I think Mark Kelly will be the next democratic presidential candidate. Everything Trump is not, Kelly is. Everyone who sees a coward in Trump will see a hero in Mark Kelly.
He will not move MAGA die hards — no one will — but he offers something exceptional which many voter groups will value.
With AOC as a running mate for VP? 🙂🤷♂️
@randahl
I think Mark Kelly would be our answer to PM Carney - establishment enough to get votes, too establishment to get anything changed.
@randahl LOL I like that you think we're gonna have another presidential election. Doesn't even look like we're gonna get a proper midterm.
If we do tho, better Mark Kelly than Gavin Newsom. I'd rather have the astronaut than the corporate shill
@randahl If they were everything Trump is not they weren’t male.
@randahl Having an Irish name is always a bonus
@randahl
There's not enough infrastructure in the Democrats.
Schumer for example and the 8 senators that voted with Republicans to terminate the healthcare system in the USA are Democrats.
@randahl I couldn’t agree more! 👍
@randahl that would be a bold move 😅
Up Next: The so-called "press" in USA running headlines like "Are democrats ready for a military president?" and "Is this more integrity than the voters want?"
USA is a failed state.
Shapiro as VP?
That gives us AZ and PA
@randahl I’d be okay with that. And yeah, I think someone with an inspirational story like his will be a good one to fight against all the sludge the right wing will throw at the next Democratic candidate.
@randahl There want be democratic elections in usa anymore
I've heard him speak many times.
Mark Kelly is a wise, steady, worthy candidate who would take his service to citizens very seriously.
I just hope there's an election so that he can run.
My money however is on Trump abolishing all future elections including the midterms. Remember when he said at a rally in 2024 that if people voted for him in Nov they'd "never have to vote again"? He means it - guaranteed.
He is trying to stay a 3rd term, illegally, then pass the baton to a family member as in a dynasty.
Check out this 4-part pod with Jonathon Friedland of GuardianUK
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7vbFvrQAi3XfNTX3qUOIOn?si=gss3l7PwTLWlNqmLULNHYg
@randahl trump is not pro palestinians, this guy is not either
I could see it.. and I could see him being a hell of a lot better option than Gavin Newsom.
@randahl I agree, but I think they vote in men based on who has more hair. (Crazily, this holds more times than it doesnʼt.)
@jackyan not when the alternative is fascism.
If you graph how progressive the candidate is on the X-axis and how vindictive they are on the Y-axis, then I want the maximum area created by that rectangle.
You could have the most progressive candidate we've ever seen, but who says they want the country to heal and won't go after Trump and his enablers and I would fight against them.
It doesn't matter how progressive the next president is, if another Trump can rise up and undo it all.
@randahl @GertrudeZane man's biggest achievements are blowing up farmers and not getting shot in the head for it. He belongs in the same pit as trump.
A real and genuine hero, that is not afraid to say the truth….
@randahl I don't think there will be elections anymore. And if there will be, they will be rigged by #trump and the #republicans.
Whoever the #democrat candidate will be he/she won't stand a chance IMO. They will make sure.
Andreas what you are saying: "there won't be elections anymore" is called premature capitulation
trump expresses a desire, and you promptly act like it is already reality
nevermind all of the rational reasons why you are wrong
this instinct of yours is unfathomably weak willed and compliant
it's compliance through fear
but not even overt visceral fear
but simply willing to give up everything and not vote on merely a concept appearing on the horizon
@tropicalchaos @benroyce @syferdet @randahl @abulling too many peoples’ cynicism has led to them swallowing the propaganda that says all is lost, so give up. This is why I think it’s so important to join a cause, and work, in-person when possible, directly with other people — it really helps cut through the cynicism.
@randahl Trouble is, I think the US needs something better than the Democrats now. It needs an actually left-wing party or party group or it's just going to fall further to its doom.
@randahl I don’t doubt he will run for the primary, but if the democrats are to stand a chance, they need to appoint a proper progressive.
@DavidNielsen what would happen if Kelly ran with AOC as VP?
@randahl VP is a pointless smile and wave position, we need a progressive to run for the big seat, such as AOC.
@randahl @DavidNielsen
He will not run with AOC
@randahl much better than this california guy.... Kelly has principles and values.
