This is the crux of all of this for me, and it's a world wide problem. Who cares who the leader is....it's about the party(administration) and policy. But people are stupid and we slowly heading towards Idiocracy.
In all seriousness, I've never heard anything of substance said negatively about Harris except that she was a tough prosecutor in CA. Those valid critiques were entirely from the left.
Give me a break. You can't immediately assume that a person criticizing a woman of color must be racist/sexist, or those terms lose all meaning.
To be clear, I'm criticizing her from the left. And that's a key issue I have with her, is that she sells herself as progressive but falls far short in both policies she supports (like her waffling on universal healthcare) and actions she takes, and has taken.
This is a good summary of my criticism as a leftist:
She's comparable to a Pete Buttigieg IMO, someone who plays to identity politics and a voice of diversity to gain support, but in reality is clearly hard-set on amassing corporatist power as a career Democrat.
Her political posturing is extremely transparent ("I was that little girl..."), her positions fluid and based on polling, not principles (look at how often she dodges direct questions about her principles with non-answers like, "Well, I think we should have that conversation"), and on top of that, she's prone to atrocious word-salad answers that reveal her lack of conviction on just about any topic - or worse yet, her incompetence in many political subjects. She goes along to get along.
I don't like Biden either as a corporatist Democrat and faux progressive, but at least he has a lifetime of political experience to draw from, 8 of those being directly in the backseat to his current position. I don't trust his motives but at least I do generally trust his competence and conviction.
My point was moreso that criticisms from the right are generally sexist and/or racist in nature. I don't disagree with your critique that she's a centrist Dem who feigns herself as a progressive despite not living up to it. It's a valid and salient critique, complete with logic and receipts.
Ask a republican why they don't like her, and they'll say it's because she "seems bitchy" or "uppity" or whatever. I should have been more clear that I was specifically attempting to call out the Republican criticism of Harris for it's complete lack of substance and hate-based nature.
Ain’t no god damn way they’re letting Kamala run for president. Her approval rating is in the dumpster because she just cannot connect with the average American.
The DNC is going to ask Biden to step aside and they’re going to nominate their preferred candidate at convention, almost certainly Newsom.
You do realize if Kamala takes over and runs for president she will lose in a landslide right? Do you not remember when she didn't even get 1% of the vote after she got destroyed in the debates in 2020?
I don’t buy it and the numbers don’t support that assertion. The main criticism they have on him is his age and being a straight white ancient boomer, Kamala taking over keeps everything about his admin essentially the same and takes care of that problem.
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u/MITGrad00 7d ago edited 6d ago
You don't want to see the video of this.... Edit: the video https://x.com/ocraziocornpop/status/1806530974013866379