2020 General Presidential Election Thread

[UVACoug]

Biden eliminated half the room with his commitment to select a woman. Then Klobuchar backed him into a narrow corner when she withdrew from consideration by saying he should select a woman of color. Had he not selected a black woman, there would have been some outrage on the left to deal with.

Assuming he could only select a black woman as his running mate, which would you have preferred?

What do you find disqualifying about his selection of Harris? Which other selections would have also been disqualifying?

Don't remember everything off the top of my head, but this exchange sticks out the most:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsm1GPnlqmU

And another example of her obnoxious grandstanding:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36o48XbcuFM

[Northwestcoug]

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[Donuthole]

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Ms Harris' blows: they were weak!
Ol' Joe Biden did stay on his feet.
So she went to her knees,
And Ol' Biden did please,
With her blows of a different streak.

These aren't difficult, folks.

[SCcoug]

I don't think @Limericking knows what a KO is.

[frank ryan]

I don’t like this pick. She is not popular among progressives, who have trouble with a lot of her actions as a prosecutors and doesn’t appeal to moderates. She checks two diversity boxes I guess. Still better than Mike Pence, but that is a poor standard.

[USUC]

Bass is a Castro fan girl
Rice is a progressive Neo Con
Warren is an ideologue who believes technocrats can make better choices than the people
Harris is a liar who has no personality
It seemed obvious to go with Val Demings given the constraints they placed on themselves because of wokeness.

Harris will prove to be disliked as much as Hillary.

[Pelado]

Bass is a Castro fan girl
Rice is a progressive Neo Con
Warren is an ideologue who believes technocrats can make better choices than the people
Harris is a liar who has no personality
It seemed obvious to go with Val Demings given the constraints they placed on themselves because of wokeness.

Harris will prove to be disliked as much as Hillary.

That's not a limerick.

[UVACoug]

Media spin already starting. New York Times labels her a "pragmatic moderate":

https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1...661672453?s=20

Yet she has the second most liberal DW-Nominate score in the Senate after Warren:

https://voteview.com/congress/senate

[chrisrenrut]

How do you eff this up so royally? Unreal. The goal is to oust the worst incumbent president in a century, and you end up with an old, senile Presidential candidate and the least likable person in the entire primary as his running mate.

2nd least like able. Elizabeth Warren has a claim on first is secure.

Edit- I’m a hack and late to the conversation, but i don’t mind saying it again.

[Uncle Ted]

I don’t like this pick. She is not popular among progressives, who have trouble with a lot of her actions as a prosecutors and doesn’t appeal to moderates. She checks two diversity boxes I guess. Still better than Mike Pence, but that is a poor standard.

LOL... Harris was Drumpf's number one pick for Biden's running mate: https://thehill.com/homenews/adminis...-for-bidens-vp

Party Of The Poor And Oppressed Nominates Old, Rich, White Man And Cop

The party that claims to represent minorities, the poor, the oppressed, and the marginalized has nominated an old, rich, white man and a cop, sources confirmed Tuesday.

"If you want to fight for oppressed minority groups, you must vote for this rich, old, white man who authored the 1994 crime bill and this corrupt police officer who has made a career out of throwing minorities in jail for non-violent drug crimes," said a DNC spokesperson. "It's the only way to fight the establishment."
[...]

https://babylonbee.com/news/party-of...te-man-and-cop

Just keep the fact she comes from a family of slavers on the low down.

[Uncle Ted]

Good pick. Hits all the boxes needed to shore up Dem support. Harris can be the attack dog and will be good at it in what I'm sure is going to be a mudfest. Biden can stand above it all.

And a good opponent in four years against which the Repubs can win should they decide to pull their heads out of their asses.

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[Donuthole]

2020 General Presidential Election Thread

I haven’t fact checked this, but please, please let it be true. Mainly because I want Shaun King exposed for what he is: the Al Sharpton for the Millennial generation.



Edit: verified. And it just keeps getting better:

[Commando]

I haven’t fact checked this, but please, please let it be true. Mainly because I want Shaun King exposed for what he is: the Al Sharpton for the Millennial generation.

It probably is true, and, while I agree about him, Kamala Harris has come a long way in the Senate w her progressive bona fides since her days as a DA.

[Donuthole]

It probably is true, and, while I agree about him, Kamala Harris has come a long way in the Senate w her progressive bona fides since her days as a DA.

A long way in the past 20 months, most of which she has spent campaigning for president? ‘Cause that tweet ain’t even done breastfeeding yet.

[old_gregg]

kamala is a terrible nom, but that's what happens when you artificially narrow your selection pool like that.