BLM slams Democrats for 'anointing' Harris without a vote

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Civil rights activist group Black Lives Matter (BLM) on Tuesday called for Democrats to host a virtual primary to determine who should receive the party's nomination ahead of the Democratic National Convention. Harris earned enough delegates Monday to win the Democratic nomination, according to the Associated Press. The publication stopped short of calling her the presumptive nominee, citing the potential for changes leading up to the convention. The BLM press release noted, however, Democrats have alienated their voter base by not holding a primary to officially nominate Harris.

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"Black Lives Matter demands that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) immediately host an informal, virtual snap primary across the country prior to the DNC convention in August. We call for the Rules Committee to create a process that allows for public participation in the nomination process, not just a nomination by party delegates."

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Gracie's concern for the desires of Black Lives Matter is duly noted.

#1 | Posted by censored at 2024-07-23 08:14 PM | Reply | Funny: 3

What a ------- load of manatee scat.

#2 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-07-23 08:17 PM | Reply

@#1 ... Gracie's concern for the desires of Black Lives Matter is duly noted. ...

It is quite the interesting turnaround, to say the least.

#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 08:17 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Twenty-five threads on the back page with five or fewer posts. Many thanks to the three posts above mine. I am in the running to be in the top three threads with this ABC article.

#4 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2024-07-23 08:44 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

^
Is that important to you?

#5 | Posted by ChiefTutMoses at 2024-07-23 08:47 PM | Reply

@#4 ... . I am in the running to be in the top three threads ...

Funny, the Bellringer current alias also seemed to have a similar proclivity for the number of responses to its threads.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 08:52 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Not at all. I enjoy watching them dance, like clockwork when I post a thread. I know Gaslighter never read the link. The first 10 posts were not his saying read more.

#7 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2024-07-23 08:52 PM | Reply

@#4

Here's another reply.

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 08:52 PM | Reply

@#4

And another.

Is your thread in the Top Two yet?

You seem to be keeping count....

#9 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 08:53 PM | Reply

They get Putin Points from Trump for every thread response on their lame threads.

#10 | Posted by Corky at 2024-07-23 08:54 PM | Reply

@#7 ... I know Gaslighter never read the link. ...

And, you know that how?

Aside from using the same moniker that the Bellringer alias seems to enjoy using for me, I have to ask...

How does your alias know I did not read the link?

That's a serious question.

#11 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 08:58 PM | Reply

#10 And 10% of the profits from the big guy, Rogers. TooTes. :-)

#12 | Posted by gracieamazed at 2024-07-23 08:58 PM | Reply

Your candidate is a rapist. Go ---- yourself.

#13 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-07-23 08:59 PM | Reply

This

#14 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-23 09:00 PM | Reply

#15 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-23 09:00 PM | Reply

#16 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-23 09:00 PM | Reply

interesting

#17 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-23 09:00 PM | Reply

thread.

#18 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-23 09:01 PM | Reply

This is hilarious to me. Lefty Dems live in such an echo chamber bubble they actually believe Biden can be kicked to the curb after winning the Dem primary and the elites can just pick his replacement and the entire base is just going to be kumbayah about it, especially with a candidate as lousy as Harris.

#19 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-07-23 09:03 PM | Reply

Wow, up to 19 replies now (this one makes at least 20).

Funny how the Bellringer current alias seemed to chime in. Not the first time such an occurrence has happened. ...

#20 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 09:08 PM | Reply

#19

I see Trumpringer got his talking points.

Harris is turned into a very good speaking candidate, and the Dem Convention, mostly elected Dems, is behind her almost unanimously.

Obama is only waiting for the Convention, just as he did with Biden.

But hey, Jeffy's got nothing... well except for that palpable desperation.

#21 | Posted by Corky at 2024-07-23 09:08 PM | Reply

@#21 ... Harris is turned into a very good speaking candidate, and the Dem Convention, mostly elected Dems, is behind her almost unanimously. ...

From what I've heard, VP Harris has the support of 1992 delegates, more than the 1976 needed.

The Trump campaign strategy has been blown out of the water, and we are now seeing the results of the pearl-clutching the Trump campaign's strategy seems to be going through.

#22 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 09:15 PM | Reply

She's a word salad machine.

x.com

#23 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-07-23 09:17 PM | Reply

#22. You act like over the course of 2 days she's become a completely different person.

It really is funny to watch.

#24 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-07-23 09:18 PM | Reply

More from the cited article...

... While the group noted "Joe Biden wasn't our preferred candidate," it pointed to the party's "troubling" decisions to avoid giving its voters a voice, such as refusing to host debates, pushing out non-Biden candidates and having "bullied" Biden out of the race. ...

I am happy that the Democrats did not give in to the extremists in their party, unlike the GOP handing its leadership position to fmr Pres Trump.

Hey, Gracie... ya happy that I commented on the actual article?

If not, oh well. But you have yet another reply for your total.

#25 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 09:21 PM | Reply

@#23 ... She's a word salad machine. ...

How so?

The link your current alias posts does not seem to support that assertion.

btw, thanks for posting a link, but next time, do try to make it relevant.

#26 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 09:24 PM | Reply

@#23 ... It really is funny to watch. ,,,

How so? Be specific.

And also, please compare and contrast with Sen Vance's changing opinions of fmr Pres Trump.

#27 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 09:26 PM | Reply

What is BLM upset about?

#28 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-07-23 09:26 PM | Reply

How so?

"Word salad" is obviously an assigned talking point phrase. How many aliases have started using it in the last few days?

#29 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-23 09:28 PM | Reply

#14-18. I see what you did there. Well played.

#30 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-07-23 09:28 PM | Reply

" How many aliases have started using it in the last few days?"

It's a term that has been around for at least several years and has been accurately used to describe her public speaking long before the past 2 days.

#31 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-07-23 09:29 PM | Reply

- You act like over the course of 2 days she's become a completely different person.
It really is funny to watch.

You act like people are the same today as they were 4 years ago... with no real knowledge of what she's done in the meantime.

It's really sad to watch... you become all Trumpy; using the new N word and all.

#32 | Posted by Corky at 2024-07-23 09:31 PM | Reply

@#28 ... What is BLM upset about? ...

Maybe your current alias should ask them directly.

#33 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 09:34 PM | Reply

Much like Nikki Haley, Kamala Harris is a better public speaker today than she was 4 years ago. Both women honed their speaking skills and became more comfortable in their own skin in the time that past since they first stepped out onto the national stage.

#34 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-07-23 09:35 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Some people forget the way Harris expertly questioned Barr and Kavanaugh when she was on the Senate judicial committee. Some people don't.

#35 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-07-23 09:37 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

@#29 ... "Word salad" is obviously an assigned talking point phrase. How many aliases have started using it in the last few days? ...

Good observation.

I entered the phrase "word salad" into my search engine of choise. I also used the "site:drudge.com" keyword to restrict the hits to this most august site.

Wow, a plethora of hits recently.

Here's one from July 3, 2024...

drudge.com

... They can cut the freezes and the word salad. ...
Posted by willowby ....

And another...

drudge.com

... ------- word salad ...
Posted by Claudio ...

Talking point, indeed.

#36 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 09:44 PM | Reply

It's a term that has been around for at least several years

I've seen it more in the last two days than in the last two years. Two years excluding the last 2 days, obviously.

#37 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-23 09:45 PM | Reply

@#37 ... I've seen it more in the last two days than in the last two years. ...

Yup.

It seems to be used of late to tell the Cult of Trump that they do not need listen to what is being said because of hte w~word salad,~ they wouldn't understand it.

imo, way cool speaking down to your base in that manner.

#38 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 09:48 PM | Reply

Jeffy has outed himself as a full-fledged Trumper... because all they REALLY want is to 'own them a lib!" and that's all he's done here, trolled voraciously, for several years now.

He's not joined the Lincoln Project Republicans in condemning Trump and working with Dems to keep the Traitor/Criminal out of office... nope, he's chosen to be a Trump Troll instead.

#39 | Posted by Corky at 2024-07-23 09:53 PM | Reply

" Some people forget the way Harris expertly questioned Barr and Kavanaugh when she was on the Senate judicial committee. Some people don't.

#35 | POSTED BY GAL_TUESDAY AT 2024-07-23 09:37 PM | REPLY"

Like when she accused Kavanaugh of being a chain gang rapist? Yeah, I remember that.

#40 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-07-23 09:55 PM | Reply

I'll ask again:

" What is BLM upset about?

#28 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER AT 2024-07-23 09:26 PM | FLAG: "

#41 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-07-23 09:56 PM | Reply

If you aren't asking a rhetorical question, you could read the article and find out.

#42 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-07-23 09:59 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

BullBringer sure cried a lot when Supreme Rapist Kavanaugh was questioned about whether he should be anointed.

Besides. It wasn't real rape, like when transgender people use the restroom of their choice.

#43 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-07-23 09:59 PM | Reply

Jeffy sounds like he's pissed that JD Mandel got the VP slot instead of him.

#44 | Posted by Corky at 2024-07-23 10:01 PM | Reply

"Brett Kavanaugh: third woman accuses supreme court nominee of sexual misconduct"

www.theguardian.com

#45 | Posted by Corky at 2024-07-23 10:05 PM | Reply

I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this thread and driven up the post coun,t so that Gracie can go to bed a happy woman. Since it doesn't take much to make her happy, we should do this more often!

#46 | Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2024-07-23 10:05 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@#41 ... I'll ask again: ...

And I'll say again...

Maybe you should ask BLM that question.

If it concerns your current alias so much, maybe visit their Contact page and ask them directly.
blacklivesmatter.com

Let us know what their reply is.

#47 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 10:06 PM | Reply

Hey Gracie...

Your thread is up to 47 (now 48?) replies.

Feeling better?

#48 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 10:06 PM | Reply

- so that Gracie can go to bed a happy woman

Jeffy is in Florida??

#49 | Posted by Corky at 2024-07-23 10:06 PM | Reply

Gracie is derpy.

#50 | Posted by Alexandrite at 2024-07-23 10:07 PM | Reply

I guess those Kielbasas come in handy.....

#51 | Posted by Corky at 2024-07-23 10:07 PM | Reply

Keep up the race-baiting, Corky. We all know you have a kielbasa fetish now.

#52 | Posted by sentinel at 2024-07-23 10:12 PM | Reply

What race am I baiting?

Since you invented that meme, you should at least tell me... especially since you are bringing your hurt fee fees all the way over from another thread.

#53 | Posted by Corky at 2024-07-23 10:15 PM | Reply

By the way. And I know we're 53 posts deep,so I can check, but has anyone mentioned that Kamala isn't yet the nominee but is currently the presumptive nominee?

It could still go to Michelle Obama.

#54 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-07-23 10:25 PM | Reply

@#54 ... but has anyone mentioned that Kamala isn't yet the nominee but is currently the presumptive nominee? ...

I did note in another thread...

drudge.com

... From what I've heard, VP Harris has the support of 1992 delegates, more than the 1976 needed. ...

A link:

Majority of pledged Democratic delegates endorse Harris after massive fundraising day
www.cnbc.com

... Late Monday night, NBC News projected that Harris had won endorsements from a majority of the Democratic party's pledged convention delegates. The threshold is 1,976 delegates, and NBC estimates that Harris has the spoken or written backing of 1,992 delegates. ...

#55 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 10:33 PM | Reply

" It could still go to Michelle Obama.

#54 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK AT 2024-07-23 10:25 PM | FLAG: "

The problem is I am not sure she could just inherit Biden's donor war chest in the same way Harris appears able.

#56 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-07-23 10:58 PM | Reply

Seems like she isn't having any problem raising money.

#57 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-07-23 11:00 PM | Reply

@#56 ... The problem is I am not sure she could just inherit Biden's donor war chest in the same way Harris appears able. ...

Your current alias' unsubstantiated opinion is noted and treated accordingly.

Hey Gracie, now #57!

#58 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 11:00 PM | Reply

Where's Lee when you need him?

#59 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-07-23 11:02 PM | Reply

Judy Collins - Amazing Grace (1970)
www.youtube.com

A great rendition of a fav song of mine....

#60 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 11:03 PM | Reply

" Seems like she isn't having any problem raising money.
#57 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK AT 2024-07-23 11:00 PM | FLAG: "

She's certainly capable of raising money. I'm just not sure she could lay claim to the considerable amount of money already raised by Biden. Donors don't have bottomless checkbooks.

#61 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-07-23 11:09 PM | Reply

She's certainly capable of raising money. I'm just not sure she could lay claim to the considerable amount of money already raised by Biden. Donors don't have bottomless checkbooks.

POSTED BY BELLRINGER AT 2024-07-23 11:09 PM | REPLY

The money belongs to the both of them. So yes she inherits it.

#62 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-07-23 11:12 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

@#61 ... 'Im just not sure she could lay claim to the considerable amount of money already raised by Biden. ..

Why?

Got links?

#63 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 11:20 PM | Reply

Can Harris -- or any other Democrat -- access Biden campaign money?
www.npr.org

... The Biden campaign said it had $240 million cash on hand at the beginning of July. It likely burned through a good deal of that on ads, staffing and the like since then, but now that President Biden is out, there's a question of whether any other candidate would or should have access to that money.

The short answer seems to be that Vice President Harris -- who is already poised to be the new Democratic nominee -- has a strong claim to the funds, because she was and is on the filing statements as a candidate with Biden. Other potential replacements would not, according to many campaign finance experts.

Those candidates would have to rely on Biden donating the money to an outside group or super PAC or he would have to stand one up on his own to support the potential Democratic nominee. But the candidate would not have control over that money or how it's used. ...

#64 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-07-23 11:23 PM | Reply

Donors don't have bottomless checkbooks.

LOL. They most certainly do.

#65 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-07-23 11:26 PM | Reply

" The money belongs to the both of them. So yes she inherits it.

#62 | POSTED BY LAURAMOHR AT 2024-07-23 11:12 PM | FLAG: "

I was referencing Clownshack bringing up Michelle Obama as a potential option. I don't think she could lay any claim to Biden's war chest.

#66 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-07-23 11:26 PM | Reply

... While the group noted "Joe Biden wasn't our preferred candidate," it pointed to the party's "troubling" decisions to avoid giving its voters a voice, such as refusing to host debates, pushing out non-Biden candidates and having "bullied" Biden out of the race. ...
I am happy that the Democrats did not give in to the extremists in their party, unlike the GOP handing its leadership position to fmr Pres Trump. [...]
#25 | Posted by LampLighter

So, as LampLighter pretty much said, a group that didn't get their choice in the Dem primaries is now trying to stir the potty because they're still not getting their choice with the new nominee. And the Dems have wisely decided to ignore them here, as they did with the primaries.

#67 | Posted by censored at 2024-07-24 08:41 AM | Reply

#21 ... Harris is turned into a very good speaking candidate

I'll believe this when she isn't working off of a speech writers work and has to formulate her own words on the fly.

#68 | Posted by kwrx25 at 2024-07-24 10:13 AM | Reply

I'll believe this when she isn't working off of a speech writers work and has to formulate her own words on the fly.

#68 | POSTED BY KWRX25

You didn't believe it when Obama did it.

#69 | Posted by Zed at 2024-07-24 10:25 AM | Reply

#68 | POSTED BY KWRX25

Do you, or anyone, think that Donald Trump makes sense when he attempts to speak for more than five minutes at a stretch?

Or course no one, to include you, doesn't.

Time to admit it.

#70 | Posted by Zed at 2024-07-24 10:26 AM | Reply

68 | POSTED BY KWRX25

You people support an orange man who can't think himself out of a paper bag.

When you try to critique others on dimensions of intellectual ability, I realize that you wear that same bag.

#71 | Posted by Zed at 2024-07-24 10:29 AM | Reply

Some people forget the way Harris expertly questioned Barr and Kavanaugh when she was on the Senate judicial committee. Some people don't.

She made Keggenaugh cry.

Such an alpha male.

#72 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-07-24 10:29 AM | Reply

I'll believe this when she isn't working off of a speech writers work and has to formulate her own words on the fly.

Boat. Battery. Shark.

#73 | Posted by Nixon at 2024-07-24 10:35 AM | Reply

Whale!

#74 | Posted by donnerboy at 2024-07-24 11:57 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

"I'll believe this when she isn't working off of a speech writers work and has to formulate her own words on the fly.
#68 | POSTED BY KWRX25 AT 2024-07-24 10:13 AM"

I doubt her handlers will allow her to be in that position.

#75 | Posted by BellRinger at 2024-07-25 06:48 PM | Reply