Uhhh I just named one, which is putting together an election team that has no history of winning elections
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Replying to @arthur_affect @jonsneyers
Assuming that Nina Turner will be popular with Black voters in the South because she's popular on Twitter
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I think it's good to select people based on their political positions, not just on their popularity or ability to get votes. That's a sign of integrity, not a "huge misstep". In SC, I think the Clyburn endorsement played a big role. The DNC establishment had a big bazooka there.
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Replying to @jonsneyers
Okay, well, you sacrificed a chance at winning the election for your perception of integrity, congratulations Have fun building a movement off of that
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Replying to @arthur_affect @jonsneyers
Jfc if a candidate demonstrates they don't have any sense of competence or appropriateness for a job beyond ideological loyalty that's itself a really big red flag for being a terrible president
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I don't think competence at winning elections is necessarily the same thing as competence at being president. Anyway, if you ask me, Biden is not more competent in any way. He's just a safer choice for the apparatchiks who depend on corporate money.
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Replying to @jonsneyers
The general concept of being a competent leader requires being able to work with people for reasons other than them being personally devoted to you
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Replying to @arthur_affect
You don't need people to be personally devoted to you. But you do need them to be devoted to the key elements of your political platform. Otherwise you're doiny the kind of political horse trading that leads to exactly the kind of politics Bernie's movement is fighting against.
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Replying to @jonsneyers
"Horse trading" is a necessary feature of politics in a democratic, pluralistic society
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Replying to @arthur_affect
It is a very common feature, yes. That doesn't make it necessary. I try to vote only for people who don't do it.
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...And by the basic nature of democracy that means the people you vote for rarely win, and *shouldn't* win (the system is supposed to elect the person who appeals to the largest number of people)
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