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redgreenandblue

(2,105 posts)
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 10:53 AM Nov 2024

Ok, I'll say it: Eminem 2028. Seriously.

That is where the USA is it.

Eminem is our best shot: He is a celebrity, he is a staunch liberal, he is respected by both blacks and trailer-whites, who consider him "authentic", and he can out-alphamale Trump for sure.

Maybe Snoop Dogg as VP.

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Ok, I'll say it: Eminem 2028. Seriously. (Original Post) redgreenandblue Nov 2024 OP
Cheech and Chong as co-border czars ☮ Yeah, that's the ticket. walkingman Nov 2024 #1
Eminem and Snoop would certainly be better than our upcoming duo. Elessar Zappa Nov 2024 #2
Is this sarcasm? berksdem Nov 2024 #3
I'm not even sure anymore. redgreenandblue Nov 2024 #4
I don't think so. It is pretty clear that we are now in the era of Celebrity Presidents. Fish700 Nov 2024 #8
thanks you for the smile this morning... FirstLight Nov 2024 #5
lol....keep calling them 'trailer-whites'... Fix The Stupid Nov 2024 #6
I was born in the rural south. Let me tell you something about the people there: redgreenandblue Nov 2024 #13
I was thinking The Rock. Maybe Mark Cuban. W_HAMILTON Nov 2024 #7
Except he has a problem with women Dem4life1234 Nov 2024 #9
Yeah he does for sure. redgreenandblue Nov 2024 #12
I said several years ago after Trump won in '16 that Jspur Nov 2024 #10
Idiocracy indeed. redgreenandblue Nov 2024 #14
No pattyloutwo Nov 2024 #11

Fish700

(148 posts)
8. I don't think so. It is pretty clear that we are now in the era of Celebrity Presidents.
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 11:57 AM
Nov 2024

If you can't beat them, join them.

FirstLight

(14,517 posts)
5. thanks you for the smile this morning...
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 11:03 AM
Nov 2024

IDK about snoop for VP (although we know he's also very beloved by SO many)

But yeah, maybe we should look OUTSIDE traditional politicians and see what happens...I'm sure people would say "but he has no experience!" to which we'd just point to the Cheeto and say um, yeah, AND...?

I hope we even GET an election in 2026/2028...

Fix The Stupid

(975 posts)
6. lol....keep calling them 'trailer-whites'...
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 11:41 AM
Nov 2024


And we can have this painful 'retrospection' every four years...

I really, really thought the left would learn something this time... I guess not.

redgreenandblue

(2,105 posts)
13. I was born in the rural south. Let me tell you something about the people there:
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 12:22 PM
Nov 2024

They use the phrase "trailer trash" frequently. They use it to refer to other people in the area that they look down on.

I'm certain that Eminem could use the phrase, and it wouldn't hurt him. The same way Trump can call Mexicans rapists and criminals and still win the Latino vote. When people hear it, they don't think of themselves. They think of "that other person".

It's where we are, unfortunately.

W_HAMILTON

(8,695 posts)
7. I was thinking The Rock. Maybe Mark Cuban.
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 11:54 AM
Nov 2024

Performance over policies for our American electorate. I don't even know if someone like Newsom would work, since he seems like the prototypical politician. Either way, we need an attack dog candidate. And one that will call Republicans out to their face using unsanitized, plain terms. And fuck fact checks -- clearly no one cares about those.

Case in point, instead of saying "this man was found liable by a jury of his peers for sexual assault" -- call him a rapist. Call him a fucking rapist. Once again, performance and viral clips apparently mean more than substance and policy, so maybe it's time we take a new route.

Jspur

(669 posts)
10. I said several years ago after Trump won in '16 that
Mon Nov 11, 2024, 11:58 AM
Nov 2024

the Democrats should run Eminem because he would easily win hands down in any debate and doesn't have a filter. He could also dominate the media headlines just as easily as Trump does because he knows how to be controversial. On top of that he would have humiliated Trump in debates in a way Trump had never been humiliated before.

The democrats could have marketed him as a successful businessman from Detroit. As I write this I acknowledge that we now live in an idiocracy.


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