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Funny how nobody wants either of them, and those same folx aren’t offering any other options. I think these sorts of posts come out of Russian troll farms. Ignore them.

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I don’t want him to run, I’ll take Gavin Newsom or AOC. Is that better?

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No one has reminded me more of Bill Clinton than Gavin Newsom.

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Newsom’s role in providing marriage licenses for same sex couples in defiance of his political advisors, conventional wisdom, and the completely predictable government reaction demonstrates for me a person willing to make challenging decisions on the basis of what is right.

No politician will ever line up 100% with what we want, and politics is a messy business. But I think that Newsom took positions that a more political politician like Clinton (defense of marriage act, don’t ask don’t tell) wouldn’t touch.

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A snake in the grass?

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They do seem better to me. But they’re not running. My state’s Democratic party isn’t having a primary for president. So I might vote in the Republican primary instead.

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The DNC as an organization is refusing to consider anyone else.

Which is hilarious. They simply can’t abide their own charter. Ooops.

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Are they still running troll farms? Do they do it from their phones on the front or something?

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Demanding alternatives is a way to stop discussion. It’s not the job of random people to be political analysts.

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My option is to eliminate the federal government entirely and hold regional constitutional conventions, because if we don’t change the system we’ll be right here in another election cycle.

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I’m not Russian, just posting articles that spark discussion.

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I am Putin himself.

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where do you get all your polonium from?

not asking for any nefarious reason

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North Korea.

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Russia has extensive nuclear technology. They can make their own out of bismuth.

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