The key is whether you trust they have solid moral character. That they may not be perfect but have a moral backbone, humility (as in capacity to look to experts for advice), and are trustworthy. If your own family doesn’t see those qualities, well… Yeah.
I’d vote for my mom, and I’d vote for my brother, but I’m way far to the left of both of them. That said, they have decent politics on some things, and great politics on others.
There is no one else in my family I would vote for, save maybe that one cousin who went no contact with the whole family when his dad disowned him for being gay in the 90s. But I don’t know his politics. I just respect the fuck out of him.
Yeah, that whole side of the family is nuts. Like, anti vax, stolen election, dead people coming back in Texas nuts. Honestly, both sides of the family. It’s just a few select members who aren’t.
Yeah it’s not the best metric. Imagine it the other way around and you’re a progressive who came from a crazy religious Conservative family. Should whether they support you impact people’s votes?
It doesn’t have to be a great metric, she’s saying the bar is on the floor for this one. “They don’t agree with me on everything, but they agree with me enough not to vote against me.” That’s as low a bar as anyone can clear, and he doesn’t clear it.
There’s fundamentally 2 reasons why your family wouldn’t support you for President:
Because they suck
Because you suck
It’s not complicated to work out which of these applies to your hypothetical person and which of these applies to RFK, but it would undermine his run to say either out loud.
I can’t think of a single family member I’d vote for if they were running for president.
Huh, I’m the opposite, i would vote for almost every family member
Someone had a good childhood
Not really, but i mostly agree with their politics
The key is whether you trust they have solid moral character. That they may not be perfect but have a moral backbone, humility (as in capacity to look to experts for advice), and are trustworthy. If your own family doesn’t see those qualities, well… Yeah.
I could care less about their backbone as long as the submit to whatever I think is best for the future of world and human rights.
I’d vote for my mom, and I’d vote for my brother, but I’m way far to the left of both of them. That said, they have decent politics on some things, and great politics on others.
There is no one else in my family I would vote for, save maybe that one cousin who went no contact with the whole family when his dad disowned him for being gay in the 90s. But I don’t know his politics. I just respect the fuck out of him.
Jeez that’s some hardcore living in the past, even for way back then. Blows my flippin’ mind how a parent could do that.
I don’t know if any of my kids are gay but shit, who cares? I know if they are they’ll be fine with telling me.
Yeah, that whole side of the family is nuts. Like, anti vax, stolen election, dead people coming back in Texas nuts. Honestly, both sides of the family. It’s just a few select members who aren’t.
Yeah it’s not the best metric. Imagine it the other way around and you’re a progressive who came from a crazy religious Conservative family. Should whether they support you impact people’s votes?
It doesn’t have to be a great metric, she’s saying the bar is on the floor for this one. “They don’t agree with me on everything, but they agree with me enough not to vote against me.” That’s as low a bar as anyone can clear, and he doesn’t clear it.
There’s fundamentally 2 reasons why your family wouldn’t support you for President:
It’s not complicated to work out which of these applies to your hypothetical person and which of these applies to RFK, but it would undermine his run to say either out loud.