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Post by billisonboard on Jul 22, 2024 17:54:48 GMT -5
Harris was a junior Senator for four years in a body where seniority is power. The vice presidency is a support position. Your critique will only hold weight with people ignorant of those realities. Few, if any, such here. Exactly she had positions but never done anything hell she didn't even want to visit the border. Again she is nothing "Visiting the border" just gets you in the way of people doing their job. It provides a snapshot view when it is necessary to understand a multi-episode movie. |
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 22, 2024 17:55:20 GMT -5
When was this? What day, what were the weather conditions? The man is clearly not well if you watched it nit just a pic you would see he just wandered off...iooh man fell out of the sky let me look. When the corralled him he looked so lost. Dems keep making excuses for him many on this board. Remember he fell off a bike oh happens all the time bullshit he forgot he was even on a bike. Then the terrible debate performance they can't hide it any longer. Harris is a nothing, nothing accomplished in the senate nothing done as a vp. Trump is going to destroy her. You have a lot to say about Biden’s cognitive abilities. What about Trumps? You think Trump will destroy Harris? Trump isn’t capable of telling the truth, apparently. Harris won’t let his lies slide. Trump stumbles with words - a LOT more than he did in 2016. Even when reading from a teleprompter, he wanders off topic and gets stuck in a sea of self pity. Being on a debate stage with a black woman who is talking rings around him will make him crabby, combative, and reduce his verbal ability to angry sputtering. Trump knows this. This is why he’s trying to find a way to back out of it. Harris needs to push for weekly debates, which is why Trump kept trying to get Biden to do it. |
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Post by dondubble on Jul 22, 2024 18:05:50 GMT -5
Sherrod Brown.
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 22, 2024 18:07:06 GMT -5
Harris was a junior Senator for four years in a body where seniority is power. The vice presidency is a support position. Your critique will only hold weight with people ignorant of those realities. Few, if any, such here. Exactly she had positions but never done anything hell she didn't even want to visit the border. Again she is nothing A junior Senator is building relationships, working to help the more senior Senators get things passed, and developing a staff to work on constituent services. It is hard work with no glamor. It is the type of work that a showboat avoids. |
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Post by busymom on Jul 22, 2024 18:18:35 GMT -5
LOL! That's because they're campaigning based on criticizing their opponent, rather than touting the accomplishments of the GOP. The problem is, the GOP hasn't really accomplished anything in quite a while.  |
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 22, 2024 18:28:22 GMT -5
Can't believe even this Supreme Court would rule in anyway supporting any action. But it could be fun to read Thomas's dissent.  |
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 22, 2024 19:17:15 GMT -5
Harris was a junior Senator for four years in a body where seniority is power. The vice presidency is a support position. Your critique will only hold weight with people ignorant of those realities. Few, if any, such here. Exactly she had positions but never done anything hell she didn't even want to visit the border. Again she is nothing I'll ask again. What were Mike Pence's accomplishment as VP of the U.S. other than ignoring President donald trump's demand Pence violate the U.S. Constitution and not certify Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. |
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Post by hurley1980 on Jul 22, 2024 20:08:51 GMT -5
LOL! That's because they're campaigning based on criticizing their opponent, rather than touting the accomplishments of the GOP. The problem is, the GOP hasn't really accomplished anything in quite a while. Absolutely! And there whole plan was slamming Biden, which is pretty much worthless now. I was very nervous about Harris earlier today, but now it looks like the GOP is running scared, so I am way more optimistic now. It also seems that a lot of the younger voters who were going to sit this election out are excited about Harris too (from what I am seeing on FB). I just donated to her campaign, even though she has already received like 80mil in donations. I'm still cautious, but this may be the best thing for the dems....as long as she picks a solid VP. |
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 22, 2024 20:50:40 GMT -5
Frequently when I am watching television, a commercial comes on and I think to myself, "Really?". I have to keep reminding myself, "I'm not the target audience for, well, anything any more." I will be looking at her choice for VP through that lense.
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Post by ripvanwinkle on Jul 22, 2024 21:05:28 GMT -5
Since no one has seen Biden since he dropped out, how do we know that the phone call he made to Harris wasn't a AI generated call? Could this be a "Weekend at Bernies" moment? Oh, and I heard this today. Biden as the VP.  |
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Post by billisonboard on Jul 22, 2024 21:18:41 GMT -5
Since no one has seen Biden since he dropped out, how do we know that the phone call he made to Harris wasn't a AI generated call? Could this be a "Weekend at Bernies" moment? Oh, and I heard this today. Biden as the VP. Why would they cover up Biden's death? What would be the advantage? He's dead. Harris becomes President and runs as a sitting President. It would mean that we will have already had a female president so it would eliminate that psychological hurdle some might struggle with when it comes to voting for her. |
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Post by thyme4change on Jul 22, 2024 21:26:05 GMT -5
Harris was a junior Senator for four years in a body where seniority is power. The vice presidency is a support position. Your critique will only hold weight with people ignorant of those realities. Few, if any, such here. Exactly she had positions but never done anything hell she didn't even want to visit the border. Again she is nothing And had she visited, you would have said she did nothing while there it was just a photo op and publicity stunt. |
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Post by tallguy on Jul 22, 2024 21:48:43 GMT -5
When was this? What day, what were the weather conditions? The man is clearly not well if you watched it nit just a pic you would see he just wandered off...iooh man fell out of the sky let me look. When the corralled him he looked so lost. Dems keep making excuses for him many on this board. Remember he fell off a bike oh happens all the time bullshit he forgot he was even on a bike. Then the terrible debate performance they can't hide it any longer. Harris is a nothing, nothing accomplished in the senate nothing done as a vp. Trump is going to destroy her. Trust me, no one here is counting on you to deliver a rational thought or cogent argument, but just to extend the analogy.... Let's compare Donald Trump's qualifications for president to Hillary Clinton's. Hillary was a Yale Law School graduate, served in multiple legal and political positions including law school faculty member, was the First Lady of Arkansas while her husband was governor, was a very involved First Lady of the United States while her husband was president, was a United States Senator from New York, and was the United States Secretary of State. In contrast, Donald Trump's qualifications would be similar to the guy picking up litter on the side of the highway. Even after four years of being the president, that is where he remains. He learned nothing about doing the job well, and remains not at all interested in that. Being the worst president in history and the only one to ever attempt to overthrow American democracy really should not earn you another shot at the job. If Republicans were worth a damn at all, they would have prevented it years ago. But they're not, so here we are. |
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Post by ripvanwinkle on Jul 23, 2024 1:01:06 GMT -5
I think you missed the symbolism here. Like the movie, in weeks ago, the dems realized Bidens political career and reelection was dead but they had to keep him hidden.
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Post by Opti on Jul 23, 2024 3:11:22 GMT -5
I think you missed the symbolism here. Like the movie, in weeks ago, the dems realized Bidens political career and reelection was dead but they had to keep him hidden. Nice try but no. I totally disagree with how the Dems pressured him to step down. His reelection was very much alive had they chosen to do the right thing. Trump is like a cat with nine lives, but eventually he has to run out. It feels like he's on life 9.5 but perhaps its only life 8? I wouldn't want to follow someone who needs so much adoration to survive and will treat people like crap just to feel better. I know you and others probably feel happy about all that assuming he only treats the other side like crap even though the evidence is right in front of you. Get too close and you will be blamed for things he pressured you into doing. But that aside, apparently it is time for the narwhal song. Narwhal, narwhal  (Today, MS reminds us that the narwhal is the unicorn of the sea) |
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Post by Opti on Jul 23, 2024 3:17:39 GMT -5
Exactly she had positions but never done anything hell she didn't even want to visit the border. Again she is nothing And had she visited, you would have said she did nothing while there it was just a photo op and publicity stunt. She did visit, just not when the rabble demanded she do so. The administration has chosen to solve the problem a different way instead of the same old catch and release program. www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-02-05/kamala-harris-was-tapped-to-fix-an-immigration-crisis-but-the-target-has-movedWASHINGTON — President Biden, facing a political crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border in the early days of his administration, tapped Vice President Kamala Harris to lead a high-profile response that would bet heavily on improving conditions in three Central American countries.
It was known as the “root causes” strategy. The border, administration officials argued, was only a symptom. If the United States could improve economic, security and political conditions in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, fewer people would risk the perilous journey and much of the problem could be solved, they reasoned.
The three countries in Harris’ original portfolio showed significant drops in annual migration, from more than 700,000 border arrests in the 2021 budget year to fewer than 500,000 in 2023.
But they are back up again in the first three months of the 2024 budget year.
Mexico, meanwhile, is still the largest source of migrants, with 717,000 in 2023.
Harris’ national security advisor, Phil Gordon, has also been instrumental in setting up offices in Guatemala that screen migrants seeking refugee status and other legal pathways to entry without going to the border. The program now also includes Colombia, Ecuador and Costa Rica.
The administration says more than 120,000 people have applied through the centers as of mid-January.
It’s hard to measure the impact of such programs when dynamics outside U.S. control are often the biggest factors. |
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Post by tbop77 on Jul 23, 2024 5:18:44 GMT -5
I think you missed the symbolism here. Like the movie, in weeks ago, the dems realized Bidens political career and reelection was dead but they had to keep him hidden. Is this SCP? Did he die of Parkinson's? Is he buried next to Hillary? If nothing else, Trumper's are cheap entertainment with their conspiracy theories. |
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Post by Opti on Jul 23, 2024 5:41:47 GMT -5
I think you missed the symbolism here. Like the movie, in weeks ago, the dems realized Bidens political career and reelection was dead but they had to keep him hidden. Is this SCP? Did he die of Parkinson's? Is he buried next to Hillary? If nothing else, Trumper's are cheap entertainment with their conspiracy theories. No, it's the fallen asleep and I think I'm awake now version. Think on it tbop77, instead of hiding Trump's age-related flaws and word salad up in the attic, it's a perpetual weekend at Bernie's. But apparently the branding in better. Weekends at Mar Lago where you never know where you might find classified documents. Ooh, is there where the Former President might spill the beans on foreign policy tonight? You could be just one expensive fundraising dinner from getting some dirt on the US and another foreign country, or not. The excitement is apparently a big draw to some conservatives. Got to love reality TV, right? (OK maybe not so much. Would make great comedy in a TV show to find current classified docs on a current US op behind a package of Charmin TP though.) |
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Post by Opti on Jul 23, 2024 5:43:53 GMT -5
I think you missed the symbolism here. Like the movie, in weeks ago, the dems realized Bidens political career and reelection was dead but they had to keep him hidden. Is this SCP? Did he die of Parkinson's? Is he buried next to Hillary? If nothing else, Trumper's are cheap entertainment with their conspiracy theories. Conservative Treehouse or whatever it was that SCP liked so much. They really could write some interesting political fiction. |
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Post by Opti on Jul 23, 2024 6:16:59 GMT -5
Remembering Donald Trump's 1987 Appearance On David Letterman
Former President Donald Trump appeared on David Letterman's Late Night talk show in December of 1987.www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/remembering-donald-trump-s-1987-appearance-on-david-letterman/vi-BB1qqymj?ocid=socialshareNotice how DJT hedges and doesn't want to commit to anything. Even fake monopoly numbers. At about 2 minutes 40 seconds in DJT does a deflection, that should be a known technique now. He does not want to answer the question, so he deflects by assessing his personal physical situation and compares to how he sees Letterman in that moment. I have/ or at least had that book. I read it and wondered why he didn't include the obvious yelling etc. which seemed to be the heart of the Deal.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 23, 2024 6:32:22 GMT -5
Since no one has seen Biden since he dropped out, how do we know that the phone call he made to Harris wasn't a AI generated call? Could this be a "Weekend at Bernies" moment? Oh, and I heard this today. Biden as the VP. Have you ever had an original thought? The answer of course is no. |
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Post by teen persuasion on Jul 23, 2024 6:33:39 GMT -5
Since no one has seen Biden since he dropped out, how do we know that the phone call he made to Harris wasn't a AI generated call? Could this be a "Weekend at Bernies" moment? Oh, and I heard this today. Biden as the VP. Um, Biden has Covid and is doing the recommended thing - quarantining at home! |
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Post by teen persuasion on Jul 23, 2024 6:49:43 GMT -5
LOL! That's because they're campaigning based on criticizing their opponent, rather than touting the accomplishments of the GOP. The problem is, the GOP hasn't really accomplished anything in quite a while. Reading on here, while listening to GMA this morning (JD Vance whining about how swapping out candidates is not Democracy, and Trump was whining about how much time and money was spent on bashing Biden - now they have to start over!) and I had a thought. Is Trump suddenly worried that the Rep party might have a light bulb moment - they too could just push an unwanted/problematic candidate OUT, even at the last moment. |
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 23, 2024 6:58:17 GMT -5
Vance once again went after Harris last night for not having kids, calling her a crazy cat lady made bitter by not having kids and with no vested interest in the future of the country.
I guess being a guy with kids from different women that you rarely see unless they’re cute girls that you like to fantasize about having sex with is fine with JD.
I used to admire the guy when I read his book. He’s done a huge 180 in order to be VP. I think he will regret this in the future.
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Post by tbop77 on Jul 23, 2024 6:58:55 GMT -5
Harris was a junior Senator for four years in a body where seniority is power. The vice presidency is a support position. Your critique will only hold weight with people ignorant of those realities. Few, if any, such here. Exactly she had positions but never done anything hell she didn't even want to visit the border. Again she is nothing Trump must have thought she was doing a good job, he donated to her campaign: As Kamala Harris appears poised to replace Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee, a past connection between herself and Donald Trump has garnered interest: the GOP nominee once donated to her re-election campaign while Harris was serving as California attorney general. From 2011 to 2013, Trump gave $6,000 to Harris’s campaign. Trump's daughter, Ivanka Trump, also donated $2,000 to Harris in 2014.www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/07/21/donald-trump-donation-kamala-harris-campaign-california/74493046007/ |
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Post by tbop77 on Jul 23, 2024 7:03:15 GMT -5
Vance once again went after Harris last night for not having kids, calling her a crazy cat lady made bitter by not having kids and with no vested interest in the future of the country. I guess being a guy with kids from different women that you rarely see unless they’re cute girls that you like to fantasize about having sex with is fine with JD. I used to admire the guy when I read his book. He’s done a huge 180 in order to be VP. I think he will regret this in the future. The Democratic governor made his attack in response to Vance criticizing Harris, remarks which were presented by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. “Well, first, he ought to call the vice president by her title. She earned it. She is Vice President Harris,” he said after Vance simply referred to her by her name. “But the second is the grasping for straws. Listen, J.D. Vance is a phony. He’s fake. I mean, he first says that Donald Trump is like Hitler, and now he’s acting like he’s Lincoln. I mean, the problem with J.D. Vance is he has no conviction, but I guess his running mate has 34.” www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/3095205/andy-beshear-rips-jd-vance-having-no-conviction-trump-has-34/ |
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Post by tbop77 on Jul 23, 2024 7:09:42 GMT -5
Is this SCP? Did he die of Parkinson's? Is he buried next to Hillary? If nothing else, Trumper's are cheap entertainment with their conspiracy theories. Conservative Treehouse or whatever it was that SCP liked so much. They really could write some interesting political fiction. I love to read the comments on that site. They didn't appear to be to happy with Trump's VP pick. Since Trump doesn't have the best track record of choosing advisors, etc, there was speculation JD Vance is part of the deep state. |
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