I saw Amy Klobuchar speak at an event today and came away impressed. She has a lot to offer: wins elections, including in red districts, is a tough midwestern woman, has experience, is highly intelligent, and isn't 78. Why are Very Online people not into her?
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So the consensus answer seems to be "I heard she's mean to staff", which seems more like a reason to not work for Klobuchar than to not vote for someone who has a proven track record of legislation and coalition building and is under 70, but I bow to the verdict of Twitter
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Replying to @Pinboard
It’s especially irritating because it’s so probably gendered; pundits have been remarking, elliptically, about similar stories about all the other frontrunners that don’t break through the news because nobody notices when a dude is nasty to staff.
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Replying to @tqbf
Lyndon Johnson was a hideous human being to everyone around him and put through the Voting Rights Act and Great Society. If not for his moral failing on Vietnam, he'd be on money. I don't understand how keeping unpleasant people out of office is better than enacting good policy
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“if not for Vietnam” is a pretty big qualifier
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Replying to @mattbrowndev @Pinboard
What exactly is your point? LBJ was a tremendously effective politician and also forced his staff to conduct meetings with him in the bathroom while shitting.
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The point is I don’t want to elect another LBJ.
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And we don't want another McGovern
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