Tim Walz Is Too Good at This
www.theatlantic.com
Let me remind everyone that Walz is, in fact, a politician.
  • paf0@lemmy.world
    1132·
    2 months ago

    I don’t think anyone doubted this. Harris/Walz is a pro-politician anti-fascist ticket. I think we’re just looking for a sense of normalcy.

    • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
      73·
      2 months ago

      Right, it is only in juxtaposition of the Trump Vance ticket that theirs seems so… idk, righteous? Wholesome? But were this 20 years ago, they’d be pretty normal. It’s only with the looming threat of another Trump presidency on the backdrop of what he and the GOP have wrought on modern politics that what should just be normal is so hopeful. But I’d love me some fucking normal right now so I’m gonna go ahead and still be excited about that if you all don’t mind?

      • seaQueue@lemmy.world
        11·
        2 months ago

        I think the description you’re looking for is sane, or at least not pants on head crazy with aspirations to despotism

  • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
    671·
    2 months ago

    And JD Vance isn’t really from Appalachia, but Tim Walz doesn’t hang out with Donald Trump, Peter Thiel, and Curtis Yarvin, or degrade women who don’t have kids, and isn’t creepy as fuck, so what’s your point?

    Nothing in the article is negative except for a quote from a conservative saying he’s “full of shit”. Got ‘em?

  • BoofStroke@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    603·
    2 months ago

    Nothing wrong with being a politician when you’ve positively contributed in other capacities earlier in life. Career politicians from the start are the problem.

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
        271·
        2 months ago

        There are always exceptions. Unlike most politicians who start their career by networking in college to accumulate potential donors later, Sanders was on the frontline of the civil rights fight.

        • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
          16·
          2 months ago

          There are plenty of shitty politicians who started later in life. I would be surprised if the majority of politicians were always career politicians.

          Trump for example.

          The problem is that few upstanding people enter into national politics in the US, and the system tends to hinder their attempts to be good people.

    • athairmor@lemmy.world
      19·
      2 months ago

      The Atlantic falls into the “both sides” trap and every so often throws out one of these af if they need to prove they aren’t biased. It’s Overton window shifting dumb.

  • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    2 months ago

    In America you don’t get to vote for a non-politician unless you vote for yourself.

    But I wouldn’t do that because I don’t want that shitty job, either.

  • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    The person running for office is a politician? Say it isn’t so!

    I wonder why this article is being released before the election, rather than later when the cooling of support isn’t extremely likely to lead to a strategic disadvantage? 🤔 Oh well, it’s probably just a coincidence. 🤷‍♂️ Definitely no ulterior motives here. 👍

  • MTK@lemmy.world
    45·
    2 months ago

    Would you eat a turd or an old sandwhich you found in your bag?

    Both are rotten, but one of them is much much worse.

      • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        I think the meaning is fairly obvious; an imperfect ally is better than an all-out enemy. If you wanna do politics, you need to learn who you can safely ally with, who your actual friends are, and who will always be your enemy.

        Edit: oh wow, look at all those comments on ML. I wonder why this person would object to lesser evil rhetoric favoring the democrats.