Yves right here. I don’t imply to be imply to Tom Neuburger, however this put up provides the robust impression of overexposure to PMC/blue cities varieties.

First, I don’t even remotely see Stewart as honest. He comes off as a typically smarmy performer. Against this, Sanders has all of the allure of your cranky Jewish uncle telling you to take your ft off the espresso desk. The rationale Sanders is widespread is that he’s finger-wagging on behalf of your and the overall good. And he’s acted on his beliefs for many years, staring with being a civil rights protestor in school.

Second, Stewart was a Boomer fixture. I query whether or not he has any pull with the below 40 crowd. Against this, Sanders loved very robust help from younger folks.

I’d wager on Joe Rogan over Stewart when it comes to followership, however Rogan has been so usually (and often unfairly) criticized that he’d be too polarizing to get very far.

The one bit of fine information is I don’t see the promotion of Oprah or Michelle that we did in previous election cycles.

I’ve little question readers will pile on.

By Thomas Neuburger. Initially printed at God’s Spies

His Sanders-authenticity would draw Sanders-style crowds and make him a welcome bane to each events’ institutions.

Bernie Sanders speaks to 10,000 folks in Wisconsin, July 2015.

I’m critical about suggesting that Jon Stewart run for president. Take heed to the following clip. I’m not posting this encounter due to its matter, although gender dysphoria is really critical. I’m posting it due to Stewart’s technique and strategy.

He cuts by BS sooner and higher than anybody else in his enterprise. He’s sharp, he’s quick on his ft, and he’s critical. Be aware his verbal sparring, his deft undercutting, the shock however modulated pivots to accusations of mendacity.

He’d not solely do that to Republicans operating in opposition to him. He’d do the identical to Democrats who acquired in the way in which of doing proper for America. Fake-President Manchin, would get creamed, not coddled and cultivated. Schumer and his despicable cave, for instance, to the Senate Parliamentarian on drug value reform can be handled the identical. Stewart, by his profession, has been an equal alternative offender.

The arguments for:

• He has Sanders-authenticity, the actual factor, not the fake-authentic selection manufactured by PR corporations.
• He’s extra critical about his targets than he’s about his profession.
• He would encourage a Sanders-like following (be aware the picture above, from 2015).
• He’s pretty much as good as we might get in opposition to Trump on the talk stage.

The arguments in opposition to:

• The Democratic institution would work to defeat him at each flip. The antidote to that will be the Sanders-style wind at his again. Lastly, somebody on the left for the actual rebellion to hook to.
• He seems to not need to.
  

  Ummm…No thanks

  — Jon Stewart (@jonstewart) July 9, 2022

  However, I can’t consider a candidate I’d vote extra enthusiastically for than Jon Stewart. In any case, the most effective of this crowd is getting us nowhere.

  We’d like a principled disruptor, Sanders-style. Are you able to consider anybody higher match for the function? Neither can I.