"Time to revolt."

Are you revolting?

"Intellectually honest people look at the bigger picture and give more weight to the popular vote as a metric of how liked/disliked a candidate is."

Intellectually honest people who are pragmatic will give at least as much weight to how capable a candidate is at winning elections. If you're ignoring a candidate's ability to pull in a majority in 30 states, accounting for almost 60% of the electoral vote, then you're living in lala land.

As I've said, I never voted for him and never would.

"I disagree. They should have to rationalize why they did it............but they don't actually have to."

They have to rationalize it to themselves, at least. Like pretending that Biden or Harris were worse.

"based on your skin tone."

That's the only thing you see when looking at people, apparently.

A cynic would say "The voters get the government they deserve."

" It's Berenstain"

Yes, but they had a son, so there is a Berenson connection.

Bernstein is even further off the mark than Berenstein.

" They're calling her black because most white folks would cross the street if they saw her approaching from a distance."

What are you basing that on? It seems like you're reimagining her as a stereotypical poor black person, rather than the way she actually looks and dresses.

" Black isn't her nationality. It's her skin color."

Asian isn't a nationality either, smartass. She presents with more Asian-American and European-American traits then African-American ones. By any metric, she's less black than Obama.

" This is America.

Don't overthink it"

I bet you probably think that's a nationality too.

I'm not overthinking it. You're being anti-intellectual.

" That would be Bernstein Bears."

Nope. That's the Mandela Effect playing tricks on you.

I thought Berenson was a family of bears.

"It was hardly a resounding loss."

She received even fewer electoral votes than Clinton did eight years earlier. So yeah, it was a pretty clear, unmistakable defeat.

People who voted for Trump in 2020 or 2024 have to rationalize why they voted for an F-grade candidate over a C or D grade candidate.

"And a black woman"

It's funny how Asians don't even exist on many Americans' radars, at least consciously. Kamala's more Asian than Black. Her first name is literally of Asian origin, while her last name is European.

I had to dig deep down into the article to even figure out what it was on about. A lot of wonkish and procedurial stuff - that probably was a bigger factor in it not being widely covered by the "mainstream media" than some implied conspiracy to try to suppress it.

Is this really a huge win for free speech? Do you think it will actually stop the government or corporations from overreaching and abusing their powers against individuals and smaller businesses?

Ha.

AI is currently in the same stage as things like astrology and alchemy were before they eventually became astronomy and chemistry. They served useful but limited purposes, but were disasterous when people tried to apply them beyond their limitations. Unfrotunately, it's going to take a huge systemic failure before society decides to take it out of the hands of those driven by short term business greed.

Divide your age by 3 and add 11.

Doing business in China has always been a honeytrap.

She's looks as bipolar as she sounds.

"Your post is basically saying AOC should run because people from the past have lost."

So you're saying she shouldn't run? If she's really as unqualified as you think, then she'll flame out in the primaries.

"Racism. Care to explain how Obama was elected twice?"

He wasn't part Asian. I've always said was a bigger liability for Harris than being part black or female.

"Face it, you're as bad as Trumpers following her cult of personality."

A cult of personality isn't necessarily a bad thing. Washington and Lincoln both had cults of personality. The thing is, if a candidate is going to run a campaign like that, they need to go all in and sustain it. If they're doing it just because they saw it worked for Trump (or whoever) and decided to try to copy it, it won't work.

"Primaries are Important, you "Make Time" for them."

You're not being honest. But we've all come to expect that from your handle. A second primary was logistically impossible at that point. While there are precedents for sitting presidents dropping out, none did so as late in the cycle as Biden, who withdrew months after the primary season had already concluded.

From a logistical and legal standpoint, a "second run" of public primary elections was effectively impossible. Here is why:

1. State Law vs. Party Rules
Primary elections are run by state governments, not the political parties. The dates for these elections are written into state statutes. For the DNC to "redo" the primaries, dozens of state legislatures (many controlled by the opposing party) would have had to pass emergency laws to schedule new elections, fund them, and authorize new ballots.

2. The "Ballot Access" Deadline
By late July, many states were already approaching their general election certification deadlines. For example, Ohio had a notorious deadline issue that required the DNC to hold a "virtual roll call" early just to ensure their nominee would legally appear on the November ballot. Organizing 50 state-wide elections in the ~90 days before the general election would have been a logistical nightmare.

3. Cost and Infrastructure
A single state primary can cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. There was no mechanism or appetite to spend hundreds of millions on a "do-over" when the primary results had already been certified.

You can bitch about how undemocratic incumbent primaries or even primaries are in general, but then that too would undermine the disingenuous argument you're making here.

The primaries were over, and the primary voters had chosen the incumbent candidate(s) to run on the ticket again. It wasn't realistic to rerun all the primaries in 50 states again and then run a national campaign. Literally nobody honestly believes that was a viable option.

IIRC, Harris polled better than any other potential candidate when Biden withdrew, and she looked like she had a chance. Then she chose a VP who looked like McCain, which made herself look like Palin. The wheels came off when her own campaign brought up race with the "White Dudes for Harris" and "White Guy Taco Night" nonsense. She blew it.

She looked like a deer caught in the headlights by the end of her only debate with Trump.

#64- completely agreed

"Look at this hysterical cooze"

Look at this confession dressed up as an accusation. I'm the one arguing against hysteria driven by mob mentalities. You're the one defending it. "Think of the bleeding children!" Think of how many atrocities have been committed with hyper emotional rhetoric like that. You like to think you're morally superior to others, but you're really no better than the religious right.

"Yet where is the future? Would you look more toward China or the US?"

People are fleeing both countries right now.

It's so nice that we have zero room for agreement or disagreement on anything, isn't it? The recommendations of the medical community must never be questioned, and anyone who does is "stupid" and "evil", whether we're talking about a rushed vaccine, surgical mutilations, or very rare non-communicable diseases.

More Doctors recommended Camels, although 20,679 physicians said Lucky Strike cigs were smoother and less irritating to the throat. If you disagree with or even doubt them, then you are anti-science and should be criminally charged.