• @[email protected]
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    1913 days ago

    Kevin McCarthy is a traitor to the American people, a disgrace to Bakersfield, and just a weak example of a male human.

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      Lol yeah, she’s touring the country throwing rallies while Schumer is trying to lead, “We stand with Israel. We will win.” chants with the least amount of charisma possible and Jefferies is doing interviews and insisting the Democrats’ biggest issue is messaging.

  • @[email protected]
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    2713 days ago

    She’s young, she could decide to run for Chuck’s Senate seat in 2028. She would be just as compelling a Presidential candidate in 2032 or 2036…

    … But if a fair election is held in 2028, it is essential that Democtats field the best possible candidate, not just the next one up. (Hi, Gavin!) If AOC thinks that’s her, then I will happily support that. If she supports someone else (Booker, Walz, etc), I will also be listening. But if we fuck this one up, and Vance or Eric Trump or Sean Hannity get elected, that might be game over for Democracy here. We may not get another chance.

    As a NY State resident, I am eagerly looking forward to voting for AOC in some capacity in 2028, whether it’s for Senator, VP, or President. I’ll let her decide where she thinks she can create the most change.

    • @[email protected]
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      Eh if it’s just Vance running, I wouldn’t be too worried. The man has the charisma of a flopping fish

      • @[email protected]
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        612 days ago

        HW bush ran and won off the senile ghost of Reagan’s charisma…

        Vance could too.

        But we should still run AOC now, because after 8 years of AOC, there’s be new blood

        There’s never a reason to “save” a candidate, and nothing is stopping her from being a senator after.

        Seniority being important is something that the old guard just agreed on.

      • @[email protected]
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        913 days ago

        They might put him forward precisely because he has no charisma. The understanding would be that Trump was calling the shots, even if he didn’t hold the office. Puppets stop flopping around once their controller puts their hand up their ass and grabs the controls

      • @[email protected]
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        513 days ago

        This is true, and it only got dramatically worse after they took office. The way he handled the Zelinsky visit was abominable, so he gets to tack that onto his resume now.

  • @[email protected]
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    813 days ago

    Sure looks like republicans are scared of AOC.

    But centrists saw a progressive woman seizing the moment and suddenly decided that women can’t win.

    • Eugene V. Debs' Ghost
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      412 days ago

      AOC makes Trump and his shit-lickers afraid. Pelosi and Schumer don’t spark any fear.

      And the DNC keeps the ones who he can rally around the flag to blame for anything bad. Because no one really likes Pelosi and Schumer. People like AOC.

      Remember when calling them weird was working, making them cower and the media loved it? And then they just… Stopped because how dare anyone be rude to fascists.

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    Its possible. There’s nobody I can see who could lead the party at this point? Gavin Newsom? He’s a DINO.

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    Remember when we were all laughing at McCarthy because he wanted to be Speaker so badly and kept failing, over and over, to get enough votes? And how it was funny when he got ousted because of the rules he had to agree to in order to secure the votes from the crazies? And laughing because that, predictably, bit him in the ass?

    I feel like that stopped being funny when we got Mike “Shares his porn watchlist with his son” Johnson as Speaker. At least McCarthy was a politician and not a crazy, religious zealot two heartbeats from the presidency.

    Republicans --We Always Have Someone Worse Than the Last Guy

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      513 days ago

      To be honest, I’m not sure who is better or worse between the two. Democrats at least appreciate that Johnson usually keeps his word during negotiations.

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      Things have always gotten worse with Republicans. It does not ever get better. What we had last week is better than what we’ll be dealing with next week.

      This has always been their way.

      • djsoren19
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        2013 days ago

        Things have always gotten worse with Republicans America.

        Feels like the old Russian mantra applies to us more and more these days. “And then things got worse.”

        • Optional
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          No. This is very much not normal.

          Normal is trying to be good and often doing it. Not . . . whatever this is.

          • djsoren19
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            812 days ago

            It’s been my experience as an American for my entire life. Things really predictably only seem to get worse and worse.

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              1112 days ago

              My first memory of a “global event” was 9/11. Then the Patriot Act and the Iraq/Afghanistan war. Then Citizens United and single-payer ObamaCare got shutdown and I gave up on the US, put my head down and got to work on an engineering degree so I could emigrate.

              Thankfully, despite failing out and putting a total of 10 years into my 4 year degree, I graduated 2 years ago and am in a reasonable position to make that move. Leaving family and friends behind fucking sucks, but I can always come back when things simmer down, or at least provide a place to go if things don’t.

    • Maeve
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      At least McCarthy was a politician and not a crazy, religious P2025 zealot two heartbeats from the presidency.

  • MrErr
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    313 days ago

    this is one case where I hope McCarthy is right. Might be a few election cycles before some tangible change, but it needs to happen.

  • @[email protected]
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    AOC, and progressives in general, taking over the Democratic party is the only hope for its successful continuation. Assuming we have elections.

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    313 days ago

    I’d be excited for her or Pete to take over. Would like to see Warren or Waltz as a VP.

  • bean
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    Kevin McCarthy can go fuck himself. Seriously. I don’t care WHAT he says. He’s a fucking shill and helped flush the country down the drain. Fuck anything that bastard says.