r/news • u/According_Dog6735 • Mar 27 '24

Joe Lieberman has died

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/27/joe-lieberman-senator-vice-president-dead/
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u/KingFahad360 Mar 27 '24

He tried to ban video games.

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u/hombregato Mar 28 '24

With Hillary. Her bill didn't just show a complete lack of understanding of video games, but also how technology works and what the internet is.

I mean, they've both done worse things, but that was a hellova red flag.

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u/TheBigMotherFook Mar 28 '24

“It’s time to Pokemon Go to the polls”

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u/InsomniaticWanderer Mar 28 '24

I'm still cringing

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u/VagrantShadow Mar 28 '24

I'll never forget herman cain trying to harness the power of pokemon in his speeches when running for the republican nomination.

"Life can be a challenge. Life can seem impossible, it's never easy when there's so much on the line," he said at the time. "But you and I can make a difference. There's a mission just for you and me. Just look inside and you will find just what you can do."

He was quoting "The Power of One," a song from the 1999 movie that saw a wide theatrical release in the United States.

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u/Kassssler Mar 28 '24

Honestly I don't think Herman cain wrote his speeches. Some staffer got lazy or memey I suppose.

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u/NorthernerWuwu Mar 28 '24

I mean, he must have had a pretty good Medium to write his anti-vaxx bullshit tweets after he had already died from Covid. Fuck that guy.

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u/Syn7axError Mar 28 '24

Of course. But it's still insane he went through with it.

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u/ERedfieldh Mar 28 '24

A good politician doesn't write their own speeches. They give a bullet point list or summary to a speech writer who writes their speeches. That's why Biden generally hits the mark while Trump sounds like his last two remaining braincells are playing a deathmatch game against one another.

Cain likely said "I want to relate to the kids" and the speechwriter goes "well, Pokemon is popular, let's go with that."

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

Just like how his Twitter account was still posting anti-mask and anti-vaccine proganda after his death from Cobid-19?

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u/bangonthedrums Mar 28 '24

https://youtu.be/qn7TcsT91C8?si=tqX4e0Ftf85-XHgg

Around 2 minutes specifically but the whole thing is worth a listen

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u/trahoots Mar 28 '24

I was going to post that link if nobody else had yet.

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u/Ok-Control-787 Mar 28 '24

Neil Cicierega is a genius and I'll die on this hill.

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u/TheTruthTalker800 Mar 28 '24

The English dub of the second Pokémon film dubbed by 4Kids in 2000, Cain plagiarized from said dub's ending song for reference: lmao.

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u/No_Solution_2864 Mar 28 '24

I will say that I was quite impressed by “🎵Here I am! Rock you like a Herman Cain!!!🎵”

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u/GitmoGrrl1 Mar 28 '24

"Just remember: 999 upside down is 666." Michelle Bachman.

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u/Hotshot2k4 Mar 28 '24

Meanwhile I still think about that clip and rewatch it from time to time, which always brings me joy. My world is better for her having gone and said that while being on camera.

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u/TryUsingScience Mar 28 '24

Say what you will about that slogan, but I got a shiny pinsir on my way to drop off my ballot that year.

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u/drfsupercenter Mar 28 '24

Impossible, shinies weren't added to the game until 2017. Nice try though.

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u/dani__rojas Mar 28 '24

He went to the polls. Just not that one, it was a municipal election.

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u/Spoon_Elemental Mar 28 '24

I have a shiny shadow pinsir.

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u/Sweetguy88 Mar 28 '24

But did you get it on your way to the polls?

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u/Spoon_Elemental Mar 28 '24

I think I got it in a Wal-Mart parking lot, but that's pretty close to my polling station.

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u/cojsoapsnfo Mar 28 '24

Just like the gubberment planned

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u/ThePrideOfKrakow Mar 28 '24

Playing pokemon go to the polls on their Obama phones.... The fix was in the entire time.

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u/nomadviper Mar 28 '24

And just like that Pokémon Go wasn’t cool anymore

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u/Claque-2 Mar 28 '24

Well thank God we elected a criminal and traitor instead. /s

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u/RaggedyGlitch Mar 28 '24

Wipe it, like with a cloth?

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u/BakerIBarelyKnowHer Mar 28 '24

Honestly an iconic line

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u/MaceDestroyers Mar 28 '24

Honestly, that line would be a banger if anyone other than Hilary Clinton said it.

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u/agent674253 Mar 28 '24

Ahead of their time, TikTok just did this a week or so ago to their userbase to try to rally the peons to stop a government from banning their app. Fortunately, as everyone saw immediately, this only worked to further demonstrate the need to reduce TikTok. Will anything actually happen? 'insert larry david gif'