The American Politics Thread

He's just a bully.

Part of it is that there is a strong contingent of advisors to Biden's campaign who don't want Harris.

Bass isn't well known. She is the head of the Congressional Black Caucus so has political clout. I wouldn't say it's a dickhead move, and she is as qualified as the others. Just a low profile person by nature, so it is a surprise. Part of the problem though is Dems trying to find a VP candidate that would be attacked the least by Trump's campaign. They shouldn't think that way.

Why would they need to dig up dirt? They just make up crap and repeat it over and over. It seems to be an effective technique their flock easily consumes.

Trump could just come out and say the N word right now and not lose a single supporter, they're a cult, plain and simple. Remember when we wore Obama hats and attended rallies during non election years? Me either. While the death toll hit 150,000, trump was promoting Goya black beans. He's now suggesting delaying the election, something we've never done, not even during the civil war. Make sure you and everybody you know whose capable vote.

mathman0806 wrote: Part of it is that there is a strong contingent of advisors to Biden's campaign who don't want Harris. Bass isn't well known. She is the head of the Congressional Black Caucus so has political clout. I wouldn't say it's a dickhead move, and she is as qualified as the others. Just a low profile person by nature, so it is a surprise. Part of the problem though is Dems trying to find a VP candidate that would be attacked the least by Trump's campaign. They shouldn't think that way.

getting there... so many talk about Trump only have 3 months to try to turn things around yet

^ I'll likely stick to the old ways... virus or not.. and vote in person.  I love my cute little goddamned 'I Voted' stickers too much...

I get the feeling some people wouldn't be happy no matter who was running for president. You could have mother Teresa or the Pope running and they still wouldn't be happy.

Re the word 'liberal' becoming an insult: You can thank Dukakis for that. In the 1988 debates George Bush asked dukakis if he was a liberal as if it was an insult and Dukakis totally folded, just as he did for the rest of the campaign.

Anyone who knows how to debate would have owned the word and assertively defined it in a positive light. Its hard to imagine how Dukakis won any elections in Massachusetts. Once given the national spotlight, he blew an early lead and went totally limp.

EDIT: On a totally different train of thought, 'liberals' have undermined themselves by buying into superfluous 'culture war' nonsense that makes them come across as nitpicking bores with a superiority complex. This is the same smoke screen that has undermined the more intelligent end of the conservative perspective and pushed the conservative movement into old fashioned xenophobia. Rejecting superfluous media driven culture wars and sticking to core issues such as fair taxation and enforced responsibility for corporations marks the difference between a progressive and a liberal.

Edited by Easy Money - August 02 2020 at 18:01