The backbone of the Democratic Party, old black women, are going to love Pete once they get to know him
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The backbone of the Democratic Party, old black women, are going to love Pete once they get to know him
Do you make highlight reals for college sports?
I think Harris against not-Mother Pence would be pretty effective and amusing, but she kind of would be wasted as a VP.I'm sure I understand the point of Warren / Sanders or Sanders / Warren. They're incredibly similar. Both are fine on top of the ticket but I'm not sure what one adds to the other. Booker, or Beto, or Pete all have more value as VPs, if you ask me.
And before anyone asks, my girl Kamala loses a lot of value as VP. Her killing Trump in the debates, and scaring the shit out of him is a huge part of her value, that she won't be able to offer as VP.
I still want to see her win, even if that window looks to be closing right now, barring a great showing in the next debate.
The backbone of the Democratic Party, old black women, are going to love Pete once they get to know him
I mean, if Sanders is at the top of the ticket is anyone who would tell you that they're really concerned about "reforming society into something more equitable" going to think "well maybe he's not that serious since he picked someone more moderate as VP"? That's his whole thing. And Warren's, although I can at least imagine some Sanders dead-enders basically thinking that anyone other than Sanders is inherently not serious. But 2016 is pretty good evidence that there aren't many of these people, and you have to figure there will be even fewer protest (non)votes this time.The Warren/Sanders, Sanders/Warren ticket will signal that they're serious about reforming society into something more equitable.
Do you disbelieve the claim? I'm sure Donald Trump not only has Russian oligarch's co-signing loans for him, they're directly lending him money, legally and illegally. O'Donnell broke a story prematurely and without corroboration, but I think that information will eventually be revealed in one of the many investigations into Trump's finances. Maybe as a result of Trump suing for defamation, which is a thing he would actually do if he were innocent. Any day now.Fuck you O'Donnell, you stupid motherfucker. Can you imagine the headlines if this ever goes to trial? Fuck.
At least no other outlet ran with it as far as I know so the damage is hopefully contained.
Do you disbelieve the claim? I'm sure Donald Trump not only has Russian oligarch's co-signing loans for him, they're directly lending him money, legally and illegally. O'Donnell broke a story prematurely and without corroboration, but I think that information will eventually be revealed in one of the many investigations into Trump's finances. Maybe as a result of Trump suing for defamation, which is a thing he would actually do if he were innocent. Any day now.
probably because she seems more likely to win iowa, but i do think posters are being a little too flip about her not interesting black voters. just saying "don't worry it'll work itself out" is a real bad recipe y'all!!
And before anyone asks, my girl Kamala loses a lot of value as VP. Her killing Trump in the debates, and scaring the shit out of him is a huge part of her value, that she won't be able to offer as VP.
I don't know if this was posted but I hope Age of Trump never gets mentioned in history books.
Most people who are skeptical of Mayor Pete's electability with Black voters versus Warren's stems from things like this, back in June:Thank you. Yeah that's basically my point.
With Mayor Pete it's like, "Oh with his 0%, he's got serious problems with black voters! He got no pathway to the nomination!"
But with Warren, it's like "Oh her 1-2% with black voters, don't worry about it, they'll just automatically fall in line after Iowa. Look at Obama!"
Nevermind that Warren isn't a historic black Presidential candidate and the circumstances are completely different. Let's just pretend Warren doesn't need to do anything to earn black voters, and they'll just flock to her after Iowa.
I think some of you need a reminder that black turnout was down in 2016 (lowest since 2000). Black voters don't just automatically follow whoever wins Iowa and becomes the nominee.
Don't worry, there's still a few of us riding on Team Kamala. I agree she's officially lost her frontrunner status since I don't think she's polling in double digits in any major poll in the past month. Her overall chances have definitely gone down, but she's still a dark horse candidate. She just needs Biden to stumble because I think there's quite a bit of overlap in their constituency, which is why when she had her debate bump, she went up and he immediately went down. And once Biden recovered, his poll numbers went back up and hers went back down to earth. I see Kamala and Biden occupying the same lane, but it's just Biden is dominating it so much right now. She won't get any oxygen unless Biden has another "My time is up." moment.
And yeah, Kamala may not be as good as a debater as Biden in his prime, but Prime Biden is long gone. I think right now Kamala is probably best equipped to take on Trump both in the debates and on the stump. I think she's a very strong GE candidate if she could actually make it. Harris is an alpha-dog, so you lose a lot of the benefits if she were the VP. Someone like Beta Dog Beto would be a perfect VP with his nice-guy persona.
That said I'd take Kamala as VP in a heartbeat over Stacey Abrams who's completely unqualified to be President.
"We've taken a lot of steps, but they clearly haven't been enough," said Buttigieg, who is in his second term as mayor of South Bend, Ind.
The largely black audience of hundreds was having little of it, frequently interrupting and shouting over the mayor. "We don't trust you!" a woman hollered at Buttigieg.
Buttigieg is a much more common figure in American politics: a white politician struggling to connect with his black constituents, many of whom are plagued by grinding poverty and violence that their wunderkind mayor has been unable to eradicate after seven years in office.
"You might as well just withdraw your name from the presidential race," said a woman in the raucous crowd. "His presidential campaign is over... I believe that today ended his campaign."
South Bend police said that Sgt. Ryan O'Neill shot Eric Jack Logan, 53, in the parking lot of an apartment complex. O'Neill was responding to reports of cars being burglarized. When he approached Logan, he said, the man threatened him with a knife.
The sergeant didn't turn on his body camera as required, leaving black residents, already skeptical of their police department after past controversies, in doubt of the sergeant's side of the story
The shooting victim's mother publicly chastised the mayor. "I have been here all my life, and you have not done a damn thing about me or my son or none of these people out here," Shirley Newbill told Buttigieg. "It's time for you to do something."
Buttigieg has promised to recruit more officers of color and tighten police discipline standards, though he balked over the phrasing of a petition demanding that the U.S. Justice Department investigate the shooting.
For some black residents, Buttigieg had already failed the biggest chance he had to build trust with the community, back when he was first elected mayor in 2011 as a 29-year-old.
Not long after in 2012, he pushed out the city's black police chief, Darryl Boykins, over allegations that Boykins improperly recorded white police officials making racist remarks. The crisis unleashed a flurry of litigation that resulted in financial settlements for the officers and for the former chief.
It is very, very difficult for a public figure to win a defamation case. Trump's team would have to prove O'Donnell acted with "actual malice" -- in other words, that he acted "with knowledge that it was false or with reckless disregard of whether [the statement] was false or not."Fuck you O'Donnell, you stupid motherfucker. Can you imagine the headlines if this ever goes to trial? Fuck.
At least no other outlet ran with it as far as I know so the damage is hopefully contained.
Oh, it won't be to run for office. It'll be for $omething el$e.A Republican can't win the House seat in Hawaii. She is getting primaries though.
This post has me convinced that people have totally forgotten 2008.
Or 2004.
Or 1992, for that matter.
Nevermind that Warren isn't a historic black Presidential candidate and the circumstances are completely different. Let's just pretend Warren doesn't need to do anything to earn black voters, and they'll just flock to her after Iowa.
John Kerry steamrolled with black support after Iowa and New Hampshire. There is an argument to be made that winning and strength consolidate demographic groups. Losing Iowa and New Hampshire certainly isn't going to increase Biden's support if his whole argument dissolves.
Yeah because of John Edwards. He ended up winning more than half the black vote nationally. It's a steamroll 10-4 beep beepWell John Kerry did lose South Carolina, so I wouldn't necessarily say he "steamrolled" with black support after Iowa and New Hampshire...
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EPA to loosen federal rules on methane, a powerful greenhouse gas linked to climate change, officials say https://wapo.st/2Hw5gYU
Crazy Lawrence O'Donnell, who has been calling me wrong from even before I announced my run for the Presidency, even being previously forced by NBC to apologize, which he did while crying, for things he said about me & The Apprentice, was again forced to apologize, this time.....
for the most ridiculous claim of all, that Russia, Russia, Russia, or Russian oligarchs, co-signed loan documents for me, a guarantee. Totally false, as is virtually everything else he, and much of the rest of the LameStream Media, has said about me for years. ALL APOLOGIZE!
Breaking News: The Trump administration is set to announce that it will sharply curtail regulations on methane emissions, a major contributor to climate change
It's like... KLOBUCHAR managed to make it Tulsi it can't be that hard to understand
It's just the POTUS, on Twitter, demanding everyone apologize to him.
This really is the stupidest timeline.
Why are they doing this when even the oil companies are like 'what the fuck? that's rolling regulations back far too much,'?
Why are they doing this when even the oil companies are like 'what the fuck? that's rolling regulations back far too much,'?
He really is a Captain Planet villain.
I hate that we live in a world where you have to be protected from fellow humans. I hated it as a child living through war and I hate it now.
But until deranged people like this stop threatening my life and the lives of others, I have to accept the reality of having security. https://twitter.com/lollardfish/status/1166508960612048896 …
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