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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Very mixed feelings. I love having her around but the president shouldn't be a "super duper senator". I disagree with AOC on a ton but wish there were 6-28 more of her.

But the best executive shouldn't have an agenda. The ideal executive turns around and says "you vote these folks in every two years, don't yell at ms"

That's obviously not the world we live in, but it's where we need to go.

And to that... There's no equivlancy here... You can vote for or against fascism next year in the US. It should be different, but that's a hypothetical. Just imagine going to an occupy Wallstreet protestor, and explaining they'd be begging for Romney. There is no choice.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The problem is that if we keep "Middle-of-the-road"ing our candidates, the overton window just keeps moving to the right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

That's why you put effort into the primary, Sanders's campaign shifted the entire party leftward

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

the alternative now, though, is the very real prospect of plunging deep(er) into the far-right. recovery from which would take decades.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I also think parties need to put forward people with executive experience, such as Governors and Mayors. Senators have only tangential experience