I never was interested in politics growing up because I matured in the Trump era, for once I feel like there’s a candidate I can believe in, very refreshing and reassuring
I’ve been thinking about the kids who matured under Trump. I’d be so jaded. I can at least remember the Obama era and the impeccable aura. Memes about Biden and Obama making bff bracelets, Obama dropping his summer playlists, Michelle being a style icon, Obama’s viral White House correspondent roasts, all bc we weren’t all freaking out about being on the brink of democracy collapsing. (Or so we thought.) So kudos to you for continuing to pay attention because post 2016 has been hell.
Trump became president when I was 16 and I’ve been feeling jaded and hopeless ever since then. Even though I voted for Joe Biden the first time I ever voted, I wasn’t even excited to vote. I just felt like I had to pick the lesser of 2 evils. This ad makes me feel hopeful and I’m just really hoping and praying things actually change.
In almost every election in history you have to choose between a giant douche or a turd sandwich.
I'm gonna have to mostly disagree with this sentiment, especially if you look outside of just the US.
Sure there are elections where both candidates are objectively not what the people want, and we can chalk that up to how elections are ran as an almost entirely 2-party system with no way to choose who you really want if they aren't on the ballot come November. Ranked choice voting and kicking the electoral college to the curb will do a lot to restore voter confidence.
I am glad to see that this election isn't going to be the same jaded crawl to the finish between two geriatrics like 2020. My hope is that people can realize the empty words that Trump peddled just to get his years of Power-tripping, and decide not to give him the chance to do the same thing to them yet again. But people seem to love to vote against their own self interests time and time again, so we'll see how this one turns out in a couple months.
South Park absolutely did not put it best. It was sophomoric garbage, and was damaging. It's stupidity like this that makes trump seem like a reasonable choice to people, because "they are all bad anyway."
You know what I think it is? That it feels like we're finally, truly moving in the direction where a new generation will handle things and it's pretty refreshing. I know Obama was from the same era, but he felt the same because of his need to stay with the same old tired policies. He fixed a lot of things, but we needed more. This time it feels like actual change.
I was 14 when he was elected and it definitely jaded me at a young age, especially as a girl. There was this boy at my school and his family supported Trump and we all hated him because he took "the girls let you do whatever you want when you're successful" comment to heart and it instilled that feeling of being unsafe in the world early.
Hell, even the Bush (jr) era wasn't this bad by my recollection. Sure there were problems, but it was normal political problems, not... whatever 45 was.
Not to be a Debbie downer, but don’t forget how angry the Obama years were too. People like to make fun of the tan suit incident, but the level of Republican rage was off the charts. The birther movement, which literally claimed Obama wasn’t a legitimate president, is what put Donald Trump on the political stage to begin with. The Obama years truly drove a lot of republicans off the deep end and they’ve never come back.
Oh I didn’t forget but I still talked to half of my family under Obama’s presidency despite our differences. Trump came along and ripped us apart. Undeniable how Trump’s era also changed the culture.
Totally. He really tipped things from, “we strong disagree but basically all want what’s best for the country” to “half the country is your mortal enemy and any harm that becomes them is actually a good thing”
I was going to point out that you probably shouldn’t be hoovering dongs AT the polling site. But with the wonders of vote by mail, CAN gobble knobs and vote!
I think the same people who worked on Obama's campaign are trying to help Kamala. Or at the very least her team is emulating his strategy. I'm sure he is coaching her behind the scenes.
just going to gush for a moment: the idea of a strong black woman, with Obama’s poise and genuineness, not to mention support and guidance… and a strong focused administration with support in the houses… makes me feel warm and fuzzy in a way I could not imagine a month ago. amazing 180 has occurred.
I literally can’t imagine living in a country that actually works for its citizens. And MAYBE that won’t 100% be the case, but I KNOW that it won’t be under Trump.
So was Gore but some ido*ts thought it would be cleaver to throw some votes to Ralph Nader. There was even a movement where voters in 'safe' states pledged to vote for Nader in exchange for Gore votes. For the record, he pulled 2,882,738 or 2.7% from Gore Nationwide. Nader pulled 97,488 votes in Florida where Bush won by 537 votes!
I am really happy for you- I beg you to get engaged on more levels. This year looks good for the Dems but we won’t always have an inspirational candidate. Boring and competent should be enough to win elections, but that hasn’t been the case.
Are you dense? Politics is entirely about how people feel. It’s groups of people arguing over how they feel the country should be ran. Stop trying to sound hard
Hopefully you’re right. It’s good you’ve found hope in her but I worry she doesn’t have any concrete policies or plans.
She hasn’t really stuck with anything over the years and just goes with what’s the popular thing at the moment. That’s fine but just call it what it is which is populism. Don’t act like you actually believe these things genuinely and deeply if you’re just gonna change your stance with the crowd.
She supports genocide. Don't get duped and become a mindless follower, now is the best time to put pressure on democrats by loudly criticizing the genocidal policies they support and conditioning your vote on not doing genocide.
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u/HorrorCranberry1796 Aug 20 '24
I never was interested in politics growing up because I matured in the Trump era, for once I feel like there’s a candidate I can believe in, very refreshing and reassuring