American Politics Thread: The Hunt for Blue November

[troutman]

Originally Posted by mrcboicgy

maya's gonna eat

https://twitter.com/user/status/1293311681649614849

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

"What a nasty nasty woman!" -Trump, in 30 minutes

Originally Posted by troutman

#BREAKING: President Trump responds to Joe Biden choosing Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate: "She was extraordinarily nasty to Kavanaugh... She was nasty to a level that was just a horrible thing." @thehill

Close enough?

[Acey]

Originally Posted by troutman

#BREAKING: President Trump responds to Joe Biden choosing Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate: "She was extraordinarily nasty to Kavanaugh... She was nasty to a level that was just a horrible thing." @thehill

He's going to have filthy things to say about her, as always. We'll see what he comes up with.

[HockeyIlliterate]

Originally Posted by Sliver

lol, just a second here. You're slut shaming her? I'm sure you could find some reasonable things for which you could criticize her, but your first criticism was a judgement - based entirely on rumour - about who she has had sex with? What a beyond-pathetic take. You should be so embarrassed to have said that.

Lol yourself.

Harris being involved in an affair and, by all appearances, benefiting from it is no rumor. The person with whom she was having the affair has admitted that such an affair took place. And the effects of the relationship are pretty well established. You could google it if you desired, but here is a start: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.was...st%3f_amp=true

I’m not embarrassed for what I wrote. Nor do I have any reason to be.

But I admit that it is rather pathetic for you to take a fact and try to spin it as a rumor.

[ResAlien]

Can’t find anyone other than Fox News and the Washington examiner reporting this as some salacious event. Tabloid level stuff, embarrassing.

[FunkMasterFlame]

Stormy Daniels says hello.

[Acey]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

Can’t find anyone other than Fox News and the Washington examiner reporting this as some salacious event. Tabloid level stuff, embarrassing.

Further, the "around" part of the "sleeping to the top" claim would require a track record of multiple instances of that occurring, and subsequent tangible evidence of advancement.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate

Lol yourself.

Harris being involved in an affair and, by all appearances, benefiting from it is no rumor. The person with whom she was having the affair has admitted that such an affair took place. And the effects of the relationship are pretty well established. You could google it if you desired, but here is a start: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.was...st%3f_amp=true

I’m not embarrassed for what I wrote. Nor do I have any reason to be.

But I admit that it is rather pathetic for you to take a fact and try to spin it as a rumor.

So, it's not a rumor, but you needed to say she may have "slept around" to get certain positions?

Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate

May have “slept around” to get to certain positions

That's pretty weird. Did she or didn't she?

I mean according to Willie Brown it's a fact they dated, it's also a fact that he appointed her to two different state commissions.

But the notion that she slept around, or that she dated Brown for the purpose of political gain, is at best a rumour, and a worst a flat out lie meant to discredit her.

Whether you're embarrassed or not, it doesn't really change the fact that it's a stupid thing to say and not supported by what actually happened. Want to say she financially benefitted from dating Brown? Sure, you could say that. But Brown himself also said he helped plenty of his friends (he was nowhere near above corruption) and said Harris was the only one to make it explicitly clear when she eventually became DA that she'd prosecute Brown if he so much as jaywalked.

If Harris benefitted from being Brown's girlfriend 25 years ago, it is what it is. But the fact that you think it discounts her today and need to paint the situation as worse is telling. She's done the work and earned what she has today, whether you agree with her politics or not.

[getbak]

Donald and Ivanka Trump both agree, you should vote for Kamala Harris.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate

Lol yourself.

Harris being involved in an affair and, by all appearances, benefiting from it is no rumor. The person with whom she was having the affair has admitted that such an affair took place. And the effects of the relationship are pretty well established. You could google it if you desired, but here is a start: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.was...st%3f_amp=true

I’m not embarrassed for what I wrote. Nor do I have any reason to be.

But I admit that it is rather pathetic for you to take a fact and try to spin it as a rumor.

The Washington Examiner. Almost as credible as this stalwart of journalism.



Almost....

[Hemi-Cuda]

Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate

Lol yourself.

Harris being involved in an affair and, by all appearances, benefiting from it is no rumor. The person with whom she was having the affair has admitted that such an affair took place. And the effects of the relationship are pretty well established. You could google it if you desired, but here is a start: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.was...st%3f_amp=true

I’m not embarrassed for what I wrote. Nor do I have any reason to be.

But I admit that it is rather pathetic for you to take a fact and try to spin it as a rumor.

So you double down on your sexist garbage by posting a link to a tabloid source? How pathetic

[HockeyIlliterate]

Originally Posted by ResAlien

Can’t find anyone other than Fox News and the Washington examiner reporting this as some salacious event. Tabloid level stuff, embarrassing.

Try Politico. Or Harper’s Bazaar. The stories are out there.

[activeStick]

I hope she doesn't become too important to do a second interview with Hasan Minhaj!

[MoneyGuy]

Has Trump given Harris a disgusting nickname yet?

[HockeyIlliterate]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

So, it's not a rumor, but you needed to say she may have "slept around" to get certain positions?



That's pretty weird. Did she or didn't she?

I mean according to Willie Brown it's a fact they dated, it's also a fact that he appointed her to two different state commissions.

But the notion that she slept around, or that she dated Brown for the purpose of political gain, is at best a rumour, and a worst a flat out lie meant to discredit her.

Whether you're embarrassed or not, it doesn't really change the fact that it's a stupid thing to say and not supported by what actually happened. Want to say she financially benefitted from dating Brown? Sure, you could say that. But Brown himself also said he helped plenty of his friends (he was nowhere near above corruption) and said Harris was the only one to make it explicitly clear when she eventually became DA that she'd prosecute Brown if he so much as jaywalked.

If Harris benefitted from being Brown's girlfriend 25 years ago, it is what it is. But the fact that you think it discounts her today and need to paint the situation as worse is telling. She's done the work and earned what she has today, whether you agree with her politics or not.

I was being polite.

Mentioning her past is not cause for embarrassment.

And, as an aside, I disagree that she has “earned what she has today.” Let’s be honest here. She got the vp pick because she is a woman and is “of color.” Neither of which she had any personal role in doing.

[troutman]

Harris is also Asian-American (mother is Indian), but no one ever seems to mention this.

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53745141

[HockeyIlliterate]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

So you double down on your sexist garbage by posting a link to a tabloid source? How pathetic

How about the SF Weekly? https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.sfw...alifornia/amp/

Or, you know, you could do your own research before resorting to “pathetic” responses.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by troutman

Harris is also Asian-American (mother is Indian), but no one ever seems to mention this.

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53745141

Nobody mentions that Tiger Woods is Thai either.

[Hemi-Cuda]

A lot of people are discounting or flat out ignoring how progressive Harris has been in the senate. She votes with Sanders something like 95% of the time, and her voting record has one of the highest progressive ratings

https://progressivepunch.org/scores.htm?house=senate

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by missdpuck

Hmm.

A slut is a woman who has many casual sexual partners.

I don’t know Ms Harris’ sexual past. I just know she’s not my pick.

A woman who uses sex to get things is a manipulative be-atch or perhaps a good businesswoman lol.

Sluts are fine. Sexual manipulators of either sex aren’t. I think that was the point the poster was trying to make.

Not saying Ms Harris did that. Just straightening out a pet peeve of mine.

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I think the fact Kamala's husband's ex-wife is a huge supporter of her speaks volumes for her character. Not too many ex's get along that well with their former's current partner.