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In reply to the discussion: No Amateurs as Democratic Presidential Candidates, Please! [View all]Kimchijeon
(1,606 posts)But also think it would be nice to have someone not entrenched in the corporate compliance either.
Just because the current admin is an obvious idiot distraction who was favored by the oligarchy, doesn't mean good leadership couldn't come from another non-career politician. One who can and will play it "dirty" and use the tools that work to hammer out an undeniable popular following, and a crushing victory.
In fact, I still think the best bet to get us out of this head-in-the sand nonsense might be a independently powerful Democratic ally type candidate. I really do. They might have the courage and guts to get shit done and ignore the peer pressure to constantly cave into the corporate oligarchy's demands at every damn turn, and maybe not fall prey to constant trolls and shenanigans.
Just sayin', because I have zero confidence that many of the so called professionals in the field have the wherewithal to do what actually needs to be done. I will not cave in to the "lets play nice, lets let them have this, ohhh well gosh there is always next time" defeatist mentality.
Granted, I highly doubt someone like Oprah or the like is going to actually run. But that would probably be what needs to happen if we want to win. Did we learn nothing? Most Americans don't vote, and they won't next time either. Learn from what works, something that is different and attractive is going to win (Like an Oprah) - barely anyone is going to vote for some entrenched politician, no matter how many lies we tell ourselves. That's not the reality of this country.
The fact that so many were surprised when Trump won shows how deep the denial was. Learn from the mistakes, or this will happen again. No more milquetoast BS candidates. (No insult meant to any potential entrenched politician candidate- just that I'd like to win, and with a huge smashing turnout. For once.)