Asklemmy @lemmy.ml Sybil @lemmy.world 9 mo. ago

Tim Pool just suggested that democrats are gonna nominate haley by switching parties. Is that really the plan?

and would she be any better than biden/trump/obama? i honestly haven't paid her any attention.

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I don’t know who Tom Pool is, but I’d stop listening to him if I were you. He’s an idiot, a crackpot or (most likely) both.
- I know him, and you are indeed correct: He's both, as well as other traits common in the right-wing shitmosphere.
- he used to be a real journalist and he was great at finding conflicts on the ground and livestreaming them. something happened in the last 10 years, but he was, truly, a good journalist.
  
  Is he a gamergate moron? Timing would work.
  
  Dude. He never was a "real journalist" he's a hack and a conspiracy theorist.
Tim "gets his philosophy from Marvel movies" Pool doesn't know shit about anything.
- thanks
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- he's a dummy. i never meant to suggest he isn't. but he used to be able to at least find real stories i cared about.
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Lol that's never going to happen
Might be better than trump, in that she hasn't pledged state sponsored political retribution and throwing out The Constitution, but Haley is still a Republican through and through and there is zero chance of a rational dem voting for her over Biden.
- only actual answer so far. thank you.
Why would you ever believe anything from Tim Pool? He does nothing but spout bs for engagement revenue.
- He does nothing but spout bs for engagement revenue.
  
  lately. once, he went fact-finding. but that was so long ago, most probably can't remember.
  
  ok… what he did once doesn’t matter, what he does lately is relevant to something he just suggested.
I'm wondering if there is a bit of misunderstanding or miscommunication going on here? I don't know the statement or the context, but my interpretation based on OPs title is that this person is implying ...

Registered Democrats will switch their party affiliation so that they can vote for Haley to be the Republican nominee for president.

The implication that enough Democrats will do this that it will affect the outcome is, how shall I put this nicely, wholly unsupported by data or reality. On the other hand, the intellectually dishonest types will actively seek examples of people doing this (or claiming to do it) and use that as "evidence" that it is happening on a wide scale.

The fact that some number of people will switch parties to vote in a primary is inevitable and happens every presidential election cycle and is not a tool used only by members of one party. You might as well predict that someone will get into a car accident in the USA in the next 24 hours.
- thank you.
Nikki Haley would likely win against Biden.

She's (relatively) young, she's a woman, she was born to immigrant parents, she's taken a tough stance on Russia, she's not obviously nuts.

If anything, the democratic establishment wants Trump to be the candidate. It'll make a Biden re-election easier.

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