If I've seen one, I've seen 15 mutha fuckin cartoons besmirching Biden's mental fitness...
WTF Garland and your hitmen...Just give the DARK SIDE ammo, why don't you...
This is just one example of what we're going to see much more of in the next 9 months.
“Former President Barack Obama purportedly said, ‘Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up.’ Enough said.” -DW
@Madken65 The worst thing that could happen is that he could win and then die. I happen to think Kamala Harris is competent to carry on.
Regretfully, this issue will not subside as the Repubs have seen red meat.
The Dems need to seriously look at their ticket, IMO.
And I'm a former Delawarean, and I love Uncle Joe.
But if we are going to catch the torch, we need to pass it along.
@Cosmichomicide @Madken65 @Lindy Because she can't win, she's not well liked.
@MidnightRider @Madken65 @Lindy
Yeah. Remarkable that. No "likeable" women in politics.
Amy wasn't likeable
Liz wasn't likeable
Hillary wasn't likeable.
Kamala isn't likeable
Should they smile more?
@MidnightRider @Madken65 @Lindy
Ted is likeable.
Donald is likeable.
Marco is likeable.
Rand is likeable.
Ron is likeable.
Mitch is likeable.
Really?
@Cosmichomicide @MidnightRider @Lindy
To me, it's in the justification peeps will use to vote.
And privately, they will justify some dark shit, just as they did in 2016.
@Madken65 @Cosmichomicide @Lindy Look where we are already at. Am I the only one amazed so many Americans want Trump back? And this is with Joe and Kamilla doing a good job.
@Cosmichomicide @Madken65 @Lindy Hey don't shoot the messenger, she would get slaughtered and the chance she could get there by Biden having to step down weakens the entire ticket.
@MidnightRider @Madken65 @Lindy
Yes, but let's stop using misogynistic euphemisms.
It's not that she's unlikeable - she's a woman.
It's not that she's unlikeable - she's black.
Seriously, start saying that out loud, in public, every chance you get.
it's the "soft euphemisms" that let the bigots get away with it.
@Cosmichomicide @MidnightRider @Lindy
It IS about a Woman
and it IS about a Black Woman
Again, I don't like it, but we need to face reality.
This election is going to tug significantly at us all.
@Madken65 @MidnightRider
@Lindy
So, the *best* solution is to drop a successful incumbent with a GenX VP and replace them with "generic white guy the polls think will win, probably someone tall but very white and not from CA or NY"? C'mon.
So what do you suggest? Joe resigns and Kamala runs? Joe and Kamala resign and who runs?
BTW, has anyone asked Tang which family member takes over when the hamberders finally do him in?
@Cosmichomicide @Madken65 @Lindy Seems kind of personal this morning, what do I suggest? It doesn't matter what I suggest. I suggest we disable cellphones held in the driver's seat. I suggest we rein in EVERY insurance company ripping us off for ever more profits, denying claims of the ill. I suggest the ADA get off their fat asses and so some work. I suggest the airlines also get a foot in the ass. Guess how I'm coming along with those suggestions? 😂
@MidnightRider @Madken65 @Lindy
Yep. It's definitely personal.
Smile more. Talk less. Be likeable.
If you do that, however, you don't "want it" enough.
Wait though - do something and you are "pushy", "aggressive", and "shrill".
Yes, I had a performance review where I was described as ambitious and aggressive in pursuit of goals.
As a weakness.
I asked for a raise and suggested they edit the review before it reached HR.
@MidnightRider @Madken65 @Lindy
PS. "Likeable" is right up there with "articulate" in the bigot code book.
@Cosmichomicide @Madken65 @Lindy I meant personal with me, I hold no animus for women. I would be fine with one as President, I used to have one as an internist. I like solid human beings of worth, what flag they own, whether they wear a dress, what color they are, where their parents are from doesn't matter to me, only quality.
@MidnightRider @Madken65 @Lindy
Understood - but watching people talking like a black woman can't get elected because they aren't "likeable" is playing into the BS. Call them on it. Look right at them and say "You mean she's a black woman."
Don't let them stick to "There's just something about her..." slap them in the face, again and again with what they really mean and who they really are.
@Cosmichomicide @Madken65 @Lindy That shit will still be happening after I'm dead. I enact my best self-made metrics to be a good citizen. I picked up three gallons of trash last week on the trail, most of it has been replaced. These issues are like weeds, they will be in my lawn far after I am off of it.
@MidnightRider @Madken65 @Lindy
Yeah, but here's how that conversation goes:
She's not likeable.
Oh, you mean she's a black woman.
No, there's just something about her, can't put my finger on it.
You mean she's a black woman and you don't like that.
No, no. I just don't get a good feeling about her as a person.
OK, so you don't like black women.
No, not all black women, just HER.
Then you ask about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.
You know, for fun.
@MidnightRider @Madken65 @Lindy
If that sounds practiced, remove "black" from the sentences and insert Hillary, Liz, Katie, Amy... I ran out of fucks years ago.
You'll get the same answers. Though they might throw in "shrill" or 'looks angry".
BTW, if they are a sharp dresser, they "waste time and money", if they aren't, they are "frumpy".
You cannot let these folks continue to think they are good people with valid "reasons" when they aren't and they don't.
IMO, she is unelectable as the Top of the Ticket.
Quite frankly, out West with the peeps I interact with, it scares the beejezus out of him, the prospect of Kamala, so much so that they would find a way to vote privately for Trump, never admitting it.
I don't like it. But it is a fact of white male America and the underbelly of US Racism prevalent since the advent of the US Constitution.
Then please don't dance around it with the likeable and competence bullshit.
"I don't think a black woman should be on the ticket because she can't win white people's votes in America."
(Even though the black guy could and did - twice)
Let's all quit playing the "likeable" game, shall we?
I swear it will be so nice when the 70% of Americans who aren't white men start voting like it.
Given Obam picked Biden, who would you recommend if Kamala is the Top Candidate for the Dems?
And, besides policy, what record would Kamala run on now?
I will support the Dem candidate no matter what because I don't want another Trump in office, but I'd to know we have a sporting chance too.
So, I'm all for full vetting...I'm just citing what I think are some of the pitfalls in this process.
Apologize if you think I'm short-selling VP Harris' potential candidacy.
@Madken65 @Lindy
Waiting to hear why the torch cannot be passed to 59 year old Kamala Harris.