xc2215x@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoAOC doesn't want to be New York City mayor. Most likely, she has bigger planswww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1340arrow-down112
arrow-up1328arrow-down1external-linkAOC doesn't want to be New York City mayor. Most likely, she has bigger planswww.independent.co.ukxc2215x@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·1 month agoMy point is that it’s too much to ask of her to be president for eight years and then continue nobly serving her country. The people who still want to be in politics after that aren’t doing it for good reasons.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month ago…but you think Andrew Jackson and Taft were doing what was best for the country?
minus-squareDrusas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoWhat? Your comment was about it being a lot to ask of AOC.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYes, because people don’t want to do that unless there’s a corrupt reason for it, like with Taft and Jackson. It would be way too much to ask of a non corrupt person.
My point is that it’s too much to ask of her to be president for eight years and then continue nobly serving her country.
The people who still want to be in politics after that aren’t doing it for good reasons.
I was with you on the first sentence.
…but you think Andrew Jackson and Taft were doing what was best for the country?
What? Your comment was about it being a lot to ask of AOC.
Yes, because people don’t want to do that unless there’s a corrupt reason for it, like with Taft and Jackson. It would be way too much to ask of a non corrupt person.