• xmunk@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    There will be, yes.

    I think she’s a bad choice to beat Trump and the most important thing is to beat Trump. If she’s the pick I’ll back her - but I’m not going to support someone who I think will lose while there’s still a choice.

    Edit: Beautiful show of unity - downvoting someone saying they’ll back the eventual candidate. This kind of head-in-sand bullshit is what loses us fucking elections and it was all over the place shouting down people with legitimate criticisms of Biden before he stepped down.

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        And who realistically is a better choice at this point? I can’t think of a single other Democrat with the recognition to pull a presidential campaign together in 3 months.

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          The only person I have heard that even remotely has a chance of being the pick instead of Harris is Gavin Newsom and he both doesn’t seem to want it and also polls really badly against Trump.

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            Yeah, he’s widely known outside of California, but largely because he’s a massive punching bag for conservatives. Not a good pick for a presidential race.

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              I think Gavin Newsom will be a very strong candidate if he had time to prime the pump. Which is I imagine what he was planning to do in 2028. A shorter, if we can call four months short good Lord, campaign is not in his favor.

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        4 months ago

        She performed poorly on the national stage last time she was on it. She has a decent voting record but doesn’t have a lot of sponsored legislation. She has a deep flaw from being a former prosecutor. I’m not aware of her having a passion to fix any particular problems.

        I think we can do better and choose someone who can excite the voterbase to get folks to turn up. We need to fight voter apathy.

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          She performed poorly on the national stage last time she was on it.

          So like Joe Biden in 2020 who got elected anyway.

          She has a decent voting record but doesn’t have a lot of sponsored legislation.

          Who gives a shit?

          She has a deep flaw from being a former prosecutor.

          That is in no way a flaw, let alone a deep one.

          On top of that, 13 presidents have been lawyers, including Clinton and Obama.

          I’m not aware of her having a passion to fix any particular problems.

          Just because you’re not aware of something doesn’t mean it isn’t the case.

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            I’m not aware of her having a passion to fix any particular problems.

            Just because you’re not aware of something doesn’t mean it isn’t the case.

            Let’s see if she can deliver a passionate platform, it’s kinda her entire job as a politician and if I, a hyperaware political person, am not familiar with it, then most people have no fucking clue.

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              Most people have no fucking clue because she’s been in the shadows for four years as VP and I think it was pretty obvious that Obama’s former VP was going to get the nomination in 2020.

              She still has a lot of time for voters to get to know her and your claim of hyperawareness didn’t apparently extend to the fact that a whole lot of presidents have been lawyers.