Toni
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- Basic Beliefs
- Peace on Earth, goodwill towards all
The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. So far not a single woman of any color has been elected POTUS. Having Harris on the ticket was indeed ground breaking. It is highly unlikely that Obama would have won if he had not chosen a white male as a running mate, based on history. He made a safe choice and as it turned out, a very good choice. Obama and Biden reportedly worked very well together, which is extremely beneficial to the country and also not necessarily the case of a POTUS and VP.I think the whole Walz pick is surreal. From cowardness of appeasing the Dearborn "Death to America" crowd to the memification of the race with sophomoric quips.You don't keep repeating the same thing over and over and over... well, maybe if you are Trump, but the "weird" thing is about setting a tone. You expand from it down the road.
You never know what will catch or what will sting. The whole sofa thing is surreal. "Weird" at least has a nice passive aggressive feel that the GOP is not used to having to defend against.
[citation needed] for all these white men demanding it.Indeed, white men demand at least one white male on a ticket.
I realize that to you, all male/female relationships are transactional, and that what men want from women is primarily sex and what women want from men is primarily money (or reasonable facsimile). Senior members of any team often advocate for future advancement of more junior members. I was given a promotion because my boss liked me and thought I had more potential. He was male, I was very young and probably at peak attractiveness but nope, not a hint of anything even close to attraction or transactional. He was nice and he was right. I was better in the next position than in the one I was hired for and indeed, was better suited as I moved up. People tend to recommend people they know for jobs and positions as they open up. Indeed, as a position opens up, those looking to hire someone usually ask if anyone knows anyone who would be suitable...
I am also vehemently against drunk driving. Driving 90 in a 50 is indeed awful, alcohol or no. People do stupid things when they are young or drunk or both. I will say that where I live, many rural roads have speed limits of 50 mph and virtually no traffic. He was likely more dangerous to his own safety than to anyone else's --but only because it was likely he was the only one on the road. Thirty years of good behavior does indeed mitigate the bad action. But yes, he and everyone else was fortunate that he did not kill or injure anyone, including himself.