Actress Cynthia Nixon of Sex and the City to run for NY Governor

[kyc0705]

Go, Cynthia! Enthusiastically endorsed because of her powerful qualification of Not Being Andrew Cuomo.

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What exactly are her qualifications to be Governor? Like Cuomo or not, Nixon is not qualified to be Governor of a state. You don't just reach for an executive office without any political experience.

This is a silly argument. Perhaps the case can be made that there would be an "experience gap" for somebody running for president without any prior career in government, but offices below that are increasingly less relevant to that point. What "qualifies" someone to run for Congress? For statewide office? For mayor? For city council?

Why is Cynthia Nixon's extensive history as a political activist irrelevant? It's nearly as much a part of her public profile as acting.

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^^^ This is your brain on technocracy.

Oh please, leave the conspiratorial thinking behind and come up with a good reason why an actress with no government experience is prepared to be Governor?

What about my post, exactly, qualifies as conspiratorial? How utterly bizarre.

That there is some technocracy behind the scenes controlling everyone's moves. I've seen that sort of nonsense on Twitter.

And where did he say that in his post?

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it's pointless arguing about it.

You can't accuse somebody of propagating conspiracy theories, like you did with AndrewCA, and then try to weasel your way out of further discussion.

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"Qualification" is the most overused and the most meaningless word in the political lexicon.

Trump would agree.

James Buchanan was said to be perhaps the most qualified individual to ever become President. Anyway, how exactly would you define "qualifications"?

Precisely. That's why candidates need to be evaluated as individuals, rather than blanket dismissals or approvals. History shows us this:

Buchanan: State legislator, 5 term Congressman, Judiciary Committee Chair, diplomat to two countries, U.S. Senator, Secretary of State.

Lincoln: State legislator, 1 term Congressman.

Trump had no political experience, and he had 40 years in the public sphere as a bigoted, dishonest, and irresponsible self-aggrandizing blowhard. That was why the red flags were there immediately.

At least having some sort of government position of authority that involves decision making whether it be appointed or elected.

The use of power and decision-making is replicable across all walks of life and all professional fields. Politics just happens to be more visible. Ultimately, politicians are just as self-interested as everyone else, and there's no guarantee that they're automatically more "qualified" to handle a particular office.

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This isn't even about ideology, it's about not turning government into yet another outlet of show business.

You're way too late if you want to stop that. By upwards of a century, if not more. I think you're buying too much into the notion that politicians are autonomous policy experts who genuinely want to improve the well-being of anyone besides the people who will vote for them. Most of the grunt work is done by unelected bureaucrats in the inner-circle of an elected official.

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What exactly are her qualifications to be Governor? Like Cuomo or not, Nixon is not qualified to be Governor of a state. You don't just reach for an executive office without any political experience.

This is a silly argument. Perhaps the case can be made that there would be an "experience gap" for somebody running for president without any prior career in government, but offices below that are increasingly less relevant to that point. What "qualifies" someone to run for Congress? For statewide office? For mayor? For city council?

Why is Cynthia Nixon's extensive history as a political activist irrelevant? It's nearly as much a part of her public profile as acting.

She simply doesn't have enough experience being a corrupt establishment hack, duh.

It's not even about that. If this was a Republican actor or actress with no experience in government entering the race I think more people on the board would be of my opinion. This isn't even about ideology, it's about not turning government into yet another outlet of show business.

Do you argue this when Al Franken ran for Senate?

I never really followed that race, but considering how his tenure ended it would have been better to have someone else in that office.

Does anyone know if this is more of a red herring fallacy or a post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy? I like to be precise with terminology.

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Im not the biggest fan of Cuomo but but he's done a decent job as governor and I see no reason to oust him in favor of a actress with no political experience and zero qualifications. Being Governor is a monumental job and is not something we should just handover on a whim. Trump should be proof of that.

Trump was never the governor of anything. I don't understand the "experience" argument for offices under the presidency, because it's very open to slippery-slope arguments. What office do we decide is entry-level? Congress? State legislatures? City council? The mayor? A Homeowners board?

[kyc0705]

Andrew CUOMO just can't stand it when people enter politics solely off their name recognition:

[kyc0705]

She just put out a video where she talks about legalizing marijuana, and she is nOT PLAYING AROUND:

http://twitter.com/CynthiaNixon/status/984070632588627968

[kyc0705]

I don't understand why some people don't run for lieutenant governor if they live in states with separate primaries. Cynthia Nixon and Julián Castro are good examples, as they'd have a very realistic chance of becoming their respective governor's deputy.

And then they could start methodically plotting the governor's downfall and assume power in a vicious, underground coup. Honestly, that sounds way more fun than just running for the top spot.

[kyc0705]

https://twitter.com/CynthiaNixon/status/984260567027404802

AND MONSANTO REPLIED TO IT LMFAO

omg

https://twitter.com/MonsantoCo/status/984472344545648647

[kyc0705]

NYT: Cuomo Plans to Restore Voting Rights to Paroled Felons

And a perfect observation of this whole primary race:
https://twitter.com/MarkHarrisNYC/status/986640215400837120

[kyc0705]

With the way things are going, I think New York needs a gubernatorial election with RCV way more than Maine does right now

[kyc0705]

Queen

https://twitter.com/jstein_wapo/status/1022489611355004929?s=21

https://twitter.com/bentnode/status/1022502519589744646