BurtReynolds wrote:I think no longer having to pretend to like a shambling corpse is quite the weight off one's shoulders.
Jorge wrote:
4/5 wrote:Kinda surprised how excited RM is for Kamala Harris at the moment.
Dems on the whole seem positively elated. I think people went into a deep depression after that first debate and they kind of forgot what it felt like to think they had a chance.
Both fair points.
While better than the Corpse of Joe Biden, she isn't a particularly good candidate. That, combined with the total lack of democracy and any process to choose a candidate or at least let one candidate obtain some popular support within the party before crowning her...idk seems like this whole thing was handled about as badly as it could have been.
"I want to see the whole picture--as nearly as I can. I don't want to put on the blinders of 'good and bad,' and limit my vision."-- In Dubious Battle
I was hoping for a complete reimagining of the ticket when Biden stepped down, and was not at all enthusiastic about Harris…. but the inundation of mediocre stuff like this is making me rethink.
She was the veep candidate in the last election and has been the VP for four years. Amazing to see that they haven’t generated anything better than slop like “alexa, y didn’t kamala harris just not let russia invade ukraine”
I was hoping for a complete reimagining of the ticket when Biden stepped down, and was not at all enthusiastic about Harris…. but the inundation of mediocre stuff like this is making me rethink.
She was the veep candidate in the last election and has been the VP for four years. Amazing to see that they haven’t generated anything better than slop like “alexa, y didn’t kamala harris just not let russia invade ukraine”
You're reading this as hostile towards the new nominee?
Sure, we slept walked into this Ukraine debacle for 30 years, but I'm sure Harris will sort it out in a weekend (no one)
A fun walk down memory lane for things she was reportedly spearheading at the time but after recent reporting, we have determined she had very little to do with.
Maddening that the media wanted to give her all the accolades for being the point person, kinda of breeze over what was realistically achievable and then totally absolve the admin of any of the negative fallout.
This image is great because people are mocking a person making a sexist comment about Harris, while simultaneously promoting the meme that women can't understand what POV means (because they are incapable of not objectifying themselves). It's art. It should be in as museum.
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This image is great because it makes fun of a person making a sexist comment about Harris, while simultaneously promoting the meme that women can't understand what POV means (because they are incapable of not objectifying themselves). It's art. It should be in as museum.
We gonna retire this?
Some of the commentary from righty female influencers was that women don't watch POV porn and are unfamiliar with the concept. If there's any truth to that, having one's understanding of the world mediated by porn viewing habits to that extent, whew boy.
Bammer wrote:Everyone list the top 3 things you are looking forward to under a Harris presidency.
And your answer cannot contain “first female president” because while yes, that is historic and would be a monumental achievement, it doesn’t count for this question.
Equal pay for equal work
Abolish the pink tax
Make abortions great again
Solve the first one and the second two won’t matter.
The actual irony of this is that running mate selection is always based more on demographics than qualifications. That’s just how it works, man.
George W’s light resume and wild history were seen as weaknesses. Dick Cheney cast a joyless establishment shadow capable of neutralizing those perceptions. Lieberman was more conservative than Clinton, and was a vocal critic of Clinton’s behaviors, so he provided distance from that for Gore. Sarah Palin also exists, therefore I rest my case.
Anybody who tries to tell you that a politician is a DEI hire is either saying “I’m too fucking stupid to know how this works,“ or more likely is saying “I think you’re too fucking stupid to know how this works.“ Probably best not to prove them right.
Of course she's a DEI hire. Most VPs are. They don't give those things out for merit. For that matter, most politicians are. Because most people are identitarians voting by tribe at the end of the day.
Merit only matters in the private sector. Well that and and the Secret Service apparently.
