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JoseBalow

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54. That's a great idea...

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Mon May 19, 2025, 08:15 PM

May 19

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Bernie is really fucking old. He can't leave the door open forever. [View all] SalamanderSleeps May 18 OP

Sorry, not seeing a broad appeal fujiyamasan May 18 #1

trump never won an election for anything mountain grammy May 18 #10

Yes, but also rich and famous and able to get away with stunts we would never pull. CTyankee May 18 #11

And that just proves the point of the need to have at least statewide political experience. n/t valleyrogue May 18 #15

how does it prove the point? cadoman May 19 #57

Trump already had massive name recognition in 2016 fujiyamasan May 19 #18

He had a different kind of appeal aimed at a different kind of person. Crunchy Frog May 20 #63

True that mountain grammy May 20 #64

Nope. That's wishful thinking and not something that would work in the real world. Oopsie Daisy May 18 #2

Economic populism appeals massively to the center thought crime May 19 #30

What proof is there that economic populism appeals massively to the center? betsuni May 19 #31

The New Deal thought crime May 19 #40

Not populist. FDR was a top 1% elite establishment wealthy capitalist, not a populist or democratic socialist. betsuni May 19 #42

FDR / New Deal are often described as populist (in a good way) thought crime May 20 #66

Trump won Missouri by 18 points and biocube May 19 #47

History shows that this message is definitely not the way to win national elections. Oopsie Daisy May 19 #35

Buttegieg 2028 markie May 18 #3

We tend to elect Presidents with easy, simple last names Polybius May 18 #17

This is true, Obama is the only president elected so far with a non European last name fujiyamasan May 19 #19

Eisenhower? Retrograde May 19 #58

Well, that was 73 years ago :) Polybius May 19 #59

I like the way you think - no joke. SalamanderSleeps May 20 #67

I liked Bernie becoming a... Mike Nelson May 18 #4

You have been here since 2022? pwb May 18 #5

IK,R? Oopsie Daisy May 19 #36

Apparently, you never been in "time out." SalamanderSleeps May 20 #74

This ticket would not work. bottomofthehill May 18 #6

Sorry, both need to win a state wide race, the US Senate, serve there like Pres. O did before... brush May 18 #7

The beginning was 20 years before you joined obamanut2012 May 18 #8

You and I are wondering the same thing. The clues are all there. Oopsie Daisy May 19 #37

I took it to mean that they've been lurking since day one and just joined in 2022. Xavier Breath May 19 #46

AOC + Mayor Pete equals a Republican elected in 2028. elocs May 18 #9

By that I guess you mean that women, and women of color, and homosexuals Jack Valentino May 19 #20

The sad truth is that there is a 0 track record of electing a woman to the presidency elocs May 19 #25

The larger truth is that we must change that track record. thought crime May 19 #29

I've voted for Democrats exclusively for over 50 years now. Your stance is simply stupid, elocs May 19 #38

I'll join the bandwagon taking your dare. RandomNumbers May 18 #12

Meeting the majority where they are? IzzaNuDay May 19 #27

No. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E May 19 #33

Sorry but it hasn't. róisín_dubh May 21 #80

Why not edhopper May 18 #13

LOL!!!!! valleyrogue May 18 #14

Too post-modern and academic. David__77 May 18 #16

The 2028 Candidate has to Mountainguy May 19 #21

The ticket would work just fine DFW May 19 #22

If that was our ticket, Vermont would become a swing state. Wanderlust988 May 19 #23

What does that mean? displacedvermoter May 19 #32

No chance that will result in a win. I like Mark Cuban somehow dealt into the ticket. Melon May 19 #24

My choice for 2028 is Tim Walz. BlueKota May 19 #26

DU was established at the time of the election of George W. Bush. madaboutharry May 19 #28

So, all the people that read the site but have not joined are not considered 'people' or something? OldBaldy1701E May 19 #34

I didn't say that. madaboutharry May 19 #39

It wouldn't work. BannonsLiver May 19 #41

Sanders has also accomplished so very little in his decades-long legislative career. W_HAMILTON May 19 #43

2 words "Amendment King." SalamanderSleeps May 19 #60

links ? speak easy May 20 #65

Politifact.com/factchecks Emile May 20 #70

Most all Democratic progressive ideals since 1960 were born from youth and the left of center. PufPuf23 May 20 #62

'Fraid not justaprogressive May 19 #44

That ticket would work wonderfully, if you want to give the fascists a landslide victory. BlueTsunami2018 May 19 #45

If that's the ticket Greg_In_SF May 19 #48

AOC cannot win statewide in NY Danmel May 19 #49

If Chuck Schumer can win statewide, so can AOC. Emile May 20 #69

True SocialDemocrat61 May 20 #72

Republians would rejoice if that were the Democratic ticket Mysterian May 19 #50

That ticket would not work in 2028 and it is the DemocraTIC Party, not the Democrat Party. LoisB May 19 #51

***IF*** They're going after new voters with new ideas yes .. but if they're going after the white male vote... uponit7771 May 19 #52

I know a tell. Only MAGA trolls say Democrat party. usonian May 19 #53

It does seem off. Even those that truly want AOC to be President JI7 May 20 #76

That's a great idea... JoseBalow May 19 #54

Yeah Bernie is old, but he isn't running, as far as I can tell. AS FOR AOC, DJ Synikus Makisimus May 19 #55

No dwayneb May 19 #56

Why what is wrong with AOC? SalamanderSleeps May 19 #61

I get it. SalamanderSleeps May 20 #68

I've heard the view expressed anamnua May 20 #71

It's BS SocialDemocrat61 May 20 #73

Conspiracy theory easily debunked. Here (1. Myth of the All-Powerful Democratic National Committee) betsuni May 20 #75

Democratic voters made their choice. Quiet Em May 21 #78

That ticket won't work Bayard May 21 #77

If you like that ticket awesomerwb1 May 21 #79