Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has endorsed President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign, a sign of the president’s strength in uniting his party to have the backing of one of its most liberal members

    • @SCB
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      -11 year ago

      Why is this a bad thing, specifically? Like, articulate reasons that this is bad.

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        Because he isn’t the one that’s going to have to living in and running the world in another 20 years or fewer.

        Because there are plenty of other choices that better represent the current and future population.

        Because he was alive during a time that is so drastically different than the current world.

        • @SCB
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          11 year ago

          I don’t want a representative of the population. I want someone competent who can accomplish policy objectives I share.

            • @SCB
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              11 year ago

              I don’t understand what you mean. The rest of the population can make the same choice in the same contest

              That’s what voting is.

                • @SCB
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                  -11 year ago

                  I’d assume we get competent leadership and avoid populism.

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        To say the quiet part out loud, he simply isn’t charismatic enough to hold the President position. Common people don’t feel their future to be secure under his leadership. Look at GOP’s candidates meanwhile (DeSantis, Ramaswamy, Trump) - they are all populist if not anything else.

        And like it or not, this perception matters. I can guarantee he’ll recieve less votes this time (compared to last year, he can still marginally win simply because of how unpopular the Right has become).

        • @SCB
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          -11 year ago

          Populists should be fought because populism is a cancer. Biden is exceptionally charismatic, in my view. Significantly more so than most Presidential candidates not named Obama or Clinton.

          • @Reptorian
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            21 year ago

            Populism alone isn’t bad. Sometimes, it’s the only way to get a perspective or idea out there, and make it not seem like a taboo anymore. And some ideas out there are worth supporting.

            • @SCB
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              -11 year ago

              Populism is indeed always bad

              • @Reptorian
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                01 year ago

                Do you have any evidence that populism is inherently bad? Yes or no? Incidents can be easily rebuked with incidents where populism has allowed progress or improvement into quality of living. So, if incidents is all you have, simply say no.

                • @SCB
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                  01 year ago

                  Yes I do. Every populist politician in human history.

                  You’re welcome.

                  • @Reptorian
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                    01 year ago

                    So, you don’t actually have a case here? Could you please break it down and disseminate that statement in order for it be looked at and with scrunity?

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            Biden is exceptionally charismatic, in my view

            I’m sorry, but that’s a delusional take. A fricking potato has more charisma than Biden.

            • @SCB
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              -21 year ago

              It must be weird to be so wrong about what is cool or not.

                • @SCB
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                  11 year ago

                  They really won’t. This will most definitely not be an election based on charisma, and then Biden will retire.