cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/52742400

How the Senate Democratic leader and his Gang of Eight keep trying to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.

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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I really want AOC as president, but it's already fucking clear with the past 2 women nominees that the USA, despite claiming it is "progressive", will not vote for a woman. Even a white woman couldn't make it, what makes you think a brown one will again?

Only time I see it happening is if there is mass social upheaval, a desire for change like with Obama. Today, the propaganda machine has amplified and division is rooted deeply. We crossed the Rubicon as a nation.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I think AOC will make a perfect Presidential candidate, in 2040 or 2048 after a few terms in the Senate. She will still be "young" by Presidential standards. Maybe by then many of the misogynists will have died off.

    Don't get me wrong: she would make an extremely good candidate in 2028 too. But I don't think she has a chance of winning in the current climate. Too many people won't vote for a woman right now, but are self-aware enough to know they can't admit it anymore, so will come up with bullshit reasons why they can't do it.

    If she is on my ballot she is getting my vote, full stop. But I want to keep her for NY for a while longer.

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