She’s probably not going to support the “defund the police” nonsense, so there’s that.
She’s way too far left for me, of course, but my biggest observation about Harris is that she’s b-o-r-i-n-g. Have you ever heard one of her speeches? She’s an awful speaker. I’m surprised she’s gotten this far.
What do you think about this choice?
They are all pretty boring to me, except Trump who is blatantly belligerent. I think that Harris brings a certain vitality and sharpness to the Democratic ticket. I have never been enthusiastic about voting any of the given political options, whether “conservative” or “liberal,” but if I could vote in a state where it would mean anything I would hold my nose and vote for Biden/Harris. My absentee vote in the solidly red state of Kentucky, however, is totally meaningless.
I always find it fascinating when conservatives opine on Democrat candidates. Isn’t it an exercise in futility (unless the purpose is to malign)? In what universe would they ever find enough appealing to vote for them? I suspect if God Himself endorsed Harris, they’d argue He was wrong and vote for the conservative candidate.
That said, if being boring is Harris’ most notable flaw, she’s clearly head and shoulders above Trump and Pence.
Yeah, I was also thinking that boring is not such a bad thing after all. Let’s get away from all this razzle dazzle.
After seeing her introduction speech today, I wouldn’t use the word “boring” to describe her. Just sayin’.
Nevertheless, if there’s a VP debate, it will be interesting viewing. Of course, given Trump’s frequent vacillation, we can’t be too sure Pence will be the one debating Harris.
I guess I’d better start learning Chinese.
She may be boring (that remains to be seen), but she has the one qualification that matters above all others-she would be able to assume the presidency at a moment’s notice and the public would have confidence that the presidency is in good hands. And given Biden’s age that’s important. Her gender/minority status is an extra bonus.
Joe, I agree that Biden’s age makes his VP pick very important. What do you think are the qualifications that make someone able to assume the presidency at a moment’s notice?
Harris has a good resume. She was a DA, an AG, and a senator.
Broadly speaking, I would think any Senator or governor should be able to assume the presidency, although I think executive experience is better than legislative experience.
One other thing about Harris. In the primaries, I remember there was some talk about her sleeping her way to the top in California. That will surely come up (whether it’s true or not), but what will the reaction be?
I suspect people will try to characterize the accusation itself as sexist.
One other thing about Harris. In the primaries, I remember there was some talk about her sleeping her way to the top in California. That will surely come up (whether it’s true or not), but what will the reaction be?
LOL! I suspect it would be similar to the public’s reaction to this… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYqKx1GuZGg
Will it? I don’t think so. I think people have very different standards about male and female sexual ethics.
Oh, indeed there are double standards. Of course, it would be a scandal. Yet, given Trump supporter’s reaction to his little indiscretion, it’s created an interesting precedence. I suspect Democrats and her supporters will use that as a justification for ignoring such a revelation about Harris. The rationale will be, if character no longer matters for the President, then it doesn’t matter for the VP. The horse is already out of the barn on this one.
Seriously, Kamala was a regrettable, ill-fated choice for VP. She will win votes with no-one, including the black and women constituencies that her selection was supposedly targeting. For a summary of why, see Pat Buchanan’s article: “Is Biden-Harris on Tom Dewey’s Path?”
https://buchanan.org/blog/is-biden-harris-on-tom-deweys-path-142034
Good article. I didn’t know about the letters from the black leaders making demands on Biden.
Seems like white people make requests. Uppity negroes make demands…
So if the uppity negroes make a demand one day, and then Harris is revealed the next day as the choice, it means of course that Biden caved to the uppity negroes. Because if something follows another event, it follows that the first event is causal—especially if the first event was uppity negroes practically rioting and starting a revolution.
Always can count on Pat to be Pat.
Pat is given to outbursts of racism. He has been doing that for a long time.
Right, because Pat never says “demand” unless he’s talking about negroes.
Good grief. Give it a break. You sound ridiculous.
I am sure that politicians often get such “demands.” White vangelicals have quite openly been “demanding” stuff from Republicans for many years. Why does such behavior damning when it comes from African Americans, but not from whites?
What said it was damning? I think you’re reading what you want into the story.
If it is not damning, what’s the point? I don’t “want” to read anything into the story.
I think the point was to express the sort of relationship Biden has with certain black leaders, and to put some context around his choice of Harris. Their letter “read like an ultimatum.” “Do this or else.”
I found this part the most interesting.
[From Buchanan’s article.]
“Failing to select a Black woman in 2020 means you will lose the election. … We don’t want to choose between the lesser of two evils and we don’t want to vote for the devil we know versus the devil we don’t because we are tired of voting for devils — period.”
Astonishing. Here are prominent Black Democrats describing the candidates they have had to support in recent years — Bill and Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, Joe Biden — as “devils” and the “lesser of two evils.”
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Biden has his supporters and Trump has his. Support is never without any strings attached. And there is certainly nothing wrong with having support from black leaders as opposed to white ones, but apparently for Buchanan there is. This isn’t the first time he has expressed himself with racial overtones.
At issue is not whether the black leaders were justified in ‘demanding’ a black woman VP. The point is that Biden rashly agreed to their request without realizing that there might be no one available who could simultaneously satisfy their requirement and also enhance his prospects for winning the November election. Biden was left with no other choice than Kamala Harris. Had he not ‘put his foot in his mouth’, he could have chosen a strategically sound running-mate, say, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, or even Pete Buttigieg.
Yes, Scott, I think that’s right.
I think that Biden picked the best option in the interest of winning the election. The idea of that pick had already been floating a long time. There is absolutely no evidence that he pursued it due to a letter from some uppety negroes.