lars@lemmy.sdf.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThey say “anyone can become president”, but this will be the first presidential election since 1970s, where there is no Bush, Clinton, or Biden on the ballot.message-squaremessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up1494arrow-down1104
arrow-up1390arrow-down1message-squareThey say “anyone can become president”, but this will be the first presidential election since 1970s, where there is no Bush, Clinton, or Biden on the ballot.lars@lemmy.sdf.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squarehiggsboson@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·edit-210 hours agoExcept that, in my several decades, literally no one ever said that. if someone did say that, they’re ignorant or selling something.
minus-squareDkarma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 hours agoUm did you forget Obama? Lol How was he not a rags to riches example of how anyone could become president?
minus-squareLetme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoPeople said that about Obama, in fact it was a large part of his appeal. Kamala as well. Trump dynasty… Not so much
minus-squarelars@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 hours agoWell I was raised in a world where at least a few public school teachers and grownups said, inter alia, that: “[The United States of] America’s the best country on Earth”, and that “In [the United States of] America, any citizen can become president”.
Except that, in my several decades, literally no one ever said that. if someone did say that, they’re ignorant or selling something.
Um did you forget Obama? Lol How was he not a rags to riches example of how anyone could become president?
People said that about Obama, in fact it was a large part of his appeal. Kamala as well. Trump dynasty… Not so much
Well I was raised in a world where at least a few public school teachers and grownups said, inter alia, that: