America Is So Ready for Kamala Harris

#43

Sometimes Laura, your ignorance knows no bounds.

*49th Vice President of the United States - Incumbent - Assumed office January 20, 2021

*United States Senator from California - In office January 3, 2017 - January 18, 2021

*32nd Attorney General of California - In office - January 3, 2011 - January 3, 2017

*27th District Attorney of San Francisco - In office - January 8, 2004 - January 3, 2011

Kamala Harris has won every single general election she's been on the ballot for over the last 20 years and garnered over 96 Million total votes in California and nationally as Vice President.

You wouldn't know a post turtle if it kissed you on your cheek.

Kamala Harris is the most experienced person to run for the presidency since the 1930s. She's had over 30 years of government experience and 4 years of experience in the only job actually relevant to actually being President, the VP slot.

It's ridiculous so many people are trying to diminish her accomplished career. She's never lost a race for elective office yet. She had no path to the nomination in 2020, being a law and order prosecutor trying to compete in the Democratic primary with no natural constituency to build a campaign base from. How was she going to compete with Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, and all the rest? She smartly dropped out and became the pick for VP. Post turtles don't make strategic decisions that lead them to the foot of the presidency and now to the head of her party's ticket. Post turtles also don't raise $1 billion from donors in less than 3 months, something never done in history.

Until the Electoral College is eliminated, Presidential elections are now decided by less than one percent of the electorate, in half a dozen swing states.

To be replaced with what? Being decided by two or three cities in overcrowded blue states?

No thanks..

-I don't believe America has gotten that far beyond racism yet.

I have more faith than that.

Harris is a gamble.

I don't believe America has gotten that far beyond racism yet.

Racism and hate are literally what's fueling the Trump campaign.

I don't disagree with that assessment. But the reality of the situation was that Harris was the only Democrat in position to do what she's done. There is a reason none of the other Democrats on the Deep Bench threw their hats in the ring. None of them could have assumed all the campaign cash that Biden had other than his running mate.

And after Biden threw his support to Harris, any convention fight would have doomed Democratic chances up and down the ballot because in order to differentiate from each other, there would have been open criticism and policy differences that Trump would have jumped on himself.

The one thing you've actually ignored is that Harris isn't running as a women or on her ethnicity. She's wisely made her campaign about SERVICE - her lifelong service to her constituencies and her 4 years of service as VP. Yet she's still able to run as a change agent because everyone knows that Biden made the final decisions, not Harris, and she faithfully supported him up until he dropped out.

So many bigoted or misogynous people may not vote for her, but Obama won, didn't he? You'd be saying the same things about him now if he were running for the first time. And there have never been the number of prominent Republicans backing any Democrat that are now backing Harris. There are sane Republicans who understand Trump for the threat he is as a threat to end democracy as we know it.

So Harris' otherness is not quite as determinative as it might have been otherwise. We'll know who's right in the next 3 1/2 weeks.

To be replaced with what? Being decided by two or three cities in overcrowded blue states?

No thanks..

#49 | Posted by boaz

As opposed to empty land?

No, that totally sounds fair.

- Harris was the only Democrat in position to do what she's done.

This seemingly obvious fact seemingly doesn't seem to much matter in some wishful thinking.

Don't know why not....

#49

Being decided by a majority of Americans.

You ------- idiot.

To be replaced with what? Being decided by two or three cities in overcrowded blue states?

No thanks..

#49 | Posted by boaz

Tell me that's why that's bad and why it's better to have it be decided by people who live in the middle of nowhere.

#4 Sycopphant That's not rue. There may be some never Trumpers voting for her espeecially among Republicans, but many of us like her policies. She and Walz actually want to promote and help the middleclass and poor. Also Trump's giving tax breaks to the rich needs to be reversed. The rich and big corporations need to pay more in taxes, they can afford it and still be rich. zsge aslo plans to stop prrice gouging by companies or are you agaunst that too. We need to vote blue across the board. A blue Congress, Senate and Presidency will or should start passing laws that help the average American. Also we can impeach Alito and Thomas and get some rational judges in there. Trickle economics never worked and never will.

#42 | Posted by Ronnie68

What policies?

She only has a few. And I like what she has.

But she has been so careful in announcing any provocative or truly progressive policies that she isn't giving us any real transformative reason to vote for her. It's "she's not Trump and basically just another Democrat." Obama at least had the Affordable Care Act.

She's never lost a race for elective office yet. *

*In California.

I think we can all agree, California is slightly more progressive than most of the country.

But. I do agree with you, Tony. I'm just worried about how this all shook out in 2016.

Legal,

"-------- like Laura gave us Fat Donnie Loser the first time.

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-10-09 03:28 PM"

You know...there might be some truth to that.

While my issue wasn't Gay Marriage itself, the Supreme Court passing something I doubted I would see so soon showed me the SC was liberal enough to pass anything.

Trump got to nominate 3 justices and I was deeply concerned what Hillary might do.

After voting Dem for years, I chose to vote for Trump.

At the time I feared the SC making women second class citizens by protecting trans women in female only areas.

Legal,

The current emphasis on protecting trans women at the expense of women born female is nothing short of misogyny.

Laura,

Let me help you out.

-- Bill Johnson.

ST--.

Laura,
Let me help you out.
-- Bill Johnson.
ST--.
#60 | Posted by BillJohnson at 2024-10-10 06:32 PM

Self-retort award winner!

Pity there are posts you can't abort. Blame QWERTY vs Wade.

Says the party of Diane Feinstein and Joseph Biden puppeteering.

No progress, no confidence.

#30 | POSTED BY REDLIGHTROBOT

Isn't it interesting that you picked the two of the most powerful democrats in the party who are voluntarily stepping back from power and handing the torch to a new generation instead of desperately trying to hold onto it til the bitter end by any means including violence.

Seems like progress to me.

#49

Being decided by a majority of Americans.

You ------- idiot.

#54 | POSTED BY LEGALLYYOURDEAD

America is the only democracy that has an "electoral college".

And the only reason we have it was to compromise with the slave holding states to get them to sign in to the Constitution.

It's true. We don't need it any more.

Says the party of Diane Feinstein and Joseph Biden puppeteering.
No progress, no confidence.
#30 | POSTED BY REDLIGHTROBOT
Isn't it interesting that you picked the two of the most powerful democrats in the party who are voluntarily stepping back from power and handing the torch to a new generation instead of desperately trying to hold onto it til the bitter end by any means including violence.
Seems like progress to me.
#62 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-10-10 08:26 PM

Isn't it interesting that President Biden repeats ZAKA talking points. His PDB's are a product of our intelligence apparatus. Kamala has expressed no difference in opinion in regards to Bidens' secretive manner, abusive and short at all times and always propaganda continuing the genocide.

Whether it is a lobbyist-bought fist wiggling it's digits from inside of a dead, decrepit facade of a public servant, or just remembering the years of police raids on families for fear of a pot plant - Robinette does not serve the interests of the 99% but rather catering to a fictional "middle class" while factually in the service of privatizing interests.

No progress means no ---- confidence, my man.

When Biden speaks the truth about the genocide - ONLY THEN.

Biden or Harris supporting the strategic importance of Israel while condemning the genocide is better than having Traitor Trump in office again. Period.

Let's not pretend there's a third choice; there is not.

Comparing imperfections, since holding out for the perfect is self-abusive, not to mention abusive to others, is an irrational position; one finds that Harris is a much better choice of the only two options no matter what warts she might have, real or imagined.

@#49 ... To be replaced with what? ...

Simple, the popular vote.

The candidate that gets the most votes wins.

See, simple.

What is so difficult to understand about that?

Biden or Harris supporting the strategic importance of Israel while condemning the genocide is better than having Traitor Trump in office again. Period.
Let's not pretend there's a third choice; there is not.
Comparing imperfections, since holding out for the perfect is self-abusive, not to mention abusive to others, is an irrational position; one finds that Harris is a much better choice of the only two options no matter what warts she might have, real or imagined.
#65 | Posted by Corky at 2024-10-10 09:45 PM

War with Iran appears to be on the Biden agenda. The escalation is entirely under the control of the US of A. So are voters if she can earn them.

Restraining Israel has been higher on the agenda... and why, pray tell, would Biden want war with Iran?

... America Is So Ready for Kamala Harris ...

Yeah, I'm not yet convinced of that.

If America were so ready for VP Harris, then why aren't her polling numbers better?

My current view, based upon the polling I see, is that we should prepare to welcome in a Pres Trump on January 20, 2025.

Do we have to news articles with headlines written in valley girl dialect?

Jesus Christ Tony you've gone off the deep end

'Kamala Harris is the most experienced person to run for the presidency since the 1930s. She's had over 30 years of government experience and 4 years of experience in the only job actually relevant to actually being President, the VP slot.'

I know plenty of empty suits in my field. Long careers, climbed the ladder... and are completely useless.

I know plenty of people whose main accomplishment in their career is showing up for the past 40 years.

She can't answer any simple question that isn't scripted. There's more to experience than being in the room.

Will the real Kamala Harris, please stand up, please stand up.

She can't answer any simple question that isn't scripted. There's more to experience than being in the room.

Do you realize how many cases she's tried in courtrooms where her entire job was to both speak and respond to what others have said immediately because she was prepared?

Just because you're both dismissive and ignorant doesn't mean that Harris somehow has made it all the way through 7 elections over 20 years - never losing a single one - into the vice presidency, yet she can't talk extemporaneously?

It's so moronic to hear this complaint over and over again when the simple truth is this: The same people complaining about her measuring her words and thoughts are also the ones endlessly complaining if she misspeaks, or heaven forbid changes her position on an issue because circumstances have changed, or her constituencies preferences have changed.

With this dichotomy it's impossible for her to win because she has to do one or the other and you're ready to criticize no manner which one she chooses.

And lastly, because critics want to pounce on any deviations from prior years, an intelligent person would try not to give critics more ammunition to use against them for the sake of answering in a too detailed manner. Believe it or not, an intelligent leader always wants to leave themselves room to maneuver on both policy and issues unless they have unilateral power to implement them without consideration by others inside government. Being too precise with detail can constrain one in ways they'll later regret and turn potential allies into foes when it comes time to compromise before the finished policy takes shape.

#72 | Posted by oneironaut at 2024-10-11 11:25 AM | Reply | Flag: Thoroughly confused

#73 excellent point Tony... She's probably excellent in a court room. That doesn't mean she knows jack s*** about ANYTHING else related to the presidency, and you can see it in her eyes every time she has to speak about anything related to THAT job.

"Being too precise with detail can constrain one in ways they'll later regret"... So when she was raised in a middle class house, over middle class day care, and knowing who runs a small business... That was her leaving herself not constrained to details on how she planned to lower prices.

Because it sure sounded to me like she doesn't have any plan or policies she wants to enact to meet that goal, and spewed a rehearsed line that she has trotted out many times.

You don't like Trump, but damn, you gotta stop carrying her water so badly.

Tony have you never seen the person that has risen to a position above their level of competence? I'm sure she was a good enough DA. Doesn't mean she's not in over her head as President.

The funny thing is no one really thought to differently on this before Biden dropped out. There was plenty of talk about her being a burden on the ticket.... Now though, No one in almost a century is prepared as her. F'n laughable.

Someone let us know when she becomes a World Class Liar and a criminal traitor, m'k?

Corky, I know you're a bit slow... it's been said a few times though...

This isn't about comparing her to Trump... it's about cheerleading for a mediocre candidate as if they were a world class statesman.

This isn't about comparing her to Trump... it's about cheerleading for a mediocre candidate

#78 | Posted by kwrx25

Who looks like a frigging genius when compared to Trump.

Corky, I know you're a bit slow... it's been said a few times though...

This isn't about comparing her to Trump... it's about cheerleading for a mediocre candidate as if they were a world class statesman.

#78 | Posted by kwrx25

It's about cheerleading a competent candidate.

Do you understand what that is?

#78

No. Slomo, it's about not letting a criminal traitor back into the WH.

You think she's a mediocre candidate?

So the F what?

Politics ain't beanbag. it's life and death for some people every election, especially this one

Why not save your whining about a totally irrelevant subject such as what kind of a candidate she is or was until after we save Democracy?

per x25...

Perhaps as a 'Libertarian' your time might be better spent looking into what libertarian billionaires like Peter Thiel, who now owns his own VP Candidate in Shady JD, has planned to replace democracy in this country:

drudge.com

Or perhaps an Authoritarian Corporate Government as they have in Singapore is your goal as well as Mr Thiel's.

That doesn't mean she knows jack s*** about ANYTHING else related to the presidency, and you can see it in her eyes every time she has to speak about anything related to THAT job.

You continue to wallow in ignorance the way a pig does in slop. Just because you don't know anything about her past doesn't mean that I don't. Why not educate yourself instead of spouting Trump's insipid talking points verbatim? And as with most people, there's good and not so good reports from her long career, but one that shows she indeed grew into her role as chief of her Vice Presidential staff.

We spoke to 5 people who knew Kamala Harris before she was VP. Here's what we learned

When Harris became San Francisco's first female district attorney, she pursued Lateefah Simon for a job in her office. Simon declined the offer a few times, but recalls Harris telling her, "You can either carry this bullhorn on your back for the rest of your life, demanding that elected officials work for you and the young people that you care about, or you can become a part of my team, and we can actually deconstruct some of these inequities."

Simon went on to work for Harris for several years, and remembers her as a boss with high expectations. On Simon's first day, the new employee arrived "dressed down" in casual clothes, and Harris sent her home saying, "You are being paid by the very victims and survivors through tax dollars to represent them in this role. You will come with everything that you have every day."

Harris has earned a reputation for having a high turnover of staff over her years as a public official. Duran left his job as her communications director after just five months. His on-the-record criticisms echo the complaints of some other former employees who will only speak anonymously.

While Duran says Harris assembled a team of highly competent people, he says he was often frustrated by how long she could take to make decisions. He describes her as someone who was exacting on certain details of cases but could struggle with other details. He recalls a boss with standards that were high without being clear.

"I found it hard to navigate a situation where it wasn't really clear to me how I could do a good job because doing the job in a way that had worked everywhere else didn't seem to work there," he says.

At the same time, Duran acknowledges that that toughness may have come from the unequal pressures placed on Harris. "I think she's very aware of her place in history," he says, "And I think she felt that she would be held to a much, much higher standard than white or male politicians."

Kamala Harris ran her office like a prosecutor. Not everyone liked that.

But in interviews, former staff who signed the letter acknowledged it also addressed one of Harris's perceived weaknesses as a candidate and elected official: her demanding management style. People who have worked for Harris say her interactions with staff can resemble a prosecutor prying details from a witness, asking pointed questions about everything from her schedule to policy briefings. And her cautious approach to big decisions has frustrated deputies rather than inspire them.

But interviews with 33 current and former staffers and allies show that Harris herself - and the team around her - have undergone important changes since the most difficult days of her first year as vice president. These people close to Harris, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of assessing the Democratic nominee's leadership, say she grew into the role, found policy issues that more closely aligned with her comfort areas and replaced key aides with staffers who responded better to her management style.

People close to Harris say her widely praised presidential rollout, in which she quickly locked down the Democratic nomination following Biden's withdrawal and moved to capitalize on her party's enthusiasm and energy, are testaments to her management. They also point to the growing pool of alumni who have rejoined her team, particularly this summer. At least 20 staffers who previously worked for Harris are now working on her campaign, such as policy experts Rohini Kosoglu and Ike Irby, veterans of both her Senate and vice president's office.

Those allies and staffers say that Harris's management style hasn't changed - but the circumstances have. Rather than trying to find her voice as a first-time presidential candidate or brand-new vice president, she has suddenly become the party's standard-bearer. Office disputes during the height of the pandemic are now viewed as minor frustrations as Harris fights to keep Trump out of the White House.

"Her leadership roles, the way she thinks through problems and wants to tackle them - those have been a very consistent through line," Irby said in a recent interview. "The mechanics around her - and the opportunities that those offices provide for leadership - those have changed."

"She holds herself to an incredibly high standard, and therefore, she holds her team to a really high standard," expecting their work to be thorough and complete, said Daniel Suvor, a former aide in California's attorney general's office between 2014 and 2017.

No one is claiming that Harris is perfect, but simply acknowledging that unless a black female has extraordinary talent there is no way they would ascend to the heights Harris has. She's not a part of any "old boys network" or a legacy who got a leg up simply due to birth.

As I mentioned before, I know that her reticence in making decisions in the past was completely based on her fears of getting it wrong with all the attendant negative attention or opinions - like yours - sure to follow. When a person is a narcissist like Trump, he doesn't care if he gets it wrong or if he does complete 180 turns because it fits his personal or political goals. For those outside the normal power structures, those are career stoppers, if not outright killers.

I appreciate people who actually learn from their mistakes instead of blindly repeating them over and over again.

I don't listen to Trump... So I don't know his talking points. What I do know is how Kamala reacts to questions.

"instead of spouting Trump's insipid talking points verbatim?"... Wrong, just because I don't carry her water, doesn't mean I'm carrying his.

So I don't know his talking points.

You certainly repeat them though:

Aug. 3
unable to put two sentences together'

Aug. 3
unable to speak properly without a Teleprompter'

Aug. 5
INCOMPETENT'

Aug. 10
grossly incompetent'

Aug. 24
Weakest Presidential Candidate

Aug. 29
totally inept'

www.nytimes.com

The funny thing is no one really thought to differently on this before Biden dropped out.

This is the biggest reason ignorant people like you beclown yourselves after getting high on your own supply for 4 years.

Answer me this: Who other than Kamala Harris could immediately coalesce the entire spectrum of disparate liberal/progressive groups, organizations and politicians behind her campaign while turning a 7 point deficit into a 2 point advantage in a matter of days? Who else could build a campaign staff and organization that seamlessly took over from Biden, united an entire party, get rock-ribbed Republican deities to endorse her candidacy and pull off an entire convention that dwarfed the viewership of the RNC? Who else could raise more than $1 billion in less than 90 days - 40% of which came from donations less than $200? Who else chose a running mate with their first executive decision, based on her "gut" feeling, and that person immediately has the highest favorability with all Americans of the 4 people running on either ticket?

Your problem is that you're unable to see what's right before your lying eyes. What Harris has done is remarkable in ways you choose to ignore. And if she could manage to do all that I presented above, who would then say that person was "incompetent" or unable to effectively lead?