Andrew Yang Is Running For President In The Democratic Party

[ancianita]

Pretty cool. I'm attracted to him. He knows how to assemble an administration as smart as that of cyber-savvy countries like China and Russia.

I can't help but think that we need a government full of people smarter than us, not richer.

https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/18/andrew-yang-is-running-for-president-to-save-america-from-the-robots/

[NCTraveler]

1. Did you read about him?

No thanks.

[ancianita]

4. I did. What's the problem for you? I don't expect a dissertation, just a one-liner.

[retread]

2. Won't happen. To quote Adlai Stevenson:

Stevenson was once approached by a young woman supporter, the first time that he decided to run for the president’s post. She said, “Governor, every thinking person would be voting for you”. He retorted, “Madam, that is not enough. I need a majority.”

[First Speaker]

3. It'd be interesting to have some genuinely fresh ideas about our country debated in 2020...

...wonder how long it'll be before he replaces George Soros as the Right's bogeyman...?

[ancianita]

5. The Rove playbook turns any Democrat into a bogeyman.

[ancianita]

6. More...

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Edit: the wikipedia link is removed since it can't be reached from DU

[NCTraveler]

7. I think thats an oops.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Yang_(entrepreneur)

[ancianita]

8. ... posted The Real Andrew Yang 5X's here but DU or google force me to the Chinese minister.

Let me see if I can fix this.

[ancianita]

9. I link the American Andrew Yang Wikipedia page, but DU won't link it. Don't know why. Sorry.

[NCTraveler]

10. That is interesting.

I don’t know why either.

[ancianita]

11. If anyone wants to see him on Wikipedia, he is there. Lukewarm response here can mean anything.

But my take on his announcement is that he can be an excellent change from the entrenched familiarities we have.

from Slashdot:

"I believe that we need to start owning these realities [of automation and artificial intelligence taking away jobs] and these challenges as a people, as a country, and as a society, and start being honest.

I'm running for president to solve the big problems and to show that these things are not beyond us," Yang says.

Yang's own plan to address the increasing power tech companies are wielding in the world involves something called a "freedom dividend", which would paid for by a value-added tax. The revenue from that tax (levied on "gains from the big four&quot would be redistributed via the "freedom dividend"

[NCTraveler]

15. Talk about muddying the waters.

We can’t get all people health care but we are going to campaign on starting a whole new currency.

I like numerous ideas of his but he won’t get off the ground. I do not like and would not support his ideas with respect to automation.

[ancianita]

16. Can't ever get the perfect candidate, can we. Find one thing wrong and out the window, eh?

Look, you make a fair point.

But you and everyone else need to remember that this is far out from 2020, and there's still plenty of evolving for any candidate to do.

Why do you act as if no one can evolve. No one here hasn't seen Obama evolve.

Why would you think others of the millennial world think like you. Why wouldn't you want them attracted to a leader who can imagine their future, who understands calculated risks, not reckless risks.

I'm a long game Democratic player, and my experience is that good ideas beat safe ideas when it's time for a country to develop a vision.

We still have time to discuss how these things can or can't work.

I'm sure Yang is mature enough to drop the more fundamental impediments to re-prioritizing future spending.

[NCTraveler]

18. I mentioned two things, not one.

There are numerous other issues with him that are simply non-starters.

What did you say you expected for a response? Interesting how you reply considering that.

You just told a huge Clinton backer some bullshit about the perfect candidate.

“I don't expect a dissertation, just a one-liner.”

[ancianita]

22. Why's Clinton got to be in this. I was a Clinton backer, too. So what. My "dissertation" comment

simply meant that I don't expect a long explanation or justification. Glad you're easily amused.

I'm not into trying to oppo research any candidate who wants to run on behalf of Millennials, at this point, and I wish for the party's hurt people not to hurt people who want a shot.

[NCTraveler]

23. Reading the article you provided isnt opposition research.

My point with Clinton was clear. I wasn’t aware she was a part of everything.

Please add “cheering only” to the title of your op if you want to avoid comments about his PLATFORM.

[ancianita]

24. I didn't say that's what you did. I don't "avoid comments." I say I'd like more open perspectives,

is all. Which isn't "cheering only."

[Demsrule86]

25. No, This guy won't cut it...we need a more practical approach for 20.

[ancianita]

29. Like...?

[Demsrule86]

34. Sherrod Brown with Joe Kennedy...or Joe Biden with either Sherrod or Joe...

We need someone to appeal to manufacturing states. We can't win without them.

[csziggy]

19. I think the parenthesis break the link

Let's see if this works: Andrew Yang Presidential Campaign Wikipedia entry

Ok - that works - just use whatever text you want to appear, highlight it, then use the "link" button above the Reply test box to add the link.

So if you want to go to the entire Wikipedia Andrew Yang page, that can be your link.

[ancianita]

20. Thanks so much!

[Bleacher Creature]

12. Why are we so eager to turn the country over to amateurs.

We literally had the most qualified and experienced Presidential candidate in the history of the country, and we decided to obsess about her emails and criticize the way she laughed.

This needs to stop.

[ancianita]

13. What are you talking about. You sound like those who doubted Obama when he showed up.

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If you want an experienced woman to run, name her, start a thread.

This is really unnecessary negativity that needs to stop.

[msongs]

14. obama had a history of elected office responsible to voters when he showed up nt

[Bleacher Creature]

28. Obama held elected office for almost 12 years before his inauguration.

Eight as a state senator from one of the most populous states in the country, and four as a Senator (which perfectly aligned with W's entire second term).

The people who tried to paint him as s novice were, and everyone should sit down for this, lying.

[Demsrule86]

35. Obama had experience. And I agree about amateurs. It is not negativity to want to pick a

knowledgeable candidate. Picking a celebrity would be GOP lite really. We should chart our own course.

[ancianita]

17. Now is the time to imagine a national future. Now is not the time to cynically dismiss newcomers.

[Demsrule86]

36. Newcomes need to start with grassroots...Obama was a sitting Senator with years of experience in

local politics. We do not need a person who has never held any office. They are not qualified to be president because they are famous or rich...experience is needed. Trump is a colossal failure not only because he is despicable but because he is ignorant of how things work at the government level.

[ancianita]

37. I hear you. I agree with everyone about his inexperience.

[JI7]

21. No, will not support anyone who has not held public office before

[Demsrule86]

27. +1000

We need a Lyndon B Johnson type who can get shit done...not an amateur.

[ancianita]

30. And who would that be.

[Demsrule86]

32. I don't have a candidate in mind. I wish I did.

Edited because I misunderstood answer.

[Demsrule86]

33. I have no one in mind. I don't know anyone who is an effective legislature these days.

Of course the GOP has held power so long thanks to the gerrymander...few have the opportunity.

[mcar]

26. Who?