Will Kamala Harris satisfy progressives?

[squatz1]

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I hope this doesn't come off rude in anyway, but I'm pretty sure that Indian voters aren't a large part of the US presidential election electorate and I don't think that any candidate is trying to court them. Biden isn't trying to court Indian voters with the pick of Kamala Harris.

Maybe down the ballot it means a lot more in certain districts to court Indian voters, but as a part of the Presidential electorate they are not being courted. That's just me though, not a political elections expert or anything.

[suchmoon]

Can you imagine four years of this? Most people can't watch more than a few seconds of Kamala "COMMA-luh" Harris laughing. How Much Can You Take?

Can you do a video comparing Harris, Biden, Trump, and Pence laughing so that we could make an informed decision. We need to take this laughter thing seriously.

[squatz1]

Can you imagine four years of this? Most people can't watch more than a few seconds of Kamala "COMMA-luh" Harris laughing. How Much Can You Take?

Can you do a video comparing Harris, Biden, Trump, and Pence laughing so that we could make an informed decision. We need to take this laughter thing seriously.

Pretty sure I haven't heard any of them genuinely laugh. I've heard them do those stupid debate laughs or the ones that they've practiced for their stump speeches. But never in a genuine moment where someone makes a joke.

Crazy to think that you'll never see the 'non polished' side of your politican. All you'll see is the side of them where the advisors have beaten down certain ideas into them before hand and have (at least tried to) make sure they haven't said certain things.

So yeah, that's my rant.

[Spendulus]

Can you imagine four years of this? Most people can't watch more than a few seconds of Kamala "COMMA-luh" Harris laughing. How Much Can You Take?

Can you do a video comparing Harris, Biden, Trump, and Pence laughing so that we could make an informed decision. We need to take this laughter thing seriously.

Pretty sure I haven't heard any of them genuinely laugh. I've heard them do those stupid debate laughs or the ones that they've practiced for their stump speeches. But never in a genuine moment where someone makes a joke.

Crazy to think that you'll never see the 'non polished' side of your politican. All you'll see is the side of them where the advisors have beaten down certain ideas into them before hand and have (at least tried to) make sure they haven't said certain things.

So yeah, that's my rant.

That's a very good point. I thought one reason Trump did so well was he wasn't a politician, he didn't have the practiced and polished (AND FAKE) lines. Yes, it extends to fake laughs.

[squatz1]

Can you imagine four years of this? Most people can't watch more than a few seconds of Kamala "COMMA-luh" Harris laughing. How Much Can You Take?

Can you do a video comparing Harris, Biden, Trump, and Pence laughing so that we could make an informed decision. We need to take this laughter thing seriously.

Pretty sure I haven't heard any of them genuinely laugh. I've heard them do those stupid debate laughs or the ones that they've practiced for their stump speeches. But never in a genuine moment where someone makes a joke.

Crazy to think that you'll never see the 'non polished' side of your politican. All you'll see is the side of them where the advisors have beaten down certain ideas into them before hand and have (at least tried to) make sure they haven't said certain things.

So yeah, that's my rant.

That's a very good point. I thought one reason Trump did so well was he wasn't a politician, he didn't have the practiced and polished (AND FAKE) lines. Yes, it extends to fake laughs.

True in the beginning, not sure if Trump is able to get away with the whole 'outside' thing for the second time around. Hard to say that you're an outsider when you've been the incumbent President for the past 4 years and ya know, the leader of the freeworld.

He may get away with doing it b/c of the whole investigation into him for the past few years, and all the other stuff. Not sure how many moderates -- the ones that he needs to sway this election -- are going to believe that though.

We'll see in November though. That's when we'll see if the moderates will come out again in the key swing states.

[Spendulus]

Can you imagine four years of this? Most people can't watch more than a few seconds of Kamala "COMMA-luh" Harris laughing. How Much Can You Take?

Can you do a video comparing Harris, Biden, Trump, and Pence laughing so that we could make an informed decision. We need to take this laughter thing seriously.

Pretty sure I haven't heard any of them genuinely laugh. I've heard them do those stupid debate laughs or the ones that they've practiced for their stump speeches. But never in a genuine moment where someone makes a joke.

Crazy to think that you'll never see the 'non polished' side of your politican. All you'll see is the side of them where the advisors have beaten down certain ideas into them before hand and have (at least tried to) make sure they haven't said certain things.

So yeah, that's my rant.

That's a very good point. I thought one reason Trump did so well was he wasn't a politician, he didn't have the practiced and polished (AND FAKE) lines. Yes, it extends to fake laughs.

True in the beginning, not sure if Trump is able to get away with the whole 'outside' thing for the second time around. Hard to say that you're an outsider when you've been the incumbent President for the past 4 years and ya know, the leader of the freeworld....

Four years in that town would change anyone.

Yep, we shall see.

Who knows, they could have him reading the same bland mismatch everyone else will be screeching. But he couldn't possibly be worse than the DNC convention.

[squatz1]

True in the beginning, not sure if Trump is able to get away with the whole 'outside' thing for the second time around. Hard to say that you're an outsider when you've been the incumbent President for the past 4 years and ya know, the leader of the freeworld....

Four years in that town would change anyone.

Yep, we shall see.

Who knows, they could have him reading the same bland mismatch everyone else will be screeching. But he couldn't possibly be worse than the DNC convention.
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Very happy we were able to agree on the fact that he doesn't really have outsider status anymore, at least not as much as he had back in 2016. He's still an 'outsider' to politics and more or less always will be, but the line itself doesn't (and shouldn't IMO) resonate with voters as much as it did before.

But totally, 4 years in Washington can really change anyone. Being surrounded by politicans, lobbyists, leaders of other countries, business leaders, and so on can really change your opinions. Tough to keep the good fight going for the little guy, lol.

We'll see though. November isn't that far away.

[squatz1]

Gravedigging a bit on my own thread.

Answer to this question seems like YES. I don't really understand it, as Harris is literally just someone who flips their policies around for whatever is popular at the time. She doesn't really care about anything. She's LITERALLY A COP in terms of her drug arrested and such. Progressives don't really vibe with Biden, so I guess Harris is something for them. Also like - Biden seems to be showing that he'll work with Bernie, AOC, and such in his (potential) admin.

Theymos had an entire thread on here, with some info from the Atlantic, regarding all of this stuff about Kamala. Can't find the link right now, but I'll go and take a look at it.

[Gyfts]

Biden and Kamala are pretty close on most things so I don't think Kamala taking over would change much policy-wise.

They disagree on healthcare which is major. Kamala Harris wanted to phase out private insurance over a 10 year period and give medicare for all.

But I wouldn't hold it to her because she was pandering to the progressives during the primaries. She'll change her policy stances based on whatever will get her elected whether it's advocating for a ban on fracking, medicare for all, decriminalizing border crossing, or banning plastic straws.

Does anyone actually think Kamala Harris will be a champion for progressives?

The most far left senator is Kamala Harris.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/report-cards/2019/senate

But nothing would satisfy the progressive bitchy bitches.

If Biden wins, you can expect this sort of mechanical laughter when she is pressed on any sort of issue -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Spc_hRIGB8M

As long as Republicans hold some power in Congress (hopefully the senate at least), I would be less worried about a radical Biden administration because of checks from the Congress. But still, Kamala Harris scares me. She will laugh like a sociopath when pressed on any sort of issue. She is more unlikeable than Hillary Clinton...and that is TOUGH.

[Salauddin1994]

Fight trump vs biden but kamala harris the vice-presidential candidate in the us election made narendra modi one of the players in front of the indian americans but president donald trump has voted to postpone the election. But many opposition and government leaders including democrat candidate joe biden have spoken out against trump many feel that trump could lose the election numerous poll results also point to trump's defeat kamala harris has a strong chance of becoming vice president.

[Spendulus]

....Kamala Harris scares me. She will laugh like a sociopath when pressed on any sort of issue. She is more unlikeable than Hillary Clinton...and that is TOUGH.

Even scarier is the idea that a lot of people like her laugh.

And she laughs at YOU.

[PrimeNumber7]

Two days before an election, Harris endorsed communism.

She is either trying to throw the election, trying to make excuses for her loss (maybe their internal polling shows something different than the public polls), or is previewing an invited Chinese invasion once Harris becomes president if Biden is elected.