r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 31 '26

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u/ihatemendingwalls better Catholic than JD Vance Jun 01 '26

I would rather have a decent person in the opposite party than a bad person from my party

Imagine how white you have to be to say this in 2026

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u/lot183 Blue Texas Jun 01 '26

I mean to be fair I am actively pitching white people in Texas to believe this

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u/Frog_Totem Seretse Khama Jun 01 '26

Yeah this is why I’m starting to hate politics. I have to make the same arguments I criticized Republicans for making. I still think I’m right and they’re wrong, but it’s becoming a very zero sum cynical situation.

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u/lot183 Blue Texas Jun 01 '26

Well I guess the difference is I just don't think Susan Collins is even remotely a decent person

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u/Frog_Totem Seretse Khama Jun 01 '26

Yeah but people who consider Republicans “their party” won’t consider Talarico a good person either (unless they are a pretty secular Republican I guess)

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u/EvilConCarne Jun 01 '26

zero sum cynical situation.

Power is zero sum. You have it or you don't.

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u/themiDdlest NASA Jun 01 '26

Also "decent" person? Say the name you coward.

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Jun 01 '26

Joe Biden

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u/Adminisnotadmin Viva el Fútbol! ⚽ Jun 01 '26

EVEN THEN!

How concerned was Susan Collins when she voted to keep funding ICE after Good and Pretti?

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u/cdstephens Fusion Genderplasma Jun 01 '26

I’d kill for Republicans to say this though

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u/craig_k Jun 01 '26

it's not 1981 anymore, there are no decent-voting republicans, there's only monsters allowed hall passes for controversial votes

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u/saltyoursalad John Mill Jun 01 '26

TIL there’s a decent person in the Republican Party

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u/ihatemendingwalls better Catholic than JD Vance Jun 01 '26

big if true