what if they transition to a gay black woman after being elected
Obama is black, ran a very progressive campaign, and won in a landslide.
“progressives are unreliable partners!”
yeah you even refuse to make token concessions on the biggest issues do you think they’ll cooperate
My shock when progressives would abstain from voting against Trump with a clear conscious is higher.
Literally the one thing they can do to pressure the Dems is to not vote lol
I don’t know if he’d win if he ran today.
obama was a generational politician. harris can’t talk her way into the voter’s hearts the way he does
It’s our responsibility to vote. I know the suffering that gets caused from all of this. I just wanted to be a small part in eliminating that suffering. Anyone who decided against doing this is someone I consider evil. I know I care a lot more than most people, but I can’t imagine ever letting evil happen because someone didn’t do everything I wanted.
obama is the brady of 21st century politicians
did you guys know all the good politicians hold the microphone in their left hands even if they’re right handed? thats because when the viewers watch them their brain associates holding the mic with the right hand since its on the right from their pov. and that relaxes them more / makes them feel more familiar since most people are right-handed. very sneaky trick to be more likeable
There was a sizeable coalition in Michigan, a state Harris had to win, that said they weren’t going to vote for her if she didn’t do more to stop the genocide in Gaza. What the fuck do you mean they’ve been pretty clear about it for months lol
Good trick
Time to pressure is not during the presidential election, it’s during the primaries
regardless I am disappointed in anyone who abstained from voting Harris, but realistically it wouldn’t have changed anything if they did
I just spent the last hour venting to my psychiatrist and I’m not quite sure he understood
Like sure I’m anxious but with good reason, I might not be able to get the care that I need if this election goes a certain way
And this man decides to say “well some ppls lives are gonna be slightly inconvenienced but most ppls lives aren’t gonna change that much” and “even if he gets elected he can’t do much” bitch texas literally has a bounty out for me if I decide to use either restroom
Hillary Clinton ran on “the other guy sucks”, did little to animate the base, and lost. You cannot win on your opponent sucking alone. You have to get people motivated to do things like stand in 6 hour lines for example. This is just the pragmatic reality of electoral politics. When the Dems don’t do anything to counteract messaging that both parties are the same, either through action or even their fucking words, how can you expect a person who believes it to show up and vote for you?
I sure am glad we had a chance to primary Harris
Labour in the UK ran entirely on “the other guy sucks” and won a landslide, despite the party leader being deeply unpopular nationally and within the hard socialist base
it only works if the other guy is actually in power. see: biden in 2020
if the other guy isn’t currently in power no one actually knows how much they suck. of course you’re gonna say all this about them
Yeah that’s how Biden won too, but that’s when Trump was deeply unpopular and in charge. Harris is a part of the unpopular Biden administration, and did not promise any change. That’s the difference.
anyway they finally called virginia