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A Longtime Political Organizer in AOC’s District Says She’s the Real Deal (www.thenation.com)
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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

AOC for President!

We desperately need more young people running for all offices, local and national. If you are a young person stuck in a dead-end job, run for an office somewhere. You don't need anyone to back you. Just sign up and learn about the process by doing it.

If you don't ever win, it's a fun and interesting life experience to share with others. You will make new, life-long friends along the way and you will be showing others that it's possible.

If you DO win, though, there is no limit to the benefit you can bring to humanity! The world needs you. Do it! I will vote for you.

Signed, An Old Person

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I wonder how far away we are from AOC being able to run for President, and have a possibility of actually winning.

2028?

2032?

Only when majority of the Boomers have died off? Or will Gen-X turn all grump and conservative in their old age and become the new Boomers once they've inherited all their Boomer parent's wealth?

Full disclosure: I'm a Gen-X'er

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd say she'd have a decent shot at 2028. It doesn't seem like there's a natural successor to Biden like Hillary was to Obama, so my prediction is that the primary is going to be wild

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Of course we have a natural successor to Biden, it would be his VP. What's her name again?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ugh, please not Kamala. As CA AG she had some extremely scummy people in her orbit, one of which was known for making his secretary bend over so he could look at her ass. This dude was part of her entourage; she had to have known.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think I'd prefer So and So. She seems to have her shit together more than Whatsherface.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

She'd win.

Even in our backassward time and place, anyone who gives her a serious listen can sense that she's smart and right and righteous.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like gen x is and always has been pretty apathetic, but the majority of us don’t have any great wealth to hoard like the boomers did/do. so, the likelihood of the bulk of us being highly conservative isn’t as high.

The propaganda and brain washing against self protection/functional government policies/unions/etc did do a good job with our generation though. There are still too many of us that will rail against any kind of help or protections or anything that would make life a little better/easier.

Idk. I could talk in circles with myself forever, apparently.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It depends on what party she runs as in my opinion. I could see her running in 2028 with the possibility of winning as a Democrat. I feel like America is a long way from electing a Progressive party member to the presidency though, and she is certainly a Progressive.

The Conservative/GOP party is a party in decline. They peaked probably 20 years ago and really only win national races now by gerrymandering and suppressing votes. There whole platform is really out of touch with the average American citizen and I don’t see them changing anytime soon from fear of losing their evangelical base. A base that is also in decline in America.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There is no way the Democratic Party would let her win the primaries.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

She needs to build enough of a base within the party to make it viable.

That means creating the bench of local and state officials that share her politics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The party needs to stop opposing progressives harder than it does republicans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Progressives need to be so infested in the party that you can't do that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's neat how even centrists' opposition to progressives is progressives' fault.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap?

I'm not blaming AOC, just describing the politics of what is going on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

What, everyone should just do whatever AOC says and clap?

Would be a nice change of pace from doing whatever Manchin says and clapping.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That is currently true. However, 2028 is a trump presidency and an insurrection away from now so things could change.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago

If she does run, I think it will be closer to how the Hillary Clinton election went.

The left has had enough of AOC/Bernie, just looking at the endorsment of Biden with no leverage given, while also voting for more miliatary spending.

The force the vote debacle that the REPUBLICANS ended up using for Kevin McCarthy...

Medicare for All failures and so on...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Democrats would never allow her to win the primary, and she wouldn't win the election in her thirties even if they would. Old assholes running everything sucks, but I don't think the solution is to run thirty year olds.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Democrats would never allow her to win the primary ~~and she wouldn't win the election in her thirties even if they would~~. Old assholes running everything sucks ~~but I don't think the solution is to run thirty year olds~~.

There. Took out your conjecture.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Nice, thanks