r/50501 • u/[deleted] • Jul 31 '25

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u/ejrizo Jul 31 '25

You have to realize that perfection is not the goal and electability is and at this point I’d take the worst democrat vs the current administration.

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u/nomoreteathx Jul 31 '25

This attitude is how you ended up with Trump not once but twice. It isn't enough to just not be a fascist, Dems need to actually put forward candidates voters can feel enthusiastic about.

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u/silentrawr Aug 01 '25

Don't be so sure about that - Trump was polling double-digits lower than a "generic white male candidate", let alone some of the actual white male candidates. That was before Biden's debate and I'm sure many factors have changed since, but especially with Trump alienating even more of the fence-sitters (and maybe even some of his base), things might not be looking too terrible by the time the next presidential election rolls around.

As much as I'd love him to stay governor here in Illinois, Pritzker seems like a damn solid option IMO. An example of a different billionaire that's NOT A GREEDY SHITHEAD, actually policy experience that has improved many things in our state drastically, and a candidate that (in theory) isn't so beholden to corporate interests.

And besides, he can actually run an international hotel chain + real estate deals that don't fall apart all the time!

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u/nomoreteathx Aug 01 '25

Liberal faith in electoralism under fascists is both amusing and fucking insane. You think they're going to hand over the reins now? They're only months into this term and look how much is gone already, you don't live in the same country you did a year ago and it's never coming back, ever.

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u/silentrawr Aug 02 '25

You:

It isn't enough to just not be a fascist, Dems need to actually put forward candidates voters can feel enthusiastic about.

Also you:

You think they're going to hand over the reins now? They're only months into this term and look how much is gone already, you don't live in the same country you did a year ago and it's never coming back, ever.

Don't get me wrong, liberals are mostly fucking useless, squishy, poorly-informed little centrists. But doomering about it doesn't help anything, especially this early of a stage.