New York Times Columnist Explores Run for Governor

[applegrove]

New York Times Columnist Explores Run for Governor

July 18, 2021 at 9:29 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 36 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/07/18/new-york-times-columnist-explores-run-for-governor/

"SNIP.....

“Nicholas Kristof, the two-time Pulitzer winning columnist for the New York Times, is considering a run for Oregon governor,” Willamette Week reports.

“In recent days, a poll includes Kristof’s name and asks voters how they would feel about a journalist who grew up on a farm running for office. The poll also includes other Democratic hopefuls. Kristof was raised on a sheep and cherry farm in Yamhill County, about an hour southwest of Portland.”

“Contacted about the poll, Kristof says his friends are attempting to recruit him.”

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[applegrove]

1. Brilliant guy but with a common touch ability to connect. Is it too soon to hope

he runs for President some day?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

8. Not interested in a president who loves sweatshops and holds sex workers in contempt.

[msfiddlestix]

10. ???

Not at all enamored by him, but my take on him was someone with humanitarian values.

Hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that he loves sweatshops and hold sex workers in contempt.

Interesting, and surprising.

[LuckyLib]

2. Oregon would be lucky to have him.

Smart, informed, and a huge supporter of education for and rights of women all over the world.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

9. His description of the death of Michael Brown as "ambiguous and uncertain" will certainly play well

there.

[regnaD kciN]

3. Just as long as it isn't The Ever-Fatuous David Brooks...

[Basic LA]

5. Brooks is a Chuckle-Talker.

Ever notice? He chuckles, always inappropriately, as he talks. Drives me nuts, along with everything he says.

[tanyev]

6. LOL. That is the perfect description of him.

Drives me nuts, too.

[PSPS]

4. A governor with no experience in governing? Pass.

Left or right, I grow tired of people thinking jobs like governor or president are entry-level positions to be treated like a reality show.

[msfiddlestix]

11. Fully agree.

Hate for a neighboring state to go there.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

7. Oh god no. The hubris.