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    My dad died at the age of 79. Just sayin’.

    Looking forward to opening the most expensive bottle of bubbly that I’ve ever bought sooner rather than later.

    And to add, I’m in Australia, an Australian citizen, although English born. Never hated a person so much. Oh hang on, there was this Maggie Thatcher woman once upon a time.

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    Been saying this for a couple of years. It would be child’s play to push this man into total narcissistic collapse.

    Imagine if pop stars, actors, world leaders, media personalities, tech bro billionaires, all hit him at once, anyone who has the ear of millions. Just today he’s had a mini meltdown over Tay Tay (from months ago) and Bruce Springsteen.

    World leaders would be especially effective as he considers himself a peer. Those people baiting him up would take him back to his school days where the rich-kid in-crowd bullied him. Gods, just imagine if someone like Macron came out and said, (imagine French accent) “He thinks he is a leader, part of our club. He is only a small child with a cult and will never belong among serious leaders. His wife will not touch him, but we can she see how she make eyes, no? In front of the old cuckold!” And then have a dozen others come out and say the same.

    Can you imagine the total hissing, spitting, pissing frenzy that would follow? Trump would be unable to do anything but scream, his mind unable to even attempt to govern. Shut him down hard enough and the Cabinet would be forced to pull the 25th Amendment on him.

    I should lead this thing.

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      Now that would be wonderful to witness.

      ( Hey mate, I think you should have a look at that sentence about his wife, I think auto correct got you, cheers. )

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    imagine being 80 and throwing a footstomping toddler tantrum over a pop star teen idol not voting for you

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    I’m pretty certain Taylor Swift probably has enough sway/numbers to take the White House if she wanted to.

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          I’d vote for anything that doesn’t shit it pants hourly.

          I’d vote for any adult without brain damage.

          I’d vote for Liz Truss’s cabbage.

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        I mean, she’s managed her image and business this long. I think politics is a good fit for her skillset.

        As is the power she’d wield over the Democrat Party. They would worship the ground she walks on (in an attempt for some of that celebrity to rub off).

        …But the election would be gruesomely dirty. I can only imagine all the shit that would get thrown at her.

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            A democratic leader needs to accurately represent their constituents and surround themselves with knowledgeable experts. No matter how well-schooled someone is, no one person can know everything involved in running a country.

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                  Washington, Jackson, Van Buren, Taylor, Fillmore, Lincoln, and Grover Cleveland got a high school (ish) level of education.

                  Andrew Johnson got tutored while he was an apprentice.

                  In modern times, I think only republicans have not gone further than undergrad (Reagan, HW Bush, Trump), going back to Roosevelt (FD not Teddy).

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            She’ll have a full cabinet, policy crafted by an army, and practical experience under her belt. She’s clearly charismatic. AFAIK she’s not anti science or conspiratorial or anything… So what if she’s not a Harvard Graduate? As much as I’d like an STEM PhD in the White House, compared to most alternatives, I almost view that as a plus.

            And again, she will have so much power. It would be like Trump, where she can swing unpopular stances through sheer force of will (like Trump is doing in the current Middle East visit: https://www.axios.com/2025/05/15/trump-israel-syria-policy-reverse-biden )

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              None of that matters when the person making the final call knows less about how her job works than most of the voters. We need well educated leaders not people you can be almost certain do not know anything about the subjects needed to govern effectively eg the law, economics, history, diplomacy, and what the various parts of the government do.

              We should never select anyone that undereducated. It will always end badly because the leader cannot know what they are doing.

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                Ehh, I agree in principle but have grown cynical.

                The American voters clearly don’t care about actual qualifications. The presidency is an attention contest, pure and simple. Truth is relative. Even if we get a highly qualified president in (and I don’t believe that’s possible anymore) they’re going to be totally beholden to Facebook and Twitter politics memes.

                I’d rather have someone that can dominate the narrative and wield actual political power to do decent things, even if their decisions aren’t always the best. Like… who else could bring millions into civic engagement?

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    She’s still the top grossing concert act, top selling pop star, and considered a style icon. Im fairly positive by most metrics Taylor is still hot.

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            Don’t really care what she thinks…I don’t know her, and never will. Literal stranger.

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          I’m sure you would chunk her out of bed for eating crackers. Some of would have no qualms hitting that if she dumped a seafood platter on the sheets.

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            I wouldn’t be near her or her bed…

            Celebrities are too high maintenance and I want nothing to do with the fal nonsensical world that surrounds them, like people talking about how they would fuck her etc…

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      I think it’s a screenshot my friend

      As for if it’s real, I’m not gonna visit his cesspool to find out

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      yeah, I was wondering about that. can’t believe trump betrayed his partner elon 😥

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    I’m not a fan of Tay Tay, but I would absolutely love to see her crush Tump Tump. In fact, I would become an instant fan if she does.