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BlueTsunami2018

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44. I'd like to be as left as they are right.
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 07:41 PM
3 hrs ago

Kelly is hardly that person. He’s as milqutoast status quo as they come. We don’t need a right light candidate.

I don’t expect an actual left candidate. That would be a bridge too far for the capitalist owners and Americans are too indoctrinated into this “capitalism is great” nonsense to consider it. But goddamnit ENOUGH with the “tacking to the center” bullshit. Because they’re never tacking to the center, they’re shifting the Overton Window further to the right. We need to go left (in the American sense, as weak as that may be) and go fucking hard. I’m sick of trying to capture the “disaffected Republicans” who barely exist and go for the huge block of people on the left who want to vote for someone who actually pays attention to them instead of constantly blowing them off and pissing on them. No more campaigning with the fucking Liz Cheneys of the world and no more supporting or ignoring genocide, among other things that should be obvious.

We cannot be running on “getting back to normal” because normal has sucked for the working class since dickhead Reagan’s puppet masters turned the whole country upside down.

Does that person exist? Could that person even get on the ballot in this corporate controlled environment?

I don’t know but we have to try.

We have to fucking try. Because otherwise, what’s the point?

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Who should we run for President in 2028?.... [View all] Unrepentant Fenian Yesterday OP
I agree. multigraincracker Yesterday #1
My choice right now is Pritzker. Haggard Celine Yesterday #2
Yes! We haven't tried a billionaire leftstreet Yesterday #3
I wish mark cuban would step up Melon Yesterday #4
Wow, did not expect that one. Don't really know much about him. Really rich and kind of abrasive on Sharktank, no? FadedMullet 4 hrs ago #29
The winner of the primary Johonny Yesterday #5
Pete is the best choice....hell we elected a AA as President. Ferrets are Cool Yesterday #6
Newsom maxsolomon 6 hrs ago #19
LOL Ferrets are Cool 1 hr ago #47
Can we get through the midterms first, assuming we even have them? niyad Yesterday #7
Thank you! yellow dahlia 4 hrs ago #31
Exactly! niyad 3 hrs ago #45
Indeed. yellow dahlia 3 hrs ago #46
Rules are for suckers. The Constitution is just a piece of paper. I say we go all in and Marie Marie Yesterday #8
And when all 50 states refuse to put Obama's name on the ballot, then what? Fiendish Thingy 23 hrs ago #11
I was spewing snark. I wasn't seriously suggesting that we ignore the constitution. Marie Marie 7 hrs ago #14
"Who should we run for President in 2028?" LudwigPastorius 23 hrs ago #9
Exactly. yellow dahlia 4 hrs ago #32
No billionaires or celebrities Fiendish Thingy 23 hrs ago #10
I love my Senator, but he lacks the charisma to win the Presidency as a Democrat AZJonnie 21 hrs ago #12
Adam Schiff. Brilliant and charasmatic guy. n/t SheilaAnn 17 hrs ago #13
MANY should run... the final decision belongs to the PEOPLE. WarGamer 6 hrs ago #15
Iron shapens iron, as I'm sure you know and why you exerpted, is from Proverbs 27:17 MerryBlooms 5 hrs ago #23
There's going to be a vigorous primary process to determine all of that. BannonsLiver 6 hrs ago #16
My answer is whoever wins the primaries EdmondDantes_ 6 hrs ago #17
Schiff... Buttigieg... but not AOC or Bernie Sanders. QueerDuck 6 hrs ago #18
Mark Kelly looks like Gollum. maxsolomon 5 hrs ago #20
I don't hate Gavin Newsom ... however I do trust the primary process FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #30
I'm a Yellow Dog. maxsolomon 4 hrs ago #39
Sad to say, our candidate needs to meet three tests jmowreader 5 hrs ago #21
Which Washington do you mean? I'm assuming you mean D.C. and not my beloved Left Coast WA. FadedMullet 4 hrs ago #28
The one with Seattle in it jmowreader 4 hrs ago #35
Gov. Josh Shapiro is Jewish, so he doesn't meet your #2 test FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #34
My criteria are way too narrow and confining for a reason jmowreader 4 hrs ago #37
Oops, failed your own test pinkstarburst 4 hrs ago #40
Let me preface this by saying phylny 5 hrs ago #22
Our next Democratic President needs to appoint Kamala Harris as the new Attorney General FakeNoose 4 hrs ago #36
She would be the perfect attorney general! phylny 3 hrs ago #43
Amy Klobuchar Senator from Minnesota. Ping Tung 5 hrs ago #24
If Pete's running, I'm voting for him pinkstarburst 4 hrs ago #25
I don't understand why Sheldon Whitestone choie 4 hrs ago #26
He is wonderful. Maybe he isn't interested? yellow dahlia 4 hrs ago #33
I've never heard of him. Who is he? pinkstarburst 4 hrs ago #41
Whoever wins the nomination has my vote Tribetime 4 hrs ago #27
Someone Who Can Win and Can Govern DET 4 hrs ago #38
That is such wrong thinking. America is tired of "moderate corporate Dems". We need PROGRESSIVE Dems Ferrets are Cool 1 hr ago #48
Pete with AOC as VP Tree Lady 3 hrs ago #42
I'd like to be as left as they are right. BlueTsunami2018 3 hrs ago #44
I want a clean, point-driven and vigorous primary season. hamsterjill 6 min ago #49
Whoever wins the primary, of course. Intractable 2 min ago #50
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