• paddirn@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    One of Biden’s biggest mistakes was choosing Harris as his VP, she’s been pretty much worthless as a VP, other than doing her tiebreaker votes, but I’m pretty sure anyone in that position would’ve done the same exact thing. Still though, apart from recent history, VP’s have usually been pretty much ceremonial in that role, so maybe it’s more a return to form having someone like her there, rather than a Cheney or a Biden actually being considered a key part of the administration.

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      7 months ago

      Biden being a VP was the only other reason to vote for him besides his stated ability to negotiate with Senate Republicans…

      They were both bullshit reasons. When a candidate the party likes can’t win a primary, they make them a VP and then claim that makes them experienced.

      Hell, with Biden they even said that wouldn’t happen because of his age, then over a decade later he still became president.

      There’s an obsession about name recognition, ignorant of the fact that even the most politically disengaged Americans will know both candidates before the general even starts.

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    7 months ago

    I remember just about every single Democrat I knew in California DESPISED Kamala Harris…now, they love her…funny how that works.

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        7 months ago

        She was HUGE on the war on drugs…threw just about anyone and everyone in jail for the simplest of things…so yea, she wasn’t very liked during her reign in SF…

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            7 months ago

            Hey man, it’s all good that she was still winning and throwing people in jail. I don’t give a fuck, I vote more to the Right, so I’m all for tough on crime and punishing people. I was just simply pointing out that she was very controversial when she was in SF. At one time, she was promoted herself as “anti-progressive.” I think her position on drug related crimes help get her support from other voters than just Democrats too.