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I'd vote for her. I'd also vote for Bernie again, if he ran again. I don't care about his age, all that would matter is he got into office, and established a cabinet, and had a good Vice President to take over.
I love Bernie, but he's terrible at choosing staff. I don't want him as president because I think he'd lose the war after winning the battle of gaining the presidency. Now if my choices were orange shit stain or Bernie, I'd be pulling out all my Bernie merch, but he's not ideal.
Jesus, the Tad Devine hire alone was a disqualification for me.
Bernie is 84 years old.
I am a huge fan of Bernie. Have been for over a decade. He is too old to be the president.
Shouldn't be getting downvotes for this. Bernie deserves to rest, he's been saying the same message for decades and it's up to us to make it better for him, now.
He would be more valuable as an advisor.
Less energy wasted on the bullshit.
Exactly. He’d make a wonderful cabinet member or top advisor.
If Bernie wants to rest, then he can rest.
He isn't acting like a man that wants to rest.
He's also incredibly sharp for 84....but he's 84...
He'll be 86 at the next election.
And 90 by the time he is out of office, at least.
As president you get way more stress, more travel, less sleep. He wouldn't do well in the president's office.
Yeah his opening came and gone, unfortunately. Time doesn't care, it marches on.
The point of Bernie or AOC or Zohran or any socialist candidate is the movement behind them, which represents the will of the masses. The actual figurehead is largely irrelevant because everything they do is in the interest of their constituents. They might use their charisma to win (but usually it's the movement that actually wins the campaign), but once they're in power they just have to fulfill their promises, and they have staff to do this.
A regular politician, by contrast, enacts the will of the corporate class. In this way they're mostly irrelevant too.
Or Kat Abughazaleh. If you don't know her yet, you should look her up.
I like her, I hope she does well in the future, but she did lose her primary
That's the same thing everybody said last time and Bernie is in better physical, mental, and psychological condition than Trump.
That bar is so low I'd need to dig a hole to find it.
Of course, and because of that he would never win an election, because people won't vote for him because "he's too old". Like I said, I don't care about his age, or that he would likely die in office, perhaps even in the first year. I'd still vote for him, because I agree with him, and I want his ideas in that office. That's why he'd need a good V.P. I don't understand why anyone would care how old he is, as long as they agree with him. Is it because he would probably die in office? Why does that matter?
I don't care about Trump's age per se, I do care that he's got dementia. Bernie doesn't have dementia.
Anyway, it's a pipe dream, and I'll happily vote for one of his protégés, too.
More importantly, he's too old, and not aggressive enough, to win. We need someone that knows how to build and run a political machine, that can seize control of the party and purge the old guard. A true populist that can play a crowd. Bernie unfortunately lacks the killer instinct to overcome the establishment.
Bernie for president and AOC for vice president? That'd be something.
IF he died in office, the position likely would be taken good care of
I'd door-knock for her.
Sheesh, and I haven't canvased for a candidate in almost 20 years.
I canvassed for Bernie. It was a good experience. And he won the state.
I phone banked for her in her 2018 campaign.
UAW Boss Sean Fein would be a good candidate.
Well they need to get out and start doing media now. Regardless, a successful candidate is going to have to out in hundreds of hours in front of cameras and developing a level of comfort and ease of answering questions that only comes with practice and putting in the hours. It's also one of my biggest critiques of AOC. She also hasn't/isn't putting in the reps in terms of media cycles. When they do, it's very controlled and brief.
You are a fascist.
Explain how.
Explaim how you complain to management to get your critiics cancelled? You gave your hand away.
What did you get banned for being a gif hating loser in the other thread? I would never report you for being that kind of a loser; it's far more fun to just mock you relentlessly when you have a psychological moment like that. Which was truly fun and brightened my day, so I do want to say thanks and I appreciate your participation. It was probably some one who agreed with me on how silly you were being that reported you. I would never do that, it's far more entertaining to have you staying in the game.
For your participation yesterday, I sincerely appreciate it:
Now, into the comment at hand..
You can be and should be a critic of me but you should also have the charity to take my arguments on their face. I think AOC is mid among current progressives and I've outlined why several times in this thread. I can reiterate those points if you like and we can take it from there.
ha ha, you are pathetic.
And I think you've developed a personality disorder.
The amount of work you have put into trolling me speaks for itself. Fucking pathetic. You should be ashamed of yourself why don't you go back in the mirror and practice making fearsome faces. Haha,
When you enjoy what you do, it's not work.
You are a troll.
Well clearly trolling is your calling. Is it pathetic? Yes. Hahaha.
Bruh you responded to me. You could just go about your merry way but you pd won't allow it.
Ha ha, pathetic.
The world is mine! But piss off, you are pathetic. I will get to that.
It's fine, I don't mind supporting or interacting with fans
You said that what but your actions belie your words. And you are fucking pathetic. Ha ha ha, enjoy your off-brand Aussie fucking circle jerk. All 1k of you. Maybe you can wake up? Haha.
I just want you to know how much I appreciate you as a fan and supporter
Pathetic.
You are a mean drunk. You can't handle the alcohol.