• Windex007@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Yeah. I feel like almost everyone misunderstands Jon. He calls out shitty government behavior.

    Republicans being a bursting cornucopia are statistically certain to spend more time in his sights, but Jon has never given Dems a “pass”. Also, his monologues aren’t just “Republicans dumb”, they’re incredibly informative about how the systems are supposed to work. He sneaks in legitimate government literacy lessons. Jon is a genius of our time.

    This is what every other comedian trying to be Jon… Even on the tonight show, doesn’t seem to have internalized.

    Jon deserved a break… But his original retirement left such a void.

    • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      I feel like almost everyone misunderstands Jon. He calls out shitty government behavior.

      I remember when Jon wanted Biden to drop out after his poor debate performance, and people said he was being unfair because he [checks notes] wanted Trump to lose.

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        Or they were rightfully worried that changing course that late in the game would have consequences.

        Biden should not have run in the first place. Speaking up that he should step aside like 2 months before the general is not the time to do it, all that does is sow further dissention.

        And look how that turned out.

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          13 hours ago

          Biden had internal polls showing he would lose and Trump would have 400 EC votes. That’s a bigger loss than Harris had later that year. That’s why he dropped out (along with pressure from the donor class.)

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          Dude, if Biden had run it would be super majority for republicans.

          Democrats own internal polling showed that Trump was going to win 400+. This is why Nancy Pelosi picked up to phone and started pressuring him to drop.

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          17 hours ago

          Really well until it was Harris saying she was just going to do everything Biden told her form off stage and dismissed the pain if the average citizen?

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      I still haven’t figured out how to download only the Monday episodes of TDS. Until then I guess I’m stuck watching on yt. The others are OK but Jon makes the show.