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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45122184

“Oh my God, I want a hot president,” Jennifer Welch of the I’ve Had It podcast said in an interview last week. “Hot democrat alert,” posted Democratic influencer Keith Edwards in response to a video clip of Sam Forstag, a 31-year-old smokejumper running for one of Montana’s two House seats. If you search Jon Ossoff’s name on X or TikTok, you’ll be met with a number of thirsty posts calling the Georgia senator a “total hottie.”

“Jon Ossoff—there was just something about him,” said the content creator Qondi Ntini, who runs what can best be described as an Democratic thirst-trap X account, where she frequently refers to Ossoff as “Senator My Boo.” She’s raised thousands of dollars for Democratic candidates through the account and has been invited to the White House and the DNC as a part of their content-creator programs.

“The way I see thirst and the people that I choose to support, it’s more about their values and what they can do for their constituents. The hotness stems from that, and it makes them hotter. It’s also kind of a rebuke of toxic masculinity,” she added.

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[–] KulunkelBoom@lemmus.org 4 points 1 day ago

We don't fucking need "hotter".

We need some fuckers who can start straightening out the rampant damage to the U.S. (ALL aspects) caused by the orange faced shitgoblin in the white house.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Electing a random Lemmy user would even be an improvement

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Implying we’re aren’t fire 10/10s.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are we not chiseled by the Greek gods themselves? Are my superior calves and soft flowing locks a joke to you??

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Those are the ones with the small pee pees right

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A subtle sign of civility and refinement. 😌

[–] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

Reeeally subtle

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

President Beep?

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (4 children)

No. Give me a Danny DeVito type campaigning on nationalized healthcare and the end of ICE over a Chis Hemsworth clone spewing the same corporate democon bullshit.

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That’s not far from what we had with Bernie.

[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 days ago (3 children)

But Danny DeVito is the biggest thirst trap of them all!

Hell yeah, he is!

[–] jwt@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's gonna be a very classy affaaaiirrr.

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

OOOOORRRRGY

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Maybe back on Taxi, but it's easy to look like an adoinic sex god when you're standing next to Judd Hirsch.

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Give me a Danny DeVito type campaigning on nationalized healthcare

That was Bernie Sanders. He ran for the Dem nom for president twice. He lost twice.

That was the joke though?

[–] PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago
[–] Auk@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

People want progressive candidates not hot shills.

[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

OP article was prolly written by Clavicle

[–] Goferking0@ttrpg.network 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately dnc only wants shills so will fight any alternatives harder than the gop

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I don't think the DNC really cares about winning. They just want those $$$ to keep flowing.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This stupidity is what led to Trump. I don't want a fuckable candidate. I want a capable candidate.

[–] DoubleDongle@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I'm actually seeing a real lesson from the Mamdani campaign here. Not the one I really want to see them learn, but they learned something, at least.

[–] AMillionMonkeys@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Are you admitting you find Trump fuckable? That's... brave.

[–] devolution@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago

Ewwwww... You are banned.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 18 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Y'all don't think Sanders is the cutest guy?

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

He hasn't done enough cameos as Dany Devito's cousin or whatever. Probably still invisible/"yesteray's news" to these DNC shills even if that were to change.

[–] verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

US podcast culture has speedrun world enshitification. Have some of the dumbest humans to have ever walked this earth spout nonsense for "content" and brainrot anyone reached by the sound waves...

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

some podcasts are better than others... e.g. philosophize this, planet money, darknet diaries...

I guess you mean the talk-radio type podcasts where 2/3 of the time is just banter...

[–] verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are some good podcasts, hardcore history comes to mind, however, the civilizational cost of people like Meathead Rogan, Theo Von, Andree Tate et al is too high to be covered by the good ones.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Whenever I see a leftist shilling for the Democrats, I always just want to say: "Do you have any idea how much they hate you? They hate you so much."

[–] verdi@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 points 1 day ago

Leftist and Dems are incompatible. Centrist at best, socialized healthcare is centre, as is taxing those who have too much. A leftist would like to abolish the system that gives rise to the billionaires in the first place.

[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This whole article sounds like it's really stretching to stitch together a narrative.

I’ve Had It podcast? Keith Edwards is a Democratic influencer and not a former reality show contestant? Qondi Ntini, an Instagram account with less than a thousand followers?

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Half these "trends" that get articles are really just two people doing something stupid.

How many people were actually eating Tide pods? I seriously doubt more than a handful.

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

And yet, unsurprisingly, other commenters here are lapping it up and using it as yet another reason to hate the Democrats.

Real progressive thought leaders, this lot.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Don’t laugh.

Oh I'm not laughing. They're really pulling out all the stops to try and lose, and it's appalling.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What would be motivating them to win? Does anybody even get fired when they lose? Do they lose any voters when they lose?

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

The I've had it women are generally not shallow like that on their videos. They are legit. Surprised about this. It must have been a joke.

[–] negativenull@piefed.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Also hinting about wanting non-geriatric candidates?

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That's ageist, the greatest sin of all in the DNC. You CAN'T say that, but you can always call Bill Clinton hot. What? You would rather Obama run again? Sorry, he's too young, unqualified, soft on crime ...

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

And wears tan suits! Unqualified.

Is that how they think Trump got elected?

I'm terrible at judging men's attractiveness, but I remember someone who is much better at that looking very closely at his picture to recreate something and going, "holy shit that guy is ugly".