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[–] 71 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Bernie 2024, even if he dies of a heart attack first day his appointments would change the country for good and I don’t trust any party politicians on Palestine.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    I'm hoping for a Kamala/AOC ticket.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Biden just endorsed Kamala, so that much is likely. The VP will probably be one from a shortlist of 5 or so governors/senators from swing states.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Maybe, but then the swing state could end up with a GOP governor. That's one reason why VPs are often from safe seats, eg Harris, Pence, Biden, Palin, Quayle...

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    That would be cool but I suspect it will be a white, straight man to balance out the ticket for the racists and sexists. Maybe someone from a swing state.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes more pandering from the DNC to the far right individuals who would never vote for a Democrat to begin with.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Pandering to the right, yes - but this is just how coalitions work. Obama's ability to appeal to rank and file white workers in places like Michigan is part of how he won. A lot of Obama voters in those states voted for Trump.

    Not everyone on the right is an ideological zealot (even if those are the most visible and make up the base). Being able to pick up some votes among "center-right" voters is a long-standing electoral strategy for the Democrats.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    As an outside observer I find it hard to believe that a place as right-wing as the US would elect a woman of colour as president. Isn't that double red rag to the nutjob bulls?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    We elected Obama already, and the people who are so racist/sexist that they wouldn't vote for Harris are mostly voting Trump. Plus, her being a woman means she can go way harder on Abortion, which is a winning strategy atm since support for abortion rights is insanely high and Republicans are actively trying to ban it completely.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (6 children)
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    Seeing AOC oddly shill for Biden before he dropped out.. which I'd expect from Pelosi, Schumer & Schiff, but not from her. She may actually be trying to get the VP spot.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    She just did the calculus that Biden was our best shot, due to a whole shitton of different factors from Biden's support among elderly voters, union support, money raised, polls being pretty crap for a few cycles now, shit like that.

    Now there will be logistical challenges, we have a lot of uncertainty ahead. She wanted to avoid that until we got some better answers.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Biden bros: No one has a plan if Biden drops out. Everyone else: Here is our plan. Biden bros still: No one has a plan if Biden drops out.

    Plan was open convention where delegates decide.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yes, that's an excellent example of uncertainty.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Or you could read her arguments, which were direct and pragmatic. She was talking about how difficult this would be logistically, and that it would have been better to do 6 months ago, you know, when the progressive wing of the party raised the issue.

    AOC was "shilling" for some consistency, backbone and party unity out of a pragmatic need to beat back fascism. Now that this choice has been made, I'm betting she will continue with the same intent.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Further, Bernie and AOC are rather well aware that the progressive wing of the party would likely be blamed for "party disunity" if Biden stayed in and lost. They will not do anything to let the DNC scapegoat their caucus.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Biden was going to lose and he was making other Democrats lose. What did you expect the party to do, unite behind losing to Trump?

    AOC was prob smart, saw Biden didn't believe he was going to lose and saw an opportunity before it played out.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Which is hilarious because Pelosi, Schumer, and Schiff were all against Biden continuing in the race...

    AOC understands politics and thinks things through, that's it.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Politics is about getting the things you want, not dunking on people that disagree with you on a couple of things. You gotta compromise with people to get what you want. People feel like being uncompromising is somehow admirable, but in politics it means you get nothing. MAGAs are uncompromising, and they get a lot of likes on social media for it, but they've accomplish exactly nothing after winning the House in 2022.

    Biden has been good for the progressive wing of the party, and they may not get as good of a deal with Harris as they did with Biden. They will have to negotiate compromises with someone new and may not get as much.

    So do you rather politicians compromising and getting something to benefit you, or grandstanding and accomplishing nothing except providing a small amount of entertainment for you?

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago

    Biden has seriously hurt the party. If they enthrone Kamala without doing some balanced process to have her debate or compete against anyone else, and she somehow beats Trump then... I fully expect Republicans to take the House & Senate because of the damage Biden did to the party.

    Politics is about compromise. I fully agree with you on that. To get things passed, you actually have to call up Republicans and ask them if they'll try to work with you and what their vision is, and what they'd like to do... and try to come to an agreement.

    AOC has likely done the same here. She saw an opportunity to get something or to help progressives in some way, which required taking a backseat for a little while, but ultimately she'll get something in return. I get it and understand that. It was just surprising.

    The DNC & Clinton seriously damaged the Democrat party in 2016, and Biden has restored some consistency, but it shifted significantly the right after that. Lest not forget Biden gleefully supporting a genocidal maniac and sending weapons to kill thousands of children. Its pretty sad when Democrats argue that more children would have died under Trump, so that somehow makes it okay.

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