• Awoo [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    "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 years ago

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

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        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 years ago

          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 years ago

            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 years ago

      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 years ago

      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!

    • Hexbear2 [any]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Your 2024 candidate everyone. She'll be a living corpse by then, but that never stopped them before!

    • Lucas [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Being a former prosecutor, I wonder if :top-cop: has information that could lead to someone's arrest.

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Being a former prosecutor she would know that you can just make up the info if you want to arrest someone.

      • SonKyousanJoui [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Careful now. There are some things that are better left unsaid :who-must-go:

    • kimilsungist [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      istg you delete this fucking comment before i fucking find you i stg DELETE IT, IN FACT GO BACK IN TIME AND RETRACT THAT THOUGHT

    • mittens [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      "Prophesized to return when the world needed her the absolute least possible amount"

    • Lucas [he/him]
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      3 years ago

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

      • OldSoulHippie [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        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 years ago

    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 years ago

      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 years ago

      Hot take, shit campaign is not indicator of anything

      • Lucas [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        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 years ago

          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 years ago

            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 months ago

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      • DetroitLolcat [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        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 years ago

          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 years ago

        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 years ago

    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.

    • inshallah2 [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      throwing shit at her staff

      Next thing - you'll be pretending that's not how girl bosses operate.

    • Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      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 years ago

          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 years ago

    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 years ago

    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