As far as the "Harris slept her way to the top" thing, that attack falls apart for a couple reasons.
Note that it is those who are dismissing this who are adding the "to the top" part.
Yes, she dated Willie Brown, which can be said by a lot of women. He did give her a low level job in city government, but then what? She went onto become a successful prosecutor, Attorney General, Senator, and Vice President. She may have gotten her foot in the door due to her relationship with Brown, but after that everything was on her own merits.
Getting your foot in the door is a big deal in itself. Yes, she does have merits, I am not denying it, but her relationship with Browm definitely helped her career along. I do not think it is "misogynist" to point that out. Had Vance "gotten his foot in the door" by sleeping with a woman twice his age, I do not think it would be misandrist to point that out.
What else did Ivanka do in her time in government that she got by virtue of nepotism?
This is classic whataboutism. We can talk about things Kamala Harris did wrong without the Ilk chiming in "but Trump is worse". Of course Trump is worse! That does not mean that KH should be beyond criticsm.
If she were a man who'd been a top prosecutor, AG, Senator, and VP, she'd be hailed as eminently qualified to be President.
And she was. In early 2019 she was thought of as one of the favorites, if not the favorite, to win the nomination. But she made some poor judgments in her campaign, spent too much money too fast, and her run crashed and burned. But at one point her stock was high, in large part because of her impressive resume.
Where have we heard this stuff before? Hillary Rodham Clinton. She was accused of riding her husband's coat-tails,
And she no doubt did.
though if you look at the facts, she was arguably the smarter and better lawyer,
That may be so. I do not know one way or the other (any evidence for that claim?) But lawyers are a dime a dozen. Being a good lawyer by itself would not get her into the White House, or even the Senate. She never had Bill's charisma and without her being the First Lady, she would not have been even a US Senator, much less Dems' nominee for President.
and by the time she ran for the White House, she was arguably the most qualified candidate of any race or gender. Ever. Eminently well-educated, experienced attorney, Senator, Secretary of State, and one of the most consequential First Ladies in history, with a deep knowlege of the inner workings of the White House.
We already went over this many times. It's bullshit. Being married to a president is not a qualification. Period.
And here we are again, 12 years later. "She's shrill. I don't like her laugh. She slept her way to the top. She's not qualified. Women are too emotional.
KH is qualified. Unlike Hillary, she is not shrill, but she does not have the best of laughs.
What you fail to grasp is that these types of attacks are levied against all kinds of candidates. How they sound. What they look like. How they dress. All these things are there for men as well. Likeability in particular is very important.
Is she going to be ready when that 3am phone call comes in?"
That one was
Hillary's attack on Obama.