Biden names VP running mate

[Lamb]

Biden has chosen Kamala Harris as his running mate. Didn't she bash him at the debates? Do you think this choice will hurt or help him win the Presidency?

 

[NewCreation435]

I think it should help him. She did bash him in the debates, though I didn't see all of those debates since I'm not a part of the democrat party

 

[JRT]

I think her an excellent choice in both her credentials and in her experience. If she debates Pence she will rip him up. If she ever went nose to nose with the Donald she would chew him up and spit him out.

 

[tango]

I can't help wondering if she's far enough to the left that she won't have much appeal to floating voters or moderate Republicans disillusioned with Trump. The Democrat party faithful will cheer her nomination without a doubt but I can't help wondering whether she's, politically speaking, a similar pick to Sarah Palin in 2008 where the Republican faithful cheered her but it was hard to see how she'd have much appeal to people who weren't already planning to vote Republican.

 

[tango]

Party Of The Poor And Oppressed Nominates Old, Rich, White Man And Cop

U.S.—The party that claims to represent minorities, the poor, the oppressed, and the marginalized has nominated an old, rich, white man and a cop, sources confirmed Tuesday.

babylonbee.com

 

[Josiah]

Biden has chosen Kamala Harris as his running mate. Didn't she bash him at the debates? Do you think this choice will hurt or help him win the Presidency?

The racism and sexism in the Democrat Party mandated he pick a Black (well, half so - but that counts) woman. And yes, the press (the lap dog of the Democrat Party) is going on and on and on and on about being BLACK and being a WOMAN - in order to underline the racism and sexism of that party. That's all the press can say, BLACK.... WOMAN....


And the need to appeal to the now controlling radical/communist/socialist part of the Party, he had to pick someone on the radical Left. But then he had no alternative, there were no rational, mainstream choices, just radical Communist/Socialist ones. But since Biden needed to give a hand to that now controlling part of the Party, she serves that purpose too. Biden won the primaries because most Democrats are not NEARLY as radical as their party now is, but that Party IS now controlled by radical socialists/communist, BLM, Green New Deal, liberals. He had to put someone on the ticket to appease his party.


The problem, IMO, is that she is smart and articulate and will just highlight how void Biden is on both counts. She will outshine him. But then there was no one available who would not. She will underline his memory and speaking problems by being especially sharp. Maybe he will have her represent him in the debates with Trump (but that would be too smart for Biden to even think of). And she will prove to the Independents (who actually decide presidental elections) just how radical the Democrat Party has become.


This is what Harris does for the ticket:
1. Shows how racist and sexist that party is
2. She proves how subservient Biden is to the new radical - Communist - Socialist wing (this ain't Biden's Democrat Party)
3. She provides someone with smarts and a good memory to the ticket (although this only makes Biden's limitations more obvious).


Biden vs.Trump. OMG... this is even worse that last time when we were stuck with Trump vs. Clinton. Clinton was a much stronger candidate than Biden (which is why she defeated him in the primaries in 2016) but she did not win. Now Trump runs against a much weaker ticket.




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[tango]

I think her an excellent choice in both her credentials and in her experience. If she debates Pence she will rip him up. If she ever went nose to nose with the Donald she would chew him up and spit him out.

If political experience were such a big deal Hillary Clinton would have done better in 2016. Instead she was a major turn-off for even moderate Democrats and had no chance of winning over moderate Republicans. I personally know several people who are faithful Democrats who struggled with the issue of whether they could cast their vote for Clinton or whether they should sit it out. The ones who did vote only did so in the hope of keeping Trump out, not out of any desire to see Clinton in the White House.

I suspect Biden/Harris is going to offer much of the same, except with an even less desirable candidate than 2016. I suspect Biden/Harris will have as little appeal to floating voters and moderate Republicans as Trump/Pence will have to floating voters and moderate Democrats.

Given Bush/Gore in 2000, Trump/Clinton in 2016 and now Trump/Biden in 2020 that makes nearly 50% of the seven elections this millennium sorry events that pose the question that, out of some 300 million people, could the country really not find better candidates than these two?

 

[NewCreation435]

I think her an excellent choice in both her credentials and in her experience. If she debates Pence she will rip him up. If she ever went nose to nose with the Donald she would chew him up and spit him out.

I almost feel sorry for Pence. First having to deal with Trump for 4 years and then having to debate her. It's going to get ugly

 

[tango]

Biden vs.Trump. OMG... this is even worse that last time when we were stuck with Trump vs. Clinton. Clinton was a much stronger candidate than Biden (which is why she defeated him in the primaries in 2016) but she did not win. Now Trump runs against a much weaker ticket.

Trump is running against a much weaker candidate this time although this time the country has had chance to see what four years of a Trump presidency looks like. Of course the dyed-in-the-wool reds think he's the best thing ever and the dyed-in-the-wool blues can't see anything past "Orange man bad" so the key question will be whether the moderates and the floaters would prefer four more years of Trump to giving Biden a chance. What the moderates and floaters think seems to be the bit that gets lost among the howling and wailing and shouting from both sides.

All the while elections seem to be little more than 45% of the country trying to gather enough votes to gain a majority and thereby dominate the other side, which seems to be the best advertisement imaginable for government to be as small as possible. It would be really nice if politicians could remember the concept of liberty, and if people on both sides of the political aisle could do the same.