They tried. Oh, did the media try.

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    It’s funny how people aren’t completely ignorant, and when they’re presented with a good alternative, they choose it. Funny, that.

    Funny how if they aren’t presented with a good alternative, they will rebel to the point of civilization decay. Funny, that.

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      When the chips are down, people always vote for the strong man. Will the Democrats choose to be the strong man? Betteridge’s law of headlines applies.

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        What else to expect from the corrupt leaders of a Third World country? The only one currently in existence, I might add, other than North Korea.

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    Yes, I’ve seen the “fact sheets” from Fox “News”. Probably the best advertising he had.

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    $25M is enough to rent a couple warehouses in Manhattan where volunteers give food for free to the needy for a whole year. Instead, $25M (plus plenty of free airtime and news stories) was spent telling people how a publicly owned grocery chain selling groceries at wholesale prices is somehow financially impossible.

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      Cuomo already conceded. I guess disgraced current mayor Eric Adams is still in the race, but I can’t see him winning either.

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          Fucking hell, of course he is. If a progressive runs and loses, it’s all loyalty and making sure not to be a spoiler, but a progressive wins and suddenly we have two disgraced officials running as independents.

          I still feel like he’ll only take votes from Adams and not Mamdani, but I guess we’ll see.

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    it actually gve zohran more press because of all the news around him, much like with luigi, and trump. any news is good news.