@Razdawg22 Yup.
#politics This morning I heard a name floated for Harris’s running mate: retired admiral James Stavridis. Interesting. I’ve seen him numerous times on Morning Joe. He’s intelligent, thoughtful, articulate, logical in global strategy. He was considered by Hillary for vice president in 2016. He’d be an excellent choice, in my view.
@Tarnagh Yup. Failed to mention him. Good choice.
#politics Now the big suspense will be Harris’s running mate. Several candidates floated: Beshear (probably wants it because a continued career in Kentucky unlikely); Kelly of Arizona (but then we’d lose a senator); Shapiro (we need him to stay in Pa); Whitmer (good for winning Michigan, but two women=too much of a good thing); Moore of Maryland (your turn will come, and two people of color would be risky); Cooper of North Carolina (checks all the boxes, and my favorite choice).
@lifeinthePNW Expect more such outrageous claims from the Rs in the weeks to come.
#politics Before Joe stepped down, the Dems had two chances to win in November, but Slim had just left town. Now they’re in the driver’s seat. Money is pouring in, Trump is now the too-old candidate with cognitive issues, not to mention his being a criminal and, of course, he’s still the Trump who nobody really likes. Slept well last night!
@PoliticalEd I hear you. Those LIV golfers should be only playing in the desert or on Trump courses. Letting them play in Majors is a disgrace.
Head of the NYS Dem Party:
“I have never admired Joe Biden more than I do today. Voluntarily ceding the nomination and forgoing a chance to serve for another four years in the job that he did so well in and spent a lifetime dreaming of attaining, is as noble an act as ever recorded in America’s political history. Joe Biden’s selflessness; his putting country and party above his own personal desires, places him in the category of every great political leader since George Washington….”
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@LnzyHou Good question!
@Coctaanatis Is that a cat lady? And is that J.D. Vance? No, it couldn’t be - too funny.
@tgraph52 Yup. The weather will be what he says it is.
@TheresaVermont Who are these childless cat ladies Vance is talking about? And what’s the slur? That they’re childless? That they’re ladies? That they own cats? Methinks he lost a big segment of the voting populace with that comment. I hope so!
#politics J.D. Vance, once the champion of the working man and severe critic of Trump, saw his path to power and took it. And been rewarded for it. But little does he know it will only be a brief stay in the limelight.
#politics If Biden had been the one giving a rally and had been shot in the ear by a leftie (Crooks was apparently a Republican and NRA member), Republicans would say it was a conspiracy to turn Biden into a hero and martyr. Just sayin’. Some Rs are already claiming it was the Dems fault by unfairly demonizing their guy.
#politics Trump rants about our terrible economy, despite numbers that say otherwise. Guess what? If he’s elected, he’ll use those same numbers to brag about how he created the greatest economy in history. And all those MAGA voters, who complain about the prices of eggs and gas, will suddenly think inflation has been cured, thanks to the dear leader. Even when inflation rises again due to his policies.
Retired surgeon, now a novel writer (thrillers mostly) in North Carolina