Honest question, and probably one with an obvious answer, but this guy seems too good to be true at times - why hasn’t he considered a run for president?
Similarly, I’m surprised that the attack line isn’t to ask him both this, and to ask him if he endorses some of the less saintly things that Harris might have done in politics and prosecuting.
Because good people - the people who would make the best leaders, aren’t narcissistic enough to believe they should run for president. They’re happy helping in whatever way they can, but they generally don’t have the audacity to think they have any business trying to run for the most powerful position in government. Partially because they’re humble, but also they aren’t in it for power, they just want to help people.
There’s definitely a conversation to be had that the role of president should be one of humility and neighborliness, but there’s a group of voters in America who just want somebody who can throw their dick around on the world stage and intimidate the rest of the world like a pro wrestler. And most politician types try to be both the helpful neighbor and pro wrestler, but end up seeming fake and not very genuine because usually both the macho and the neighborly aspects are an act, and they just want power.
I think good people try to help those around them, they think more in terms on the local level, they want to be more hands on in helping and less about commanding militaries or directing a huge bureaucratic behemoth like the US government. That’s for people with a lust for power for the sake of power or for building a legacy or whatever. I keep waiting for some sort of crack or bad thing to suddenly pop up about Walz and he just seems like a genuinely nice guy, it’s kind of weird, but not in a Republican kind of way.
He didn’t have the kind of national profile it takes to pull that off. He’s not perfect either — just absolutely fabulous compared with somebody like Vance who seems determined to serve vampires.
Even in the event that the article is talking about, he at least had some logic behind it
When Walz was elected a few months later, he did try to halt the pipeline’s development. Early in his first term, Walz continued a legal challenge from his predecessor’s administration against Line 3, which he continued until 2020.
But after that legal challenge was rejected, Walz declined to use his executive powers to stop the pipeline, and his administration approved key construction permits that allowed the pipeline to move forward. He told MinnPost in 2019 that he believed a unilateral decision “would violate principles of ‘checks and balances’ between the executive, judicial and legislative branches of government.”
“If you fall on the side that says, ‘Well, the governor should just stop this; it’s the right thing to do,’ then you would be making the case that the next governor should just build one, without any environmental review, without any process involved,” Walz said at the time
Which I don’t 100% agree with but at least see where he’s coming from.
Honest question, and probably one with an obvious answer, but this guy seems too good to be true at times - why hasn’t he considered a run for president?
probably because kamala was the VP, walz is literally out of the middle of nowhere land midwestern US. The VP role is perfect for him, if this goes well, he might run for president afterwards.
Honest question, and probably one with an obvious answer, but this guy seems too good to be true at times - why hasn’t he considered a run for president?
Similarly, I’m surprised that the attack line isn’t to ask him both this, and to ask him if he endorses some of the less saintly things that Harris might have done in politics and prosecuting.
Because good people - the people who would make the best leaders, aren’t narcissistic enough to believe they should run for president. They’re happy helping in whatever way they can, but they generally don’t have the audacity to think they have any business trying to run for the most powerful position in government. Partially because they’re humble, but also they aren’t in it for power, they just want to help people.
There’s definitely a conversation to be had that the role of president should be one of humility and neighborliness, but there’s a group of voters in America who just want somebody who can throw their dick around on the world stage and intimidate the rest of the world like a pro wrestler. And most politician types try to be both the helpful neighbor and pro wrestler, but end up seeming fake and not very genuine because usually both the macho and the neighborly aspects are an act, and they just want power.
I think good people try to help those around them, they think more in terms on the local level, they want to be more hands on in helping and less about commanding militaries or directing a huge bureaucratic behemoth like the US government. That’s for people with a lust for power for the sake of power or for building a legacy or whatever. I keep waiting for some sort of crack or bad thing to suddenly pop up about Walz and he just seems like a genuinely nice guy, it’s kind of weird, but not in a Republican kind of way.
please let “republican” be the new word for “awful” in common vernacular. Ex: “I need to take out my trash, its starting to smell republican”
4 syllable words are very out of fashion, I don’t think it can become slang.
I always go with “Repub.”
I just say reds. People know.
Communists?
Surprisingly not anymore. Probably thanks to the maga hats.
We can use “GOP” for the G.O.P. like Arrested Development.
https://arresteddevelopment.fandom.com/wiki/G.O.B.
“Look out for that dog GOP!”
Brb, I have to go drop a big Republican in the toilet.
He didn’t have the kind of national profile it takes to pull that off. He’s not perfect either — just absolutely fabulous compared with somebody like Vance who seems determined to serve vampires.
Even in the event that the article is talking about, he at least had some logic behind it
Which I don’t 100% agree with but at least see where he’s coming from.
While I 100% agree with his reasoning, I hate to point out that the next governor might not care much about precedence.
probably because kamala was the VP, walz is literally out of the middle of nowhere land midwestern US. The VP role is perfect for him, if this goes well, he might run for president afterwards.
As a potential VP he’s somewhat in line of potential future presidents though, no?
I don’t think good people actively seen major roles of power, at least not within govt .