If we somehow got an aggressive liberal president they'd be constantly accused of "Trump-like tactics" and they should start practicing now how to say "Yeah I did that and it was good." The familiar cautious approach full of self limiting caveats and hand wringing would be a failure

April 09, 2026 - 16:23 UTC

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The way Trump uses his power is massively popular with the electorate. The consequences of those actions are massively unpopular. Using Trump tactics to make things better is a great way to get Reagan '84 reelection margin.
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why yes we pushed medicare for all through on a strictly partisan vote so that everyone can go to the doctor whats wrong with that?!
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We have to treat them like precious little snowflakes, while they destroy us and the world! Can't be mean to the Nazis, that's uncivil
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The delicacy of the conversations on the left has to do with the fact that they have no army to go to war with. Who is going to get ICE to disarm, exactly, ex forest rangers?
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I am really torn between wanting a progressive president to just aggressively legislate progressive policies or to make limiting the president's power and passing legislation to force congress to do its job (no more sitting on bills) their priority.
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Obama should have said “they literally cling to bibles and guns. Have you seen these fucking weirdos?”

Clinton should have leaned into the deplorable shit and doxxed Nazis opening supporting and stoked for Trump.
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Biden “I’ve cancelled all student loan debt. Who gives a shit? It’s already been spent and it’s already gone. It’s a fucking headache to keep track of it.

My team burned the records too and I’ve pardoned them for it.
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"That's right, I'm using Trump-like tactics to do good things, and he used them to do bad things. What's the problem?"
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Actions are not devoid of context. Shutting down ICE, cancelling their contracts, and taking that money and putting it to good things, is in fact a good thing
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The media is going to instantly flop from cheering Trump’s actions to criticizing a Dem’s actions
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Lets be honest, they’re going to do that no matter what the dems do.
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To generalize perhaps too much, the left is great at success but bad a triumph, while the right is the exact opposite.
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I might snicker and tell them they're projecting like Cineplexes.
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After Trump’s first term, Democrats went “all hands on deck” to stop the dangerous lunatic who wanted to give everyone healthcare and gave us the “nothing will fundamentally change” guy instead.

So we’re back at Trump again.
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it's cool how we spent decades being lectured about the immortality of public healthcare because health insurers might lose their jobs :(((
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All those ads in 1993-94 about the nightmare of "Hillarycare," abetting the GOP takeover of Congress, another stepping stone to where we are now. And when we finally tried again, the public option had to be jettisoned to get anything through over total GOP opposition. Phooey.
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"Your analogy compares a school shooter to the cop who shoots him. Both are shooting a gun, yes, but every single other thing about the action is different. I believe the American people are capable of understanding that difference." - President Not-Taking-Shit
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I can say from personal experience that responding to a conservative with "this thing you hate is good and I do not care how upset you are" absolutely flummoxes them.
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Also need to start recruiting computer people to unfuck whatever Elon and the DOGE boys did to the payments system at the Treasury. Bring in an army of trans people in programmer socks to do it
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Going to need a President but also a Congress that doesn’t suck ass. No Fetrerman, Sinema, Manchin, Kaine weakass
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“Yeah all those ICE guys are unemployed as of noon earlier today and I’m not sure why that’s still my problem.”
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Next president fluent in replying w the dril tweet
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Make me director of ICE, or hell DHS Secretary
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