When Mehdi Hasan sat down with Jon Stewart last month, the roles were reversed. This time, the Emmy-winning host of The Daily Show was the one asking the questions — about corporate media, Gaza, Do…
Bernie is too fucking old. He was too old for the presidency 12 years ago.
AOC is too fucking young, and the moderates hate her. She has less of a chance than Harris did. She also suffers the same issue Hillary did: the GOP has been running against her for a decade already. They’ve poisoned the well on her something fierce. She would make an excellent VP, but she doesn’t have the chops to win the presidency herself.
Mamdani is ineligible to run for president, and you must have seen how much opposition he faces even from his own party. Even if he could run, he doesn’t have a chance on the national stage.
Stewart comes prepackaged with 10,000 sound bites tearing apart the GOP on every issue they’ve ever raised.
Scott Kelly and Mark Kelly (twins, both were Navy Captains, both were Astronauts, one is now a Senator from Arizona) would be good, but they aren’t progressive enough.
Who else?
You put Jon Stewart in the White House, hire his writing staff into the west wing, and we’ll have Universal Healthcare in 6 months.
Scott Kelly and Mark Kelly (twins, both were Navy Captains, both were Astronauts, one is now a Senator from Arizona) would be good, but they aren’t progressive enough.
I like Jon but don’t believe celebrities should run for office. He’s also repeatedly said he has no interest in years past, so this is just a pipe dream for liberals.
I like Jon but don’t believe celebrities should run for office.
Why?
I mean, my racist grandfather said similar about Obama.
He’s also repeatedly said he has no interest in years past.
Years past, we all thought other people would step up to do the job. With the state of the world today, he might just be convinced that he needs to be the change he wants to see.
It’s a pipe dream, right up until the time that it isn’t.
What makes you think I don’t want to. Anyone who is sucking down air should be wanting to intervene. Not everyone has the capability and support to actually do it. I certainly don’t. Stewart does.
If he knew two years ago what he knows today, I have no doubt that he would have stepped up.
I don’t think Clinton’s or Harris’ problems were their genitalia. I think it was that they both were fundamentally bland and uninspiring candidates running bland and uninspiring campaigns against a guy who got his base whipped into a frenzy every time he stepped on stage. They are both immeasurably better-qualified and more well-suited for the office, but Clinton ran on an “it’s business as usual, which means that it’s my turn” platform, and Harris ran on a “let’s get back to business as usual, I’m better than the other guy” platform; and by the time they course-corrected, they had both run out of time.
Harris even had a taste of that base-engaging fervor in the early days of Walz’s selection, when he was going on attack and calling Republicans “weird,” but then her consultants pulled the leash and he brought it back to business as usual.
Would AOC succeed where Clinton or Harris failed? I doubt it. She’s been the subject of a GOP smear campaign for six years now. But it won’t be just because she’s a woman. There’s still a lot of misogyny in the American electorate, of course, but I think it’d honestly account for something like 3-5%. Enough to make a difference in a close race, but not enough to truly sink a good, compelling candidate.
Pretty much agree with everything that you’ve said. The goal is to motivate the base and to galvanize a new wave of voters. You can’t achieve that if you don’t provide anything substantive.
Name one American politician you respect more than Jon Stewart.
not an american… but I feel you guys have 3: Bernie, AOC, Zohran Mamdani
Bernie is too fucking old. He was too old for the presidency 12 years ago.
AOC is too fucking young, and the moderates hate her. She has less of a chance than Harris did. She also suffers the same issue Hillary did: the GOP has been running against her for a decade already. They’ve poisoned the well on her something fierce. She would make an excellent VP, but she doesn’t have the chops to win the presidency herself.
Mamdani is ineligible to run for president, and you must have seen how much opposition he faces even from his own party. Even if he could run, he doesn’t have a chance on the national stage.
Stewart comes prepackaged with 10,000 sound bites tearing apart the GOP on every issue they’ve ever raised.
Scott Kelly and Mark Kelly (twins, both were Navy Captains, both were Astronauts, one is now a Senator from Arizona) would be good, but they aren’t progressive enough.
Who else?
You put Jon Stewart in the White House, hire his writing staff into the west wing, and we’ll have Universal Healthcare in 6 months.
I’m waiting for the insane part.
The most generic democrats you could support
Turn your criticism-gun toward Stewart. What have you got on him? Why shouldn’t he be president?
I like Jon but don’t believe celebrities should run for office. He’s also repeatedly said he has no interest in years past, so this is just a pipe dream for liberals.
Why?
I mean, my racist grandfather said similar about Obama.
Years past, we all thought other people would step up to do the job. With the state of the world today, he might just be convinced that he needs to be the change he wants to see.
It’s a pipe dream, right up until the time that it isn’t.
Ok, so you be the change you want to see.
You don’t want to? Well, that’s how Jon probably feels.
What makes you think I don’t want to. Anyone who is sucking down air should be wanting to intervene. Not everyone has the capability and support to actually do it. I certainly don’t. Stewart does.
If he knew two years ago what he knows today, I have no doubt that he would have stepped up.
AOC has a major problem she doesn’t have a penis.
I don’t think Clinton’s or Harris’ problems were their genitalia. I think it was that they both were fundamentally bland and uninspiring candidates running bland and uninspiring campaigns against a guy who got his base whipped into a frenzy every time he stepped on stage. They are both immeasurably better-qualified and more well-suited for the office, but Clinton ran on an “it’s business as usual, which means that it’s my turn” platform, and Harris ran on a “let’s get back to business as usual, I’m better than the other guy” platform; and by the time they course-corrected, they had both run out of time.
Harris even had a taste of that base-engaging fervor in the early days of Walz’s selection, when he was going on attack and calling Republicans “weird,” but then her consultants pulled the leash and he brought it back to business as usual.
Would AOC succeed where Clinton or Harris failed? I doubt it. She’s been the subject of a GOP smear campaign for six years now. But it won’t be just because she’s a woman. There’s still a lot of misogyny in the American electorate, of course, but I think it’d honestly account for something like 3-5%. Enough to make a difference in a close race, but not enough to truly sink a good, compelling candidate.
Pretty much agree with everything that you’ve said. The goal is to motivate the base and to galvanize a new wave of voters. You can’t achieve that if you don’t provide anything substantive.
I don’t respect ANY American, you’re all a disaster
So you’re an idiot
No im not an American. I know I’m not an idiot cause my country didn’t elect Donald trump
You sound like an American.
Wow you’re straight up stupid
Thank you for giving me so much attention. Makes me feel special.