Anonymous wrote:Here are the others campaigning for the seat:
Micah Lasher, 43, a state assemblyman and Nadler protégé from the West Side
Alex Bores, 35, a state assemblyman from the East Side
Jami Floyd, 61, a veteran journalist and lawyer
Alan Pardee, 58, a former financial executive
Erik Bottcher, 46, a West Side City Council member
Liam Elkind, a 26-year-old nonprofit founder, announced his campaign before Mr. Nadler said he would retire.

Anonymous wrote:And as far as qualifications - Schlossberg has a JD-MBA and has been a Senate page and Senate intern. His grand uncle and godfather was the lion of the Senate when he was a kid, and he has multiple cousins who have been Congressmen. Lots of folks run successfully for Congress with less prior experience of the institution than he has. AOC was a bartender and she’s done very well for her district.

Nevermind MTG and Boebert and any other number of House members who had zero prior political experience before running.

Really, what a silly assertion.

Anonymous wrote:Can you guys run anything else on a ticket besides lawyers?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you “excited” about this? What about this man makes him qualified, OP? No thanks, to more unqualified rich men getting elected into office. This guy lives in a bubble just like Trump. We need real people.

OP here.

Are you fully ignorant of American history? Some of the greatest politicians we’ve had, who’ve done the most for regular American people, were nepo babies with silver spoons in their mouths at birth.

Ever heard of Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

ANY American citizen has the right to run for public office, and I’ve got more confidence in a young lawyer who comes from a storied political family responsible for civil rights and voting rights advances as well as being largely responsible for the Affordable Care Act and who has access to great wealth and thus no need to grift like the current occupant of the White House and too many members of Congress have done.

Why don’t you just come right out and say you hate the Kennedys and the agenda they’ve historically stood for, which is mostly about improving the lives of working class and minority Americans.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you “excited” about this? What about this man makes him qualified, OP? No thanks, to more unqualified rich men getting elected into office. This guy lives in a bubble just like Trump. We need real people.

Like it or not, it takes money to run for office--our elected officials will be disproportionately rich until the campaign finance system changes (not happening anytime soon). Jack Schlossberg has called out his crazy brain worm cousin RFK Jr. and he seems like a smart enough person, and it's good for younger people to reinvigorate the Democratic party.

I'm not a NYer anymore, but I think it's a good thing he's running.

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Anonymous wrote:He's a total nut, he has a lot of growing up to do if he wants to taken seriously.

Pretty sure this is his public image. He is not a serious person, he's a flake, his family is insane with prime example being RFK Jr. His mom is another story. She ought to run for president.

Why do you say Caroline ought to run for President? How old are you? I am assuming you are on the younger side and missed the brief time when she tried to run for the NY senate seat?

Actually, I'm probably much older than you, haha.

On a more serious note, the comment was mostly rhetorical. However, Caroline co-wrote two books with Ellen Alderman, which explore our democracy. The titles are, In Our Defense: The Bill of Rights in Action (1991) and The Right To Privacy (1995). These are subjects we as Americans should be very concerned about in an era where our civil rights are being trampled. When I searched for the titles of these books, I learned she has written quite a few books in a wide range of subjects. She has also served as ambassador to Australia and Japan. So she is not a lightweight, even if she has not served in office.

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Anonymous wrote:He's a total nut, he has a lot of growing up to do if he wants to taken seriously.

Pretty sure this is his public image. He is not a serious person, he's a flake, his family is insane with prime example being RFK Jr. His mom is another story. She ought to run for president.

Why do you say Caroline ought to run for President? How old are you? I am assuming you are on the younger side and missed the brief time when she tried to run for the NY senate seat?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you “excited” about this? What about this man makes him qualified, OP? No thanks, to more unqualified rich men getting elected into office. This guy lives in a bubble just like Trump. We need real people.

OP here.

Are you fully ignorant of American history? Some of the greatest politicians we’ve had, who’ve done the most for regular American people, were nepo babies with silver spoons in their mouths at birth.

Ever heard of Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

ANY American citizen has the right to run for public office, and I’ve got more confidence in a young lawyer who comes from a storied political family responsible for civil rights and voting rights advances as well as being largely responsible for the Affordable Care Act and who has access to great wealth and thus no need to grift like the current occupant of the White House and too many members of Congress have done.

Why don’t you just come right out and say you hate the Kennedys and the agenda they’ve historically stood for, which is mostly about improving the lives of working class and minority Americans.