He’s a criminal, but he’s their criminal, so they turn a blind eye.
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I don’t think I’m reading that much into it, it’s really just basic political criticism that she is definitley going to cop as a result from the right. The right criticise her for being “scared” to do interviews and imo she should have just sat down solo and nailed her first one. I just think people, especially in this thread are very, very sensitive to criticism of Kamala and immediatley sink to the “you just love Trump” or just abuse me like that nutter poster lolyfer does because they don’t like much else other than twitter screenshots. I don’t like either candiate, Trump sucks and Kamala, whom had a poor 2020 primary run and was polled with record low VP numbers, doesn’t make me jump for joy just bcause they decided to turf ol’ sharp as he’s ever been Joe.
I’m hoping in 2028 we have two new candidates.
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I don’t think anyone would have cared if Walz wasn’t there. Harris sitting down and shutting up her detractors solo would have been a powerful first interview but that’s just my opinion. CNN would have basically given her a free hit too, it’s prerecorded and will be edited to suit.
I’m not a fan of Harris. Or the democratic party.
For me, it’s a two policy question, the rest is noise.
- Maintaining a democracy.
- Women’s rights to their bodies
Ideally, you want an election on policy not nonsense rallies, conventions, what she is wearing, how orange is his face.
One hopes in 2028 the U.S. can have a "normal " election.
I’m not having a go at you questioning policy, but for me, it’s clear one candidate is not interested in democratic norms. That’s enough for me.
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Trump supporters won’t have this conversation. Hell, Trump himself won’t have this conversation.
Repubs and others would have cared. Not matter what they choose to do it’ll be wrong.
They’re trying to win an election. Not keep ‘the right’ happy. To date their ‘small target’ tactics have been pretty successful, so I can’t see them doing from that.
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No one is really having the conversation which I think is what @Crazy_Bomber is getting at.
He’s right to suggest we look at both candidates policies. But there aren’t any. One reason is Trump doesn’t have “policies” he has slogans. He makes deals.
It’s a terrible state of affairs but I go back to trying to overturn an election. Fire away at whatever policy you want, but that action should be disqualifying.
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On your first point I just think it’s fear mongering, just like in 2016 when the world was going to end and everyone was leaving the country because the world was over…well, nothing really happened, just like nothing will happen no matter who wins this election. Your mind is made up on the matter so it doesn’t really matter what I say but I think if Trump wins, he leaves at 2028. He was a very sore loser who saw his election slip through his fingers in 2020, but come 2028 he’ll leave and leave by telling everyone how great he was.
On you second point, I don’t like getting into that issue on Blitz, as it’s always going to offend someone, and despite the abuse I cop in general in this thread for literally daring to question Kamala, I just think it’s wise for me to opt for the option of respectfor a delicate issue. One of my best friends has lost a child and it still traumatises her to this day, and she’s still trying as we speak. I want the best for all females and their own bodies, but obviously it’s not always as straight forward as that when a country like America decides to base their values around religion. I also don’t think it’s my place to criticise religion either, which is very prevelent in America and effects policies and thinking, and directly contradicts this point for many of them over there on this issue.
I get the Trump dislike. I do. What he did in 2020 was moronic and his ego got the better of him in being a sore loser. What I don’t get so far is the blind loyalty to Kamala, who struggled in her 2020 primaries (apart from her attack on Biden which got her a small boost) and had record low VP polling numbers in history. And so far I’ve seen people actually praise her for not interviewing and putting out policies, and I’m expected to be impressed? What am I supposed to be impressed over? Bernie Sanders was me favourite politician of the last 20 years and he was strong on susbtance. I don’t see what others see in her other than “not Trump”. Obama, Clinton and Biden so far are miles ahead of anything she has shown.
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I don’t think you do. Your minimisation of what this guy is, what his followers are and the impact they have continues to be off the charts. Moronic and sore loser is grossly underplaying things.
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I agree with the rest of your post except this point.
Jan 6 was not nothing. And the underlying issues which caused that event, the emboldening of the far right, occurred because of Trump‘s rhetoric.
I’ve said in this topic before, that Trump‘s legislative impact was no different to any other republican president (tax cuts to the wealthy, regressive social norms). However his cultural impact has been enormous, and we don’t get (for some examples) the AfD, Marine LePen or the rabid Covid deniers without Trump paving the way rhetorically in 2016.
I wish we’d have more debate on policy, because it would render the above completely moot. I’m still waiting on Trump supporters to tell me which parts of his policy they do like, because their words are as empty as his are on this matter.
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I worked on election security. That wasn’t moronic it was an attempt to overturn an election. He has made it clear he supports autocracy.
Not everyone is abusing you for your views.
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Well…
- huge tax cut for the 1% at the expense of everyone else
- snafued the Afgan withdrawal
- stacked the supreme court with a bunch of right-wing hardliners for a generation.
- tried to screw up NAFTA, ( I’m in Canada and it had us worried)
- “misappropriated” thousands of classified documents and let who knows who take a peek
- orchestrated a potential coup, ( first one in a couple of hundred years) when he didn’t accept the election results
But apart from those annoying minutia…
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She has to get elected first then she can get normalised.
You have to admire the fact that SF has been far more frugal in its consumption of DAs than the US has been in going through all those VPs.
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On this EXACT point, did you criticise any Republicans going at least back to Reagan’s time? At least she doesn’t read the teleprompter as obviously as he did.
Then you’re allowed your opinion, even if I think you are dead wrong. We are allowed to have a difference of opinion, that is OK and doesn’t make me any less good of a person than you nor does it make you morally superior to me, and I’d like to think two people can sit down and disagree without it turning to hatred. Sometimes you can just agree to disagree. I’ve never talked up Trump and have criticised him before, that is fact. If in your belief I should be spewing hatred to apease you then that’s not my style, I prefer to try and look at current policies. And I’m not sure what you want me to say about his followers? That they should die horrible deaths and be strung and quartered? Whilst I believe there are a portion of bad humans in there yes, there are also some lovely, kind and beautiful voters of Trump that I don’t think I should send to the gallows. Just like there beautiful humans that for any party I don’t agree with.
Where did I say Jan 6 was nothing?
I said the world didn’t end when Trump took office in 2016. You’ve miscontrued what I said.
You said „nothing really happened“ in the section I quoted
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