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whopis01

(3,748 posts)
5. Why wouldn't you support him?
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 06:11 AM
Dec 6

I am just curious. Obviously you are free to support whomever you would like - but since you didn’t state any other preference it seemed like you were just negative on him as a pote risk candidate.

Scrivener7

(53,202 posts)
9. I love him and he would be a great President , but we need to win. In order to do that, we need to acknowledge that
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 07:21 AM
Dec 6

there are more bigots and sexists and racists in our own party than we have previously acknowledged. We have been beaten over the head with that fact twice now, resulting in two administrations of a man who wants to destroy us.

Unfortunately, we need the votes of those Democratic bigots and sexists and racists. So, though I despise the truth of this, we need to run a middle-aged, straight, white, protestant male. The numbers this time tell us that, if we do that, we will win.

Hope22

(3,103 posts)
10. Saying all of the quiet parts out load now and it is beyond old!
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 07:33 AM
Dec 6

No wowmen, no gays, no minorities…..seriously. We have to have the biggest minority, a white Protestant male to take the presidency. I say this great experiment has failed. In the meantime the American school system is being dismantled by guess who… the white Protestant lead by males minority. The majority of women are over it. Wait until maternal death rates spike under T and women stop having children altogether! I’m really tired of this’ no women’ bs. How about the Dems focus on an election integrity team and get those machines that have now lost software integrity out of there and count the votes! I suppose no women on that team as well!

Scrivener7

(53,202 posts)
12. Well, that's nice, Hope. And very admirable. But we've run two of the best possible candidates in
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 07:38 AM
Dec 6

recent years, both of whom happened to be women, and both times we lost to a moron.

So you be virtuous. I'll be over here voting for someone who can actually win so we can begin to turn this ship around before it goes down.

Mike 03

(17,378 posts)
2. He's such an unbelievably effective communicator and
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 05:06 AM
Dec 6

just plain likeable. There has to be something important in his future.

calimary

(84,609 posts)
3. I hope he remains high-profile.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 05:46 AM
Dec 6

I think he’s Absolutely TERRIFIC! I’m grateful that he’s on OUR side. And he’s still young enough to have time on his side.

That’s a BIG FAT cherry on top!

Callie1979

(284 posts)
6. Shapiro or Beshear for me. As of today anyway.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 07:06 AM
Dec 6

obviously there's a long way to go but also it'll be here in about 6 months the way time flies

missaj

(38 posts)
8. He is wonderful, but the odds of him being the nominee are low.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 07:19 AM
Dec 6

We have to be honest about the voters in this country. Many don't want a thoughtful, logical leader. They want a loud-mouth, alpha male personality they believe will dominate their enemies.

Fiendish Thingy

(18,816 posts)
14. He's not going to run for president in 2028
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 09:19 AM
Dec 6

He moved his family to Michigan, and is likely to run for governor in 2026 when Whitmer is termed out.

He’s young, and has plenty of time to work his way up to another presidential run down the road.

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