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Pig Bodine's avatar

Pragmatism without capitulation does exist.

I am thoroughly convinced Mamdani could have gotten ACA passed with universal health care intact.

Marycat2021's avatar

Who under the age of 80 still says "co-ed"?

Permanently Confused@68's avatar

Now now. If we keep rubbing the donald's face in it he may wise-up to the fact he's being played.

Trump "wising up". LOL. I'm killin' me!

DemoCat's avatar

I suppose the stakes are too high to just binge on ice cream and hope for cardiac infarctions, his or our own. Savvy Democrats know that the only path to success in this dark era is to massage the president’s cankles, as much as nobody wants to do that. Judgment, or simply darkness, will come for him someday, but until then, if you want to keep your funding, or your citizens safe from ICE, I suppose you have to resort to flattery, and outsmart him like the Project 2025 ghouls are doing. Whether it’s for good or for cruelty acts, the only way to the keys to the government is to fumble around for them in Trump’s pants. He wants you to look, he likes it. You can either call him a filthy fascist and have your schools and hospitals defunded, or you can roll up your sleeves and play find-the-keys.

I Stedman's avatar

I could settle for Mamdani as "Senate Majority Leader" for about twenty years.

Permanently Confused@68's avatar

Wouldn't house leader be a more powerful position?

I Stedman's avatar

Perhaps. Speaker of the House is 3rd in line for the Presidency, but being Speaker does not require a majority - you don't even have to be a Representative to be elected Speaker - and I was hoping to imply a majority of sane and reasonably intelligent people in the Senate for twenty years as well.

Goonemeritus's avatar

Mamdani seems to have skills.

NH is for 🦡🍄🐍's avatar

I have thought many times through the last 647 years of Grampa Assmouth’s regimes that if the right people could get his ear he could literally be a half-decent president. Because he’s got his Kult tied around his finger, and they would literally do or say or believe anything he tells them to. We know he has zero interest in anything unless it strokes his ego or lines his pockets. But if Steven “Wormtongue” Miller could be gotten out of the way (the fate of the original springs to mind), and someone like Mamdani could take over the role of Rasputin, the Assmouth could be manipulated for good instead of evil.

He would tell his followers that public housing and medical care for all are good things, and that immigrants contribute more to the country than they cost, and people have a right to live as human beings no matter their race or sex or religion. And they would say “He is so right! He’s been saying this for years! Why are the libs only now listening?!?” And we would nod our heads sadly and tell them how sorry we were for ever doubting him.

Ellie still in the mix in 26's avatar

Mayor Mamdani proved to the world that all it takes to get cooperation from the Big Fool in the White House, is a little flattery.

Mavenmaven's avatar

"It's Not A Co-ed..."

a part of the succesful freeing of Emiya Aghayeva may involve that she's an attractive influencer with a big following, that might have worked on Trump.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/who-is-ellie-aghayeva-columbia-university-student-briefly-detained-by-ice-agents-11143258

Runfastandwin's avatar

predictions usually are wrong, but, I'm gonna say NYC never sees a penny.

eo's avatar

Depends upon whether the Mayor promised to put Trump's name on the building

Rosy Fidel's avatar

Good on Mayor Mamdani! I just wish he'd kept his promise about the homeless sweeps...

Bitter Scribe's avatar

Guess who said all these things?

11/29/11: "In order to get elected Barack Obama will start a war with Iran."

1/17/12: "Barack Obama will attack Iran to get re-elected."

10/9/12: "Now that Obama's poll numbers are in tailspin - watch for him to launch a strike on Libya or Iran. He is desperate."

9/16/13: "I predict that President Obama will at some point start a war with Iran in order to save face!"

11/11/13: "Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly - not skilled!"

If you want to know what Trump is about to do, just look at whatever he accuses his opponents of doing.

Lynn Veit's avatar

Oooooohhhh, the irony....and crows of idiots believed every word.

Notorious J.I.M.'s avatar

2/28/26: "I knew Iran was gonna get attacked at some point!"

Free beach's avatar

02/28/26. “ the United States began major combat operations in Iran”

-Jeffery Epstein

Demme Epstein Fatale's avatar

My Israeli in laws have been in and out of bomb shelters all day.