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[-] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Zelensky was an actor who started in a hit sitcom about a teacher who gets elected president to fight corruption, and Ukrainians responded by making him president.

I look at John Stewart, and see how that could happen. I'd for Stewart in a second, over ANY MAGA candidate.

[-] TheObviousSolution@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago

What's a joke is thinking you are going to get there when you haven't even seen what's going to happen during the midterms, or that there is still over a year to get to even that.

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[-] bigbabybilly@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I love Jon Stewart as much as the next guy. I think he could do a better job than Trump is doing, but that’s setting a very low bar. Surely there’s someone more qualified than comedy news host John Stewart.

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[-] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 8 points 1 month ago

What about the Rock? He's way more famous and has more money.

[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I mean, sure. If we're just going to vote in "entertainment value" I want a whole Hollywood administration.

Lets get The Rock as the president who doesn't know anything about politics but has a heart of gold and doesn't give up, John Leguizamo as the street-smart VP who always saves the day, and like, an animated cat as head of national intelligence.

Our population deserves what's coming to it.

[-] _stranger_@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

These are all upgrades from what we've got, so I'm good.

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[-] ABetterTomorrow@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

And AOC as vice, bring youth into office.

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[-] Daggity@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Did I time travel to 2000?

[-] Steve@startrek.website 8 points 1 month ago

Why the fuck not

[-] pjwestin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Eh, I trust Stewart's motivations, but not necessarily his judgment. I listened to him interview Ezra Klein and Stewart fell for his neoliberal Abundance bullshit without any pushback of critical thought. I could see him getting led astray by some of the same Democratic hacks that destroyed the party.

Jon needs to run as a Democrat, and he needs Colbert to be his running mate ars a Republican for teh lulz

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[-] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago

Yes. Take my vote, all of them, forever.

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