I love Jon Stewart as much as the next guy. I think he could do a better job than Trump is doing, but that’s setting a very low bar. Surely there’s someone more qualified than comedy news host John Stewart.

Literally 0 lessons learned. Lmao. The US is so fucked

I’d want someone to represent the populace, not the power. I’d want them to be competent in how society works more so than how money works. I’d want them to have both compassion and charisma. Changes should piss off the minority of the electorate, not the majority. Change should be progressive and forward thinking not the old…“How can we capitalize on this and produce a revenue stream?”. I don’t care if they are famous or not. That being said, I do like to be entertained. I am really tired of the sell, sell, sell business shit that goes on nowadays. Hell, you can’t even write and perform a nice pop song anymore without automatically having a new scent and a clothing line. Hawks everywhere, picking apart the dying corpse of mother earth.

Why the fuck are people so obsessed with celebrities? Elect someone actually competent for the job. Idiots.

JB Pritzker is doing pretty good for IL rn I think he could be a great candidate, he actually seems like a decent guy.

Eh, I trust Stewart’s motivations, but not necessarily his judgment. I listened to him interview Ezra Klein and Stewart fell for his neoliberal Abundance bullshit without any pushback of critical thought. I could see him getting led astray by some of the same Democratic hacks that destroyed the party.

Well, the Ukrainians elected a comedian and got a true leader.

It’s so cute that Americans think there will be a 2028 election.

Why the fuck not

Jon needs to run as a Democrat, and he needs Colbert to be his running mate ars a Republican for teh lulz

Whoa, this thread has the most comments I’ve ever seen on Lemmy, I think.

But we like Jon Stewart. Why ruin a good thing?

A lot of people here are condemning celebrity in US politics, and I get it… but at this point in time we might need someone who is already famous yet consistent and trustworthy. Stewart has shown himself to be a good person for decades. He’s also politically informed, progressive, and whip smart.

We need a candidate who wants real change for the betterment of the working class. Somehow people thought that was Trump… I guess because he said he would be, a few times? And people were hoping hard? And not looking at his track record at all? Also racism? More importantly though: people didn’t think that candidate was Harris, who got pushed through by the Democratic party and ran an uninspiring campaign. Those people didn’t vote. Those people were excited about candidates like Bernie, who’s track record on class issues is indefatigable. Those people could potentially be excited about Jon Stewart tearing shit down for the actually betterment of the poor, and might trust that he would try.

That’s my read, anyway. A Mamdani could come along and stir up some real enthusiasm, but I think it’s harder for a no-name without a proven record to win a national election. Last time that happened we ended up with Obama, and people still feel burned by his lack of progressive action.

I’d normally say “hells no, stop electing celebrities!” but this is a person who is actually politically informed (savvy even) and at this point possibly bthenonoy person why might get the US out of this miserable shit it’s in and on to a path towards an actual representative democracy.

If anything, Jon Stewart might be the only person able to get the US to stop electing celebrities in the first place

So yeah, Jon 2028!