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[–] 73 points 2 months ago (20 children)

Not terminally online leftists and tankies once again pissing away any chance of success because the progressive DSA candidate who's offering universal healthcare, free college, better education, public transportation, bodily autonomy, a better democracy and ending the wars apparently doesn't actually fit their world view.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    What you need to understand, according to tankies, is: bOtH sIdEs SaMe.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah, I mean this feels exactly the same as when Biden was president. Right? Right?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Shaken 8-ball says...

    YES

    Hrm, wait, lemme try shaking it again...

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    If they can't get the zombie of Karl Marx risen from the grave to run, they would rather be led by right wing christian nationalist pedophiles.

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  • [+] -13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

    I would probably vote for her. That doesn't change the fact that she's a bad candidate. If it were up to me, it'd probably be Elizabeth Warren or Tim Walz.

    This will almost certainly not be the matchup, though. Republicans are not going to run Vance. Don't be silly. Nobody likes him. It's gonna be like, Carlson v. Newsom.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Why is she a bad candidate? Not a bait question. Interested in the take.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago

    A lot of these guys think there's loads and loads of centrist voters who the DNC can sway with a more moderate candidate. It's failed to work repeatedly because most "independent centrists" are just racist ass Republicans who don't want their families to know they're pieces of shit. If you're not anti GOP at this point, you're a lost cause afaic.

    The hype a candidate like AOC could muster with younger generations is what they should be aiming for, but they don't donate or vote in primaries so they'll be ignored and won't turn out, again.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

    She doesn't inspire a lot of confidence. She has a lot of good positions, but I haven't heard her articulate them well. She said that Harris was "working tirelessly to secure a cease-fire in Gaza", something which we know wasn't true, and more recently brushed off Black Lives Matter, etc. as 'Woke 1 was craazzyyy ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ"

    There's a good article about her backpedaling here.

    There has to be somebody better.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Something I keep seeing on Lemmy is that she sided with Israel instead of Palestine. To me, that feels like a terrible argument. Neither threatens US. Yet I don't see arguments how Trump sided with Russia while Harris would side with Europe. You know, the Russia that also actively seeks to destroy US.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 months ago
    • Woman

    • Not white

    • Inexperienced

    • Would be youngest president in history

    • Too far left

    These things may not matter to you, the inexperience is the only one that matters to me, but I absolutely promise you they matter to a significant number of Americans. Significant enough to put another Republican in control and further erode our already eroding democracy.

    Gambling isn't smart. Especially when you're gambling with democracy. AOC is a biiiiiig gamble.

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