Yuritopiaposadism [none/use name] to politics • 3 years ago'Nobody' in Biden's West Wing is shutting down chatter of Buttigieg as a potential presidential successor: reportexternal-linkmessage-square112 fedilinkarrow-up194
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minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]hexbear40·edit-23 years agoThe ruling class eventually gets whatever they want, huh? First the media props up a random mayor out of nowhere. Voters don't take the bait. So they rig the Iowa primary for him. Voters still didn't take the bait. Ah, fuck it let's just pull some backdoor shenanigans and make him president anyway. link
minus-squarePorkrollPosadist [he/him, they/them]hexbear32·3 years agoIt's just palace intrigue all the way down. That's all American politics can ever be. Royal watching. link
The ruling class eventually gets whatever they want, huh?
First the media props up a random mayor out of nowhere. Voters don't take the bait.
So they rig the Iowa primary for him. Voters still didn't take the bait.
Ah, fuck it let's just pull some backdoor shenanigans and make him president anyway.
It's just palace intrigue all the way down. That's all American politics can ever be. Royal watching.