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I'm not a Trump fan. But I've been an adult long enough to remember this being said about just about every election. That yeah we should do better we will eventually do better but not this time, right now it's most important to get rid of the other party or make them lose the election no matter what. It's the same thing every few years.
It's like hitting the snooze button over and over and over again, if you keep hitting it eventually your alarm times out or you just end up late for work.
Propaganda is one hell of a drug, ain't it?
Sure is :(
Funny. I'm 70 years old and have never heard that argument before. It's also funny that you consider 2 week Donnie and his daily fuckups, as somehow equal to other, actually sane and somewhat competent presidents. Only 100+ days in, and the damage he has already inflicted is incalculable. USA will never recover it's international reputation and prestige, ever. He and his gang of billionaire incompetents have destroyed millions of lives, and now he's working on starting WW3. Only a magat would find equivalency here, Mr "I'm not a trump fan" LOL.
With respect, if you've never in 70 years heard the argument that 'this specific election is too important, we have to nominate the best chance to beat the other guy', then you must either not be paying attention or your memory is failing you.
In fact, go back to 2016 and that is exactly what happened. Hillary was seen as the 'safe' option to put up against Trump, Bernie was the 'radical candidate who wouldn't get broad popular support'.
I am NOT drawing an equivalence between Donald Trump and other presidents. I am talking purely about campaigns and the discourse about them.
I don't like Trump, but he's on his second term. He's done. He's not running for election again. The question is, what do we do in 2028? Who do we put forward for the nation's consideration?
Is it going to be another Hillary / Kamala type 'safe' candidate? Because they haven't done so well of late.
Or is it going to be somebody who has a strong message of principle, someone who can energize millions in the same way that Barack Obama did and Donald Trump did more recently?