• His disclosures, both from his final year in Congress and his time as Minnesota governor, also show no mutual funds, bonds, private equities, or other securities.
  • No book deals or speaking fees or crypto or racehorse interests.
  • Not even real estate. The couple sold their Mankato, Minnesota, home after moving into the governor’s mansion, for below the $315k asking price).
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    By that time he’ll be 69. I know that’s not unpredidented ~(fully intended)~ but I’d still rather see him as president before he’s fully geriatric.

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        If Dems win the I feel like Republicans are gonna have a period of recalibration as they move away from maga politics.

        One can hope at least.

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          I figured so when they lost in 2008, but they doubled (quadrupled) down on the party shit and stuff in 2016 and won.

          I have absolutely no expectations they’ll start getting introspective and sane.

          Which is a shame, having a sane, working-in-good-faith opposition party is - generally - a very good thing.

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            2008 they ran their most honest, honorable, and classy candidate in modern history. And he lost.

            So they stopped trying to be honest, honorable, and classy.

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              He lost partly because they added the stupid tea party candidate to the ticket.

              Plus Obama was a goddamn phenomenon at the time.

              You’re right, but still.

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                Oh yeah. Between Bush fatigue and Obama there was no Republican who could have win that election.

                Part of me is sad we never had a McCain presidency. I didn’t love his politics, but if he’d beaten Bush in the 2000 primaries I think we’d be living in a much better world.

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            In 8 years Trump will be physically unable to run. He’s already mentally incapable. But there’s a decent chance he won’t even survive another 8 years.

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          As WE force them away from MAGA politics. Make no mistake, in a few months we’ll have more work to do. POTUS is the first step.

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          They’ll have a period of recalibration where they do yet more terrorist attacks on the capitol.

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        Given how Biden stepped down, maybe this could be the start of a new trend. It’s the administration that matters anyway.