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21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

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Giant Douche vs Turd Sandwich, the epitome of "both sides are the same." John Kerry would not have invaded Iraq on false pretenses. He wouldn't have perma-fucked the budget with his massive tax cuts for the rich. The GWB administration was a disaster and these guys pretended they were equivalent.

ManBearPig lambasted the very idea of climate change as laughable, and anyone who cared about it was a pussy liberal loser. They have recently walked this back, but the damage is done.

Overall they contributed to the perception that sincerity and earnestness are lame and the only way to appear cool and enlightened is to be a cynic.

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liveoneggs 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

John Kerry seemed like a nice guy and I found (and continue to find) the republican attacks on his (and other) military service to be very very distasteful.

Senator Kerry voted for the iraq war.

Al Gore was the guy to get elected and not invade Iraq. Kerry was the following election. The south park episode about that election was https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapper_Keeper_(South_Park) but it came out after and was boring.

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Your example is an episode where they lampoon both candidates.

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Lammy 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Giant Douche vs Turd Sandwich, the epitome of "both sides are the same."

idk I feel like an election boiling down to “Which Bonesman would you like?” is a valid thing to question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_and_Bones#Notable_member...

> In the 2004 presidential election, both the Democratic and Republican nominees were members of Skull and Bones. When asked what it meant that both he and George W. Bush were Bonesmen, former presidential candidate John Kerry said, "Not much, because it's a secret."[46][47]

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lobf 18 hours ago | parent [-]

Is their membership in this silly club the defining characteristic of either man? What does this have to do with their presidential platforms?

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Lammy 13 hours ago | parent [-]

How could I know? He literally said it's a secret.

	▲	lobf 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don’t think you understood the question.