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Tom's avatar

Can I just say how much I appreciate your perspective here? The me of 2015 probably would've read that Politico story (or one of the thousands like it) and consequently felt anxious about an election that's over a year and a half away. Stepping away from political "coverage" of this sort has been very good for me, and I really don't miss it. It really is useful to be reminded of what little value (probably even NEGATIVE value) this junk provides.

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Ethan Stuart's avatar

I am 100% in alignment with the president not being a social avatar. I know that can’t be avoided at times (i.e., Obama as the first black president or a Jared Polis being the first gay president, for example), but I want the president to be competent and boring. I want the politics of greater opposition to a social avatar president to be neutralized so more good policy and bipartisanship happens. We wouldn’t have had all the legislative successes of the last Congress had we not had Sleepy Ole Joe at the reigns who many voters think is semi-demented. But you know what? Who cares. People who pay attention to the news like everyone should in this country know better, and the country ends up better off anyway.

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