• lennybird@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Right, anyone who thinks their name and the attention wouldn’t go viral overnight is clueless. It will go something like this:

    BREAKING NEWS: Joe Biden to RESIGN FROM THE PRESIDENCY; ENDORSES GRETECHEN WHITMER

    For 5 weeks:

    MEDIA: omfg omfg omfg omfg

    SOCIAL MEDIA: omfg omfg omfg omfg

    MILLIONS GOOGLE:: “Who is Gretchen Whitmer!?”

    OBAMA, BIDEN, DNC rally behind Whitmer

    WHITMER’S POLLING & NAME-RECOGNITION: Skyrockets

    At convention:

    MEDIA: Omfg omfg omfg

    GRASSROOTS: ENERGIZED.

    Swing-voters: Happy to vote for someone young and a fresh face because we’re America and we like new less boring shit.