It’s the way people *refuse* to actually voice why they’re quite certain Kamala is a non-starter that really gets me. I know why I’m not a fan, former prosecutor-reliable centrist (derogatory)-convoluted and ultimately useless economic policy, but that’s a *lot* of people’s whole jam, until now.
Like if you were an Eric Adams booster, a Val Demings booster, a Ridin’ with Biden booster, what exactly is it about Kamala you find totally unacceptable as a Presidential candidate?
and they really sent her on routes across the middle that looked like crash dummy missions. “Go to Central America and tell people to stop trying to come to the US” was a Jay Novaceck route. She didn’t complain, she did that shit. It’s wild to see people act like that was supposed to work.
“well she didn’t solve immigration” is not an actual objection I’m willing to listen to is what I’m saying. There’s never been a Vice President in the history of the country that would be able to solve the problem of other nations being so miserable that people seek a life in the US. Be serious.
She was a whole ass US Senator. To argue she’s “unqualified” for an office for which people *just recently* voted in Donald fucking Trump is going to be grounds for me to block you, I’m sorry.
Amen + people seem to forget what the Vice President job really is. It's not meant to be a glamorous, strong office. Never was. There's a whole tradition of "this job is pointless, what the fuck?" quotes literally going back to Adams. Blaming her for VP stuff is like blaming a pinch hitter. Pass.
She's so smart and beautiful and accomplished and perfect for the job. Huge swaths of assholes would show up in droves to make sure to vote for anyone else.
Also I had hoped that she spent the last 4 years juicing into the DC political establishment and building contacts and allies but I don't know if that actually happened. Nobody really talks about interacting with her that I've seen.
Not really. Looks like if we don't count "President died or resigned" but flat elected, we're looking at 6 or 7 VPs or former VPs being elected President. 15 if we count ascending to office. Governor is far away the #1 route to the presidency.
So I say “one of the most common” and you come to tell me between 13-33% of all prior officeholders were a VP prior -depending on methodology, which I absolutely do not care to validate- and somehow you think that warrants a “not really” lol
Historically the VP position was where you sent political careers to die. At the "potential to become president" level of politics, it's one of the weaker stepping stones. You have to be a hell of a politician to make that jump. Shit it took Nixon like what, 2 or 3 tries to make it.
I’m guessing that the calculation by the sensibility you’re describing/interrogating is, she is *unelectable* (in their analysis). Which reveals her selection as a running mate to be the cynical, idpolitik tokenism (from their perspective, in their value-add calculus) it always was (and ever is).
If Biden stays the nominee and wins she is fairly likely to actually be the president at some point and I think it’s sort of funny that no one thinks she’s unqualified for that part, just the campaign trail.
There's no question in my mind she's *qualified*, and it would be freaking amazing. I also am sure there are racist reasons behind some people who have doubts. I don't think it's inherently racist to ask if she's electable though. Jamelle has made good arguments that the common reasons given are bs.
Vice-Presidents have certainly CAUSED problems of making other nations miserable, that is to be sure. Speaking of old "Darth" Cheney and what was done to Iraq in the name of oil profits.
The DC gossip was that those useless international missions they sent her on were to keep her away from any midterm campaigns, but knives have been out for her for a while. Is it real and significant unpopularity? I don't like her, but it's been a long time since I had any faith in the party.
Yeah the idea the Biden’s are still a little sore about Obama’s treatment of them during his admin is fucking funny considering how they’ve treated Harris as VP imo
The fact that there are enough "independents" in this country that DO believe insane things like this & think themselves wise for it is something I'll never understand
