Komm, Kamala, Komm and Save the Nation!

[Stavros]

At least this: Comrade Harris is not proposing to use the US Military to round up anyone and everyone who despises Trump and kill them. She hasn't even mentioned 'the Enemy within', even if the irony is that we all know who, in fact, that enemy is.

That Trump seems to know the toxic terms of division and hate that have been fundamental to the rhetoric of Nigel Farage is striking, eg Farage calling the date of Britain's exit from the EU 'Liberation Day', and his numerous odious comments about immigrants.

How many political parties has Farage cobbled together to promote his version of English Nationalism, and how many has he trashed? Following his example, is Trump in the process of trashing the Republican Party? After all, the self-confessed professional liar he has chosen to be his VP, JD Vance has trashed the legacy of Ronald Reagan while Project 2025 seeks to re-construct the USA as a White Christian Nation where most decisions are made by the Government not individuals or markets.

Ergo: with Comrade Harris what you get is the consolidation of Capitalism in America, what you get with Trump or Vance (who, in the event of their success will remove Trump from the White House before you can say Covfefe) is Dictatorship.

My, what a choice that is!

[blackchubby38]

In a couple of weeks, this piece may turn out to be much ado about nothing or a postmortem about a failed presidential campaign.

The 4 reasons Harris is losing.


http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/...ris-is-losing/

[Stavros]

In a couple of weeks, this piece may turn out to be much ado about nothing or a postmortem about a failed presidential campaign.

The 4 reasons Harris is losing.


http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/...ris-is-losing/

Interesting, and a rational presentation. What puzzles me is, if Harris has those weaknesses, what about His Imperial Majesty?

How Trump can be a serious candidate when he regularly uses childish abuse to smear people better than himself, when he promises or threatens to deploy the US military with lethal force against US citizens, when he is a convicted criminal, a known con-man and liar, and when he boasts that the Justices he nominated who now sit on the Supreme Court endorsed a policy on Abortion that is not only one of the most unpopular policies across the US but one that helped his party lose the mid-term elections in 2022.

When it comes to self-harm, it seems that America has a problem, and a lack of therapeutic solutions, but it also seems that people who don't like Trump but won't vote Democrat are happy to see their country decline into even more violence and corruption than exists already. It is like Brexit, you won't know what damage has been caused until you can't repair it and have only shit sandwiches for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

As for the border, which I am sure will dominate much of the interview Harris has with Fox News she has agreed to -this evening (14th October) on Channel 4 News, Christopher Steele has argued that there has been a major expansion of the Russian intelligence corps in Mexico, and that the Russians, having identified immigrants, legal and illegal as a toxic problem for Biden-Harris, are manipulating the issue to damage the chances Harris has of becoming President as obviously, they want their boy Trump to win, though one wonders if they have also been cultivating JD Vance given the strong possibility he will be part of the team that removes Trump from office at the earliest opportunity.

Does this mean shocking incidents involving illegals will have been paid for by the Russians? Maybe.

Here is the link but not sure if it is available outside the UK, or on YouTube.

Could Russia intervene in US election? Former British spy explains – Channel 4 News

Trump sparks outrage after calling for army to handle enemies on election day | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

[sidney111]

In a couple of weeks, this piece may turn out to be much ado about nothing or a postmortem about a failed presidential campaign.

The 4 reasons Harris is losing.


http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/...ris-is-losing/

i have read about the democrats trying to change the electoral collage, several times over the last couple of years, I have to say I have no idea who will win this election.

[filghy2]

In a couple of weeks, this piece may turn out to be much ado about nothing or a postmortem about a failed presidential campaign.

The 4 reasons Harris is losing.


http://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/...ris-is-losing/

It seems like overextraolation of limited data to say she is definitely losing. Although the recent trend has been slightly against her, the polls in battleground states are still quite close. She's ceratinly doing much better than Biden was.
https://www.realclearpolling.com/ele...eground-states

I don't think she's the ideal candidate, but that really comes down to Biden's disastrous misjudgement in trying to run again. Also, he chose her as his VP.

[filghy2]

Indeed, but now tell me this: how many Vice-Presidents have taken one step further to become the Presidential candidate, and then be elected as President?

FDR-Truman
Eisenhower-Nixon
Kennedy-LBJ
Reagan-Bush (I)
Clinton-Gore -almost
Obama-Biden
Biden-Harris -?

That means the few examples that don't match are Ford, Carter and Bush (II), or 14 years out of the last 80.

Nixon and Biden had to wait 8 years, though, and Nixon lost the first time. LBJ became President because of the assassination (otherwise Kennedy would have been running in 1964). You also forgot Humphrey, Mondale and Pence, who all ran unsuccessfully for President. Some others were so unpopular they never ran (Quayle, Cheney).

Bush Senior is the only VP since 1945 who was elected to directly succeed the President they served under. I think the truth is that the VP's job has been a bit of a poisoned chalice.

[MrFanti]

Obama faces backlash for comments toward Black men
https://thehill.com/homenews/race-po...ash-black-men/

“Why are Black men being lectured to? Why are Black men being belittled in ways that no other voting group?” Turner said Thursday night on CNN.

Exactly!
Please do not lecture us Mr. Obama - we are not your slaves, we are free thinkers.

[Stavros]

Obama faces backlash for comments toward Black men
https://thehill.com/homenews/race-po...ash-black-men/

“Why are Black men being lectured to? Why are Black men being belittled in ways that no other voting group?” Turner said Thursday night on CNN.

Exactly!
Please do not lecture us Mr. Obama - we are not your slaves, we are free thinkers.

How about you, Mr Fanti -are you comfortable with the idea of a woman being your President, regardless of her politics?

[blackchubby38]

How about you, Mr Fanti -are you comfortable with the idea of a woman being your President, regardless of her politics?

Even though you asked Mr. Fanti, I'll answer your question.

I'm comfortable with the idea of a woman being President of the United States. I voted for Hillary in 2016. On a side note, I'm also comfortable with a woman being Mayor of NYC. I voted for Nicole Malliotakis (who is a Republican) in the 2017 mayoral election. Even though I'm comfortable with woman governor, I voted against Kathy Hochul in 2022.

Having said all that, I think the problem this time around is that I'm not really comfortable with Kamala Harris as a candidate and I have a feeling that a lot a people feel that way or this election wouldn't be so close.

[filghy2]

Having said all that, I think the problem this time around is that I'm not really comfortable with Kamala Harris as a candidate and I have a feeling that a lot a people feel that way or this election wouldn't be so close.

Because you don't like what she's been saying, or because you're not sure what she really stands for?

Was there any practical alternative, given Biden dropped out so late?