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[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 13 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

If George Clooney was the democratic nominee, he would have won easily.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

yeah, but George Clooney has multiple oscars.

[–] schrodingers_dinger@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I've been thinking this for a while now. Nothing gets people more excited than a celebrity, and Trump is proof of that. Dems definitely need to fight back with a classically "alpha" seeming white male celebrity to fight back.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 2 points 37 minutes ago

Until education is fixed in America it's reckless not running a celebrity figurehead. This is the ugly fact.

[–] Gordon@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

While I highly disagree with the concept of turning the office of president into even more of a joke by purposefully electing more celebrities, someone like Nick Offerman or Robert Downey Jr. Would easily be able to defeat just about any Republican candidate just on popularity alone.

[–] ntma@lemm.ee 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Bro if I was the nominee, I would have won. No doubt about it. It would have been a landslide victory. It would look like the Reagan victory from his first term.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 37 minutes ago

You're just built different