Every wonder why she is being pushed as the "democratic" nominee despite not having campaigned or won a vote?
Because she's 'Orribe 'Arris. She had such a poor showing in 2020 that she had to drop out early on.
And for those on the right who believe she is somehow a radical leftist.
Give me a break. You wouldn't know a radical leftist if they smacked you over the head with a smash the state sign.
There's no real difference between her and Trump.
No surprise here. Well, other than that her father is a true radical leftist. But Kamala is estranged from him and has been for a while. So much for Rita Panahi who is someone I think wouldn't know a real lefty if they smacked her on the head with a "smash the state" sign.
Don't try and raise our hopes with someone who is in no way progressive, Rita.
Rita should stick to Oz politics since she has no idea about US politics.
But that pretty much goes for most of the Sky News Oz crowd.
Alas, this is a clip of a much longer show, but Caleb Maupin is on a few others as well. Rita needs to swot up (do Aussies understand that term?) on US politics before she says ANYONE in the "Democratic" party is in anyway "lefty". Start with Real News Network's piece on Undoing the New Deal: the 1944 Coup against Henry Wallace. Bernie Sanders wasn't the first "lefty" to be torpedoed by the duopoly establishment.
Next, Rita, look up "La France Insoumise", they do have translations of the material on the party. You will encounter something closer to the left that wants to nationalise industries and do things that real leftys like.
But steer clear of AI since it is horrible with languages if you need a translator. Mais je me porterais volontiers volontaire pour ce poste.
And while we're at it, this book has been censored by Amazon, which is a LOT OF POSTS relating to how they are something any freedom loving person should despise. Fortunately, you can buy the book at Lulu (https://www.lulu.com/shop/caleb-maupin/kamala-harris-the-future-of-america-an-essay-in-three-parts/paperback/product-zmkjegd.html?q=Caleb+Maupin&page=1&pageSize=4), buying from something other than the monopoly called Amazon is a strike for freedom.
Do your research, Libertarians, Amazon is everything you claim to despise.
Actually, Lulu is having problems processing the orders for this book.
The Dems haven't learned their lesson, but then again there are the people who will "vote blue no matter who" even if the candidate is terrible.
For me, Sanders 2016 run was a confirmation of how bad the process is. The duopoly is pretty bad with the Dems being open about how bad the electoral process is.
Not only will they push a candidate, they will push a candidate who hasn't gone through the process of campaigning for office. But that is because Kamala Harris is an awful candidate. I was surprised they picked her to be veep in 2020. Even more surprised when Biden-Harris won the election.
Anyway, Sky New Australia has a good piece on how bad she is and how she is dividing the party, but that began the moment Hilary Clinton ran for president in 2008. I have a long piece on why I don't like the Democrats.
And the Republicans are pretty much the same thing. It takes culture war issues to give the appearance of a difference.
As I said, get ready for Trump II.
From the transcript:
When Americans demand a third choice, or even a fourth choice, it can change and renew the major parties, sometimes making winners into losers and vice versa.
More often than you might think, Americans have looked beyond the two major political parties and reached for a third choice. When they do, big things often happen in American politics and in American life.
Let's start at the beginning. First, why two parties? In fact, why parties at all?
In the beginning, the founders agreed they wanted no parties in their new country.
"There is nothing I dread so much as the division of the Republic into two great parties, each under its leader" - John Adams.
"Ignorance leads men into a party, and shame keeps them from getting out again" - Benjamin Franklin
"If I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all" - Thomas Jefferson.
Vote for the duopoly candidates only if you are satisfied with the current situation.
All the people who are thankful that she is running are going to be in for a nasty surprise.
No, I will not vote for a duopoly candidate--especially not this one.
She makes Hilary Clinton look consistent.
Sort of a repeat of the previous post, but a bit more in depth.
What I find interesting sort of goes to my comment in the previous post about the Democratic Party being in no way lefty. They ran when Sanders was running: and he is nothing compared to the left once one leaves the the United States.
Yet, he frightens the Democrats and Fox News loves to say how "socialist" the opposition happens to be.
But don't mention medicare for all...
In the conceptual blog post on how US elections are rigged, the Democratic Party and it's joke primary elections is a prominent feature. The Democrats would rather lose with someone like Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, et al than run someone like Bernie Sanders.
And while Sanders calls himself a "socialist", he's pretty centre on the political spectrum. After all, he does represent a historically red state (and I don't mean that in the way the rest of the world does, which is socialist, communist, and beyond--except for Anarchists, who are black). So, the despite the Fox News attempt to make "socialism" a "bad" word, most people like it.
At least in its more moderate incarnations. On the other hand, maybe people in the US are total idiots.
I mentioned La France Insoumise, the ultra left party, which "won" in the last elections. I have to wonder what people in the US would think about things like:
Even if some of those ideas didn't gain too much traction, it would be fun to see them being debated in an intelligent and informed manner.
I'm trying to find something that shows how poor a candidate Kamala Harris was in 2020. But the ultimate answer tends to be lost. Here's one:
The last time Kamala Harris ran a campaign for the presidency, she dropped out of the contest before a single vote was cast.
After launching her bid in Oakland, California, in front of a crowd of 20,000 supporters in January 2019, she campaigned for 310 days before dropping out of the contest. At the time she left the race, she was polling at 4 percent or lower in polling aggregates — a complete flop.
It was a stunning result: Harris had been seen as a rising star for most of her years campaigning for and legislating in the Senate, questioning Trump administration officials, and was viewed as the possible future of the Democratic Party as she prepared for a presidential bid. She didn’t get close to the nomination in 2020.
Another one gives three causes that stood out.
But the major reason is that she is a really BAD candidate. I heard she didn't even have enough votes to carry California, her home state.
Are you in for a shock if you belong that that group.
Above the purple on the left end of this graph is PCF, which is Parti Communiste Français. LFI is
Rassemblement national, which is what was once known as the National Front. And is pretty extreme right.
I mean, Europe did have fascism. Soooo. And I'm learning about something called Operation Gladio.
And there are 14 other parties in between!
I have to admit that true multiparty democracy is a lot confusing, even if you are a fan. So, I can't get too deep into this, but it was not a victory for the far left. It also wasn't a victory for the far right. This is because neither party had a majority. This means that there will either have to be a coalition, or a new election. The government will function, which is what an "executive" branch should do: make sure things tick along.
But, yes. I do support this even if there are extreme parties and run off elections, but at least there are parties which represent the people. There is also a need to work together for the common good.
OK, we now have it out in the open what we guessed happened all along: Sanders was going to win the nomination. So, the Democrats circle their wagons and run two of the worst possible candidates. Of course, they "won" the nomination if you really want to believe that. But doesn't it stink that the DNC that year was VIRTUAL??? I mean an unpopular candidate somehow manages to beat a popular one.
REALLY?
No, vote blue no matter who and get someone who belongs in a memory care unit, not the white house. It's time to look to another party that really represents the people.
As I said, I Demexited in 2016 because the Democrats became too obvious that they don't want to represent me.
And, elections are rigged in the US. The primaries being a really glarring example of it. The US needs to stop funding private elections with public money.
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It's been nearly two weeks and Dementia Joe is still the Democratic candidate for president: despite it being REALLY obvious that he isn't fit for the job.
He wasn't in 2020. In fact, both Biden and Harris were weak candidates who somehow managed to defeat a popular candidate from the "left".
Bernie Sanders.
The thing is that Bernie Sanders represents a solidly Red state, with the possible exception of Burlington. In fact, a Sanders candidacy would have shaken the US political landscape quite drastically. But he was suppressed for good reason if you want to keep the joke that is the US political system.
And despite what Fox News and their ilk will tell you, the Democrats are not a party of the left. Otherwise, they would have run Sanders. But the Democrats have a long history of making sure candidates like Sanders don't win (look up Henry Wallace).
There's a reason that "Hot button" issues are the ones being discussed rather than the real issues facing the United States country. This means that pretty much anyone who sides with the Democratic party doesn't have a lot of support from me.
And they are not what I consider to be true progressives.
Because voting "blue no matter who" is what led to this mess.
Trust me, we would have two candidates with felony charges if Biden didn't have dementia. That makes any comment about Trumps being a "man of his convictions" seem ridiculous.
"Trump is a convicted felon..."
"Yeah, well, Biden probably would be as well if he didn't have dementia..."
Jaysus, and you wonder why I am voting for the only third party candidate who stands a chance of winning?
Actually, it was obvious in 2020. I want to write about how rigged US politics happens to be, but Biden "beating" Sanders in the 2020 Democratic primary was a case in point. The "Hidin' Biden" thing came from the liberal media because Biden wasn't doing interviews with even friendly pundits.
Sorry, right wing media, but the Democrats are in no way a party of the "left". They went with Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Biden in 2020. They would rather lose with candidates like these than run someone like Bernie Sanders.
And Sanders is pretty moderate if one leaves the US.
That means a democratic monarchy can have a hereditary head of state who can be totally out of it, which in the case of Britain was King George III. Republics can have out of touch heads of state as well. Case in point: the United States for most of this century.
The truth of the matter is that the US Constitution was a waste of time and paper since the reality is that it is meaningless. Most people have no idea what it means. Toss in that there are dangerous sections which have been misinterpreted to the detriment of public safety. Yet, the Judges did not say this was a case of desuetude, but reinterpreted the constitution.
Having idiots and lunatics as leaders has shown that the executive is pretty much a ceremonial post, the way having a King, Queen, Duke, Duchess, or other ceremonial leader is in a monarchy. The real power is in the legislature. And, as Tip O'Neill said, "all politics is local".
The way to really get change is to elect local legislators who are committed to change.
And the documentation will follow.
