Re: Election 2020
Posted: Sat June 29, 2019 7:33 pm
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I wonder how Harris will respond to the inevitable “fucked her way to the top” sexist attack heading her way in the fall.cutuphalfdead wrote:I get the same feeling.Green Habit wrote:I think that if anyone can overcome that sexism, it's Harris. I worry that Warren and Gillibrand are going to struggle more in overcoming that.Peeps wrote:harris to me seems the clear cut choice
the problem is people are going to see her as overbearing and opinionated and get turned off by it because when those traits are in a woman its bad but in a male it's hes got his shit together
It’s long been a key part of the Rick Steves’ walking tourbart wrote:Who among us hasn’t made fun of a gay waiter in Seattle? It’s right up there with the fish market and the space needle.
I look forward to CNN’s earnest panel discussion that says this is just an incredibly ugly attack, but also Harris has failed to adequately “put this to rest.”Bi_3 wrote:I wonder how Harris will respond to the inevitable “fucked her way to the top” sexist attack heading her way in the fall.cutuphalfdead wrote:I get the same feeling.Green Habit wrote:I think that if anyone can overcome that sexism, it's Harris. I worry that Warren and Gillibrand are going to struggle more in overcoming that.Peeps wrote:harris to me seems the clear cut choice
the problem is people are going to see her as overbearing and opinionated and get turned off by it because when those traits are in a woman its bad but in a male it's hes got his shit together
The world has to have prosecutors. I've seen some articles criticizing her work, and that's valid, but I'm not going to dismiss her solely because she held the position.verb_to_trust wrote:The thing with Harris that turns me off is her role as a prosecutor.
I generally agree. However, for those like verb and JuanHamm, here's a longread that goes in their favor.B wrote:The world has to have prosecutors. I've seen some articles criticizing her work, and that's valid, but I'm not going to dismiss her solely because she held the position.verb_to_trust wrote:The thing with Harris that turns me off is her role as a prosecutor.
what do you mean by role? like her previous job? or what you perceive to be her method of systematically picking apart other candidates' ludicrous statements/positions?verb_to_trust wrote:The thing with Harris that turns me off is her role as a prosecutor.
You're a lawyer. You know what I'm getting at. She wasn't at all progressive as a prosecutor and only jumped on the bandwagon of criminal justice reform as a way to frame herself better as a presidential candidate.Chris_H_2 wrote:what do you mean by role? like her previous job? or what you perceive to be her method of systematically picking apart other candidates' ludicrous statements/positions?verb_to_trust wrote:The thing with Harris that turns me off is her role as a prosecutor.
that's not a us attorney's job thoughverb_to_trust wrote:You're a lawyer. You know what I'm getting at. She wasn't at all progressive as a prosecutor and only jumped on the bandwagon of criminal justice reform as a way to frame herself better as a presidential candidate.Chris_H_2 wrote:what do you mean by role? like her previous job? or what you perceive to be her method of systematically picking apart other candidates' ludicrous statements/positions?verb_to_trust wrote:The thing with Harris that turns me off is her role as a prosecutor.
Ok. I give up.Chris_H_2 wrote:that's not a us attorney's job thoughverb_to_trust wrote:You're a lawyer. You know what I'm getting at. She wasn't at all progressive as a prosecutor and only jumped on the bandwagon of criminal justice reform as a way to frame herself better as a presidential candidate.Chris_H_2 wrote:what do you mean by role? like her previous job? or what you perceive to be her method of systematically picking apart other candidates' ludicrous statements/positions?verb_to_trust wrote:The thing with Harris that turns me off is her role as a prosecutor.
Insofar as I support electoral politics in general, I agree with this, but maybe in an inverse way. It's specifically what Kamala did in that position that makes me wary, more than the position itself.B wrote:The world has to have prosecutors. I've seen some articles criticizing her work, and that's valid, but I'm not going to dismiss her solely because she held the position.verb_to_trust wrote:The thing with Harris that turns me off is her role as a prosecutor.
liebzz wrote:What is starting to knock her down my list lately is walking back the things she said at the debate:
1) raises her hand for Medicare for All, including replacing private health insurance, when the winds a blowing, then says she didn’t mean it the next day.
2) cross-examines Biden on busing, then backs off and says busing should be optional in the last few days - I mean why take down Biden on that issue when that seems to be his exact stance?
At this point, while I may not be as far left in some aspects of my political views, Warren is at the top of my list today with Buttigieg second. We’ll see what the next few weeks and next debate bring. Thankfully, I have about a year until I need to make up my mind.