Governor Walz selected as VP for Dem ticket

[Dark_Ansem]

I wish AOC could have been the one running with Kamala

Would have been very unwise

 

[supermist]

She's too young IIRC

 

[granville]

BTW, turns out the "tampon law" does not in fact have a mandate that boys bathrooms in schools be stocked with period products. What a surprise, creepy perverted GOP weirdos lying...

 

[NyaakoXD]

BTW, turns out the "tampon law" does not in fact have a mandate that boys bathrooms in schools be stocked with period products. What a surprise, creepy perverted GOP weirdos lying...

Said this before, but the weirdos always try and twist the facts and truths while also making up lies and shit just to fit their own agenda.

 

[Xzi]

BTW, turns out the "tampon law" does not in fact have a mandate that boys bathrooms in schools be stocked with period products. What a surprise, creepy perverted GOP weirdos lying...

Not that it makes any difference either way...it's extremely weird how supposed adults in the Republican party are so grossed out by basic hygiene products.

 

[x65943]

I wish AOC could have been the one running with Kamala

Welcome to assured loss on election day

The first rule of choosing a VP is - do no harm

Fair or not, years of attacks and labels of being far left/socialist means AOC would be DOA

Not to mention her young age and complete and total lack of executive experience

 

[Darth Meteos]

Welcome to assured loss on election day

The first rule of choosing a VP is - do no harm

Fair or not, years of attacks and labels of being far left/socialist means AOC would be DOA

Not to mention her young age and complete and total lack of executive experience

lmao
if she'd picked joe manchin they'd be saying he's far left and socialist, that attack has no weight
bernie sanders was actively referring to himself as a socialist and continually topped polls vs trump with a higher margin than anyone else
tim walz is connecting right now because he's happy, vibrant, and aggressive about prosecuting his positions, which are quite left-wing for the united states
aoc would fill the same boxes

as for lack of executive experience, this is the electorate that voted in donald trump
populism sells to a country continually beaten down by corporatocracy

 

[x65943]

lmao
if she'd picked joe manchin they'd be saying he's far left and socialist, that attack has no weight
bernie sanders was actively referring to himself as a socialist and continually topped polls vs trump with a higher margin than anyone else
tim walz is connecting right now because he's happy, vibrant, and aggressive about prosecuting his positions, which are quite left-wing for the united states
aoc would fill the same boxes

as for lack of executive experience, this is the electorate that voted in donald trump
populism sells to a country continually beaten down by corporatocracy

Kamala is ahead in polls right now, but margins are still thin

Betting market is now favoring Trump with the news of RFK dropping out

I still think she (Kamala) is more likely to win but this election far from over

Fact is AOC is extremely polarizing and would have been an awful choice

 

[Darth Meteos]

Kamala is ahead in polls right now, but margins are still thin

Betting market is now favoring Trump with the news of RFK dropping out

I still think she (Kamala) is more likely to win but this election far from over

Fact is AOC is extremely polarizing and would have been an awful choice

everyone is polarizing, it's a polarized era
it literally does not matter who kamala picked, trump would have sold them as a communist who is the most radical person in history
what would have mattered is the record

this is ultimately academic, because i think tim walz was the best choice because he humanized the democratic side and dehumanized the republican side
tim walz oozes regular dude energy, and every story about him is like "he made a public holiday for all elementary students to see the minnesota rainbows called sunshine day"
but i think it's old thinking to say that aoc would have doomed the democratic ticket
far from it, i think she would have bolstered it a lot, kamala's weakness with the dem base is her record, a leftie was needed and found with our dad tim walz

 

[x65943]

everyone is polarizing, it's a polarized era
it literally does not matter who kamala picked, trump would have sold them as a communist who is the most radical person in history
what would have mattered is the record

this is ultimately academic, because i think tim walz was the best choice because he humanized the democratic side and dehumanized the republican side
tim walz oozes regular dude energy, and every story about him is like "he made a public holiday for all elementary students to see the minnesota rainbows called sunshine day"
but i think it's old thinking to say that aoc would have doomed the democratic ticket
far from it, i think she would have bolstered it a lot, kamala's weakness with the dem base is her record, a leftie was needed and found with our dad tim walz

As a moderate personally I am glad it's Walz and not AOC - I don't want to see AOC anywhere near a high office

I hope Walz runs for president one day and AOC stays in Congress

 

[Darth Meteos]

As a moderate personally I am glad it's Walz and not AOC - I don't want to see AOC anywhere near a high office

I hope Walz runs for president one day and AOC stays in Congress

hold up- walz and aoc are quite similar politically
their core issue is corruption and both are strong on that issue
tim walz famously doesn't own any stocks, same as aoc
walz's other primary interests include public sector spending, police reform, taxing the top earners for infrastructure bills/green energy/public works, etc, all stock actions for a social democrat
the guy is either the most left-wing governor in the united states or in the top 3

 

[KingVamp]

Yeah, I don't think "too left" is the issue. I just don't think AOC has as much crossover support as Walz does.

 

[Darth Meteos]

Yeah, I don't think "too left" is the issue. I just don't think AOC has as much crossover support as Walz does.

dunno if he had any widespread support at all before the light got shined on him and he outperformed expectations
however, this man walz has done splendidly, i wish he was running for president

 

[Dark_Ansem]

Brainworm kennedy to drop out of race and endorsing Donald Dump
How humbling for him to throw himself behind a climate change denier after spending decades arguing for it in court
anyway, I guess the game is up, Kennedy votes will give him the edge he needs?

 

[Xzi]

anyway, I guess the game is up, Kennedy votes will give him the edge he needs?

I very much doubt it, the latest polling which includes some dates the DNC was held on shows Harris 8 points ahead of Trump with third-parties included. Even if every single RFK voter went to Trump (unlikely), that only nets him another 3 points.

Oh, and Faux News had Trump on to give "live commentary" during Harris' speech last night, but he was so incoherent that they cut him off to try to save a little face. She really gets under his skin, I think the ABC debate is going to be absolutely disastrous for him, if he decides to show up at all.

 

[Dark_Ansem]

I think the ABC debate is going to be absolutely disastrous for him, if he decides to show up at all.

I'm really curious to see how much slack the MSM will cut him, since they hammered about Biden multiple times a day, every day

I very much doubt it, the latest polling which includes some dates the DNC was held on shows Harris 8 points ahead of Trump with third-parties included. Even if every single RFK voter went to Trump (unlikely), that only nets him another 3 points.

hey but you forget someone here shares bookies regularly who put trump as winner!

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So basically he's gonna remain on the ballot in "sure" states and disappear from swing states?

 

[anindividual]

I'm really curious to see how much slack the MSM will cut him, since they hammered about Biden multiple times a day, every day

If the past is any indication, probably a fair amount. They were, as you suggest, persistent in covering Biden’s gaffes (which, to be fair, he is guilty of and *is* president) while glossing over Trump’s repeated word salads, mixing up of names, mistaking where he is, etc.

 

[Dark_Ansem]

If the past is any indication, probably a fair amount. They were, as you suggest, persistent in covering Biden’s gaffes (which, to be fair, he is guilty of and *is* president) while glossing over Trump’s repeated word salads, mixing up of names, mistaking where he is, etc.

Not serious in the same way tho

 

[granville]

This is a hell of an accurate quote that sums up the VP choice-