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      Uhm no. He really fell from funny to bland in less than half a year for me.

      The guy struggled with the definition of fascism like 3 months ago.

      He and Colbert are white guy good guy optics dudes from television, I swear they are only 3 steps away from half of Trump’s cabinet if you put them near power.

      Being a bit funny, or having done the “save the 9/11 firefighters” skit doesn’t qualify you to lead a nation. Fck the TV personality cult.

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      I think if Stewart won the white house and made Colbert his press secretary, and he played the character from the Colbert report and just framed everything Stewart did as the most hardcore American Conservative stance and talked about how Republicans need to get on Stewart’s level, they could actually shift the Overton window.

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        Oliver is not qualified.

        Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution sets three qualifications for holding the presidency. To serve as president, one must:

        • be a natural-born citizen of the United States;
        • be at least 35 years old;
        • be a resident in the United States for at least 14 years.
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              Compared to any of them. Sure he’s better than the two you listed, Bernie is still better than all 3, as would AOC. John Stewart is a fun talk show host for some people, but he’s still just a status quo neo-liberal with his interests aligning with the upper class.

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                  I’m likely misremembering, but afaik, they USED to relinquish any businesses they had going for them so that they wouldn’t everhave conflicting interests but obviously Trump doesn’t follow any standards

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        In most cases I agree. Stewart is not a political neophyte though. I mean it’s not like he runs a reality show

        His humour requires wit, understanding and nuance. His product is much more intelligent and complex than say, a competition show where people compete for a " job" with some thinly veiled gangster.

        So basically he’s waaaaaaay over qualified to be president.

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          I listen to his podcast weekly. I haven’t listened to the one from the OP, but in the past year I have become very disillusioned with Stewart.

          Every interview is an absolute softball “what’s your favorite color” BS where each and every answer is a boot that is slobbered on with “BAM”, and “BARS” and every misdirect and deflection by the guest is just accepted and the root of the few harder questions goes unanswered without protest outside of maybe the Christie interview.

          The Jeffries interview was absolutely embarrassing, for example.

          It’s very different from Stewart 15+ years ago.

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        thats how the US got in this predicament in the first place. elect a cunt who had a single line in home alone. I mean, Schwarzenegger was gov of Cali at some point and any german speaking mf could tell you that Arnold, while beloved and a huge teddy bear, was never the sharpest bulb in the shed.

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          Schwarzenegger was good for environmental issues in California, and RFK Jr played a part in that as well

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        Nah, they’re the only ones we have any idea about. Not to mention zelensky has been killing it.

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        I was joking with my SO the other day about RuPaul running for president and we realised that since she’s a reality TV host but also has a successful business that hasn’t gone bankrupt and isn’t obviously a Russian puppet, she’s actually probably more qualified than the current sitting president for the job.

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          To be fair the shit I took this morning is more qualified for the job, so that’s not the high bar it should be.