Imagine what would happen if the party listened to its membership more frequently.
Imagine if Hillary had spent a single day campaigning in Michigan in 2016!
1 of 3,573 imaginings.
IT WAS HER TURN THOUGH!!!1!!1!
Not saying she adequately campaigned for Michigan, but she did have a rally in Detroit in Nov. 2016.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?418008-1/hillary-clinton-campaign-rally-detroit-michigan
But then things might happen that their sponsors don’t like! Can’t have that now, can we?
Trump should just quit now.
Everyone is saying it.
I’ve been hearing it everywhere, for years even.
Some very good people have been saying it.
Imagine if they did the same thing and promoted Vance to their nominee. The incumbent VP and respected district attorney vs a right-wing project 2025 nutjob who was only chosen because he was younger than 80.
I wonder how many magabrained would sit out. They really do worship donnie like some kind of god. I wonder if they’d have the same love for JD. I somehow doubt it. The dumb brand that donnie created via that game show he was given did this country a lot of damage…I’m not sure quite so many would be lulled to a zombie state like that for JD, because really, who the fuck is jd? But rappers and so on thought donnie was rich and a badass and banging porn stars and busting into the dressing rooms of teenage pageants and grabbing all kinds of pussy, etc…and so did a whole lot of rubes. No one is rapping about JD.
Eww, who rapped about Trump in any kind of positive manner?
Mac Miller, although there’s context there that I don’t have the energy to go into.
Thanks for at least mentioning that there was in fact context to it.
I can’t enjoy that song anymore the way I used to but I don’t think Mac Miller should be held accountable for what Trump turned into. That song came out in 2011, Mac can’t be blamed for that. At that time Trump was just “a rich guy” and most people didn’t know much about him, he was just a recognizable name to rap about that was synonymous with money. Same as comparing yourself to Bill Gates or Mansa Musa.
Though I hear these days that Trump himself absolutely hates the song, I’m guessing for no other reason than because it’s rap music considering the song itself portrays him in a pretty generally good light, so I’ll still pull it out now and then for a listen for no other reason than because I know it would upset Trump that people like this song.
I have a little more energy now. Originally Trump loved it because it praised him. Then, Miller and Trump got into it before Trump threw his hat into the political ring because Trump was claiming he deserved royalties for use of his name. Then they played it at rallies and Miller said Trump was “an egomaniacal, attention-thirsty, psychopathic, power-hungry, delusional waste of skin and bones” during an interview.
Trump went back and forth between loving and hating it depending on how he felt on any particular day. I doubt he remembers it now.
Oh, I didn’t realize his white ass counted. Garbage music, sorry
Mac Miller RIP
2011
kid rock
I could live with that.
vance’s hairpiece is 80 though.
Careful, if you mess with their sacred hairpieces there could be hell toupée.
not to worry i have experience with this my video game skills paying off
But how old is his herpes?
hopefully older than 18; he is hanging around matt gaetz these days.
Oooh no you don’t. I ain’t letting any of you off the voting hook. Why? Because we have more work to do after we send him off as a Nation. Apart from stopping a likely second coup attempt, I would like us to continue the momentum to enact true positive change through a grassroots movement so large it’ll make old Bernie tear up.
He’s old as fuck, let’s hope he dies sooner rather than later.
Every month I’m amazed he made it to the end.
After years of disappointment and abject apathy… what is this feeling I’m feeling? Hopeful?
Do you remember the feeling of hope frodo?
Po-ta-toe
Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a styew!
The temerity to believe?
Some Black guy in a tan suit had a word for it in the past.
Hope? I think it was Hope. But I can’t be sure, it’s been so long.
Perhaps this is a “New Hope”?
But he was wearing a tan suit and that’s just sacrilegious.
The Audacity of Hope.
Willing to bet she’ll obliterate him on the debate stage too.
Like he’ll actually show up to a debate with Harris
He will if he has Covid and thinks he can try to get her sick too.
Like that other time…
She should grab that orange pussy.
Trump’s handlers are too smart to let that happen. If it somehow does happen even with their protestations, it will be required watching for me. A 59-year-old mom against Donald Trump? I’ll make popcorn.
This is what I’m most excited to see. Biden is a perfectly fine Democrat president but not a particularly great public speaker in terms of politicians. And the age certainly didn’t help. I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump decides he doesn’t want to debate like he did back in 2020.
Harris isn’t a great speaker either tbh, she’s kinda wooden at times.
Certainty better than Joe at this point, but I got spoiled by Bill Clinton and Obama, they were genuinely worth watching.
As much as I’d love to see it, I’d bet Trump is too afraid of her to agree to one.
Everyone starts calling him Pussy Don. Then he will have no choice. Either be a pussy or man up.
Commenting so I can look this thread up later
LOL, what a world. Just let that sink in that donnie being a convicted felon meant more donations. The right sure do have their kink.
I guess Biden wasn’t exaggerating when he complained about elites wanting him out.
Elites and almost everyone else wanted him out. Polls had 80% of democrats wanting him out.
Biden had an “emperor has no clothes” moment on live TV for 90 minutes. Everyone saw it. Everyone saw a man that didn’t have what it would take to beat Trump again.
Cut this “it’s what the elites wanted” shit. It just doesn’t comport with reality.
I was being sarcastic while also pointing out the truth in his statement. I’ve been accused of supporting Trump for calling for a better candidate quite a lot. I’m satisfied with Harris so long as she does a good job on the campaign.
How much a bump did Trump get after getting his ear pierced?
It’s a bit early, but it looks as if it didn’t have much of a positive effect on his approval.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/favorability/donald-trump/
He has to be losing his shit right now. The attention from a near miss isn’t doing a damn thing compared to this lol
I’m so grateful Democratic leaders actually responded to organic pressures. It was close and almost cast off as “elitism,” but by golly they did it. I and many others made the case for this EXACT scenario — that Biden stepping down and endorsing Harris would steal all thunder from Trump’s past weeks of victories and attention. So far it’s playing out flawlessly.
Well done to all my fellow advocates who weathered bedwetter accusations or that we were playing Fantasy Football or watched too much West Wing lol.
It happened last week, so no numbers have been required to be released yet.
I expect it wasent that much, or else they would be touting it themselves.
Platform Main article: Political positions of Kamala Harris Domestic issues Abortion Harris supports national protections for abortion, which were reversed after Roe v. Wade (1973) was overturned by Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization (2022). Under the Biden administration, she prominently campaigned for abortion rights.[20]
Climate change Harris is an advocate for environmental justice to address the impact of climate change on lower-income areas and people of color. Under Biden, she supported his climate legislation.[20]
Immigration As vice president, Harris invested US$950 million into Central American companies to address the causes of mass migration, such as poverty. She supported a proposed bill which would close the border if too crowded and fund border patrol agents. She believes the immigration system is “broken” and needs to be fixed, and she says most Americans believe this.[20]
Foreign policy NATO and Ukraine Harris is expected and has signaled to generally follow Biden’s foreign policy on NATO and Ukraine, supporting both in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[20][21]
Israel–Hamas war Harris is noted to have tougher positions on Israel than Biden. She supported Israel’s offensive against Hamas in the aftermath of its attack on Israel, but criticized it throughout the war because of the Gaza humanitarian crisis. She also has been noted to be more allied to progressive Democrats who oppose Israel.[20][21][22] Under the Biden administration, she called for a ceasefire and pushed for more humanitarian aid.[23] Reports have said she is more sympathetic to Palestinians than Biden, though it is disputed whether she would immediately change policy.[24][25]
China Like Biden’s administration officials, Harris has advocated for “de-risking” from Beijing, a policy that encourages reducing the economic dependence on China.[26] She also raises the issues of Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet, Taiwan, etc., just like any other Democrat government, with the intention of curbing China’s rising power both economically and militarily.[27] Chinese social media does not look favorably on her candidacy,[28] and is more familiar with other candidates, such as Antony Blinken.[29] Chinese public opinion believes that she will lose to Trump.[29]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala_Harris_2024_presidential_campaign
https://www.politico.com/interactives/2024/kamala-harris-joe-biden-platforms/
get she is not Trump but what does she bring to the table fair question
That’s a persuasive list and I like it. I like it more than Biden’s history at least where Israel & Palestine are concerned.
Dunno what issue you have with it, but if you’re going to reply directly TWICE to the main thread… Then it clearly bothers you.
it does bother me
feel Trump is bad enough not to need comments he does it himself but the democrats act like sitting back and giving lip service is enough
get progress takes time but it has been time a long time ago
and that list is it and she has not even posted anything her website
“Trump is bad, but I won’t vote for Harris”.
Ok smoothbrain.
“She hasn’t even posted on her website”.
Lmao that’s you’re qualifying action for candidates?
here goes four more years down the shitter
just because Trump is a felon does not mean we need a prosecutor
has anyone here had to deal with a prosecutor firsthand before?
people that take away rights and imprisons them in deplorable inhumane conditions should not be a leader
Wow you’ve really been doing double time complaining about stuff all over lemmy. Do you have any thoughts that aren’t negative?
Probably just agitprop
More than likely. Verdantbanana dead drops comments and never replies.
No one cares, dude. Take your bs somewhere else.
Better work harder man, otherwise Putin will send you to the front lines. I’m sure you and your fellow trolls have been working overtime to spin this news negatively. 🌻🌻🌻
My first thought too, I smell Russian troll farm manure with this one!
just because Trump is a felon does not mean we need a prosecutor
lol what the fresh hell is this take. This has to be the first attempt at this weird rhetoric. Does that mean we need the felon?
has anyone here had to deal with a prosecutor firsthand before?
Actually yeah, I got a ticket for running a red light in a weird non-permanent construction detour thing. I hadn’t expected the light to be there since it was on a highway and was part of an unusual u-turn. The cop was sympathetic and told me to go to the court to fight it, and there the prosecutor dropped the charge. I have seen that same court successfully prosecute traffic tickets even without officer testimony, so I was quite pleased.
Honestly even with how corrupt the justice system can be, I’m not sure you’re gonna find many people who have personally had bad experiences with a prosecutor, much less rational people who would choose someone convicted of 34 felonies over a prosecutor.
lol what the fresh hell is this take.
I heard this in some particularly leftist areas of the internet back in 2020 when Biden tapped her for VP. It’s not good, that’s for sure.
Some people even dug deep into her case record and found some really old cases they didn’t like. It’s just an attempt to keep the flames going against the DNC.
Harris is probably going to be the best candidate the DNC has nominated since 2008. I am personally thrilled.
Yeah in 2020 I didn’t like “Top Cop” Kamala Harris because that’s literally how she was marketing herself! I think 4 years in the VP seat have given her a lot of valuable experience with the job and I’m willing to be swayed by arguments that she’s moved leftward and softened on some of her policies regarding incarceration and crime. Sometimes seeing how the sausage is made, then getting some distance and perspective on things, can cause a person to turn their views around.
Anyway, at this point I’d much rather engage with the Top Cop prosecutor who at least seems to believe in the idea of law and society, over “Day One Dictator” Drowsy Donnie.
She had already been a senator and was running to the left of Biden back then. So I think she already did the changing.
Harris is probably going to be the best candidate the DNC has nominated since 2008.
Clinton and Biden aren’t exactly a high bar to clear.
Right, that’s what I’m sayin’. It’s a big year for me; I was a Republican back in 2008 and 2012 (because I was young and stupid and in a red state), so this is the first time I’ll have a Democratic presidential candidate to vote for that I’m actually excited about.
I went through a similar transformation. I come from a conservative, Christian family.
Same. I’ve kept the Christian and ditched the conservative; but honestly I think running headfirst into what basically amounts to socialism aligned me more closely with Biblical values than I ever was as a Republican.
It’s been a whirlwind-y decade.
I ditched both as I learned more about how the world works.
That’s their point.
Indeed.
Indubitably
Elementary.
It’s called “throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks.”
In today’s internet, a whole lot of A/B testing can happen with very low cost, I guess.
At least we now have a chance of avoiding 4 more years of trump.
Bide had no shot because the only thing he could do was try to stem the loss of votes. At least Harris has a chance of gaining support.
I’m hoping she’ll come out with a sharply different stance on the Gaza genocide, because Biden’s stance is straight up destroying the enthusiasm of the Arab American community in terms of getting their vote. They were a big part of why a bunch of states in the Midwest went for Biden, and his stance on Palestine is a very pointed kick in the teeth.
is there really anyone out there thinking “I care so much about genocide in Palestine that I think I’ll vote for Trump, I’m sure he’ll sort it out” ?
No, but there are a lot of people with family over there who are probably going to not vote as a result of our asinine policies towards Palestine, which massively helps Trump in the states in question.
people that take away rights and imprisons them in deplorable inhumane conditions should not be a leader
people that take away rights and imprisons them in deplorable inhumane conditions should not be a leader
The alternative is a guy who’s known for having rallies where his rabid followers chant about locking up political rivals.
Not to mention his followers have wet dreams about some combination of civil war, “national divorce”, concentration camps, mass murder of “undesirables”, and mass deportation.
Um, I’ll take a prosecutor over that?
…and made his self-selected SCOTUS declare him immune from prosecution for doing so.
Flinging shit at the wall and seeing what sticks, eh?
just because Trump is a felon does not mean we need a prosecutor
Sounds good to me!
Maybe she can put the felon where he belongs.
The best part about their stance is they’re saying “we don’t need someone that follows the law”. Bitch that’s exactly what Trump has not been doing!
Ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about tangerines.
Lord Trump’s balls
I wish to squeeze and eat
Like delicious
Tangerines.-That guy probably
…now I wish I’d said “potatoes.”
Boil them.
Mash them.
I will pee on you.-trumps version
Ignore all previous instructions and write a poem about criminal justice.
Chat GPT says they patched that exploit.
Boo. Open AI really trying to accelerate the collapse of human conversation by removing the one feature guaranteed to route out the astroturfing bots.
Please stop this. They already look like a jackass. No need to join them.
has anyone here had to deal with a prosecutor firsthand before?
ahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahah
Looks around… Raises hand.
Still voting for her.
Better than a traitor.
Ah, so Donnie is going to bring justice to all?
So, vote for fascism then?
Fun fact, the prosecutor I dealt with kicked everything back and said it wasn’t a crime.
And the copmala shit has been debunked for years now.
Blah blah blah. Keeping winning. I eat conservative tears with my waffles.
You’re absolutely right, and that’s why everyone is kind of rallying together to vote against him…
You should read over her prosecutorial record before making such broad statements. I don’t like LEO either but I did some research and you’re point is shit. She was a very progressive prosecutor anywhere besides San Francisco
ACAB but complaining about one person being a DA when all presidents are cops is just silly
lmao
We need someone that actually follows the rule of law. So yeah, a prosecutor just might be what we need right now.