Stuart Colbert 28'! My fingers would break I'd vote so hard for that.
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I'm just saying, his name is spelled correctly right there in the original post... lol
Could you imagine those debates?! Pure gold 😂
I'd normally say "hells no, stop electing celebrities!" but this is a person who is actually politically informed (savvy even) and at this point possibly bthenonoy person why might get the US out of this miserable shit it's in and on to a path towards an actual representative democracy.
If anything, Jon Stewart might be the only person able to get the US to stop electing celebrities in the first place
So yeah, Jon 2028!
A lot of people here are condemning celebrity in US politics, and I get it... but at this point in time we might need someone who is already famous yet consistent and trustworthy. Stewart has shown himself to be a good person for decades. He's also politically informed, progressive, and whip smart.
We need a candidate who wants real change for the betterment of the working class. Somehow people thought that was Trump... I guess because he said he would be, a few times? And people were hoping hard? And not looking at his track record at all? Also racism? More importantly though: people didn't think that candidate was Harris, who got pushed through by the Democratic party and ran an uninspiring campaign. Those people didn't vote. Those people were excited about candidates like Bernie, who's track record on class issues is indefatigable. Those people could potentially be excited about Jon Stewart tearing shit down for the actually betterment of the poor, and might trust that he would try.
That's my read, anyway. A Mamdani could come along and stir up some real enthusiasm, but I think it's harder for a no-name without a proven record to win a national election. Last time that happened we ended up with Obama, and people still feel burned by his lack of progressive action.
Yes please. I've been wanting him to run for decades and I was hoping when he left the daily show he might end up on the path. I know he doesn't want to do it, but no one who SHOULD have the job really WANTS the job, because they know what it means to do that job properly.
The Venn diagram overlap of personality characteristics of modern politicians and celebrities is extraordinarily large. Pure charisma drives success in modern media-driven politics. It's sad, but I believe it's truth now.
Charisma has always been a major driver of politics, be it Republican Roman, Great Britain during WW2, or now. The only thing that is really different, is that we have better records of what modern politicians get up to. I recommend watching Historia Civilis's coverage on Rome, particularly the "His Year" subseries.
Turn it to our advantage ? not USian, but we all have something to lose
Can you stupid fucks stop worshiping celebrities for like FIVE MINUTES.
I don't get how mindless our population is.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a standup comedian and I think he's doing a pretty good job as president.
Well, we've already had Reagan, Schwarzenegger, Jesse Ventura, arguably Al Franken (he was on SNL), not to mention the Cheeto Bandito. Clint Eastwood and even Jerry goddamned Springer both made it as far as mayor. There are probably tons of others I'm forgetting.
So that ship has likely sailed, I'm sorry to say. Too late; we're already stupid.
Springer went the opposite direction. He was a lawyer and a politician, and after his career fizzled, he went into media. He was an actual news anchor before he got a national reputation for hosting a trashy TV show.
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Americans dont really know how to judge a persons character... Look at the choices for the last few decades... They have all been horrible people, except maybe Joe Biden who was unable to function instead.
Yes, Jon seems like a good person but I dont think good people are attracted to career politics. Its for the snakes and the lizards.
But yeah, he would be a good fit if he wanted to sacrifice his happiness for that role. I think he is way too smart for that.
In many ways you NEED a snake or lizard to navigate actual politics. Actual politics is dealing and wheeling and backroom negotiations. It's exerting will and influence and collecting power in the form of favors, voting blocs, coalitions and all manner of social complexity that shrewd, even narcissistic people absolutely exceed at.
This doesn't mean they have to be evil but you have to have someone who naturally enjoys playing dirty or skirting the rules and is capable of self-promotion. Of course Trump is all of these things and why he's been effective at passing policy... stupid, shitty policy, but he has enough political capital that the GOP falls over themselves to suckle at his saggy teets. He's been setting this up for decades.
But what a lot of people who aren't following politics don't realize is Obama and every other president was the same. They were all self-important, hubristic and "scummy" in their own regards.
For example, I don't like Gavin Newsom at all, but he would probably be a highly effective president when it comes to pushing and passing policy. John Stewart might go in with ideals and goals, and get immediately sidelined and made into a lame-duck by not being able to leverage votes in house and senate or being unwilling to play ball and make sacrifices to get gains later. This is what it means to be an effective president and I don't see anyone really who has both the will and the sauce.
Just an interesting observation I've had about the comments here: everyone against this is misspelling his name
Nothing scares the right more than Jon Stewart. He made Tucker Carlson quit his job and stop wearing bow ties, lol.
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