In possibly the stupidest sentence we’ve seen in the past week, California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared that he “seeks to harness the power of GenAI to address homelessness” and “…
  • V0ldek@awful.systemsEnglish
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    2 months ago

    So why on earth was anyone calling him a good candidate to replace Biden? Sounds like one of the worst people you’d want in charge of anything, much less a country?

    • froztbyte@awful.systemsEnglish
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      2 months ago

      because the US sociopolitical system, just like many other of its social systems, is disastrously sick and dysfunctional

    • mountainriver@awful.systemsEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I think it is a combination of:

      1. Governor of major state.
      2. Has nice hair. Real generic politician look.
      3. Polls showing “generic democrat” beating Trump.
      4. Not super old.
      5. Have I mentioned the hair?
      • gerikson@awful.systemsEnglish
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        2 months ago

        It’s the same symptoms among the pundits that convinced them that Ron DeSantis had a chance against Trump.

    • zbyte64@awful.systemsEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Gavin was Pelosi’s pick to replace Biden, they’re both backed by the same regional California billionaires from SF to Sac. Harris is from Cali as well but her big backers are in LA.

      My head canon is Biden chose Harris as a parting FU to Pelosi.