“Plotting” is an infuriating word choice.
I’d vote for her. I’m not interested in entertaining any arguments about electability. The least electable person in the universe has won the presidency twice. If enough people vote for her she is electable.
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AOC concocts DEVIOUS scheme to repossess burger from McDonalds using PRIVATE bank account funding
AOC buy lunch at McDonalds.
AOC funds animal murder with her own monies.
Good! I hope she comes with some fire, sound policy ideas, and a tight campaign
Title is a lie. It says right in the body "president or Senate". Downvote and report.
Also: "plotting"? What the fuck is this? Has running for president suddenly become illegal??
it's subconscious conservatism sneaking into the headline.
is reportedly considering running for president or the Senate in 2028.
Stupid clickbait title.
I'd vote for her in a heartbeat.
Probably one of the few candidates that have a chance with the democrats that would get me out to the polls.
If they nominate someone like kamala harris or joe biden again, it's all over.
This is of course assuming it's not all over already because they ran spineless crooks who don't represent the working class.
At the moment, that will likely be Newsom unless something major happens.
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She is one of only two people I would be excited to vote for.
The other person is Jon Stewart.
I want Dolly Parton.
"plotting" eh?
Yes, such dastardly plans.
Conspicuous in their, uh, inconspicuity
I'm picturing that family guy skin shade card, but the top says "decisive executive leadership" while the bottom says "plotting/conspiring."
I think both oligarchs and corporatists alike will fight far too hard to take her down. The US would need a far more fair and democratic procedure to elect someone that would change the paradigm like AOC--especially since Citizens United.
But why is there such this defeatist attitude any time someone remotely not terrible tries to do something? It’s like we’re doing the fascists work for them with talk like this. I get that fuckery happens any time someone kinda different or kinda maybe good (for a politician) steps up, but that can be overcome with more support. When the margins are thin, it’s easy for them to cheat. When they aren’t, it’s fucking not. So let’s stop making the margins tighter with this kind of talk
Super PACs are the fuckery that happens any time someone steps up--and AOC wants justice--she is not an interest for them. We need to stop thinking it is a just world and think like they do. We need need an interest for Super PACs and we need to use that to replace SCOTUS and the majority of Congress. The doddering degenerates in office are an embarrassment. The three branches are littered with dolts and ignorant bigots.
This is all true. But my point is, we have to start somewhere. And politicians are an okay place to start. But they can’t be where we end. They are a small piece of the puzzle. But when we bring defeatism to every single part of the equation, before we try anything in earnest, then no one will ever get anywhere and things will continue to get worse and worse. We need our generations stepping up, and as much as it pains me to say, that includes politicians. We can’t trust them any further than they can be thrown, but they are still a part of the solution that we need.
Have you ever tried suggesting other parts of the solution? Strikes, collective action, mutual aid, etc? Because any time anything more than a weekend march gets suggested, people always, always, always sound a lot like your first comment where they just start listing reasons they can’t work or will be foiled. Why is that? We are conditioned by a lifetime of the system telling us it’s inevitable and everlasting. But it’s not the only way, and we need to start moving toward a different way. That starts somewhere, and if wherever it starts is poo-poo’ed at the first suggestion, then we are beyond fucked. We need momentum, and once it starts, it will seem like it was always going to go that way. So let’s let it start naturally, without the defeatism literally before we even get started righting the ship.
“We have to climb this mountain.”
“But look at that rock, and that stumbling block, and imagine how tired you will get before you can get up there! And look at your shoes, you’re not going to make it in those shoes. You’ll get blisters, and you’ll be sooo thirsty!”
Etc. etc. See my point?
They want to be proven right when things go poorly, increasing the odds of that happening in the process.
I was very disappointed no Tim Walz in that list of other potential candidates. He was the best part of the Harris / Walz ticket
Whatever, I’ll wait for the official announcement. Love AOC but not getting my hopes up. Wait till there’s actual news.
Yes please if only for her age. I want old people out of power and I mean that across the entire spectrum including Bernie sanders. He would be great in her cabinet but we need young people FFS
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If this is "plotting", then I am all for this "villain" to win. The wording of the headline implies that AOC is a bad thing, when we got...waves at orange fuckwit
Anyhow, if given the choice between AOC and Newsom, AOC all the way.
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She'll have my vote. ...assuming there is actually a 2028 election. And that we're not extinct by then.
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Usually it is said that someone is 'contemplating' or 'planning' a run for office, but since it's about a woman the headline says 'plotting' because that sounds underhanded and nefarious and the media wants to get the framing in place early.
That said, I think it would be better for her to run to replace Schumer in the Senate. A better chance to win and could do more good there.
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I feel like shit typing this but I'm afraid America will not vote for a woman, each time it's resulted in disaster.
Sure I'll vote for her, but frankly we need a sure thing, we got a lot of mess to fix, starting with shoring up our constitution against bad faith actors and arresting and prosecuting fascist criminals.
Disbanding the heritage foundation, impeach and remove supreme court justices, reverse citizens United, and remove voting rights of all those pardoned for J6.
Fox news should be made an example of with laws preventing their type of misinformation and propaganda and they should be destroyed.
Scientific fact will be the rule and the standard. Education and our core of government will be free from all religion. Any church or religious organizations in politics will be taxed and disqualified from government.
So many people need to face consequences and I hope you all have a list and are keeping score.
The gloves are fucking off.
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Here's to hoping AOC is another Mamdani during the primaries.
IF there is something to run in 2028.
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