Safetydan
Well-Known Member
Sorry for the multiple posts. I wanted to catch up.
Here are my general thoughts. Respond if you want.
1. Kamala is nobody's first choice, obviously. It's still better than Joe Biden staying in the race and like I said before, its possible that the best dem candidates don't want to waste their budding political capital on a campaign this year, under these circumstances. It's also possible that they may not want to put their name out there in the name of party unity. (**** you Joe Manchin)
2. With that said. Trump is a historically disliked candidate. Biden won in 2020 because people hate him. Dems don't need their best to beat him. You just need to be better than Hilary Clinton in 2016 and Trump is no longer the outsider candidate. He has all of the baggage of his first admin, Jan. 6th and a felony conviction.
3. The progressive caucus, the politicians who most closely align with working-class interests, were pushing for Joe to stay. I think this is because they were going to get concessions after showing him they were his strongest allies. Obviously, Brandon couldn't stay but the one endorsed by him may still be grateful for the loyalty shown. It's wishful thinking but I hope that we get some more momentum towards an even more progressive and Socdem forward admin.
4. Overall, my attitude is to wait and see how things play out. Kamala has no charisma but hopefully she stays off of the Xanax and we all can see an aggressive and confident woman unburdened by what has been.
5. @The Thriller Chill TF out. I'm pretty sure many of us here complaining that Kamala sucks still agrees that she's better than Brandon, and leagues better than Trump. Getting after the posters because they don't immediately get behind the decisions made by the DNC is crazy because they objectively suck, like all the time. We can hate the dems and still end up voting for them because we can, surprisingly, hold two thoughts in our head at the same time. Give us some credit.
Here are my general thoughts. Respond if you want.
1. Kamala is nobody's first choice, obviously. It's still better than Joe Biden staying in the race and like I said before, its possible that the best dem candidates don't want to waste their budding political capital on a campaign this year, under these circumstances. It's also possible that they may not want to put their name out there in the name of party unity. (**** you Joe Manchin)
2. With that said. Trump is a historically disliked candidate. Biden won in 2020 because people hate him. Dems don't need their best to beat him. You just need to be better than Hilary Clinton in 2016 and Trump is no longer the outsider candidate. He has all of the baggage of his first admin, Jan. 6th and a felony conviction.
3. The progressive caucus, the politicians who most closely align with working-class interests, were pushing for Joe to stay. I think this is because they were going to get concessions after showing him they were his strongest allies. Obviously, Brandon couldn't stay but the one endorsed by him may still be grateful for the loyalty shown. It's wishful thinking but I hope that we get some more momentum towards an even more progressive and Socdem forward admin.
4. Overall, my attitude is to wait and see how things play out. Kamala has no charisma but hopefully she stays off of the Xanax and we all can see an aggressive and confident woman unburdened by what has been.
5. @The Thriller Chill TF out. I'm pretty sure many of us here complaining that Kamala sucks still agrees that she's better than Brandon, and leagues better than Trump. Getting after the posters because they don't immediately get behind the decisions made by the DNC is crazy because they objectively suck, like all the time. We can hate the dems and still end up voting for them because we can, surprisingly, hold two thoughts in our head at the same time. Give us some credit.
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