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SpankMe

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17. You're no allowed to say that here. Sorry.
Thu Apr 14, 2022, 03:14 PM
Apr 2022

I started a post saying we should groom Sec Pete hard for the next 2 years in case something happens with Joe and we need a hot back-up to run for POTUS. With all the anti-LGBT stuff going on around the country, a President Pete would be the most awesome thing I can think of. I get giddy just thinking about it.

But, alas, my post was hidden by a jury as a "right wing talking point'. I know you said "some day", so you're suggesting that Pete not be a Joe replacement. But some of the comments in my thread before it got hidden slammed Pete as inexperienced and "wooden" - in addition to the heresy of thinking about a contingency if Joe can't run.

Fuck the haters here. Pete, Beto and Stacy Abrams are the only Democratic figures with the national creds to run in '24 if Joe can't, and in '26 when Joe terms out. We have to start bolstering their creds NOW and be ready. Republicans are still pushing Trump for another run, plus the asshole from Florida. Neither of these is even remotely acceptable.

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