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darby_nine ◴[] No.40715654[source]
I find it somewhat disturbing that this sort of thing is not considered a career killer for politicians.
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wickedsickeune ◴[] No.40715791[source]
In Greece, we recently elected as representatives for the EU Parliament:

* a 71 year old lady, with no social media and no public speeches ever.

* a guy who used a nickname for his last name, that matched with a military general (who is well known), and many people thought he was the general

* a "journalist" that was caught twice talking on live TV, conversing with a pre-recorded video

* a convicted criminal

It's impressive to manage to fail as a politician.

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FabHK ◴[] No.40715916[source]
While your other examples are damning, I see nothing wrong with an elderly politician without social media profiles.
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sakisv ◴[] No.40715954{3}[source]
You'd be 100% correct if that was the case.

However, the problem is that she is not a politician and she has no public presense whatsoever.

She was chosen by her party, and eventually elected because her last name starts with A which put her near the top of the ballot paper.

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1. FabHK ◴[] No.40715980{4}[source]
Ouch, that's bad!