• Awoo [she/her]
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    3 年前

    "One Democratic operative tells Axios' Alayna Treene that most Democrats aren't saying, '"Oh, no, our heir apparent is f—king up, what are we gonna do?" It's more that people think, "Oh, she’s f—king up, maybe she shouldn't be the heir apparent,"'" Axios reported.

    Very telling that libs internally in the party regard her as the "heir apparent" when actually there's supposed to be a democratic process to the selection of the presidential nominee.

    • Oso_Rojo [he/him, they/them]
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      3 年前

      “heir apparent” in the US, “hand-picked successor” in socialist Vuvuzuela :citations-needed:

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        3 年前

        It's a joke. They are completely self aware that the machinations of the party selection process are actually a sideshow to give the public the illusion of democracy and representation.

        • Oso_Rojo [he/him, they/them]
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          3 年前

          Absolutely. They don’t seem to be hiding it as well as they used to if the last two presidential primaries are any indication.

          • Awoo [she/her]
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            3 年前

            The more time goes on the less any of them hide it. I am fascinated by what environmental factors or psychology causes this change in behaviour. They were definitely much much better at it before.

            Like, it's a really obvious change over time if you chart it out from post-ww2 to now.

    • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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      3 年前

      Biden has two main problems...

      1. He could die in office or he could become incapacitated due to age before the 2024 elections.

      2. He will not die in office nor become entirely incapacitated.

      Biden is as charismatic as a bowl of old mayonnaise. Now imagine if next year Biden's brain starts to fail in a way that can't be hidden. At random times that bowl of old mayonnaise starts vomiting up strange and unscripted "America is the greatest country in the history of Corn Pop" word salad.

    • Blottergrass [he/him]
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      3 年前

      Luckily for me I am not a Dem and will not be voting Dem, so I do not have this problem. I wish them the best of luck in dealing with this!

    • Lucas [he/him]
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      3 年前

      Blue MAGA has been incredible to watch. Hopefully some people will catch on and radicalize.

      • OldSoulHippie [he/him]
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        3 年前

        I'm sure we will get a couple. It's too bad that self reflection isn't an inherent trait in humans.

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    3 年前

    the finance capital faction has buyer's remorse because they picked her for purely tactical reasons

    • black_mold_futures [none/use name]
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      3 年前

      that most Democrats aren't saying, '"Oh, no, our heir apparent is f—king up, what are we gonna do?" It's more that people think, "Oh, she’s f—king up, maybe she shouldn't be the heir apparent,

      she's got zero charisma lol

    • comi [he/him]
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      3 年前

      Hot take, shit campaign is not indicator of anything

      • Lucas [he/him]
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        3 年前

        But I think her tone-deaf behavior and lack of consistency during her primary campaign showed a lot of what's going on now.

        • comi [he/him]
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          3 年前

          Politician can be most consistent guy/gal (messaging wise) during a campaign and then make 360 turn to capital interests once in office, I mean.

          • Lucas [he/him]
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            3 年前

            Fair point. Most politicians are cynical opportunists at this level, but I will say Kamala's campaign didn't show her to be a political mastermind.

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              9 个月前

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      • DetroitLolcat [he/him]
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        3 年前

        Yeah, Biden ran two shit campaigns and 20 years later limped his way to the fucking White House at age 108.

        That being said it seems Harris can’t run an office to save her life.

        • comi [he/him]
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          3 年前

          I mean I carry umbrella each day, doesn’t mean I predict rain :shrug-outta-hecks:

      • Poison_Ivy [comrade/them]
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        3 年前

        She had dueling campaign offices with conflicting campaign messages on opposites sides of the country lol

  • zeal0telite [he/him,they/them]
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    3 年前

    I really enjoy the lib/K-Hive reaction to this, which is to say that she's only getting called a bad boss because she's a woman. The evidence being that Klobuchar also got the same treatment, like she wasn't literally throwing shit at her staff.

    • Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]
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      3 年前

      The Khive person I unfortunately interacted with was all about Anez, who is basically a woman Guaido. The Khiver was also really tired of seeing Anez be criticized by men.

        • Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]
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          3 年前

          I decided to win gracefully and not rub it in. I'm sure they're desperate for another coup under a more competent government.

  • Poison_Ivy [comrade/them]
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    3 年前

    I remember reading a quote by Symone Sanders on the original Politico article where like she said that they shouldn't be leaking things to the media because there are "open avenues" to do so and then called the leakers and staff cowards for not doing so.

    And my first thought was immediately to conclude that this is a workplace of fear lol

  • LangdonAlger [any]
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    3 年前

    The other day I realized how nothing of a senator she was before getting the vp nod. Very much the Obama path but without the charisma