all 16 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Shit, this means she's gonna run for President again

  • source
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    It'll be a long arduous road if she plans on losing to Eric in 2028, but I'm fully confident in her ability.

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    So she will no longer have a Nixon-like route.

  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What did Nixon do? (That pertains to this lmao)

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Nixon was the Republican candidate for the 1960 election and lost to JFK.

    Then, in 1962, he ran as a Republican candidate for governor of California and lost again to a Democrat.

    He then ran for president in 1968 and won, but had to resign his second term due to the Watergate scandal.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Good. But that just means she's trying for President again in '28 which is bad.

  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I mean, she would have made an adequate President, in the same way that Velveeta can be adequate cheese.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] [S] 8 points 1 year ago

    It's because Elani's billionaire father already bought the position and "nobody better dare try to challenge her!"

    From April 2023:

    Eleni Kounalakis first to launch campaign for California governor in 2026

    https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/24/eleni-kounalakis-campaign-california-governor-2026-00093381

  • source
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    ...

    Cop history aside, I actually do like Kamala and think she did an AMAZING job of trying to salvage the shitfest that biden et al left her with. But she is already a failure, she is brown, and she is a she. She would need to run the greatest campaign ever to even stand a chance in the United States.

    That said... I do darkly worry that the Democrats might have trouble finding good candidates for POTUS since there is a non zero chance that seal team six gets sent after them because it is an official act...

  • source
  • 56 comments in c/news@lemmy.world view that post
    [–] 41 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    I'm voting for Katie Porter

  • source
  • hideshow 8 child comments
  • [–] 28 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    I really like Porter. I've seen leftists label her a liberal, but her time in Washington showed that she cares about the working class, so even if she's more of a centrist than a lot of us would like, she's still an improvement.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 7 child comments
  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    She's progressive. She a leftist in my eyes. She's definitely not aligned with the neolibs. Also, she reminds me of Phyllis from The Office.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I actually agree. I've always considered her to be a progressive (or at least what's considered progressive in the United States), but the last time I brought her up on Lemmy I got jumped on and told she's a liberal.

    I love those clips of her when she was grilling CEOs as member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. She has fantastic "get to the point and don't fuck around" energy which is desperately needed in US politics.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Did you bring her up in a ml or hexbear community? Lemmy isn't a monolith and there are some people in it hell-bent to call even AOC a liberal.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [+] 28 points 1 year ago (8 children)
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Director of Open AI, Palantir, Mozilla or IBM?

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 7 child comments
  • [+] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [+] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Nevermind the sham that is Open AI's supposed purpose, you want Palantir to succeed??

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • load more comments (-1 replies)
  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Now, an announcement that she won't run for President again would be even more welcome.

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 80 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    This is good news! I am sure the prison population is cheering the news.

    How Kamala Harris Fought to Keep Nonviolent Prisoners Locked Up (...past their sentencing for cheep labor.)

  • source
  • hideshow 3 child comments
  • [–] 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    I found it fascinating that right wingers labeled her simultaneously both, easy on crime and a hawk

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    Oh I know, but that is a republican label for the left they pull out of their bag. I remember her when she was major of San Francisco, lived there at the time, another neo-liberal politician. CA is a breeding ground for them.

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Damn, remember when she placed 5th in her home state during the 2020 primary?

    Lost to Andrew Fucking Yang.

  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Remember on that primary debate stage, when Tulsi called her BS out? That was THE moment to treasure. Kamala was the first to drop out, and the least liked back then.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • load more comments (-1 replies)
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    The whole Democratic party is just... done. They really F'd it all up for the rest of us. Remember, SCOTUS handed them complete power months before Biden left office and they did nothing. They sold us out. They also cater to the rich and never make substantial changes that benefit the American people. I highly recommend John Stewarts latest podcast, where he interviews someone who really gets it. We need politicians who do what they say they will do, not "whatever the people want... today." The racists bigots in the Repugnican party only respond to power. We need a powerful leader, not a bunch of weak, insider-stock traders.

  • source
  • [+] 41 points 1 year ago (15 children)
  • [+] -22 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    Such hate for the mildly imperfect.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 14 child comments
  • [+] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago*

    The general election is over, and it is no longer necessary to defend the contents of that list, to include Kamala Harris.

    They don't want the needle moving to the left. So she was just shy of absolute perfection and was failed by the villainous electorate.

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    In 2028, it will be very bizarre to see Kamala Harris running for president again with the support of Sam Altman and on the other side the Republican candidate with the support of Peter Thiel.

  • source
  • parent
  • [+] 22 points 1 year ago (5 children)
  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What was even the point of Biden dropping out if his replacement wasn't going to change anything?! Ugh. What a waste.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah. I put all my chips on her cuz I had no choice. I beat the drums and shouted the rallying cries. But she’s not what America needs. Her sparse discussions on policy and dismissal of the most vulnerable and impressionable voting demographics do not paint a rosy picture of what would happen should she be handed the keys in 2026.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    I agree, but her anti-immigration policies go directly against the spirit of California. I'd rather see someone up there with better sensibilities for their constituents, especially in times like these.

  • source
  • parent
  • load more comments (1 reply)
  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago
    [–] 14 points 1 year ago
    [–] [S] 13 points 1 year ago

    It's because Elani's billionaire father already bought the position and "nobody better dare try to challenge her!"

    From April 2023:

    Eleni Kounalakis first to launch campaign for California governor in 2026

    https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/24/eleni-kounalakis-campaign-california-governor-2026-00093381

  • source
  • Thank fucking god

  • source
  • Do not run. Do not run.

  • source
  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Thank god, spineless trash

  • source
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago
    [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Thank fucking goodness!

  • source
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago