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I still believe that if Dolly ran for President, she would win. She's probably one of the most liked people in the country, percentage wise. I've actually asked

by johng 1y ago

I still believe that if Dolly ran for President, she would win. She's probably one of the most liked people in the country, percentage wise. I've actually asked quite a few random people what they think of her and I've never met someone that had anything bad to say.

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BizarroLand 1y ago
I think if we elected people for their general track record of good deeds, then Dolly would win and be a good candidate, but I also think what we need is someone to come in and be a total jerk to the total jerks that are ruining the world for everyone else right now, someone who would ruthlessly focus on making the world as decent as it can be for as many people as possible even if it inconveniences a handful of people.
jandrese 1y ago
Many political pundits are still convinced that it's not possible to elect a woman as US president. Thus far the two that have tried have both managed to lose to Donald Trump.
- triceratops 1y ago
  For all we know having a running mate named "Tim" is the actual campaign kryptonite.
- bpt3 1y ago
  Maybe try running candidates that aren't highly unpopular? Or ones who don't call a significant percentage of the population "deplorables"? Or ones who don't refuse to state consistent policy objectives or provide coherent explanations for major swings in her stance on key political positions? Or... Trump is a reaction to large portions of the population being actively screwed over by decades of neoliberal policy that the Democrats are still trying to ram down their throats, and "anything other than more of that" is what is winning in most swing states. It's unfortunate the the Republican party is incapable of running someone who isn't a infantile, thin-skinned, nasty blowhard to govern responsibly while in power, but here we are, and we'll unfortunately stay here until either the Republican party grows a spine, the Democratic party figures out how to not intentionally alienate a good portion of the voting population while also preventing their base from destroying the party from within, or the whole thing blows up.
  - jandrese 1y ago
    I do find it amusing that people still say that women are "too emotional" to hold the job while Trump is throwing temper tantrums and making knee jerk proclamations almost daily on Truth Social.
bigthymer 1y ago
> I still believe that if Dolly ran for President, she would win. She's probably one of the most liked people in the country, percentage wise. I've actually asked quite a few random people what they think of her and I've never met someone that had anything bad to say. All that would change the moment she decided to run (or maybe she could delay it until she got elected). The reason she maintains her popularity is that she generally stays out of politically divisive issues and that the media doesn't demonize her if she does dabble into one.
creaturemachine 1y ago
We thought Hillary and Kamala were shoo-ins too. This rot runs deep throughout the electorate, something the media and parties know and are all too willing to exploit.
- lukas099 1y ago
  I never thought either of them was a shoo-in, especially Harris. Was that really a consensus?
  - deltarholamda 1y ago
    It was if you only listened to corporate media outlets.
- bigstrat2003 1y ago
  > We thought Hillary and Kamala were shoo-ins too. I'm sure some people did think that. But in my experience, many more people thought they were horrible candidates that showed the Democrat party cared more about rewarding insiders than actually winning the election.

by johng 1y ago

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BizarroLand 1y ago

I think if we elected people for their general track record of good deeds, then Dolly would win and be a good candidate, but I also think what we need is someone to come in and be a total jerk to the total jerks that are ruining the world for everyone else right now, someone who would ruthlessly focus on making the world as decent as it can be for as many people as possible even if it inconveniences a handful of people.

jandrese 1y ago

Many political pundits are still convinced that it's not possible to elect a woman as US president. Thus far the two that have tried have both managed to lose to Donald Trump.

triceratops 1y ago
For all we know having a running mate named "Tim" is the actual campaign kryptonite.
bpt3 1y ago
Maybe try running candidates that aren't highly unpopular? Or ones who don't call a significant percentage of the population "deplorables"? Or ones who don't refuse to state consistent policy objectives or provide coherent explanations for major swings in her stance on key political positions? Or... Trump is a reaction to large portions of the population being actively screwed over by decades of neoliberal policy that the Democrats are still trying to ram down their throats, and "anything other than more of that" is what is winning in most swing states. It's unfortunate the the Republican party is incapable of running someone who isn't a infantile, thin-skinned, nasty blowhard to govern responsibly while in power, but here we are, and we'll unfortunately stay here until either the Republican party grows a spine, the Democratic party figures out how to not intentionally alienate a good portion of the voting population while also preventing their base from destroying the party from within, or the whole thing blows up.
- jandrese 1y ago
  I do find it amusing that people still say that women are "too emotional" to hold the job while Trump is throwing temper tantrums and making knee jerk proclamations almost daily on Truth Social.

bigthymer 1y ago

> I still believe that if Dolly ran for President, she would win. She's probably one of the most liked people in the country, percentage wise. I've actually asked quite a few random people what they think of her and I've never met someone that had anything bad to say. All that would change the moment she decided to run (or maybe she could delay it until she got elected). The reason she maintains her popularity is that she generally stays out of politically divisive issues and that the media doesn't demonize her if she does dabble into one.

creaturemachine 1y ago

We thought Hillary and Kamala were shoo-ins too. This rot runs deep throughout the electorate, something the media and parties know and are all too willing to exploit.

lukas099 1y ago
I never thought either of them was a shoo-in, especially Harris. Was that really a consensus?
- deltarholamda 1y ago
  It was if you only listened to corporate media outlets.
bigstrat2003 1y ago
> We thought Hillary and Kamala were shoo-ins too. I'm sure some people did think that. But in my experience, many more people thought they were horrible candidates that showed the Democrat party cared more about rewarding insiders than actually winning the election.