Kamala Harris - Presidential Candidate
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Hijinx
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Useful for what? Only a total idiot would vote for Kamala Harris.
The relief over the withdrawal of doddering old Joe is palpable, although it does nothing to assuage the nervousness a lot of us harbor about an arguably senile old man who has trouble recognizing his own primary Cabinet members remaining in place as POTUS. But we can't help but question how "glad to really support" Democrats actually are when they look at Kamala Harris' record.
At least some of them are catching on, though.
OK, there's a lot to unpack there.
First, yes, absolutely, the far-left Kamala Harris - who is, arguably, to the left of Bernie Sanders, the daffy old Bolshevik from Vermont - won't connect well with blue-collar, union voters in the Rust Belt. Most of these people are far more conservative than what passes for moderates in the Democratic Party today since the Democrats have dragged their party's Overton Window so far to the left that many of them would consider Nikita Khrushchev to be a flaming reactionary. Plenty of these folks see the appeal in Trump's America-First proposals and will look askance at a Kamala campaign hectoring them about their carbon footprint.
And while we're not sure who the "one Democratic senator" is, that unknown person not only correctly points out that Kamala Harris "wasn't a great candidate" in 2020 but also that she "...may not be as a political campaigner as good as Joe Biden was in his prime." Not only is this a Harris-worthy word salad, but it's also the very definition of damning with faint praise.
The fact is that Kamala Harris is a horrible candidate, the worst in fact since Her Imperial Majesty Hillary I, Dowager-Empress of Chappaqua - who lost, it must be pointed out, to none other than Donald Trump. She is a lousy communicator, she is on the far left of even the far-left morass the Democrats have become mired in, and frankly she gives every indication of not being very bright. Why say this? One of the best indicators of intelligence is the ability to speak extemporaneously. Politicians should be good at this. Ronald Reagan was good at this, and honestly, Bill Clinton was very good at it. Barack Obama was not; off a teleprompter, he was painful to listen to. And Kamala Harris is even worse.
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At least some of them are catching on, though.
OK, there's a lot to unpack there.
First, yes, absolutely, the far-left Kamala Harris - who is, arguably, to the left of Bernie Sanders, the daffy old Bolshevik from Vermont - won't connect well with blue-collar, union voters in the Rust Belt. Most of these people are far more conservative than what passes for moderates in the Democratic Party today since the Democrats have dragged their party's Overton Window so far to the left that many of them would consider Nikita Khrushchev to be a flaming reactionary. Plenty of these folks see the appeal in Trump's America-First proposals and will look askance at a Kamala campaign hectoring them about their carbon footprint.
And while we're not sure who the "one Democratic senator" is, that unknown person not only correctly points out that Kamala Harris "wasn't a great candidate" in 2020 but also that she "...may not be as a political campaigner as good as Joe Biden was in his prime." Not only is this a Harris-worthy word salad, but it's also the very definition of damning with faint praise.
The fact is that Kamala Harris is a horrible candidate, the worst in fact since Her Imperial Majesty Hillary I, Dowager-Empress of Chappaqua - who lost, it must be pointed out, to none other than Donald Trump. She is a lousy communicator, she is on the far left of even the far-left morass the Democrats have become mired in, and frankly she gives every indication of not being very bright. Why say this? One of the best indicators of intelligence is the ability to speak extemporaneously. Politicians should be good at this. Ronald Reagan was good at this, and honestly, Bill Clinton was very good at it. Barack Obama was not; off a teleprompter, he was painful to listen to. And Kamala Harris is even worse.
Kamala Harris Is Making Democrats Start to Sweat
Celeb-led ‘White Women for Kamala’ is cringe city
On the call, which drew over 200,000 participants, reportedly raised $2 million and has been dubbed the largest Zoom in history, Watts declared (with great humility, of course): “White women, we have 100 days to help save the world.”
I thought white saviors were bad? Hey, on the plus side, the left suddenly knows what a woman is again.
Author Glennon Doyle lectured. The singer Pink was there. “The White Lotus” actress Connie Britton spoke, jokingly calling herself and the others “Karens for Kamala.”
In other words, gazillionaire elites with the luxury of telling other women — ones who may be worried about paying their grocery bills — that they should cede their personal interests in favor of intersectionality.
And then there was influencer Arielle Fodor, who has 1.3 million followers on TikTok, where she is known as Mrs. Frazzled. She speaks like a mid-level marketing mama on the verge of being invited to the annual conference in Cabo if only she can enlist five more eager wine moms to her vitamin-selling team.
Fodor was introduced as someone “here to help gentle parent us through this election.”
Perhaps because I am personally familiar with wooden spoon parenting, this came off as incredibly infantilizing. But hey, maybe it’s just this white woman.
“BIPOC women have tapped us in as white women to step up, listen and get involved this election season,” she said.
Thank you, BIPOC women, for allowing your white proxy to give us other white chicks explicit permission to exercise our rights as Americans.
Fodor outlined ways to use white privilege “to make positive changes.” Chief among them: Shut up.
“if you find yourself talking over or speaking for BIPOC individuals or, God forbid, correcting them, just take a beat. And instead we can put our listening ears on.”
Oh, the soft bigotry.
Politics by strict affinity groups is not only the height of cringe — regressive and reductive. It’s also clearly the #KHive plan, as member are organizing Zoom pep rallies by ethnicities and gender.
There’s also “White Dudes for Harris” on Monday night, which comes with Pete Buttigieg and trucker-cap merch.
There are grass-roots calls for South Asians, Latina women, black men. And while it’s not out of the realm to campaign to specific demographics, the spirit isn’t about building a coalition.
https://nypost.com/2024/07/29/us-news/celeb-led-white-women-for-kamala-is-cringe-city/#
If we get to a discussion of a Constitutional Amendment to overhaul SCOTUS, then a discussion on the repeal of the 19th Amendment is not out of the realm of possibilities.Celeb-led ‘White Women for Kamala’ is cringe city
On the call, which drew over 200,000 participants, reportedly raised $2 million and has been dubbed the largest Zoom in history, Watts declared (with great humility, of course): “White women, we have 100 days to help save the world.”
I thought white saviors were bad? Hey, on the plus side, the left suddenly knows what a woman is again.
Author Glennon Doyle lectured. The singer Pink was there. “The White Lotus” actress Connie Britton spoke, jokingly calling herself and the others “Karens for Kamala.”
In other words, gazillionaire elites with the luxury of telling other women — ones who may be worried about paying their grocery bills — that they should cede their personal interests in favor of intersectionality.
And then there was influencer Arielle Fodor, who has 1.3 million followers on TikTok, where she is known as Mrs. Frazzled. She speaks like a mid-level marketing mama on the verge of being invited to the annual conference in Cabo if only she can enlist five more eager wine moms to her vitamin-selling team.
Fodor was introduced as someone “here to help gentle parent us through this election.”
Perhaps because I am personally familiar with wooden spoon parenting, this came off as incredibly infantilizing. But hey, maybe it’s just this white woman.
“BIPOC women have tapped us in as white women to step up, listen and get involved this election season,” she said.
Thank you, BIPOC women, for allowing your white proxy to give us other white chicks explicit permission to exercise our rights as Americans.
Fodor outlined ways to use white privilege “to make positive changes.” Chief among them: Shut up.
“if you find yourself talking over or speaking for BIPOC individuals or, God forbid, correcting them, just take a beat. And instead we can put our listening ears on.”
Oh, the soft bigotry.
Politics by strict affinity groups is not only the height of cringe — regressive and reductive. It’s also clearly the #KHive plan, as member are organizing Zoom pep rallies by ethnicities and gender.
There’s also “White Dudes for Harris” on Monday night, which comes with Pete Buttigieg and trucker-cap merch.
There are grass-roots calls for South Asians, Latina women, black men. And while it’s not out of the realm to campaign to specific demographics, the spirit isn’t about building a coalition.
https://nypost.com/2024/07/29/us-news/celeb-led-white-women-for-kamala-is-cringe-city/#
Yesterday, the Washington Post ran a story headlined, “North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper pulled out of consideration as Kamala Harris’s running mate.” He pulled out. I have been informed that technique does not work, but I’m already digressing.
However he did it, he’s out, which probably means they asked him to run, and the prospect of campaigning with Kamala “Plan B” Harris suddenly got real and very weird. Governor Cooper blamed pulling out on North Carolina:
Or it might be because Kamala weirdly pulled out all her eyebrow hairs and now just draws them on. Maybe it was because she weirdly pulled out the couch when they met to discuss Cooper joining the ticket. Whichever, Cooper pulled out his phone and ordered an Uber.
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SamSpade
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There's a concern, with this.
One, often, when you run for VP or President, you're vacating your spot if it's an election year for you, too. If you LOSE, you're out. Period.
But two - is similar. A LOSING VP on a ticket - that loses - USUALLY loses any shot at anything else. Usually.
Kamala’s Ties to a Far-Left, Hamas-Linked Islamic Group
The media isn’t going to tell you this. The Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) describes itself as “America’s largest Muslim civil liberties organization.” In that guise, and as it has championed numerous far-left causes, it has become a respected member of the leftist establishment, with numerous ignorant and self-serving politicians lavishing praise on this unsavory gang in hopes of gaining Muslim votes. Among them has been, not surprisingly, Kamala Harris.
This has been known for years, but no one has cared. Back in Oct. 2020, the Washington Free Beacon reported that “as California’s attorney general and then as U.S. senator, Harris forged a relationship with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), one of the nation’s top anti-Israel groups and advocates for boycotts of the Jewish state.” After the Hamas massacres of Oct. 7, 2023, this matters more than ever.
CAIR, the Free Beacon added, “advised Harris on community issues during her time in California politics, and she later offered the group her ‘gratitude and admiration’ in a 2018 personal letter to the group.” Specifically, “Hussam Ayloush, executive director of CAIR’s Los Angeles office, praised Harris in 2015 for including the group in an interfaith meeting with law enforcement officials. Harris, he said, ‘exemplified leadership’ by vowing to tackle Islamophobia at a time when the state’s Jewish institutions were facing threats.”
That was bad enough, since “Islamophobia” is a propaganda weapon designed to intimidate people that it is wrong — somehow “bigoted” — to oppose jihad violence and Sharia oppression of women. Even worse, long before he praised Kamala Harris, Hussam Ayloush has repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. In 2017, with Donald Trump in the White House, Ayloush called for the overthrow of the U.S. government. Yet the following year, Harris wrote to CAIR: “Please accept my gratitude and admiration for your tireless work to promote peace, justice, and mutual understanding.”
Even that was not all. “As California’s top cop,” the Free Beacon noted, “Harris partnered with local CAIR officials and relied on them to advise her about community matters. In 2015, for instance, Harris hosted CAIR for an interfaith community event following a deadly terrorist attack in San Bernardino. In 2016, as Harris ran for the Senate, CAIR’s political action committee donated $1,750 to boost her campaign.” That may not be much in the larger scheme of things, but imagine the outcry if Donald Trump had taken a small fraction of that amount from a group linked to the Ku Klux Klan.