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[OFFICIAL] Joe Biden Veepstakes thread

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Os Trigonum, Mar 6, 2020.

  1. Reeko

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    I’m seeing Trump bootlickers in the media trying to portray Kamala Harris as “radical left”

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    that’s like me claiming that JVG is an elite offensive coach
     
  2. DonnyMost

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    Is this ticket objectively less liberal than 2016's?

    It feels that way.
     
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    Biden is older than H. Clinton is older than Obama. They're going backwards. Biden is one generation older than Obama.
     
  4. Reeko

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    next we’ll hear Kamala Harris is an Antifa leader trying to infiltrate our government

    if they’re resorting to labeling her radical left, they must not have much of substance to attack her with
     
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    "Kamala Harris Is a Cop Who Wants To Be (Vice) President":

    https://reason.com/2020/08/11/kamala-harris-is-a-cop-who-wants-to-be-vice-president/

    Kamala Harris Is a Cop Who Wants To Be (Vice) President
    Joe Biden announced today that Harris will be his Democratic running mate.
    ELIZABETH NOLAN BROWN | 8.11.2020 5:40 PM

    The Democratic 2020 veepstakes are over, and Sen. Kamala Harris (D–Calif.) is the winner. Joe Biden announced Tuesday afternoon that he had picked Harris to be his running mate as he seeks to become the next president of the United States.

    The good news is that it keeps Harris—who has a long and authoritarian history on criminal justice issues—far from the Department of Justice. There was some speculation that should Biden win, he would name Harris as attorney general. As American's top cop, Harris would have the potential to do much more damage than as vice president.

    The bad news is that it puts Harris next in line for the presidency should anything happen to Biden and sets her up nicely for a future presidential run. In Harris, we would get a leader with President Donald Trump's penchant for unchecked executive power and modern Democrats' tendency to consider no issue outside the reach of government.

    The pick is somewhat surprising. Rumor had it that Biden hadn't forgiven Harris' backhanded busing stunt during the Democratic candidate debates last summer, and that influential operatives were urging him not to choose her because of it.

    In addition, Harris—who served as a district attorney in San Francisco and attorney general of California before becoming a senator in 2016—has a troubling history when it comes to law-and-order issues and is despised for it by many young left-of-center voters; she consistently chose to protect law enforcement prerogatives and to stonewall reform in California, beyond the minimum demands of her role as the state's top cop. That's a particular liability as Americans streets are still erupting with protests over police violence and calls for criminal justice reform.

    For more details on Harris's past and a glimpse of why she'll be dangerous in the White House in any capacity, here's some of Reason's previous coverage:

     
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  7. basso

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    Nothing new though.

    There were many that thought Obama was a Muslim Kenyan Socialist...so yeah, not much you can do with these types but roll your eyes and move on.
     
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  9. Reeko

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    it’s very amusing seeing them squirm right now
     
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    who, exactly, is squirming?
     
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    Maybe she's not that bad...
    https://www.foxnews.com/media/conservatives-react-kamala-harris-biden-running-mate


    They can try to weaponize her ambition like that cringey Bigtexx thread but that would probably help her with women voters that Trump is still hemorrhaging.

    The Veep pick acts like a disinfectant just like how devout and preachy Pence turned into degenerate Trump's footsto...world class ottoman.

    Cynically her job will be to balance the law and order vibes Trump is projecting without sounding too militant for reparations and enabling "unpeaceful protests". She'll also have to reconnect her bonafides with Black leadership similar to when Obama initially campaigned, though on a far smaller and more superficial scale.

    I don't think people will be influenced too much by her flip-floppery unless she lets out a continuous stream of offensive bloopers or public perception of Biden's competency spirals out of control.

    ...As for more or less liberal, I just want more real laws. Hopefully w/ Congressional controls we pass something or steamroll filibusters.

    Less EO like DACA. More 70s era bills like the Civil Rights Act.
     
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    Trump just called Biden and Harris radical left are you joking?
     
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    I'm honestly freaking disgusted by Biden picking Harris. This election will rival 2016 for holding your nose will picking your candidate. Good lord. I really hate this pick.
     
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    i think the VP is usually irrelevant, but given Biden's health, and obvious cognitive difficulties, this election is really more Trump vs Harris.
     
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    would hit so hard she'd be singing the chorus from Immigrant Song.
     
  19. basso

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    "They" = Trump?
     
  20. larsv8

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    What an extraordinary stupid take.

    In that case, its more Biden vs Pence, because Trump is basically a 5th grader, either due to decline, or just never progressing much beyond that point.
     

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