Sonneborn thinks he’ll do better in the primary than people are expecting. And he measures his campaign’s success another way, too.
“I think if I can get one person who wasn’t involved in the political process before involved now, then my campaign will have been a success,” he said.
What a champ.
Icetown here we come
I can fucking see it happening. All he has to do is run as a Republican and DM Julian Assange
There's a secret buff to running for governor at such a young age. If attack ads come out against you, all you have to do is point out that your opponents are attacking a 14 year old boy. Appeal to the emotions of protective soccer moms!
I kind of want to see him win, just to see what happens.
Well he's got a very bright future ahead of him, what a champ.
I wonder what Trump will nickname him.
If you can think about such a quirk at that age you have some promise
He would genuinely have my vote, he actually seems to be taking this seriously too and something tells me he would honestly be better at governing than 50% of those that apply for the post.
Ethan Sonneborn's record is very sketchy! Criticises me, but never spoke out before the Iraq War. Shameful!
How much will he earn?
One of the four Vermont Democrats seeking the party nomination to run for governor in the fall election isn't old enough to vote, let alone drive.
Backwards use of "let alone" is a pet peeve of mine and I can't believe someone writing for AP would do it.
My new idol. I bow to this child.
My friend did the same thing a few years ago. Except his loophole was "You don't have to be of age to run, only to get elected" or something like that
What do you mean, that looks fine?
Sentence make sense if the age you can drive is younger than the age at which you can vote, which I believe it is in the States.
It's backwards, think about it. It's supposed to go like "He doesn't have *thing*, let alone *prerequisite to thing*". The point is to convey that he is several steps behind, or not even having the prerequisite to the thing they want to have. In America you can drive when you're 16 and Vote when you're 18, so the article got it backwards by listing Vote first.
I feel like that's a bit of an arbitrary rule, the meaning is clear regardless of the ordering
No. That is the case, but the usage is backwards. For example, from Merriam-Webster:
he would never walk again let alone play golf
It means, "This first thing is unlikely, so let alone this second thing (don't even consider it) because if the first thing can't happen, the second definitely can't.
He'd be better at POTUSing than POTUS.
That's what I said about Trump, now I kind of wish I didn't see
Indeed, the phrase "let alone" is for saying something is absurd.
In the sentence, "he can't X, let alone Y", you are asserting that Y is absurd, because X is infeasible. X is a prerequisite for Y, and since X is unachievable, then the very idea of achieving Y is absurd.
Taking the Merriam-Webster example and tweaking it slightly so the structure is more obvious: "He can't even walk, let alone run a marathon." If someone can't walk, then it's absurd to think of them being able to run a marathon.
This is the proper use of "let alone, " and I am surprised at the amount of supposedly-native-English-speakers who aren't aware of this usage.
Think of this exchange:
The pilot is injured, you need to land this airplane.
I don't know how to fly an plane, let alone land one!
The first example is something difficult or unobtainable, while the second is something related but even more difficult or unobtainable. If you say it the other way around I don't know how to land a plane, let alone fly one! it seems to imply that landing is easier than flying. It's a classic case of misuse, like "I couldn't care less" rather than the proper "I could care less."
Bitch imma slap you with a cactus
To be fair, a lot of native speakers make mistakes that foreigners wouldn't, like "would of".
This kid is miles ahead of where I was at age 14. The way he's approaching this is admirable.
Best of luck candidate Sonneborn!
Literally all the children from Little Lamplight high on acid and PCP would be better at governing. The crazy thing is that I'm not even sure my comment here is in jest.
Just want to say that you're a really high quality poster and post a litany of very witty remarks. I enjoy them a lot.
It occurs that in my rush to depart I made a grave error. The examples were placed in the incorrect order, and the mistake had been rectified. I apologize for any distress I have caused.
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He got a Ballotpedia article
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