I saw a video of Buttigieg from today where he mentioned expanding the supreme court. Of course - it's total bullshit but it's still funny to compare it to this. Dem pols are still hesitant to pull out of Trump's birthday shit because it's also America's birthday shit. If they can't even manage that level of action because they are scared of their own shaows - how would they ever actually pack the court?

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Of course, he's out of office, so it's fine for him to suggest things

Can't use the power of his station to actually help people though

Big no-no

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

He also mentioned healthcare. But - of course - if he mentioned the filibuster at all - it was in passing. That dang filibuster gets in the way of everything good! Gosh darn it - what can you do?

Of course, he's out of office, so it's fine for him to suggest things

I assume he'll be in dem 2028 dem presidential nom clown car and every one of them will being saying stuff like "We need to address healthcare costs" and "Action needs to be taken about the supreme court". I think the only main difference will be their take on a single word: abundance. The range will be from a hearty embrace to lukewarm approval to mild disapproval to rejection where a different but equally awful neolib shit is mentioned that is a name-concept that fits on a bumper sticker.

I wonder how many people will be in that car. 20? Even as many as 30? There's no downside to running. Nobody remembers who dropped out so why not run?