Lincoln Square, why on Earth would you publish an article like this? Gavin Newsom is one of the only Democrats fully taking on the fascist Trump regime and telling Americans the unfiltered truth. Who cares if he’s “polished”? Who cares if he does or doesn’t make a presidential run in 2028? Right now he is meeting this critical moment in our country when we desperately need action. You should be interviewing him and amplifying his message instead of parsing him out like a 1980s political pundit. Lincoln Square is better than this.
Better a fighter who has some scars than a weakling that is unlettered because they simply avoid any fights. Corporate dems brought us trump twice, so if Newsom can show the energy, skill set, moxie, and talent to take on snowflake, racist, fascist, billionaire funded republicans and win, doesn't that beat the alternative of an authoritarian republican nightmare hellhole? Kamala is great, but a to do list against the republicans isn't a ticket to the highest office in the land. Maybe if corporate dems let her run tough instead of squishy, soft, she would gave beaten the trump felon. I worry more about letter writng Schumer, and bore the baby to sleep Jeffries than I do Newsom.
Too late for no Donor Money. The electorate now expects the full production of everything everywhere all at once and it takes money to do that. Look at the "who" of the donor list.
Newsom is the first Dem to meet the moment in an effective way. That counts. He understands the need to break through the fear and go for a few laughs while talking down his opponent. It is so early in the race, it remains to be seen if his strategy holds. His serious addresses also meet the moment. He is certainly a real human and that's a change. Who else?
Hopefully he's not a "flash in the pan" but there again, I tend to shy away from people with corporate donors. God help us if we have people running for the highest office yet again with all corporate donors and once again "DARK MONEY" we need this shit to stop just like we need the election interference stuff to stop. We NEED free and fair elections that nobody jiggles a knob on to make the results change. However, if one side does it I guess I can say I don't think it's wrong to fight it to "even up" things like they are talking about. What our leader has done by whispering in Abbotts ear in the same exact thing he did in 2020 when he contacted Georgia governor and said "find me enough votes to make we win" this, my friends is bullshit!
OK, answer me this - how would Gavin Newsom screw "us" over worse than Trump/Putin has? "Parsing" the blah blah while Newsom is clearly squashing the MAGAgoons, that is today's news. Newsom is clearly squashing the MAGAgoons. I have parsed sufficiently. To hell with your fear of "progressives." I fear authoritarians.
And what do his Nazi counterparts in Congress say? Crickets
Monica McIver, AfroAmerican arges in November of this year Of course this costs McIver out of pocket attorney fees while the DOJ has an infiCongresswoman from New Jersey, was doing her legal job of inspecting an ICE Detention Center in Newark and was arrested Now an illegally placed Cheeto lawyer, Alina Habba a parking garage lawyer, has Bondi’s blessing to prosecute McIver on made up chnite amount of resources to prosecute
Who’s going to be next? Talkshow hosts, news media like Lawrence O’Donnell, Rachel Maddow, maybe YOU Cheeto and his Nazi allies need to be thrown out of office in the 2026 midterms Protest Donate and talk to neighbors, friends, relatives to protect the vote because they’re coming after registered voters to disenfranchise swaths of the electorate to rig the midterms The Nazis will do everything they can to subvert the election to stay in power
Can we trust Gavin Newsom? Are you kidding me? Is he obliged to Hollywood or Silicon Valley? If he’s in the White House, can we trust him to have our backs over his donors? These questions are naive. Can anyone make it to the White House without political obligations? No. Gavin Newsom is fighting for us. Is he too handsome? Too slick? If he weren’t, there would be complaints that he’s not handsome or slick enough. Gavin has a wife who is his partner in life, who has been promoting the welfare of women and girls for more than a decade. He is educated and articulate. These things are not the problem. The problem is that, like Hillary Clinton, both Newsom and California have been demonized by right-wing media and sleazy politicians to the point where there are too many people in America who will never trust him. Too many voters who would need to cross over who never will, because they believe the lies about our beautiful state and our intelligent and courageous governor. Anyway, I’m not sure he wants the job. He has 4 kids who are just going into their dangerous teen-age years and need a dad. He and his wife have just bought a home in Marin County to rear the kids in after his stint as governor. By taking on the fascist right, Newsom is paving the way for PJ or another of our great Democratic governors to go into the Office of the President. That is not such a bad role to play. Kind of like John the Baptist clearing the way for Jesus. Yah! How’s THAT image?!
Can we trust Gavin Newsom? Wow! I can’t believe you’re asking that question. He has more balls and guts than any other democrat I’ve heard. At least he isn’t trying to destroy the country and disenfranchise women. The same for Mandan of New York. As he goes out to meet the people of the city. All of the shit that trump is and has done, you are criticizing Newsom for eating out during Covid? Wow, just wow!
Gavin Newsom. Let's go straight to the total argument, both express and implied. If we take him in total, we do not need to do all that topical parsing.
I will dispense with all the earnest analysis with this simple, sweeping stipulation: Gavin is a blown-dry, liberal, California politician. He's opportunistic and venal. He certainly owes people favors, most of which are not knowable at this point.
The essential Q&A on him goes like this:
1. Does he express a desire to be a dictator from day one? (No, he does not)
2. Does he say that he respects the rule of law and seeks to preserve democracy? (Yes, he does)
3. Can he piss off Trump and his flying monkeys to the point brain-splatters on the walls? (Most certainly. He has assembled a crack team to focus on just that, it seems.)
4. Is he a felon, sex criminal, and suspected child rapist? (No, no, and no.)
5. Does he have a history of using government position to enrich himself? (Not as far as we know. If he does, he's skillfully covered his tracks.)
Ok, that's enough. We don't need to *trust* Gavin Newsom. What we need is a horse we can start to ride. We've got a long way to go, the chances are greater than zero that we'll have to switch to somebody else, but let's at least dispense with the Dem habit of "ooooh, it's gotta be perfect or we can't run with it" bullshit.
One other thing: A lot of the podcasters I listen to are young men, the very demographic this author claims Democrats need to reach. Well you know who's reaching them? Gavin Newsom. They LOVE what Newsom is doing and are cheering him on. The most common refrain from them? 'I wish other Democrats were willing to fight the way Newsom is.'
Lincoln Square, why on Earth would you publish an article like this? Gavin Newsom is one of the only Democrats fully taking on the fascist Trump regime and telling Americans the unfiltered truth. Who cares if he’s “polished”? Who cares if he does or doesn’t make a presidential run in 2028? Right now he is meeting this critical moment in our country when we desperately need action. You should be interviewing him and amplifying his message instead of parsing him out like a 1980s political pundit. Lincoln Square is better than this.
Better a fighter who has some scars than a weakling that is unlettered because they simply avoid any fights. Corporate dems brought us trump twice, so if Newsom can show the energy, skill set, moxie, and talent to take on snowflake, racist, fascist, billionaire funded republicans and win, doesn't that beat the alternative of an authoritarian republican nightmare hellhole? Kamala is great, but a to do list against the republicans isn't a ticket to the highest office in the land. Maybe if corporate dems let her run tough instead of squishy, soft, she would gave beaten the trump felon. I worry more about letter writng Schumer, and bore the baby to sleep Jeffries than I do Newsom.
He's doing what needs to be done.
Too late for no Donor Money. The electorate now expects the full production of everything everywhere all at once and it takes money to do that. Look at the "who" of the donor list.
Newsom is the first Dem to meet the moment in an effective way. That counts. He understands the need to break through the fear and go for a few laughs while talking down his opponent. It is so early in the race, it remains to be seen if his strategy holds. His serious addresses also meet the moment. He is certainly a real human and that's a change. Who else?
Hopefully he's not a "flash in the pan" but there again, I tend to shy away from people with corporate donors. God help us if we have people running for the highest office yet again with all corporate donors and once again "DARK MONEY" we need this shit to stop just like we need the election interference stuff to stop. We NEED free and fair elections that nobody jiggles a knob on to make the results change. However, if one side does it I guess I can say I don't think it's wrong to fight it to "even up" things like they are talking about. What our leader has done by whispering in Abbotts ear in the same exact thing he did in 2020 when he contacted Georgia governor and said "find me enough votes to make we win" this, my friends is bullshit!
OK, answer me this - how would Gavin Newsom screw "us" over worse than Trump/Putin has? "Parsing" the blah blah while Newsom is clearly squashing the MAGAgoons, that is today's news. Newsom is clearly squashing the MAGAgoons. I have parsed sufficiently. To hell with your fear of "progressives." I fear authoritarians.
Too early to start purity tests. The first consideration has to be who can win. vigorous primaries should sort that out.
Sorry. JD Pritzger, not PJ. Whoops!
Cheeto Using Taxpayer $$ To Go After Democrats
And what do his Nazi counterparts in Congress say? Crickets
Monica McIver, AfroAmerican arges in November of this year Of course this costs McIver out of pocket attorney fees while the DOJ has an infiCongresswoman from New Jersey, was doing her legal job of inspecting an ICE Detention Center in Newark and was arrested Now an illegally placed Cheeto lawyer, Alina Habba a parking garage lawyer, has Bondi’s blessing to prosecute McIver on made up chnite amount of resources to prosecute
Who’s going to be next? Talkshow hosts, news media like Lawrence O’Donnell, Rachel Maddow, maybe YOU Cheeto and his Nazi allies need to be thrown out of office in the 2026 midterms Protest Donate and talk to neighbors, friends, relatives to protect the vote because they’re coming after registered voters to disenfranchise swaths of the electorate to rig the midterms The Nazis will do everything they can to subvert the election to stay in power
Oh yeah NOT restacking.
DO NOT FUCK AROUND BEATING DOWN ANY DEM STANDING UP TO FIGHT THIS SHIT. Seriously WTAF
Enough with the parsing. Newsom is fighting pure evil. This sort of carping is one reason Trump was elected.
Can we trust Gavin Newsom? Are you kidding me? Is he obliged to Hollywood or Silicon Valley? If he’s in the White House, can we trust him to have our backs over his donors? These questions are naive. Can anyone make it to the White House without political obligations? No. Gavin Newsom is fighting for us. Is he too handsome? Too slick? If he weren’t, there would be complaints that he’s not handsome or slick enough. Gavin has a wife who is his partner in life, who has been promoting the welfare of women and girls for more than a decade. He is educated and articulate. These things are not the problem. The problem is that, like Hillary Clinton, both Newsom and California have been demonized by right-wing media and sleazy politicians to the point where there are too many people in America who will never trust him. Too many voters who would need to cross over who never will, because they believe the lies about our beautiful state and our intelligent and courageous governor. Anyway, I’m not sure he wants the job. He has 4 kids who are just going into their dangerous teen-age years and need a dad. He and his wife have just bought a home in Marin County to rear the kids in after his stint as governor. By taking on the fascist right, Newsom is paving the way for PJ or another of our great Democratic governors to go into the Office of the President. That is not such a bad role to play. Kind of like John the Baptist clearing the way for Jesus. Yah! How’s THAT image?!
Can we trust Gavin Newsom? Wow! I can’t believe you’re asking that question. He has more balls and guts than any other democrat I’ve heard. At least he isn’t trying to destroy the country and disenfranchise women. The same for Mandan of New York. As he goes out to meet the people of the city. All of the shit that trump is and has done, you are criticizing Newsom for eating out during Covid? Wow, just wow!
Mamdani, damn autocorrect.
Gavin Newsom. Let's go straight to the total argument, both express and implied. If we take him in total, we do not need to do all that topical parsing.
I will dispense with all the earnest analysis with this simple, sweeping stipulation: Gavin is a blown-dry, liberal, California politician. He's opportunistic and venal. He certainly owes people favors, most of which are not knowable at this point.
The essential Q&A on him goes like this:
1. Does he express a desire to be a dictator from day one? (No, he does not)
2. Does he say that he respects the rule of law and seeks to preserve democracy? (Yes, he does)
3. Can he piss off Trump and his flying monkeys to the point brain-splatters on the walls? (Most certainly. He has assembled a crack team to focus on just that, it seems.)
4. Is he a felon, sex criminal, and suspected child rapist? (No, no, and no.)
5. Does he have a history of using government position to enrich himself? (Not as far as we know. If he does, he's skillfully covered his tracks.)
Ok, that's enough. We don't need to *trust* Gavin Newsom. What we need is a horse we can start to ride. We've got a long way to go, the chances are greater than zero that we'll have to switch to somebody else, but let's at least dispense with the Dem habit of "ooooh, it's gotta be perfect or we can't run with it" bullshit.
Ain't nobody got time for that!
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One other thing: A lot of the podcasters I listen to are young men, the very demographic this author claims Democrats need to reach. Well you know who's reaching them? Gavin Newsom. They LOVE what Newsom is doing and are cheering him on. The most common refrain from them? 'I wish other Democrats were willing to fight the way Newsom is.'