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Does anyone like Kamala lol
Liberals: "Stop saying Defund the Police! You're making us look bad!"
Also Liberals: "You can't run an AG for President. They're going to be way too unpopular to win, given how much people hate the police."
Honestly, the idea that they might be self aware enough to recognize that running a cop is a losing idea would be an amazing feat for them. I think it's more likely we're dealing with racism here. And yes, many of the the Dems are pretty racist, they just don't realize it or admit it like the Republicans.
So…. Basically, democrats can’t run ANYONE that would make you happy.
They can't run anyone who will make the oligarchy happy. Edit: if they want to win
She's popular with her step kids, who call her Momala.
Maybe if she did something, we could have something to like about her
VPs have no job except to succeed the president and break ties in the Senate, along with presiding for a few ritualistic things. That's really it. What do expect want her to do?
sinister Cheney chortling
Give speeches? Get people excited about voting, civil rights, etc
She does those all the time. You aren't paying attention.
The media refuses to cover Democrats, to be fair
Where?
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Kamala+Harris+speech&t=fpas&iar=news&ia=news
So you want a cheerleader like Ballmer. "Developers! Developers! Developers!"
She owned a couple initiatives, chaired a couple committees, cast a few votes. Surely, something there could have turned into a success. Heck, she could campaign for the ticket, present the platform, cheerlead for her running mate.
Given her track record, no, probably best she doesn't do anything
Just because you're not paying attention, doesn't mean something didn't happen.
Besides: post-9/11, the veeps stay in the shadows or at the off-site bunker.
First Past The Post voting ensures that a good portion of the people voting for her do not want her. Same for Joe biden. Same for the Republican and democratic parties.
first past the post isn't responsible for that. it's a tactic called "strategic voting" and it results in the consolidation of parties under fptp. the solution is not to vote for people you don't want to win.
Gold medal in mental gymnastics there.
it's a clear-eyed understanding of what to do about party consolidation under fptp.
First past the post isn't responsible for that. It's actually because of first past the post.
this is a straw man.
That's not what that means.
it is . you are presenting my argument in a way to make it seem silly.
There's a gaggle of coconut memes of her on tiktok, so I guess some people do.