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CK_John

(10,005 posts) Sat Oct 8, 2016, 04:53 PM Oct 2016

Pence can forget about 2020, the candidates then will be, IMO, Melinda Gates and

Travis Kalanick.

It will be age of the Millennials leading the band and the gen-X people running for office like Senators Musk, Bezos, Cuban, and Cook.

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Pence can forget about 2020, the candidates then will be, IMO, Melinda Gates and (Original Post) CK_John Oct 2016 OP

Why would you expect these unknowns to have the weight for national office in 4 years? splat Oct 2016 #1

Everybody on the globe knows who they are and they know every head of state in the world. CK_John Oct 2016 #2

I know Gates, Bezos, Musk and Cuban... TheDebbieDee Oct 2016 #5

All but Musk are in their 50s, not Milennials n/t splat Oct 2016 #13

Musk was born in South Africa so he isn't eligible. nt okaawhatever Oct 2016 #17

Never heard of Travis Kalanick. GeorgeGist Oct 2016 #3

Founder and owner of UBER. CK_John Oct 2016 #4

Kalanick is a libertarian asshole. alarimer Oct 2016 #6

I'm not too sure what parties will be formed between now and 2020. CK_John Oct 2016 #11

Another over the top prediction. nt Codeine Oct 2016 #16

Aren't the Gates Democrats? wheniwasincongress Oct 2016 #7

2020 Clinton will win her second term. n/t JTFrog Oct 2016 #8

+1 OnDoutside Oct 2016 #9

Running in a hellish wasteland of 270% unemployment Codeine Oct 2016 #10

Bank on it Godhumor Oct 2016 #12

And endless upgrades n/m ProudToBeBlueInRhody Oct 2016 #15

Surely in 2020, the candidates will be 2 AI robots muriel_volestrangler Oct 2016 #14

splat

(2,294 posts)

1. Why would you expect these unknowns to have the weight for national office in 4 years?

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 04:59 PM

Oct 2016

Name recognition matters. Travis who?

CK_John

(10,005 posts)

2. Everybody on the globe knows who they are and they know every head of state in the world.

Reply to splat (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 05:07 PM

Oct 2016

TheDebbieDee

(11,119 posts)

5. I know Gates, Bezos, Musk and Cuban...

Reply to splat (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 05:48 PM

Oct 2016

All are extremely wealthy and have pristine characters... So far!

splat

(2,294 posts)

13. All but Musk are in their 50s, not Milennials n/t

Reply to TheDebbieDee (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 07:58 PM

Oct 2016

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)

17. Musk was born in South Africa so he isn't eligible. nt

Reply to TheDebbieDee (Reply #5)

Sun Oct 9, 2016, 12:03 AM

Oct 2016

GeorgeGist

(25,321 posts)

3. Never heard of Travis Kalanick.

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 05:22 PM

Oct 2016

CK_John

(10,005 posts)

4. Founder and owner of UBER.

Reply to GeorgeGist (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 05:24 PM

Oct 2016

alarimer

(16,245 posts)

6. Kalanick is a libertarian asshole.

Reply to CK_John (Original post)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 05:51 PM

Oct 2016

Which I suppose is what the Republicans deserve. But the rest of us don't.

CK_John

(10,005 posts)

11. I'm not too sure what parties will be formed between now and 2020.

Reply to alarimer (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 8, 2016, 06:07 PM

Oct 2016

My point is that politics will be totally different.

The Millennials see the world as chaos and mean, and they react accordingly.

They are not in a box so they think outside it.