• Kecessa
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    4 months ago

    Not really, either she got elected or no one bothered to show up as an alternative.

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      4 months ago

      I am sure you appreciated Bush 2 Electric Boogaloo, Hillary Clinton’s disastrous run that only happened because she had insider clout from her husband to shut down the Sanders campaign, RFK Jr the “My daddy was a civil rights hero who was shot” candidate, and the constant calls for Michelle Obama and Chelsea Clinton to save us?

      Being a close relative of someone who held a position should disqualify you from that position - there is far too much hereditary bullshit in American politics.

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        4 months ago

        We’re talking town elections here

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          4 months ago

          Chicago famously had two mayor Daleys and they nearly destroyed the city with corruption. It’s not healthy to have nepotism in a democracy - it causes far more problems than accidental good candidates it occasionally misses.