I'm not, sorry! but yeah legislature can pass a law changing how the interem senator is assigned and because Dems have the supermajority the Republican Governor can be bypassed if he vetos.
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Democratic Presidential Primaries & Caucuses |March OT| Last Tuesday was 1000 years ago, old news no one cares about (Discussion Guidelines in OP)
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User Banned (Until July 22): Inflammatory Point of Comparison and Second Violation of the Primary OT Staff Post with Regards to Metacommentary
The same people repeating the "mean things in Twitter" line probably would have been fine with GamerGate. Just because you haven't experienced unimaginable vitriol and harassment doesn't mean it hasn't been out there, and it's discerning how much people are willing to dismiss online harassment because in the name of furthering their own ideals.
This whole "unity" thing is already off to a great start. I don't even think anyone has even moved on from 2016 here.
Kamela. I'm definitely not confident enough to lose my glorious avatar over it though.
A man so inspiring, we forgot how to spell his name after 3 years.
And that's absolutely not a knock against you.
Tim Kaine makes vanilla ice cream look exotic.
Yeah, the vitriol sucked and you are absolutely fair to feel angry about it, but to paint every supporter, including those who didn't involve themselves in these threads as "deserving" of toxicity because "they didn't do enough" isn't it.
Same. I actually think she's be a good VP, but in terms of adding something to the campaign, I think she'd be Kaine 2.0.
Doesn't matter, Bernie has to go above and beyond this. Wait a minute, Kamala's Khive was worse? Christy Smith actively courted them and didn't condemn them? This can't be happening. We're clearly not using this as a way to beat on our political opponents for political reasons.
*crickets
They were having all sorts of issues weren't they with election judges missing etc?
I think it's going to be her or Abrams honestly.
I don't see Warren or Harris at all.
Didn't a few red states straight up cancel their GOP primaries?
It's a general observation. I see plenty of people downplay unacceptable behavior on social media around here when it "favors" their preferred candidate.
As someone who was personally affected by GG to the point where it mentally scarred me, don't do this comparison.
I have to stop myself from getting too excited cause America loves kicking you in the teeth
They're trying to blame Bernie even though there is more than 1 race happening and that wouldn't change with Bernie dropping out. Better to blame Bernie than the leadership. And this is someone who would welcome Bernie to drop out as he lost already.
It will never be enough, and it was never really about that. All they've wanted is for him to drop out
name some names if you're going to throw out this inflammatory nonsense
I realize we're all theorycrafting here, but the one thing that's objectively true about Joe Biden is that he wants a VP he likes and trusts, because that was literally his jam.
It's honestly going to be the woman he gets along with best. Maybe that's Abrams; maybe that's Gretchen Whitmer. I don't think it'll be Amy or Harris, because I can't imagine either of them putting up with Biden's personality, and they certainly wouldn't be able to hide it.
It's honestly going to be the woman he gets along with best. Maybe that's Abrams; maybe that's Gretchen Whitmer. I don't think it'll be Amy or Harris, because I can't imagine either of them putting up with Biden's personality, and they certainly wouldn't be able to hide it.
Well, after ST Biden was coronated.
Because he won overwhelmingly.
Yeah I saw mentions of that on social media + polling locations being shuttered like crazy. Can't really read anything into it at all but it's still crazy that states like FL and AZ are going to increase turnout amidst this pandemic.
This, I hope one day Bernie fans will understand. It isn't the policies or ideas that people rejected, it's the messenger.
Definitely. Hoping for Castro, Duckworth or Grisham at this point. Abrams too but that is probably too complicated.
edit - why did I say Castro ugh.
Everyone saying, "we don't forget how bernie supporters acted", but do you think bernie supporters will forget how you're acting now, and you still need help to take on Trump.
It's shortsighted, move on and focus on Trump.
I sympathize greatly. Nobody should be targeted and victimized on social media, which is the point I'm making. Downplaying the way people were negatively treated on social media is completely unacceptable. You shouldn't be dismissing the people saying they were victimized and should instead be aggressively demonizing the people doing the harassment.
That is a violation of the forum rules and contributes nothing to the conversation, so no I won't.
After Castro contributed to the right wing biden dementia narrative at that debate? I should think not.
Perhaps you should have considered that line of reasoning before comparing people to gamer gaters for supporting bernie? What did that contribute?
So it seems a VP's power and influence has varied dramatically historically speaking and Biden felt that Cheney was way out of line in the amount of influence he held.
I wonder if Warren wouldn't have more influence and power as a cabinet member to actually manage any crisis?
I think Duckworth is a stronger dark horse than people give her credit for.
I imagine Biden's going to pick an older (but not too old) woman just because it increases the likelihood they could talk about things. I think Duckworth has a story of triumph after personal loss, as well one of consistent public (especially military) service, that would resonate with Joe because of his own life and because of his son, who also served in the Army like she did.
I earnestly believe that these things are going to matter more to Biden than "Stacey Abrams may put Georgia in play." It very well could be Abrams! But that would mean she and Joe got along--I can't see him picking someone purely for political reasons or for something as fuzzy as "balancing the ticket."
gamergate was lead by alt right 4chan types, how the hell would leftists be fine with that. please, explain
I don't think there's a clear front runner.
Klob doesn't appeal to anyone at all outside of her home state, and MN is going D regardless of who is on the ballot.
Warren's senate seat is unsafe if she steps away. She needs to hold it for Dems to have a chance at control.
Harris's seat is safe and she's a good pick in most ways, but CA is going D anyway, and she's also a strong pick for Attorney General instead.
Abrams has a weak national profile and the deep south is locked Trump country, but otherwise she checks most of the boxes.
At this point what states does Bernie win for him to keep this charade going
His camp releasing a statement is not the same as the man going on camera and saying cut the shit
My post made no mention of Leftists, Bernie Sanders, or any other specific candidate or their supporters.
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