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Summary

Kamala Harris’s political skills have transformed a potentially disastrous 2024 presidential election into a competitive race.

Despite initial skepticism and a challenging campaign, Harris has improved her public image and closed the gap with Trump on key issues. Since Biden stepped aside in July and endorsed her, she has shifted from an unpopular vice president to a viable candidate, even matching Trump in polls on economic issues.

Her leadership has given Democrats a chance to prevent a Trump landslide and halt the rise of American authoritarianism.

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[–] [email protected] 103 points 12 hours ago (6 children)

I'd argue the opposite.

The fact that Americans are possibly still voting for someone who will bring in the Fourth Reich if elected, over the first female president is a sign of just how badly Democrats have dropped the ball. ESPECIALLY after Jan 6th.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago

There is an industry built on lies my guy. A literal lie industry. Industrial lies

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

It's not the Democrats' fault that there are so many cowardly, weak-minded, brainwashed losers in this country who fall for every bit of propaganda the GOP puts out. Politics shouldn't be about culture wars but that's how the republicans get votes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 hours ago

It is the Democrats fault that there are so many cowardly, weak-minded losers in charge of the party though.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 hours ago

The Democrats are responsible for 50+ years of neglecting working Americans that created the culture you're complaining about.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 hours ago

You could certainly say the Democrats should have been able to come up with a better outreach plan rather than running the same old plan that hasn't penetrated into this group for the last several elections. It's not as though the culture war nonsense and insane rightwing elements of the party are novel factors, such that the Dems can shrug their collective shoulders and say "Hey, we did our best, be we were flying blind into the unknown."

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

I 100% agree except why is it that "Democrats dropped the ball"?

Democrats aren't voting for a fascist. Their politicians are not enabling a fascist. The Democratic voting base hasn't been bamboozled by 30+ years of obvious propaganda pretending to be news.

Christians dropped the ball. Conservative immigrants dropped the ball. Legit news media dropped the ball. Large corporations and wealthy individuals dropped the ball... on purpose.

Democrats work on harm reduction because we don't give them enough votes to make meaningful changes. A 1 or 2 vote margin isn't enough to vote around the moles like Manchin and Sinema.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Christians dropped the ball. Conservative immigrants dropped the ball. Legit news media dropped the ball. Large corporations and wealthy individuals dropped the ball... on purpose.

There is a literal industry built on lies

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

To be fair, just being a corrupt industry full of scumbags is actually progress when it comes to religion. Go back 100 years let alone 500 and it was more like its own authoritarian political party. now it's just hobby lobby with more private jets, and...well, that's a good thing. I don't ever want to have to expect the Spanish inquisition.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Leftists - the "don't vote" kind - definitely dropped the ball.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

It's really tiring seeing you guys trot out the "it's all leftist's fault for not voting for us!" line again and again when the actions of your candidate give it away for the lie that it is. Leftists cannot simultaneously be the cause of every Democratic defeat, yet too insignificant a group to merit any consideration in party platform.

Go back to your handlers for better propaganda, this one doesn't work on anyone with a pulse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

What exactly do you think would have won?

Humans are awful

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Bernie Sanders

Pete Buttigieg

Or if they could have approached a very popular celebrity such as Dwayne Johnson or Taylor Swift and asked them to run.

Even Andrew Yang could have produced a better result if he made a better campaign pitch than focusing his solely on leftist pipe dreams that will bankrupt the country such as UBI.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I think both can be true. That she cleaned up the situation is a testament to her skill as a candidate, and the fact this situation happened is in no small part an indictment of the Democratic party, in which she's among its most senior leaders

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

no she didn't. she had a window of positive energy she just tanked. jesus did we watch the same candidate running? lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

What evidence are you using to support your belief that she tanked? That’s a surprise to me and I’d like to understand more.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Anything to blame the Democrats, huh?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago

Look blaming the democrats is done not because the republicans aren't to blame, but because blaming them is sort of pointless. It's like blaming terrorists for the shit they do. Yes, it's their fault. Yes, they're morally reprehensible. So what? Are you going to spend time trying to come up with detailed arguments for what they could've done better? No, you look to the material conditions, people, and organizations responsible for fighting them, and for making sure people aren't desperate enough to join them, because their job at least in theory is to do better. I blame the democrats because I believe they could have done better. I do not have even that small grain of hope when it comes to the republicans.