Economic stress, the daily trauma of knowing deep in our senses that we are on a dying planet in a dying empire, and yeah. I haven’t had Covid that I know of (haven’t been obviously sick since 2019), stay in air conditioning all day, but my cognition has taken a hit by all the trauma & stress. 😩😭
She’s as pro-Israel as Biden. A governor can’t do anything about global politics, so people look at her ( impressive!) local work on healthcare, roads, education, environment. (Yes, I know any possible nominee will also be pro-Israel, but some voters compare her to an imaginary, impossible nominee.)
That’s the problem. Until last week, nobody (including Whitmer!) thought Whitmer was a serious candidate for president until 2028. So of course she wasn’t running.
Someone here just today was mentioning how even as Vice President people have become utterly deranged in dealing with Kamala Harris in a position of authority. Her PR team tried to push the “nurturing mom” angle and make her giggly all the time, and that didn’t work, either
And the thing is, I don’t want a mommy. I want Harris the whip smart prosecutor who will put your balls in a vice. But that’s political suicide for a woman, much less a Black woman, on a presidential ticket.
Her only option is to be invisible. Any victory will be played as a defeat by the media. Any complication a sign she was the affirmative action hire they knew she was.
Though I wished she was a smartass. "Hey, I'm not Cheney, haven't shot anyone in the face. Yet."
For some reason they have an easier time making unimportant things into contempt worthy disqualifiers with women... I've heard ad nauseam that her laugh is bad
