Pwnallthethings: alas these days what amounts to political courage in the US these days is hiring unpaid interns to post pictures of you with laser eyes and label it #based

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alas these days what amounts to political courage in the US these days is hiring unpaid interns to post pictures of you with laser eyes and label it #based

Joking aside, one of the things Harris-as-candidate can do that Biden-as-candidate cannot is she can take credit for good things the admin does, distance herself from bad or even just unpopular things, and articulate a specific vision of improvement if elected

It’s been really upsetting watching nobody take her seriously as a potential candidate, imo. She wouldn’t be my very first choice, but holy fuck she’s not *worse* than these options

She is in absolutely no way my favorite, but, y'know, life isn't always fair, who gives a shit. If Biden can't put the pedal down, so be it. We can all be cringe and khive our way to not accidentally installing outright fascism in America, lfg

I was able to fake enough "Joe-mentum" in 2020 to vote against Trump, I can probably do the same for the KHive people

She was my first choice 4 years ago. I'd be delighted with her.

The GOP has had four years of preparation for unleashing a Hillary 2.0 on Kamala. An all-new ticket wouldn't give them time enough to generate their conspiracies.

They don't care if their conspiracies are well formed though

They can't be pulled out of a butt.

I'm sorry, I've seen her try to speak since taking office and I don't think she's equipped to articulate a goddamn thing. Like, yikes www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NZq...

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If someone on one of my Teams calls started talking like this, every other participant would be pinging each other for a "quick huddle" afterwards

Best time for her to practice was, well, ..., a long time ago. But second best time is right now

Am I hallucinating or is she also doing that thing where she is unconsciously adopting a version of the local accent? I know it is a thing people do naturally, but you gotta be careful when you're a national politician, cos it can alienate people, as an early 90s NZ PM discovered.

The CIA has to agree to stop shooting tranq darts at her, but who knows what dark transformation they're holding at bay?

Darts? I thought they were directed energy weapons.

I remember her as a senator doing a pretty good job grilling witnesses. Bring out the lawyer in her and she's on firm ground.

Nothing brings the left wing prison abolitionists to the polls like a former prosecutor and Attorney General

Given Biden's history they probably didn't vote for him last time so is the election going to be won by catering to them at the expense of disgruntled-with-Trump voters and lunch-pail Democrats? I don't know.

I frankly do find it bizarre because this wasn’t really a problem with her at all before her presidential campaign, and it’s not like she’s mentally unfit. It seems like it’s a style choice that’s backfiring. She needs to lean into being a prosecutor.

I think she is absolutely gonzo'd on xanax and MDMA or worse. Like she's rocking and hugging herself while talking about how much she looooovvveeessss everyone here and this is all just.so.specialll!!

Like, this is how I probably sound when I think I'm not-that-drunk

How did that work out for Humphrey in 1968

I was around (albeit quite young) in ´68, and besides the notion of the sitting President resigning, it was a vastly different time, with vastly different actors and circumstances. Humphrey´s mistake, it seems to me, was still supporting the Vietnam.

Vietnam War.

Humphrey was not allowed to deviate from LBJ’s war policy. LBJ should have resigned (or Humphrey should have resigned), but running in Johnson’s shadow was an anchor around his neck. Especially with Nixon lying about a ‘secret plan’ for peace while secretly scuttling the Paris peace talks

I agree, although I think ¨was not allowed¨ was rather he chose not to.

Also I think it’s weird that 1968 discussion tends to leave out the fact that not only did LBJ withdraw, the frontrunner also got assassinated

One advantage she has is that she´s less associated in the public eye with the Gaza disaster.

In this scenario it would be good if Harris' instincts were something other than being essentially as centrist as Biden. Does she have savvy enough advisers?

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