Yeah and Al was good at it too before he got sac’ed for a dumb gag photo!
Jon is probably a bit more eloquent and has an impeccable moral compass. I’ve got a good feeling he’s smart enough to know he doesn’t know shit about most things but would during himself with people that do and would listen to them on those matters.
Also, he doesn’t want to do it which makes me think he’d actually be good at it. He’d recognize it as a mostly shit job that needs to be done well and not as some sort of self-aggrandizing accomplishment after decades in politics. Something about true leaders not seeking power but having it thrust upon them I guess :>
In that respect it makes it easy then that 95% of them stride on the party line with no conviction of their own and never waver from what daddy DNC tells them to do, making them generic, forgettable, and unimportant.
It is the exact same for the right except with more outliers that try to be blatantly worse human beings than the others.
Al/Jon would work better. I think Franken would do better in the Oval Office while Jon would shine cracking the whip as President of the Senate. Might be able to get some work out of those bastards for a change.
If we’re going with a comedian, I’d sooner pick Jon Stewart. That is assuming he’d even want to do it.
For what it’s worth, as it’s not clear if you’re already aware, but Al Franken was actually a pretty decent senator for ~9 years.
Jon has stuck his oar into political matters, but not at that level.
Yeah and Al was good at it too before he got sac’ed for a dumb gag photo!
Jon is probably a bit more eloquent and has an impeccable moral compass. I’ve got a good feeling he’s smart enough to know he doesn’t know shit about most things but would during himself with people that do and would listen to them on those matters.
Also, he doesn’t want to do it which makes me think he’d actually be good at it. He’d recognize it as a mostly shit job that needs to be done well and not as some sort of self-aggrandizing accomplishment after decades in politics. Something about true leaders not seeking power but having it thrust upon them I guess :>
Jon / Al ticket would be amazing they are both smarter and kinder than any politican out there.
Bernie and AOC are very good too. There are probably others, USA has a lot of politicians. It’s impossible to know but a fraction of them.
Bernie is older than Biden, and AOC doesn’t know anything about foreign policy.
In that respect it makes it easy then that 95% of them stride on the party line with no conviction of their own and never waver from what daddy DNC tells them to do, making them generic, forgettable, and unimportant.
It is the exact same for the right except with more outliers that try to be blatantly worse human beings than the others.
I like Bernie but we’d be running into the same cryptkeeper problems before long too.
AOC while I agree with her on most things doesn’t really come off as particularly charismatic.
Love how you’re being downvoted for pointing out that Bernie is older than either of the other 2 candidates
I think the downvotes are aimed at the AOC commentary, which I too disagree with.
Politics doest work by picking your heros though, you have to pick people others outside your narrow group will support.
AOC has a lot of work to do before she’s getting a decent share of the national vote
She’s also not old enough yet.
Legally she is. 35yo as of October 13th.
Al/Jon would work better. I think Franken would do better in the Oval Office while Jon would shine cracking the whip as President of the Senate. Might be able to get some work out of those bastards for a change.
Jon Stewart tearing into the Senate on a daily basis for four years would heal my soul
I like Jon too much to make him president. Trying to get health care for 9/11 first responders aged him a lot.
Oh fuck yes. I pick Jon over Al any day, just as I’d pick the either over Biden.
After 4 years of Trump, I’m done with celebrity politicians for the rest of my life.