Eh, I trust Stewart's motivations, but not necessarily his judgment. I listened to him interview Ezra Klein and Stewart fell for his neoliberal Abundance bullshit without any pushback of critical thought. I could see him getting led astray by some of the same Democratic hacks that destroyed the party.
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Why the fuck are people so obsessed with celebrities? Elect someone actually competent for the job. Idiots.
The competent people never get elected.
Unless they're competent AND popular. Zelensky was a comedian before getting elected as well. Now he's basically done the impossible and held his own against Russia despite overwhelming forces. Regardless of your political beliefs, a comedian has done better fighting off Putin than literally anyone else ever. That's an undeniable fact.
So Stewart should run. Because he's the closest thing to competent who's popular enough to win we'll likely ever get again.
The election is a popularity contest, so skill has almost nothing to do with it.
Well, the Ukrainians elected a comedian and got a true leader.
But we like Jon Stewart. Why ruin a good thing?
It's so cute that Americans think there will be a 2028 election.
If not… We have guns.
which people have already proven they won't use
I just snorted coffee out my nose.
You're funny.
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Why the fuck not
Better a political commentator then a movie and reality TV star.
Jon needs to run as a Democrat, and he needs Colbert to be his running mate ars a Republican for teh lulz
Colbert
He's a more decent catholic than many of the cardinals (the ones that played hide the pedophile)....
Whoa, this thread has the most comments I've ever seen on Lemmy, I think.
God, I hope we can do better than Jon Stewart.
I love the guy, but a Bush Jr. era comic is not what we need right now.
Seems like Ukraine made the right decision with their "comic"
Look where we are: Stewart is incredibly smart and understands the nuances of a lot of what’s causing the problems in this country right how.
You are way under estimating him.
The bar is now so low that you could even have a thief, a serial killer or a regular rapist of adults, and it still wouldn't top having a PDFile Rapist Nepo Baby megalomaniac with authoritarian and racist, genocidal tendencies.
Seriously, worse than him I'd think only the likes of Hitler. And there's still a lot of time and leeway for him to become worse than Mr. Funny Mustache in the history books, if allowed. Imagine surpassing the worst man in history by triggering mass nuclear destruction across the globe, ending billions of lives, and for what it'd likely be the pettiest of reasons from a small excuse for a human stain.
A lot of people here are condemning celebrity in US politics, and I get it... but at this point in time we might need someone who is already famous yet consistent and trustworthy. Stewart has shown himself to be a good person for decades. He's also politically informed, progressive, and whip smart.
We need a candidate who wants real change for the betterment of the working class. Somehow people thought that was Trump... I guess because he said he would be, a few times? And people were hoping hard? And not looking at his track record at all? Also racism? More importantly though: people didn't think that candidate was Harris, who got pushed through by the Democratic party and ran an uninspiring campaign. Those people didn't vote. Those people were excited about candidates like Bernie, who's track record on class issues is indefatigable. Those people could potentially be excited about Jon Stewart tearing shit down for the actually betterment of the poor, and might trust that he would try.
That's my read, anyway. A Mamdani could come along and stir up some real enthusiasm, but I think it's harder for a no-name without a proven record to win a national election. Last time that happened we ended up with Obama, and people still feel burned by his lack of progressive action.
Did time travel to 2000?
I'd normally say "hells no, stop electing celebrities!" but this is a person who is actually politically informed (savvy even) and at this point possibly bthenonoy person why might get the US out of this miserable shit it's in and on to a path towards an actual representative democracy.
If anything, Jon Stewart might be the only person able to get the US to stop electing celebrities in the first place
So yeah, Jon 2028!
Let’s not forget his relentless lobbying in congress and the senate for the first responders of 9/11. He had the balls to tell politicians the truth without sugar and never gave up because it was the right thing to do and he could.
I want to say no celebrities or billionaires so badly, but if you believe that nearly ALL politicians are irredeemably corrupt, then that's where we have to go for the people with the money and/or name recognition to win.
If you are going to vote for someone other than a politician, than an intelligent person who has spent the last couple of decades closely following politics and commenting on it every night might be a good option, provided they have the morals for it. I generally don't think much of the morals of billionaires or celebrities, but they're far better than MAGAs. At least they aren't enthusiastic traitors and pedophiles.
Stuart Colbert 28'! My fingers would break I'd vote so hard for that.
I'm just saying, his name is spelled correctly right there in the original post... lol
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It worked for 2 tv stars why not¿
Can you stupid fucks stop worshiping celebrities for like FIVE MINUTES.
I don't get how mindless our population is.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a standup comedian and I think he's doing a pretty good job as president.
Zelensky was the star of a sitcom about a public school teacher who becomes president, and cleans up government corruption.
Ukraine was incredibly corrupt, filled with Russian stooges who were looting the country blind, and the people wanted Zelensky's character as president. That character was fictional, so Zelensky was the next best thing, and it turns out that he took his job as seriously as his TV character.
There is still a long road ahead, but I believe that they can weed out the last problems. they need to get out of the soviet mentality, and that happens best with cooperation with EU.
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Yes please. I've been wanting him to run for decades and I was hoping when he left the daily show he might end up on the path. I know he doesn't want to do it, but no one who SHOULD have the job really WANTS the job, because they know what it means to do that job properly.
That's exactly right. George Washington really REALLY didn't want the job. He was very money oriented, and the fact that he had been away from his farm during the entire war, and couldn't be there to manage it was extremely frustrating for him. All he wanted was to be a gentlemen farmer, and all these responsibilities came his way.
So when he was offered the role of national leader, he declined. They even offered to make him king, which he definitely didn't like. Eventually, he was persuaded that as a new country, with powerful enemies, America needed someone very strong to keep it on its feet for the first few years, until it could start walking. After going through all that trouble to give birth to America, Washington decided he better watch over his new baby in the crib.
After serving two terms, he shocked everyone by deliberately emulating the example of Cincinnatus, the successful Roman general who could have ruled Rome, but chose to return from the battlefield, and head straight to his family farm instead.
Later, Washington again had to be persuaded to oversee the Constitutional Congress. All he wanted to do was stay on his farm.
Refusing to campaign for president until the "people have demanded it," has become a tradition, although it is always cringingly transparent. So I'm like you - I don't trust anyone who WANTS to be president. That should be the first sign that they are not the right candidate.
The Venn diagram overlap of personality characteristics of modern politicians and celebrities is extraordinarily large. Pure charisma drives success in modern media-driven politics. It's sad, but I believe it's truth now.
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