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I can't think of a single family member I'd vote for if they were running for president.
Huh, I'm the opposite, i would vote for almost every family member
Someone had a good childhood
Not really, but i mostly agree with their politics
The key is whether you trust they have solid moral character. That they may not be perfect but have a moral backbone, humility (as in capacity to look to experts for advice), and are trustworthy. If your own family doesn't see those qualities, well... Yeah.
I could care less about their backbone as long as the submit to whatever I think is best for the future of world and human rights.
I'd vote for my mom, and I'd vote for my brother, but I'm way far to the left of both of them. That said, they have decent politics on some things, and great politics on others.
There is no one else in my family I would vote for, save maybe that one cousin who went no contact with the whole family when his dad disowned him for being gay in the 90s. But I don't know his politics. I just respect the fuck out of him.
his dad disowned him for being gay in the 90s
Jeez that's some hardcore living in the past, even for way back then. Blows my flippin' mind how a parent could do that.
I don't know if any of my kids are gay but shit, who cares? I know if they are they'll be fine with telling me.
Yeah, that whole side of the family is nuts. Like, anti vax, stolen election, dead people coming back in Texas nuts. Honestly, both sides of the family. It's just a few select members who aren't.
Honestly I'm not even related to any good picks for city council, and that includes myself.
I wouldn't vote to put my brother in charge of a pay toilet.
I definitely would, but only because then I could make lots of jokes about how can barely manage a shit house
How do you know my brother?
Sorry I meant i would do that to fuck with my brother
I'm aware. My brother doesn't even believe in the Lost City of Atlanta so there's no way he's met you (yes, I went and looked to see where you are in order to make that awful joke).
I just like to make jokes that make me laugh.
Edit: shit, you're on the west coast now. The joke no longer makes sense. I'll leave it here as a testament to my hubris in only skimming.
Jokes on you, I only used to live there!
Those of my family who have good morals have terrible political skills. Those of my family who have good political skills have terrible morals.
No Presidents in my family.
Hate to tell you but it's like that for pretty much everyone.
I know.
Yeah it's not the best metric. Imagine it the other way around and you're a progressive who came from a crazy religious Conservative family. Should whether they support you impact people's votes?
It doesn't have to be a great metric, she's saying the bar is on the floor for this one. "They don't agree with me on everything, but they agree with me enough not to vote against me." That's as low a bar as anyone can clear, and he doesn't clear it.
There's fundamentally 2 reasons why your family wouldn't support you for President:
- Because they suck
- Because you suck
It's not complicated to work out which of these applies to your hypothetical person and which of these applies to RFK, but it would undermine his run to say either out loud.
- They may agree with you in everything but know you have 0% chance of election so they will not waste their vote an a first past the post system.