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primary is in half a year, random dude bro not involved in blackwater is probably better by that point.
give ppl another option then...
like ffs. the choices are set in stone. bluedog or this dude. those are the options.
jordan wood is already in the race, upon googling? not blue dog at least, just a lib fighting corruption.
that aside, correct leftist electoral tactics is to teach dems to eat shit and vote third party to throw winnable elections between hitlers (unless candidate is like good), and own it, not slither away when they start talking about ralph nader
i mean, be real, what possesses someone to tour not once, but several times in iraq, join pmc and advocate for better military spending. it's like settlerman x3, because his brain is not melted, so he can understand language of bribes and appearances, instead of ogre smash by settlerman
idk. i know you're not arguing accelerationism but it reads like that. wdym?
this is the big factual disagreement. i disagree. or at least, i'm willing to take a chance v. a verified bluedog shit.
put another way: guaranteed fetterman v. someone else.
it's brinkmanship/blackmail, you threaten their good time by willing to weather "bad time" (debatable until trumpo how internal bad times really were, this side of structural forces) of their non-preferred outcome, it's like whatever for emperor of earth called president, but in local elections? when every single senator is a demon? when like 1-3 decent people are in house?
like if third party was able to consistently pull 2-3% everywhere, and then selectively retreat upon concessions in some races (stated beforehand which concessions they are seeking), it's how you wield influence being a tiny minority, instead of blue no matter who.
in primary, again, aside from words, actions of mr. mercenary are worse than his opponent, so why, again, bother with him?
(and isn't maine ranked choice, or is it general?)
(leaving aside the dreaded optics of a guy with tottenkopf advocating for palestine, can you even imagine?)
ok you're right i'm convinced i'll start volunteering for janet mills and susan collins
explain like im not an american, why in 6 months before primary, jordan wood is unelectable?
you ever try to win a 100m sprint while giving them a 20 second head start?
one mr. mamdani managed to do it, so it's not unfeasible in the realm of politics. it can be done. so again, why him?