• xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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      Personally, I dislike Harris because she’s “tough on crime” and a former DA. As someone who’s supported Sanders in the past, I’ve got no problem with direct politicians that don’t small talk well. I don’t know if you’ve ever spoken with Sanders but he has no tolerance for chit chat and isn’t particularly charismatic himself.

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        Sanders has old professor charisma. He’s passionate and articulate about the issues that matter to him.

        But as he himself notes, and you point out, he’s not quite a ‘people person’, not one for small talk.

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        Harris has less charisma than Hillary Clinton. She was a poor choice. And her establishment, prosecutorial background doesn’t help her with the left-leaning crowd.

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      Probably because Harris locked up millions for simple possession and Newsom bulldozed homeless camps for the CCCP

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        Not to forget closing down breweries while leaving wineries open during COVID. While owning a winery. The kind of shit I expect of a morally compromised “rules are for thee, not for me” politician.

        Edit: forgot he also attended some fancy party while telling people to not attend large gatherings. The definition of what I just stated. I wrote him off a while ago.

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      Newsom hasn’t done himself any favors lately with the bills he’s been vetoing

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        He’s been endearing himself to party leadership with those vetoes.

        And it’s not like voters are ever gonna matter again in Democratic primaries.

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          I’m well aware why he’s doing it. We’re talking about polling numbers among voters, not party leadership.

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            If we learned anything from 2020, it was that voters choose whomever the media says is the “safe” candidate, and the media picks whomever the establishment tells them.