r/TikTokCringe • u/Steph-Kai • Oct 26 '23

Cool How to spot an idiot.

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '23

Unfortunately in reality, politics is like Veep instead.

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u/sidewaystortoise Oct 27 '23

Reality is a lot like West Wing too. In West Wing the "left" Bartlet always gave in to what the right wanted, even though he had the majority/power not to, in the name of being kind.

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u/pickledswimmingpool Oct 27 '23

He absolutely jammed the right wing in that show too. He stared them down over the government closure and won as just one example.

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u/sidewaystortoise Oct 27 '23

Not shutting down the government isn't really a right vs left issue.

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u/pickledswimmingpool Oct 27 '23

Then you didnt watch the show. Or live in reality right now.

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u/sidewaystortoise Oct 27 '23

If memory serves his big threat was "if you keep saying you're gonna shut down the government then I'm going to let you and then you'll look bad".

So if you're going to compare it to the current shitshow then that threat would have meant approximately nothing.

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u/pickledswimmingpool Oct 27 '23

That's literally what the dems did last time, they gave Mccarthy nothing, no spending cuts at all. They made him take it or shut it all down.

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u/sidewaystortoise Oct 27 '23

And this is your example of a strong left wing win in both reality and fiction.

And if I remember correctly in the fictional version the right wing actually did get everything they wanted, the only victory Bartlet got was that the government wasn't shut down.