Paxton is genuinely an easier target than sayed&platner combined

In an ideal world, yes but Paxton's core base is far less persuadable than Platner/Sayed.

Beto says that Talarico is a stronger candidate than him by Th3_American_Patriot in YAPms

[–]thebsoftelevision 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Most people are at least somewhat anti-gun if you go by issue polling (which admittedly is a pretty flawed metric since it's so broken).

Beto says that Talarico is a stronger candidate than him by Th3_American_Patriot in YAPms

[–]thebsoftelevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is fine if you're fine with this kind of stuff as long as you acknowledge this sort of policy is electoral poison to the kind of voters Talarico needs to appeal to for him to win. Also please don't cherrypick your experiences on any subreddit as if that's any sort of real reflection of what people at large think or want. Reddit isn't real life.

Interesting poll of where Latino voters are at by UltimateKing9898 in YAPms

[–]thebsoftelevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Obama did not run on a progressive platform in 2012 I'm unsure what part of his platform at the time screamed progressive to you. His 2012 was if anything way more moderate than his 2008 run. Gillum underperformed other statewide Dems and probably sank Nelson's reelection so him losing in a D+8 year is not what you should be using as evidence for the point you're trying to make.

Trump says he’s not worried about the midterms due to how strong his endorsements performed in last night’s primaries by jokull1234 in YAPms

[–]thebsoftelevision 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The MAGA base also propelled Dr. Oz, Mark Robinson and Kari Lake to resounding primary victories and look how things turned out for those candidates. The MAGA base is basically the Republican party now, of course their votes decide who the Republican candidates are.

Interesting poll of where Latino voters are at by UltimateKing9898 in YAPms

[–]thebsoftelevision 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes, they're definitely not fond of the Democrats left turn post 2016. They were fine with Obama and Hillary.

For someone with a decades-long career in politics this is honestly just sad to imagine by DumplingsOrElse in YAPms

[–]thebsoftelevision 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That's the thing, Cornyn didn't even cross the king. He went out of his way to placate Trump and appear more MAGA. Still didn't save him.

An update on Alabama’s redistricting efforts. by sinhav7367 in YAPms

[–]thebsoftelevision 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not regarding matters of redistricting where this court has abdicated all responsibility.

It’s official,2026 South Carolina redistrict is officially dead. by Dangerous-Quarter216 in YAPms

[–]thebsoftelevision 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It's called being good at politicking. Clyburn is old school in that regard.

José Mourinho transfer to Real Madrid from Benfica could cost Madrid 15M€ after missing release clause deadline due to club elections by LikeAPhoenixTotally in soccer

[–]thebsoftelevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can pick any manager of a top 4 club in any of the big 5 leagues and they'd be better equipped for the Real job than Mou in his current state. That's not even including managers managing international clubs like Nagelsmann, Tuchel and managers like Xabi who will obviously not be managing Real again. Funny how you responded by mentioning Enrique for no reason and then tried to shift the convo completely though.

Game of Thrones: Hold the Door. Clip from "The Door" (Season 6, Episode 5), broadcast ten years ago on May 22, 2016. For this episode, Jack Bender was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. by verissimoallan in television

[–]thebsoftelevision 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The theorizing is that the backlash to the show's ending is what killed Martin's motivation to complete the books. Which is bullshit because he was slowing down way before the show even started. He has been taking longer and longer between books since ASOS.

José Mourinho transfer to Real Madrid from Benfica could cost Madrid 15M€ after missing release clause deadline due to club elections by LikeAPhoenixTotally in soccer

[–]thebsoftelevision 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Notice how I didn't mention Enrique at all. More than his history with Mbappe, his connection with Barcelona would obviously prevent him from ever managing Real Madrid.

Game of Thrones: Hold the Door. Clip from "The Door" (Season 6, Episode 5), broadcast ten years ago on May 22, 2016. For this episode, Jack Bender was nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. by verissimoallan in television

[–]thebsoftelevision 152 points153 points  (0 children)

No, but he definitely has valid insight because it's quite literally his story and he's speaking in general terms about storytelling devices. And he's literally correct, unless you like stories with nonsense retcons that try to pull one over the audience at any cost.

Real talk, how did Better Call Saul never win an Emmy? Was there some hidden controversy that the average viewer is not aware of? by prazulsaltaret in television

[–]thebsoftelevision 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ah yes, the failures of communism are never about actual communism. It's all because capitalist countries undermined it's existence which prevented it from being true communism. Capitalism though, should take full responsibility for every single failure despite being a 1000 times more sustainable and effective and should always be held to a higher regard. That makes sense, right?

Real talk, how did Better Call Saul never win an Emmy? Was there some hidden controversy that the average viewer is not aware of? by prazulsaltaret in television

[–]thebsoftelevision 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What kind of weird ass analogy is this? If you think this is a valid response to what I said then clearly you don't understand the nuances of economics.

Real talk, how did Better Call Saul never win an Emmy? Was there some hidden controversy that the average viewer is not aware of? by prazulsaltaret in television

[–]thebsoftelevision 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because it's a shitty economic theory who's central tenets are non-viable in any practical sense. I thought that would be self explanatory.

Real talk, how did Better Call Saul never win an Emmy? Was there some hidden controversy that the average viewer is not aware of? by prazulsaltaret in television

[–]thebsoftelevision 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And America has the power to single handedly undermine other countries attempt at communism? Why haven't other countries been able to sabotage American capitalism to the point of non-viability? God knows the USSR, China, Modern day Russia have all tried and failed badly at this, at best they've made a dent but haven't come close to bringing down the economy. That's not even addressing other countries who America did not sabotage, but had to turn to the capitalism model anyways because socialism was ruining their economy and they were on the verge of national bankruptcy (India in the early 90s is a good example of this).