Oh jesus christ

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    If the same friend who tried really hard to convince me people should vote for Kamala “for trans people” tries again, I’m just blocking them on all platforms lol. Don’t do this to me again.

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    Harris v Hillary while AOC gets the Bernie/Corbyn treatment despite being overwhelmingly popular with the base would be a funny primary to watch.

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    At one point, the crowd in the packed ballroom repeatedly chanted, “Run again! Run again!”

    Later, the cheers for Harris grew to such a tenor, Sharpton jokingly admonished the crowd: “This is a convention, not a revival.”

    it-is-happening-again they fucking pay to live in their own IRL echo chamber.

    There’s some sort of constructed social reality that surrounds popular democratic politicians. Like a halo of consultants, orbiting the politician, going beyond being a yes-man but actively encouraging delusion and shielding them from any negativity. Truley Potemkin village shit. Some psychologist should embed themselves amongst them and do a study.

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    It’s such pathetic consolation to see this clown eat shit while the dying beast of empire destroys the world, but boy did I feel excited reading the headline and imagining getting to watch her catastrophically fail without being able to use her 100 days excuse. She wouldn’t even make it to the general if a single quarter-decent (in terms of “electability”) centrist runs against her.

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    But seriously if the DemoKKKratic Party wants to run a woman of color and insists that they just have to run a woke-imperialist monster (KKKamala “HHolocauϟϟt HHarri⚡︎⚡︎” , AOCIA), Rashida Talib and Ilhan Omar are right there as the obvious ticket, and then they could actually get votes from leftists.  Those are the only two Democrats I would vote for.  What are the centrist dems going to do, vote for Trump’s successor? No, they’re so afraid of the Republicans that they’ll fall in line and vote blue no matter who.

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      No, they’re so afraid of the Republicans that they’ll fall in line and vote blue no matter who.

      Welllllll… would they? I think a lot of that rhetoric comes out of people in a comfortable assumption that it’ll be a “sensible centrist” that will win the primary and it’s the left that has to hold their nose when they vote. If it’s someone who’s to the left of Elizabeth Warren, you’d be seeing a bunch of “why it’s okay for liberals to vote for Tom Cotton” op-eds.

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        Of course they would!  They wouldn’t just lie in order to gaslight leftists into voting for fascists, would they? curious-sickle

        If it’s someone who’s to the left of Elizabeth Warren, you’d be seeing a bunch of “why it’s okay for liberals to vote for Tom Cotton” op-eds.

        Of course, you’re correct.  And they’d blame the Left for destroying the Democratic Party by forcing liberals to vote for the Republican Party to stop Communism.

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      “Sorry but we’ve decided that the left’s vote isn’t worth pursuing, don’t worry though, we’ll still shame you for not voting as we try to target the 15 or so Republicans in the country who consider possibly voting for us if only we’d be a little more openly racist.”

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      Unfortunately, Ilhan Omar isn’t eligible as she isn’t a natural born citizen. There’s always chatter about amending the constitution to allow foreign-born citizens to hold office. But the monkey’s paw curls and we wouldn’t get Ilhan Omar. We’d get something like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Victoria Spartz, Elon Musk, Andy Garcia, or Elaine Chao.

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    I’m sure she hasn’t declared openly yet because there’s still some backroom battling within the Dem donor class.

    I say this because Harris has proven she’s blue loyalist and has no qualms doing anything for her party elite. Her entire entry into Biden’s campaign and her time as VP show that and it’s why the party so quickly anointed her when Biden was out.

    She doesn’t have an independent support base on the ground or in the elite class, she’s entirely dependent on party rule. And I’m betting that’s why she’s been coy even though everyone knows she’s planning to declare. Harris doesn’t just want, she needs the backing of the party elite.