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Do you think Jon Stewart should run for president of the United States? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 8 months ago by TehBamski to c/asklemmy

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[–] Rookwood 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

No. He's not substantially different than a mainstream Dem.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, he's a little farther left. Not much, but a little.

[–] Rookwood 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hence my qualifier "substantially"

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[–] afraid_of_zombies 1 points 8 months ago

Would rather he didn't but I doubt I will ever vote R for any position above dogcatcher ever again. So if he wins the primary I would end up voting for him.

[–] PanoptiDon 0 points 8 months ago

I've been saying this for years

[–] gmtom 0 points 8 months ago

Who?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Is he younger than 77 years old? Then yes.

(77 is 4 years less than the life expectancy in the US)

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The sad truth is that none of us, Jon Stewart included, get to choose. The established elite preselects candidates before the people get to pick them, and they would simply not allow Jon Stewart to run.

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[–] Gigan -5 points 8 months ago (7 children)

The last populist TV personality worked out great, so why not?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I think Volodymyr Zelenskyy was more recent than Trump but I would need to check the dates.

Stewart isn't a populist and neither is Volodymyr. Being popular isn't the same as populist.

[–] dezmd 1 points 8 months ago

What kind of outerspace rationalizing nonsense is this?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

The Democrats should be forced to nominate him, just to even things out.

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