I generally have no faith in public personalities to hold any convictions at all, so it has been refreshing for Hasan to adhere to his position against voting for Gruesome Newscum. I don't at all mean to imply that he's perfect, or that people should look to him as a leader in any respect, it's just nice to see something like that happening and getting broad exposure. Feels good.

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[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 37 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

He also didn't endorse Kamala (though he admitted months later that he did vote for her)

I think he would've endorsed her with even a promise of a crumb of decent policy, but alas, she had nothing to offer.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 22 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

He also didn't endorse Kamala (though he admitted months later that he did vote for her)

Did he ever say why? He's in California and he knows how this stuff works. Why vote for her in secret when your vote doesn't even matter?

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 21 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

I don't know if he did, he only revealed it during his debate with Ethan KKKlein AFAIK

I agree that there was no reason to do so living in a blue state

[–] vovchik_ilich@hexbear.net 7 points 17 hours ago

You misspelled "Ethanic Kleinsing"

[–] Salah@hexbear.net 7 points 18 hours ago

He has always said he’d probably vote for harris and the day he voted he said he voted for her as well.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 14 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Were the PSL candidates on the ballot in Cali?

[–] purpleworm@hexbear.net 25 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Even if we just assume that the Dems were the leftmost party and not even the Greens were on the ballot and you couldn't write anyone in, it's a more reasonable calculus in that situation to not vote because it's the only way to communicate something compatible with left-opposition.

[–] Ram_The_Manparts@hexbear.net 5 points 14 hours ago

Absolutely. Turns out they were on the ballot though, and he still went with Kamala.

[–] sewer_rat_420@hexbear.net 19 points 20 hours ago

Yes, nominated by the Peace and Freedom Party (only explicitly socialist party with ballot access in CA, PSL candidates have run through PFP in CA for a while now)

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 15 points 20 hours ago

they were under a different party name i think because of how ballot access works