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[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 112 points 11 months ago (1 children)

don't forget trump threatened to basically firebomb his college if they released his transcripts

[–] Snowclone@lemmy.world 103 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

Remember when W was the dumbest president we had? Like people mocked the shit out of him, and yet, he read books that would guide his domestic policy actions, showed up to work everyday, and could read at a 12th grade level. What a time to be alive.

[–] tryagain@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] nifty@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

The bar is so low it’s underground now

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

W was pretending to be dumb. He's not a genius or anything like that, but there are plenty of clips of him from the '90s as governor of Texas where he speaks like a normal, educated person in complete sentences and everything, and he even pronounced "nuclear" correctly. Republicans these days intentionally speak at a 5th grade level; Trump's big innovation is just speaking at a 4th grade level.

[–] Hubbubbub@fedia.io 101 points 11 months ago (2 children)

They also like to deride AOC as a waitress and say she knows nothing when she has a degree from Boston University in international relations and economics. Facts are not really their strong point.

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 60 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Even more so she is the epitome of pulled up by her bootstraps.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 11 months ago

Waitress (or any other retail service) experience is worth a lot in my book.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 53 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Remember when everything Obama did was unconstitutional? Yeah. A professor of Constitutional law, at Harvard.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 21 points 11 months ago

I remember thinking that constantly. Like, no, idiots, this is his job, and he's good at it

[–] spamfajitas@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

He was also president of the Harvard Law Review, specifically their first Black president as well.

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Knowing the law and upholding the law are not necessarily the same thing though.

Britains Labour party leader Keir Starmer is also a lawyer specialised in international human rights, yet he repeatedly claimed Israeli war crimes not to be war crimes.

Germany currently has a scandal, where the ministry of education tried to defund researchers who signed an open letter, defending students rights to protest. First of all this is highly unconstitutional and unethical, because the constitution grants both freedome of speech and freedom of science. Second of all, targeting dissident scientists is particularly icky in Germany, given the Nazi history. The executor of that ministers order, who was then sacrificed to take the whole blame for it, was the head of Germanys ethics advisor council to the government.

[–] skulkbane@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago

If you elect me as president, Linux will be the must have OS for public sector, Self-hosting will become a recognized extreme sport and your specific Linux distribution will be the best one by law.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Way to go, whomever took that photo of Trump. He looks like Biff Tannen from alternate 1985.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

He would be a president of the idiots. The problem is that there are enough idiots in the US that he got in office once and, as idiots don't learn from their mistakes, might even have another chance.

[–] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Some people say that for every 10 bankruptcies they give you a degree in economics as a freebie!

[–] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Man, of course Dubya was MBA. Sad thing is that MBA still made him better than President Convict.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Sure they passed the bar…but would you want to have a beer with them at the bar?

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 30 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Clinton and Obama seem like they'd be cool.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Clinton is a fascinating guy. He has something like an Eidetic memory and can recall names of people he's only met briefly. He can also work a room like no one else can. If there was ever anyone who was just born for politics, he's it.

[–] Frog@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 months ago

Clinton called every person that worked in the White House by name.

I don't even know all my coworkers and I'm sure it's less than the number of people that worked in the White House.

Hell, I don't even know everyone in my family tree.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Im fairly certain I'd drink with any of them other than Trump. Bush would probably be fun to drink with, even if I don't agree with his political ideas. A drinking session with Carter might be his last, but if he was offering, sure

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Ugh, Bill Clinton gave me one of the worst handshakes of my life one time. Total limp fish, the kind that makes you feel like maybe you should wash your hand to get rid of the feeling. I feel like I'd pass on him.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

He gives handjobs like that too.

Totally unenthusiastic.

[–] dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Good strat for shaking hundreds of hands. Less fatigue.

Fuck, I just defended a Clinton. brb; gonna wash my brain.

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

He also couldn't be bothered to stop the conversation he was having with a staff member (about nothing important) or even glance my way. He engaged with everyone before and after me, so it really stood out, to the point that a couple of people commented on how rude it was. It was kind of crushing - I was like, 20, and had really admired him as a kid, and then I paid what was a ton of money for me at the time and waited for hours for nothing. Now that I'm older and a lot more cynical, I wouldn't pay to meet him in the first place, and I definitely wouldn't be surprised by a politician acting like an ass, but back then I was still young and idealistic and had feelings that could be hurt.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Bush Jr did a couple lines at the bar.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

And he almost got assassinated by a pretzel. 🥨

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

He was pretty good at dodging shoes too.

[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 3 points 11 months ago

I still laugh at the look on his face.

[–] Zidane@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Just read about this... 40 bpm resting heart rate?? What the fuck?

[–] PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago

I mean, they payin'?

Lawyer bars got some legit selection.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

they may arrive late because they keep passing it

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Four lawyers, MBA, and an alleged economist. Sounds about right.

[–] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 2 points 11 months ago

With 34 felonies and ties to Russia.