Kamala: "It was a DEBATE!"

[StarfishSaver]

Love her!

Link to tweet

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I have been passionately opposed to my trial adversaries.

We've argued and challenged each other's witnesses and documents and other evidence. Both of us not wanting to cede an inch. Determined to win without going outside the Rules of Court (or pissing off the judge).

And after the trial was over, I had new friends. Because we respected each other's tenacity and how the other was just doing their job for their client.

You can compartmentalize your feelings and passions at trial (or in a debate) without hating your adversary.

[iluvtennis]

36. Compartmentalization - agree. We can agree to disagree and still be friends/coworkers/colleagues. nt

[Blasphemer]

44. I agree. RBG and Scalia were friends afterall... nt

[honest.abe]

2. If I was Joe, I would pick this lady as my VP.

She would be fantastic.

[Moostache]

27. I want her as Attorney General

She would be AWESOME at that role and we have sooooooo much to clean up and soooooo many to prosecute....

[SergeStorms]

35. I'd love her as VP as well.

I backed her during the primaries as my presidential choice, and now I'd like to see her as Joe Biden's vice presidential choice. If that's not to be, then as a last resort I'd like to see as as AG. She's one tough cookie, and no one is going to pull the wool down over her eyes.

[PunkinPi]

3. Thank you posting this! K&R

And she would be a fantastic VP pick.

[mercuryblues]

5. I agree

[OnDoutside]

4. It was an attempted takedown. That's revisionism at its worst, by Kamala.

[StarfishSaver]

12. Biden either doesn't think so or has gotten over it

Other folks really should, too.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

25. whatever dude. that is what they all do in debates

jeezus. some people don't understand politics

[DrToast]

38. Biden gets it

He understands politics much better than some on this board.

[Cha]

51. Well, yeah.. he's lived it.. real life experience Looking at the

Big Picture.

[Loki Liesmith]

32. Politics ain't beanbag

The grownups know the rules and know how it's played.

[LizBeth]

45. Why are we pretending Biden didn't throw out his own jabs, or was he the only one allowed?

[BlueLucy]

48. Biden doesn't hold grudges like some politicians do.

[OnDoutside]

49. What's that got to do with anything ?

The OP was about Kamala brushing off the bus controversy (from 40+ years ago) as "It was a debate". I was simply stating she had that lined up to take Biden (the frontrunner) down, and it's disingenuous for her to say otherwise. If you remember the media had been trailing about the attacks Biden was going to be getting, and that he wouldn't be able to stand up to it.

[PTWB]

52. IT WAS A DEBATE!!

They were all trying to take each other down.. that's the entire point of the primary process.

Kamala is most likely going to get the nod for VP.

1. She's a woman of color.
2. She's incredibly smart and capable.
3. She's charismatic and comes from a law and order background.

[BeyondGeography]

7. Harris turned out to be a mediocre candidate who ran a terrible campaign

Most everything about her was rehearsed and her support was correspondingly superficial.

She would have come in 4th or 5th in her own state if the full field competed there.

Why none of this seems to have an impact on those who favor her for veep is pretty baffling. I’m sure Biden can do better.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. That's of concern for me too

though her star is rising at this point in time. Seems that every candidate has some drawback. Liz Warren is more self-aware but will raise alarms among laissez-faire capitalist Wall Street. Amy has Minnesota baggage and stiff hair. Kamala Harris to me is too animated, and as in the video clip on this OP, enjoys laughter that is not quite everyone's idea of humor. I still don't understand the clip, maybe it was too edited - we don't know what question was asked.

The ticket needs someone from the most senior offices in the land, preferably with executive experience. Governor or Senator experience, in my view, but I do think it will be Harris or Warren. Do you energize minorities, or do you energize progressives? I suspect the one with the least negatives will emerge.

[StarfishSaver]

15. "too animated"?

What does that even mean?

[bucolic_frolic]

16. What needs explanation?

Do you see a serious demeanor in the OP video clip?

[StarfishSaver]

18. She's not allowed to smile, laugh or have fun ... even while talking to Stephen Colbert?

You must have thought Obama was a real lightweight.

[nolabear]

43. Are acquainted with the Stephen Colbert Show?

Have you seen her in Congress? Did you see her on the debate stage? She can adapt to circumstances. Jeez...

[PunkinPi]

17. False choice - "Do you energize minorities, or do you energize progressives?"

Harris has the 2nd most lifetime record in the senate:


She also leads with Blacks and Hispanics:

[Andy823]

23. Excellent points

She would be the best choice for Biden, and that is simply a fact! She can connect with the voters, and she can take on trump better than anyone else.

[PunkinPi]

41. Thank you and I agree with all of what you said. nt

[OnDoutside]

50. Connect with the voters ?

How did her primary campaign go ????

[BeyondGeography]

19. I'm hoping for a sleeper to emerge

I was a big Warren supporter in the primary but she kind of nets out as a break-even proposition as a running mate; as you say she energizes the opposition and Biden would probably feel compelled to distance himself from at least some of her big structural plans.

Of the four black candidates being discussed, I prefer Susan Rice, who’s a long shot but is seasoned and it seems to me very compatible with Biden. The wingnuts will bring up Benghazi but after four years of Trump that’s not going to register with anyone outside Uber-wingnutland.

The race comes down to EV’s and in particular the Midwest, so a coastal liberal running mate really doesn’t make much sense to me. That’s why Klobuchar was in the mix pre-George Floyd, but forget that. It’s also why I’d like to see more talk about Tammy Baldwin.

[Rebl2]

24. Stiff hair

REALLY! That’s one of your problems with Amy😗

[uponit7771]

26. Campaigning can be fixed, she's qualified

[honest.abe]

28. She got swiftboated by those on the left who didnt like her previous career as prosecutor.

Those attacks were unfair. Anyone who in her position as AG of a huge complex state like California is no doubt going to be involved in many controversial cases.

[Indykatie]

31. You Mean Like Warren's Poor Showing in Massachusetts?

Who in your mind is better than Harris?

[DrToast]

37. All that could be said about Biden in 2008

And yet he turned out to be an amazing Vice President.

[OnDoutside]

39. Well said. That's my concern, and I don't see what she would bring to the ticket. There are better

options like Abrams, Demmings and even Warren (if you're prioritising Senatorial experience).

[SKKY]

8. I so badly want her to be the VP. Mostly because I think she would make a fantastic...

...POTUS, but also because I would love to see her debate Pence. She would absolutely eviscerate him. No doubt about it.

[betsuni]

9. Big difference from a primary debate and calling Joe Biden "establishment"

as an insult on June 17, 2020, which Kamala Harris would never do.

[Dem4Life1102]

10. They weren't debating busing policy

It was a dishonest planned attack to grab headlines and take down the front runner that failed.

[bigtree]

11. we should remember that even Joe Biden made some controversial remarks about Barack Obama

...in their primary.

Didn't prevent Obama from selecting him as VP.

[StarfishSaver]

14. And he also could surely be described, as someone h just described Kamala, as a "mediocre candidate"

But, fortunately, winning primaries is not the determining factor of whether someone will make a good running mate.

[still_one]

20. My preferences for VP in no particular order awe Harris, Rice, or Val Demings

[mcar]

21. There.That is the answer.

It was a debate.

I'll never forget folks on the primary forum going on and on about how Joe could never forgive Kamala "for what she did to him."



It was a debate.

[PunkinPi]

42. And Joe didn't hold a grudge, so others should follow his lead...

[mcar]

46. Because he knows politics

[PunkinPi]

47. Yep. nt

[Delarage]

22. I like her

But pretty much all of our candidates this year were good and could have a spot in the new administration. It will be refreshing when the corrupt pigs get flushed out and they can be replaced with people who actually care and know what they are doing.

[spanone]

29. ⭐️K&R⭐️

[LizBeth]

30. It was a debate. All thru all this I hear people pissed because some candidate threw a zinger at

another candidate. It was a debate. People are pissed at Warren because she challenged Harris, people pissed at Harris because she threw a jab back. It was a debate.

I think this is when we go to absurd fighting for our candidate.

[StarfishSaver]

33. Meanwhile the candidates be like

Link to tweet

[LizBeth]

34. Right. Yes. I loved our candidates. I went with Harris, then when she stepped out, back and forth

with Warren and Klobuchar, whoever had the momentum at the time. Biden was 4 or 5 on my list. Sanders was the one I wanted taken down. But, I like our candidates. And there are more than one picture of Harris and Warren together with huge smailes yet the Biden supporters work real hard to create a friction between them.

[peggysue2]

40. The Good News

Whether VP or AG, I think it's fair to say Kamala Harris will be an important member of the new Administration. Here, she handled the question just right with humor and a firm commitment to Joe Biden.

Harris is a keeper!