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Kamala Harris is Joe Biden's Vice Presidential running mate

Well?

  • For

    Votes: 2,269 81.1%

  • Against

    Votes: 530 18.9%
  • Total voters
    2,799
PlanetSmasher

PlanetSmasher

The Abominable Showman
Member
Oct 25, 2017
115,994
oldboss said:
Cool cool cool cool cool. Someone in bed with the catholic church who chose to ignore victims of sexual assaults and their multiple pleas to reveal the name of their abusers. Awesome. Why are people cheering?!?!
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Because Warren literally never had a shot? It's not like the field was dripping with perfect choices and he picked the worst one, it was a bunch of "well maybe?" options and he picked the one that runs the smallest risk of fucking him or the Senate over.
 
PK Gaming

PK Gaming

Banned
Oct 25, 2017
5,331
Goodstyle said:
I cannot fathom being excited for her considering her awful record as California's AG. Just did everything in her power to punish the poor and protect corrupt trash like Steve Mnuchin. It's going to be sickening watching people pretend this person was a champion of righteous causes when she's been anything but.

Her and Biden are still better than Trump, but God this is bleak.
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This is where i'm at as well

She jailed single black mother's for God's sakes
 
Falore

Falore

Banned
Feb 15, 2019
745
She isn't as qualified as warren was sadly but she is still qualified, will do well at the job and was my 2nd pick. Disappointed it wasnt warren but either way kamala harris will do more good for the country in 1 week as a VP than trump did in his entire 4 years.
 
iksenpets

iksenpets

Member
Oct 26, 2017
6,507
Dallas, TX
Darkmaigle said:
I'm super ok with the posters in here being disappointed in the pick.

because I know each and every one of you is gonna do the right thing come November.
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Kamala's prosecutorial record is super, super disappointing, but her Senate vote record made her pretty much the furthest left of the choices who had a chance with the exception of Warren. I really don't know who people were expecting who would be so much better.
 
StraySheep

StraySheep

Member
Oct 26, 2017
8,299
Honestly I am cool with this. I still preferred Stacey Abrams if we are talking woc, and in my heart really would have wanted it to go to Warren, but I liked Kamala for the most part in the primary, she is a good age, and can probably more than make up for whatever nimbleness Biden lacks.

Also thank God it isnt Rice.
 
Psamtik

Psamtik

Member
Oct 27, 2017
6,885
Kamala's great and can take over immediately if needed. Looking forward to voting for this ticket, and then for one with her at its head down the line.
 
Barzul

Barzul

Member
Oct 25, 2017
1,965
Rice would've lit up Fox and the GOP rank and file for Benghazi 2. Kamala's history is already baked in mostly.
 
Feep

Feep

Lead Designer, Iridium Studios
Verified
Oct 25, 2017
4,607
eebster said:
Well she certainly isn't left. I have to clarify myself, I don't think voters on the left have to be won over, the vast majority of them are gonna vote for Biden regardless and he is gonna win but just this idea that leftist candidates have to accomodate the needs of the moderate voters but not vice versa pisses me off. For months he had to hear and listen how Bernie HAS to pick a moderate running mate. Just think of the poor suburban white moms he would allienate. But nothing about how Biden or other moderates have to appeal to left voters? It's just this constant feeling of the democratic establishment not caring one bit about the needs of their left wing.



https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/moderates-cant-win-white-house/606985/
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This is almost objectively untrue, at least in terms of American politics. Her ideological score during her time in the senate is almost as far left as you can possibly go. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/kamala_harris/412678
 
JABEE

JABEE

Member
Oct 25, 2017
9,860
This was the moment Harris became VP

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www.nbcnews.com

Kamala Harris walks back her hand-up moment on health care

The California senator raised her hand when asked if she'd get rid of private health insurance, but said Friday she misunderstood the question. It wasn't the first time.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
 
Cordy

Cordy

Member
Oct 25, 2017
15,363
Yeah Kamala is gonna straight Jordan dunk on Pence. She's got this. Biden knew what he was doing.
 
Cub3h

Cub3h

Banned
Oct 26, 2017
438
Clyburn on MSNBC, someone give that man a statue. He may well have saved the US by backing Biden in SC.
 
Aaronrules380

Aaronrules380

Avenger
Oct 25, 2017
22,491
eebster said:
Well she certainly isn't left. I have to clarify myself, I don't think voters on the left have to be won over, the vast majority of them are gonna vote for Biden regardless and he is gonna win but just this idea that leftist candidates have to accomodate the needs of the moderate voters but not vice versa pisses me off. For months he had to hear and listen how Bernie HAS to pick a moderate running mate. Just think of the poor suburban white moms he would allienate. But nothing about how Biden or other moderates have to appeal to left voters? It's just this constant feeling of the democratic establishment not caring one bit about the needs of their left wing.



https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/moderates-cant-win-white-house/606985/
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I mean it sucks but the difference here is that there are way more moderates in the US then progressives. And most of those progressives belong to notoriously unreliable demographics who can't be counted on to actually vote even when they like the candidate
 
Servbot24

Servbot24

The Fallen
Oct 25, 2017
43,211
KoopaTheCasual said:
Is this the part of the thread, where we once again have to beat people over the head with the fact that Harris has one of the most progressive voting records in the Senate, beating out Warren and Sanders?
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Narrative overrides fact. For Republicans and Democrats. So much so that the media is often more interested in measuring narrative than they are in reporting facts.
 
Bigg

Bigg

Member
Oct 25, 2017
6,641
It's less that I'm excited about Harris and more I'm just relieved it's not Rice. I don't love Harris but she's a safe pick who makes sense strategically and picking Rice and bringing Benghazi back into the national conversation would have been a disaster.
 
Zornack

Zornack

Member
Oct 29, 2017
1,134
Got a little worried with some of the names that were popping up last minute. Glad it's Harris.
 

jviggy43

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Oct 28, 2017
18,184
syndicalist said:
Good for her, but I don't understand the hype. A California liberal appeals to nobody but the already established based.
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She has a progressive voting record so outside of Warren was arguably the best choice but yeah, strategically not sure how this is going to appeal to the midwest states. Further shes not exactly super popular with progressives either.
 
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