I'd take a lump of wet dogshit over Gavin New some or another neo-liberal, so I hope this poll isn't a fluke.
Assuming we even have a democracy for this poll to matter in any way.
I'd take a lump of wet dogshit over Gavin New some or another neo-liberal, so I hope this poll isn't a fluke.
Assuming we even have a democracy for this poll to matter in any way.
I know conservative media has been trying to make AOC the next Hillary, but I really can't get a feel for how effective they've been. I know the smears have been running consistently for years, now, but AOC is a genuine populist and a lot of the Republican base claims to be on board with those principals. Hillary's policies were indistinguishable from any other moderate democrat.
As Dem Voters Seek a 'Fight' With the Superrich, AOC is Now Their Favorite Candidate: Poll
The Establishment democrats (the useless ones who have been getting re-elected for decades) will fight to the death against AOC's nomination. Just look at what they did when Mamdani ran for mayor. They were his biggest enemy, not the GOP.
We don't want a fight. We want a second Nuremberg trials. And then we want the superrich taxed out of existence, crawling by as lowly "very rich", if they aren't convicted in those trials that is.
This was AOC's first Congressional appearance on the national stage, as she questioned Michael Cohen about Trump's business dealings. Cohen had taken a plea deal, and was going to prison, but he wanted to tell his story in Congress, in front of the American people.
Unfortunately, several Reps wasted their time as they usually do, posturing and propagandizing, and saying and accomplishing nothing. Cohen had been asked about little of substance, and you could tell he was getting frustrated.
Then AOC's turn came, and she was ready. This was her first national appearance, but it didn't look like it. She was confident and determined. She warned Cohen that she might move fast, and she took off. She launched into a fast series of precise questions about values of specific properties, and Cohen fired back just as quickly with answers, as well as those in Tumps office who handled those issues.
By the time she was done, in less than five minutes, she had uncovered enough actionable material, under oath, that it formed the core of Leticia James' 34 successful felony convictions against him. It was a remarkable political performance, one of the best I've seen in my lifetime.
That was the FIRST thing she did in Congress. She's EXACTLY what we need. I'll vote for her for anything. I'd love her to be President.
It’s odd that when the few have most of the wealth that a large number of people sign on to the BS put out by the rich that you only have to work hard and you can be like them.
decades of sabotaging public education does a lot of work there
stupid people are easy to manipulate, especially when 4-5 people effectively control the majority of a countries news industry.
kind of funny seeing how just a small bit of reality slipping through tiktok was enough to threaten this state's propaganda bubble
It's a scam. They didn't get rich allowing some other rich guy to claim the excess value of their labor. They accumulated their own value, and grew their own wealth, not someone else's.
You won't get rich working for someone else. They will.
I guess this is why I’m seeing people on here call AOC an ‘establishment liberal.’
I kinda hope they don't run AOC. Can we just get all of the progressiveness without a brown woman? It's sad but a ton of people won't vote for her just because she's a woman, and not white. It's a sad mark of America but that's just what it is.
It’s sad but a ton of people won’t vote for her just because she’s a woman, and not white. It’s a sad mark of America but that’s just what it is.
People say that because Hillary and Kamala had zero charisma and policy to the right of the dem voter base, and performed as such.
AOC might be a little further left than some Dem voters, but she's still closer to them than whoever runs under an R will be.
But before Obama won everyone said you had to be full white and just half white, and he absolutely stomped 08 because of charisma and a policy platform a little to the left of the Dem voter base at the time.
It goes beyond that, there's a lot of reasons someone like AOC could easily become the next president, the thing is absolutely none of those people have anywhere near the name recognition as AOC.
They'd have a chance, but no one has as good of a chance as her, and that won't change before 2028.
Yeah I don't know. Definitely Clinton and Harris (have you noticed how women politicians are always referred to by their first name only, not their last name?) were the worst possible women to pick.
I truly hope she has the charisma and policy to get through despite being a brown woman (in the eyes of Americans).
have you noticed how women politicians are always referred to by their first name only, not their last name?
It started with Hillary because she intentionally blurred "Clinton" to refer to them as a "power couple". Bills first campaign they literally ran as a "2 for 1".
With Kamala, if I said "Harris" after Hillary it would be confusing for some people unfortunately.
I truly hope she has the charisma and policy
If you look at the three of them and can't tell AOC is leagues ahead of the other two...
It starts to make people who insist her skin color and gender matter really really start looking like bigots.
You know, that whole "reducing someone to only gender and race" thing bigots are known for...
That thing you insist on doing...
being a brown woman isnt the reason people didnt vote for kamala, they didn't vote for her because she flipflopped on all her "lets actually change things" speaking points so fast it broke records. could see immediately when the establishments donors cracked her whip.
the kinds of people who wouldn't vote for a woman/brown person are never voting for anyone other than a republican anyway, i guarantee you
It's definitely debatable on the exact percentage, but I saw many interviews of people on the street who were mostly unaware politically, and the first thing they said they either didn't vote or voted Trump was because they didn't think a woman was emotionally strong enough to lead the country.
Actually after writing that paragraph I looked it up. Four in 10 Americans say they know someone who would not vote for a woman president.
While I think she'd do a great job, do we really need to lose 3 times trying to get a woman in the White House? Just because a good portion of the country is angry about Trumps racism, doesn't mean they've stopped being sexist.
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