posted by justincredible

LOL at Eric Swalwell.

I had to get on Twitter to look this one up. It's up to 78K votes now with the same 79-21 margin. Seems to me that if I were in a profession that requires running for re-election every few years, I wouldn't be so adamant about saddling myself to a concept that's such a loser in peoples' eyes, to the degree that even if I lead the question with alarmist terminology, my preferred answer is still getting run out of the building.

posted by Heretic

It's up to 78K votes now with the same 79-21 margin.

Don't be so quick to call this a failure - that's probably more votes than he'll get in the primaries.

posted by O-Trap

At some point, someone on the top floor has to be getting tired of his shit when it costs them $$$ (which pulling a shoe that's already been produced obviously does).

I'm not sure how much design and development cost actually went into slapping a colonial flag on the back of a shoe.

posted by Heretic

I had to get on Twitter to look this one up. It's up to 78K votes now with the same 79-21 margin. Seems to me that if I were in a profession that requires running for re-election every few years, I wouldn't be so adamant about saddling myself to a concept that's such a loser in peoples' eyes, to the degree that even if I lead the question with alarmist terminology, my preferred answer is still getting run out of the building.

Eh, he's from California. He'll likely get re-elected by a safe margin.

posted by justincredible

Eh, he's from California. He'll likely get re-elected by a safe margin.

It really does make you wonder if AOC and Swalwell can get elected to Congress, truly anyone can.

Sadly those two are probably just the start of a wave of woke millenials who learned activism in college, rather than how to think.

posted by gut

I'm not sure how much design and development cost actually went into slapping a colonial flag on the back of a shoe.

Ah, yeah.  I overlooked the word "prototype."

In that case, I actually get why Nike pulled it.  I still think it's dumb to be offended by it, but I don't blame them as much for nixing a prototype.

posted by gut

It really does make you wonder if AOC and Swalwell can get elected to Congress, truly anyone can.

Sadly those two are probably just the start of a wave of woke millenials who learned activism in college, rather than how to think.

that is a good way to put it.

posted by O-Trap

Ah, yeah.  I overlooked the word "prototype."

In that case, I actually get why Nike pulled it.  I still think it's dumb to be offended by it, but I don't blame them as much for nixing a prototype.

The article I read said they had already shipped it to stores, and they actually had to pull the shoes back. That isn't cheap. It was slated for release on 7/1, they'd have shipped it to stores in May or very early June. 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nike-betsy-ross-shoe-colin-kaepernick_n_5d1ae58ae4b082e5536e727f

posted by iclfan2

The article I read said they had already shipped it to stores, and they actually had to pull the shoes back.

posted by iclfan2

The article I read said they had already shipped it to stores, and they actually had to pull the shoes back. That isn't cheap. It was slated for release on 7/1, they'd have shipped it to stores in May or very early June. 

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nike-betsy-ross-shoe-colin-kaepernick_n_5d1ae58ae4b082e5536e727f

Ah, see that was what I was thinking initially.  If it had just been a design, it would have been less impactful for them.  Still weird to take all their cues from a never-quite-made-it-back quarterback in the NFL as opposed to a team that does market research, but it's their money.
 

posted by gut

posted by gut

LOL

Ohh that's my bad then. The article I read mentioned prototype instead of already manufactured shoes. Ok then.

You have to give Kaep some credit. For being such a shitty QB he has found a way to make his name come thru the news cycle every 4-6 months.   At least there will probably be more kids googling to find out who Betsy Ross is. 

Anyone see the elected house rep from Florida say today that people who mock Congress online should be prosecuted? Nbd... and yes it’s the dumbass lady who wears cowboy hats and sequin jackets. 

posted by iclfan2

Anyone see the elected house rep from Florida say today that people who mock Congress online should be prosecuted? Nbd... and yes it’s the dumbass lady who wears cowboy hats and sequin jackets. 

I'm sure that, if we dig into her history, we would never find any such statements.

Hell, didn't she have a public feud with the president in which she called him more than a couple names?

To be fair, Trump has given the green light on outrageous talk.

posted by CenterBHSFan

To be fair, Trump has given the green light on outrageous talk.

He really has

Didn't she get into a "battle" with Trump about a year ago?  I think it was over gold star spouses. She's an idiot.  

When people act shocked that someone like Trump could be POTUS, remember to remind them this country has been electing fucking morons (we could easily start a list) at all levels for the last 20-30 years.  It was only a matter of time, before one of these morons made it to the White House.

posted by CenterBHSFan

To be fair, Trump has given the green light on outrageous talk.

Sure, but if you're going to participate in it, maybe don't say citizens should be prosecuted for it.

posted by O-Trap

Sure, but if you're going to participate in it, maybe don't say citizens should be prosecuted for it.

Well, when you have like 90% of the media to carry your water, you don't want those pesky conservatives running around refuting your narrative on Twitter and Facebook.  Liberals truly do seem to be terrified of debate.

posted by gut

Well, when you have like 90% of the media to carry your water, you don't want those pesky conservatives running around refuting your narrative on Twitter and Facebook.  Liberals truly do seem to be terrified of debate.

The current crop in office, anyway, yeah.  A particularly clear example have been the recent "debates," which have mostly just been a competition over who can offer the biggest package of promised free shit and skilled virtue signaling.

posted by O-Trap

The current crop in office, anyway, yeah.  A particularly clear example have been the recent "debates," which have mostly just been a competition over who can offer the biggest package of promised free shit and skilled virtue signaling.

And dismiss anyone who disagrees with them as being pro-discrimination.  If you don't accept that women make 77% of what men do, then you're sexist.

posted by O-Trap

Sure, but if you're going to participate in it, maybe don't say citizens should be prosecuted for it.

I can agree with that.

One of the better things about being an American is that we are guaranteed the right to mock our government.

The left is going full retard about this parade tomorrow.  Jesus they are sad.

posted by geeblock

I never said dems were better didn’t say they didn’t have problematic supporters. I have said many times at this point I won’t be voting. The dem candidates are a joke. I don’t think it is the “reason” he won. But the strategy that he’s using to go against the establishment and “make America great again” the whole slogan is offensive to me and  really doesn’t make the black vote necessary for him to win and I don’t think he cares. Those ideologies also fit right in line with those who would never say the n word but will go in every comment section and say “thugs” or “animals” as referring to black people. It’s a definite “rebranding” I talked to my co worker who is a proud boy and he was explaining that well the ok sign is not really a white power sign but we just do it to troll because people think it is. I guess I just don’t get it. I’m not a white supremest but I just pretend to be one on the weekends? We had to agree to disagree. To me pretending to be white supremest is just semant

Trump won because of the millions of people in the Midwest who were fed up with being economically raped for 2 ½ decades while the DC establishment did nothing about it. PERIOD; END OF STORY.  Get the hell over it, and get the hell used to it, because he is going to get reelected.