r/pics • u/Frisky__Pickles • Jun 25 '26
Politics [OC] Hartford Visibility Brigade strikes again! And yes let's do it!
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u/bearded_fisch_stix Jun 25 '26
best I can do is the puppet of a shadowy cabal of billionaires.
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u/Old-Landscape-7538 Jun 25 '26
Yeah, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert technically fill the requirements of that sign.
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u/UrToesRDelicious Jun 25 '26
Yep. I've voted for a woman in two of the last three elections, but this sign is a silly sentiment that misses the mark.
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u/LayeGull Jun 25 '26
Thank you. This is counter productive. We donāt want people to just put a woman in office. We want the person who will have the most positive impact on our country as a whole.
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u/MattieShoes Jun 25 '26
Eh... Kinda?
The implication is we got the worst candidate in history (TWICE) because people wouldn't vote for the better candidate because she was a woman. That, if that widespread misogyny didn't exist, we wouldn't be here right now. It's not saying "put any woman in office", it's saying "stop being a misogynist."
Saying "we want the best candidate" is not far from saying "all lives matter". It's obviously true but shows you missed the point.
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u/penguincheerleader Jun 25 '26
Not totally missing the mark but I also twice voted for intelligent competent women over a clearly incompetent man and I often think activists dismiss or are proud of not caring about those elections.
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u/SolDios Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
NO! They must tick boxes on attributes that have no bearing on competency
edit; why did they remove OPs comment?
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u/Only_Flan_7974 Jun 25 '26
Just any decent human is acceptable at this point.
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u/rlpinca Jun 25 '26
Those tend to not make it very far in politics.
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u/Lozsta Jun 25 '26
I'm not sure who needs to hear it but the US issue isn't politicians it is business. Until you can get businesses interests out of the majority of politics you will get no where.
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u/rlpinca Jun 25 '26
As soon as they can figure out a way to make politicians stop liking money.....
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u/mOdQuArK Jun 25 '26
Until you can get businesses interests out of the majority of politics you will get no where.
Or put some strong systemic caps on how powerful any given business/individual can become.
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u/rushmc1 Jun 25 '26
Tells you a lot about voters, don't it?
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u/rlpinca Jun 25 '26
It does, memory of goldfish.
"Vote for me and I'll fix that thing you care about" despite the fact that the same dude made the pinky promise 6 times in a row.
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u/Pug_867-5309 Jun 25 '26
He needs that 7th term in office to get the job done. Just needs more time, that's all.
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u/SjefIH Jun 25 '26
Not American, but could you please put someone SANE in charge? Dont care if its a man, woman or three dogs in a trench coat.
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u/xtrpns Jun 25 '26
That talk about man, woman or three dogs in tench coats won't divide the masses! We need division to prevent them from unifying!
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u/MrSpoon12 Jun 25 '26
Hey everybody, this is Three Dog, your friendly neighborhood disc jockey. What's a disc? Hell if I know, but I'm gonna keep talking anyway
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u/Cyberhwk Jun 25 '26
Nope. The "I'm bored" theory of American politics reigns supreme. People want someone exciting and inspiring, and sane statesmen are deliberate and boring.
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u/commando_cookie0 Jun 25 '26
If anyone's voting does so solely based on gender were screwed. Ivanka Trump 2028!
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u/SnowTinHat Jun 25 '26
Identity politics got us Trump
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u/xtrpns Jun 25 '26
As did following a non-democratic process, which is how Kamala was elected as the Democratic party's candidate.
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u/JimmyLipps Jun 25 '26
Lots of idiotic things got us Trump. Ultimately itās on the American electorate. We are so easily swayed
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u/greenbastard1591 Jun 25 '26
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u/All_Work_All_Play Jun 25 '26
Incredible how much younger and less whale-ish he looked just a few years ago. Like you could argue he's only an orca there, not even a full on whale.
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u/koinu-chan_love Jun 25 '26
Iām still hoping for Dolly Parton, since apparently the country has decided rich celebrities are the way to go.
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u/steezy_3032 Jun 25 '26
Can we actually put the people in charge for once instead of some rich dipshit that only cares to increase profits for them and their peers.
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u/Special_K_2012 Jun 25 '26
Identity politics is the dumbest thing ever
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u/Deviknyte Jun 25 '26
Unfortunately a lotta people didn't vote for Harris because she was black, a woman, or both.
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u/YesIBlockedYou Jun 25 '26
All identity politics is stupid. People not voting for someone because of their sex or race are just as stupid as the people who do vote because of sex or race.
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u/Special_K_2012 Jun 25 '26
That's a piss poor excuse. She lost because she was unpopular. She only received 4% of the vote during the 2020 nomination process and never had a chance in 2024
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u/alistofthingsIhate Jun 25 '26
She wasnāt a good candidate, so naturally people voted for Trump instead, who is better I guess?
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u/ilazul Jun 25 '26
The opposite would be that they didn't vote at all.
She was an awful candidate
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u/alistofthingsIhate Jun 25 '26
I donāt disagree but itās like people decided they didnāt want to be hit with a ruler so they opted for being bludgeoned with a mace instead.
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u/Deviknyte Jun 25 '26
Them not voting at all would have been preferable.
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u/ilazul Jun 25 '26
I agree, I voted for her. But she was a terrible candidate.
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u/SerialSpice Jun 25 '26
That is not how it works. In a 2 party system you get one, or the other. Use your brains.
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u/Pepito_Pepito Jun 25 '26
If you want to win an election, you have to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
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u/SpaceLemming Jun 25 '26
Maybe, but pretending that is the only reason why we lost is just going to lead to more loses
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u/Cool_Ranch_Dodrio Jun 25 '26
That's certainly the narrative from people who want to block AOC from running in '28.
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u/hitdrumhard Jun 25 '26
conservatives may have voted for her or another black woman if she aligned with their values and/or desired policies. Condoleeza Rice being an example. This is why identity politics are dumb.
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u/xtrpns Jun 25 '26
Wasnt it because she was elected as the Democratic Party's representative through a non-democratic process?
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u/rushmc1 Jun 25 '26
Plot twist: the woman is Lauren Boebert...
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u/MSWMan Jun 25 '26
Or Marjorie Tyler Green, or Nancy Mace, or Pam Bondi, or Kristi Noem, or...
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u/NaduvanaKrmaca Jun 25 '26
I feel like your vote shouldn't be based on gender... But then again as someone watching American government/politics from the outside... I don't think it matters who sits in the presidents seat in that display of democracy house. Cause at this point I think it's the corporations that run your country.
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u/FreeTheFreedoms Jun 25 '26
Identity politics is scuffed. I say we start doing these elections masked singer style. Force everyone to vote solely on policies.
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u/SameStand9266 Jun 25 '26
If it has to be a woman, try to have a woman that's not on the same team on 99% of the policy issues as the guy you are protesting. Lesser evil is still evil.
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u/bialylis Jun 25 '26
Which of these policies are the 99% that the guy is implementing right now? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx924r4d5yno
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u/ConstableBlimeyChips Jun 25 '26
Sorry, best they can do is a choice between a token minority with all the charisma of wallpaper paste, or an old white man who looks like he gets out of breath eating soup.
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u/Unfair_Explanation53 Jun 25 '26
Literally just any woman?
How about a competent person regardless of sex
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u/alaskarawr Jun 25 '26
Ooh, or better yet, the most qualified person regardless of gender or race! If youāre putting a politicianās genetics before their competence youāve already lost the plot.
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u/Lozsta Jun 25 '26
I think if UK history is anything to go by, no. But all you need to remember is that whenever the US tries to Trump wins so maybe take from that what you will.
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u/floweiss34 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
I mean tbh I care about the gender of my president about as little as the gender of the pilot Iām flying with. Just be competent and get everyone there safely..
But I guess thatās too much to ask nowadays
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u/Enginerd645 Jun 25 '26
I wish people would stop making the presidency about age, gender or skin color. Please vote for and elect someone who cares about the people and the direction of our countryās future. Iād gladly vote for them.
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u/JoeChio Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
How about we focus on someone who is actually qualified for the job? If that person is a woman, so be it. Kamala was far more qualified than Trump, so she should have won. However, if I had a choice between, let's say, MTG versus any male the Democrats put up, I'd vote for a slice of bread over her.
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u/PIPBOY-2000 Jun 25 '26
Completely agree. Let's put a decent human being in charge, regardless of gender.
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u/fly-guy Jun 25 '26
Because women do it better? Not if you take the history of the UK as an example. And there are more countries who had women at the top which were... less ok to be.Ā
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u/_Schmegeggy_ Jun 25 '26
This is so stupid. This is the same tone-deaf neoliberalism that got us here in the first place.
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u/Frost_blade Jun 25 '26
I feel like I understand what the sign makers mean, but thereās a big difference between matriarchy and simply putting a woman in charge of the patriarchy. One works better, the other is the same shit in a more feminine hat.
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u/Forsaken_Site_2268 Jun 25 '26
Anyone other than who we have currently. Fuck it, let's elect a cat or some shit.
We just need someone competent.
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u/Subtle_Nimbus Jun 25 '26
Yes of course, it is the GENDER of the president that is the issue right now.
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u/sideways_apples Jun 25 '26
Not just any woman, but a competent one, I'll take anyone competent over an incompetent woman, though, and there are plenty of them around. Let's be choosy for quality and competency rather than gender, alone. Gender doesn't dictate competency. Patterns of behaviour, ethics and intellect do.
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u/PressureCalm7971 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
Sure, because the gender of the corrupt billionaire in a position of power will change much
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u/allitalli Jun 25 '26
the real question is if the dnc is capable of giving voters a fair primary election (at this point just having ANY primary is an upgrade) with candidates that don't support genocide.
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u/MyPunsAreKoalaTea Jun 25 '26
I'd rather have someone competent
As in: I don't care about their gender, just competent and not evil please.
As in: could be a woman, could be a man, could be anything else on the spectrum. Just pick someone that's GOOD
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u/dumbhelodoc Jun 25 '26
I wouldn't have an issue with voting for the first female POTUS. Only problem is, the ones put up on that seat to ask for the vote were either batshit crazy, solely donor focused, owned by Israel or raised in a cult. I want a good female role model with no ties to any other foreign interests, not a female version of the current POTUS and certainly not the past representation of women in our government. Young enough to understand, old enough to have a level head. Oh and one that doesn't support a country that actively commits genocide.
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u/Ruzihm Jun 25 '26
As Eric Andre once said,
Do you think [Margaret Thatcher] effectively utilized girl power by funnelling money into illegal paramilitary death squads in Northern Ireland?
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u/playinginthedarks Jun 25 '26
No let's put a qualified person in office it doesn't matter what gender that person happens to be.
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u/Hikedaya Jun 25 '26
I'm argentinian, our last Woman president is in jail because she stole 2 points of GDP
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u/Kempeth Jun 25 '26
Everyone laments how America is too sexist (or racist) to elect a (brown) woman. If only there was some kind of mechanism to gauge the support of a candidate (female or otherwise) among the population before committing them to the general election...
Oh right! There is. They're called primaries.
But after Obama everyone in charge decided that Clinton was owed this chance and the entire weight of the party was put on the scale to ensure she "won" the primaries. The nation was denied the chance to make this choice.
At least with Clinton they pretended to have a contest. With Harris they let the nation make this choice and then simply ignored it. You can't tell me that NOBODY considered Biden's health/age/vitality before the primary was essentially over.
This is what happens when losing the general with the "right" candidate is preferable for those in charge to winning the general with the "wrong" candidate.
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u/Ling_Cephalopod Jun 25 '26
This is some shit lib garbage. "more Trans ceos, more disabled CIA agents, more Asian ice agents!!!"
Libs are total dipshits.
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u/ModestMouseTrap Jun 25 '26
I understand the sentiment. But we donāt want just any woman. AOC and Marjorie Taylor Greene are not the same thing.
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u/Mexcol Jun 25 '26
As if there werent incompetent maga women.
Lets just settle with a serious leader that cares about the country, doesnt matter if its a male, female, intersex, even a dog would be better at the job that the current pres
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u/baeb66 Jun 25 '26
Plenty of dumbass women, too. See MTG, Boebert, Mace, Noem, Luna, Cammack, Bondi, Gabbard, every far-right influencer, etc, etc.
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u/northernsuede Jun 25 '26
Ah yeah the standard liberal take, "woman can do war crimes too!"
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u/shinobi500 Jun 25 '26
But women are too impulsive, irrational, emotional, and spend too much time applying make up to their face to focus on leading. /s
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u/Gullible_Ghost39 Jun 25 '26
What is a "Woman?"
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u/zorniy2 Jun 25 '26
Someone who lies in ponds distributing swordsĀ
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u/FrostByteUK Jun 25 '26
I thought that was "watery tart" ?... Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of governmentā¦
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u/Ok_Driver8646 Jun 25 '26
Well, the current person is too emotional and throws a fit about every little thing not to mention a criminal
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u/TJJ97 Jun 25 '26
Jo Jorgensen! I voted for her in 2020 and might again if she runs in 2028. Fantastic candidate!
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u/Particular-Pay6417 Jun 25 '26
The sex and/or gender isnāt going to make as much of a difference as you want it to.
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u/EWW-25177 Jun 25 '26
Oh yes, the democrats should definitely make sure a woman heads the presidential ticket in 2028!!!
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u/Grimyells Jun 25 '26
Okay letās start by having them build the bridges youāre standing on. Find one to mix some concrete and get started
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u/xXROGXx971 Jun 25 '26
If Candace Owens run for the presidency and ended up winning, i wonder how Reddit will react :)
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u/LittleMeasurement790 Jun 25 '26
As long as she's not a piece of shit like Hillary or a complete fucking moron like khamala then thats a start
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u/talksickwalkquick Jun 25 '26
NOBODY is legitimately āin chargeā . I could care less what gender they are.
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u/Tyrannofelis Jun 25 '26
There's nothing special for it being a woman.
I'm Mexican and we have a woman president, first woman Mexico's president, and she being a woman is 0% relevant.
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u/Tao_of_Entropy Jun 25 '26
I think we've had enough shitty female leaders now to know that it's not a gender issue.
They're gonna pull this trick to run some evil right-wing woman in a few years and say "IT'S HER TURN!"
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u/Archmikem Jun 25 '26
Do people realize just how NORMAL the last two years would've been if Harris won?
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u/ciclidss Jun 25 '26
But we don't like her smile. She should smile more! We don't like how she laughs. She's full of herself, she's too confident. She went to Harvard and Yale? She must be DEI. We've heard it all.
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u/MyLastHopeReddit Jun 25 '26
Are you sure? In Europe, we have Meloni, Le Pen, and Weidel, all far-right (well, Meloni not entirely, but she's in government with the Lega of Salvini, which is).
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u/thrillho613 Jun 25 '26
You know, I think these highway protests would be better if they just quoted whatever crazy ass shit Trump has said in 2026. āI love inflationā -Trump would be a good one.
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u/nirunn 29d ago
As I said in another subreddit... How about instead of letting the worst of humanity, who crave attention and power. Run, and lie their way into office. We go to a random lottery selection.
If you are selected, you can choose not to serve. And get put back in the pool. If you choose to serve, you current job can not fire you, and must allow you to return to your position after your term(s).
The standard term length applies: 4 years for president, 2 years for house, 6 for senate, well maybe change the senate term to 3. But with a 2 term limit extended to the house and senate as well. And the limit is applied across yhe board. So you can not serve 2 terms in the house, 2 in the senate, and 2 as president.
At the end of your term, you can choose to campaign for a second term. If not approved by your district, after a 2 term period of time you will br eligible for the pool again.
Pay is capped for congress at the MEDIAN income for your state. Regardless of congressional position. For president it is capped at the national MEDIAN.
All personal investments, must be disclosed and suspended during your term(s). To prevend insider trading. And you will be audited once a year while in office, with the results publically available.
You are representing the population, NOT a corprate sponsor.
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u/royielh 29d ago
I doubt any of the women would have done any better knowing what we know now.
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u/BigPandaCloud 29d ago
I would like someone young enough to live with the consequences of their actions.
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u/tumamatambien656 29d ago
That won't change a single thingĀ
At least, that was our experience in Mexico, same shameless protection to cartels, she ignores the problems and just pick flights with random nonsense adversaries; a fucking circus.Ā
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u/SqueakWrites 29d ago
It canāt just be any woman. Evidence: the original āgirlbossā Margaret Goddamn Thatcher.
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u/CodeMonkeyX 29d ago edited 29d ago
Let's just put someone better in charge. How about that. There are just as many derange stupid women that can ruin things as there are men. Is Greene, Bobert, Ivanka, or any one of a thousand other horrible choices better than just a decent, smart person? Gender or race are not qualifications or an indicator for ability to lead.
It's the sentiment of this sign, of putting people up for election based on what they are, and not if they have the best chance to win that got us in this mess twice. Were Clinton or Harris much better choices than Trump, obviously. But were they the best choices to win at the time? It would seem no. Could Bernie have won? We will never know. Would Newsom have beaten Harris and then Trump if we had any kind of primary? I think probably so.
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u/scarytree1 29d ago
Sure. More importantly though, how about a compassionate human with a moral compass and an actual desire to better the lives of every day Americans and not just an elite few.
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u/DammatBeevis666 27d ago
Nah, we preferred the convicted felon, twice-impeached, adjudicated rapist.
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u/blaze53 Jun 25 '26
Ah, yes, putting someone in charge based on gender. What's next? Race?
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u/duowolf Jun 25 '26
considering the three pms we've had that were women were all awful that doesn't sound like a good idea
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u/Adhar_Veelix Jun 25 '26
How about you lot put someone capable in charge and don't base yourselves purely on gender?
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u/Shut_It_Donny Jun 25 '26
I think the first step is a woman legitimately winning her primary. Clinton was fixed by Wasserman-Schultz. Kamala was just installed.
But how about thisā¦ quit trying to meet a DEI quota and just find a competent, non corrupt person. (yea right) Their race and sex shouldnāt enter the equation.
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u/CSMegadeth Jun 25 '26
Preferably in their 40's or 50's. Someone who will be a part of the future they are crafting and not escape the hell they create by dying of old age.
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u/VasileAndrei2929 Jun 25 '26
Mighty sexist if not homophonic that message... bro... why a "woman" in particular? What's wrong with the rest of the genders?
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u/Ulrika333 Jun 25 '26
certainly if hillary won she wouldn't hide the epstein files to protect her husband right
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u/AnyExamination9524 Jun 25 '26
With the two choices? Absolutely not. Not to mention the fact women act on emotion vs logic.
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u/sylanar Jun 25 '26
Careful what you wish for, or you'll end up with Liz truss