Vice President Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump 2024

I agree with points 1, 6 and 8. Well said

Problem is, there isn't a lot of "questioning" Harris on this thread - there's a lot of 'facts' being strewn around, which when questioned get snowflakey rants about being persecuted.

There is plenty not to like about some of Harris' policies - personally, I wish they wouldn't increase anything child-related in the tax code, there's no need for more parental support, the public option that's in the platform doesn't solve the fundamental problem of the health insurance companies calling all the shots, immigration games for H1B's in order to suppress tech salaries was something Harris' opponent made noises about and then didn't follow-through on, but is still an idea that should happen… And on, and on.

But we don't have discussions here. "Questioning" is just JAQ'ing around. If you want to discuss something about the candidate's policies, bring it on (and obligatory snark: you can only do that for one of them so far.)

I'm coming at this from an unapologetically leftist position, but I do find myself uneasy at the idea that the Democrats (or Harris) are beyond criticism because the Republicans (or Trump) are worse.

Absolutely nobody has said this however.

There's plenty of sticks to beat the Democrats with. The issue is, though, is someone pretending that Kamala Harris is somehow as bad as a person as Donald Trump is and therefore they couldn't possibly vote for her, with the very real possibility that not doing so would let a man like Donald Trump and the republicans with their Project 2025 manifesto into power.

With that reality on the cards any of the criticisms, valid as they may be, become rather moot.

"Look Mordecai, that guy's healin' the sick for free! He must be some sorta communist or sumin', get yer shotgun!"

They played here the other night apparently.

Again, Ireland is a full democracy, 7th best in the world in fact. America is way off - 29th, a flawed democracy. Your spoiled vote here does not mean the same as a spoiled vote in the US. You should at least try to acknowledge that fact.

So this is interesting - yes behind a paywall but assume most know what jiggery pokery to use - it’s all about Trumps strategy or lack thereof so far.
In a poll I posted yesterday I think, Democrats were much happier with how their party was doing right now - something like 80% I think, than Republicans at i think 71% - - either way it was nearly a 10% difference -there’s certainly disquiet inside the Rep camp as can be seen from the quote below. I wonder how many “Ant Popes” there are right now? In essence the calls for inside the party are “for a disciplined message” from Trump , mount effective attacks on Harris and stop embracing fringe politicians like RFK jn.

So we can be sure that’s 3 things Trump won’t do in the coming months 😀

“Art Pope, the North Carolina retail baron, said he was unhappy with Trump’s plan to impose up to 20 per cent tariffs on imports. “Right now I am exercising my right to a secret ballot, and probably will not decide on how I will vote until I vote on election day,” he said.”

https://www.ft.com/content/f7cff7ad-f264-496e-b129-69ff93bea382

Harris' team (or herself) is idiotic in not doing an interview before this evenings scheduled sit down, does that make me a trump supporter

I fail to see how it is idiotic. Could you explain why?

It certainly hasn't harmed her.

Lets be clear here, she will be doing a grown interview with a grown up reporter and not a conservative wing nut nodding like a dog at every piece of scutter flying out of her mouth.

You don't seem to think that "practically anybody but Trump" is wise counsel to anyone who is eligible to vote in the American election.Is that your position?

You were essentially saying that if you were an American voter, you were ok with being represented by a rapist and a felon as a President. You acknowledged Trump as such in one of your posts.

In that situation, you couldn't bring yourself to support Harris. And that is an advantage to Trump, it is one less vote against him.

You couldn't bring yourself to oppose that outcome. Implicitly, you were ok with that outcome.

Yes, we're discussing the American presidential election and it is entirely reasonable to criticise such a position.

Well no. Again, she will be doing an interview with an actual journalist who will ask actual questions, the worse thing to do would be rush into an interview with a broad outline of policies and then to come up short when that policy is dug into.

She was only official nominated a couple of weeks ago. Policies particularly economic ones need to be costed and secured.

Her team have been pretty flawless in the past 40 odd days, I'd suggest they know what they are doing.

We have one candidate listening to their team and the other who refuses to.

That is what is idiotic IMO.

Forget Donald , forget he ever was born for a few moments,

On Kamala & her own campaign in 2020, Why did it fall apart ? Is she better now than she was then ? Why was she polled as the worst vice president to date ? or is it simply circumstance has fallen in her favour , Would she have won a primary if Biden gave longer per warning about stepping down ?

Why do you think she will make a good president ? What do you think will make her good president,

Vote for Trump = piss on the electoral process (ie fellow Americans).

So does abstaining.

If Dems did that the same would apply.