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[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 136 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She's not wrong. Losing is more important to the Democrats and in that sense Zohran is already off to a poor start.

[–] 30_to_50_Feral_PAWGs@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago (3 children)

He's really bad at doing Master Wimp Lo's "My Nuts To Your Fist" style, which is an old Democrat standard

[–] miz@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

trained him wrong, as a joke

Ugh, again with the squeaky shoes.

[–] ClassIsOver@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'M BLEEDING, MAKING ME THE VICTOR!

[–] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 109 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The Dem establishment and their supernatural ability to back a losing horse should be studied.

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 52 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Asking dem politicians for their betting positions so that I can invert them

[–] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They do great on the stock market weirdly enough. Must be using up all their luck there

:thonk:

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can't be unlucky if you rig the game.

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

The only time libs win is when they rig the game. That's the only explanation for why there are any Democrats at all.

[–] BabyTurtles@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago

It's not that mysterious, Dem establishment does just fine in primary races, your know, when their own power and financial worth is on the line. They don't want to win against Republicans, because they are better off under Republicans, but not on the hook for all the terrible things that Republicans do.

[–] footfaults@lemmygrad.ml 89 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am so glad for this site and people tracking this stuff, because the media refuses to look critically at anything the Democrats say

[–] miz@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am so glad for this site and people tracking this stuff, because bourgeois media refuses to look critically at anything

[–] footfaults@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 week ago
[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 89 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No, surely, Mobile fucking Alabama is the face of America

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 64 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Mobile isn't even the face of Alabama, its atleast under Huntsville, Birmingham, and Montgomery

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago

Well, it's literally under them, yes, but also figuratively and politically and economically

[–] footfaults@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago

How dare you forget the cultural capital of Alabama, glorious Talladega and its mecca, CMP Talladega Marksmanship Park

[–] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 66 points 1 week ago

I guess it's just a very Greek name but Spiro Cheriogotis sounds like one of the conditions you get after eating bear meat from RFK Jr.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 58 points 1 week ago (1 children)

second-plane

i can't believe there's another guy named Spiro in american politics after the disgraced Nixon VP.

[–] MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 1 week ago

There isn't. They took his disembodied head, put it on a new body, and gave him a new last name. That's why he's only referred to as "Agnew" in the hit docuseries Futurama.

[–] Chulk@lemmy.ml 50 points 1 week ago

Yeah, the real pulse of American politics is a small city in the south that counted 50k votes towards its mayoral election. New York City ain't shit.

[–] principalkohoutek@hexbear.net 50 points 1 week ago

Mobile has a population just under 200k. Democrats manage to only get 23k votes, you know, just above TEN PERCENT of the total population of the area, lose, and then brag about how well they did

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 49 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She's been really deep throating her own foot lately hasn't she.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"I'm not self-owned, I'm not self-owned!" I shout through a mouthful of calf as I slowly turn into a shitty orobouros

Years of this.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 47 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Spiro Cheriogotis

This isn’t real life anymore. I’m going to go find a hole for me and climb in it.

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Biblically accurate politician name

[–] Des@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

angel-biblical be not afraid for I am the Archangel Spirocheriogotis

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[–] miz@hexbear.net 47 points 1 week ago

[laughs Greekly] couldn't compete with her opponent's powerful haunches

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 36 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Cheriogotis got 24,005 votes -or 50.8% - to Drummond’s 23,285, or 49.2 percent, according to unofficial results
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The campaign between Drummond and Cheriogotis became a battle of endorsements. Drummond touted her support from high-profile Democratic figures like former U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama, New Jersey U.S. Senator Cory Booker, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and Georgia U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop.
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Cheriogotis countered with local endorsements from [outgoing mayor Sandy] Stimpson, which he received in May, and former Mayor Mike Dow. He was also endorsed by the local law enforcement unions and the city’s Realtors, both strong local support networks.
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Drummond leaned heavily on her long tenure in public service and her deep ties to Mobile city government. Cheriogotis countered that he brings real-world experience that included a background as a business owner.

I like schadenfreude as much as the next guy but I'm not really seeing a major takeaway here. Prosecutor with ties to local pols and the money narrowly edges out city civil servant with national endorsements.

[–] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Cheriogotis countered that he brings real-world experience that included a background as a business owner.

lol

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In local elections, I automatically don't vote for "small business owners." They're the fucking worst in local politics, alongside real estate ghouls and law enforcement.

[–] miz@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

a tulpa formed from paranoid concerns over property values

[–] miz@hexbear.net 35 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

seems to me nobody gives a shit who national democrats endorse unless it's to vote against them

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

All politics is local, but local politics is especially local.

[–] rufuscrispo@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago

oh, they made a little stacy abrams for mobile? as a treat!

[–] Dragonstaff@leminal.space 9 points 1 week ago

Nobody cares about Barbara Drummond and that's kinda the takeaway. Harris was asked about a charismatic progressive that embodies everything people want from Democrats. Harris deflected and the best deflection she could muster was a 69 year old a week away from losing her race.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago

I can't believe they made spironolactone into a guy

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

i can't watch the video with sound right now, but i am dying to know how she pronounced it.

  • mo-BEEL
  • mo-BILE
  • mo-BULL

ive never heard someone use the last one, but her history with xanax and self-assured ignorance makes me think anything is possible.

EDIT: she says Mo-beel. damn, i was hoping for her bullshit attempt to seem plugged into regional, low stakes political machines to shit its pants at church.

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

She said mo-beel. Maddow also called her a talent spotter for the party peltier-laugh

[–] Meh@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It takes a loser to spot a loser

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[–] rufuscrispo@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

no shit. that was the first thing i was wondering too

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What's the correct pronunciation?

[–] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

mo-beel. it's kind of a cliche at this point and probably happens less now, but it could be like a shibboleth for national (re: not southern) news anchors assuming it's like mobile phone or mobil oil, instead of a french-creole take on something like Mabila/Mavila, itself an exonym, trade-language & name of a walled town of the indigenous peoples DeSoto fought with.

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[–] LeninWalksTheEarth@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

nobody gives a fuckin shit about Mobile Alabama.

[–] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not since the plane crash anyway

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[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago

Perhaps there's a point at which we need everyone to ask WHY he's so popular.. It seems a firm NO for the following questions: Evil? Out for his own financial gain? Wants to destroy NY/ America? Wants to start a war with any other nation? Wants to militarize cities? Wants to fly legit populatis overseas to prisons of unknown standards? Wants to disempower women/ LGBTQ+? Wants to be King forever? Paedophile /rapist/ sex offender?

[–] metalmetal@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago

i live in alabama and this is the stupidest shit i’ve ever heard

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