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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by JCattheATM on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @03:46PM (#46518439)
> Obviously she was not everyone's first choice. She was almost no one's first choice.

Right, but that's irrelevant. It doesn't matter that she wasn't the ideal choice, it only matters that she was so much significantly better than the alternative.

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by IncreasePosts on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @11:52AM (#46528780)
Clearly that was a miscalculation then. Maybe because when people vote, most people don't think "Who is better - Trump or Harris?", they think "Do I like my party's nominee?"
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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by JCattheATM on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @12:02PM (#46528936)
I agree, the problem is the voting population. Democracy doesn't work when you have such a petty ignorant population.
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