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[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 107 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I can't laugh heard enough about this.

[–] abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

What I suspect is happening here is that an endorsement of this nature can be seen as a "kiss of death" - folks who might otherwise vote for a candidate might be turned off once they hear this news.

Last time it seems the GOP candidate got the endorsement and lost, so to prevent a "kiss of death" effect in this election he is endorsing a spoiler in order to continue drawing votes away from Harris, while hoping to retain votes for the GOP candidate, causing the election to swing to a GOP win.

Remember, as the GOP guy famously said, "A vote for Stein is a vote for me!"

(Now, will this strategy actually be effective? I have doubts that enough people pay attention to this group for it to be relevant.)

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

Who the hell would change their vote from Harris to Stein based on an endorsement from a former Ku Klux Klan leader?!

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Someone should cross post this to a certain Satanist’s page.

[–] LifeGivesYouLemmys@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Fake* Satanist

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunate.

Luckily, I can still hear laughs.

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

ERMAGHERD dat typo!