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In reply to the discussion: Avenatti- "When you have a white male making the arguments, they carry more weight" [View all]Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)because that will nullify his racist and sexist arguments. He's got nothing but racism and sexism. If he can't use that, he is toast. I also think we should go better than that. Make it a young, good looking white guy who is optimistic.... Trump's got nothing. We could get so many people just with the looks thing. I know it sounds shallow, but Democrats need to be realistic about where most Americans are at in their heads right now. What's the psychology that motivates them to vote certain ways? The race for presidency seems to be a masculinity contest for a lot of people, so we have to play that game to win. Trump is an old, out of shape dude, so it wouldn't be hard if we pick the right person.
It might be good to pick a woman for vp role though. Get people warmed up to women being in charge more. Still, it shouldn't be anyone that right has been vilifying for a long time. That was a problem we had with Hillary too. Too many years of bullshit being said about the Clintons. That was hard to work against.
I loved Hillary too. I'm a woman and I think woman make excellent leaders, but Democrats need to get back in control of this government and we should not take any risks in this next presidential election. Get a Democrat in there that can win and then start moving this country in the right direction.