I would sacrifice Jon’s pleasure for the sake of the country. He’s a good person and believe in him. If he announced, everyone who knows up from down wouldn’t bother competing, outside of the Democratic primary where people might try to move him in some positions. But it would be a fools errand and a waste of political capitol to try and beat them, for either Republicans or Democrats.
I had this perspective until I started watching him again recently. I know my politics have moved left since I grew up listening to him. But he’s stood still. It’s kind of painful to watch how much he loses the forest for the trees on every single issue. Feels like he’s a gatekeeper at this point. Basically keeping a large portion of millennials from being moved further left.
He’d be the best president in my lifetime if he won. But, that bar is in the dirt.
Ehhh… Not every single issue. He’s always trying to do the right thing, and sometimes he lets his biases creep in (like his work with first responders coloring how he views the police in general).
But I think it’s clear that his heart is always in the right place, and he’s always interested in discussing things with people who know what they’re talking about to get to the truth, even if that truth isn’t what he originally thought it may have been.
And yeah, that would be better than anything else we’ve ever had. Obama tried to portray himself as being this way, but it was mostly just advertising. Jon is the real deal.
I like John Stewart way too much to ever want him to be a politician.
I would sacrifice Jon’s pleasure for the sake of the country. He’s a good person and believe in him. If he announced, everyone who knows up from down wouldn’t bother competing, outside of the Democratic primary where people might try to move him in some positions. But it would be a fools errand and a waste of political capitol to try and beat them, for either Republicans or Democrats.
I had this perspective until I started watching him again recently. I know my politics have moved left since I grew up listening to him. But he’s stood still. It’s kind of painful to watch how much he loses the forest for the trees on every single issue. Feels like he’s a gatekeeper at this point. Basically keeping a large portion of millennials from being moved further left.
He’d be the best president in my lifetime if he won. But, that bar is in the dirt.
Ehhh… Not every single issue. He’s always trying to do the right thing, and sometimes he lets his biases creep in (like his work with first responders coloring how he views the police in general).
But I think it’s clear that his heart is always in the right place, and he’s always interested in discussing things with people who know what they’re talking about to get to the truth, even if that truth isn’t what he originally thought it may have been.
And yeah, that would be better than anything else we’ve ever had. Obama tried to portray himself as being this way, but it was mostly just advertising. Jon is the real deal.