Derec
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There is such a thing as nitpicking.
I am not the biggest fan of vouchers either, but I think urban school systems are screwed by their governance, not vouchers.School vouchers are screwing the urban school systems.
He called Republicans "weird". That's literally what catapulted him to prominence in the Veepstakes.Regardless, not certain why we are going with the MN Governor. Unless Gov. Whitmer really didn't want it and they are still hunting for Michigan's and Wisconsin's EVs.
He is from neither of those states. He is not even from Minnesota but from Nebraska, which is not in play anyway.He is expected to help in Michigan and Wisconsin, both of which are borderline and absolutely essential. Whitmer said she did not want it and anyway,
You are still going with that nonsense?she was always going to balance the ticket with a straight white cisgendered due, because those guys are the traditional DEI hires.
I do not consider left-wing populism and better than the right-wing variety. Btw, why do you think it's "orignal"[sic]?The pick suggests to me she intends to run an aggressive populist progressive campaign, the orignal sort of populism before right-wing “populism” came along. I think she will be right to do so.
Not an officer but enlisted. Spend 24 years in the Army Reserve and made it to Master Sergeant (E8), the second highest enlisted rank. Being enlisted gives him a little more blue collar cred.Tim Walz, former U.S. army officer
Not if in destroying Hamas they destroy what's left of Palestine with it. See in order to have a two state solution, you need two states.Destroying Hamas would improve the chances of a genuine two state solution in the long run.Be it Shapiro or another, stating you are for a two state solution while giving Netanyahu all he needs to destroy any chance at this or any resolution with Palestinians is hypocritical.
In 2019, she ran away from being a prosecutor. Instead she embraced a smörgåsbord of left-wing positions such as banning fracking and off-shore drilling, as well as private health insurance. This clip won't play well in Pannsylvania, and picking Shapiro would have helped.You haven't seen her ads apparently. Harris is running on a history of being a Prosecutor... but being fair. She'll hit notably on the Law and Order, but softening the edges in order to get the suburban vote.
I don't know. His politics would fit with West Coast.I'd say Walz provides the Midwestern folk part to a West Coast main candidate.
You and pood are really running with that particular talking point.Gov. Whitmer would have been better as I don't think the DEI pick of a white male was necessary.
White House is literally just across the street from the Eisenhower Building.But if Whitmer didn't want it, so be it. VPs do have a harder time of getting to the White House.
What do you mean "coastal Democrats"? Pennsylvania has no Atlantic coastline, and a shorter Great Lakes shoreline than Minnesota.I was thinking there was one other benefit of Walz over Shapiro. The issue is the 'elite' coastal Democrats.
What nonsense are you talking about?You are still going with that nonsense?
She had an identity crisis, trying to find the right positions. Didn't work well in the end in 2019. PA is sufficiently fracked. With fracking crashing natural gas prices, that in itself likely led to fracking slowing down.In 2019, she ran away from being a prosecutor. Instead she embraced a smörgåsbord of left-wing positions such as banning fracking and off-shore drilling, as well as private health insurance. This clip won't play well in Pannsylvania, and picking Shapiro would have helped.You haven't seen her ads apparently. Harris is running on a history of being a Prosecutor... but being fair. She'll hit notably on the Law and Order, but softening the edges in order to get the suburban vote.
It even has her trademark cackle at the end.
Not relevant. What is relevant is he is a Midwestern guy.I don't know. His politics would fit with West Coast.I'd say Walz provides the Midwestern folk part to a West Coast main candidate.
Yes. Yes we have.You and pood are really running with that particular talking point.Gov. Whitmer would have been better as I don't think the DEI pick of a white male was necessary.
No, I don't think that hurt anything. Shapiro is PA. PA is the NE. A lot of America feels more comfy with a Midwestern American. Worked for Monda....Shapiro would at least not have been another Christian. But his Jewish identity hurt him with the supposedly "progressive" base.
Okay, so we've established that a VP becomes President once a generation. That isn't too often.White House is literally just across the street from the Eisenhower Building.But if Whitmer didn't want it, so be it. VPs do have a harder time of getting to the White House.
No, seriously, "harder time" compared to what? Veeps definitely enjoy a big advantage getting the nomination. However, it may be harder for anybody from the president's party to win after eight years, veep or not (see Hillary). Sometimes it works out - Bush 41, sometimes it doesn't - Gore. I also think Biden would have had a much better chance than Hillary winning in 2016.
Another thing with Veeps. When they are on a losing ticket for reelection - like Mondale was in 1980, they are at a disadvantage four years later (Mondale 1984 was a disaster) and Dems should probably have nominated somebody else (although Reagan was popular and no Dem would be likely to win).
Americans are stupid like that. Granted, Gore and Clinton did win the popular votes for the 8 to 12 year period election.Shapiro would have been better positioned to seek presidency in 2032 than the much older Walz. Although, if Kami were to win in 2024 and 2028, I do not think any Democrat would stand much chance after 12 years of Dem rule. Americans like change.
Oh, they definitely do not have just one ancestral line leading to Europe and Europe only.I know of nobody who only has one ancestry except for maybe some folks down in the Deep South.
Well Minnesota Somali immigrants and other Muslims are not relegated to interment camps so yea: Walz is an islamofascist.And Kami continues her tradition of poor judgment.Walz is the pick. Breaking news.
Appeasing islamofascists is not a good strategy.
Walz supports Islamofascism?![]()
I know that Walz has some hearing loss but that is a story I had not heard. If that’s the worst they can come up with….I heard a story about Walz this morning on the radio. He was busted for going like 90+ mph in a 50 mph zone. When pulled over he told the cop he was deaf, like that was a valid excuse. This was when he was about 30 years old.
That strikes me as really weird. Not RFK and dead baby bear weird, but it's up there.
I heard a story about Walz this morning on the radio. He was busted for going like 90+ mph in a 50 mph zone. When pulled over he told the cop he was deaf, like that was a valid excuse. This was when he was about 30 years old.
That strikes me as really weird. Not RFK and dead baby bear weird, but it's up there.
Well, the joke was that everyone has, at the barest minimum, two ancestral (trees). Usually. Unless the tree is more a ladder.Oh, they definitely do not have just one ancestral line leading to Europe and Europe only.I know of nobody who only has one ancestry except for maybe some folks down in the Deep South.
Well yeah if you’re going to get all science based on me.Well, the joke was that everyone has, at the barest minimum, two ancestral (trees). Usually. Unless the tree is more a ladder.Oh, they definitely do not have just one ancestral line leading to Europe and Europe only.I know of nobody who only has one ancestry except for maybe some folks down in the Deep South.