alexmarple.bsky.social
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So one old man closes ranks for another old man. First old man says he didn’t even read the book. Ergo book must be totally wrong?
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Frankly getting sick and tired of bluesky only showing me you folks who want to shit talk tapper but don’t want to address anything in his book. So we’re just never gonna admit that Biden was too old for the job? Did we all not see the same fucking debate?
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What a cunt
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Or maybe maybe he has a point? Joe Biden is a good man but he was too old. Just like another president we have now.
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This
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If we all agree to never buy a Tesla, never use Starlink, and never fly to Mars on one of his rocketships, we should be ok. Oh I almost forgot about Twitter. Is anyone still using that service? It shouldn't be too hard to actually bankrupt that guy.
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Damn dude. That’s a profoundly disturbing world view you’re working with. If you’d just said you were a Zionist and proud of it I could have accepted that but to suggest that a Jew who isn’t a Zionist is basically a Nazi collaborator is one hell of a swerve.
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While I don’t discount what’s said about Jake Tapper anecdotally, it’s so notable to me both here and in other write ups on the book that none of them have been about the book. If Dems don’t want to admit they got played by Biden’s team then we’re still not learning anything.
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The olds are so distrustful of younger people to do anything right that they will literally die in office instead of passing the torch.
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With RCV it’s entirely possible that Cuomo doesn’t win. Any number of the folks backing other candidates could switch their rankings.
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It’s weird that you haven’t once stopped to ask if I’m Jewish. You just assumed that because I disagreed with your take that I couldn’t possibly be. That anyone with a view that Zionism or Israel deserve any sort of critical consideration can’t possibly be that.
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So weird. It’s almost like this article describes a movement and is not I dunno about the entire Jewish people. Maybe you should do more reading before throwing around insults.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism
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Also maybe next time you argue with someone do your research? Cuz yeeeeesh. So many bad takes. It’s embarrassing for you.
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That definition of anti Zionism is one hell of a take. One most folks would disagree with. Good luck with that.
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Never mind my question. I’ve been insulted by you enough. Even if I asked it I am betting you’d have a bad faith response. Good luck with the rest of your life my dude. We’re done here.
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Ha. Oh man. Well here’s the thing, Zionism is an ideology. Regular Jewish folks are uhh regular Jewish folks. They aren’t necessarily Zionists. In fact the grand majority of them aren’t. Wild take to insinuate that to draw that distinction makes me an antisemite.
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You’re kidding right? When did I say that I was an antisemite?
Still can’t help but notice you dodging my Gaza question. It’s almost like you don’t have an answer?
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This.
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Wait wait wait. Ted and Rob are still alive? Wow I thought they died years ago along with their careers.
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I might loathe Trump and think he is also too old (too malicious and insane?) but I have to hand it to him. He looked more alive than Biden did. The amount of Tapper hate I've seen has been surprisingly light on countering the book itself. Tapper was right but people are still in denial.
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Because he was obviously old. There’s doing the job of president and looking the role. Biden could do the former but he couldn’t do the latter. And you need both. If you can’t get that then I don’t know what to say. Tapper isn’t in the wrong here. If Dems can’t own their mistakes then that’s on them
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Wow sick burn. Next are you going to suggest I’m saying all of this from my grandmother’s basement or do you have a better ad hominem attack?
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You got your number counts right but your assertion that outside of Israel the grand majority of Jews are Zionists is wild. But let’s say they are. That still doesn’t excuse that at its core it’s a colonialist and xenophobic ideology.
You still didn’t respond to my question about Gaza…huh weird.
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Thank you kindly.
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No response? Cat got your tongue? Weird.
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I see. So being critical of a small segment of a group of people means you hate the entire group? Wow. I just feel so much smarter now. Thank you for this new definition.
I’d really really love to see you justify what’s going on in Gaza. Want to give it a try?
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I couldn’t disagree more with you. They have their blind spots and I don’t agree with them all the time but they provide thoughtful deep dives.
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The fact that you don’t allow any nuance is deeply troubling. Also your definition is incorrect. I’m not gonna convince you otherwise so good luck with everything.
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You know when folks like you immediately disparage someone as an antisemite instead of drawing a distinction between regular Jewish people and Zionist Israelis it really does a disservice to the meaning of the word antisemite.
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So you don’t have an inner circle covering up your aging failings and stonewalling any effort to find a younger standard bearer to beat a fascist? Wow. Good for you.
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You’re kidding right? The dems are actively fighting age restrictions by having a seniority system in place.
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I believe I speak for everyone when I say fuck this shit.
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I don’t disagree. People had a choice and they chose poorly and they deserve what they get. But all of the “don’t pick on Biden” I’ve seen here or elsewhere is missing the point that Biden’s circle protected him from leaving early. They deserve the scorn they’re getting.
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Sorry Rob but the killer literally yelled “free Palestine” afterwards. This was a reaction to Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Not because someone thinks the Jews secretly control the world. Don’t equate all Jews with Israelis. That’s unfair.
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I think there’s more than enough blame to go around. But Biden could have avoided this catastrophe but serving one term and handing the baton to the next generation.
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Or maybe he’s a journalist doing his job? Biden is a good man but it’s his and his close advisers fault that we’re in this mess. No 80 year old man should be president.
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Except for the fact that basically handed the election to Donald Trump. He did good things for sure but he let his ego derail the dems from picking a champion to defeat fascism. Now we have to do it the hard way. So yeah, I’m not happy with him but I wish him well.
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We don’t need to since it’s obvious he’s totally insane.
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So none of you watched that debate huh? I don’t even care about this Hur tape. Biden did a lot of good for this country but wake the fuck up. Nobody in their 80s or approaching it should be prez. He was going to lose. Polling showed him losing badly. Let’s move on.
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Ack. To RUN this country. Wow Freudian slip on my part.
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It’s not an either/or. Joe Biden AND Donald Trump are/were too old to wrong the country. Joe Biden deserves all the shit coming his way. Not in the same way as Trump obviously but Biden let his ego get the better of him. And fuck his aides who didn’t confront him.
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Pretty sure most politically left folks were only on board with him because of political expediency.
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Ok wow. I don’t think I’ve ever met someone so in Joe’s corner. Well good luck with that. He completely fucked us by not dropping out sooner. So he might have been classy but he was definitely not the right guy anymore.
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Like why Biden? He wasn’t my first pick in 2020. Hell he wasn’t my 5th pick. He was fine as prez but anyone thinking he was in prime form is delusional.
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Even if this book is a hit job can we not agree that an 80 year old man, ANY 80 year old man should not be running the country. Especially when there are literally a dozen or more Dems who are half that age who could do better?
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That’s not what this is and that you can’t see that is wild to me. I’ll grant you that folks are piling on Biden for not just serving a single term but the man running in 2024 was not the same one from 2008 or even 2020.
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I’m not denying he had a brutal schedule but he didn’t have a globe trotting schedule before the debate. Nor did he many other times that he seemed off his game. The optics of it all doomed him. He would not have won. On this can we agree?