How did it start? I’m not American so I only get to see the reactions to newspieces commenting that Republicans are hating the weird thing, but have no idea how it’s being used.
As a Minnesotan I’m a little sad that he’s going to be VP. But I understand. He’s been a great governor. Any person that the conservatives give a shitty nickname, you know is doing a great job. Who knew checks notes making sure school children are being fed is such a controversial issue.
From my tiny amount of research eventually it passed through the Dutch layer and ended up as “loose” from those origin points before being adopted into english
When I was a kid, Scholastic did a “kids pick the president” poll. It was 1984 and John Glenn was running. I voted for him because he was an astronaut and The Right Stuff had come out a year before so I also thought he was basically Ed Harris. (I was 7.)
Jesse Jackson won. I was disappointed at the time. I’m not a fan of Jackson’s, but I’d still have taken him over 4 more years of Reagan.
Minnesotan here, been very pleased with the direction of policy and commitment to constituents he’s had. Bummed he won’t be the gov when he’s VP but that’s just me being a little selfish.
That’s great to hear. I’m not American, but you can’t sleep next to an elephant, and not feel when it moves. What happens south of our border definitely influences Canadians, and even their politics. I earnestly hope Harris takes it. She’s got a lot of buzz around her: way more than Biden ever did. She’s a legitimately solid candidate - something we would kill for up here.